2024 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

Glad you are getting some range of motion back!

Happy to assist longer, or step back while bowing humbly to the DeathMistress

Per this post, former Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders has died at 90.

Chet Walker, NBA Allstar, has died at age 84.

Hall of Fame forward Chet Walker, a seven-time NBA All-Star known as “The Jet” for his speed, has died at the age of 84, the NBA announced.

British TV presenter Simon Cowell dead at 72. No, not the guy from X Factor and American Idol.

Let’s see: I’ve got a British radio presenter, but nope, no British TV presenter. :grinning:

Not the Simon Cowell of crap TV shows.

He’s just trying out the latest version of his fasting diet.

Body confirmed as Mosley’s. He may have had a heart attack that caused the cliff fall.

The articles I’ve read said he was seated when he died. It may have been heat stroke that ultimately caused his death.

James Lawson, civil rights activist and advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., dies at age 95.

I met him several years back. I used to work for the union that organized the Memphis sanitation workers back in '68 and he was at some commemoration function. Real amazing dude, if felt like you were meeting American history personified when you talked to him.

Some YouTube guy died at 40. Four million followers and his mom may have cared. Read what you will about “unfortunate accident”. My uncaring and disinterested guess is: Doing something stupid to get clicks.

The dude talked about comic books over pictures of comic book art. I don’t think he ever appeared in his videos. The chances of him doing something stupid for clicks is about zero.

Another coincidence. I’m currently reading Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 by Thomas Ricks and Lawson is one of the main figures in the book.

Jeannette Charles, Queen Elizabeth II impersonator best known for movies such as The Naked Gun, National Lampoon’s European Vacation, and Goldmember is dead at 96, the same age the real Elizabeth was when she died.

Also…

Jerry West, NBA legend, has made his last jump shot. Age 86.

He’s the figure on the NBA logo.

Aw. I was a giant Lakers fan back in the day. My father and I watched games together, with commentary from Chick Hearn. Jerry was one of the good ones.

The oldest verified living man in the U.S. passed on the title.

You have to admire the dedication to her craft.