The 2021 Dead Pool

GOAL: Predict which notable* figures will die on/between January 1 and December 31, 2021, Eastern Time.

Produce a maximum of 50 names, to be PM'ed to me (NOT posted here) before the ball drops in Times Square (NYC) at midnight on New Years (i.e., 12AM ET, January 1, 2021). The BB's default timestamp will determine entry time, but I often post after midnight so the west coast has a little extra time.

*It's assumed that all notable figures will have an entry, or be mentioned in an entry, at Google, Wikipedia or another legit source which you may have to prove.

Rules:

1) PLEASE alphabetize your list of 50 names by LAST name (regardless of profession), either in the form of FIRSTNAME LASTNAME -or- LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME, in *1* column of names.

2) If it's not obvious who the person is for most people, after the name please add why they're notable. For example: "Douglas Fraser, trade unionist" (Sorry, he's already dead). In addition, you may or may not choose to include the person's current age; for example: "Douglas Fraser, trade unionist (91)"

3) If you submit your list days before Midnight, January 1st, 2021, and someone on your list dies before 2021, you should substitute the person with another and resubmit your list (by the deadline). If you do not resubmit your list, and the person died in 2020, the person will obviously NOT count for 2021.

4) a) Thou Shalt Not Kill (anyone on your list); b) criminals subject to the Death Penalty or anyone kidnapped or held hostage in 2020 won't count -- unless they die of natural causes; c) "Dead" means permanently dead, not later revived, nor put in animated suspension, or any induced or natural coma starting before 2021 begins; d) do not edit Wikipedia with false death information.

Everyone's lists will be updated unofficially throughout the year, but year-end audits should be performed to determine the final winner sometime shortly after December 31, 2021. YOU are responsible for your own audit at years' end.

(The next post will contain all participants' lists for easy reference, sometime on Jan 1st)


Prize: Bragging Rights for 12 months.

Past Winners:
2020 - Don Marco (15)
2019 - SC (9) / Don Marco (9)
2018 - Mignon (14)
2017 - Don Marco (15)
2016 - SC (17)
2015 - Sr Vitelli (12)
2014 - SC (15)
2013 - DE NIRO (9)
2012 - SC (14)
2011 - Mignon (10)
2010 - SC (11)
2009 - JG (12)
2008 - JG (12)



Quick Link: Deaths in 2021 (wikipedia)

