# 2021 SDMB \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 2, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026 "2020-12-02T17:24:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 17, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/21 "2020-12-17T22:30:04Z")
There’s also Ron Howard. He did an episode as a child actor. But you have Holliman, who was the lead in the first episode. ---
**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 20, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/22 "2020-12-20T23:24:51Z")
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Theme: **Double Initial Alphabet** Alan Arkin Barbara Bain Christopher Cross David Dickinson Elizabeth Estensen Fiona Fullerton Gilbert Gottfried Harry Hamlin Ian Irvine Janet Jackson Kevin Kline Larry Lamb Mark Mothersbaugh **BACKUPS** Alan Alda Brian Benben Cathy Lee Crosby _Presumptuous NB: as before, my backups will actually be replacement initials as appropriate._ ---
**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 25, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/23 "2020-12-25T23:27:54Z")
Star Trek III - The Search for Points (For the third year running, here is my list of Star Trek Alumni. In three years I’ve had exactly one nominee expire, let’s hope that’s a record that continues) Main List: Diana Muldaur William Shatner Avery Brooks Brent Spiner Walter Koenig Malcolm McDowell John Larroquette Scott Bakula Nichelle Nichols Christopher Lloyd Christopher Plummer George Takei Patrick Stewart Alternates: Kate Mulgrew Wil Wheaton Colm Meaney ---
**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 26, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/24 "2020-12-26T03:17:54Z")
Former NFL players diagnosed with CTE: Larry Johnson Steve Gleason Kyle Turley Frank Wycheck O. J. Brigance Andrew Glover Tim Green Leonard Marshall Darryl Talley Jim McMahon Brent Boyd Fulton Kuykendall Mike Adamle Alternates: Tim Shaw Wayne Clark ---
**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 26, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/25 "2020-12-26T18:38:50Z")
Women Writers (mostly mysteries) Margaret Atwood Sara Paretsky Anne Rice Louise Penny Joan Didion Fanny Flagg Marge Piercy Kathy Reichs Patricia Cornwell Nevada Barr Janet Evanovich Marcia Muller J.A. Jance Alternates Tana French Laurie R. King ---
**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 26, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/26 "2020-12-26T21:01:59Z")
If I was given the names Anna Pigeon and Nevada Barr and had to guess which was the name of the character and which was the real birth name of the author, I probably would have gotten it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/27 "2020-12-26T23:06:04Z")
Thanks for doing this again, **phungi**! Theme is Lawyers, which I always intend to switch out of for something more clever… although this past ‘Release the Kraken’ year _did_ make for some entertaining new entries. 1. [Harry Whittington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Whittington), b. March 3, 1927. Attorney. 2. [F. Lee Bailey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Lee_Bailey), b. June 10, 1933. Attorney. 3. [Alan Dershowitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dershowitz), b. September 1, 1938. Attorney. 4. [Victoria Toensing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Toensing), b. October 16, 1941. Attorney. 5. [Robert Shapiro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shapiro_(lawyer)), b. September 2, 1942. Attorney. 6. [Rudy Giuliani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani), b. May 28, 1944. Attorney. 7. [Joseph diGenova](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_diGenova), b. February 22, 1945. Attorney. 8. [Ty Cobb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Cobb_(attorney)), b. August 25, 1950. Attorney. 9. [Larry Klayman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Klayman), b. July 20, 1951. Attorney. 10. [Jack Thompson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist)), b. July 25, 1951. Attorney. 11. [L. Lin Wood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Lin_Wood), b. October 19, 1952. Attorney. 