# 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:** 65
**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 22, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1291 "2021-09-22T00:48:01Z")
I know him from _White Collar_. A delightful actor. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1292 "2021-09-22T02:22:00Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I know him from _White Collar_. A delightful actor. We are of a similar age and grew up a few miles from each other. Even though I didn’t know him I did take notice of his career ever since I found out where he was from. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1293 "2021-09-22T02:39:58Z")
[Yolanda Lopez](https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2021-09-05/yolanda-lopez-artist-dead), painter best known for her “La Virgen de Guadalupe” series, dies at 79 from cancer. [Warren Storm](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/warren-storm/), pioneer of “Swamp Pop” dies at 84. [Tim Donnelly](https://www.looper.com/611292/the-devastating-death-of-emergency-star-tim-donnelly/), star of “Emergency!” dies at 77. ---
**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, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1294 "2021-09-22T04:08:32Z")
> **[Sheila Bromberg, harpist on Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,’...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sheila-bromberg-dead/2021/09/10/3373e686-0fee-11ec-9cb6-bf9351a25799_story.html)** > > In addition to a long orchestral career, she played on film scores and a hit disco album. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1295 "2021-09-22T04:47:42Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Tim Donnelly](https://www.looper.com/611292/the-devastating-death-of-emergency-star-tim-donnelly/), star of “Emergency!” dies at 77. Dragnet “The Big High,”[(Mugshut Outro)](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0565659/mediaviewer/rm1038142721/) where he and his wife smoke dope and let their baby drown in the bathtub. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1296 "2021-09-22T07:08:10Z")
I also remember him as the star of “Parts: The Clonus Horror”. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1297 "2021-09-22T13:22:00Z")
Ah - the movie that Michael Bay definitely did not rip off. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1298 "2021-09-23T16:55:22Z")
> **[Roger Michell, ‘Notting Hill’ and ‘The Duke’ director, dead at 65](https://nypost.com/2021/09/23/roger-michell-notting-hill-and-the-duke-director-dead-at-65/amp/?__twitter_impression=true)** > > The British stage, television and film director whose movies include the hit rom-com “Notting Hill” starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant has died. He was 65. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1299 "2021-09-23T20:14:27Z")
> **[‘Hawaii Five-0’ actor Al Harrington dead at 85](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/hawaii-five-0-actor-al-harrington-dead.amp?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Al Harrington, best known to classic TV fans as Detective Ben Kokua in the original “Hawaii Five-0” series, died Tuesday. He was 85. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1300 "2021-09-24T03:37:55Z")
[Melvin van Peebles](https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/22/entertainment/melvin-van-peebles-obit/index.html), actor, director, and father of Mario, dies at 89. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1301 "2021-09-24T17:55:26Z")
He also played Lee Harvey Oswald in _Quantum Leap_ ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1302 "2021-09-26T13:02:10Z")
> **[Status Quo bassist Alan Lancaster dies aged 72](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58698864.amp)** > > Lead singer Francis Rossi calls Lancaster an integral part of the band's sound and success. ---
**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 27, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1303 "2021-09-27T12:26:35Z")
[Jay Sandrich, sitcom director](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/26/arts/television/jay-sandrich-dead.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210927&instance_id=41408&nl=the-morning®i_id=119968082&segment_id=70000&te=1&user_id=daeffd3dd102c14d378e3849f08c7822). He famously directed _The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show, The Golden Girls_ and many others. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1304 "2021-09-28T15:57:47Z")
George Frayne, aka Commander Cody, age 77. [George Frayne Dead at 77: As Commander Cody, Sang ‘Hot Rod Lincoln’ - Variety](https://variety.com/2021/music/news/commander-cody-george-frayne-dead-roots-country-rock-lost-planet-airmen-1235075409/?fbclid=IwAR3Cq80jkBLP3PWr995i2I6Ldr-uy2h1Sv9wdLjhBgkVKrK21FPAi90Wefc) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1305 "2021-09-29T02:55:48Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > [Jay Sandrich, sitcom director](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/26/arts/television/jay-sandrich-dead.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210927&instance_id=41408&nl=the-morning®i_id=119968082&segment_id=70000&te=1&user_id=daeffd3dd102c14d378e3849f08c7822). He famously directed _The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show, The Golden Girls_ and many others. Here’s another take in case people are blocked by the NYT paywall. [https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/jay-sandrich/](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/jay-sandrich/) ---
**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:** [September 29, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1306 "2021-09-29T02:59:58Z")
[Frances “Sissy” Farenthold](https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/texas/2021/09/27/pioneering-texas-politician-frances-sissy-farenthold-dead-94-corpus-christi/5882345001/), trailblazing Texas politician and civil rights activist dies of Parkinson’s right before her 95th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1307 "2021-09-29T19:54:32Z")
> **[Old Yeller star Tommy Kirk dies at 79](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10042813/amp/Tommy-Kirk-known-starring-role-Disney-classic-Old-Yeller-dies-79.html?__twitter_impression=true)** > > Tommy Kirk, who starred in the 1957 Disney film Old Yeller, has died at the age of 79. The actor was found dead in his Las Vegas home on Tuesday, September 28 at 8 pm by his neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1308 "2021-09-29T20:31:22Z")
Jazz organist Dr. Lonnie Smith has died at 79. > **[Dr. Lonnie Smith, Master Of The Hammond Organ, Dies At 79](https://www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1041372956/dr-lonnie-smith-master-of-the-hammond-organ-dies-at-79)** > > The NEA Jazz Master died Tuesday from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 79. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1309 "2021-09-29T22:36:01Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > [Tommy Kirk, known for his starring role in Disney classic Old Yeller, dies at 79](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10042813/amp/Tommy-Kirk-known-starring-role-Disney-classic-Old-Yeller-dies-79.html?__twitter_impression=true) Someone put him out of his misery? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1310 "2021-09-29T22:57:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > George Frayne, aka Commander Cody, age 77. The 1974 album [Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_from_Deep_in_the_Heart_of_Texas) is one of my all-time favorites. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=66)