2021 GBB Dead Pool Entries

SC (RIP)(8) 1 Alan, Alda 2 Barker, Bob 3 Benedict, (ex) Pope 4 Bennett, Tony 5 6 Brooks, Mel 7 8 Carter, Jimmy 9 10 Cleary, Beverly 11 12 13 14 Dole, Bob 15 16 17 Eastwood, Clint 18 Elizabeth, Queen 19 Erskine, Carl 20 21 22 Kissinger, Henry 23 Holbrook, Hal 24 Lansbury, Angela 25 Lear, Norman 26 Lloyd, Norman 27 Lockhart, June 28 29 30 MacLaine, Shirley 31 Mason, Jackie 32 Mays, Willie 33 McCain, Roberta 34 Mondale, Walter 35 Mubarak, Hosni 36 Murdock, Rupert 37 38 39 40 41 42 Philip, Prince 43 Poitier, Sidney 44 45 46 47 Storch, Larry 48 Van Dyke, Dick 49 White, Betty 50	JG (10) Buzz Aldrin, astronaut (90) Ed Asner, actor (91) David Attenborough, broadcaster (94) Bob Barker, game show host (97) Harry Belafonte, singer/activist (93) Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus (93) Tony Bennett, singer (94) Tom Brokaw, journalist (80) Mel Brooks, actor/director (94) Jimmy Carter, 39th president (96) Cher, singer (74) Tommy Chong, pothead (82) Bill Clinton, 42nd president (74) Roger Corman, director/producer (94) David Crosby, musician (79) Shannen Doherty, actress (49) Bob Dole, politician (97) Kitty Dukakis, Michael's wife (84) Queen Elizabeth II (94) Morgan Freeman, actor (83) Leif Garrett, singer (59) Kim Jong-un, dictator (36) Larry King, CNN (87) Henry Kissinger, Sec of State (97) Kris Kristofferson, singer (84) Artie Lang, Comedian (53) Angela Lansbury, actress (95) Tommy Lasorda, MLB (93) Norman Lear, writer/producer (98) Rush Limbaugh, radio host (70) Norman Lloyd, producer/director (106) Lindsay Lohan, "actress" (34) Courtney Love, Hole (56) Joan Lunden, journalist (70) Bret Michaels, Poison (57) Walter Mondale, politician (92) Morrisey, singer (61) Rupert Murdoch, media mogul (89) Bob Newhart, actor (91) Olivia Newton-John, singer (72) Yoko Ono, John's wife (87) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (99) Sidney Poitier, actor (93) Randy Travis, Country singer (61) Desmond Tutu, Archbishop (89) Dick Van Dyke (95) Barbara Walters, TV personality (91) Lil Wayne, rapper (38) Betty White, legend (99) Ron Wood, Rolling Stone (73)
TIS (6) Aaron, Hank Asner, Ed Bardot, Bridgette Barker, Bob Belafonte, Harry Bennett, Tony Breyer, Stephen (Supreme Court) Brooks, Mel Burnett, Carol Buchanan, Pat Carter, Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Douglas, Michael Eastwood, Clint Eden, Barbara (actress) Feinstein, Dianne (Senator) Greene, Shecky Hackman, Gene Hatch, Orrin (Senator) Holbrook, Hal (actor) Jagger, Mick King, Larry Kissinger, Henry Lear, Norman Lansbury, Angela Lewis, Jerry Lee Lynn, Loretta Ono, Yoko Plummer, Christopher (actor) Nelson, Willie Novak, Kim Plummer, Christopher (dupe) Poitier, Sidney Queen Elizabeth II Polanski, Roman Richards, Keith Saint, Eva Marie (actress) Sheen, Charlie Tyler, Steven (AeroSmith) Van Dyke, Dick White, Betty Williams, Montel	XDCX (20) 1 Mohamed Al-Fayed (businessman, 91) 2 Eileen Ash (English cricketer, 109) 3 Ed Asner (actor, 91) 4 David Attenborough (Brit broadcaster, 94) 5 Bob Barker (former game show host, 97) 6 Harry Belafonte (singer, 94) 7 Tony Bennett (singer, 94) 8 Mel Brooks (director/actor, 94) 9 Alan Burgess (Kiwi cricketer, 100) 10 Jimmy Carter (39th POTUS, 96) 11 Beverly Cleary (writer, 104) 12 Bill Cosby (actor/comedian, 83) 13 William Daniels (actor, 93) 14 Shannen Doherty (actress, 49) 15 Clint Eastwood (actor/director, 90) 16 Elizabeth II (Queen of England, 94) 17 Bob Eubanks (Rose Parade guy, 92) 18 Michael J. Fox (actor, 59) 19 Hal Holbrook (actor, 95) 20 Marsha Hunt (actress, 103) 21 Larry King (TV host, 87) 22 Angela Lansbury (actress, 95) 23 Tommy Lasorda (MLB, 93) 24 Cloris Leachman (actress, 94) 25 Norman Lear (TV writer, 98) 26 Norman Lloyd (actor, 106) 27 Robert Marchand (French