# 2025 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010 "2024-12-01T05:01:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 103
**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:** [December 15, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2041 "2025-12-15T03:10:54Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Rescue personnel have responded to 2 deaths at the home of Rob Reiner. The names of the decedents have not been released, but their ages match that of Rob and his wife. Wow, what could have happened? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2042 "2025-12-15T03:38:55Z")
ABC 7 in LA is saying that they are doing a murder investigation. > **[2 found dead at home owned by director Rob Reiner; LAPD launches murder...](https://abc7.com/post/2-found-dead-brentwood-home-owned-director-rob-reiner-lapd-launches-murder-investigation/18287399/)** > > Two people were found dead at a home owned by director Rob Reiner, prompting the Los Angeles Police Department to launch a murder investigation. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2043 "2025-12-15T03:40:44Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > ABC 7 in LA is saying that they are doing a murder investigation. It’s him and his wife, so we can report Rob Reiner as dead if anyone has them. 22 points. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2044 "2025-12-15T03:42:15Z")
Damn, that really sucks. Never thought Meathead would go out that way. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2045 "2025-12-15T03:44:07Z")
> **[Rob Reiner, All in the Family Star and When Harry Met Sally Director, Dead at...](https://people.com/rob-reiner-dead-all-in-the-family-director-8653589)** > > Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner were found dead in their Brentwood, Calif., home in what police are calling a double homicide. I thought it would wind up being a hoax but it doesn’t seem so. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2046 "2025-12-15T03:44:43Z")
Damn. I was just thinking of Phil Hartman the other day and how nothing crazy like that has happened in Hollywood in a while. We were due. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2047 "2025-12-15T03:50:34Z")
Shades of Gene Hackman. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2048 "2025-12-15T03:55:43Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Shades of Gene Hackman. That wasn’t a murder. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2049 "2025-12-15T04:00:55Z")
Now sources are saying they were killed by their son. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2050 "2025-12-15T04:04:39Z")
Someone blurted that out on Twitter but I didn’t put much stock in it. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2051 "2025-12-15T04:05:28Z")
I did wonder, they must have security. Had to be someone they knew. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2052 "2025-12-15T04:06:10Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Someone blurted that out on Twitter but I didn’t put much stock in it. > **[Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son: (Exclusive Sources)](https://people.com/rob-reiner-wife-michele-were-killed-by-son-sources-11868856)** > > Rob Reiner and his wife were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE. Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found dead inside their Brentwood, Calif., home on Dec. 14. Authorities are currently investigating. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2053 "2025-12-15T04:07:02Z")
Oh, I believe it, I just didn’t want to go by what some crackpot on Twitter said. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2054 "2025-12-15T04:07:29Z")
Ah fuck. That sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2055 "2025-12-15T05:36:44Z")
Did anyone have him on their list? ---
**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 15, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2056 "2025-12-15T06:33:11Z")
A quick search indicates no one had him. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2057 "2025-12-15T17:45:42Z")
Think of Laura: > **[Anthony Geary, Who Played Luke Spencer on ‘General Hospital,’ Dies at 78](https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/anthony-geary-dead-general-hospital-luke-spencer-1236609030/)** > > Anthony Geary, an eight-time Daytime Emmy winner for playing Luke Spencer on 'General Hospital,' has died. He was 78. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2058 "2025-12-15T18:20:43Z")
Wiki says he died yesterday. Damn, he was a major part of the crew that turned a staid medical drama into a wild ride involving mad plots, spies and adventure daytime had never seen before. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2059 "2025-12-15T21:38:07Z")
Looking back through the thread it has been a devastating year for General Hospital. If only one of us had a GH themed list, wow! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2060 "2025-12-15T23:07:07Z")
As my sister quipped, that must be one crappy hospital. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=104)