# 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:** 84
**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 31, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1672 "2021-12-31T19:42:55Z")
It appears to be true, earning 1 point, and a possible _“Final Hours”_ Award for **NotherYinzer, commasense, Dancer\_Flight, kitap, Tripolar, RollOutTheBarrel, a35362, amarinth, vivalostwages** : | 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 | It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery | 78 | 3 | | 15 | Superdude | 77 | 3 | | 16 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 69 | 3 | | 17 | CreaseMunky | 63 | 2 | | 17 | Hoopy\_Frood | 63 | 2 | | 17 | kayT | 63 | 3(2) | | 17 | Rebo | 63 | 2 | | 21 | NotherYinzer | 54 | 4(1) | | 22 | ataraxy42 | 50 | 3 | | 23 | D\_Anconia | 48 | 2 | | 23 | Dung\_Beetle | 48 | 2 | | 23 | WolfpackJeep | 48 | 2 | | 26 | Mahaloth | 46 | 3 | | 27 | J\_P\_L | 45 | 3 | | 28 | smithsb | 40 | 2(1) | | 29 | GreaterZamboni | 39 | 3(1) | | 30 | imthjckaz | 37 | 2 | | 31 | xizor | 36 | 2 | | 32 | a35362 | 32 | 3 | | 32 | amarinth | 32 | 3 | | 34 | critter42 | 31 | 2 | | 34 | Precambrianmollusc | 31 | 2 | | 34 | vivalostwages | 31 | 2 | | 37 | BobLibDem | 30 | 1 | | 37 | Borborygmi | 30 | 1 | | 37 | Captain\_Klutz | 30 | 1 | | 37 | Catamount | 30 | 2(1) | | 37 | Dr Girlfriend | 30 | 1 | | 37 | jenstvns | 30 | 1 | | 37 | JohnT | 30 | 1 | | 37 | Little\_Nemo | 30 | 1 | | 37 | Lsura | 30 | 1 | | 37 | Maus\_Magill | 30 | 1 | | 37 | McDeath\_the\_Mad | 30 | 1 | | 37 | Mona\_Lott | 30 | 1 | | 37 | Paul\_in\_Saudi | 30 | 4 | | 37 | Ponch8 | 30 | 1 | | 37 | Reindeer\_Flotilla | 30 | 1 | | 37 | Stephe96 | 30 | 1 | | 37 | Tristan | 30 | 1 | | 37 | Wallet | 30 | 1 | | 55 | irritant | 29 | 1(1) | | 55 | zadscmc | 29 | 3(1) | | 57 | Snowboarder\_Bo | 23 | 2(2) | | 58 | Baker | 22 | 3(3) | | 58 | Sapphiredragon76 | 22 | 1(1) | | 60 | Zero00 | 20 | 2 | | 61 | Kitten\_Mitten | 18 | 1 | | 62 | Cazzle | 17 | 1(1) | | 62 | Hatchie | 17 | 1(1) | | 64 | opiewan | 15 | 1 | | 65 | Shoeless | 14 | 2 | | 65 | Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle | 14 | 1 | | 67 | GuanoLad | 13 | 1 | | 67 | lel | 13 | 1 | | 60 | Pardel\_Lux | 12 | 1 | | 70 | commasense | 11 | 4(2) | | 70 | kitap | 11 | 3 | | 72 | ProfPepperwinkle | 9 | 1 | | 73 | Old\_Wench | 8 | 1(1) | | 74 | Biotop | 7 | 1(1) | | 74 | madsircool | 7 | 1 | | 76 | Dancer\_Flight | 2 | 2 | | 77 | Gatopescado | 1 | 1 | | 77 | RollOutTheBarrel | 1 | 1 | | 77 | SpoilerVirgin | 1 | 1 | | 77 | Tripolar | 1 | 1 | ---
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1673 "2021-12-31T19:56:19Z")
The AP wrote an excellent obit: > **[Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, dies at 99](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-betty-white-mary-tyler-moore-5818585387f6e5b4d5ea55ac380118aa)** > > LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, whether as a man-crazy TV hostess on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” or the loopy housemate on “The Golden Girls,” has died. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1674 "2021-12-31T19:59:44Z")
I liked Betty in Lake Placid. _“Nibble on Mommy’s toes!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1675 "2021-12-31T20:30:50Z")
Congrats to those who chose Betty White; it wasn’t a pointless year for you after all. Harry Reid obliged me as my only pick to go to the light earlier this week. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1676 "2021-12-31T20:37:50Z")
As the AP story notes, Betty White was a great model for aging without getting old. And she was just 18 days short of her 100th birthday, too. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1677 "2021-12-31T20:49:33Z")
I should also get a point for Betty White, as one of my celebrities was not a valid pick. Betty was my first alternate ---
