# 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:** 54
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1068 "2021-07-29T12:46:02Z")
14 Points and a spot on the board for **Snowboarder Bo** : | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Team Dirt | 137 | 6 | | 2 | phungi | 135 | 4(1) | | 3 | psychonaut | 130 | 3(1) | | 4 | GIGObuster | 125 | 4(1) | | 5 | jeezums | 105 | 3 | | 5 | RTFirefly | 105 | 3 | | 7 | RobotDevilDog | 93 | 3 | | 8 | Hal Briston | 89 | 4(1) | | 9 | Registered at Last | 81 | 2 | | 10 | Superdude | 75 | 2 | | 11 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 70 | 3 | | 12 | candide | 63 | 2 | | 12 | CreaseMunky | 63 | 2 | | 12 | Hoopy\_Frood | 63 | 2 | | 12 | It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery | 63 | 2 | | 12 | Rebo | 63 | 2 | | 17 | Dung\_Beetle | 48 | 2 | | 17 | WolfpackJeep | 48 | 2 | | 19 | J\_P\_L | 43 | 2 | | 20 | smithsb | 40 | 2(1) | | 21 | GreaterZamboni | 37 | 2(1) | | 21 | imthjckaz | 37 | 2 | | 21 | Mahaloth | 37 | 2 | | 24 | xizor | 36 | 2 | | 25 | a35362 | 31 | 2 | | 25 | amarinth | 31 | 2 | | 25 | critter42 | 31 | 2 | | 25 | NotherYinzer | 31 | 2 | | 25 | Precambrianmollusc | 31 | 2 | | 26 | Catamount | 30 | 2(1) | | 31 | ataraxy42 | 30 | 1 | | 31 | BobLibDem | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Borborygmi | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Captain\_Klutz | 30 | 1 | | 31 | D\_Anconia | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Dr Girlfriend | 30 | 1 | | 31 | jenstvns | 30 | 1 | | 31 | JohnT | 30 | 1 | | 31 | kayT | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Little\_Nemo | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Loach | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Lsura | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Maus\_Magill | 30 | 1 | | 31 | McDeath\_the\_Mad | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Mean\_MrMustard | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Mona\_Lott | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Ponch8 | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Stephe96 | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Tristan | 30 | 1 | | 31 | vivalostwages | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Wallet | 30 | 1 | | 54 | irritant | 29 | 1(1) | | 55 | Paul\_in\_Saudi | 28 | 3 | | 56 | Sapphiredragon76 | 22 | 1(1) | | 57 | Zero00 | 20 | 2 | | 58 | zadscmc | 18 | 1(1) | | 59 | Hatchie | 17 | 1(1) | | 60 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 14 | 1 | | 60 | Snowboarder\_Bo | 14 | 1(1) | | 62 | GuanoLad | 13 | 1 | | 62 | lel | 13 | 1 | | 64 | Pardel\_Lux | 12 | 1 | | 64 | Shoeless | 12 | 1 | | 66 | commasense | 10 | 3(2) | | 66 | Baker | 10 | 1(1) | | 68 | Old\_Wench | 8 | 1(1) | | 69 | Biotop | 7 | 1(1) | | 69 | madsircool | 7 | 1 | | 71 | Dancer\_Flight | 1 | 1 | | 71 | Gatopescado | 1 | 1 | | 71 | kitap | 1 | 1 | | 71 | SpoilerVirgin | 1 | 1 | ---
**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 30, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1069 "2021-07-30T03:31:18Z")
Former Michigan Senator Carl Levin has died, age 87. > **[Ex-Sen. Levin, Michigan’s longest-serving senator, has died](https://apnews.com/article/business-michigan-senate-elections-028476058bf9627d06d499bd84f23c05)** > > DETROIT (AP) — Former Sen. Carl Levin, a powerful voice on military issues in Washington and a staunch supporter of the auto industry back home in Michigan during his record tenure in the U.S. Senate, has died. ---
**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 30, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1070 "2021-07-30T03:51:55Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Former Michigan Senator Carl Levin has died, age 87. My wife and I wrote him once(we live in Michigan) and he sent a personal letter back, not just a form letter. I’m glad he lived to see Trump voted out, at least. ---
**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 30, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1071 "2021-07-30T04:41:01Z")
Aye; this stood out to me: > “He’s just a very decent person,” Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, a fellow Senate Armed Services Committee member, said in 2008. “He’s unpretentious, unassuming. He never forgets that what we’re doing is enmeshed with the lives of the people he represents.” ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1072 "2021-08-02T00:50:12Z")
> **[Jay Pickett, longtime soap opera actor, dies at 60 | CNN](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/08/01/us/jay-pickett-actor-death/index.html?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Jay Pickett, a veteran soap opera actor best known for his roles on "General Hospital," "Days of Our Lives" and "Port Charles," has died. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1073 "2021-08-02T13:10:39Z")
