# 2024 \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 4, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110 "2023-12-04T18:45:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/161 "2024-11-20T01:57:14Z")
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | smithsb | 203 | 5(5) | Middle East troublemakers | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 54 | 2(2) | The Canadians | | 3 | zadscmc | 47 | 3(2) | NY Mets | | 4 | xizor | 38 | 1(1) | Crooners | | 5 | Pardel-Lux | 37 | 2(2) | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 6 | GuanoLad | 23 | 1(1) | UK sitcom actors. | | 7 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 19 | 4(4) | Ye Olde Tyme Base-Ball Players | | 8 | Catamount | 17 | 2(2) | 13 Apollo astronauts still living | | 9 | Bayaker | 16 | 1(1) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe: | | 10 | J-P\_L | 14 | 1(1) | Former Race Car Drivers | | 11 | Mahaloth | 12 | 1(1) | MASH again: | | 12 | Dr.Girlfriend | 7 | 1 | The Lucky 13th Annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 12 | Rebo | 7 | 1(1) | Still Living Match Game Celebrities | | 14 | Little\_Nemo | 3 | 1(1) | Norman Jewison is alive at the age of 97 | ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/162 "2024-11-26T03:50:29Z")
A bit late, but in compiling my 2025 list I found some 2024 points for me: > **[Bud Harrelson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Harrelson)** > > As manager > Derrel McKinley "Bud" Harrelson (June 6, 1944 – January 11, 2024) was an American professional baseball shortstop, coach and manager. He played for the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers from 1965 to 1980. After his retirement as a player, he served as a coach for the 1986 Mets team that won the World Series, and as manager of the Mets in 1990 and 1991. He was a coach and part-owner of the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. > Harrel... ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/163 "2024-11-27T12:42:20Z")
Earl Holliman, who starred in the first Twilight Zone episode, has passed away at 96, which finally gets me on the board this year with a whopping 4 points. > **[Earl Holliman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Holliman)** > > Henry Earl Holliman (September 11, 1928 – November 25, 2024) was an American actor, animal-rights activist, and singer known for his many character roles in films, mostly Westerns and dramas, in the 1950s and 1960s. He won a Golden Globe Award for the film The Rainmaker (1956) and portrayed Sergeant Bill Crowley on the television police drama Police Woman throughout its 1974 to 1978 run. > Holliman other notable film roles include Broken Lance (1954), The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), The Big Comb... ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/164 "2024-11-27T13:04:26Z")
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | smithsb | 203 | 5(5) | Middle East troublemakers | | 2 | zadscmc | 68 | 4(3) | NY Mets | | 3 | Registered\_at\_Last | 54 | 2(2) | The Canadians | | 4 | xizor | 38 | 1(1) | Crooners | | 5 | Pardel-Lux | 37 | 2(2) | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 6 | GuanoLad | 23 | 1(1) | UK sitcom actors. | | 7 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 19 | 4(4) | Ye Olde Tyme Base-Ball Players | | 8 | Catamount | 17 | 2(2) | 13 Apollo astronauts still living | | 9 | Bayaker | 16 | 1(1) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe: | | 10 | J-P\_L | 14 | 1(1) | Former Race Car Drivers | | 11 | Mahaloth | 12 | 1(1) | MASH again: | | 12 | Dr.Girlfriend | 7 | 1 | The Lucky 13th Annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 12 | Rebo | 7 | 1(1) | Still Living Match Game Celebrities | | 14 | Shoeless | 4 | 1(1) | Guest Stars from the original “Twilight Zone” | | 15 | Little\_Nemo | 3 | 1(1) | Norman Jewison is alive at the age of 97 | ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/165 "2024-11-27T20:08:18Z")
I read about the passing of Holliman while watching Forbidden Planet, on TCM, He was the young cook who Robbie made the bourbon for. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/166 "2024-12-03T14:50:30Z")
I was working on my 2025 list, and realized I earned 11 points last month: > **[Robinson, former USC and Rams coach, dies at 89](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42335346/john-robinson-former-usc-football-la-rams-coach-dies-89)** > > John Robinson, the veteran football coach who enjoyed many years of success at USC and with the Los Angeles Rams, has died. He was 89. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/167 "2024-12-05T17:01:59Z")
Reminder to all to check your picks. It seems when I was out the country during my summer vacation one of my picks died. [Bob Jones](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/former-ottawa-senators-assistant-coach-bob-jones-dies-of-als-1.7277594), 54, former coach with the Ottawa Senators died of ALS. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/168 "2024-12-06T00:20:13Z")
Has somebody started a 2025 thread? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/169 "2024-12-06T01:03:33Z")
The Death Shroom has it going here. > [@2025 \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109): > > NOTE: As we started in 2019, Themed Death Pool Lists will be posted and tracked in a separate thread. If you are looking for the 2024 Celebrity Death Pool thread, [click here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110) phungi (aka: the Death Shroom) checking in as your 20245Death Pool chaperone. In case anyone is new to this game, the rules are outlined below. There are a few new rules so read carefully. The Rules: You pick 13 celebrities (plus 3 alternates) that you predict will die in the year 2024. If any of your celebrities dies, … ---
**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:** [December 6, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/170 "2024-12-06T01:24:55Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > The Death Shroom has it going here. Thanks for the link. I did a search but somehow it didn’t come up. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/171 "2024-12-06T05:30:20Z")
A burst of pre-festive season gloom brings my first hit of the pool: [Maggie Tabberer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Tabberer) born 11/12/1936 aged 87 ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/172 "2024-12-06T13:25:14Z")
