2021 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

The Game Room
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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
1673

The AP wrote an excellent obit:

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I liked Betty in Lake Placid. “Nibble on Mommy’s toes!”

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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.

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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.

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I should also get a point for Betty White, as one of my celebrities was not a valid pick. Betty was my first alternate

1678

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?

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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.

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Nobby Stiles (see thread)…

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And director Jay Sandrich.

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15th place! My highest ranking to date. I’d like to thank Julie Strain for making that possible.

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I’d like to do the opposite of thank her for being one of my alternates instead of being on my main list.

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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. :wink:

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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!

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We also lost Jeanine Ann Roose, age 84, on December 31. She played the young Violet Bick in It’s a Wonderful Life.

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Holocaust survivor Gertrude Pressburger has died at 94.

Pressburger died Friday after a long illness, her family told the Austrian press agency APA on Saturday.

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@Baker @phungi Death mistress and Death Shroom , thanks for running the game guys!

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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.

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PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE don’t break your hip again!

Or at least, rephrase things.

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Where’s the smacking face emoticon I need it?