Saginaw Grant has died at 85. > **[Saginaw Grant, noted Native American character actor, dies](https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-native-americans-773a83d22c720349fe4a144dc5649baa)** > > LOS ANGELES (AP) — Saginaw Grant, a prolific Native American character actor and hereditary chief of the Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma, has died. He was 85. Grant died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes on Wednesday at a private care... ---
**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:** [August 4, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1074 "2021-08-04T00:09:56Z")
[Jerry Granelli](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/jerry-granelli/), jazz drummer, best known for his work in the Vince Guaraldi Trio who did the music for _A Charlie Brown Christmas_, dead at 80 from complications arising from a fall last December. [Charles Connor](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/charles-connor-drummer-little-richard-sam-cooke-dead-obit-1206596/), drummer for Little Ricard and Sam Cooke, dead at 86 from normal pressure hydrocephalus. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1075 "2021-08-04T19:03:12Z")
Never heard of him but he apparently warrants a headline in the NY Post. Lot of points too. > **[TikTok star Timbo the Redneck dead at 18 after ‘Big Booty’ truck tragedy](https://nypost.com/2021/08/04/timbo-the-redneck-popular-tiktok-star-dead-at-18/amp/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > “He won’t be making any more videos — no more videos at all,” his grief-stricken mom announced in a now-viral video. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1076 "2021-08-05T16:19:42Z")
Richard Trumka, head of AFL-CIO union federation, dead at 72. (CNBC) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1077 "2021-08-05T17:12:59Z")
Wow, that’s a bit of a shocker. I’m reading it was a heart attack. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1078 "2021-08-05T18:14:07Z")
J.R. Richard, all-star pitcher for the Astros, has thrown his last strike. Age 71. > **[J.R. Richard, former Houston Astros All-Star pitcher, dies at 71](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/j-r-richard-former-houston-astros-all-star-pitcher-dies-at-71/)** > > Richard was one of the best pitchers in baseball from 1975-1980 ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1079 "2021-08-05T19:18:55Z")
> **[Bobby Eaton, tag team wrestling star, dead at 62](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1276047?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Eaton made up one-half of "The Midnight Express." The legendary tag team was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2019. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1080 "2021-08-07T17:31:46Z")
> **[Poco guitarist Paul Cotton dead at 78](https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/poco-guitarist-paul-cotton-dead-78/VF3LYATCLRDEHBPNPBIR2XCD2U/?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true)** > > Paul Cotton, the lead guitarist and singer-songwriter for the country-rock band Poco, died July 31, his wife said. He was 78. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1081 "2021-08-07T18:39:52Z")
> **[Kool & The Gang Sax Player Dennis Thomas Dead at 70](https://amp.tmz.com/2021/08/07/dennis-thomas-kool-and-the-gang-dead-dies/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Kool & The Gang's longtime saxophonist has passed away. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1082 "2021-08-08T00:37:39Z")
2nd one this year. I wonder if we might be facing a massive Poco die-off. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1083 "2021-08-08T00:38:45Z")
I saw them in concert. They were so good. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1084 "2021-08-08T07:23:42Z")
Goodnight, Christine. [Markie Post](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/markie-post-actress-known-for-the-fall-guy-and-night-court-dies-at-70-1234994532/) has passed with 30 points on the table. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2021, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1085 "2021-08-08T09:17:35Z")
Two _Night Court_ alumni in close proximity. Look after yourself Richard Moll! ---
**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:** [August 8, 2021, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1086 "2021-08-08T10:04:40Z")
And John Larroquette needs to watch out, as well. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1087 "2021-08-08T13:19:31Z")
No deathrooskie: FSU’s Bobby Bowden walks off the field at 91. > **[Bobby Bowden, folksy coach of Florida St dynasty, dies at 91](https://apnews.com/article/sports-college-football-florida-state-bobby-bowden-6c8d77af3cbe145cd4ff08fb6ed0a6ed)** > > Bobby Bowden did it all. Not only did he put Florida State on the map by taking the Seminoles from afterthought to dynasty, he left an indelible mark on the game with a rare combination of coaching acumen, gracious demeanor and a compassion for those... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=55)