# 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:** 52
**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:** [July 18, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1028 "2021-07-18T12:57:13Z")
[Floyd Cooper, acclaimed children’s illustrator, dead at 65.](https://apnews.com/article/floyd-cooper-black-history-illustrator-obituary-1b0506ab46c25e8f69f15650098243ee) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1029 "2021-07-19T12:59:52Z")
Rich white supremacist [William Regnery II](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/william-regnery-dead-white-nationalist-millionaire-financier-richard-spencer_n_60f0f53ae4b01f118957ee93) dead, hope it hurt. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1030 "2021-07-19T14:35:00Z")
[obvious joke] Robby Steinhardt is dust in the wind [/obvious joke] [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.loudersound.com/amp/news/kansas-founding-member-robbie-steinhardt-dies-aged-71](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.loudersound.com/amp/news/kansas-founding-member-robbie-steinhardt-dies-aged-71) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1031 "2021-07-19T20:32:15Z")
Carousel… > **[William F. Nolan, Iconic Sci-Fi Author Who Co-Penned ‘Logan’s Run’, Dies at 93](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/william-f-nolan-sci-fi-author-logans-run-dies-at-93-1234984428/)** > > The wordsmith churned out hundreds of pieces throughout his illustrious career, including biographies, short stories, nonfiction, poetry and prose. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1032 "2021-07-19T21:17:19Z")
Renew! Renew! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1033 "2021-07-19T22:24:55Z")
Two more belated deaths I just heard about. Melissa Sims-Hayes (aka adult film actress Dahlia Skye) died on June 30 at age 31. She was dying of cancer and committed suicide. Anthony Estes (aka adult film actor Jake Adams) died on July 14 at age 29. He was killed in a motorcycle accident. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1034 "2021-07-21T03:06:48Z")
[Harry Rosenfeld](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/harry-rosenfeld/), editor of the Washington Post when Woodward and Bernstein exposed Watergate and were in regular communication with Mark Felt/Deep Throat, dead at 91 from Covid-19 complications ---
**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:** [July 21, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1035 "2021-07-21T04:49:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [obvious joke] Robby Steinhardt is dust in the wind [/obvious joke] I think he must have reached the Point of Bow Return ---
**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:** [July 21, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1036 "2021-07-21T12:13:12Z")
Groan. 😉 ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1037 "2021-07-23T01:04:07Z")
Missed one from a few weeks ago. [Johnny Solinger](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/former-skid-row-singer-johnny-solinger-dead-obit-1189897/), former singer of Skid Row dead at 55 from liver failure. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1038 "2021-07-23T02:03:05Z")
NY Jets coach Greg Knapp dies a few days after a tragic bicycle accident. > **[New York Jets assistant coach Greg Knapp has died following bicycle crash | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/us/greg-knapp-new-york-jets-assistant-coach-dies-spt/index.html)** > > New York Jets assistant coach Greg Knapp has died, five days after being involved in a bicycling crash, the Knapp family announced on Thursday. He was 58. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1039 "2021-07-25T00:13:09Z")
Jackie Mason has died at 93. Probably paywalled. > ---
**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:** [July 25, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1040 "2021-07-25T01:03:45Z")
[Here](https://variety.com/2021/legit/news/jackie-mason-dead-politically-incorrect-comic-1235026918/) is a non-paywalled cite ---
**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:** [July 25, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1041 "2021-07-25T01:07:22Z")
RIP Mr. Mason; you done good. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1042 "2021-07-25T01:08:23Z")
I know Jackie Mason, I am afraid to say, from the Aardvark on the _Pink Panther_ TV series. Which was **not** voiced by him but was an impression by John Byner. So… that’s a bit pathetic I admit. He did play Krusty’s Dad on _The Simpsons_ though. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1043 "2021-07-25T01:11:02Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > RIP Mr. Mason; you done good. A pretty funny guy. I love his analysis of “acquired taste” food. “Acquired means it is terrible. No one ever said pizza was an ‘acquired taste’. That’s because it’s great!” ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1044 "2021-07-25T02:09:07Z")
> **[‘Dating Game’ killer Rodney Alcala dead in jail at 77](https://nypost.com/2021/07/24/dating-game-killer-rodney-alcala-dead-at-77/amp/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Serial killer Rodney James Alcala, sentenced to death for the murders of four woman and a 12-year-old girl, died of natural causes on July 24, 2021.  ---
**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:** [July 25, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1045 "2021-07-25T11:47:12Z")
Nobel prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg dies at 88. > **[Nobel prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg dies at 88](https://apnews.com/article/science-nobel-prizes-physics-fa5df3e3f8027f545d6d41c19151caeb)** > > Physicist Steven Weinberg, who won the Nobel prize in 1979 with two other scientists for their separate contributions unlocking mysteries of tiny particles and their electromagnetic interaction, has died at 88, the University of Texas at Austin said... ---
**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:** [July 25, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1046 "2021-07-25T14:24:14Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I know Jackie Mason, I am afraid to say, from the Aardvark on the _Pink Panther_ TV series. Which was **not** voiced by him but was an impression by John Byner. So… that’s a bit pathetic I admit. > > He did play Krusty’s Dad on _The Simpsons_ though. John Byner actually voiced _both_ the Ant and the Aardvark. The Ant was a Dean Martin impression. I remember the first time I saw Jackie Mason in something (which may have been as the gas station owner in “The Jerk”), my first thought was “Hey, he sounds like the Aardvark!” ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1047 "2021-07-25T15:39:34Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I know Jackie Mason, I am afraid to say, from the Aardvark on the _Pink Panther_ TV series. Which was **not** voiced by him but was an impression by John Byner. Same here. But if it’s any consolation to you, John Byner is still around, so at least we still have a functional backup copy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=53)