**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 31, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1678 "2021-12-31T21:13:31Z")
I will fix this on the final tally… since I inherited the pool mid-season from Baker, can you let me know who was not valid? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1679 "2021-12-31T21:26:46Z")
2021 was a rough year for the Mary Tyler Moore Show cast with the deaths of Betty White, Ed Asner, Gavin MacLeod and Cloris Leachman. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1680 "2021-12-31T23:11:14Z")
Nobby Stiles (see thread)… ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1681 "2022-01-01T01:38:00Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > 2021 was a rough year for the Mary Tyler Moore Show cast with the deaths of Betty White, Ed Asner, Gavin MacLeod and Cloris Leachman. And director Jay Sandrich. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1682 "2022-01-01T05:40:51Z")
15th place! My highest ranking to date. I’d like to thank [Julie Strain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Strain?wprov=sfti1) for making that possible. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1683 "2022-01-01T05:52:59Z")
I’d like to do the opposite of thank her for being one of my alternates instead of being on my main list. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1684 "2022-01-01T10:40:23Z")
My second second-place finish. Not too shabby. Needed one more corpse that wasn’t also on Jeezums’ list, but I guess they were hanging in there to boost my 2022 score. 😉 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1685 "2022-01-01T16:35:29Z")
I just missed repeating the _Inside Track With the Grim Reaper_ award from last year! Congratulations to everyone! And huge, HUGE thanks: # Thanks! to both **Baker** and **phungi** for doing all the hard work so we can all have fun! Y’all totally fucking rock! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1686 "2022-01-01T16:47:22Z")
We also lost Jeanine Ann Roose, age 84, on December 31. She played the young Violet Bick in It’s a Wonderful Life. > **[It's a Wonderful Life actress Jeanine Ann Roose dead at 84](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10360825/Its-Wonderful-Life-actress-Jeanine-Ann-Roose-dead-84-battling-infection.html)** > > Jeanine Ann Roose, who starred as a child actor in the holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life, has died at the age of 84. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1687 "2022-01-01T16:49:34Z")
Holocaust survivor Gertrude Pressburger has died at 94. > **[Austrian Holocaust survivor "Mrs. Gertrude" dies at 94](https://apnews.com/article/europe-campaigns-germany-austria-vienna-7ea435e92d8f12beb2a46628fc6976c3)** > > The Holocaust survivor Gertrude Pressburger has died at age 94. She became famous during Austria's 2016 presidential campaign, when in a video message as “Mrs. > Pressburger died Friday after a long illness, her family told the Austrian press agency APA on Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1688 "2022-01-01T18:43:06Z")
@Baker @phungi Death mistress and Death Shroom , thanks for running the game guys! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1689 "2022-01-01T18:48:40Z")
**phungi** should really get the most credit as they picked it up when I was having a hard time earlier in the year. As an aside, don’t ever break your hip if you can help it. I do think I’ll do it again in 2023, but once again, in 2022 **phungi** will be the almighty Death Shroom for the game. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1690 "2022-01-01T18:53:30Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > "…don’t ever break your hip if you can help it. > > I do think I’ll do it again in 2023…" PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE don’t break your hip again! Or at least, rephrase things. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/926881/1691 "2022-01-01T19:07:55Z")
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