# 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:** 43
**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:** [May 18, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/847 "2021-05-18T18:23:25Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I will always remember his part of bail breaker Jonathan “The Duke” Mardukas in _Midnight Run_. > > See you in the next life Charles… > > (Spoiler alert for the end of Midnight Run) > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO5UNbKzcpQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO5UNbKzcpQ) The buddy movie has been done many times but rarely as good as in Midnight Run. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/848 "2021-05-18T19:39:48Z")
[Patsy Bruce](https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/05/17/patsy-bruce-dies-82-mammas-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-cowboys/5121831001/), country songwriter, whose ex-husband and co-songwriter died back in January, dies at 81. [Jay Barbree](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/jay-barbree/), journalist and author who covered every manned space launch through 1995. [Barbara Stone](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/style/barbara-stone-dead.html), agent to high-profile models [Eula Hall](https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2021/05/09/eula-hall-founder-mud-creek-clinic-dies-93/5014178001/), Mud Creek Clinic founder and champion of health care and worker’s rights in Appalachia, dies at 93. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/849 "2021-05-19T04:00:10Z")
I missed this last month, but it looks like everyone else did, as well: songwriter and steel guitar virtuoso [Rusty Young](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rusty-young-poco-dead-obit-1156578/) has joined Heaven’s house band. He cofounded the country rock band Poco, and wrote two songs in heavy rotation on my playlist - “Crazy Love” and “Rose of Cimarron”. He died of a heart attack on April 14th. They say a person is never truly dead until the last seed they’ve planted is gone. Rest now, Rusty - your legacy will live on. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/850 "2021-05-19T04:21:08Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I missed this last month, but it looks like everyone else did, as well: songwriter and steel guitar virtuoso [Rusty Young](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rusty-young-poco-dead-obit-1156578/) … [well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/741) … ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/851 "2021-05-19T11:02:10Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > I missed this last month, but it looks like everyone else did, as well: songwriter and steel guitar virtuoso [Rusty Young](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rusty-young-poco-dead-obit-1156578/) > > [well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/741) … Dammit. I did a search for “Rusty Young” before I posted that. I guess the April post never came up because his name was only mentioned in the link. Thanks, I’m glad to see Dopers didn’t let his death pass unnoticed. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/852 "2021-05-19T19:24:20Z")
[Paul Mooney](https://deadline.com/2021/05/paul-mooney-dies-trailblazing-comedian-writing-partner-of-richard-pryor-was-79-1234760086/), actor, comedian, writer, and Richard Pryor collaborator, dies at 79 of a heart attack. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/853 "2021-05-20T03:01:21Z")
Goddammit. I really admired Mooney as a writer and comedian. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/854 "2021-05-20T12:33:19Z")
Yeah, so are any of the child abuse claims against him(Paul Mooney) legit or are they not real? I had never heard of the claims until, well, yesterday. He was definitely a really funny comedian; I just wonder if any of these allegations were known to be true. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/855 "2021-05-20T12:43:04Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The buddy movie has been done many times but rarely as good as in Midnight Run. Absolutely. It doesn’t seem to get anywhere near as much love as other buddy movies, but it’s definitely one of the best. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/856 "2021-05-20T16:34:29Z")
There’s a rumor that Mooney allegedly molested Richard Pryor’s son. Pryor was rumored to have wanted to have Mooney killed. It was started by Pryor’s bodyguard and was apparently only stopped when Pryor had his freebasing accident. Richard Pryor, Jr has confirmed that he was raped as a child, but never actually said that it was Mooney who did it. That’s the only thing I could find on his wiki entry. I don’t know what to believe about the allegations. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/857 "2021-05-21T23:33:06Z")
> **[Kentaro Miura, 'Berserk' manga creator, dies aged 54](https://www.cnn.com/style/amp/kentaro-miura-manga-death-scli-intl/index.html?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Kentaro Miura, creator of the famous manga comic series "Berserk," has died at the age of 54, his publisher said Thursday. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/858 "2021-05-22T13:10:20Z")
The Father of Hybrid Rice, Yuan Longping, has passed away at 91. > **[China's Yuan Longping dies; rice research helped feed world](https://apnews.com/article/china-business-science-8681fe4264252c03db539b09ee3e4430)** > > Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, has died. He was 90. > [@](#): > > Worldwide, a fifth of all rice now comes from species created by hybrid rice following Yuan’s breakthrough discoveries, according to the website of the World Food Prize, which he won in 2004. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/859 "2021-05-24T01:24:31Z")
Andre Ribeiro, former Indy Car racer, has [made his last pit stop](https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a36512004/three-time-indycar-winner-andre-ribeiro-dies-at-55/) on lap 55. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/860 "2021-05-24T23:39:47Z")
[Paul Van Doren](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/paul-van-doren-co-founder-vans-shoes-dead-90-n1266734), Van’s Shoes cofounder dead at 90. [Lee Evans](https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/05/19/lee-evans-dies-track-and-field-400/), Olympic 400 Meter champion and human rights activist dies at 74 from stroke complications. [Ally Sidloski](https://www.eonline.com/news/1272881/university-of-cincinnati-soccer-star-ally-sidloski-dead-at-21-after-tragic-drowning-accident),University of Cincinnati soccer star dead at 21 from drowning. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/861 "2021-05-25T06:43:37Z")
[Mark York](https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/the-office-actor-mark-york-dead-at-55/ar-AAKl9BW?ocid=msedgntp), the paraplegic actor known for playing Billy Merchant on _The Office,_ has died at 55. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/862 "2021-05-26T13:07:11Z")
[https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Entertainment/wireStory/us-sen-john-warner-virginia-dies-94-77913744?\_\_twitter\_impression=true](https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Entertainment/wireStory/us-sen-john-warner-virginia-dies-94-77913744?__twitter_impression=true) ---
**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:** [May 26, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/863 "2021-05-26T16:15:51Z")
Samuel E. Wright, the voice of Sebastian the crab in ‘The Little Mermaid,’ dies at age 74. > **[Samuel E. Wright, the voice of Sebastian the crab in 'The Little Mermaid,'...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/26/entertainment/samuel-e-wright-little-mermaid-dies-scli-intl/index.html)** > > Samuel E. Wright, the actor who voiced Sebastian the crab in Disney's "The Little Mermaid" and sang the film's Oscar-winning song "Under the Sea," has died aged 74. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/864 "2021-05-26T21:51:57Z")
[Robbie McCauley](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Playwright-and-Actor-Robbie-McCauley-Passes-Away-at-78-20210526), award-winning playwright and actor dies at 78 ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/865 "2021-05-26T22:50:35Z")
> **[Eric Carle, Creator Of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' Has Died](https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/970974320/eric-carle-creator-of-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-has-died)** > > The beloved author and illustrator drew more than 70 books for kids — often about friendly bugs like that famous caterpillar. He said he got his inspiration from nature walks with his father. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/866 "2021-05-27T00:15:44Z")
^ at 91. I came in to post the same: > **['The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Eric Carle dies at 91](https://apnews.com/article/eric-carle-dead-ecea17d72ddee561be73e1593cbbd05d)** > > NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most cherished literary memories, has died at age 91. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=44)