# 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:** 45
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/887 "2021-06-01T12:43:42Z")
Being named Lil is hazardous for your health. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/888 "2021-06-01T14:07:06Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > We should all bow our heads and let out a soft, heartfelt, oogachaka. FTR that was actually the Blue Swede cover (which they took from the Jonathan King cover, which is terrible), not Thomas’ original version. Thomas did not oogachaka. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/889 "2021-06-01T14:07:30Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Being named Lil is hazardous for your health. Being named Big isn’t much better. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/890 "2021-06-01T22:22:44Z")
His name was Deshawn, and he called himself Lil, but I bet no one knew him as Nancy. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/891 "2021-06-01T23:55:05Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Thomas did not oogachaka. I discovered this later, when I went to listen to it in his honour. I still feel it’s appropriate anyway. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/892 "2021-06-02T13:33:35Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > His name was Deshawn, and he called himself Lil, but I bet no one knew him as Nancy. Well played. :golf clap: ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/893 "2021-06-02T15:20:40Z")
Robert Hogan, famous for being “that guy” on tv for 50 years dead at 87. The main character in Hogan’s Heroes was also named after him by his friend the producer of the show. > **[Robert Hogan, who appeared in everything from 'Laverne & Shirley' to 'The...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/robert-hogan-actor-who-appeared-everything-laverne-shirley-wire-dies-n1269288)** > > The TV actor who appeared in more than 100 primetime shows also devoted a good portion of his career to theater. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/894 "2021-06-02T22:04:54Z")
That one went right over my head. Care to clue me in? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/895 "2021-06-02T22:06:16Z")
It’s a play on the lyrics of the Beatles song “Rocky Raccoon”. _His rival, it seems_ _Had broken his dreams_ _By stealing the girl of his fancy_ _Her name was Magill_ _And she called herself Lil_ _But everyone knew her as Nancy_ ---
**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:** [June 2, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/896 "2021-06-02T23:14:42Z")
Thanks. I was always more of a Stones fan. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/897 "2021-06-03T14:15:13Z")
And also a running gag in The Firesign Theatre’s “Nick Danger” comedy albums: > NICK > > That tarnished piece of tin is worthless! > > ROCKY > > Worthless?! Ha! Ha! Ha! (cough cough) Not to Melanie Haber! > > NICK > > Melanie Haber? > > ROCKY > > You may remember her as… Audrey Farber? > > NICK > > Audrey Farber? > > ROCKY > > Susan Underhill? > > NICK > > Susan Underhill? > > ROCKY > > How about… Betty Jo Bialowski! (organ fwah) > > NICK > > (thinking) Betty Jo Bialowski! I hadn’t heard that name since college. Everyone knew her as Nancy. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/898 "2021-06-03T20:25:01Z")
> **[F. Lee Bailey, controversial defense lawyer in high-profile trials, dies at 87...](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/03/metro/f-lee-bailey-brilliant-brash-lawyer-high-profile-trials-dies/)** > > A Waltham native and Boston University Law School graduate, Mr. Bailey was for decades the model of the modern gun-for-hire criminal defender, a brilliant, pugnacious counselor whose courthouse presence all but guaranteed legal fireworks. F. Lee Bailey has passed the bar at 87. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/899 "2021-06-04T06:35:31Z")
Disbarred from holding a license to practice life? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/900 "2021-06-04T20:48:06Z")
But I’m looking for the same old place! 😃 ---
**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:** [June 6, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/901 "2021-06-06T21:50:54Z")
The link has been broken. Clarence Williams III dead at 81. > **[Clarence Williams III, Linc on ‘The Mod Squad,’ Dies at 81](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/clarence-williams-iii-mod-squad-dies-at-81-1234963703/)** > > The Harlem-born actor also received a Tony nom and appeared on the big screen in 'Purple Rain,' 'Sugar Hill,' 'Half-Baked' and 'Tales From the Hood.' ---
**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:** [June 7, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/902 "2021-06-07T01:58:18Z")
Loved him in _Tales from the Hood_ ---
**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:** [June 8, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/903 "2021-06-08T23:43:09Z")
[David Dushman](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-dushman-auschwitz-liberator-dies-at-98/), last surviving liberator of Auschwitz and Olympic fencer, dies at 98. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2021, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/904 "2021-06-09T10:12:29Z")
[Martha White dies, sparked ’53 Louisiana capital bus boycott](https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-boycotts-2e8c4355a86f83bc65ec8fd963bcc017); she was 99. RIP Miss White; you done good. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/905 "2021-06-10T04:29:21Z")
[Douglas Cramer](https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/douglas-s-cramer-collector-tv-producer-dead-1234595097/), TV producer, dead at 89 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/906 "2021-06-11T19:50:36Z")
Please forgive me if I’m slow in the coming days. My mother just died this morning and I need to deal with the pain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=46)