# 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:** 7
**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 6, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/122 "2021-12-06T14:55:29Z")
Thanks so much for reminding me that NONE of my group has had the courtesy to FOAD this year. Bah Humbug to you too! ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/123 "2021-12-10T16:08:08Z")
Al Unser Sr has died, 12 point for me. > **[Al Unser](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Unser)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Alfred Unser (May 29, 1939 – December 9, 2021) was an American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser, and father of Al Unser Jr. He was the second of four men (A. J. Foyt, himself, Rick Mears and Hélio Castroneves) to have won the Indianapolis 500 four times (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987), the fourth of five to have won the race in consecutive years, and won the National Championship in 1970, 1983, ... ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/124 "2021-12-10T16:09:41Z")
Sorry, that should be 18 points. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/125 "2021-12-12T01:31:05Z")
I’m also reviewing my lists, and believe I am owed 6 points for Mort Sahl, which would put me in…last place (among scorers). ---
**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 12, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/126 "2021-12-12T14:55:51Z")
And despite my complaining a few days ago about nobody on my list dying, Anne Rice is gone for 20 points! I mean, RIP vampire lady. ---
**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 12, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/127 "2021-12-12T15:32:55Z")
Al Unser: 18 Points for **J-P\_L** Mort Sahl: 6 Points for **SpoilerVirgin** Anne Rice: 20 Points for **keyT** | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 108 | 4(3) | | “I will read their obituaries with great pleasure” | | 2 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 66 | 2(2) | | Lou Gehrig List | | 3 | Biotop | 56 | 3(3) | | Dark Shadows | | 4 | smithsb | 52 | 3(2) | | Republican Cultists | | 5 | phungi | 43 | 1(1) | | NFL/FIFA ALL-ALS/CTE Team | | 6 | commasense | 30 | 1 | | Destroyers of Democracy IV | | 7 | Bayaker | 25 | 3(2) | | The Mary Tyler Moore Show Universe | | 7 | Pardel-Lux | 25 | 1(1) | | German players in the 1966 and 1972 FIFA World Cups | | 9 | Shoeless | 21 | 2(1) | | Original Twilight Zone series | | 10 | kayT | 20 | 1(1) | | Women Writers (mostly mysteries) | | 11 | J-P\_L | 18 | 1(1) | | Former Race Car Drivers | | 12 | Little\_Nemo | 14 | 1(1) | | The Cast of Catch-22 | | 13 | Borborygmi | 13 | 1(1) | | Lawyers | | 14 | Dancer\_Flight | 9 | 1(1) | | Star Trek III - The Search for Points | | 15 | Dr.Girlfriend | 7 | 1(1) | | The 10th annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 16 | SpoilerVirgin | 6 | 1(1) | | What’s My Line? (Celebrities who appeared as the Mystery Guest on the original version of What’s My Line?) | ---
**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, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/128 "2021-12-25T15:43:59Z")
Joan Didion, Dead at 13 points for **kayT** : | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 108 | 4(3) | | “I will read their obituaries with great pleasure” | | 2 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 66 | 2(2) | | Lou Gehrig List | | 3 | Biotop | 56 | 3(3) | | Dark Shadows | | 4 | smithsb | 52 | 3(2) | | Republican Cultists | | 5 | phungi | 43 | 1(1) | | NFL/FIFA ALL-ALS/CTE Team | | 6 | kayT | 33 | 2(2) | | Women Writers (mostly mysteries) | | 7 | commasense | 30 | 1 | | Destroyers of Democracy IV | | 8 | Bayaker | 25 | 3(2) | | The Mary Tyler Moore Show Universe | | 8 | Pardel-Lux | 25 | 1(1) | | German players in the 1966 and 1972 FIFA World Cups | | 10 | Shoeless | 21 | 2(1) | | Original Twilight Zone series | | 11 | J-P\_L | 18 | 1(1) | | Former Race Car Drivers | | 12 | Little\_Nemo | 14 | 1(1) | | The Cast of Catch-22 | | 13 | Borborygmi | 13 | 1(1) | | Lawyers | | 14 | Dancer\_Flight | 9 | 1(1) | | Star Trek III - The Search for Points | | 15 | Dr.Girlfriend | 7 | 1(1) | | The 10th annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 16 | SpoilerVirgin | 6 | 1(1) | | What’s My Line? (Celebrities who appeared as the Mystery Guest on the original version of What’s My Line?) | ---
**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, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/129 "2021-12-26T02:17:59Z")
Nevermind. Wrong death pool thread. ---
**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 31, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/130 "2021-12-31T16:47:35Z")
I know I checked the names on my list as recently as Thanksgiving weekend, but I owe a mea culpa to _ **phungi** _ because somehow I missed [John Gabriel, who died back on June 11th](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-gabriel-dead-ryans-hope-1234967378/) at age 90. I only noticed it now as I updated the 2022 list. That’s a belated 10 points for me. ---
