# 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:** 107
**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:** [December 25, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2121 "2025-12-25T22:49:16Z")
Does **[Mount Fuji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fuji)** (copy&paste from that link: 富士山・富士の山, _Fujisan, Fuji no Yama_) ring a bell? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2122 "2025-12-26T13:09:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > She was 43, That’s right, the Columbine victims are as old as 43 now. > > [Columbine shooting survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter dies](https://www.yahoo.com/news/columbine-shooting-survivor-anne-marie-022644010.html) Don’t know why I’m just seeing this, but shit, that means I was only 15 years older than she was, so I was 32 when it happened. Wow. No wonder there’s a “So near and yet so far” feeling about it, and why I was so creeped out when it happened. I _worked_ at a high school in 1999. I’d forgotten that part. I’d also forgotten that it happened before 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2123 "2025-12-26T13:29:25Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > ETA: Also, Japanese films with J sounds in the title. (E.g. Yojimbo) The sound the J makes is kind of an unusual sound. English is a weird language on the whole. I teach Hebrew in religious school, and when I teach the kids things about Hebrew that make them react with a “how bizarre!” I list lots of other languages that have the same feature (like gendered words), and let them know that English is actually the oddball for NOT having the feature. English has a lot of sounds that are uncommon in world languages, too: R, W, TH and the flat, short A in hat, cat and bat are all very uncommon, along with the J sound. This is why not being able to say them correctly is a feature of quite a few foreign accents, and they are also, unsurprisingly, common sounds to be the focus of speech therapy. Albeit, S is too, and S is common. My mother was a linguist, and I used to read her books for fun when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2124 "2025-12-26T17:32:52Z")
I think I see and error on my score, I believe it should read 64 3 1. The correct picks are: ~~Dick Channey November 3, 2025 (aged 84)~~ ~~Marianne Faithfull~~ 30 January 2025 (aged 78) ~~Michael James Whale 4 August 25 74~~ -Zadscmc ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2125 "2025-12-26T22:30:02Z")
Perry Bamonte, from the Cure, can **[sleep now he`s dead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpDn9gvwSDw&list=RDxpDn9gvwSDw&start_radio=1)**: > **[Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/26/perry-bamonte-guitarist-the-cure-dies)** > > Starting as a roadie and guitar tech, Bamonte joined the band in 1990 after its breakthrough album Disintegration ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2126 "2025-12-26T23:14:02Z")
Is Dick Channey the former vice president? I will give the points but the reason he wasn;t counted before is that his name is not spelled correctly. But thanks for checking your list. 1 phungi 248 6 2 2 Jeezums 243 7 1 3 RTFirefly 186 5 0 4 Kitten Mitten 180 5 1 5 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 173 5 0 6 Happy Lendervedder 171 5 1 7 Registered at Last 154 4 0 8 Captain Lance Murdoch 123 3 2 9 Wheelz 116 4 0 10 Mean Mr Mustard 110 3 0 11 Reindeer Flotilla 109 3 0 12 GIGObuster 106 4 0 13 Culling the Herd 97 3 1 14 Hoopy Frood 96 3 0 14 Queen Anne’s Lace 96 3 0 16 Dung Beetle 95 3 0 17 RobotDevilDog 94 3 0 18 Superdude 93 3 0 18 Mahaloth 93 5 2 20 Jegpeg 83 2 0 20 Rebo 83 2 0 22 imthjckaz 75 3 0 23 Maus Magill 74 2 0 24 SunUp 65 2 0 25 zadscmc 64 3 1 26 Wolfpack Jeep 60 2 0 27 Loach 59 2 0 28 RollOutTheBarrel 55 3 0 29 Moriarity 51 2 0 30 Deanna D 48 1 0 30 Lord Feldon 48 1 0 30 Mona Lott 48 1 0 30 Tyronne 48 4 2 34 Bayaker 47 