# 2021 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881 "2020-12-01T02:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/203 "2021-01-04T22:07:08Z")
About the closest I’ve ever come to sugar art in my own kitchen is when I use a die for pressing cookies that results in small openings, and the decorative sugar that lands there gets just hot enough in the oven to stick together. Crunchy! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/204 "2021-01-04T22:24:10Z")
Rumors of Tanya Roberts’ death have been greatly exaggerated… by her publicist! > **[Tanya Roberts' Partner Explains Why He Thought She Had Died](https://amp.tmz.com/2021/01/04/tanya-roberts-still-alive-rep-saying-shes-dead-70s-show-bond-girl/)** > > The famed Bond actress is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/205 "2021-01-04T22:45:01Z")
What happens when someone un-dies? Has this happened before? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/206 "2021-01-04T22:56:47Z")
Not since Montgomery Burns in 1995, to the best of my recollection. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/207 "2021-01-04T23:01:32Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > What happens when someone un-dies? Has this happened before? Moira Rose? [![](https://j.gifs.com/OMNmkG.gif) ](https://j.gifs.com/OMNmkG.gif) ---
**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:** [January 4, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/208 "2021-01-04T23:06:56Z")
So Dung Beetle can cast resurrection spells. Good to know. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/209 "2021-01-05T00:15:13Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > What happens when someone un-dies? Has this happened before? Double points when they die again. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/210 "2021-01-05T01:42:51Z")
> [@You can't make a Sequel -- You killed off the Character!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-make-a-sequel-you-killed-off-the-character/924670): > > Authors and filmmakers have proven incredibly capable of resurrecting characters that were apparently “undeniably and reliably dead.” Sometimes it’s public clamor for the character, and sometimes it’s a desire or a need for money the poster child for this is Sherlock Holmes.. Doyle wasn’t really very fond of his most famous creation, so he killed him off in the aptly-named story The Final Problem.. But the public wanted more Holmes. Doyle wrote The Hound of the Baskervilles, which was supposed … We have an entire thread dedicated to ~~the one I love~~ the undead. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/211 "2021-01-05T01:45:49Z")
Holy crap! Somebody dig up RBG! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/212 "2021-01-05T10:03:05Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > What happens when someone un-dies? I dunno, but I’m not gonna get my un-dies in a bunch about it. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/213 "2021-01-05T16:54:46Z")
Tanya Roberts is dead again. > **[Tanya Roberts Dead at 65 After Premature Death Announcement](https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/05/tanya-roberts-dead-dies-65-bond-girl-70s-show-premature-announcement/)** > > Tanya Roberts is dead at 65 following a bizarre chain of events that saw her partner and manager say she died 24 hours before. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/214 "2021-01-05T17:08:48Z")
Whoever picked her better not get double points! 😉 ---
**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:** [January 5, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/215 "2021-01-05T17:42:14Z")
In other news, Franco is still dead. Shoot, that’s goes back to 1975!!!??? > **[Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimo_Francisco_Franco_is_still_dead)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" is a catchphrase that originated in 1975 during the first season of NBC's Saturday Night (now called Saturday Night Live, or SNL) and which mocked the weeks-long media reports of the impending death of Francisco Franco. It was one of the first catchphrases from the series to enter the general lexicon. > The death (on November 20, 1975) of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco during the first season of NBC... ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/216 "2021-01-05T18:23:36Z")
Ninja’d by @biotep. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/217 "2021-01-05T18:47:31Z")
Yes. In the year 2385, either you’re going to lose or there’s going to be some kind of New Years Eve massacre and your picks are doomed…DOOMED! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/218 "2021-01-06T00:02:24Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Tanya Roberts is dead again. > > [Tanya Roberts Dead at 65 After Premature Death Announcement](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/05/tanya-roberts-dead-dies-65-bond-girl-70s-show-premature-announcement/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjaqMnLoIXuAhUFjlkKHTyyBjIQFjAKegQIABAB&usg=AOvVaw3bVCcC5sfQ7LVfx7B1SDHj) According to her partner, she died from a [urinary tract infection](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/tanya-roberts-s-cause-of-death-revealed-as-her-partner-speaks-out/ar-BB1cuVgd?ocid=msedgdhp). ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/219 "2021-01-06T00:42:05Z")
It must have pissed him off to lose his partner. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/220 "2021-01-06T09:42:08Z")
[Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dead at 59.](https://apnews.com/article/eric-jerome-dickey-dead-89508a58d7264df3fa98bec3227156b2) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/221 "2021-01-06T16:00:52Z")
That sucks. I read _Chasing Destiny_ several years ago. Good book. Always meant to read more of his stuff, but never got around to it. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/222 "2021-01-06T17:55:12Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > It must have pissed him off to lose his partner. Yes, it had to really hurt; “like burning gasoline” is the feeling I got during my UTI. Still no like button. How about a “like” emoji? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=12)