cyclist, 109) 28 Thelma McKenzie (Aussie cricketer, 105) 29 Bob Newhart (actor, 91) 30 Helen Nicol (Canadian basketballer, 100) 31 Yoko Ono (musician, 87) 32 Prince Philip (99) 33 Christopher Plummer (actor, 91) 34 Sidney Poitier (actor, 93) 35 Joyce Randolph (actress, 96) 36 Keith Richards (musician, 76) 37 Eddie Robinson (baseball player, 100) 38 Eva Marie Saint (actress, 96) 39 Felix Sienra (Uruguayan Olympian, 104) 40 Renee-Jeanne Simonot (actress, 109) 41 O. J. Simpson (football player, 73) 42 Arthur Smith (English footballer, 105) 43 Larry Storch (actor, 97) 44 Ruthie Tompson (animator, 110) 45 Cicely Tyson (actress, 95) 46 Dick Van Dyke (actor/comedian, 95) 47 Elisabeth Waldo (violinist, 102) 48 Barbara Walters (broadcaster, 91) 49 Mary Ward (Australian actress, 105) 50 Betty White (actress/comedian, 98)
DUESPAID (10) Barker, Bob-94 Browkaw, Tom-78 Brooks,Mel-91 Carter, Jimmy-93 Cosby, Bill-80 Crosby, David-76 Destaing Valery - 93 Dole, Bob-94 Duvall, Shelley-68 Dyke Van, Dick-92 Dylan, Bob-76 Eastwood, Clint Holbrook, Hal 93 Kilmer, Val-58 King,Larry-84 Kissinger, Henry-94 Lansbury, Angela-92 Lasorda, Tommy-90 Lewis Lee, Jerry-82 Lockhart, June-92 Lynn, Loretta-85 Mason, Jackie- 86 Madden, John-82 Mondale, Walter-89 Mubarak Hosni - 91 Novak, Kim-84 Osbourne, Ozzy-69 Parsons, Estelle-89 Philip, Prince-96 Phillips, Leslie-93 Poitier, Sidney-90 Pop, Iggy-70 Powell, Jane-88 Redstone, Sumner-94 (2020) Robertson,Pat-88 Turner Tina - 80 Wagner,Robert-88 Walters, Barbara-88 White, Betty-96	BAM (11) Aldrin, Buzz-90 Astin, John-90 Baer Jr, Max-83 Barker, Bob-97 Benedict XVI, Pope-93 Bennett, Tony-94 Brooks, Mel-94 Caan, James-80 Carter, Jimmy-96 Carter, Rosalynn-93 Cheney, Dick-80 Cleary, Beverly-104 Collins, Phil-69 Connor O, Sinéad-54 Cosby, Bill-83 Crosby, David-79 Doherty, Shannen-49 Dole, Bob-97 Elizabeth, Queen-94 Fox J, Michael-59 Glitter, Gary-77 Gorbachev, Mikhail-89 Hackman, Gene-90 John, Olivia Newton-72 Kilmer, Val-61 King, Larry-87 Kissinger, Henry-97 Lansbury, Angela-95 Leachman, Cloris-95 Lewis Lee, Jerry-85 Limbaugh, Rush-70 Lockhart, June-95 Madden, John-84 Madoff, Bernie-82 Mondale, Walter-92 Nelson, Willie-87 Newhart, Bob-91 Nichols, Nichelle-88 Ono, Yoko-87 Osbourne, Ozzy-72 Parsons, Estelle-93 Philip, Prince-99 Poitier, Sidney-93 Powell, Jane-91 Redford, Robert-84 Simpson, O.J-73 Turner, Tina-81 Wagner, Robert-90 Walters, Barbara-91 White, Betty-98
DON MARCO (13) 1 Attenborough David 2 Barker Bob 3 Bartha John 4 Benedict XVI Pope 5 Bennett Tony 6 Brooks Mel 7 Button Dick 8 Carter Jimmy 9 Clary Robert 10 Cleary Beverly 11 Corman Roger 12 Dole Robert 13 Garr Terri 14 Grant Lee 15 Greene Shecky 16 Greenspan Alan 17 Holbrook Hal 18 Hollings Ernest 19 Hunt Marsha 20 Johns, Glynis 21 King Larry 22 Kissinger Henry 23 Kroft Sid 24 Lansberry Angela 25 Lasorda Tommy 26 Leachman Cloris 27 Lear Norman 28 Limbaugh Rush 29 Lloyd Norman 30 Lockhart June 31 Marshall Peter 32 Mays Willie 33 McGee Charles 34 Nichols Nichelle 35 Paige, Janis 36 Perry William (politician) 37 Persoff Nehemiah 38 Phillip Prince 39 Rader Jack 40 Randolph Joyce 41 Robinson Eddie 42 Saint Eva Marie 43 Schultz George 44 Severinsen Doc 45 Shalit Gene 46 Shames Edward 47 Shaw Tim 48 Storch Larry 49 Trippi Charlie 50 White Betty	DE NIRO (11) 1 Attenborough, David(naturalist) 2 Bardot,Briggite (Actress) 3 Barker, Bob (Game Show Host) 4 Belafonte,Harry (Singer) 5 Bennett Tony (Singer) 6 Britton Tony (Actor) 7 Brooks Mel (Actor) 8 Carter,Jimmy(Former President) 9 Chubby Checker (Singer) 10 Collins, Michael (Astronaut) 11 Connolly Billy (Comedian) 12 Dole Bob (Politican) 13 Dion (Singer) 14 Duane Eddy Musician 15 Eastwood, Clint(Actor) 16 Francis,Connie (Singer) 17 Gascoigne Paul(Footballer) 18 Gorbachev Mikhail (Soviet leader) 19 