# 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:** 64
**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:** [September 15, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1270 "2021-09-15T22:31:36Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > And yet you don’t post the [classic](https://youtu.be/bKmadR4Ye54) interview between Conan, Norm, and Courtney Thorne-Smith? I posted in the RIP Norm thread in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1271 "2021-09-16T23:37:39Z")
> **[Jane Powell, Hollywood golden-age musicals star, dies at 92](https://wsbt.com/amp/news/entertainment/jane-powell-hollywood-golden-age-musicals-star-dies-at-92?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tndsocial&__twitter_impression=true)** > > LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jane Powell, the bright-eyed, operatic-voiced star of Hollywood's golden age musicals who sang with Howard Keel in ---
**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:** [September 16, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1272 "2021-09-16T23:54:32Z")
Sir Clive Sinclair, who created the [Sinclair ZX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research) series of home computers in the 80s, extremely popular across the world (Americans may know them as Timex I think) has died aged 81. > **[Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/16/home-computing-pioneer-sir-clive-sinclair-dies-aged-81)** > > Creator of the landmark ZX Spectrum and the less commercially successful C5 died after a long illness ---
**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:** [September 17, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1273 "2021-09-17T03:20:53Z")
Jane Powell must have been pretty young back then. I’d have thought she’d be older than 92 by now. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1274 "2021-09-17T06:17:23Z")
And here’s the thing - CONAN SCREWED IT UP and Norm STILL salvaged it! I guarantee you that bit about the spider and web over the fire wouldn’t have been in there if Conan hadn’t broken the tension by going “how long was that drive?”, so Norm had to make some other stuff up on the fly to try to rebuild the tension before he got to the bit about the gun and finally the punch line. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1275 "2021-09-17T14:33:04Z")
One for the Nebraskans - true local legend Leta Powell Drake has passed away. > **[Nebraska Television Pioneer Leta Powell Drake Passes Away](https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/nebraska-television-pioneer-leta-powell-drake-passes-away/)** > > Leta Powell Drake, known for her work in Nebraska television, theatre and the arts, passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 83. I never met her but she was literally a friend-of-a-friend (said friend is understandably quite saddened by the news) and apparently a force of nature. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1276 "2021-09-17T16:58:03Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > it’s _how_ he drags it out that makes it so hilarious. To some, apparently. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1277 "2021-09-18T16:21:37Z")
Looks [like Team Dirt moves into 5th place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelaziz_Bouteflika) with 16 pts and a unique pick as the former President of Algeria ends his retirement (sorry, I cannot spell his name right). ---
**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:** [September 19, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1278 "2021-09-19T15:10:35Z")
**Team Dirt** and **GIGObuster** both had the unspellable individual: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | psychonaut | 191 | 4(1) | | 2 | GIGObuster | 186 | 5(2) | | 3 | jeezums | 166 | 4 | | 3 | RTFirefly | 166 | 4 | | 5 | Team Dirt | 153 | 7(1) | | 6 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 152 | 5 | | 7 | Registered at Last | 142 | 3 | | 8 | phungi | 135 | 4(1) | | 9 | RobotDevilDog | 93 | 3 | | 10 | Hal Briston | 89 | 4(1) | | 11 | Superdude | 75 | 2 | | 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 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 51 | 2 | | 18 | Dung\_Beetle | 48 | 2 | | 18 | WolfpackJeep | 48 | 2 | | 20 | Mahaloth | 46 | 3 | | 21 | J\_P\_L | 43 | 2 | | 22 | smithsb | 40 | 2(1) | | 23 | GreaterZamboni | 37 | 2(1) | | 23 | imthjckaz | 37 | 2 | | 25 | xizor | 36 | 2 | | 26 | a35362 | 31 | 2 | | 26 | amarinth | 31 | 2 | | 26 | critter42 | 31 | 2 | | 26 | NotherYinzer | 31 | 2 | | 26 | Precambrianmollusc | 31 | 2 | | 31 | ataraxy42 | 30 | 1 | | 31 | BobLibDem | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Borborygmi | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Captain\_Klutz | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Catamount | 30 | 2(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 | 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 | zadscmc | 27 | 2(1) | | 57 | Snowboarder\_Bo | 23 | 2(2) | | 58 | Sapphiredragon76 | 22 | 1(1) | | 59 | Zero00 | 20 | 2 | | 60 | Hatchie | 17 | 1(1) | | 61 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 14 | 1 | | 62 | GuanoLad | 13 | 1 | | 62 | lel | 13 | 1 | | 64 | Pardel\_Lux | 12 | 1 | | 64 | Shoeless | 12 | 1 | | 66 | Baker | 10 | 1(1) | | 66 | commasense | 10 | 3(2) | | 66 | kitap | 10 | 2 | | 69 | ProfPepperwinkle | 9 | 1 | | 70 | Old\_Wench | 8 | 1(1) | | 71 | Biotop | 7 | 1(1) | | 71 | madsircool | 7 | 1 | | 73 | Dancer\_Flight | 1 | 1 | | 73 | Gatopescado | 1 | 1 | | 73 | SpoilerVirgin | 1 | 1 | ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1280 "2021-09-19T16:33:01Z")
Oh great death shroom could you add 25 points to my total on your next update? Seems my pick for Gerd Muller was missed. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1281 "2021-09-19T16:38:32Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > **Team Dirt** and **GIGObuster** both had the unspellable individual: As much as I would like to keep pace with the leader, I have to report about the Bouttaficca or whatever dictator, I don’t have him here, I have him on the themed list. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1282 "2021-09-19T16:47:58Z")
