# 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:** 80
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1592 "2021-12-20T17:08:48Z")
Hooray! 24 points! Is Johnny Isakson a unique pick for me? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1593 "2021-12-20T17:18:53Z")
An entire nation is an understatement. I am not Chilean an can rejoice too, as do several others I know. Makes me think of Ortega and his creepy wife and whether I should correct my list for 2022 or not. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2021, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1594 "2021-12-21T12:23:43Z")
Japanese singer and actress (including dubbing in the voice of Anna in _Frozen_), has [died at age 35.](https://www.thewrap.com/sayaka-kanda-japanese-singer-frozen-dies-at-35/). Being investigated as a possible suicide. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1595 "2021-12-21T12:47:41Z")
You forgot her name, it’s Sayaka Kanda. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1596 "2021-12-21T14:45:39Z")
🤦‍♂️ Thanks for the assist. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1597 "2021-12-21T16:59:44Z")
> [@candide](#): > > Hooray! 24 points! Is Johnny Isakson a unique pick for me? 🤔 Yes, 24 Points, a Unique Pick, move up to 12th place, and possible Final Hours Award: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | jeezums | 247 | 6(1) | | 2 | RTFirefly | 222 | 5 | | 3 | GIGObuster | 207 | 6(3) | | 4 | Registered at Last | 198 | 4 | | 5 | phungi | 191 | 5(1) | | 5 | psychonaut | 191 | 4(1) | | 7 | Loach | 162 | 4(2) | | 8 | Team Dirt | 153 | 7(1) | | 9 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 152 | 5 | | 10 | Hal Briston | 145 | 5(1) | | 11 | RobotDevilDog | 93 | 3 | | 12 | candide | 87 | 3(1) | | 13 | Mean\_MrMustard | 86 | 2 | | 14 | Superdude | 77 | 3 | | 15 | CreaseMunky | 63 | 2 | | 15 | Hoopy\_Frood | 63 | 2 | | 15 | It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery | 63 | 2 | | 15 | Rebo | 63 | 2 | | 19 | NotherYinzer | 53 | 3(1) | | 20 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 51 | 2 | | 21 | kayT | 50 | 2(1) | | 22 | Dung\_Beetle | 48 | 2 | | 22 | WolfpackJeep | 48 | 2 | | 24 | Mahaloth | 46 | 3 | | 25 | J\_P\_L | 45 | 3 | | 26 | smithsb | 40 | 2(1) | | 27 | GreaterZamboni | 39 | 3(1) | | 28 | imthjckaz | 37 | 2 | | 29 | xizor | 36 | 2 | | 30 | ataraxy42 | 32 | 2 | | 31 | a35362 | 31 | 2 | | 31 | amarinth | 31 | 2 | | 31 | critter42 | 31 | 2 | | 31 | Precambrianmollusc | 31 | 2 | | 35 | BobLibDem | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Borborygmi | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Captain\_Klutz | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Catamount | 30 | 2(1) | | 35 | D\_Anconia | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Dr Girlfriend | 30 | 1 | | 35 | jenstvns | 30 | 1 | | 35 | JohnT | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Little\_Nemo | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Lsura | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Maus\_Magill | 30 | 1 | | 35 | McDeath\_the\_Mad | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Mona\_Lott | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Paul\_in\_Saudi | 30 | 4 | | 35 | Ponch8 | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Stephe96 | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Tristan | 30 | 1 | | 35 | vivalostwages | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Wallet | 30 | 1 | | 55 | irritant | 29 | 1(1) | | 55 | zadscmc | 29 | 3(1) | | 57 | Snowboarder\_Bo | 23 | 2(2) | | 58 | Sapphiredragon76 | 22 | 1(1) | | 59 | Zero00 | 20 | 2 | | 60 | Hatchie | 17 | 1(1) | | 61 | Shoeless | 14 | 2 | | 61 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 14 | 1 | | 63 | GuanoLad | 13 | 1 | | 63 | lel | 13 | 1 | | 65 | Baker | 12 | 2(2) | | 65 | Pardel\_Lux | 12 | 1 | | 67 | commasense | 10 | 3(2) | | 67 | 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:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1598 "2021-12-21T22:47:11Z")
I got the Final Hours award a few years ago. And the celeb didn’t pass until 12/27. ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1599 "2021-12-21T23:27:20Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Fuck it. Cut/Paste last years. Who cares anymore. Just one change. > > **I have never scored a single point.** > Prince Phillip Just checked on my list, and still I remain tied in second to last with a single point. Of course when I went to find my list, I found this little gem. @Gatopescado, perhaps this year, you can ask for more than a single point? ---
