# 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:** 16
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/301 "2025-01-10T04:25:00Z")
> [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](#): > > While we’re on the subject of right-wing loons dying, The guy who charged into a pizza restaurant with an assault rifle because he thought Hillary Clinton was running a pedophile ring in the basement was gunned down by police today. > > I’m miffed I didn’t pick him for my die violently theme list. Not today. January 4th. Just didn’t make the news until today. > **['Pizzagate' Gunman Dies in Officer-Involved Shooting During North Carolina...](https://people.com/pizzagate-gunman-killed-in-officer-involved-shooting-during-traffic-stop-8772290)** > > The 'Pizzagate' gunman, Edgar Maddison Welch, was killed after he was involved in a police officer-involved shooting during a traffic stop in North Carolina on Saturday, Jan. 4. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/302 "2025-01-10T05:16:51Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > something something orange something [![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b1MCREg1w7U/U0Yp4kZvY6I/AAAAAAAAEQk/f0NoB4CiGBo/s1600/2000ad+0366+14.png) ](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b1MCREg1w7U/U0Yp4kZvY6I/AAAAAAAAEQk/f0NoB4CiGBo/s1600/2000ad+0366+14.png) ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/303 "2025-01-10T14:15:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > > [@Wheelz](#): > > > > I honestly thought she had died years ago. > > Me too. Like many years ago. Yeah, talk about your Abe Vigodas! ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/304 "2025-01-10T23:54:44Z")
> **[Black Bart Passes Away At Age 76](https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1534410-black-bart-passes-away-at-age-76/amp)** > > Richard Harris, also known as Black Bart in the wrestling world, has passed away. Looks like points for @GIGObuster. Jeezums also had “Rick Harris” so that might need clarification. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/305 "2025-01-11T02:02:17Z")
The only Richard Harris I’d heard of was [the guy whose cake was left out in the rain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harris#Singing_career), but he died in 2002. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/306 "2025-01-11T02:06:54Z")
I think of Richard HarriSON who was in Blood Debts, the movie with the best ending of all time. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/u61F_qvdid0/hqdefault.jpg "The Proper Way to End Your Film") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u61F_qvdid0) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/307 "2025-01-11T02:23:38Z")
There’s a TV lawyer in Las Vegas named Richard Harris. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/308 "2025-01-11T03:38:14Z")
> **[Sam Moore, Half of Sam & Dave Duo That Rose to Fame With ‘Soul Man’ and...](https://variety.com/2025/music/obituaries-people-news/sam-moore-dead-sam-dave-soul-man-1236272201/)** > > Sam Moore, who sang 'Soul Man' and 'Hold On I'm Comin' as half of the '60s soul duo Sam & Dave, died Friday at 89. ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/309 "2025-01-11T06:23:29Z")
That’s the Rick Harris I had on my list. Thanks! ---
**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:** [January 11, 2025, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/310 "2025-01-11T06:58:36Z")
**Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82** > Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders, who were battered, bloodied and nearly killed as they traveled across the South in 1961, helping the civil rights movement gain momentum as they protested segregation on interstate bus lines, died Jan. 8 at his home in Fayetteville, Georgia. He was 82. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/charles-person-youngest-of-the-freedom-riders-dies-at-82/ar-BB1rgeeR](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/charles-person-youngest-of-the-freedom-riders-dies-at-82/ar-BB1rgeeR) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/311 "2025-01-11T16:39:52Z")
| 1 | GIGObuster | 24 | 1 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Jeezums | 24 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Culling the Herd | 14 | 1 | 1 | ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/312 "2025-01-11T19:58:10Z")
Still tied for 4th! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/313 "2025-01-11T20:49:21Z")
I did not see that coming. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/314 "2025-01-11T23:48:03Z")
That would definitely need some context in order to understand why it wasn’t just another so-so ending to another so-so action flick. When it comes to endings, I’d go with _Casablanca_ any day. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/315 "2025-01-12T03:25:21Z")
I don’t watch that movie just for Bogart, I adore Claude Rains and watch any movie he was in. He was never typecast. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/316 "2025-01-12T03:40:23Z")
Oh, it was Lazlo Lowenstein who made that movie work. And also, Madeleine Lebeau. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/317 "2025-01-12T04:12:04Z")
It’s hard to compare movies, apples and oranges you know, but the scened where Victor has the band play La Marseillaise is arguably the best scene in film. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/318 "2025-01-12T04:14:18Z")
That is where you see Madeleine’s face wet with tears. She was actually a French ex-pat, so that song meant a lot to her. ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/319 "2025-01-12T04:20:58Z")
About ten years ago I was a venireman in a trial where Sam Moore was suing his music publisher. When the judge was talking about the plaintiffs, defendants, and possible witnesses by name and whether we knew them he got to, “Sam Moore, half of the duo Sam and Dave, who put out ‘Soul Man,’ ‘Hold on I’m Coming,’ and other R&B hits,” I was the only one who raised my hand. After lunch when we were kind of gathered in the hall waiting to be let in I commented, “How fleeting fame is.” He gave a wry look and said, “It’s what happens when you get older.” I was not seated on the jury for which I was thankful. The case looked complicated. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2025, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/320 "2025-01-12T04:56:59Z")
He never made waffles. > **[Perry, beloved donkey of Bol Park, dies at 30](https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2025/01/03/perry-beloved-donkey-of-bol-park-dies-at-30/)** > > Perry, a beloved miniature donkey who has been a fixture of Bol Park for nearly three decades and who famously served as the model for the Donkey character in "Shrek," was euthanized on Thursday after battling a painful hoof disease, Jenny Kiratli,... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=17)