# 2024 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940 "2023-12-01T06:01:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 92
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1822 "2024-09-25T17:27:03Z")
That stubborn Georgian is keeping me 1 point shy of triple digits. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1823 "2024-09-25T17:32:56Z")
\< eyes Superdude suspiciously \> Just you stay where we can see you for the next week, mister… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1824 "2024-09-25T17:43:37Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > That stubborn Georgian is keeping me 1 point shy of triple digits. I want him to live long enough to Vote Kamala Harris. Though I would also love for him to vote for her re-election… ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1825 "2024-09-27T01:20:37Z")
> **[Longtime NBA coach Joe Wolf 'unexpectedly' passes away at 59](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nba/article-13897039/Longtime-NBA-coach-player-Joe-Wolf-passes-away-59.html)** > > The Milwaukee Bucks have announced the passing of longtime NBA assistant coach and player Joe Wolf at 59, who was on the bench for the team's G-League affiliate, the Wisconsin Herd. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1826 "2024-09-27T04:27:51Z")
> **[Cat Glover, Singer and Dancer Who Worked With Prince, Dies at 60](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/cat-glover-prince-singer-and-dancer-dead-at-60-1236011491/)** > > She featured prominently on the 'Sign o' the Times' concert film. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1827 "2024-09-27T13:20:19Z")
> **[Actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk7375ngkxo.amp)** ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1828 "2024-09-27T14:19:43Z")
Four pllayers had Smith, **Lsura** , **Slow Moving Vehicle** , **teelabrown** , and **vivalost wages**. | 1 | Registered at Last | 263 | 6 | 2 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | jeezums | 221 | 5 | 2 | | 3 | RTFirefly | 210 | 4 | 0 | | 4 | candide | 194 | 4 | 0 | | 5 | phungi | 191 | 4 | 0 | | 6 | Happy Lendervedder | 173 | 4 | 1 | | 7 | Captain Klutz | 135 | 3 | 0 | | 7 | critter 42 | 135 | 3 | 0 | | 7 | Kitten Mitten | 135 | 3 | 0 | | 10 | Loach | 126 | 3 | 2 | | 11 | GIGObuster | 119 | 3 | 0 | | 12 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 109 | 2 | 0 | | 13 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 106 | 2 | 0 | | 14 | Superdude | 99 | 3 | 0 | | 15 | Hoopy Frood | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | Little Nemo | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | Lord Feldon | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | RobotDevilDog | 97 | 2 | 0 | | 20 | J-P L | 85 | 2 | 0 | | 21 | zadscmc | 75 | 3 | 1 | | 22 | Dung Beetle | 74 | 2 | 0 | | 23 | Cazzle | 71 | 2 | 1 | | 24 | Pardel-Lux | 69 | 2 | 0 | | 25 | Stephe96 | 62 | 3 | 1 | | 26 | NoNoNo | 60 | 3 | 0 | | 27 | Slow Moving Vehicle | 58 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | jdracingfan | 54 | 2 | 0 | | 29 | BuckyPO | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 29 | Dancer\_Flight | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 29 | Kent\_Clark | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 29 | Mahaloth | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 29 | Precambrianmollusc | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 29 | RivkahChaya | 53 | 2 | 0 | | 35 | Monstera delciosa | 48 | 2 | 1 | | 36 | adriancohen100 | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Bayaker | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Borborygmi | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Catamount | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | CreaseMunky | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Culling\_The\_Herd | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Deanna\_D | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Dr. Girlfriend | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | gkster | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | GuanoLad | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Gyrate | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Jack Batty | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Jegpeg | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | kitap | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Larry\_Borgia | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Lsura | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Maus Magill | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | McDeath\_the\_Mad | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Mona\_Lott | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | opiewan | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Railer13 | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Rebo | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | SuntanLotion | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | tuesdayweld | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | Wheelz | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 36 | WolfpackJeep | 47 | 1 | 0 | | 63 | xizor | 44 | 2 | 0 | | 64 | ZamboniAce 1000 | 30 | 2 | 0 | | 65 | JohnT | 24 | 1 | 0 | | 65 | Mrs. Ducky | 24 | 1 | 0 | | 67 | MarkF2004 | 20 | 1 | 1 | | 68 | blue67ccm | 19 | 3 | 1 | | 69 | Shoeless | 16 | 2 | 1 | | 70 | Allecher | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 71 | Lsura | 11 | 1 | 0 | | 71 | Paul was in Saudi | 11 | 2 | 0 | | 71 | teelabrown | 11 | 1 | 0 | | 71 | vivalostwages | 11 | 1 | 0 | | 75 | Biotop | 10 | 2 | 2 | | 76 | commasense | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 76 | Czarcasm | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 76 | Nother Yinzer | 6 | 1 | 0 | | 79 | Moriarty | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 80 | irritant | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 81 | Baker | 0 | 1 | 1 | ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1829 "2024-09-27T14:25:58Z")