12. [Sidney Powell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Powell), b. May 1, 1955. Attorney. 13. [Charles Carreon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Carreon), b. April 7, 1956. Attorney. Alt1. [Michael Cohen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cohen_(lawyer)), b. August 25, 1966. Attorney. Alt2. [Jay Sekulow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Sekulow), b. June 10, 1956. Attorney. Alt3. [Ken Starr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Starr), b. July 21, 1946. Attorney. Plain text list: Harry Whittington F Lee Bailey Alan Dershowitz Victoria Toensing Robert Shapiro Rudy Giuliani Joseph diGenova Ty Cobb Larry Klayman Jack Thompson L Lin Wood Sidney Powell Charles Carreon Michael Cohen Jay Sekulow Ken Starr ---
**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 27, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/28 "2020-12-27T04:30:32Z")
Adapted from a lawyer joke: "What do you call 16 lawyers on a Celebrity Death Pool list? A good start ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/29 "2020-12-27T04:52:02Z")
Sadly, many holdovers from prior year Theme: Evil and its Minions (IMHO) - Donald Trump - orange hued evil incarnate - Mike Pence - evangelical hypocritical bobble-head - Mike Pompeo - Secretary of State - sycophant, political fixer - Rudy Giuliani - conspiracy theorist, crooked fixer for Trump, batshit insane - Betsy DeVos - paid for position of Secretary of Education - Brett Kavanaugh - “Sometimes I had too many beers. I liked beer. I still like beer.” - Mark Meadows – Chief of Staff, maskless sycophant extraordinaire - William Barr - Supposed US Attorney General, slime - Mitch McConnell - From GQ: “This man has no morals, nor any respect for the rule of law, nor any respect for those who would defy him. For his own personal gain, he permitted Russia to continue manipulating the November election so that his party’s candidate could win—giving us a quivering mound of chili drippings for president.” - Stephen Miller - WH advisor, architect of hard-line immigration policy, including separating families, putting children in cages - Ivanka Kushner - "She is not passively complicit in the Trump administration’s policies; she is an active architect " - Kim Jong-un - Supreme Leader of North Korea, and just as deranged as our own Dear Leader - Devin Nunes - Rep. Nunes cares not for the truth or his constituents. His lies serve only one master - Trump Alternates: \* Vladimir Putin - President of Russia, top puppeteer - Dick Cheney - throwback to when evil was just heartless, and didn’t include aiding and abetting a pandemic Plain List: Donald Trump Mike Pence Mike Pompeo Rudy Giuliani Betsy DeVos Brett Kavanaugh Mark Meadows William Barr Mitch McConnell Stephen Miller Ivanka Kushner Kim Jong-un Devin Nunes Alternates: Vladimir Putin Dick Cheney ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/30 "2020-12-28T06:13:13Z")
Destroyers of Democracy IV My fourth try with this list. In 2018, no one died, dammit. I scored my first and only points (in this thread) in 2019 with David Koch’s welcome death, but struck out again in 2020. May the rest of these people join David Koch in hell ASAP. This year I have added two people who should never have gotten within 100 miles of the Supreme Court, We start, of course, with the true leader of the Republican party. Vladimir Putin Donald Trump Mike Pence Mitch McConnell Lindsay Graham Charles Koch Stephen Miller Brett Kavanaugh Amy Coney Barrett Rush Limbaugh Rupert Murdoch Robert Mercer David Deniston Smith Alternates: Chuck Grassley Steve King Matt Gaetz Mercer is the money behind Trump, and Smith is the Chairman of Sinclair Broadcasting, an ultra-right wing media empire ---
