# 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:** 72
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1432 "2021-11-05T22:37:04Z")
British entertainer and dancer [Lionel Blair has died](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59171576) aged 92. I remember him best for the Celebrity Charades show _Give Us A Clue_, but he did loads more than just that. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1433 "2021-11-06T12:46:34Z")
Am I correct that there are no bonus points for unique picks? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1434 "2021-11-06T12:48:58Z")
Cartoonist [Margaret Shulock](http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2021/10/22/margaret-shulock-rip/) who wrote for Apartment 3-G and Six Chix passed away last month at 28 points. Pointless points. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1435 "2021-11-06T13:43:05Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Am I correct that there are no bonus points for unique picks? Yes, but I think there is an “insider with the Reaper” award for the most unique picks. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1436 "2021-11-06T15:49:38Z")
Did that award not go to a player who had like 5 or 6 unique picks that put them at the bottom of the board with 0 points a few years ago? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1437 "2021-11-06T17:46:11Z")
I don’t do it for the awards. I’m in it for the money. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1438 "2021-11-07T16:09:20Z")
Former CFL player and professional wrestler Angelo Mosca Sr. has died at 84. > **[Angelo Mosca Sr., Former CFL All-Star and WWE Performer, Dies at Age 84](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10017409-angelo-mosca-sr-former-cfl-all-star-and-wwe-performer-dies-at-age-84)** > > Canadian Football League legend and professional wrestler Angelo Mosca Sr. died Saturday at the age of 84. Mosca's wife, Helen, announced his death in a... ---
**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:** [November 8, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1439 "2021-11-08T02:06:30Z")
Terence Wilson, who as Astro was a founding member of the band UB40, has [died](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ub40-founding-member-astro-dies-following-short-illness/ar-AAQpExY?ocid=msedgntp).following a short illness. No date of birth or age listed that I could find, although I didn’t spend much time looking for one. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1440 "2021-11-08T02:09:57Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > No date of birth or age listed that I could find, although I didn’t spend much time looking for one. [Wikipedia says June 24, 1957. 64 years old.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UB40#Astro) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1441 "2021-11-08T10:15:56Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Did that award not go to a player who had like 5 or 6 unique picks that put them at the bottom of the board with 0 points a few years ago? It did. The player’s picks were from the list of supercentenarians (people of age 110+), IIRC. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1442 "2021-11-08T15:00:21Z")
Thanks. I was on my laptop, which currently moves slower than my phone for this kind of thing. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1443 "2021-11-09T09:06:20Z")
Actor [Dean Stockwell](https://variety.com/2021/film/actors/dean-stockwell-dead-dies-quantum-leap-actor-1235107891/) from _Quantum Leap_ (and loads more besides… probably) has died, aged 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:** [November 9, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1444 "2021-11-09T10:40:27Z")
I legitimately thought he had died years ago ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1445 "2021-11-09T12:17:43Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Actor [Dean Stockwell](https://variety.com/2021/film/actors/dean-stockwell-dead-dies-quantum-leap-actor-1235107891/) from _Quantum Leap_ (and loads more besides… probably) has died, aged 85. Brother Cavill from Battlestar Galactica. I admit that Quantum Leap is his biggest role, but his performance on BSG will always be his best role for me. He was incredible. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1446 "2021-11-09T15:32:44Z")
Oh no! I saw him not too long ago in [Kim](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042644/). He was a very talented actor, at any age. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1447 "2021-11-09T18:11:33Z")
Veteran, Senator, etc. Max Cleland has died at 79. > **[Max Cleland dies; senator and veteran lost limbs in Vietnam](https://apnews.com/article/saxby-chambliss-max-cleland-atlanta-georgia-veterans-7e88ae1c448dfdeb605e53cf5fe4d0a4)** > > ATLANTA (AP) — Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to a hand grenade in Vietnam and later became a groundbreaking Veterans Administration chief and U.S. senator from Georgia until an attack ad questioning his patriotism derailed his reelection, died on... ---
**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:** [November 9, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1448 "2021-11-09T18:17:51Z")
Former MLB pitcher [Pedro Feliciano](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/former-mets-pitcher-pedro-feliciano-dead-at-45/ar-AAQsPuE?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531) has died at 45. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1449 "2021-11-10T04:36:36Z")
[Emmett Chapman](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/emmett-chapman/), jazzman who created the guitar-like instrument called the Chapman Stick, dead at 85 from cancer. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1450 "2021-11-11T04:57:13Z")
There is no official announcement yet, and the guy would barely qualify as a celebrity, but as the creator of Something Awful [Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka](https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3984488) is indirectly responsible for a significant portion of what the modern concept of internet social media is (for better or worse). Much of what we think of with social networking, blogging, podcasts, memes, etc. can trace their origins to Something Awful. 4Chan and it’s various offshoots might never have existed if not for SA. Picture memes supposedly originated their as well. Cause of death is still unknown (common when the death isn’t even confirmed), but if true, he left 55 points on the board. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1451 "2021-11-11T05:04:12Z")
Well, fuck… back in the day, I freaking loved Something Awful. Some of his pieces were absolutely hilarious and his/the site’s contribution to internet culture is indisputable. RIP. ETA: Found this and it made me laugh: [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FD4ftFLWQAEMd_h?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FD4ftFLWQAEMd_h?format=jpg&name=small) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=73)