# 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:** 21
**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:** [February 4, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/405 "2021-02-04T15:42:52Z")
British Bombshell Barbara Shelley died January 3rd at 88. > **[Barbara Shelley, Leading Lady of Horror Films, Dies at 88 (Published 2021)](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/obituaries/barbara-shelley-dead-coronavirus.html)** > > Sometimes the victim, sometimes the monster, she was a frequent presence in scary movies in the 1950s and ’60s. She died of underlying conditions following a bout with the coronavirus. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/406 "2021-02-04T20:46:40Z")
Jim Weatherly, the former Ole Miss quarterback and famed singer-songwriter who wrote “Midnight Train to Georgia,” died Wednesday at 77. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/407 "2021-02-05T00:54:20Z")
“When Doves Die” Divinity, a white dove owned by the late Prince, died on Tuesday following a recent decline in health due to age. (I’m guessing nobody had her) ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/408 "2021-02-05T02:52:40Z")
Rule 3c Picks must not be non human ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/409 "2021-02-05T03:43:54Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Rule 3c > Picks must not be non human I will point out that pretty much every one of those rules was written in response to an attempted pick by somebody. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/410 "2021-02-05T05:33:03Z")
> [@GreaterZamboni](#): > > Hoopy\_Frood you comment was so worthwhile I might steal it and pretend I said it myself. 😉 You’re welcome to it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/411 "2021-02-05T14:40:04Z")
Yeah my first thought was " That’s brilliant , there must be a whole lot of points in dead celebrity animals, how old is punxsutawney phil?" The second was " There is no way someone hasn’t all ready tried this , better check the rules " ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/412 "2021-02-05T18:08:17Z")
Christopher Plummer dead at 91. > **[Christopher Plummer Dies: Oscar Winner & ‘Sound Of Music,’ ‘All The Money...](https://deadline.com/2021/02/christopher-plummer-dies-91-sound-of-music-all-the-money-in-the-world-star-1234688379/)** > > Christopher Plummer, who starred in The Sound of Music, won an Oscar for Beginners and was nominated for All the Money in the World and The Last Station, died peacefully today at his home in Connec… ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/413 "2021-02-05T18:11:21Z")
Pro Wrestling great "Hacksaw"Butch Reed has died at 66. > **[Butch Reed Passes Away At Age 66 •](https://www.google.com/url?q=https:%2F%2Fheelbynature.com%2Fwrestling-news%2Fbutch-reed-passes-away-at-age-66%2F&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjdu5-vq9PuAhUMEVkFHW6-DmoQFjA6egQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw0OHM4DtIFFOwX5sCPFIUBU)** > > Bruce Reed, better known as wrestling legend Butch Reed has passed away at age 66. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/414 "2021-02-05T19:41:12Z")
Not my [Hacksaw](https://www.wwe.com/superstars/hacksawjimduggan). ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/415 "2021-02-05T19:54:14Z")
[Sandie Crisp](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/obituaries/sandie-crisp-dead-coronavirus.html), AKA “Goddess Bunny”, succumbs to Covid-19 at 61. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/416 "2021-02-05T21:06:12Z")
God must have whistled for him. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/417 "2021-02-05T22:48:21Z")
Bobby Brown Jr has died at the age of 28. He was the son of Whitney Houston and brother of Bobbi Kristina Brown, both of whom also died at an early age. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/418 "2021-02-05T23:04:30Z")
Bobby Brown Jr was the son of Bobby Brown and Kim Ward (not Whitney Houston), and the half brother of Bobbi Kristina Brown, and he died in November 2020. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/419 "2021-02-05T23:09:44Z")
Darn, he was just a little too young for my list. RIP, Mr. Plummer. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/420 "2021-02-05T23:17:21Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Bobby Brown Jr was the son of Bobby Brown and Kim Ward (not Whitney Houston), and the half brother of Bobbi Kristina Brown, and he died in November 2020. My mistake. It was one of those pop-up news articles and I didn’t check the date. The article also mentioned his connection with Whitney Houston without making the relationship clear. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/421 "2021-02-06T00:11:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > My mistake. It was one of those pop-up news articles and I didn’t check the date. > > The article also mentioned his connection with Whitney Houston without making the relationship clear. He is dead, right? Unlike some other celebrities who’ve come back to life for some period of time. 😀 ---
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/422 "2021-02-06T00:28:24Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > He is dead, right? Think of it as a sort of death echo. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/423 "2021-02-06T00:31:44Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > He is dead, right? Unlike some other celebrities who’ve come back to life for some period of time. Yes, if I had just stopped when I wrote “Bobby Brown Jr has died at the age of 28” I would have been able to argue my post was correct. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/424 "2021-02-06T20:21:59Z")
Kudos. I wonder if Julie Andrews had the same thought. I had the Captain in 2018. Although I didn’t include him on my lists since then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=22)