Celebrity Death Pool!

[anarky]

Fountains of Wayne lead singer Adam Schlesinger. Fucking COVID-19.

[Ran]

We're just about at the point where we need a COVID-19 celebrity death pool. Journalist Maria Mercader from CBS also died from it.

[anarky]

Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician and father to two more famous sons, Branford and Wynton. Cause not disclosed, but was reportedly hospitalized for COVID-19 symptoms and was awaiting results.

[anarky]

Bill Withers.

Not COVID-19, for a change.

[jjreason]

Hall of fame tigers right fielder al kaline passed today, causes not disclosed. my dad's all time favorite. 1968 world series champion. To us he was one of the voices of the tigers tv broadcasts on wdiv growing up with partner george kell. RIP #6.

[Diabolical]

The XFL, 2020-2020. 5 weeks old.

[jjreason]

And the list of people surprised by this grew to 0.

[Diabolical]

Brian Dennehy, 81. Natural causes (AKA not COVID-19).

[Tom Foolery]

Amoeba Records in Hollywood. Another victim of Covid-19.

Yeah, technically they’re “moving” to a new location and reopening, but there’s A LOT of history in that store.

[Tom Foolery]

Don Shula, Legendary coach of the Miami Dolphins. Age 90. Non-Covid19 related.

EDIT. Fun Facts about Shula and me. His father was an immigrant from Hungary, which is where my family also immigrated from. And he coached the ‘73 Dolphins to a 24-7 victory over the Vikings in SB VIII on January 13th, 1974 during which time I was being born in Devil’s Lake ND. The delivery doctor was running late because he was watching the game.



Also, Sam Lloyd, who played the perennial sad sack lawyer Ted on the greatest sitcom of all time, Scrubs died earlier this week of brain cancer.

[anarky]

Did anyone have Little Richard?

He's another one of those I halfway thought was immortal.

[Ran]

I was pretty sure he was immortal as well.

Roy from Sigfried and Roy died form Coronavirus.

[jjreason]

This is where things get interesting. Up in Canada here it seems very much like the Coronovirus is only killing old folks in nursing homes. So if gram is 94 years old & contracts Covid, did it actually kill her? I would suggest it likely contributed..... but age & other health factors almost certainly played a role.

[Tom Foolery]

I was pretty sure he was immortal as well.

Roy from Sigfried and Roy died form Coronavirus.

Every article I see about his death has pictures of both of them, so I honestly don’t know which one is Roy.

[jjreason]

Jerry Stiller. RIP, Mr. Costanza. :**(

Made it to 92.