**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 31, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/131 "2021-12-31T17:48:45Z")
Tiffani Hale, one of the kids featured on _The All New Mickey Mouse Club_ and performer in the band The Party, has [died at 46](https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/tiffini-hale-mickey-mouse-club-and-the-party-member-dead-at-46/ar-AASjxSP?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531). ---
**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 31, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/132 "2021-12-31T19:36:23Z")
> **[Betty White Dead at 99](https://www.tmz.com/2021/12/31/betty-white-dead-dies-golden-girls/)** > > Betty White, beloved ‘Golden Girls’ actress, comedian and American icon is dead at the age of 99. Betty passed away just weeks before what would have been her 100th birthday. ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/133 "2021-12-31T19:45:47Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > I know I checked the names on my list as recently as Thanksgiving weekend, but I owe a mea culpa to _ **phungi** _ because somehow I missed [John Gabriel, who died back on June 11th](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-gabriel-dead-ryans-hope-1234967378/) at age 90. I only noticed it now as I updated the 2022 list. > > That’s a belated 10 points for me. 10 Points for John Gabriel, and 1 point for Betty White to **Bayaker** : | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 108 | 4(3) | | “I will read their obituaries with great pleasure” | | 2 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 66 | 2(2) | | Lou Gehrig List | | 3 | Biotop | 56 | 3(3) | | Dark Shadows | | 4 | smithsb | 52 | 3(2) | | Republican Cultists | | 5 | phungi | 43 | 1(1) | | NFL/FIFA ALL-ALS/CTE Team | | 6 | Bayaker | 36 | 5(4) | | The Mary Tyler Moore Show Universe | | 7 | kayT | 33 | 2(2) | | Women Writers (mostly mysteries) | | 8 | commasense | 30 | 1 | | Destroyers of Democracy IV | | 9 | Pardel-Lux | 25 | 1(1) | | German players in the 1966 and 1972 FIFA World Cups | | 10 | Shoeless | 21 | 2(1) | | Original Twilight Zone series | | 11 | J-P\_L | 18 | 1(1) | | Former Race Car Drivers | | 12 | Little\_Nemo | 14 | 1(1) | | The Cast of Catch-22 | | 13 | Borborygmi | 13 | 1(1) | | Lawyers | | 14 | Dancer\_Flight | 9 | 1(1) | | Star Trek III - The Search for Points | | 15 | Dr.Girlfriend | 7 | 1(1) | | The 10th annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 16 | SpoilerVirgin | 6 | 1(1) | | What’s My Line? (Celebrities who appeared as the Mystery Guest on the original version of What’s My Line?) | ---
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/134 "2021-12-31T20:27:42Z")
The people born in 1940 must be a hearty stock as it appears to have been pointless for me to choose them. 😉 ---
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/135 "2021-12-31T20:33:59Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > The people born in 1940 must be a hearty stock I’m channeling my late mother’s English teaching when I say that this is not the proper usage of ‘hearty’…unless you’re talking about future soylent green. > **[Hearty or Hardy – What’s the Difference? - Writing Explained](https://writingexplained.org/hearty-or-hardy-difference)** > > Hearty appetite or hardy appetite? Learn how to use hardy and heart with definitions and example sentences. Party hearty or party hardy? /endhijack ---
**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 31, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/136 "2021-12-31T22:00:08Z")
I just did a quick double check to see if any of mine did die. Nope, not a sausage. Even a pandemic doesn’t net me any points. And next year I swapped the theme to something else entirely, so watch as each one of my old list are knocked off in rapid succession… ---
**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, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/137 "2022-01-01T00:43:21Z")
Theme: It’s The End of the World As They Know It Artists who have been involved in a cover or performance of REM’s It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Nataly Dawn Jack Conte Dodie Maddie Poppe Jon Bon Jovi Ligabue (Luciano Ligabue) Chris Carrabba Matt Nathanson Jennifer Nettles America Ferrara Karen Fairchild Kimberly Schlapman Michael Stipe ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/138 "2022-01-01T01:18:03Z")
Psst, @Cazzle, I think you want the 2022 Themed thread [Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444). -DF ---
**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, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/139 "2022-01-01T01:31:06Z")
You know, posting in the correct thread is just so crazy that it might work. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/140 "2022-01-01T03:15:59Z")
Doing my list for 2022 and realized that Jessica Walter died for 20 points for me in March. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026/141 "2022-01-10T14:31:27Z")
Obviously **GIGObuster** won the grand prize by a mile, but is there going to be a final recap? Looks like I won the _Quantity not Quality_ and _Grim Reaper_ awards. Maybe the _Final Hours_ award too, though I can’t believe nobody else had Betty White. Gloaters gotta gloat! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026.md?page=6)