2 0 34 lel 47 3 2 34 Pheoinix 47 2 0 37 J-P L 44 3 0 38 Todesliste 40 2 0 39 Captain Klutz 35 1 0 39 Larry Borgia 35 1 0 39 Little Nemo 35 1 0 39 McDeath the Mad 35 1 0 39 Railer 13 35 1 0 39 Schubert 35 1 0 39 smithsb 35 1 0 46 Hatchie 30 2 2 47 Tristan 29 2 0 48 Mrs Ducky 28 2 0 48 Precambrianmollusc 28 2 0 50 critter 26 1 0 51 Lamoral 25 2 1 52 Allecher 24 1 0 52 Axelwright 24 1 0 52 Brian Wilson 24 1 0 52 Shoeless 24 2 1 56 gwendee 23 2 0 57 Czarcasm 22 2 1 57 vivalostwages 22 1 1 59 biotop 19 2 2 59 escheral 19 2 2 61 IKnowItsOver 18 1 0 61 SpoilerVirgin 18 1 0 63 ataraxy 16 1 0 63 shageroo 16 2 0 63 Stephe96 16 2 0 66 xizor 13 1 1 67 Baker 12 1 1 67 Dancer Flight 12 1 0 67 Guano Lad 12 1 0 67 Lancia 12 1 0 67 Lsura 12 1 0 67 Paul was in Saudi 12 1 0 67 Prof.Pepperwinkle 12 1 0 74 monstera deliciosa 11 1 0 74 Pardel-Lux 11 1 1 74 Reeses Monkey 11 1 0 77 commasense 10 3 2 77 penulrims thule 10 1 0 77 Sternvogel 10 1 0 80 Rivkah Chaya 9 1 1 81 teelabrown 5 1 0 82 Gyrate 3 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2127 "2025-12-27T02:17:11Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > [Cecile Dionne, age 91](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/c%25C3%25A9cile-dionne-obituary-dionne-quituplets-1.7599411) was one of the famous quintuplets and is now survived by her last sister Annette. And Annette is now dead: > **[Annette, last of the Dionne Quints, passes away](https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/annette-last-of-the-dionne-quints-passed-away-11671845)** > > 'It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Annette on Christmas Eve' ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2128 "2025-12-27T02:25:49Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > [Annette, last of the Dionne Quints, passes away - North Bay News](https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/annette-last-of-the-dionne-quints-passed-away-11671845) 9 points for me! ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2129 "2025-12-27T08:34:02Z")
Sorry for the trouble, but I had 45 points for Sophie Kinsella around post #2006 and they have vanished in this list. I guess if this happened to me it could have happened to others, so please check. ---
**Author:** ![Wincerind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@Wincerind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wincerind)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2130 "2025-12-28T09:52:25Z")
Brigitte Bardot, at 91: > **[EN DIRECT - Brigitte Bardot est décédée à l'âge de 91 ans | TF1 Info](https://www.tf1info.fr/culture/en-direct-mort-brigitte-bardot-est-decedee-91-ans-actrice-francaise-2415285.html)** > > \[VIDÉO\] Brigitte Bardot est décédée ce dimanche 28 décembre, a annoncé sa fondation. L'actrice française était âgée de 91 ans. - EN DIRECT - Brigitte Bardot est décédée à l'âge de 91 ans (Culture, médias et divertissement). Link in French, but the meaning is clear ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2131 "2025-12-28T13:51:32Z")
Damn. She could have been on my list of [actors over 90](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/97). Oh, well. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2132 "2025-12-28T13:51:42Z")
> [@Wincerind](#): > > Link in French Here’s a link from CNN: > **[Brigitte Bardot, legendary French actress and animal rights activist, dies at...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/28/entertainment/brigitte-bardot-dies-legendary-french-actress-intl)** > > Brigitte Bardot, legendary French actress and animal rights activist, has died at age 91, according to a statement from her foundation obtained by CNN. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2133 "2025-12-28T16:50:06Z")
and we have a candidate for Final Hours! ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2134 "2025-12-28T16:53:33Z")
Only if she was on someone’s list. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2135 "2025-12-28T16:54:02Z")