**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:** [December 28, 2020, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/31 "2020-12-28T07:57:23Z")
**Theme: Dark Shadows** 1. Mitchell Ryan: The original Burke Devlin 2. Katheryn Leigh Scott: Maggie Evans/Josette 3. Alexandra Isles: Victoria Winters 4. Nancy Barrett: Carolyn Stoddard 5. Diana Millay: Laura Collins 6. Kate Jackson: Daphne Harridge 7. Jerry Lacy: The Reverend Trask 8. Lara Parker: Angelique Collins 9. Roger Davis: Peter Bradford 10. David Selby: Quentin Collins 11. Christopher Pennock: Jeb Hawkes 12. Jim Storm: Gerard Stiles 13. Robert Rodan: Adam Alts: 14. Terry Crawford: Beth Chavez 15. Marie Wallace: Eve 16. David Henesy: David Collins Clean list: Mitchell Ryan Katheryn Leigh Scott Alexandra Isles Nancy Barrett Diana Millay Kate Jackson Jerry Lacy Lara Parker Roger Davis David Selby Christopher Pennock Jim Storm Robert Rodan Terry Crawford Marie Wallace David Henesy ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/32 "2020-12-30T16:41:11Z")
My entire list from 2020 gets submitted for 2021 completely intact. After a bit of luck with this theme in 2019, I thought a few more would shuffle off this year, but no dice. Most of these people are _very_ old dammit! Theme: The Mary Tyler Moore Show Universe Cloris Leachman Ed Asner Gavin MacLeod Betty White Joyce Bulifant John Amos John Gabriel Larry Wilde Richard Masur Ray Buktenica Michael Delano Garn Stephens Robert Walden Alternates: Lisa Gerritsen Julie Kavner ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/33 "2020-12-30T19:49:49Z")
Only one person gave me points this year (thank you, Helen Reddy!), so the rest of them will just have to try harder in 2021: **“Carol Burnett and Friends”** Carol Burnett Ruth Buzzi Charo (Maria del Rosario Mercedes Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza) Barbara Feldon Janet Jackson Steve Martin Liza Minnelli Rita Moreno Neil Sedaka Maggie Smith Sally Struthers Lily Tomlin Ben Vereen Alternates: Alan Alda George Chakiris Joel Grey ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/34 "2020-12-31T00:51:37Z")
Theme - nutters, grifters, and scoundrels who cloak themselves with religion: Paula White Cardinal George Pell Jim Bakker Jerry Falwell Jr. Franklin Graham James Dobson Kenneth Copeland Michele Bachmann Mike Pence Mike Pompeo David Green Mike Lindell Kirk Cameron Alternates: Joel Osteen Cardinal Timothy Dolan Ken Ham ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/35 "2020-12-31T12:23:06Z")
Theme: the 1969 Washington Senators (“a whole new ballgame in 1969”) The Senators v2.0 (1961-1971) had exactly one winning season, and this was it. These players from that team all seem to still be alive, according to Google. LF Frank Howard 8-8-36 RF Hank Allen 7-23-40 1B Mike Epstein 4-4-43 3B Ken McMullen 6-1-42 CF Del Unser 12-9-44 2B Bernie Allen 4-16-39 SS Tim Cullen 2-16-42 C Doug Camilli 9-22-36 SP Dick Bosman 2-17-44 SP Joe Coleman 2-3-47 SP Casey Cox 7-3-41 SP Jim Hannan 1-7-41 RP Darold Knowles 12-9-41 Alternate: SS Toby Harrah 10-26-48 Clean list: Frank Howard Hank Allen Mike Epstein Ken McMullen Del Unser Bernie Allen Tim Cullen Dick Bosman Joe Coleman Casey Cox Darold Knowles Jim Hannan Doug Camilli Alternate: Toby Harrah ---
**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, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/36 "2020-12-31T15:32:12Z")
Looked at the deaths on my past years lists and a lot of people who were 80 when they left this mortal coil. So I’m going with peeps born in 1940. Jack Nicklaus Katharine Ross Smokey Robinson Chuck Norris Nancy Pelosi James Caan Al Pacino Nancy Sinatra Ringo Starr Patrick Stewart James Brolin Raquel Welch Sam Waterston My alts are peeps who will turn 80 in 2021: Dick Cheney David Crosby ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Anne_s_Lace)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/37 "2020-12-31T17:07:08Z")
