# 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:** 31
**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:** [March 18, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/607 "2021-03-18T03:50:59Z")
[President Magufuli of Tanzania](https://apnews.com/article/john-magufuli-dead-tanzania-president-1368d5d852ca2b8b35fe108c3abbc0a0) at 39 pts. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/608 "2021-03-18T10:07:28Z")
Reaction in the classical music community to Levine’s passing is, shall we say, mixed. Great artist, decidedly ungreat human being. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/609 "2021-03-18T23:11:13Z")
[Jessica McClintock](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jessica-mcclintock-dead/2021/03/15/53f1d710-8588-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html), budget-friendly fashion designer, dead at 90. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/610 "2021-03-19T00:18:00Z")
I loved her dresses when I was an 80s-suburban-teenage-girl. All of my favorite dresses were Gunne Sax. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/611 "2021-03-19T00:23:55Z")
Hillary Clinton’s wedding dress was famously a Jessica McClintock. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/612 "2021-03-19T20:05:14Z")
Kent Taylor, founder of Texas Roadhouse, dies at 65. Taylor made headlines last year when he gave away his salary to frontline workers during the pandemic. > **[Kent Taylor Dead at 65: The Texas Roadhouse CEO Died By Suicide After...](https://people.com/food/texas-roadhouse-ceo-kent-taylor-dead/)** > > Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor died by suicide at the age of 65 after battling post-COVID symptoms, including tinnitus ---
**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 21, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/613 "2021-03-21T14:50:43Z")
Barry Orton professional wrestler and member of the wrestling family that includes his nephew Randy Orton dead at 62. He was blacklisted for speaking out about sexual harassment in wrestling. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/03/barry-orton-passes-away-at-age-62/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/03/barry-orton-passes-away-at-age-62/) ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/614 "2021-03-22T10:15:06Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Racing driver from Germany, [Sabine Schmitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine_Schmitz), has passed away from cancer She was on my list, but I don’t recall anyone else having chosen her. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/615 "2021-03-22T18:34:51Z")
Elgin Baylor has drained his last jump shot. Age 86. [https://twitter.com/search?q=elgin+baylor&ref\_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^search](https://twitter.com/search?q=elgin+baylor&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/616 "2021-03-22T20:43:23Z")
With the unique pick of Sabine Schmitz **psychonaut** leaps into first place. 1 psychonaut 129 3 1 2 Team Dirt 118 4 0 3 GIGObuster 107 3 1 4 jeezums 105 3 0 4 RTFirefly 105 3 0 6 RobotDevilDog 93 3 0 7 Hal Briston 89 4 1 8 phungi 85 3 0 9 Registered at Last 80 2 0 10 Superdude 75 2 0 11 candide 63 2 0 11 CreaseMunky 63 3 0 11 Hoopy Frood 63 2 0 11 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 63 2 0 11 Rebo 63 2 0 16 Happy Lendervedder 52 2 0 17 J-P L 43 2 0 18 Greater Zamboni 37 2 1 18 imthjckaz 37 2 0 18 Mahaloth 37 2 0 21 xizor 36 1 0 22 a35362 30 1 0 22 Amarinth 30 1 0 22 ataraxy42 30 1 0 22 BobLibDem 30 1 0 22 Borborygmi 30 1 0 22 Captain Klutz 30 1 0 22 catamount 30 1 0 22 critter42 30 1 0 22 D Anconia 30 1 0 22 Dr. Girlfriend 30 1 0 22 Dung Beetle 30 1 0 22 jenstvns 30 1 0 22 JohnT 30 1 0 22 kayT 30 1 0 22 Little Nemo 30 1 0 22 Loach 30 1 0 22 Lsura 30 1 0 22 Maus Magill 30 1 0 22 McDeath the Mad 30 1 0 22 Mean Mr. Mustard 30 1 0 22 Mona Lott 30 1 0 22 Nother Yinzer 30 1 0 22 Ponch 30 1 0 22 Precambrianmollusa 30 1 0 22 Queen Anne"s Lace 30 1 0 22 Reindeer Flotilla 30 1 0 22 smithsb 30 1 0 22 Stephe96 30 1 0 22 Tristan 30 1 0 22 vivalostwages 30 1 0 22 Wallet 30 1 0 22 WolfpackJeep 30 1 0 54 Paul in Saudi 27 2 0 55 Sapphiredragon76 22 1 1 56 ZeroOO 20 2 0 57 Slow Moving Vehicle 14 1 0 58 Guano Lad 13 1 0 58 lel 13 1 0 60 commasense 10 2 1 61 Old Wench 8 1 1 62 Biotop 7 1 1 62 madsircool 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:** [March 22, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/617 "2021-03-22T22:24:00Z")
Rising country singer Taylor Dee killed in Texas rollover crash. She was 33. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/618 "2021-03-23T04:10:17Z")
[Dick Hoyt](https://apnews.com/article/dick-hoyt-dead-boston-marathon-son-wheelchair-296cf3beb357ff6426e1bede4a9c9c6f), who pushed his wheelchair bound son in multiple Boston marathons and established a charity to assist disabled athletes. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/619 "2021-03-23T04:39:42Z")
Im where I belong on the bottom of the list. But to the vertically dyslexic Im first! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/620 "2021-03-23T12:46:41Z")
Not to mention, you’re _on_ the list. That puts you ahead of a few dozen people. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/621 "2021-03-23T16:42:26Z")
Twenty-seven, to be precise. Including yours truly. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/622 "2021-03-23T17:05:01Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Not to mention, you’re _on_ the list. That puts you ahead of a few dozen people. Rush Limbaugh didn’t do much good in life. But by dying, he got me in the 2021 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool standings. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/623 "2021-03-23T20:35:40Z")
Kim Tyler, Child Actor on ‘Please Don’t Eat the Daisies,’ Dies at 66 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/624 "2021-03-23T20:55:24Z")
I made an error of addition on psychonaut’s total, it’s 130, not 129. And Registered at Last gets one more point as well. They both had L.G. Petrov and I first counted that score as 50, not 51 as it should be. Their ranks do not change. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/625 "2021-03-24T01:09:56Z")
George Segal dead at 87. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/626 "2021-03-24T01:15:52Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > George Segal dead at 87 “You see, it’s the hot air that pushes it through the tube!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=32)