I believe Bardot gets me 9 points ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2136 "2025-12-28T21:07:40Z")
> **[Remembering Lou Gerstner](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-12-28-Remembering-Lou-Gerstner)** > > The following is the text of an email sent today to all IBM employees by Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna: IBMers, I am saddened to share that Lou Gerstner, IBM’s Chairman and CEO from 1993 to... @wolfpup has written: > Ironically, I’ve long been an admirer of Lou Gerstner, the man who practically single-handedly turned around IBM when it was in a death spiral. When he was appointed as IBM’s CEO, there were titters of ridicule that a “breakfast cereal guy” was being brought in to save this iconic tech company (Gerstner had been the CEO of RJR Nabisco). But it was his business insights and management skills that allowed him to be successful, not knowledge of computer technology. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2137 "2025-12-28T21:39:56Z")
Thank you for the notification, though it’s sad news. There are very, very few people like Gerstner in the world. The tribute to him from the CEO of IBM was gracious and spot-on regarding what he accomplished there, which was truly remarkable. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2138 "2025-12-28T22:20:51Z")
points counted for Bardot, Dionne and Kinsella. 1 phungi 293 7 2 2 Jeezums 288 8 1 3 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 218 6 0 4 RTFirefly 186 5 0 5 Kitten Mitten 180 5 1 6 Happy Lendervedder 171 5 1 7 Mean Mr Mustard 155 4 0 8 Registered at Last 154 4 0 9 Captain Lance Murdoch 123 3 2 10 Wheelz 116 4 0 11 Reindeer Flotilla 109 3 0 12 GIGObuster 106 4 0 13 Culling the Herd 97 3 1 14 Hoopy Frood 96 3 0 14 Queen Anne’s Lace 96 3 0 16 Dung Beetle 95 3 0 17 RobotDevilDog 94 3 0 18 Mahaloth 93 5 2 18 Superdude 93 3 0 20 Jegpeg 83 2 0 20 Rebo 83 2 0 22 imthjckaz 75 3 0 23 Maus Magill 74 2 0 24 SunUp 65 2 0 25 zadscmc 64 3 1 26 Wolfpack Jeep 60 2 0 27 Loach 59 2 0 28 Pardel-Lux 56 2 1 29 RollOutTheBarrel 55 3 0 30 Moriarity 51 2 0 31 Deanna D 48 1 0 31 Lord Feldon 48 1 0 31 Mona Lott 48 1 0 31 Tyronne 48 4 2 35 Bayaker 47 2 0 35 lel 47 3 2 35 Pheoinix 47 2 0 38 J-P L 44 3 0 38 Larry Borgia 44 2 0 40 Todesliste 40 2 0 41 Captain Klutz 35 1 0 41 Little Nemo 35 1 0 41 McDeath the Mad 35 1 0 41 Railer 13 35 1 0 41 Schubert 35 1 0 41 smithsb 35 1 0 47 Hatchie 30 2 2 48 Tristan 29 2 0 49 Mrs Ducky 28 2 0 49 Precambrianmollusc 28 2 0 51 Rivkah Chaya 27 3 2 52 critter 26 1 0 53 Lamoral 25 2 1 54 Allecher 24 1 0 54 Axelwright 24 1 0 54 Brian Wilson 24 1 0 54 Shoeless 24 2 1 58 gwendee 23 2 0 59 Czarcasm 22 2 1 59 vivalostwages 22 1 1 61 biotop 19 2 2 61 escheral 19 2 2 63 IKnowItsOver 18 1 0 63 SpoilerVirgin 18 1 0 65 ataraxy 16 1 0 65 shageroo 16 2 0 65 Stephe96 16 2 0 68 xizor 13 1 1 69 Baker 12 1 1 69 Dancer Flight 12 1 0 69 Guano Lad 12 1 0 69 Lancia 12 1 0 69 Lsura 12 1 0 69 Paul was in Saudi 12 1 0 69 Prof.Pepperwinkle 12 1 0 76 monstera deliciosa 11 1 0 76 Reeses Monkey 11 1 0 78 commasense 10 3 2 78 penulrims thule 10 1 0 78 Sternvogel 10 1 0 81 teelabrown 5 1 0 82 Gyrate 3 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2139 "2025-12-28T23:26:07Z")
There was a time when I was quite high-ish up on the list. And then it all went pear-shaped. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2140 "2025-12-29T21:49:13Z")
> **[Don Bryant, Memphis Soul Veteran and 'I Can't Stand the Rain' Writer, Dead at...](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/don-bryant-i-cant-stand-the-rain-dead-obituary-1235490541/)** > > Don Bryant, the Memphis soul veteran behind 'I Can't Stand the Rain' and husband of Ann Peebles died the day after Christmas, his family announced. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=106) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=108)