# 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:** 110
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2181 "2025-12-31T18:25:28Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > phungi did not have her. But I did. 😃 Did It’s Not Rocket Surgery have her? I can’t find that. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2182 "2025-12-31T18:31:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I don’t know who had her on this year’s list…but far too many had her on next year’s list. That’s what alternates are for! 😃 ---
**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 31, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2183 "2025-12-31T22:04:29Z")
If I’m gonna pull off a win, I’m gonna need a huge… what’s the opposite of a miracle? A tragedy? Curse? Calamity? ---
**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 31, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2184 "2025-12-31T22:13:11Z")
I only need 238 points in the next five hours or so. Piece of cake. Big, sweet, poisoned cake, given to the right people. Fast acting poison it must be too. Wonder if my eleven remaining candidates taken together add up to that many points… not going to check. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2185 "2025-12-31T22:19:01Z")
never mind. I just saw my name on the scoring list. (Woohoo #30!!) ---
**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 31, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2186 "2025-12-31T22:33:06Z")
I am in a disappointingly sexy place. Story of my life. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2187 "2025-12-31T23:19:30Z")
And **..still** I am pointless. ---
**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 31, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2188 "2025-12-31T23:24:34Z")
I’m still in the Top 20. I consider that a win. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2189 "2026-01-01T02:39:01Z")
For those of you despairing of your chances, I present a list of celebrities who died on December 31 through the years: Peter Duel, actor Roberto Clemente, baseball great Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait Arthur Wellard, English cricket player Marshall McLuhan, communications theorist Rick Nelson, singer Lester Trimble, composer and music critic Lloyd Haynes, actor George Allen, NFL coach Thomas Watson, head of IBM Woody Strode, athlete and actor Billie Dove, actress Elliot Richardson, American politician Eileen Heckart, actress Tommy Dickson, British footballer Edward Herrmann, actor Beth Howland, actress Natalie Cole, singer Wayne Rogers, actor William Christopher, actor Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer Betty White, actress Pope Benedict XVI Cale Yarborough, auto racer Tom Johnson, composer Keep hope alive, folks! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2190 "2026-01-01T02:59:10Z")
I don’t think I picked any of them in previous years, so I’m not any good for last minute picks. Oh well, at least I’m somewhat up there on the list, right? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2191 "2026-01-01T03:28:08Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > I only need 238 points in the next five hours or so. Piece of cake. > Big, sweet, poisoned cake, given to the right people. Fast acting poison it must be too. Not to junior mod or anything but, um, rule 7. > [@](#): > > Wonder if my eleven remaining candidates taken together add up to that many points… not going to check. Not being on the board, I’m not either. 😇 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2192 "2026-01-01T03:55:44Z")
I think I’m missing 8 points for the Duchess of Kent. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2193 "2026-01-01T04:14:50Z")
Would that make her the Duchess of Kant? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2194 "2026-01-01T06:41:30Z")
[Candy Raymond](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/tributes-paid-to-australian-actor-candy-raymond-who-has-died-aged-75/news-story/39b6ff45f0e2a8eec3a17788621b6bc6), dead at 75. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2195 "2026-01-01T10:16:13Z")
Can’t find pictures either, but there is another ~~rosy~~ friendly article from the Guardian, if a bit late: > **[Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel...](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/01/cecilia-gimenez-monkey-christ-woman-restorer-spain)** > > The restorer, who died on Monday, brought unwanted attention to herself – and her small Spanish town. Then, slowly, a small miracle took place, says Sam Jones, the Guardian’s Madrid correspondent > [@DesertDog](#): > > Not to junior mod or anything but, um, rule 7. I remembered vaguely there was a snag. Laziness has good sides. Keeps you out of trouble, sometimes. > [@DesertDog](#): > > Not being on the board There is still no award for the player with zero hits keeping the most (or the less, the candidates being oldest?) points alive? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2196 "2026-01-01T10:43:57Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > what’s the opposite of a miracle? Divine vicissitude ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2197 "2026-01-01T10:44:41Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Fast acting poison it must be too. Cyanide ---
**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:** [January 1, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2198 "2026-01-01T10:50:54Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > William Christopher, actor WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER IS DEAD? sheesh, warn a person ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2199 "2026-01-01T14:21:24Z")
I hate to break it to you, but William Christopher died on 12/31 2016. I hope you haven’t been putting him on your list the last nine years. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/2200 "2026-01-01T15:35:24Z")
MTV isn’t a human, so no points, but: > **[MTV's Music-Only Channels Are Going Dark Once and For All](https://rockcellarmagazine.com/mtv-music-channels-going-off-air-details-2025/)** > > It's the end of an era for MTV. Today, Dec. 31, brings about not only the end of 2025, but the end of MTV as it's been known: The remaining handful of dedicated music channels under the MTV brand will go dark at the start of the new year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=109) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=111)