# 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:** 13
**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 9, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/243 "2021-01-09T14:57:48Z")
[Ed Bruce](https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/ed-bruce-country-singer-who-wrote-iconic-tune-dies-at-81/ar-BB1cALLk?ocid=msedgdhp), who wrote the country music classic _Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys_, has died at 81. ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/244 "2021-01-09T21:50:02Z")
[Actor/rapper Deezer D (played Nurse Malik on _ER_), dead at 55.](https://www.etonline.com/deezer-d-er-actor-and-rapper-dead-at-55-158754) ---
**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 10, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/245 "2021-01-10T17:47:45Z")
[Antonio Sabato, Sr. has died at age 77.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Sab%C3%A0to_Sr.) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/246 "2021-01-10T22:16:51Z")
John Reilly, “General Hospital’’ and “Dallas’’ TV soap star, dead at 84. (He wasn’t related to John C. Reilly, who added the middle initial to his name to avoid confusion) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/247 "2021-01-11T19:02:01Z")
But was he related to Jeannie C. Riley of “Harper Valley PTA” fame? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/248 "2021-01-12T03:17:52Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > Michael Apted, “7 Up” series director, is 79-down. I wonder if the film series will continue w/o him. ---
**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 12, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/249 "2021-01-12T03:30:28Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I wonder if the film series will continue w/o him I hope so. He did not direct the first one, but did direct all the subsequent ones. I hope someone was ready to go and continue. ---
**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 12, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/250 "2021-01-12T03:56:36Z")
[AnnaRose King](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/annarose-king-dies-director-and-daughter-of-king-world-exec-roger-king-was-35/ar-BB1cFrWO?ocid=msedgntp), the writer-director known for _American Viral_ and _Good Enough_ and the daughter of King World Production’s [Roger King](https://deadline.com/tag/roger-king/), dies at 35 after a battle with cancer. ---
**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 12, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/251 "2021-01-12T06:35:15Z")
[Ved Mehta](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/ved-mehta-1934-2021), blind author best known for his work with the New Yorker dead at 86. ---
**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 12, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/252 "2021-01-12T13:31:44Z")
The GOP’s week just keeps getting worse: > ---
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/253 "2021-01-12T15:46:23Z")
I heard an interview last night with the longtime producer on the Up series (I believe it was Claire Lewis, she has worked on the series since 28 Up) and she is open to continuing the series, but it all depends on the willingness of the participants to continue. ---
**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 12, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/254 "2021-01-12T15:57:22Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > I heard an interview last night with the longtime producer on the Up series (I believe it was Claire Lewis, she has worked on the series since 28 Up) and she is open to continuing the series, but it all depends on the willingness of the participants to continue I hope they choose to go on. I know at one point, one of the “kids” would only come back if Apted was _not_ the one who filmed his segment. Resentment/anger over how he was portrayed in the previous installment. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/255 "2021-01-12T21:35:32Z")
I wonder if now that I am playing this Death Pool I will keep thinking all year “damn! that is one I would have loved to have on my list!” OTOH, if I keep thinking that, it means the right people die and this might be a good year. ---
**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 12, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/256 "2021-01-12T21:48:09Z")
Not me. I am just proud to keep 13 people alive. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/257 "2021-01-12T21:49:36Z")
That is a nice way trait to have. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/258 "2021-01-12T23:01:46Z")
All I can say is, we’d better not be keeping Rush Limbaugh alive! ---
**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 13, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/259 "2021-01-13T00:29:44Z")
It appears Mitch McConnell may have murdered the Trump Administration, details to follow. 😉 ---
**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 13, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/260 "2021-01-13T00:43:31Z")
What does THAT mean? Hook me up with a link? ---
**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 13, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/261 "2021-01-13T00:48:51Z")
I means Yertle seems likely to support conviction and call for others to vote that way, in order to purge The Party. ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/262 "2021-01-13T02:18:36Z")
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