# 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:** 35
**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:** [April 6, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/687 "2021-04-06T16:49:32Z")
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Florida), 84, [pancreatic cancer](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-alcee-hastings-dies-at-84-after-cancer-fight/ar-BB1flGU6?ocid=msedgdhp). ---
**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:** [April 7, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/688 "2021-04-07T02:28:49Z")
[Gianluigi Colalucci](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/gianluigi-colalucci/), art restorer who restored the Sistine Chapel’s Michelangelo paintings, dead at 91. [Winfred Rembert](https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/winfred_rembert_obituary/), artist who survived a lynching and depicted scenes of Blacks in the South, 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:** [April 7, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/689 "2021-04-07T06:43:25Z")
[Midwin Charles](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/midwin-charles-cnn-and-msnbc-legal-analyst-dies-at-47/ar-BB1fnvuS?ocid=msedgntp), legal analyst for CNN and MSNBC, dies at 47. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/690 "2021-04-08T00:15:44Z")
[Walter Olkewicz from Twin Peaks has died at age 72.](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/walter-olkewicz-actor-on-twin-peaks-and-grace-under-fire-dies-at-72) ---
**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:** [April 8, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/691 "2021-04-08T04:22:37Z")
[Hans Küng](https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/hans-k-ng-celebrated-and-controversial-swiss-theologian-has-died), Swiss Roman Catholic priest and theologian who was frequently at odds with the Vatican, including having his teaching license revoked by them, leaves 7 points to the ether. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/692 "2021-04-08T09:28:54Z")
Former MMA Fighter Tyler East, age 30, has died from a gunshot wound he received after trying to shoot her girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/693 "2021-04-08T21:23:12Z")
> **[Anne Beatts, groundbreaking comedy writer, dead at 74](https://apnews.com/article/new-york-dan-aykroyd-chevy-chase-alan-zweibel-sarah-jessica-parker-d25dc2618e462a200df3c75638c36611?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=APEntertainment&utm_source=Twitter)** > > NEW YORK (AP) — Anne Beatts, a groundbreaking comedy writer with a taste for sweetness and the macabre who was on the original staff of “Saturday Night Live” and later created the cult sitcom “Square Pegs,” has died... ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/694 "2021-04-09T00:25:54Z")
> **[James Hampton, ‘Teen Wolf’ and ‘The Longest Yard’ Actor, Dies at 84](https://variety.com/2021/film/obituaries-people-news/james-hampton-dead-teen-wolf-longest-yard-1234946916/?__twitter_impression=true%2Famp%2F&)** > > James Hampton, best known for his roles in “F Troop,” “Teen Wolf” and “The Longest Yard,” for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination, died Wednesday due to co… ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/695 "2021-04-09T07:04:17Z")
[https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/bill-owens-1935-2021-songwriter-who-was-dolly-partons-uncle-and-mentor/](https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/bill-owens-1935-2021-songwriter-who-was-dolly-partons-uncle-and-mentor/) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/696 "2021-04-09T11:10:25Z")
HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has fallen, aged 99. RIP Mr Queen. > ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/697 "2021-04-09T11:51:10Z")
I loved ‘Square Pegs’. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/698 "2021-04-09T12:14:27Z")
I mean, on the bright side, Queen Elizabeth is back on the market, gentlemen. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/699 "2021-04-09T12:18:56Z")
You’re going to hell for that one, you know. 😃 ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/700 "2021-04-09T12:42:19Z")
I feel a little better about the “Condolences to the Queen on the death of her favorite cousin” crack I made earlier. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/701 "2021-04-09T13:01:23Z")
And 11 of us can take heart that it wasn’t a pointless death after all… ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/702 "2021-04-09T13:02:36Z")
I’m kinda sad I dropped him this year. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/703 "2021-04-09T16:18:46Z")
His family says DMX, the rapper and actor known for iconic hip-hop songs and a gruff delivery, is dead at 50. (WBZ) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/704 "2021-04-09T16:22:33Z")
Another source: > **[BREAKING NEWS: DMX has died age 50 one week after his heart attack](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9452301/amp/DMX-died-age-50-one-week-overdose.html?__twitter_impression=true)** > > DMX has died age 50 almost a week after his heart attack and reported overdose. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/705 "2021-04-09T16:28:21Z")
Peter Manso, biographer of Mailer and Brando, dies at 80: > **[Peter Manso, biographer of Mailer and Brando, dies at 80](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-biographies-marlon-brando-norman-mailer-arnold-schwarzenegger-8fd488b0a04509e239079c3975d8a983)** > > TRURO, Mass. (AP) — Peter Manso, a writer and longtime Cape Cod resident known for his exhaustively researched books and articles, including biographies on the likes of Norman Mailer and Marlon... ---
**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:** [April 9, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/706 "2021-04-09T17:17:55Z")
Is DMX dead? His manager Steve Rifkind was insisting it is a false rumor and he is (for now) alive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=36)