Damn, she was just a year too young to make my list this year! > [@commasense](#): > > Reprising my list of entertainers over 90 years old, for the seventh time. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1830 "2024-09-27T17:08:14Z")
Dammit. I finally get my second points of the year, my first sort of semi-unique pick. Do I score with Moscow Mitch? The Cheetoh-Faced Shit Gibbon? Young Thug? No. We lose Professor McGonagall, instead. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1831 "2024-09-27T18:13:10Z")
Funnily, Dark Arts professors have had the best chance to still be alive, excluding Snape…who mainly taught Potions. Harry Potter Teacher Actor status for interest: McGonagall: Dead Dumbledores: Both dead Snape: Dead Flitwick: Alive Hagrid: Dead Trelawney: Alive Sprout: Alive Just the Dark Arts 1-year folks: Quirrell: Alive Lockhart: Alive Lupin: Alive Umbridge: Alive Mad Eye: Alive and so was his polyjuice actor Slughorn: Alive All Dark Arts teachers alive except Snape. Did I miss any common teachers that weren’t just background? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1832 "2024-09-27T20:11:31Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Dumbledores: Both dead Except, Aberforth is still around. And so is Argus, how could you forget Argus. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1833 "2024-09-27T21:01:39Z")
She was on my list last year. For some reason I took her off it. Darn it! I first saw her in _The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie_. I can’t remember any of it but I do remember I really liked it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1834 "2024-09-27T22:08:07Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did I miss any common teachers that weren’t just background? Sirius Black, but not sure he was ever a teacher. [Alive = Gary Oldman] ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1835 "2024-09-27T22:09:20Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Sirius Black, but not sure he was ever a teacher. [Alive = Gary Oldman] Nope, not a teacher. But yes, he’s alive as well. I will add: Argus Filch: alive ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1836 "2024-09-27T22:23:45Z")
Well, if you are including teacher-types, Headmistress Maxime is 80, and Headmaster Karkarov is 62. I think she was in two movies but he was only in the one. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1837 "2024-09-27T23:25:21Z")
Barty Crouch - dead Not a teacher, but ran the Triwizard Tournament. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1838 "2024-09-28T02:30:17Z")
There has been a question asked over in the themed list that I want to ask regular players here what they think of it. Someone asked if an alternate moves up if a pick dies. I don’t think that has been done here, or if the issue has risen before. I don’t think I’m for it, because some players don’t check their lists to see if regular picks, much less alternates, have passed, And it could get complicated as to _ **which** _ alternate filled the gap. But if enough players like the idea, and we could figure out a foolproof way to do it, I’d go along with it. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1839 "2024-09-28T03:30:09Z")
It seems wrong inasmuch as some of us wait until the end of your birthday and only submit 13 picks. That is the DP standard: 13 picks (which limits the maximum possible score to 1,066 points, which no one have ever come close to). Alternates are only there to take the place of people who die before the game starts – if we were to promote alternates _during_ the game, would it even make sense to limit it to 3? I too am not in favor of promoting alternates after the first of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1840 "2024-09-28T03:32:34Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Someone asked if an alternate moves up if a pick dies. If I understand this correctly…one of my picks dies, and I score those points. At that point, one of my alternates moves up, and I still have 13 picks alive? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1841 "2024-09-28T03:34:40Z")
We have never done that, once the game is underway. Here is where the logical problem arises: one of my alternates dies, but I don’t get those points because none of the 13 have died; then one of my picks dies – should the dead alternate then be promoted, retroactively awarding me those points? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=93)