2024 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

[Jack_Batty]

My list last year was mostly celebrities with pilot’s licenses and I scored one hit - Jimmy Buffet - but he drank himself to death, he didn’t auger in from 10,000 feet, so it doesn’t really track. Here are my 2024 picks, chosen mostly by larceny (including alternates because fuck Pele, that’s why):

Clint Eastwood
Andy Taylor
Jerry Sandusky
Bruce Willis
Tim Curry
Shannen Doherty
Sarah Hyland
Linda Ronstadt
Derek Chauvin
Bam Margera
Val Kilmer
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Swaggert

Alts:
Harvey Weinstein
Roman Polanski

[Kitten_Mitten]

“If you all think I’m being too harsh let me know here”

Absolutely not. You have been more than reasonable. One PM is courtesy and you have no reason to feel sorry if it’s not read. It’s a big job and players should be considerate of your time.

[Procrustus]

Yoko Ono
Rudy Giuliani
Peter Frampton
Chuck Grassley
Donald Trump
Clarence Thomas
Linda Ronstadt
Lindsay Graham
Roger Stone
Steve Bannon
King Charles of UK
Dick Cheney
Ken Paxton

[Baker]

Excellent final pick.

[Loach]

@Wackbjt

I think you need to do research before posting Mike Ditka is already gone

Maybe you are thinking of Dick Butkus?

[Baker]

I thought it rather odd that a brand new poster was trying to tell someone how to play the game.

[Railer13]

OK, here’s my list, FWIW

William Shatner
Willie Nelson
Emperor Akihito
Tom Baker
Josef Fritzl
Vanessa Redgrave
Mickey Rourke
Bruce Willis
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Linda Nolan
Andy Taylor
Celene Dion
Shannen Doherty

Alternates:
Gene Hackman
Mitch McConnell

[Culling_The_Herd]

Thanks!

[Mahaloth]

I am running a life pool this year and if you like to submit a unique list or even duplicate your death list, feel free. First time running one, rules are explained over there. Goal is to hope your candidates survive.

Celebrity Life Pool - willing to host if there is interest and help

I’m willing to host a Life Pool, but want to know if there is interest and if someone like @Baker can show me how to manage the spreadsheet and so forth. Any interest? Any easy way to setup a spreadsheet for point calculation? My plan would be: only people 80 and over 1 point for every year older than 80. 81 gets you 1 point, 105 gets you 15 points. No points in this game are really calculated until year end. Thoughts? Any help on the scoring? It might not be too bad since scores aren’t l…

[J-P_L]

Here are my picks for 2024:

1 Andy Taylor 1961 Guitarist for Duran Duran
2 Bruce Willis 1955 American Actor
3 Buzz Aldrin 1930 American Former Astronaut
4 Clint Eastwood 1030 American Actor
5 Dick Cheney 1941 American politician, former V.P.
6 Jean Chretien 1934 Former Prime Minister of Canada
7 Jimmy Swaggart 1935 American Televangelist
8 Liza Minneli 1946 American actress, singer & dancer
9 Michael Flatley 1958 Riverdance Dancer
10 Randy Travis 1959 American Country Singer
11 Shannen Doherty 1971 American actress
12 Toby Keith 1961 American Country Singer
13 Willie Nelson 1933 American Country Singer

Alternates:
1 George W. Bush 1946 Former US President
2 Kris Kristofferson 1936 American Actor, Singer, Songwriter

Clean List:

Andy Taylor
Bruce Willis
Buzz Aldrin
Clint Eastwood
Dick Cheney
Jean Chretien
Jimmy Swaggart
Liza Minneli
Michael Flatley
Randy Travis
Shannen Doherty
Toby Keith
Willie Nelson

Alternates:

George W. Bush
Kris Kristofferson

[Baker]

Tonight, around 7:00PM Central Standard time, I am going to post a list of the tops picks at that time. If someone just wants a bandwagon list and can’t do the research, anyone can take hints from it. At 8:00PM Central Standard Time a 100 hour countdown begins to the zero hour of midnight on the 31st.