**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:** [December 22, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1600 "2021-12-22T00:55:46Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I got the Final Hours award a few years ago. And the celeb didn’t pass until 12/27. I got it in 2018 and it was December 29th. > [@Celebrity Death Pool 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2018/803331/1393): > > I encourage everyone to check their lists, search Wiki’s [Deaths in 2018](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_deaths_by_year#2018), or otherwise Google/confirm any overlooked “losses”. 2018 is in the books, and here are our winners: The “Opening Kickoff” Award: Rico (January 3rd) The “Quantity Not Quality” Award: TIE: CAMJAY777, Registered at Last each with an impressive 8 picks The “Grim Reaper” Award: irritant with 4 Unique Picks The “Robbing the Cradle” Award: SHARED: Team Dirt, basset hound, GIGObuster for Jessica Falkholt at 29 years of age T… ---
**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:** [December 22, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1601 "2021-12-22T02:04:45Z")
> **[Mazda Miata Designer Shunji Tanaka Dies at 75](https://www.thedrive.com/news/43619/mazda-miata-designer-shunji-tanaka-has-passed-away-aged-75)** > > Thanks be to the man who penned one of the most enjoyable cars of all time. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1602 "2021-12-22T05:18:21Z")
[Rosalie Trombley](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/rosalie-trombley/), music director at CKLW radio in Ontario who was once dubbed “The most powerful woman in popdom” by the Detroit Free Press as she was responsible for first time radio broadcasts of singles from artists such as The Guess Who and Elton John. She was also the subject and title of a Bob Seger song, as well as being one of the people who stood up against payola. Also: > **[Carlos Marín, Il Divo singer, dead at 53 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/20/entertainment/il-divo-carlos-marin-dead-intl-scli/index.html)** > > Carlos Marín, one quarter of the pop-opera group Il Divo, has died at the age of 53. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1603 "2021-12-22T15:40:28Z")
Sally Anne Howes has died at the age of 91. > **[Sally Ann Howes, Truly Scrumptious in ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,’ Dies at 91](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sally-ann-howes-dead-chitty-chitty-bang-bang-1235066356/)** > > A grand dame of Broadway and the West End, she starred in 'Paint Your Wagon,' 'My Fair Lady,' 'Brigadoon' and 'What Makes Sammy Run?' ---
**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:** [December 22, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1604 "2021-12-22T22:41:21Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Rosalie Trombley](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/rosalie-trombley/), music director at CKLW radio in Ontario… I grew up listening to CKLW and knew nothing of Rosalie. Thanks for the link. mmm ---
**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:** [December 23, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1605 "2021-12-23T01:59:40Z")
> **[For Your Eyes Only actor Jack Hedley dies aged 92](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10336741/Jack-Hedley-dead-92-Eyes-actor-passes-away-short-illness.html)** > > Jack Hedley, star of films including For Your Eyes Only and Lawrence Of Arabia died on December 11 aged 92 following a short illness. Dec 11th. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1606 "2021-12-23T18:15:16Z")
> **[Writer Joan Didion, whose 'electric anxiety' inspired a generation, has died...](https://www.npr.org/2021/12/23/375431790/joan-didion-obituary?utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=nprnews)** > > When Didion started writing in the 1960s, she put a certain kind of voice on the page — neurotic, female — that hadn't been there before. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1607 "2021-12-23T20:25:23Z")
