# 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:** 31
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/603 "2022-04-16T16:53:07Z")
Mike Bossy, NHL/NY Islanders star died. > **[Islanders great, 4-time Cup champ Bossy dies](https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33742790/mike-bossy-four-stanley-cup-champion-new-york-islanders-dies-65)** > > Mike Bossy, one of hockey's most prolific goal scorers and a star for the Islanders during their 1980s dynasty, has died at the age of 65. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/604 "2022-04-19T11:06:16Z")
> **[Sir Harrison Birtwistle: British composer dies aged 87](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61148002)** > > The British composer is remembered as a "true musical colossus" by the Royal Philharmonic Society. Must admit that Birtwhistle’s music is not really my thing - _The Minotaur_ is a pretty heavy lift - but he was definitely an original. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/605 "2022-04-20T04:32:05Z")
[Art Rupe](https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/art-rupe/), rock producer who produced Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” (after cleaning up the original lyrics) and was quintessential to bringing Black music to mainstream audiences. Also, > **[DJ Kay Slay, maven of New York hip-hop, dies from Covid-19 complications | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/entertainment/dj-kay-slay-death-covid-cec/index.html)** > > Kay Slay, whose real name was Keith Grayson, was a DJ at HOT 97, which confirmed the news via a statement from his family. He had been a star since the early 1990s, when mixtapes he produced featured up-and-comers and superstar rappers like Jay-Z. > **[Mimi Reinhard, 'Schindler's List' Secretary Whose Typing Helped Save Hundreds...](https://people.com/human-interest/mini-reinhard-secretary-who-typed-schindlers-list-dies-at-107/)** > > Mimi Reinhard was recruited by Oskar Schindler while she was being held prisoner at a concentration camp near Krakow ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/606 "2022-04-20T16:32:23Z")
TIL that there were original, possibly dirty lyrics to Tutti Frutti. Is this common knowledge? What did he have to clean up? ---
**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:** [April 20, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/607 "2022-04-20T16:53:54Z")
Accordingly to Wikipedia, the original lyrics were either: _Tutti Frutti, good booty_ _If it don’t fit, don’t force it_ _You can grease it, make it easy_ or _Tutti Frutti, good booty_ _If it’s tight, it’s all right_ _And if it’s greasy, it makes it easy_ ---
**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:** [April 21, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/608 "2022-04-21T03:46:21Z")
> **['As the World Turns' actress Kathryn Hays dead at 87](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/-world-turns-actress-kathryn-hays-dead-87-rcna23768)** > > Hays, who was born Kay Piper in Princeton, Illinois, starred in “As the World Turns” as Kim for 38 years. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/609 "2022-04-21T18:41:41Z")
Actor Robert Morse: > **[Robert Morse, ‘Mad Men’ and Broadway Star, Dies at 90](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/robert-morse-dead-dies-mad-men-1235237688/)** > > Robert Morse, who translated Broadway stardom into a film career in the 1960s, then re-emerged decades later as one of the stars of “Mad Men,” has died.  He was 90. Writer-producer Larr… ---
**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:** [April 21, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/610 "2022-04-21T20:09:19Z")
Oakland Raider great Daryle Lamonica has died at 80. > **[Daryle Lamonica](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryle_Lamonica)** > > AFL > Daryle Pasquale Lamonica (July 17, 1941 – April 21, 2022) was an American football quarterback who played in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons, primarily with the Oakland Raiders. He spent his first four seasons mostly as a backup for the Buffalo Bills, who selected him in the 24th round of the 1963 AFL Draft. Lamonica played his next eight seasons as the primary starter of the Raiders, including after they joined the NFL through the ... ---
**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:** [April 22, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/611 "2022-04-22T01:10:42Z")
I guess it’s not just her plaster casts that are stiff anymore. > **[Cynthia Albritton, a.k.a. Cynthia Plaster Caster, Artist and ‘Recovering...](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/cynthia-plaster-caster-groupie-dead-dies-1235238513/)** > > Cynthia Albritton, a.k.a. Cynthia Plaster Caster, the legendary artist and “recovering groupie” renowned for the plaster casts she took of many top musicians’ erect penises and other body parts, ha… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/612 "2022-04-22T12:36:02Z")
Montreal Canadien Guy LaFleur has wilted away, Age 70 > ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/613 "2022-04-22T16:49:26Z")
Doug and Bob Mackenzie with Guy LaFleur. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ikVthmetNH8/hqdefault.jpg "Guy Lafleur Molson Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikVthmetNH8) ---
**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:** [April 24, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/614 "2022-04-24T01:35:45Z")
Orrin Hatch exits, age 88. CNN: Former Sen. Orrin Hatch dies at 88. > **[Former Sen. Orrin Hatch, longest-serving GOP US senator, dies at 88 | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/23/politics/former-senator-orrin-hatch-dies/index.html)** > > Former Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch has died at 88, according to a press release from his foundation. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/615 "2022-04-27T19:17:32Z")
German electronic music master Klaus Schulze has died at 74. > **[Klaus Schulze, Prolific Electronic Music Pioneer, Dead at 74](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/klaus-schulze-electronic-music-pioneer-dead-obit-1343613/)** > > Influential German musician released over 60 albums and revolutionized the genre alongside Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel and Cosmic Jokers over 50-year career This one makes me very sad. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/616 "2022-04-28T20:33:15Z")
Can’t find an unpaywalled link, but Erin Moran (Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days), was found dead from throat cancer. She was 56. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/617 "2022-04-28T20:35:27Z")
You are 5 years late on that one. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/618 "2022-04-28T20:40:01Z")
Well, hell. I saw it linked in a newspaper as though it were current and jumped to conclusions. The paywalling kept me from from examining the story closely. Never mind! ---
**Author:** ![irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irritant)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/619 "2022-04-29T18:40:37Z")
Legendary comic book artist Neal Adams dies at 20 points: [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/neal-adams-dead-batman-comics-artist-1235138106/](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/neal-adams-dead-batman-comics-artist-1235138106/) Sadly for me I left him off my list because he was too young ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/620 "2022-04-30T15:30:10Z")
Mino Raiola, who made more to turn football (US: soccer) into a game of money and corruption than anyone not a member of FIFA or UEFA bar Vladimir Putin, has died today. He has been ill since January. > **[Mino Raiola, one of football’s most powerful agents, dies aged 54](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/30/mino-raiola-one-of-footballs-most-powerful-agents-dies-aged-54)** > > Mino Raiola, the agent of players including Paul Pogba and Erling Haaland, has died aged 54 after an illness I am not sad. Except for not having him on my list, of course. 46 wasted points. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/621 "2022-04-30T20:10:18Z")
Naomi Judd passes at age 76. [https://abc13.com/naomi-judd-obituary-the-judds-singer/11807148/](https://abc13.com/naomi-judd-obituary-the-judds-singer/11807148/) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/622 "2022-04-30T21:21:46Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Naomi Judd passes at age 76. Was it suicide? They listed “mental illness” as the cause. I feel like if it was dementia, they would have said that specifically. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=32)