# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/321 "2025-01-12T07:32:11Z")
Small world. My sister knew Jenny (in the Perry the donkey article) years ago and she also took a class from my dad. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/322 "2025-01-12T16:12:31Z")
Bill McCartney, who coached the Colorado Buffaloes to a national championship (yea!) and founded the Promise Keepers, a men’s right-wing Christianist organization (boo!), [has died, leaving behind 16 unclaimed points](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/43365771/former-colorado-buffaloes-football-coach-bill-mccartney-dies-84). ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/323 "2025-01-13T01:56:31Z")
Soap actor Leslie Charleson (Dr. Monica Quartermaine on General Hospital) has died at 79. > **[Leslie Charleson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Charleson)** > > Leslie Charleson (February 22, 1945 – January 12, 2025) was an American actress, best known for her role as Monica Quartermaine in the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. > Charleson was born in Kansas City, Missouri on February 22, 1945. Actress Kate Charleson was her sister. Her career began on short-lived ABC daytime soap opera A Flame in the Wind in 1964. In 1966 she joined the cast of As the World Turns. In 1968, she played the role of a doctor's daughter in The Wild Wild West in the epi... ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/324 "2025-01-13T08:19:15Z")
I remember her from the Pearl Drops commercial. [Leslie Charleson - Pearl Drops commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2tYvxEVreI) ---
**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 13, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/325 "2025-01-13T09:53:52Z")
Oliveiro Toscani, photographer famous for his shocking pictures for Benetton ads, has died aged 82: > **[Oliviero Toscani, photographer behind shock Benetton ads, dies age 82 | CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/13/style/oliviero-toscani-photographer-benetton-death/index.html)** > > The photographer behind the advertising campaigns that helped make Benetton one of the world’s biggest clothing brands, died on Monday age 82, his family said in a statement. Here is picture gallery: > **[Photographer exhibits ‘Magnificent Failures’ | CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/oliviero-toscani-photography)** > > For the last five decades, Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani has been challenging the status quo with his provocative images. ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/326 "2025-01-13T14:23:42Z")
And that one is cruel: died in the fires because he could not run away due to cerebral palsy: > **[Former ‘Kiddy Kapers’ TV star died when California wildfires ripped through...](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/11/australia/rory-sykes-malibu-la-fires-intl-latam/index.html)** > > A former child star from Australia died when the Los Angeles wildfires ripped through his family’s Malibu estate in California earlier this week, according to his mother. ---
**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 14, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/327 "2025-01-14T18:53:05Z")
I was initially confused as to who this was because the article I saw showed him as he was now. He aged like milk and I didn’t recognize him. Probably best known to American audiences from the original _Whose Line is it Anyway._ He was in the Footlights at the same time as Fry, Laurie and Emma Thompson but never reached their heights. > **[Tony Slattery: Whose Line Is It Anyway? comedian and actor dies aged 65](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93lqxgznnwo.amp)** > > Sir Stephen Fry pays tribute to the actor and comedian well known for Whose Line Is It Anyway? ---
**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 14, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/328 "2025-01-14T19:03:02Z")
Small relief it was a heart attack. He was very depressed and appeared in Stephen Fry’s documentary on depression and talked about suicidal thoughts. I’m relieved that isn’t how it ended for him. Sad, I did find him almost the funniest of the original Whose Line crew. ☹ ---
**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 15, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/329 "2025-01-15T04:26:56Z")
It seems like the media is itching to have someone famous die in California. For instance the article above calling Rory Skyes a TV star when it appears he was in a couple of episodes of a show in 1998. Now there is this. In IDMB she has one credit in _The Blues Brothers_ where she played the pivotal role of “Woman.” Seems like she did extra work from time to time. It doesn’t make the situation less tragic but shows that even in tragedy they are looking for clickbait. There are a couple dozen people who died but they were never in a movie. > **[Dalyce Curry, ‘Blues Brothers’ Actress, Dies In The L.A. Wildfires](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2025/01/13/dalyce-curry-blues-brothers-actress-dies-in-the-la-wildfires/)** > > Retired actress Dalyce Curry died in the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires. Dalyce Curry also appeared in films such as 'The 10 Commandments' and 'Lady Sings the Blues.' ---
