# 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:** 26
**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 18, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/505 "2021-02-18T06:07:28Z")
[Rowena Morrill](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/rowena-morrill/), book artist, dead at 76 due to a series of heart attacks. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2021, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/506 "2021-02-18T06:18:45Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Rowena Morrill](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/rowena-morrill/), book artist, dead at 76 due to a series of heart attacks. In my formative years it seemed like every book I read had a cover made by her or Michael Whalen. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/507 "2021-02-18T06:19:55Z")
Awwwwww man; I still have shirts from his tours back in the '80s. I used to make a good bit of money doing his shows every year back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/508 "2021-02-18T06:25:29Z")
Even now I can go over to my bookcase and grab a book at random and it’ll have a cover by her, Whelan or Darrell K Sweet. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/509 "2021-02-18T10:52:48Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Jeanette Lee, pool player called the Black Widow, has terminal cancer.](https://poolplayers.com/jeanette-lee-the-black-widow-diagnosed-with-terminal-cancer/) Let’s hope she lives to see another New Year’s. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/510 "2021-02-18T17:52:01Z")
John Hora, cinematographer on ‘The Howling’ and ‘Gremlins,’ dead at 80. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/511 "2021-02-18T19:37:31Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Even now I can go over to my bookcase and grab a book at random and it’ll have a cover by her, Whelan or Darrell K Sweet. Yes Darrell K Sweet was the other one. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/512 "2021-02-18T20:40:11Z")
97 year old Bob Dole is [fighting Stage 4 lung cancer](https://twitter.com/SenatorDole/status/1362417124606677008). ---
**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:** [February 19, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/513 "2021-02-19T21:11:38Z")
More disturbing info on Vincent Jackson. According to [msn.com](http://msn.com), he may have been dead for a few days before being noticed. The cleaning crew noticed him slumped over on the couch the previous two days, but just assumed he was sleeping. His family has donated his brain for examination as they suspect that he suffered from CTE. ---
**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 20, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/514 "2021-02-20T07:12:42Z")
[Bruce Meyers](https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a1895971/bruce-meyers-meyers-manx-and-50-years-unfinished-business/), creator of the [Meyers Manx](https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a1842081/bruce-meyers-maker-meyers-manx-turns-90/), a car that would become known worldwide as “The Dune Buggy” and that would be [copied](https://www.autoweek.com/news/auto-shows/a1715731/vw-brings-back-dune-buggy-electric-concept/)and replicated for generations, and who was an original pioneer of [racing in Baja](https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2129491/baja-magic-best-laid-plans-mice-and-motor-racers-get-blown-pieces-baja-thats-okay/), has passed away at the age of 94. Meyers died of a blood disease called myelodysplasia, which is similar to leukemia. Many a youth among us harbored a thought of building one of these buggies. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/515 "2021-02-21T18:43:22Z")
Actress [Martha Stewart](https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/martha-stewart-actress-in-daisy-kenyon-and-in-a-lonely-place-dies-at-98/ar-BB1dSJ4f?ocid=msedgntp) (NOT the domestic queen) has died at 98. ---
**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 22, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/516 "2021-02-22T00:07:01Z")
Mark Anthony Morales, AKA [Prince Markie Dee](https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/18/prince-markie-dee-the-fat-boys-dead-dies/) of the Fat Boys, leaves 48 points on the board. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/517 "2021-02-22T08:45:36Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Phil Spector is up there in the realm of the most recognizable names due to his infamy if not for his career. That was my thinking when I made the comment. People under 26 probably mainly think of Michael Jackson as a child molester. ---
**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 22, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/518 "2021-02-22T23:13:48Z")
It would be interesting to see at the end of the year how the collective wisdom of the Death pool players would have scored, so if I had picked those 12 where would I end up being placed. Has that ever been looked at for prior years? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/519 "2021-02-23T01:00:27Z")
I don’t think I’ve done it since becoming DeathMistress, but I saved some of the spread sheets. Maybe this weekend I could look them over. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/520 "2021-02-23T19:56:43Z")
He’s not dead but maybe worth keeping an eye on: Tiger Woods In Serious Car Crash, Removed With Jaws of Life ---
**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:** [February 23, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/521 "2021-02-23T20:46:32Z")
Beat poet [Lawrence Ferlinghetti](https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2021-02-23/beat-poet-lawrence-ferlinghetti-dies-at-age-101) dead at the age of 101. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/522 "2021-02-23T22:58:33Z")
_Yes_ _but then right in the middle of it_ _comes the smiling_ _mortician_ ---
**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:** [February 24, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/523 "2021-02-24T00:01:00Z")
What a pointless death. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/524 "2021-02-24T02:05:54Z")
He might still have helped someone qualify for the Quantity, Not Quality award. Take a look at my list, at least four are over 100. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=27)