2024 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

The Game Room
1962

So X(twitter) rumors are reporting that Telegram rumors are saying Igor Girkin is dead.

Yeah I guess I am going to need a better cite before claiming some points I will be very happy to take.

1963

That would be going from 30th to 14th place.

1964

Tom Cruise’s father in Risky Business - “I don’t remember giving you permission for a party, Joel.”

1965

Not to mention this cultural touchstone

1966
1967

I can’t let the passing of my longest running celebrity crush (45 years!) go unacknowledged.

Nicholas Pryor was my guy from the first time I ever saw him, and I only enjoyed watching him more as time went on. For every one of his roles, even the silly and annoying ones, but especially for Eight Is Enough, Beverly Hills 90210 and Port Charles, thanks, Nick. I will miss you.

“Once. In Barcelona. There was gunfire.” - Victor Collins

1968

Ethel Kennedy has died at 96.

1969

Someone tell Junior not to eat her.

1970

Or mount her head on his car.

1971

Or embarrass her with weird-ass political views.

1972
1973

NoNoNo gets a unique pick with Ethel Kennedy.

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 Loach 166 4 3
8 Mean Mr. Mustard 151 3 1
9 Captain Klutz 135 3 0
9 critter 42 135 3 0
9 Kitten Mitten 135 3 0
12 GIGObuster 119 3 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 Slow Moving Vehicle 70 3 1
25 Pardel-Lux 69 2 0
26 NoNoNo 64 4 1
26 Mona_Lott 64 2 0
28 Stephe96 62 3 1
29 jdracingfan 54 2 0
30 BuckyPO 53 2 0
30 Dancer_Flight 53 2 0
30 Kent_Clark 53 2 0
30 Mahaloth 53 2 0
30 Precambrianmollusc 53 2 0
30 RivkahChaya 53 2 0
36 Monstera delciosa 48 2 1
37 adriancohen100 47 1 0
37 Bayaker 47 1 0
37 Borborygmi 47 1 0
37 Catamount 47 1 0
37 CreaseMunky 47 1 0
37 Culling_The_Herd 47 1 0
37 Deanna_D 47 1 0
37 Dr. Girlfriend 47 1 0
37 gkster 47 1 0
37 GuanoLad 47 1 0
37 Gyrate 47 1 0
37 Jack Batty 47 1 0
37 Jegpeg 47 1 0
37 kitap 47 1 0
37 Larry_Borgia 47 1 0
37 Lsura 47 1 0
37 Maus Magill 47 1 0
37 McDeath_the_Mad 47 1 0
37 opiewan 47 1 0
37 Railer13 47 1 0
37 Rebo 47 1 0
37 Reindeer_Flotilla 47 1 0
37 SuntanLotion 47 1 0
37 tuesdayweld 47 1 0
37 Wheelz 47 1 0
37 WolfpackJeep 47 1 0
63 xizor 44 2 0
64 Ponch8 36 1 36
65 ZamboniAce 1000 30 2 0
66 JohnT 24 1 0
66 Mrs. Ducky 24 1 0
68 MarkF2004 20 1 1
69 blue67ccm 19 3 1
70 gwendee 17 1 0
71 Shoeless 16 2 1
72 Allecher 12 1 1
73 Paul was in Saudi 11 2 0
73 Lsura 11 1 0
73 teelabrown 11 1 0
73 vivalostwages 11 1 0
77 Biotop 10 2 2
78 commasense 6 1 0
78 Czarcasm 6 1 0
78 Nother Yinzer 6 1 0
81 Moriarty 4 1 0
82 irritant 2 1 0
83 Baker 0 1 1
1974

Never mind. Ninjaed.

1975
1976

I didn’t know India had a group of massive tatas…

1977

Thomas Rockwell, son of Norman Rockwell and author of children’s books, most notably “How to Eat Fried Worms”, dead at 91 from Parkinson’s.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/10/04/thomas-norman-rockwell-fried-worms/

1978

I remember the book. I never made the connection.

1979

I liked that book and read it more than once as a kid.

1980

The cover of the version I had did sort of look Norman Rockwell-esque, but I doubt it was him. I can’t find a credit.

1981

Neither did I until I found out he was dead. And last time I read the book (as an adult), it struck me how British-like a lot of the vernacular used was. The Rockwells were New Englanders, so it fits, but it seems to me that Norman’s work invoked more of a flyover country feel than New England.