# 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:** 33
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/647 "2021-03-25T19:16:58Z")
Former Tennessee Senator and Labor Secretary Bill Brock is dead at 90. > **[Bill Brock, former Tennessee U.S. Senator, Secretary of Labor and RNC chair,...](https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/25/bill-brock-former-tennessee-senator-rnc-chair-labor-secretary-dies-90/6996811002/)** > > Brock served Tennessee in both chambers of Congress before being appointed by Reagan to multiple positions. ---
**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 25, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/648 "2021-03-25T21:57:40Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Jessica Walter, the award-winning actress whose career spanned five decades, has died at 80. > (Deadline) I am a bad person. But I’ll miss that voice. [![](http://www.geek-pride.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bad-mom-malory-300x150.gif) ](http://www.geek-pride.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bad-mom-malory-300x150.gif) ---
**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 25, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/649 "2021-03-25T22:03:15Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Jessica Walter, the award-winning actress whose career spanned five decades, has died at 80. I am saddened by this news and I won’t respond to it. ---
**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 25, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/650 "2021-03-25T22:41:16Z")
Craig “muMs da Schemer” Grant, poet and actor, passed away at 52. > **[Craig “muMs” Grant Dies: Prolific Actor Played “Poet” On ‘Oz’, Recurred On...](https://deadline.com/2021/03/craig-mums-grant-dead-oz-hightown-slam-poetry-1234721763/)** > > Craig “Mums” Grant, an actor and poet who appeared in all six seasons of HBO’s prison drama Oz among dozens of film, TV and stage credits, died Thursday, apparently of natural cau… ---
**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 26, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/651 "2021-03-26T04:08:06Z")
French Director [Bertrand Tavernier, 21pts](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56529531) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/652 "2021-03-26T15:40:37Z")
Larry McMurtry, author of “Lonesome Dove,” died on Thursday. He was 84. (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:** [March 26, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/653 "2021-03-26T17:26:55Z")
New York Yankee, World Series record holder, cardiologist & multiple war veteran Bobby Brown has died at 96. > **[Bobby Brown, 96, a life of Yankees, military, medicine, dies](https://apnews.com/article/mlb-new-york-baseball-rob-manfred-new-york-yankees-a8f21a13d337eea670f9cb1cbf40274a)** > > NEW YORK (AP) — At the very first Old-Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium, on the final day of the 1947 season, 22-year-old rookie Bobby Brown watched wide-eyed from the dugout... ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/654 "2021-03-26T18:58:24Z")
As best I can tell none of these deaths gave points to players. There was a pick by Hal Briston named Bobby Brown, but that was specified to be a singer. ---
**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 26, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/655 "2021-03-26T21:46:25Z")
Beverly Cleary has written her last account of Ralph S. Mouse. Age 104. > **[Children's Author Beverly Cleary, Creator Of Ramona Quimby, Dies At 104](https://www.npr.org/2021/03/26/311881785/beverly-cleary-creator-of-ramona-quimby-dies-at-104)** > > "I think children want to read about normal, everyday kids," Cleary told NPR in 1999. "... I think children like to find themselves in books." ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/656 "2021-03-27T02:20:28Z")
I’ve heard of her, but I’ve never read a book she wrote. I guess they weren’t in the libraries I went to as a kid. ---
**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 27, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/657 "2021-03-27T03:06:04Z")
I grew up in Portland OR, which had settings from her books (though we lived on the other side of town). ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/658 "2021-03-27T18:49:58Z")
# Legendary University of Miami football coach Howard Schnellenberger dies at 87 > **[Legendary University of Miami football coach Howard Schnellenberger dies at 87](https://www.wesh.com/article/howard-schnellenberger-dies-miami-football/35956163#)** > > Howard Schnellenberger revived football at the University of Miami and led the Hurricanes to the first of their five national championships ---
**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:** [March 28, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/659 "2021-03-28T04:01:04Z")
Cancer has taken another legend of the car community. Ryu Asada, who has designed cars for both Hot Wheels and Matchbox, has died at age 42 of colorectal cancer. The announcement came via Asada’s Instagram. He had been battling Stage IV colorectal cancer for almost five years, undergoing a variety of treatments while remaining on diecast design teams. He died on March 23, 2021 with his longtime partner, Hazel Diaz Asada, at his side. > **[Ryu Asada, Hot Wheels Design Legend, Dies At 42](https://jalopnik.com/ryu-asada-hot-wheels-design-legend-dies-at-42-1846567092)** > > Cancer has taken another legend of the car community. Ryu Asada, who has designed cars for both Hot Wheels and Matchbox, has died at age 42 of colorectal cancer. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/660 "2021-03-29T20:13:56Z")
Albania’s former Primer Minister Bashkim Fino has passed away at 58 (covid). > **[Economist who pulled Albania out of 1997 anarchy dead at 58](https://apnews.com/article/tirana-albania-coronavirus-pandemic-a761ccab020bf037c1273950de5cd669)** > > TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Bashkim Fino, who was appointed to shepherd Albania out of almost total chaos when fraudulent investment schemes collapsed 24 years ago and angry crowds looted military installations nationwide, has died. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/661 "2021-03-29T21:50:50Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Not to mention, you’re _on_ the list. That puts you ahead of a few dozen people. Ah, well… 😒 > [@N9IWP](#): > > Any word on Generalissimo Francisco Franco? nitpick: Generalísimo, with one s and an accent. Very dead. Will put him on my list next year. Gotta have some pleasure… ---
**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 29, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/662 "2021-03-29T23:10:58Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Will put him on my list next year. So you plan to start out with -46 points? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/663 "2021-03-30T08:57:47Z")
Better than remaining stuck at no points at all, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/664 "2021-03-30T13:38:17Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > nitpick: Generalísimo, with one s and an accent. _Generalissimo_ is the correct spelling in English, and _N9IWP_ was indeed posting in English. According to my old _Webster’s New Collegiate_ dictionary the word came to us via Italian, and has been in use since 1621. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/665 "2021-03-30T13:54:25Z")
Yes, in Italian it is the correct spelling, but Franco’s “title” was in Spanish. Just like you would not say the Driver, but the _Führer_ or _il Duce_, when referring to one of his role models. And in italics, to make it clear it is not an English word. That’s what I would do, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/666 "2021-03-30T14:50:59Z")
But _generalissimo_ is the correct spelling in English as well as in Italian. There have been many generalissimos in history. Franco was a particularly famous Spaniard who held that military rank, which is one step up from Field Marshal. Ferdinand Foch is called _Maréchal_ Foch in French, but is routinely called _Marshal_ Foch in English as would Général de Gaulle be called General. Would you try to render Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s rank in Chinese characters? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=34)