Gordy, Berry (Music Producer) 20 Gotti,Peter (Mobster) 21 Greaves, Jimmy (Ex Footballer) 22 Greenspan Alan (Economist) 23 Harareet,Haya (Actress) 24 Heseltine, Michael (Politician) 25 Johnson,Wilko (Guitarist) 26 Jones.Earl James (Actor) 27 Kissinger,Henry (Diplomat) 28 Kristofferson, Kris (Singer-Songwriter) 29 Lansbury, Angela (Actress) 30 Lewis,Jerry Lee (Singer) 31 McGowan Shane (Singer) 32 Nelson Willie (Singer/Songwriter) 33 Nicol Jimmie (Stand in Beatle) 34 O'Farrell, Frank (Ex Football Manager) 35 Piggott Lester (Jockey) 36 Poitier, Sidney (Actor) 37 Prince Philip 38 Pruett,Jeanne (Singer) 39 Richards, Keith( Rolling Stone) 40 Sedaka, Neil (Singer) 41 Shames,Edward (Band Of Brother) 42 Sheen, Charlie (Actor) 43 Sinatra ,Nancy(US Singer) 44 Spinks Leon (Boxer) 45 Tanaka Kane (Supercentenarian) 46 Tutu Desmond (Archbishop) 47 Van Dyke, Dick (American Actor) 48 Walker Murrey (Formula 1 Com.) 49 White,Betty (Actress) 50 Woodward Joanne (Actress)
SIGNOR VITELLI (9) 1. Ames, Ed 91 2. Asner, Ed 89 3. Belafonte, Harry 91 4. Busey, Gary 74 5. Carter, Jimmy 94 6. 7. 8. Cheney, Dick 77 9. 10. 11. Dinkins, David 91 (2020) 12. Dole, Bob 95 13. 14. Duvall, Shelly 67 15. Farrakhan, Louis 85 16. Feiffer, Jules 89 17. 18. Gallagher, Helen 92 19. Greene, Shecky 92 20. Hackman, Gene 88 21. Holbrook, Hal 93 22. Howes, Sally Ann 88 23. Hunt, Marsha 101 24. Johns, Glynis 95 25. Kissinger, Henry 95 26. Lehrer, Tom 90 27. Lloyd, Norman 104 28. 29. Mays, Willie 87 30. Mitchell, Joni 75 31. Montes, Yolanda (Tongolele) 86 32. Newton-John, Olivia 70 33. Nichols, Nichelle 86 34. Perrine, Valerie 75 35. Philip, Prince 97 36. Randolph, Joyce 94 37. Richards, Keith 75 38. Sahl, Mort 91 39. Saint, Eva Marie 94 40. Schisgal, Murray 92 (2020) 41. Severinsen, Doc 91 42. Shane, Bob 84 (2020) 43. Shatner, William 87 44. Simon, John 93 (2019) 45. Van Doren, Mamie 87 46. Weinstein, Harvey 66 47. Westheimer, Dr. Ruth 90 48. Williams, Cara 93 49. Withers, Jane 92 50.	MIKEY_SUNSET (5) 1. Aaron, Hank 2. Barker, Bob 3. Beatty, Ned 4. Belafonte, Harry 5. Bennett, Tony 6. Blake, Robert 7. Brooks, Mel (Melvin Kaminsky) 8. Burdon, Eric 9. Carter, Jimmy 10. Chianese, Dominic 11. Clapton, Eric 12. Clark, Petula 13. Copeland, Joan 14. Crosby, David 15. Di'Anno, Paul - Iron Maiden 16. Durst, Will - Comic 17. Garr, Teri 18. Jones, Steve - Sex Pistols 19. Kilmer, Val 20. Lange, Artie 21. Lansbury, Angela 22. Leachman, Cloris 23. Lee, Ruta 24. Lewis, Jerry Lee 25. Lockhart, June 26. Lynn, Loretta 27. Maxwell, Ghislaine 28. Mayall, John - Musician 29. McKellen, Sir Ian 30. Minnelli, Liza 31. Miret, Roger - Agnostic Front 32. Mitchell, Joni 33. Nichols, Nichelle 34. Nicholson, Jack 35. Ono, Yoko 36. Plummer, Christopher 37. Price, Lloyd - Singer 38. Richardson Dandridge, Gloria 39. Ronstadt, Linda 40. Rossington, Gary 41. Saint, Eva Marie 42. Scales, Prunella – Actress 43. Sirico, Tony 44. Storch, Larry 45. Van Doran, Mamie 46. Van Dyke, Dick 47. Ward, Bill - Black Sabbath 48. White, Betty 49. Windsor, Queen Elizabeth II 50. Wyman, Bill (Perks, Wm George Jr)
MIGNON (10) 1. Asner, Ed 2. Barker, Bob 3. Bear, Max Jr. 4. Belafonte, Harry 5. 6. 7. Brooks, Mel 8. Busey, Gary 9. 10. Carter, Jimmy 11. 12. 13. Cleary, Beverly 14. 15. Culkin, Macaully 16. 17. 18. Dole, Bob 19. 20. Douglas, Michael 21. Garrett, Leif 22. 23. 24. Holbrook, Hal 25. Hunt, Marsha 26. King, Larry 27. Kissinger, Henry 28. Lansbury, Angela 29. Lear, Norman 30. Lloyd, Norman 31. Lohan, LIndsay 32. Love, Courtney 33. Lynn, Loretta 34. 35. Mays, Willie 36. 37. Novak, Kim 38. 39. Phillip, Prince 40. Poitier, Sydney 41. Queen, Elizabeth II 42. 43. Richards, Keith 44. Richardson, Gloria 45. Shames, Edward 46. Sheen, Charlie 47. Travis, Randy 48. Van Dyke, Dick 49. White, Betty 50. Yeager, Chuck (2020)

