# 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:** 14
**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, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/263 "2021-01-13T02:30:52Z")
Or has she? > **[Julie Strain Update: Actress Is Not Dead, Film Company Now Says](https://deadline.com/2020/01/julie-strain-not-dead-prolific-b-movie-actress-and-former-penthouse-pet-1202829829/)** > > Julie Strain is not dead. Collaborator Malibu Bay Films yesterday reported that the prolific B-movie actress had died aged 57. The company now says that they were mistaken. “The information w… ---
**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, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/264 "2021-01-13T02:33:34Z")
Oh, she has. That’s last year’s death hoax denial. Man, the world is hard to keep up with. ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/265 "2021-01-13T02:36:19Z")
RIP Ms. Strain; you totally fucking rocked. ---
**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, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/266 "2021-01-13T02:46:14Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Oh, she has. That’s last year’s death hoax denial. Man, the world is hard to keep up with. If it makes you feel better, I made the same mistake. I had to edit my post four times. ---
**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, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/267 "2021-01-13T02:49:41Z")
The imdb trivia section on her says that she has been suffering with dementia and has been under home hospice care since late 2018. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/268 "2021-01-13T04:24:51Z")
Next year, the Celebrity Not Really Dead Pool. ---
**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, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/269 "2021-01-13T04:49:22Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Next year, the Celebrity Not Really Dead Pool Zombie apocalypse in 2022? “Here, 2020, hold my beer.” ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/270 "2021-01-13T05:17:07Z")
Assuming she’s really dead, I get on the board! ---
**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, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/271 "2021-01-13T05:27:53Z")
Next year we need to start the Celebrity Almost Dead Pool. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/272 "2021-01-13T05:29:52Z")
Three players have Strain on their lists. Her passing would put **Team Dirt** in the unshared lead, as they already are on the board with thirty points. ---
**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 13, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/273 "2021-01-13T06:35:49Z")
I had Julie Strain as an alternate, unfortunately for me. [Pat Loud](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/pat-loud-mother-american-family-dies-94-n1253731), matriarch of the show “An American Family” leaves 7 points on the board. ---
**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 13, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/274 "2021-01-13T06:45:41Z")
In “horrible timing” news, Dustin Diamond has been [hospitalized](https://www.thewrap.com/saved-by-the-bell-star-dustin-diamond-hospitalized-cancer-diagnosis-likely/)with what may very well be cancer. ---
**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 13, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/275 "2021-01-13T07:35:24Z")
Aw, man. I considered Dustin for my double-initial Themed list. ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/276 "2021-01-13T17:01:03Z")
[Florida attorney Fred Levin, the scourge of the tobacco industry, has passed away from covid at 83.](https://apnews.com/article/health-football-coronavirus-pandemic-micronesia-new-zealand-229faef563fde6ff5cfde57d4926ebdc) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/277 "2021-01-13T17:30:35Z")
Most sources seem to be saying that Julie Strain has passed, but I’m still going to wait another day or two to add the points. ---
**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 13, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/278 "2021-01-13T19:56:41Z")
Why won’t anybody stay dead? What’s going on in the afterlife that they want to come back here? ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/279 "2021-01-13T20:05:16Z")
I shudder to think who must be running the place these days. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/280 "2021-01-14T00:13:18Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Why won’t anybody stay dead? What’s going on in the afterlife that they want to come back here? I feel happy! I feel happy! [thump] [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcbR1J_4ICg) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/281 "2021-01-14T02:18:51Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Three players have Strain on their lists. I’m seeing four - Superdude, Team Dirt, Jeezums, and me. ---
**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 14, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/282 "2021-01-14T05:55:03Z")
This losing thing feels very foreign to me. I don’t like it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=15)