# 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:** 58
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1149 "2021-08-22T13:34:37Z")
“[Bye Bye Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XAQ4vFQEJo)” from _All That Jazz_ ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1150 "2021-08-22T15:51:30Z")
Take heart: on a message board where the Everleigh Sisters are not unknown, the Everly Brothers will not be forgotten. ---
**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 23, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1151 "2021-08-23T03:35:01Z")
Mr Ranger Rod Gilbert dies at 80. > **[Hall of Famer Rod Gilbert, 'Mr. Ranger,' dies at 80](https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/32069046/rod-gilbert-hall-fame-forward-new-york-rangers-dies-80)** > > Rod Gilbert, the Hall of Fame right wing who starred for the New York Rangers and helped Canada win the 1972 Summit Series, has died at the age of 80. ---
**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 23, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1152 "2021-08-23T15:45:39Z")
[Tony “Inky” Mendez, Dave Letterman’s cue card guy, has died at age 76.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tony-mendez-dies-david-letterman-134230426.html) ---
**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 23, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1153 "2021-08-23T19:46:45Z")
That sucks. I liked their interactions on the show. ---
**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 23, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1154 "2021-08-23T21:05:18Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > That sucks. I liked their interactions on the show I’d forgotten that he got fired months before Letterman’s final show. He pushed a producer up against the wall and yelled at him. I guess it had been building up for a long time. I didn’t realize his age, either. He was two years _older_ than Dave. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1155 "2021-08-23T21:21:02Z")
> **[Marilyn Eastman, Actress and Vital Behind-the-Scenes Player on ‘Night of the...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marilyn-eastman-dead-night-of-the-living-dead-1235001774/amp/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > She helped finance the low-budget film, then played Helen Cooper in the George A. Romero horror classic. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1156 "2021-08-24T03:56:16Z")
> **[‘Sweet, sweet Connie’ of Grand Funk Railroad fame dies at 66](https://www.nbc12.com/2021/08/23/sweet-sweet-connie-grand-funk-railroad-fame-dies-66/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=wwbt)** > > Grand Funk Railroad’s Don Brewer, who wrote and sang lead vocals on “We’re An American Band,” told The Associated Press he was sorry to hear of Connie Hamzy's death. ---
**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 24, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1157 "2021-08-24T04:24:31Z")
[Lucille Times](https://thegrio.com/2021/08/20/lucille-times-dies-at-100/), who launched a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama bus system six months before the Rosa Parks incident, dead at 100. ---
**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 24, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1158 "2021-08-24T13:52:38Z")
Hockey player Jimmy Hayes dies at just 31. > **[Jimmy Hayes, 31, Boston College star who played in NHL, dies](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-sports-nhl-boston-hockey-b5d82fdc406d9e02da5eb8d60fc0a09b)** > > MILTON, Mass. (AP) — Jimmy Hayes, who won a national hockey championship at Boston College and played seven seasons in the NHL, has died. He was 31. A law enforcement official said medics on Monday were called to the Hayes home in the Boston suburbs,... ---
**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 24, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1159 "2021-08-24T14:55:56Z")
Igor Vovkovinskiy, who was born in the Ukraine and became the tallest person in the US, dies at age 38. He was 7 feet, 8.33 inches tall. > **[Tallest man in U.S., who was 7-foot-8, dies of heart disease at 38](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tallest-man-u-s-who-was-7-foot-8-dies-n1277491)** > > Igor Vovkovinskiy was declared America’s tallest living person by a Guinness World Records when he was 27 years old and stood 7 feet, 8.33 inches. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1160 "2021-08-24T16:35:43Z")
Publicist says Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died at age 80. (AP) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1161 "2021-08-24T16:37:41Z")
> **[Legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/breaking-charlie-watts-dead-rolling-24829743.amp?__twitter_impression=true)** > > It has been announced that The Rolling Stones icon and drummer Charlie Watts has died at the age of 80 as his management confirm the news after he pulled out of latest Stones tour ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1162 "2021-08-24T16:51:13Z")
There’s no evidence to suggest Watts choked on vomit, his own or anyone else’s. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1163 "2021-08-24T16:53:42Z")
Can you dust for vomit? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1164 "2021-08-24T16:59:09Z")
The Stones should replace Charlie Watts with the only drummer that makes sense - Pete Best. Prove me wrong. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1165 "2021-08-24T17:15:50Z")
I have been in the same (not all that big) room as Igor V. I went to a few Rochester game group events, and he was there. I never played a game with him though. Brian ---
**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 24, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1166 "2021-08-24T19:21:21Z")
Jerry Harkness, who was one of the four Black starters on the 1963 Loyola-Chicago NCAA championship team, dies at age 81. Earlier in the tournament, Loyola met Mississippi State in the Mideast Regional in East Lansing, Michigan, in what became known as The Game of Change. > Mississippi’s governor, Ross Barnett, filed an injunction to prohibit the team from leaving the state. Bulldogs coach Babe McCarthy had already crossed the border and could not be served. The players all wanted to go, and off they went. 16 months later, the first Black student enrolled at Mississippi State. > **[Former Pacer and civil rights pioneer Jerry Harkness dies at 81](https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nba/pacers/2021/08/24/former-indiana-pacer-jerry-harkness-dies-81/5536719001/)** > > Jerry Harkness witnessed hate and tragedy, and late in life he reveled in love and ecstasy for his Loyola Ramblers. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1167 "2021-08-24T22:09:00Z")
Jeanne Robertson, former Miss Carolina, died August 21 at age 77. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne\_Robertson](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Robertson) ---
**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 24, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1168 "2021-08-24T22:58:46Z")
Aww, I loved her comedy talks. I can’t get any to link here but look her up on YouTube. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=59)