# 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:** 47
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/927 "2021-06-13T22:49:29Z")
> **[Ned Beatty, Acclaimed Character Actor in ‘Deliverance,’ ‘Network’ and...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ned-beatty-dead-deliverance-1234967321/amp/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > The Oscar-nominated Kentucky native was also memorable in 'Nashville,' 'All the President's Men' and two Superman films. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/928 "2021-06-14T01:04:34Z")
Whoa. I’m gonna grieve like a pig. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/929 "2021-06-14T13:04:54Z")
Otisburg? OTISBURG!? ---
**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 15, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/930 "2021-06-15T11:09:07Z")
Actress [Lisa Banes](https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/lisa-banes-has-died-aged-65/vi-AAL3DrR?ocid=msedgntp) has died at 65 after being struck by a motorized scooter. Her acting credits include _Gone Girl, Cocktail, [my favorite movie title ever] Mother May I Sleep With Danger?_ and a recurring role on TV’s _Royal Pains._ ---
**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 16, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/931 "2021-06-16T04:37:41Z")
[Richard Robinson](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/richard-robinson/), head of Scholastic Books and son of the founder, dead at 84. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/932 "2021-06-17T17:31:20Z")
> **[Frank Bonner, of ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ dead at 79](https://nypost.com/2021/06/17/frank-bonner-star-of-wkrp-in-cincinnati-dead-at-79/amp/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Frank Bonner, the actor who played Herb Tarlek on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati,” has died. He was 79. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/933 "2021-06-17T17:46:18Z")
By, Herb. You were good in Salem’s Lot. ---
**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 18, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/934 "2021-06-18T04:37:22Z")
[Brigitte Gerney](https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/national/story/2021/jun/16/brigitte-gerney-crane-lady-who-survived-collapse-dies-85/875198/), who got her six hours of fame in 1985 when a crane in the Upper East Side of Manhattan fell on her and crushed her legs, tying up traffic in the process and making headlines across the nation, dies at 85. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/935 "2021-06-18T12:54:27Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Brigitte Gerney I’d never heard of this incident. This woman seems to have led something of an ill-fated existence. From the [New York Times obituary](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/nyregion/brigitte-gerney-dead.html): > [@](#): > > Mrs. Gerney’s first son drowned when he was a toddler. She was seriously injured in 1982 when the cable car she was riding at a Swiss ski resort disengaged and plunged to the ground. She survived lung cancer in 1980. Her husband died of colon cancer in 1983. After the crane accident, a doctor who had treated her, and whom she planned to marry, was shot dead by a retired fireman who had been awaiting a decision on his medical disability claim. Jesus! ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/936 "2021-06-18T15:23:07Z")
[John Paragon](https://deadline.com/2021/06/john-paragon-dead-obituary-jambi-the-genie-pee-wees-playhouse-was-66-1234777798/), Jambi and Pterri on PeeWee’s Playhouse, died in April but his death was announced this week. 34 points that were likely unclaimed. ---
**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 18, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/937 "2021-06-18T18:13:18Z")
[Janet Malcolm](https://apnews.com/article/janet-malcolm-europe-journalists-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-f5c7d8a35430e8fd8809f0189a99334d), journalist, New Yorker staff writer, and Author 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:** [June 19, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/938 "2021-06-19T05:35:50Z")
He also played one of RJ Fletcher’s sons in the criminally underrated _UHF_. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/939 "2021-06-19T06:48:58Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > This woman seems to have led something of an ill-fated existence. [https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/TY4AAOSwrkdcm~40/s-l300.jpg](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/TY4AAOSwrkdcm~40/s-l300.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/940 "2021-06-19T15:14:15Z")
I guess he’s now the one saying, “Help! Help! Let me out of this box!” ---
**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:** [June 19, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/941 "2021-06-19T15:40:17Z")
Oh, no! > ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/942 "2021-06-19T16:09:28Z")
Oh no is right. 🙁 (I was going to make a joke about “what’s Major done NOW?” Yeah, too soon. Read it later.) ---
**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 19, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/943 "2021-06-19T16:41:12Z")
He’s got that “stay” command down like a motherfucker ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/944 "2021-06-21T22:13:31Z")
> **[Joanne Linville, Actress on ‘Star Trek’ and ‘The Twilight Zone,’ Dies at 93](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/joanne-linville-dead-star-trek-twilight-zone-1234971547/amp/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > She also taught acting with Stella Adler and played gossip columnist Hedda Hopper for her ex-husband, director Mark Rydell. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/945 "2021-06-21T23:03:49Z")
Dang. I have a “Twilight Zone” theme in the Themed Death Pool thread, but I didn’t have her. ---
**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 22, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/946 "2021-06-22T04:56:38Z")
[George Stranahan](https://www.denverpost.com/2021/06/20/george-stranahan-benefactor-of-physicists-and-barflies-dies-at-89/amp/), heir to Champion spark plugs, friend of Hunter S. Thompson, physicist, founder of the Aspen Center for Physics, bar owner, whiskey distiller, cattle rancher, and founder of Flying Dog Brewery, dead at 89. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=48)