# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/303 "2021-01-17T16:22:11Z")
Looks like I’ve scored myself a solo 19 points… > **[Phil Spector dead at 81: Jailed Wall of Sound producer dies of COVID](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9157015/Phil-Spector-dead-81-Jailed-Wall-Sound-producer-dies-COVID.html)** > > Music producer Phil Spector has died from COVID-19 related complications at the age of 81 it has been revealed. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/304 "2021-01-17T23:55:28Z")
| 1 | Team Dirt | 72 | 2 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | jeezums | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | RTFirefly | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | Superdude | 42 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | RobotDevilDog | 30 | 1 | 0 | | 6 | Hal Briston | 26 | 2 | 1 | | 7 | Happy Lendervedder | 22 | 1 | 0 | | 7 | phungi | 22 | 1 | 0 | | 9 | Old Wench | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 10 | imthjckaz | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 10 | madsircool | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 10 | Mahaloth | 7 | 1 | 0 | | 10 | ZeroOO | 7 | 1 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/305 "2021-01-19T18:32:14Z")
Harry Brant, a socialite and style setter, was found dead at 24 after an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. (Never heard of him but his death warranted a prominent obit in the NYTimes) ---
**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 19, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/306 "2021-01-19T20:09:53Z")
[The AP story describes him as a “rising model”.](https://apnews.com/article/harry-brant-dead-feb42baa4e62a8e22404b7c54f792631) ---
**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 20, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/307 "2021-01-20T01:19:00Z")
I guess fashion people knew who he was. Doesn’t seem like he would have reached any sort of fame if he didn’t have rich parents. His mother was Stephanie Seymour. ---
**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 20, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/308 "2021-01-20T01:36:26Z")
[Don Sutton, Hall of Fame pitcher for Dodgers, dies at 75](https://apnews.com/article/mlb-baseball-los-angeles-atlanta-braves-al-kaline-8319160f2989c94468612a9d30c87318). ---
**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 20, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/309 "2021-01-20T01:44:02Z")
Aussie news ran with it as “Son of former supermodel dead at 24”, kind of underlining that it’s more who he was related to than any personal fame that made it newsworthy. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/310 "2021-01-20T04:08:29Z")
[Jimmie Rodgers](https://bestclassicbands.com/jimmie-rodgers-obituary-pop-singer-honeycomb-1-19-21/), C&W singer of _Honeycomb_ and _Kisses Sweeter Than Wine_ died Jan. 18 at the age of 87. ---
**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 20, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/311 "2021-01-20T05:12:40Z")
[Dale Baer](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/dale-baer/), animator for Disney, Peanuts, and the Smurfs. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/312 "2021-01-21T03:19:42Z")
Bryan Sykes, genetics sequencer who sequenced Otzi the caveman, [dead at 73](https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/bryan-sykes-ancestral-genetics-expert-dies-at-73-68345?). ETA: damnit, he died in December. Never mind! ---
**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 21, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/313 "2021-01-21T20:41:01Z")
Singer Randy Parton, Dolly Parton’s brother, dies at 67. > **[Singer Randy Parton, Dolly Parton's brother, dies at 67](https://apnews.com/article/music-randy-parton-tennessee-dolly-parton-cf8216bb16fb431a9a5c466684561916)** > > NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country star Dolly Parton said her brother Randy Parton, who sang and performed with her, as well as at her Dollywood theme park, has died. > [@](#): > > Randy Parton sang, played guitar and bass in his sister’s band, and had hosted his own show at the Tennessee theme park since the opening in 1986. He also released music on his own. Parton said her duet with him on “Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle To You” would “always be a highlight of my own career.” > > His last recording was a song with Dolly and his daughter Heidi called “You Are My Christmas” that was on Parton’s most recent Christmas album. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/314 "2021-01-22T00:48:58Z")
The clock runs out for Ted Thompson, former GB Packer General Manager: > **[Report: Former Packers GM Ted Thompson dies](https://www.wxow.com/sports/report-former-packers-gm-ted-thompson-dies/article_31fa4ffa-6e05-5457-a899-d8eb1826340e.html)** > > The architect of the Packers last Super Bowl run has died at the age of 68. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/315 "2021-01-22T05:19:45Z")
Yet another star from Babylon 5 is gone. Damnit. > **[Mira Furlan, ‘Babylon 5’ and ‘Lost’ Actress, Dies at 65](https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mira-furlan-dead-babylon-5-lost-1234890117/)** > > Mira Furlan, best known for her roles as Delenn on “Babylon 5” and Danielle Rousseau on “Lost,” died on Wednesday. She was 65. Her Twitter account announced the news on Thur… ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/316 "2021-01-22T11:45:21Z")
B5 has a terrible record for deaths (so does “Angel” but B5 is worse) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/317 "2021-01-22T12:58:08Z")
I know. I was thinking that as I posted. ---
**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 22, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/318 "2021-01-22T13:49:20Z")
_Babylon 5_ is the new _Are You Being Served_ of cast deaths. I don’t think anyone from AYBS is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/319 "2021-01-22T13:50:19Z")
AYBS has a 2-decade advantage on B5, though (and a cast that was elderly when the show began). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/320 "2021-01-22T15:34:41Z")
[Hank Aaron has passed away](https://www.cbs46.com/news/hall-of-famer-henry-hank-aaron-dies-at-86/article_71a37148-5cc4-11eb-9cdf-1bbe85006da2.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_cbs46) at the age of 86. RIP, Hammerin’ Hank. ---
**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 22, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/321 "2021-01-22T15:54:37Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > B5 has a terrible record for deaths (so does “Angel” but B5 is worse) It’s insane, really. Star Trek Next Generation was older, but has everyone for the most part. Babylon 5 has now lost: Michael O’Hare Jerry Doyle Mira Furlan Richard Biggs Stephen Furst Andreas Katsulas Jeff Conaway Tim Choate ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/322 "2021-01-22T16:25:41Z")
It’s been a long time since I’ve cried over a celebrity death, but Mira Furlan hit me hard. She and Bruce Boxleitner were the primary reason that Babylon 5 became one of my favorites. Maybe it’s time for that rewatch I keep planning. RIP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=17)