# 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:** 57
**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 18, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1129 "2021-08-18T13:37:02Z")
I will never look at a carrot the same way again. ---
**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 18, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1130 "2021-08-18T15:17:54Z")
[Curtis Price,](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/curtis-price-reputed-aryan-brotherhood-hitman-dies-on-california-s-death-row/ar-AANswCm?ocid=msedgntp) alleged hitman for the Aryan Brotherhood, has died in prison while awaiting his execution date. He was 74. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1131 "2021-08-18T17:32:16Z")
I only knew Sean Lock from YouTube clips of _8 Out Of Ten Cats_ and _8 Out Of Ten Cats Does Countdown_, but he was hilarious on there. He was a little overshadowed by Jon Richardson, I think, but only because Jon was Jimmy Carr’s favorite target, so had more opportunity to shine. But Sean was a genuinely funny man. RIP, Mr. Lock. ---
**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 18, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1132 "2021-08-18T18:28:39Z")
Joe Galloway dies at 79. This one hurts. He was probably too sick to see what was happening in Afghanistan which is probably a good thing but I would have liked to have read his take on it. This one hurts. > **[Joseph Galloway, chronicler and champion of soldiers in Vietnam, dies at 79](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/joseph-galloway-dead/2021/08/18/9c5f647a-feac-11eb-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html)** > > His book “We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young,” written with Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, was adapted into a movie starring Mel Gibson. ---
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1133 "2021-08-18T19:49:48Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > But Sean was a genuinely funny man. RIP, Mr. Lock. He was a comedian who made other comedians laugh, a very hard task. Jimmy Carr found him to be _hilarious_. ---
**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 19, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1134 "2021-08-19T12:43:46Z")
Actor [Frankie Mossman](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/frankie-mossman-spartacus-and-the-horizon-actor-dies-at-33/ar-AANtM4L?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531), best known for _Spartacus_, has died at 33. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1135 "2021-08-19T15:32:09Z")
> **[Sonny Chiba, Martial Arts Legend and ‘Kill Bill’ Actor, Dies at 82 of COVID...](https://variety.com/2021/film/news/sonny-chiba-dead-dies-martial-arts-kill-bill-1235044575/amp/)** > > Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba, the Japanese actor and martial arts legend who had roles in American films like “Kill Bill” and “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” … ---
**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 19, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1136 "2021-08-19T18:20:23Z")
It was reported in the fall of 2018 that former Detroit Tigers catcher Bill Freehand had entered hospice. He’d been on my list ever since. Today he earned me 21 points. [Bill Freehan, Detroit Tigers and Michigan great, dies at 79](https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2021/08/19/bill-freehan-detroit-tigers-dies-alzheimers-disease/511651001/) ---
**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 19, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1137 "2021-08-19T19:00:24Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Today he earned me 21 points. [Bill Freehan, Detroit Tigers and Michigan great, dies at 79](https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2021/08/19/bill-freehan-detroit-tigers-dies-alzheimers-disease/511651001/) When I was a kid the '68 Tigers felt like forever ago. I was in first grade when they won in again in 1984 and I thought of that team as the modern one. I, of course, realize they have not won it again and 1984 is now MUCH longer back than '68 was at the time. And Denny McLain is still alive? I’m glad he cleaned up, but few would have expected him to outlive other '68 Tigers. ---
**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 19, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1138 "2021-08-19T19:28:59Z")
I was in fourth grade when they won it in '84, and that was a defining moment in my life. My father-in-law was in fifth grade when they won in '68, and that was his defining childhood moment. He’s feeling today how I imagine I’ll feel when Lance Parrish goes. (Side note on the mortality of World Champion Tigers: My absolute favorite Tiger growing up was Dave Bergman. I’ve got a shoebox full of Bergman baseball cards. I have an authentic jersey with his name and number. He died on my 40th birthday. Talk about a kick to the teeth on a day I was already feeling old.) ---
**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 19, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1139 "2021-08-19T23:56:50Z")
Artist Chuck Close has died at 81. RIP Mr. Close; you done good. > **[Chuck Close, artist of monumental grids, dies at 81](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-chuck-close-c829ede71c605fee3ffe1d057a10ff3f)** > > NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Close, a painter, photographer and printmaker best known for his monumental grid portraits and photo-based paintings of family and famous friends, has died. He was 81. His attorney, John Silberman, said Close died Thursday at a... I’ve seen many of his works; his art is truly breathtaking and wonderful. ---
**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 20, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1140 "2021-08-20T04:12:41Z")
[Hiro](https://wwd.com/eye/people/fashion-photographer-hiro-who-excelled-in-originality-dies-at-1234901520/) – AKA Yasuhiro Wakabayashi – fashion photographer, dies at 90 ---
**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 20, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1141 "2021-08-20T18:12:37Z")
Scott Smith, AP reporter in Venezuela, dies at 50: > **[Scott Smith, AP reporter in Venezuela, dies at 50](https://apnews.com/article/health-venezuela-coronavirus-pandemic-2aad7431f53e5bc2819d6a9a85ea9934)** > > MIAMI (AP) — Scott Smith, a correspondent for The Associated Press who traveled across Venezuela to document personal stories of desperation and hope in the troubled country, has died. He was 50. Smith was diagnosed in February with brain cancer and... ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1142 "2021-08-21T01:36:56Z")
> **[Country singer Tom T. Hall dies; wrote ‘Harper Valley PTA’](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-tom-t-hall-25163ea70e73cded7bf615a4b1060629?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter)** > > NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and sang about life’s simple joys as country music’s consummate blue collar bard, has died. He was 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:** [August 21, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1143 "2021-08-21T03:58:33Z")
I thought he’d been dead for years. ---
**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 21, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1144 "2021-08-21T05:34:00Z")
Well, I had thought that I had been dead for several years but just woke up the other day to realize that dirt used to be older’n me, ---
**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 21, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1145 "2021-08-21T15:58:11Z")
Western Carolina University offensive line coach [John Peacock](https://sports.yahoo.com/western-carolina-offensive-line-coach-john-peacock-dies-suddenly-at-32-012446723.html) dies unexpectedly at age 32. COVID related. ---
**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 22, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1146 "2021-08-22T05:27:37Z")
Don Everly of The Everly Brothers has died. Different sources list him somewhere between 82 and 84 > **[R.I.P. Rock Legend Don Everly 1 February 1937 to 21 August 2021](https://www.noise11.com/news/rock-legend-don-everly-19-january-1939-to-21-august-2021-20210822)** > > Don Everly of The Everly Brothers has passed away at age 83. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1147 "2021-08-22T05:41:38Z")
Id never really heard of these guys until I heard this on a Fallout 4 mod. They rocked. RIP. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fFcE_hMJciQ/hqdefault.jpg "THE EVERLY BROTHERS Burma Shave") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFcE_hMJciQ) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1148 "2021-08-22T09:53:55Z")
Wow. I’ve been a fan of the Everly Brothers since the late '50s. RIP, Don. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=58)