3 December point-scoring losses: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | smithsb | 203 | 5(5) | Middle East troublemakers | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 100 | 3(3) | The Canadians | | 3 | zadscmc | 68 | 4(3) | NY Mets | | 4 | xizor | 38 | 1(1) | Crooners | | 5 | Pardel-Lux | 37 | 2(2) | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 6 | GuanoLad | 23 | 1(1) | UK sitcom actors. | | 7 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 19 | 4(4) | Ye Olde Tyme Base-Ball Players | | 8 | Catamount | 17 | 2(2) | 13 Apollo astronauts still living | | 9 | Bayaker | 16 | 1(1) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe: | | 10 | J-P\_L | 14 | 1(1) | Former Race Car Drivers | | 11 | penultima\_thule | 13 | 1(1) | Oldest surviving “Gold Logie Award” winners (Australian most popular TV personality | | 12 | Mahaloth | 12 | 1(1) | MASH again: | | 13 | Railer13 | 11 | 1(1) | Former NFL Head Coaches | | 14 | Dr.Girlfriend | 7 | 1 | The Lucky 13th Annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 14 | Rebo | 7 | 1(1) | Still Living Match Game Celebrities | | 16 | Shoeless | 4 | 1(1) | Guest Stars from the original “Twilight Zone” | | 17 | Little\_Nemo | 3 | 1(1) | Norman Jewison is alive at the age of 97 | ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/173 "2024-12-19T01:03:27Z")
Just found out that Fred Lorenzen, former NASCAR driver has passed away. > **[Fred Lorenzen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Lorenzen)** > > Frederick Lorenzen Jr. (December 30, 1934 – December 18, 2024), nicknamed "the Golden Boy", "Fast Freddie", "the Elmhurst Express" and "Fearless Freddy", was a NASCAR driver from Elmhurst, Illinois. Active from 1958 to 1972, he won 26 races including 1965 Daytona 500. > Fred Lorenzen was 15 years of age when he and his Elmhurst, Illinois friends competed in a contest to see who could flip a 1937 Plymouth over first by cranking it around in circles. Lorenzen claimed to be the victor of that confron... ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/174 "2024-12-19T13:20:42Z")
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | smithsb | 203 | 5(5) | Middle East troublemakers | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 100 | 3(3) | The Canadians | | 3 | zadscmc | 68 | 4(3) | NY Mets | | 4 | xizor | 38 | 1(1) | Crooners | | 5 | Pardel-Lux | 37 | 2(2) | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 6 | J-P\_L | 25 | 2(2) | Former Race Car Drivers | | 7 | GuanoLad | 23 | 1(1) | UK sitcom actors. | | 8 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 19 | 4(4) | Ye Olde Tyme Base-Ball Players | | 9 | Catamount | 17 | 2(2) | 13 Apollo astronauts still living | | 10 | Bayaker | 16 | 1(1) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe: | | 11 | penultima\_thule | 13 | 1(1) | Oldest surviving “Gold Logie Award” winners (Australian most popular TV personality | | 12 | Mahaloth | 12 | 1(1) | MASH again: | | 13 | Railer13 | 11 | 1(1) | Former NFL Head Coaches | | 14 | Dr.Girlfriend | 7 | 1 | The Lucky 13th Annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 14 | Rebo | 7 | 1(1) | Still Living Match Game Celebrities | | 16 | Shoeless | 4 | 1(1) | Guest Stars from the original “Twilight Zone” | | 17 | Little\_Nemo | 3 | 1(1) | Norman Jewison is alive at the age of 97 | ---
**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:** [December 23, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/175 "2024-12-23T18:18:41Z")
[Gail Henley died on November 25, giving me another 4 points.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Henley) ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/176 "2024-12-24T13:05:28Z")
two players with 5 picks = impressive! | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | smithsb | 203 | 5(5) | Middle East troublemakers | | 2 | Registered\_at\_Last | 100 | 3(3) | The Canadians | | 3 | zadscmc | 68 | 4(3) | NY Mets | | 4 | xizor | 38 | 1(1) | Crooners | | 5 | Pardel-Lux | 37 | 2(2) | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 6 | J-P\_L | 25 | 2(2) | Former Race Car Drivers | | 7 | GuanoLad | 23 | 1(1) | UK sitcom actors. | | 7 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 23 | 5(5) | Ye Olde Tyme Base-Ball Players | | 9 | Catamount | 17 | 2(2) | 13 Apollo astronauts still living | | 10 | Bayaker | 16 | 1(1) | The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe: | | 11 | penultima\_thule | 13 | 1(1) | Oldest surviving “Gold Logie Award” winners (Australian most popular TV personality | | 12 | Mahaloth | 12 | 1(1) | MASH again: | | 13 | Railer13 | 11 | 1(1) | Former NFL Head Coaches | | 14 | Dr.Girlfriend | 7 | 1 | The Lucky 13th Annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 14 | Rebo | 7 | 1(1) | Still Living Match Game Celebrities | | 16 | Shoeless | 4 | 1(1) | Guest Stars from the original “Twilight Zone” | | 17 | Little\_Nemo | 3 | 1(1) | Norman Jewison is alive at the age of 97 | ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/177 "2024-12-24T13:30:38Z")
I’m pleased to note that I have ZERO picks and that I have kept 13 of my favorite singers/musicians safe and sound. 😉 ---
**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:** [December 24, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/178 "2024-12-24T15:38:10Z")
I’m very annoyed that none of my [destroyers of democracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/31) (particularly the destroyer-in-chief-elect) has taken his/her rightful place in hell. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110/179 "2024-12-24T18:21:15Z")
I tried in the past with these monsters, only picked off Rumsfeld. Voodoo chants, pincushion dolls, exhortations to Cthulhu; just roll off their backs. There is no hell for them. “It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” – Calvin & Hobbes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-themed-celebrity-death-pool/994110.md?page=8)