[Lancia]

My 2024 list:

Robert Duvall
Pope Francis
Buzz Aldrin
Mick Fleetwood
John Cullum
Paul McCartney
Julie Andrews
Anthony Hopkins
Judi Dench
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Hector Elizondo
Bill Cosby
Roman Polanski

Alternate: Chevy Chase

[Pardel-Lux]

New much improved list:

Ramsan Akhmadovich Kadirov – nasty Chechen piece of sadistic shit
Jared Kushner – opportunistic piece of shit
Ivanka Kushner – nice piece of ass, according to the one missing in this list
Vladimir Putin – fascist dictator
Julio Iglesias – crooner
Celine Dion – singer
Shannen Doherty – actress
Demi Lovato – druggie
Elon Musk – egomaniac
Reid Wiseman
Victor Glover
Christina Hammock Koch
Jeremy Hansen (the last four are a moonshot - literally and figuratively)

Alternates:
Sophia Loren - Italianissima
Adriano Celentano - Italiano
Tom Lehrer - singer

Clean list:

Ramsan Kadirov
Jared Kushner
Ivanka Kushner
Vladimir Putin
Julio Iglesias
Celine Dion
Shannen Doherty
Demi Lovato
Elon Musk
Reid Wiseman
Victor Glover
Christina Koch
Jeremy Hansen

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Sophia Loren
Adriano Celentano
Tom Lehrer

[MarkF2004]

Clint is certainly proving durable…

[Borborygmi]

Thanks for doing this again, Baker! I expect to do as poorly this year as every other. For the record, while indeed one or two of these folks made their way onto my list based on personal disdain for them, I wish all my entries a healthy 2024.

1. Quincy Jones, b. March 14, 1933. Record producer.
2. Polly Holliday, b. July 2, 1937. Actress.
3. Lola Falana, b. September 11, 1942. Singer.
4. Maria Muldaur, b. September 12, 1942. Singer.
5. Norman Greenbaum, b. November 20, 1942. Singer-songwriter.
6. Donald Trump, b. June 14, 1946. Politician.
7. Jimmy McMillan, b. December 1, 1946. Political activist.
8. Elton John, b. March 25, 1947. Musician.
9. Ron Jeremy, b. March 12, 1953. Actor.
10. Bruce Willis, b. March 19, 1955. Actor.
11. Lenny Dykstra, b. February 10, 1963. Baseball player.
12. Robert Downey Jr., b. April 4, 1965. Actor.
13. Shannen Doherty, b. April 12, 1971. Actress.

Alt1. Haim Saban, b. October 15, 1944. Producer.
Alt2. Dan Quayle, b. February 4, 1947. Politician.
Alt3. Walter Palmer, b. January 16, 1960. Dentist.

Plain text list:

Quincy Jones
Polly Holliday
Lola Falana
Maria Muldaur
Norman Greenbaum
Donald Trump
Jimmy McMillan
Elton John
Ron Jeremy
Bruce Willis
Lenny Dykstra
Robert Downey Jr.
Shannen Doherty

Haim Saban
Dan Quayle
Walter Palmer

[Baker]

The following is the notables with at least seven picks.

Shannon Doherty	27
Bruce Willis	17
Donald Trump	17
Andy Taylor	12
Rudy Guiliani	12
Jimmy Carter	10
Linda Ronstadt	9
Mitch McConnell	9
Bob Newhart	8
Celine Dion	8
Vladimir Putin	8
Clint Eastwood	7
Dick Van Dyke	7
Liza Minelli	7
Michael J Fox	7
Ron Jeremy	7
William Shatner	7
Yoko Ono	7

[Gyrate]

Do you ever track a “wisdom of crowds” list and see how successful a list comprising the most popular picks turns out at year end?

[Captain_Klutz]

Copy/pasting my entire 2023 list, unchanged (sigh)

Steve Gleason
Wilfred Benitez
William Perry
Dave Rose
Andy Taylor
Jonnie Irwin
Bruce Willis
Ye (Kanye West)
Ken Watanabe
Toby Keith
Stan Walker
Linda Nolan
Shannen Doherty

Alternates
Vivian Patrick Campbell
Lindsay Lohan

[McDeath_the_Mad]

Not sure what you’re talking about? I have 10, plus 3 alternates.

MtM

[Gyrate]

You can pick 13 for your main list, plus however many alternates you want.