# 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:** 27
**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 24, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/525 "2021-02-24T04:06:19Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > He’s not dead but maybe worth keeping an eye on: > Tiger Woods In Serious Car Crash, Removed With Jaws of Life Worth mentioning that the Jaws of Life were not used. Just a prybar. Do not trust early Twitter reports. Woods has non-life threatening leg injuries. ---
**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 24, 2021, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/526 "2021-02-24T09:17:52Z")
Woods’ career may be terminal but unless the reports are wrong he seems unlikely to die from his injuries. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/527 "2021-02-24T13:15:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 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. Damn, I had no idea he was still alive. I remember reading some of his poetry in English class fifty years ago. _I am waiting for my number to be called_ Wait no more, Lawrence. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/528 "2021-02-24T14:00:20Z")
Further nitpicking: Even if hydraulic tools were used, they were likely to just be referred to as a “spreader” and a “cutter” or nipper. Jaws of Life is a namebrand. Source: volunteer firefighter who did his vehicular rescue class last year. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/529 "2021-02-24T15:57:45Z")
Many trademarked brand names are used in general conversation among ordinary people as if they were generic terms. Deal with it. ---
**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, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/530 "2021-02-24T17:52:10Z")
No bickering you two. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/531 "2021-02-25T18:50:09Z")
Ronald Pickup, ‘Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ star, dead at 80 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/532 "2021-02-25T18:54:16Z")
Oh! How sad. I loved him in that film. ---
**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 26, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/533 "2021-02-26T18:20:35Z")
Not very famous but still of note: J. Samuel Hammond, who played the Duke Chapel bells at Duke University for 50 years has died at 73. > **[Man who played Duke Chapel bells for 50 years dies](https://apnews.com/article/durham-us-news-3fb38df69fabd8ff038da69bd8e54fde)** > > DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — When J. Samuel Hammond arrived as a freshman at Duke University in 1964, he knew nothing about the musical instrument that allowed a player to send melodies ringing across campus from the bells in the school's iconic chapel... ---
**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 26, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/534 "2021-02-26T18:38:27Z")
John’s brother Peter dies in prison. One of his convictions was for trying to extort Steven Seagal. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-peter-gotti-gambino-boss-dead-20210225-6j3qgxatabbt7jaxntalrob2ya-story.html%3FoutputType=amp](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-peter-gotti-gambino-boss-dead-20210225-6j3qgxatabbt7jaxntalrob2ya-story.html%3foutputType=amp) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/535 "2021-02-26T19:47:22Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > > [@Stephe96](#): > > > > He’s not dead but maybe worth keeping an eye on: > > Tiger Woods In Serious Car Crash, Removed With Jaws of Life > > Worth mentioning that the Jaws of Life were not used. Just a prybar. Do not trust early Twitter reports. > > Woods has non-life threatening leg injuries. Last night on the news they were talking to the woman who is in charge of the fire/rescue unit who got him out of the wreckage. She said he was pinned in in such a way that if they had gotten to the scene much later, he quite possibly would have needed to have his leg amputated. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/536 "2021-02-28T13:17:14Z")
Gene Taylor, keyboardist for _The Fabulous Thunderbirds_, froze to death during the Texas power outtage: [https://twitter.com/NaphiSoc/status/1365804803255717891?s=19](https://twitter.com/NaphiSoc/status/1365804803255717891?s=19) ---
**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 28, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/537 "2021-02-28T14:33:53Z")
The Fabulous Thunderbirds are not go? ---
**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 28, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/538 "2021-02-28T15:38:06Z")
I was never a huge fan of the band, but it sucks to die like that. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/539 "2021-02-28T15:55:43Z")
Not exactly a celebrity death, but worth noting: LaVannes Squires, the first Aftrican-American basketball player at Kansas, dies at age 90. Squires was on the Jayhawks 1952 national championship team coached by Phog Allen. One of his teammates was a reserve by the name of Dean Smith. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/540 "2021-02-28T20:59:21Z")
UK soap actor [Johnny Briggs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Briggs_(actor)), most famously known for playing Mike Baldwin on _Coronation Street_ for 30 years, but also in war movies like _633 Squadron_ and also a few _Carry On_ comedy movies, has [died](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56229247) aged 85. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/541 "2021-03-01T00:01:40Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Gene Taylor, keyboardist for _The Fabulous Thunderbirds_, froze to death during the Texas power outtage: > > [https://twitter.com/NaphiSoc/status/1365804803255717891?s=19](https://twitter.com/NaphiSoc/status/1365804803255717891?s=19) He was with The Fabulous Thunderbirds for years but not with them at their most famous. He joined after Jimmy Vaughn left. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/542 "2021-03-01T15:53:54Z")
Former NFLer and broadcaster [Irv Cross](https://us.cnn.com/2021/03/01/us/irv-cross-nfl-sportscaster-death/index.html) has died at age 81. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/543 "2021-03-02T14:49:05Z")
Civil rights leader and former Clinton advisor [Vernon Jordan](https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/vernon-jordan-civil-rights-giant-and-former-clinton-adviser-dead-at-85-report/G6N4OF3E5FEJDJA4ZIM5LTLTRA/), dead at 85 ---
**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:** [March 2, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/544 "2021-03-02T21:10:20Z")
Actor [Jahmil French](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/jahmil-french-degrassi-the-next-generation-actor-dead-at-29/ar-BB1eanhw?ocid=msedgdhp) has died at 29 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=28)