I'll get mine over to you in the next couple of days..

With only a couple hours until 2021, I only have lists from the following (besides myself): XDCX, DE NIRO, BAM, Don Marco, Mikey

While I usually will allow a list to come in a little late, lists that aren't updated before I go to bed may have their lists from 2020 ride (with fewer than 50 names)

List has been sent.

Have a Happy New Year everybody!!

Giving it a little more time for Dues, TIS, Mig, SV......

Okay, after 4 hours, the lists have been posted....

Death is to afraid to claim Keith Richards at this time.

Gerry Marsden, singer of You'll Never Walk Alone, dies aged 78

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55524795

Tanya Roberts, 'That '70s Show' and 'Charlie's Angels' Actress, Dead at 65

NO F...king Way!!!!!!!!!!!
Why??????@ 2 young an age...what a beauty....so sad ..a loss for ppl. in my age bracket...I am actually realeasing a tear ...what a loss..why?????..what has this world coming 222???? Eddie van Halen now this shit?? FUCK 2020 & 2021 !!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Baby Boomers, another one bites the dust!:

Gerry Marsden, Frontman of Gerry and the Pacemakers, Dies at 78

Never heard of him...

But i guarantee you know his music,.

Alexi Laiho - singer/guitarist for Children of Bodom, Bodom After Midnight & others passed away at 41. Far too young. While not a household name, Alexi was highly respected as a musician/songwriter in the metal world and Children of Bodom had great success in Europe, They didn't too to bad in the USA either, often playing 2500 cap theaters in many markets.

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/f...itarist-vocalist-alexi-laiho-dead-at-41/

Just heard a report that chic is not dead.

Andy Swift
Mon, January 4, 2021, 4:42 PM CST

Despite earlier reports to the contrary, actress Tanya Roberts did not die on Sunday, according to a new statement obtained by TMZ.

Roberts’ rep Mike Pingel explains that Roberts’ husband Lance was contacted by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Monday morning to inform him that she is still alive. Lance had believed that Roberts was dead on Sunday night, at which point he passed the news along to Pingel, who confirmed it to the media. Roberts, 65, was hospitalized in Los Angeles after collapsing on Christmas Eve and was placed on a ventilator.

TANYA ROBERTS DEAD AT 65 ...
After Bizarre Premature Death Pronouncement

She's dead again? I'm so confused

It's happened before.

I remember many years ago (late 1971 to be exact), when Maurice Chevalier was hospitalized for what would prove to be the final time, his death was prematurely reported by the media - even going so far as to quote what were (purportedly) his last words.

Mark Twain once famously said, "The report of my death has been grossly exaggerated."


Signor V.
(Not quite back from the dead, but back nevertheless)

I was about to send out a search party! Good to see you...

WW2 veteran and NZ's oldest first-class cricketer dies in Rangiora aged 100



Alan Burgess, New Zealand's oldest first class cricketer, passed away on Jan 5, at the age of 100.

He was on my list

Marion Ramsey: Police Academy and Broadway star dies at 73

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55578481

Tommy Lasorda, Dodgers icon, dead at 93

A few names on my list are already dead:

David Dinkins (2020)
Murray Schisgal (2020)
Bob Shane (2020)
John Simon (2019)


Signor V.

Thanks, SV... also added XDCX's Kiwi Cricketer...

Off the top of my head, a couple of additional deaths from 2020:

Sumner Redstone
Chuck Yeager

I know they were on some lists (not mine, though).


Signor V.

Phil Spector, Famed Music Producer Imprisoned in Slaying, Dies at 81

(I never got around to seeing the 2013 Pacino movie about him -- I see it's on HBO Max so I'll check it out soon....)

Hank Aaron, MLB legend, dead at 86



One of the all-time greats. RIP.

Mira Furlan: Babylon 5 and Lost actress dies at 65

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55763658