# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/223 "2021-01-06T19:50:52Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Still no like button. How about a “like” emoji? 🥰😇🤡👍🏽💏👀💃🏻🕺🏼🐝🐡🐕⭐💥🍍🍣🌭🥂🥇🎯🌋🎆🎀💝♨💯⬆☑ Any one of those do it for you? ---
**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 8, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/224 "2021-01-08T00:16:33Z")
[Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter, Vietnam author, dies; he was 84.](https://apnews.com/article/neil-sheehan-dead-af7893e6608a0eb2417ccf3f460179f1) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/225 "2021-01-08T06:37:35Z")
[Marion Ramsey](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/entertainment/marion-ramsey-obituary-trnd/index.html), Officer Hooks from the Police Academy movies leaves 27 points to the ether. (This was mentioned in the themed pool thread, but not here.) [Albert Roux](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/albert-roux-death-intl-scli-gbr/index.html), owner of Britain’s first Michelin rated restaurant shuffles off this mortal coil at 85. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/226 "2021-01-08T16:49:21Z")
Legendary Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda has died at 93. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/227 "2021-01-08T17:14:03Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Legendary Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda has died… I had Tommy Lasorda. 7 points for me! ---
**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 8, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/228 "2021-01-08T17:28:35Z")
Two Toms on my main list and neither of them was Lasorda. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/229 "2021-01-08T18:10:36Z")
Last year I had a themed list of all Toms and Tommy Lasorda was on there. Of course he lived until I changed my list to women writers this year. Sorry to have taken away your immortality, Tommy. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/230 "2021-01-08T18:16:35Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Albert Roux](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/albert-roux-death-intl-scli-gbr/index.html), owner of Britain’s first Michelin rated restaurant … Is that name real? I mean, seriously, how does that happen? ---
**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 8, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/231 "2021-01-08T18:33:24Z")
The guy who did my vasectomy’s last name was “Nutting.” And then there’s Randy Rainbow (real name!) ---
**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 8, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/232 "2021-01-08T18:41:48Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > And then there’s Randy Rainbow (real name!) That’s his real name!?! ---
**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 8, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/233 "2021-01-08T19:08:23Z")
Yessireebob! He’s the son of Gerry Rainbow (né Ribner). So, his father changed _his_ name, but, yep Randy was born “Randy Rainbow.” > **[Randy Rainbow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Rainbow)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Randy Stewart Rainbow (born July 6, 1981) is a Grammy nominated American comedian and singer, best known for spoof interviews that blend political satire and musical parodies from a liberal perspective. > Randy Rainbow was born to a Jewish family in Huntington, New York. Rainbow is his real last name. He grew up in Commack, New York. When he was 10 years old, his father, Gerry Rainbow (né Ribner), a musician and talent booker, moved the family t... ---
**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 8, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/234 "2021-01-08T19:24:34Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Yessireebob! He’s the son of Gerry Rainbow (né Ribner). So, his father changed _his_ name, but, yep Randy was born “Randy Rainbow.” I was expressing surprise not questioning you. Randy Rainbow was just one of those cases where I had assumed he was using a made-up name. I was similarly surprised by Tallulah Bankhead, Wolf Blitzer, Orlando Bloom, Brooklyn Decker, Leonardo DiCaprio, Megan Fox, Yo-Yo Ma, Thelonius Monk, Ryan Reynolds, and Frank Zappa - all people whose real names sound made up. ---
**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 8, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/235 "2021-01-08T19:26:21Z")
I know you weren’t. I was just confirming it. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/236 "2021-01-08T22:17:22Z")
Michael Apted, “7 Up” series director, is 79-down. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/237 "2021-01-08T22:28:08Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > The guy who did my vasectomy’s last name was “Nutting.” Now that you’ve brought it up, what _was_ your vasectomy’s last name? Hell, what was its _first_ name? 🙃 ---
**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 8, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/238 "2021-01-08T22:52:33Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Now that you’ve brought it up, what _was_ your vasectomy’s last name? Horikhowicz. They changed it at Ellis Island. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/239 "2021-01-09T01:43:55Z")
Five people had Lasorda. | 1 | RobotDevilDog | 30 | 1 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Team Dirt | 30 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Happy Lendervedder | 22 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | phungi | 22 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Hal Briston | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | imthjckaz | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | madsircool | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Mahaloth | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | ZeroOO | 7 | 1 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/240 "2021-01-09T01:53:08Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Five people had Lasorda. They should get a cream for that. ---
**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 9, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/241 "2021-01-09T01:54:05Z")
Yeah, that was awkwardly worded. Knew it when I wrote it, wrote it anyway. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/242 "2021-01-09T02:42:19Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > Michael Apted, “7 Up” series director, is 79-down. **Thunderheart** is one of my favorite movies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=13)