**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:** [January 15, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/330 "2025-01-15T13:58:14Z")
Linda Nolan gives 35 points to several of us. > **[Linda Nolan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Nolan)** > > Linda Nolan (23 February 1959 – 15 January 2025) was an Irish singer, actress and television personality. After moving with her family to Blackpool at the age of three in 1962, she attained fame as a member of the girl group The Nolans in 1974, along with her sisters Anne, Denise, Maureen, Bernie and Coleen. As a member of the Nolans, Linda toured with Frank Sinatra in 1975, won the Tokyo Music Festival in 1981, and had seven UK top 20 hits between 1979 and 1982. > Soon after leaving the group... ---
**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 15, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/331 "2025-01-15T17:43:48Z")
I finally get points for a person I’ve had on the list for years. I always seem to remove them on the year they die. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/332 "2025-01-15T19:05:01Z")
| 1 | GIGObuster | 59 | 2 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Jeezums | 59 | 2 | 0 | | 3 | Captain Klutz | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Happy Lendervedder | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Hoopy Frood | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Jegpeg | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Kitten Mitten | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Little Nemo | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Mahaloth | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Pheoinix | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | phungi | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Railer 13 | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Registered at Last | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | Reindeer Flotilla | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | RobotDevilDog | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 3 | RTFirefly | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | Culling the Herd | 14 | 1 | 1 | ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/333 "2025-01-15T20:40:04Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I finally get points for a person I’ve had on the list for years. Same. I first had her on my list for 2019 and kept her for every year since. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/334 "2025-01-15T21:55:41Z")
British actor Christopher Benjamin passes at 90. > **[Christopher Benjamin (actor)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Benjamin_(actor))** > > Christopher Benjamin (27 December 1934 – 15 January 2025) was an English actor with many stage and television credits from the 1958 to 2016. He is perhaps best remembered for playing Henry Gordon Jago in the 1977 Doctor Who story The Talons of Weng-Chiang, a role he reprised years later for the audio drama series Jago & Litefoot (2010-2017, 2021). > He made two other Doctor Who appearances, portraying Sir Keith Gold in Inferno (1970) and Colonel Hugh Curbishley in The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008... ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/335 "2025-01-15T22:12:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I finally get points for a person I’ve had on the list for years. I always seem to remove them on the year they die. That hasn’t happened to me, but if it does, it will be this year. I dropped Andy Taylor of Duran Duran, Ronnie Atkins of Pretty Maids, and ex-NFLer Steve Gleason after having had them for years. None of them seemed to be in much of a hurry to die, so I figured I’d give them a year off. We’ll see how that works out. ---
**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 15, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/336 "2025-01-15T22:47:37Z")
Mark Discordia an accidental internet celebrity who got his fame courtesy of online troll and game critic/designer Seanbaby, passed away last October. > **[RIP Mark Discordia: The Nintendo Fan Who Became An Internet Meme](https://tedium.co/2025/01/15/mark-discordia-nintendo-power-remembrance/)** > > On the passing of Mark Discordia, a ’90s video game fan who got a troll’s welcome to the internet. He was a plumber who loved Mario. Nothing wrong with that. Here’s links to the Seanbaby stuff regarding Mr. Discordia (also available via the article above, NSFW language): > **[Dear Nintendo, My Life is a God Damn Mess - Seanbaby.com](http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/nes/dearnintendo06.htm)** > > A time capsule of your Nintendo's most memorable fan mail. > **[Seanbaby.com - The Further Adventures of Mark Discordia](http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/nes/mark.htm)** > > Nintendo Power's biggest fan is a moron. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/337 "2025-01-16T00:36:48Z")
😢 😭 One of my favorite episodes. ---
**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 16, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/338 "2025-01-16T00:47:07Z")
The one with Tom Baker? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/339 "2025-01-16T00:57:10Z")
I once paid for my expenses at a sci fi convention by selling scarves like his. I got the pattern from an English newspaper. It’s all over the net now. ---
**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 16, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/340 "2025-01-16T09:10:13Z")
I vaguely remember seeing the original piece in _Nintendo Power_. When the Seanbaby incident brought him to light again, it clicked with me that perhaps the last name was a nod to some kind of persona. I guess not though. RIP, Mark. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=18)