# 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:** 96
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1902 "2024-10-01T04:09:00Z")
Dammit out of the top ten. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1903 "2024-10-01T04:19:11Z")
Oh yeah? Right before I got my first points I was at approximately 60th place, and now that I have some points I am in 78th place. If I “win” any more I’ll be demoted to _last_ year’s list! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1904 "2024-10-01T05:06:10Z")
Look at it this way. We have thirteen picks, so shouldn’t it be 1-13 that’s important? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1905 "2024-10-01T05:10:39Z")
Jimmy Carter is no officially pointless. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1906 "2024-10-01T05:19:54Z")
Except on the West Coast. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1907 "2024-10-01T07:08:32Z")
He was pointless as of midnight Central Daylight Time. Now all he wants to do is live another two weeks, so he can do his advance ballot in Georgia. Then he can really rest. I have mentioned before my grandmother was almost 108 in 2012 when she last voted for US president. It was done on an advance ballot, and she didn’t live to the November election to see the results. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1908 "2024-10-01T17:12:59Z")
Larry Todd, creator of Dr. Atomic and other classic underground comix, is no more. One of his best stories was an adaptation of Lovecraft’s “Shadow out of Time,” renamed “Shadow from the Abyss.” > **[Larry Todd – RIP](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/09/30/larry-todd-rip/)** > > Science fiction /fantasy artist and underground/overground cartoonist Larry Todd has passed away. Larry S. Todd April 6, 1948 – September 28, 2024 Word is spreading on social media that Larry has passed after a lengthy illness. R.I.P. Larry Todd,... ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1909 "2024-10-01T17:25:49Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Now all he wants to do is live another two weeks, so he can do his advance ballot in Georgia. Then he can really rest. And luckily, [Georgia is one of the states that will count an early ballot, even if the voter dies before election day.](https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2024/08/22/voting-death-absentee-election-day-ballot) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1910 "2024-10-01T17:32:36Z")
He’s picked his last pick. This one shocked me a bit. > **[Frank Fritz, ‘American Pickers’ Co-Host, Dies at 60](https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/frank-fritz-dead-american-pickers-1236161501/)** > > "American Pickers" favorite Frank Fritz has died, his friend and co-host Mike Wolfe announced on social media. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1911 "2024-10-01T17:48:43Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > He’s picked his last pick. This one shocked me a bit. > > [Frank Fritz Dead: American Pickers Host Was 60](https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/frank-fritz-dead-american-pickers-1236161501/) > > mmm I guess I only had to complain. That should put me into 7th place and a unique pick. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1912 "2024-10-01T17:53:03Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I guess I only had to complain Well, hell. If that’s all it takes…my list is still disgusting (and disgustingly healthy!) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1913 "2024-10-01T18:02:40Z")
Complaining about your picks being alive is allowed. Doing anything about your picks being alive is a felony. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1914 "2024-10-01T18:04:08Z")
> **[John Amos, ‘Good Times’ Dad, Dies at 84](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-amos-dead-good-times-roots-1236019054/)** > > He played Gordy the weatherman on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and earned an Emmy nom for his turn as the older Kunta Kinte on 'Roots.' ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1915 "2024-10-01T18:31:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Complaining about your picks being alive is allowed. > > Doing anything about your picks being alive is a felony. I didn’t give him a stroke, I swear! > [@Stephe96](#): > > [John Amos Dead: 'Good Times' Dad, 'Roots' Actor Was 84](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-amos-dead-good-times-roots-1236019054/) One of my minor brushes with fame, I ate in the same room as him. He was visiting a base I was stationed at and was eating with the base commander. I was a few tables away. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1916 "2024-10-01T18:45:54Z")
Just idly wondering why the family chose to wait six weeks to announce the death of John Amos. He passed on August 21. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1917 "2024-10-01T18:46:04Z")
Yeah. Wiki just switched his entry from “John Amos is…” to “John Amos was…”. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1918 "2024-10-01T19:13:24Z")
Damn, damn, damn. IYKYK. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1919 "2024-10-01T19:16:00Z")
Ken Page died Sept. 30th at the age of 70. He was the original Old Deuteronomy in _Cats_, the Lion in _The Wiz_ and the voice of Oogie Boogie in _The Nightmare Before Christmas_. > **[Ken Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Page)** > > Ken Page (January 20, 1954 – September 30, 2024) was an American actor and cabaret singer who created the part of Ken in the original Broadway production of Ain't Misbehavin' and played Old Deuteronomy in the original Broadway and filmed stage adaptation of Cats. He voiced Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas franchise and played in the original Broadway production of The Wiz as The Lion and the first Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls as Nicely-Nicely Johnson. > Kenneth Page was born an... ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1920 "2024-10-01T20:28:53Z")
Not to be confused with his son Ozzie Virgil Jr., who played with the Braves and other teams in the 1980s. I used to watch the son on WGN when they played the Cubs, but never knew that his father was also a major leaguer. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940/1921 "2024-10-01T20:58:45Z")
Robert Watts, producer of the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies, has died, aged 86. > **[Robert Watts: 1938-2024](https://www.lucasfilm.com/news/robert-watts-1938-2024/)** > > The producer was an essential member of the crew that made the first Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/993940.md?page=97)