# 2022 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 3, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443 "2021-12-03T13:46:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/323 "2022-01-21T20:01:05Z")
My wife has an amusing story about the time she met Mr. Loaf and was able to work “2 out of 3 ain’t bad” into the conversation. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/324 "2022-01-21T22:13:30Z")
Influential Buddhist monk [Thích Nhất Hạnh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_H%E1%BA%A1nh) reaches the ultimate nirvana at 5. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/325 "2022-01-21T23:03:50Z")
DAMMIT. I took him off my list this year. I guess this means we hit the trifecta. Good job, Grim Reaper! Take the rest of the day off. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/326 "2022-01-21T23:04:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > reaches the ultimate nirvana at 5. Five? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/327 "2022-01-21T23:05:56Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Five? Points. Five points. He was 95. ---
**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 23, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/328 "2022-01-23T01:58:54Z")
Actor/writer [Breck Denny](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/breck-denny-actor-writer-and-groundlings-performer-dies-at-34-1235079255/) has died at 34 of a rare spontaneous splenic artery rupture. ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/329 "2022-01-23T23:02:07Z")
Ventures guitarist Don Wilson gives up 12 points: > **[Don Wilson, guitarist with The Ventures, dies at 88](https://apnews.com/article/don-wilson-the-ventures-dead-c7a4801173ac08fbd01c30b0192813e9)** > > TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died. He was 88. Wilson died Saturday in Tacoma of natural causes, surrounded by his four children, The News Tribune reported. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/330 "2022-01-24T10:58:07Z")
In case you’re wondering why your irony meters may have exploded recently: “Big Merv” Shields of neo-Nazi band Screwdriver believed that COVID was a Jewish plot. Guess what he died of… > **[Infamous neo-Nazi skinhead band member dies of 'Covid complications' in Co...](https://www.sundayworld.com/news/northern-ireland-news/infamous-neo-nazi-skinhead-band-member-dies-of-covid-complications-in-co-antrim-hospital/41244638.html)** > > One of Ulster's most infamous far-right activists has been laid to rest after passing away on New Year's Day with what was reported as "Covid complications." ---
**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 24, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/331 "2022-01-24T12:00:55Z")
French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler has died at 73. > **[Mugler, French fashion icon known for sculpted designs, dies](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-lifestyle-arts-and-entertainment-fashion-music-261ba2dea94731235cfea0805a826f61)** > > TOKYO (AP) — French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler, whose dramatic designs were worn by celebrities like Madonna, Lady Gaga and Cardi B, has died. He was 73. He died Sunday, his official Instagram account said. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/332 "2022-01-24T21:05:33Z")
Just goes to prove the Jews are even more powerful than he thought. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/333 "2022-01-24T21:26:36Z")
> **[Disgraced NY political powerhouse Sheldon Silver dies in prison](https://nypost.com/2022/01/24/disgraced-former-ny-politican-sheldon-silver-dead-at-77/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter)** > > Sheldon Silver, the Democratic powerhouse who ruled Albany with an iron fist until he was busted and later convicted on federal corruption charges in a stunning fall from grace, died Monday in pris… ---
**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 25, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/334 "2022-01-25T05:50:03Z")
> **[Sharyn Moffett, Young Actress in ‘Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House’ and...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sharyn-moffett-dead-blandings-dream-house-body-snatcher-1235079540/)** > > She played a distraught daughter in 'Child of Divorce' and was paired with pooches in 'My Pal Wolf,' 'A Boy, a Girl and a Dog' and 'Rusty Leads the Way.' ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/335 "2022-01-25T15:27:57Z")
[Brazilian asshole Olavo de Carvalho has died of covid at 74.](https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-jair-bolsonaro-health-caribbean-presidential-elections-c89172ff373e19a7946b4057b0d5b200) ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/336 "2022-01-25T15:51:36Z")
The covid chickens are coming home to roost. I should have chosen more right wingers. ---
**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 25, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/337 "2022-01-25T17:26:07Z")
Wouldn’t that be the same as a “wishful thinking” Death Pool? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/338 "2022-01-25T21:50:13Z")
Problem is, there are so damned many of them, and it’s so hard to know which ones are going to lose a game of Covid roulette this year. ---
**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 26, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/339 "2022-01-26T04:08:32Z")
> **[Steve Schapiro, Acclaimed Photojournalist, Dies at 87](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/steve-schapiro-dead-photojournalist-1235076094/)** > > He covered the civil rights movement and shot iconic portraits of Muhammad Ali, Barbra Streisand, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, David Bowie and many other luminaries during his long career. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/340 "2022-01-26T04:41:00Z")
The original voice of Charlie Brown, Peter Robbins, (“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”) died of suicide last week at the age of 65. > **[Peter Robbins (actor)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Robbins_(actor))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Peter Robbins (born Louis G. Nanasi; August 10, 1956 – January 18, 2022) was an American actor. He gained national fame in the 1960s as being the first actor to voice Charlie Brown in the Peanuts animated specials. He was one of the most famous child actors of the 1960s. > Peter Robbins was born Louis G. Nanasi in Los Angeles, California, on August 10, 1956. Robbins was of Hungarian descent. He graduated from the University of California, San Die... ---
**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 26, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/341 "2022-01-26T07:57:05Z")
Good grief ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/342 "2022-01-26T15:13:37Z")
> **[Kathryn Kates, ‘Orange is the New Black’ and ‘Seinfeld’ actress, dead at 73](https://whdh.com/entertainment/kathryn-kates-orange-is-the-new-black-and-seinfeld-actress-dead-at-73/)** > > (CNN) — Actress Kathryn Kates, who appeared in hit TV series including “Orange is the New Black” and “Seinfeld,” has died aged 73, her representatives confirmed to CNN on... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=18)