Appears that I forgot about the Theme last year and not having a new idea for a theme, I’m going with my 2019 theme. Checked and these actors were considerate enough not to take Brooks’example during 2020. Theme: Shawshank Redemption: “I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.” Tim Robbins 10/16/58 Andy Dufresne Morgan Freeman 6/1/37 Red Bob Gunton 11/15/45 The Warden William Sadler 4/13/50 Heywood Clancy Brown 1/5/59 Cpt Byron Hadley Gil Bellows 6/28/67 Tommy Mark Rolston 12/7/56 Boggs Frank Medrano 5/20/58 FatAss Don McManus 11/8/59 Guard Wiley David Proval 5/20/42 Snooze Gary Lee Davis 1/2/46 Rooster Jeffrey DeMunn 4/25/47 DA who prosecuted Andy Bill Bolender 11/14/40 Elmo Batch - murdered Andy’s wife & her lover Alternates: Paul Kennedy 7/1/62 Food-Way Mgr Brian Libby 4/20/49 Floyd Dion Anderson ??? Head Bull Haig In Memory: James Whitmore 10/1/21 - 2/6/09 Brooks James Kisicki 4/14/38 - 11/27/17 Bank Mgr Clean list: Tim Robbins Morgan Freeman Bob Gunton William Sadler Clancy Brown Gil Bellows Mark Rolston Frank Medrano Don McManus David Proval Gary Lee Davis Jeffrey DeMunn Bill Bolender Alternates: Paul Kennedy Brian Libby Dion Anderson I really hope these people get busy living but for purposes of the Themed Celebrity Death Pool, I wouldn’t mind if they got busy dying. 😈 ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/38 "2020-12-31T23:29:45Z")
A List About Nothing. This is a list of people who appeared as themselves (or at least Seinfeldian versions of themselves) on the show about nothing. Pat Cooper – The great comedian offered to get Jerry into the Friars’ Club. Jon Voight – The Academy Award-winning actor. Not to be confused with John Voight the periodontist. Rudy Giuliani – Before he became a Trumpian troll, Giuliani beat Dinkins for the 1993 NYC Mayoral race because he ate right and kept his cholesterol in check. Keith Hernandez – The original Seinfeld Celebrity pop-in in Season 3, his narcissistic navel-gazing typical of everyone in the Seinfeld universe led to the title of his real-life memoir, “I’m Keith Hernandez”. Bette Midler – In Seinfeldvania, the Divine Miss M plays catcher for the “Rachelle, Rachelle” softball team and trash talks George. In fact, I could see her doing that in the Real World, too. George Wendt – While in LA, George Costanza wondered aloud to George Wendt whether “Cheers!” might be a better show if it did not take place in a bar. Raquel Welch – In the Seinfeld universe, Raquel Welch gets involved in a cat fight! Rowrr! Keith Morrison – He initially identified Kramer as a person of interest in the Smog Stranglings; eventually he identified the correct men, Tobias Lehigh Nagy, “5’ 6”, bald and reputedly a very generous tipper.” Kathy Lee Gifford – While visiting the set of Regis and Kathy Lee to promote his coffee table book, Kramer spit-taked all over Kathy Lee. That’s something we’ve all wanted to do. Bryant Gumbel – Always the nice guy in the real world, in the Seinfeld world, when Jerry showed up on the Today show to promote a benefit to clothe the homeless, Bryant mocked Jerry’s “puffy shirt.” Candice Bergen – Kremer proved to be the only secretary Murphy Brown found competent. David Letterman – David could not be bothered to remember Jerry’s name. Al Roker – Who knew that there were people out there who collect TV Guide? I hope that Al’s recent surgery for cancer does not mean points. Thanks goodness, from all reports, he is doing well. Marisa Tomei – On Seinfeld, Marisa is attracted to short, chubby, bald men. Ah! Were it only so. Pat Cooper Jon Voight Rudy Giuliani Keith Hernandez Bette Midler George Wendt Raquel Welch Keith Morrison Kathy Lee Gifford Bryant Gumbel Candice Bergen David Letterman Al Roker Alternate: Marisa Tomei ---
**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:** [January 1, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/39 "2021-01-01T00:18:09Z")
I’m going for a clean slate. My theme is the surviving cast of the 1994 movie Clean Slate. Dana Carvey Valeria Golino James Earl Jones Kevin Pollak Michael Gambon Michael Murphy Jayne Brook Vyto Ruginis Olivia d’Abo Mark Bringelson Christopher Meloni Gailard Sartain Robert Wisdom Alts Bob Odenkirk Bryan Cranston ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/40 "2021-01-01T01:22:38Z")
Was watching “The Music Man” the other week and found out that Shirley Jones is still alive. Which led to Theme: Sitcom Moms Meredith Baxter Brett Butler Jane Curtin Marla Gibbs Shirley Jones Julie Kavner Vicki Lawrence Judith Light Lee Meriweather Phylicia Rashad Marion Ross Susan Saint James Jessica Walter Alternates: Joanna Kerns Patricia Richardson Katey Segal [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026.md?page=3)