# 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:** 74
**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 15, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1472 "2021-11-15T17:13:03Z")
Petra Mayer, the editor on NPR’s Culture desk, died on Saturday at Holy Cross Hospital in Maryland as the result of a suspected pulmonary embolism. [She was 46.](https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/pulmonary-embolism-symptoms-explained-as-petra-mayer-npr-books-editor-dies-at-46/ar-AAQIOaw?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531) ---
**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 16, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1473 "2021-11-16T00:16:57Z")
Former Major League Baseball player Julio Lugo has [died](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32639911/julio-lugo-shortstop-2007-champion-boston-red-sox-dies-45) at 45 years old. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1474 "2021-11-16T04:42:39Z")
Search doesn’t show this one so here goes: > **[S. Huff, hard-hitting HOF linebacker, dies at 87](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32623149/hall-fame-linebacker-sam-huff-dies-87-family-says)** > > Sam Huff, the Hall of Fame linebacker who made the Pro Bowl with both the Giants and Washington, died Saturday at the age of 87, a Huff family lawyer said. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1475 "2021-11-16T13:35:33Z")
I know she’s not a celebrity herself, but Chris Daughtry’s stepdaughter has died. A police investigation is ongoing… > **[Police say it's 'premature' to classify the death of Chris Daughtry's...](https://www.today.com/news/police-investigating-death-chris-daughtry-s-daughter-hannah-marie-price-t239014)** > > Hannah Price died unexpectedly last week. She was 25. ---
**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 16, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1476 "2021-11-16T21:46:49Z")
Actor Heath Freeman has [died](https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/heath-freeman-ncis-and-bones-actor-dead-at-41/ar-AAQMyBc?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531) at 41. No cause of death listed as yet. ---
**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 17, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1477 "2021-11-17T04:18:39Z")
[Winter](https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/12/entertainment/winter-the-dolphin-obit/index.html), the dolphin who learned to swim with a prosthetic tale and inspiration for and a star of the “Dolphin Tale” movies, dies from complications due to GI issues. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1478 "2021-11-17T05:33:51Z")
> **[Maureen Cleave, Pop Journalist and Beatles Confidante, Dies at 87 (Published...](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/arts/music/maureen-cleave-dead.html)** > > Ms. Cleave’s interview with John Lennon, in which he said the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus,” drew worldwide attention. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1479 "2021-11-17T23:02:02Z")
“More popular than Jesus” reminded me of this: > In 1966 the Rutles faced the biggest threat to their careers. Nasty in a widely quoted interview had apparently claimed that the Rutles were bigger than God, and was reported to have gone on to say that God had never had a hit record. > > The story spread like wildfire in America. Many fans burnt their albums, many more burnt their fingers attempting to burn their albums. Album sales sky-rocketed. People were buying them just to burn them. > > But in fact it was all a ghastly mistake. Nasty, talking to a slightly deaf journalist, had claimed only that the Rutles were bigger than Rod. Rod Stewart would not be big for another eight years, and certainly at this stage hadn’t had a hit. At a press conference, Nasty apologized to God, Rod and the press, and the tour went ahead as planned. It would be the Rutles’ last. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1480 "2021-11-18T02:10:27Z")
He wrote “I’m Just a Bill” for Schoolhouse Rock > **[Dave Frishberg, Writer of Songs Sardonic and Nostalgic, Dies at 88 (Published...](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/arts/music/dave-frishberg-dead.html)** > > A gifted jazz pianist and a singer with a limited range but a distinctive voice, he wrote mostly for grown-ups but reached his largest audience on “Schoolhouse Rock!” ---
**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 18, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1481 "2021-11-18T04:32:30Z")
Rapper Young Dolph dies of a shooting at 36. > **[Rapper Young Dolph Dies at 36 in Memphis Shooting](https://variety.com/2021/music/news/young-dolph-dead-dies-shooting-memphis-1235114547/)** > > Rapper Young Dolph, best known for his 2020 album “Rich Slave” and collaborations with his fellow Memphis rapper and cousin Key Glock, has died in a shooting in Memphis, Tenn. He was 36… ---
**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 19, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1482 "2021-11-19T06:00:36Z")
Sculptor Jimmie Durham > **[Jimmie Durham, Sculptor Who Resisted Easily Legible Identities, Dies at 81](https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jimmie-durham-dead-1234610605/)** > > Durham’s incisive art makes a mockery of the notion that one’s identity could—or should—be easily understood. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1483 "2021-11-19T12:42:04Z")
Legendary Rock visualizer, Mick Rock has died, at only 72. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1484 "2021-11-20T02:09:35Z")
> **['The Sandlot' Star Art LaFleur Dead at 78](https://www.tmz.com/2021/11/19/the-sandlot-star-art-lafleur-dead-dies/?adid=social-twa)** > > 'The Sandlot' star Art LaFleur is dead at 78. ---
**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 20, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1485 "2021-11-20T15:07:11Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > ['The Sandlot' Star Art LaFleur Dead at 78](https://www.tmz.com/2021/11/19/the-sandlot-star-art-lafleur-dead-dies/?adid=social-twa) Heroes get remembered but legends never die. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1486 "2021-11-20T20:49:41Z")
> **[Subway co-founder Peter Buck, who turned $1,000 into a billion, dies | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/20/business/subway-founder-peter-buck-dies/index.html)** > > Subway co-founder Peter Buck, who turned his initial investment of $1,000 into more than a billion dollars, died Thursday at the age of 90, the company confirmed. ---
**Author:** ![IvyOfPoison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivyofpoison/32/20489_2.png) [@IvyOfPoison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvyOfPoison)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1487 "2021-11-21T03:31:19Z")
Former Raiders player Steve Smith, dead of ALS at age 57. > **[Former Raiders RB Steve Smith dies at 57 after battle with ALS](https://sports.yahoo.com/former-raiders-rb-steve-smith-024736986.html)** > > Former Raiders fullback Steve Smith has died after a 20-year battle with ALS ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1488 "2021-11-21T06:23:49Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I don’t do it for the awards. I’m in it for the money. 1. Famous Death 2. ??? 3. Profit! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1489 "2021-11-21T13:24:06Z")
Not a good time to be a “Raider,” I guess: > **[Paul Revere and the Raiders star who worked with Ringo Starr dies at 79](https://nypost.com/2021/11/19/keith-allison-paul-revere-and-the-raiders-star-dead-at-79/?utm_source=P6Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow)** > > FORMER Paul Revere and the Raiders star Keith Allison passed away at 79, as the remaining rock band members pay tribute to the beloved guitarist. “It is with deep sadness \[we\] announce the pa… ---
**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 21, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1490 "2021-11-21T14:56:52Z")
Actor/writer Peter Aykroyd, younger brother of Dan Aykroyd, has died at 66. > **[Peter Aykroyd Dies: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Pays Tribute To Former Cast Member...](https://deadline.com/2021/11/peter-aykroyd-dead-saturday-night-live-pays-tribute-to-former-cast-member-writer-1234878310/)** > > Peter Aykroyd, the Emmy-nominated former Saturday Night Live cast member and writer, has died. The NBC sketch show paid tribute to SNL alum following Simu Liu’s eventful hosting debut. Saturd… ---
**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:** [November 21, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1491 "2021-11-21T18:07:21Z")
He sleeps tonight. > **[Philip Margo, Singer on The Tokens’ Hit ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight,’ Dies at 79](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/philip-margo-obit-1234999195/)** > > Philip Margo, a founding member of The Tokens, the doo-wop foursome behind the ‘60s hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” has died. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=75)