Bouttaficca? Isn’t that the guy that Amy Fisher was schtupping and then went and shot his wife? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1283 "2021-09-19T17:04:12Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Isn’t that the guy that Amy Fisher was schtupping and then went and shot his wife? Reminds me of Newsradio when Bill gets an FCC complaint against him. Dave: “Well, Bill, there are many ways to try and pronounce Buttafuoco…but of all the ways possible, let’s just say you chose the absolute worst way to attempt to say that word.” ---
**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:** [September 19, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1284 "2021-09-19T22:36:54Z")
sorry to those prognosticators of death that were incorrectly represented. 25 points to **jeezums** for Gerd Muller and a tie for first, and **Team Dirt** got the Unique Pick for “he who shall not be spelled” | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | jeezums | 191 | 5(1) | | 1 | psychonaut | 191 | 4(1) | | 3 | GIGObuster | 186 | 5(2) | | 4 | RTFirefly | 166 | 4 | | 5 | Team Dirt | 153 | 7(1) | | 6 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 152 | 5 | | 7 | Registered at Last | 142 | 3 | | 8 | phungi | 135 | 4(1) | | 9 | RobotDevilDog | 93 | 3 | | 10 | Hal Briston | 89 | 4(1) | | 11 | Superdude | 75 | 2 | | 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 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 51 | 2 | | 18 | Dung\_Beetle | 48 | 2 | | 18 | WolfpackJeep | 48 | 2 | | 20 | Mahaloth | 46 | 3 | | 21 | J\_P\_L | 43 | 2 | | 22 | smithsb | 40 | 2(1) | | 23 | GreaterZamboni | 37 | 2(1) | | 23 | imthjckaz | 37 | 2 | | 25 | xizor | 36 | 2 | | 26 | a35362 | 31 | 2 | | 26 | amarinth | 31 | 2 | | 26 | critter42 | 31 | 2 | | 26 | NotherYinzer | 31 | 2 | | 26 | Precambrianmollusc | 31 | 2 | | 31 | ataraxy42 | 30 | 1 | | 31 | BobLibDem | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Borborygmi | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Captain\_Klutz | 30 | 1 | | 31 | Catamount | 30 | 2(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 | 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 | zadscmc | 27 | 2(1) | | 57 | Snowboarder\_Bo | 23 | 2(2) | | 58 | Sapphiredragon76 | 22 | 1(1) | | 59 | Zero00 | 20 | 2 | | 60 | Hatchie | 17 | 1(1) | | 61 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 14 | 1 | | 62 | GuanoLad | 13 | 1 | | 62 | lel | 13 | 1 | | 64 | Pardel\_Lux | 12 | 1 | | 64 | Shoeless | 12 | 1 | | 66 | Baker | 10 | 1(1) | | 66 | commasense | 10 | 3(2) | | 66 | kitap | 10 | 2 | | 69 | ProfPepperwinkle | 9 | 1 | | 70 | Old\_Wench | 8 | 1(1) | | 71 | Biotop | 7 | 1(1) | | 71 | madsircool | 7 | 1 | | 73 | Dancer\_Flight | 1 | 1 | | 73 | Gatopescado | 1 | 1 | | 73 | SpoilerVirgin | 1 | 1 | ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1285 "2021-09-20T14:20:28Z")
> **['Friday' Star Anthony Johnson Dead at 55](https://amp.tmz.com/2021/09/20/anthony-johnson-friday-star-dead-at-55/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Anthony Johnson, "Friday" and "House Party" star has died at age 55. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1286 "2021-09-20T15:11:23Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > **Team Dirt** and **GIGObuster** both had the unspellable individual: What’s so hard about عبد العزيز بوتفليقة? Just remember the ت before و rule. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1287 "2021-09-21T10:50:43Z")
Singer Sarah Dash, best known as co-founder and member of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, has [died](https://deadline.com/2021/09/sarah-dash-singer-labelle-actress-obituary-1234841095/) at 76. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1288 "2021-09-21T16:55:16Z")
> **[Patty Perez, 'Jackass' star, dies at 57](https://ew.com/movies/patty-perez-dead-jackass-2-star/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=6149eec9a5c42200013c6450)** > > Patty Perez, the internet sensation and actress best known for appearances in 'Jackass' skits, has died at age 57. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1289 "2021-09-22T00:10:03Z")
> **['Sex And The City' Actor Willie Garson Dies At 57](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/willie-garson-sex-and-the-city-dead_n_614a6ff0e4b077b735ec1e82/amp?d_id=2635885&ncid_tag=tweetlnkushpmg00000027&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=us_entertainment&__twitter_impression=true)** > > The actor was famous for playing Stanford Blatch on the hit HBO 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:** [September 22, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1290 "2021-09-22T00:39:47Z")
Garson was also in Stargate SG-1 and a very funny episode of X-files where he was the luckiest guy in the world(but his luck cost others). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=65)