# 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:** 56
**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:** [August 13, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1108 "2021-08-13T21:00:40Z")
Pfui. # Grammy-winning folk artist Nanci Griffith dies at 68 [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/grammy-winning-folk-singer-songwriter-nanci-griffith-dies/2021/08/13/10af2da4-fc66-11eb-911c-524bc8b68f17\_story.html](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/grammy-winning-folk-singer-songwriter-nanci-griffith-dies/2021/08/13/10af2da4-fc66-11eb-911c-524bc8b68f17_story.html) ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1109 "2021-08-14T17:08:58Z")
I’m seeing on many Twitter feeds from people who know him that Fez Whatley died last night at 57. In its heyday the Ron and Fez Show on the radio meant a hell of a lot to me. It got me through some bad times. Fez started off as a character on the Ron and Ron Show in Florida but over the years Todd Hiller and Fez Whatley merged into one unique and funny person. He was retired for a few years due to health problems but I will still miss him. Fez Whatley/Todd Hiller 57. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1110 "2021-08-14T20:21:45Z")
Yesterday, Steve Perrin, [co-founder of the SCA and creator of Runequest,](https://www.chaosium.com/blogvale-and-farewell-steve-perrin-1946-2021/) died. He was 75. ---
**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 14, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1111 "2021-08-14T22:33:19Z")
[Heart failure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez_Whatley) according to Fez Whatley’s Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1112 "2021-08-15T12:42:22Z")
[Gerd Müller](https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/fussball/bundesliga/gerd-mueller-fussball-legende-des-fc-bayern-muenchen-ist-tot-17486031.html) is dead. Maybe not the greatest footballer ever, but surely the greatest goal scorer. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1113 "2021-08-15T17:28:35Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [Heart failure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez_Whatley) according to Fez Whatley’s Wikipedia. He had many years of heart trouble with multiple stents. ---
**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 15, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1114 "2021-08-15T18:15:26Z")
[John Rizzo](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-rizzo-dead/2021/08/12/6c9a632e-faac-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html), dead at 73. Good riddance. ---
**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 16, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1115 "2021-08-16T04:34:58Z")
Trevor Moore, founder of the comedy group The Whitest Kids U Know, has [died](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/arts/television/trevor-moore-dead.html) at age 41 following an accident. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1117 "2021-08-17T12:42:16Z")
That explains why all those The Whitest Kids U Know videos where showing up on my YouTube feed. ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1118 "2021-08-17T14:57:15Z")
Maki Kaji, creator of sudoku, dies at 69. > **[Sudoku maker Maki Kaji, who saw life's joy in puzzles, dies](https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-arts-and-entertainment-723bd1246300dbe094df16cab0a9fe8e)** > > TOKYO (AP) — Maki Kaji, the creator of the popular numbers puzzle Sudoku whose life's work was spreading the joy of puzzles, has died, his Japanese company said Tuesday. He was 69 and had bile duct cancer. ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1119 "2021-08-17T15:41:55Z")
There’s a joke in there somewhere, but I can’t think of it right now. ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1120 "2021-08-17T15:45:03Z")
Yeah; I tried to figure out how to make my post a puzzle of some sort but hey: the info is more important than the form, amirite? ---
**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 17, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1121 "2021-08-17T16:00:57Z")
Former Michigan (former) GOP congressman Paul Mitchell has died at 64. > **[Ex-Michigan congressman who quit GOP over Trump claim dies](https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-michigan-2272cb8c1a821d909af4f66e60b485e3)** > > DRYDEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan congressman who quit the Republican Party to protest GOP efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump has died. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1122 "2021-08-17T16:30:35Z")
Kaji may have been a creator of sudoku puzzles, but under the name “Number Place” the puzzles were first created by Howard Garns of Indiana and published by Dell in 1979. ---
**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 18, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1123 "2021-08-18T04:35:08Z")
[Fredd Ladd](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/fred-ladd/), producer of Astro Boy (and other cartoons and anime), dead at 94. ---
**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 18, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1124 "2021-08-18T10:08:47Z")
UK Comedian Sean Lock, from shows like _8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown_ and _QI_, has died of cancer, aged 58. An unexpected and profound loss to comedy. > ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1125 "2021-08-18T12:04:09Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > UK Comedian Sean Lock, from shows like _8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown_ and _QI_ , has died of cancer, aged 58. An unexpected and profound loss to comedy. Devastating. I’m almost speechless to learn this right now. [Here is short, I’m sure entirely inadequate, compilation of him being funny.](https://youtu.be/TTUNQAa-tzE) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1126 "2021-08-18T12:20:51Z")
Rather crushed about this. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1127 "2021-08-18T12:29:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > UK Comedian Sean Lock, from shows like _8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown_ and _QI_ , has died of cancer, aged 58. An unexpected and profound loss to comedy. God dammit. He had been looking distinctly unwell for a while so I can’t say I’m surprised, but it’s still really disappointing. The “Blue Rat” episode of _Fifteen Storeys High_ is an underrated comedy classic, and his “The Tiger Who Went To The Pub” is pure genius. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1128 "2021-08-18T13:05:43Z")
[Sean Lock was asked what he would like his obituary to say. Here is his answer.](https://old.reddit.com/r/panelshow/comments/p6owjw/sean_what_would_you_like_your_obituary_to_say/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=57)