I’m so sorry that I’ll never get to read a new Didion book. I never read anything she wrote that I didn’t like, admire, and envy. I am also very sorry that she’s on both my regular Death Pool list for next year and the themed one, so now I have to find replacements. However, she is also on both lists for this year, so points. I thought when I put people on my lists I guaranteed them immortality. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1608 "2021-12-23T22:34:55Z")
Serial killer Gary Lee Sampson has died at 62. While he had been sentenced to death at one point, his death was due to natural causes and therefore eligible. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1609 "2021-12-25T15:41:36Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I am also very sorry that she’s on both my regular Death Pool list for next year and the themed one, so now I have to find replacements. However, she is also on both lists for this year, so points. Joan Didion, 13 Points, a Unique Pick for **kayT** | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | jeezums | 247 | 6(1) | | 2 | RTFirefly | 222 | 5 | | 3 | GIGObuster | 207 | 6(3) | | 4 | Registered at Last | 198 | 4 | | 5 | phungi | 191 | 5(1) | | 5 | psychonaut | 191 | 4(1) | | 7 | Loach | 162 | 4(2) | | 8 | Team Dirt | 153 | 7(1) | | 9 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 152 | 5 | | 10 | Hal Briston | 145 | 5(1) | | 11 | RobotDevilDog | 93 | 3 | | 12 | candide | 87 | 3(1) | | 13 | Mean\_MrMustard | 86 | 2 | | 14 | Superdude | 77 | 3 | | 15 | CreaseMunky | 63 | 2 | | 15 | Hoopy\_Frood | 63 | 2 | | 15 | It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery | 63 | 2 | | 15 | kayT | 63 | 3(2) | | 15 | Rebo | 63 | 2 | | 20 | NotherYinzer | 53 | 3(1) | | 21 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 51 | 2 | | 22 | Dung\_Beetle | 48 | 2 | | 22 | WolfpackJeep | 48 | 2 | | 24 | Mahaloth | 46 | 3 | | 25 | J\_P\_L | 45 | 3 | | 26 | smithsb | 40 | 2(1) | | 27 | GreaterZamboni | 39 | 3(1) | | 28 | imthjckaz | 37 | 2 | | 29 | xizor | 36 | 2 | | 30 | ataraxy42 | 32 | 2 | | 31 | a35362 | 31 | 2 | | 31 | amarinth | 31 | 2 | | 31 | critter42 | 31 | 2 | | 31 | Precambrianmollusc | 31 | 2 | | 35 | BobLibDem | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Borborygmi | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Captain\_Klutz | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Catamount | 30 | 2(1) | | 35 | D\_Anconia | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Dr Girlfriend | 30 | 1 | | 35 | jenstvns | 30 | 1 | | 35 | JohnT | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Little\_Nemo | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Lsura | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Maus\_Magill | 30 | 1 | | 35 | McDeath\_the\_Mad | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Mona\_Lott | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Paul\_in\_Saudi | 30 | 4 | | 35 | Ponch8 | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Stephe96 | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Tristan | 30 | 1 | | 35 | vivalostwages | 30 | 1 | | 35 | Wallet | 30 | 1 | | 55 | irritant | 29 | 1(1) | | 55 | zadscmc | 29 | 3(1) | | 57 | Snowboarder\_Bo | 23 | 2(2) | | 58 | Sapphiredragon76 | 22 | 1(1) | | 59 | Zero00 | 20 | 2 | | 60 | Hatchie | 17 | 1(1) | | 61 | Shoeless | 14 | 2 | | 61 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 14 | 1 | | 63 | GuanoLad | 13 | 1 | | 63 | lel | 13 | 1 | | 65 | Baker | 12 | 2(2) | | 65 | Pardel\_Lux | 12 | 1 | | 67 | commasense | 10 | 3(2) | | 67 | 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:** [December 25, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1610 "2021-12-25T23:00:19Z")
> **[Wanda Young, member of Motown's The Marvelettes, dies at 78](https://apnews.com/article/arts-and-entertainment-michigan-detroit-berry-gordy-gladys-horton-34e2f29b99fb00462c571e8fe667ef02?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter)** > > DETROIT (AP) — Wanda Young, a member of Motown's chart-topping The Marvelettes, has died in suburban Detroit. She was 78. Meta Ventress told The New York Times in a story published Saturday that her mother died Dec. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1611 "2021-12-25T23:13:30Z")
Yinzer is way ahead of you: > [@2021 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1586): > > Wanda Young of the Marvelettes no longer young at 22 points. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881.md?page=81)