# 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:** 18
**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 16, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/341 "2025-01-16T09:32:16Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Mark Discordia That **[name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordianism)** triggers a fnord-level assotiation with _[**Illuminatus!**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy)_ for me. ---
**Author:** ![MarkF2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@MarkF2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF2004)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/342 "2025-01-16T09:49:33Z")
Did he catch pneumonia from his cake? [edit] I see I was late. D’oh! ---
**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 16, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/343 "2025-01-16T16:06:13Z")
Bob Uecker has been pulled from the game at 90. > **[Bob Uecker](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Uecker)** > > As broadcaster > Robert George Uecker (/ˈjuːkər/ YOO-kər; January 26, 1934 – January 16, 2025) was an American professional baseball catcher who served as the primary broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) for 54 seasons. > Uecker signed with his hometown Milwaukee Braves in 1956, spending several years in the minor leagues with various affiliate clubs before making his major league debut in 1962. As a backup catcher, he played for the Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Ca... ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/344 "2025-01-16T16:12:18Z")
And I’m on the board! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/345 "2025-01-16T16:14:37Z")
Jumping into a tie for 20th! 😁 Wait, are you sure? Your list had some guy named Eucker. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/346 "2025-01-16T16:33:56Z")
Hail Eris! ETA: The funny thing is, about an hour and a half before Hoopy Frood’s post about Mark Discordia, I was just asking another poster in the Wordle thread if she’d seen the fnords. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/347 "2025-01-16T17:02:44Z")
I hope Bob Uecker finally gets to the Front Row when he meets St Peter. RIP ---
**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 16, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/348 "2025-01-16T17:03:29Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Bob Uecker has been pulled from the game at 90. Juuuuuuust a bit unalive. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IVP9WUGdgPg/maxresdefault.jpg "Major League - Just a Bit Outside") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVP9WUGdgPg) Rest in peace, Ueck. You did well. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/349 "2025-01-16T18:32:48Z")
> **[David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78](https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director-blue-velvet-twin-peaks-1236276106/)** > > Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78. ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/350 "2025-01-16T19:01:12Z")
Ouch. David Lynch hurts. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![IKnowItsOver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/94ad74/32.png) [@IKnowItsOver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IKnowItsOver)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/351 "2025-01-16T19:35:41Z")
Sad news. vivalostwages had him in their list and I had him in alternates. He was in rough shape ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/352 "2025-01-16T20:50:22Z")
And another 10 days and he’d have cost me a point. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/353 "2025-01-16T20:56:16Z")
Fun fact: my dog’s nickname is Oogums – short for “Oogum Boogum.” RIP, Brenton. ---
**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, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/354 "2025-01-16T21:10:19Z")
Sorry to be late here, I have been in bed with a cold. Can’t remember the last time I had a cold. Good grief, this year is starting off with a bang. Five deaths already. | 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 | vivalostwages | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 20 | Culling the Herd | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 21 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 21 | Superdude | 10 | 1 | 0 | ---
**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 16, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/355 "2025-01-16T21:32:18Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > > [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > > > Mark Discordia > > That **[name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordianism)** triggers a fnord-level assotiation with _[**Illuminatus!**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy)_ for me. Yeah, I remember back when I first heard about the guy and his back and forth with Seanbaby I was thinking that it must have been a pseudonym. Especially with all the references to Illuminatus! that peppered the early-ish internet. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/356 "2025-01-17T23:24:57Z")
Denis Law was on my long list but decided on decided on Ester Rantzen as my only nominee over 70. > **[Denis Law: Manchester United and Scotland legend dies aged 84](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckgvny01x9go)** > > Former Scotland, Manchester City and Manchester United striker Denis Law - the only Scottish player to have won the Ballon d'Or award - has died at the age of 84. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/357 "2025-01-18T01:45:44Z")
Dame Joan Plowright, Oscar nominated and Tony winning actress, widow of Laurence Olivier, died yesterday 01/16 at age 95: > **[Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies...](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/tony-award-winning-british-actor-joan-plowright-widow-117778338)** > > Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/358 "2025-01-18T04:21:13Z")
| 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 | vivalostwages | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 20 | Culling the Herd | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 21 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 21 | Superdude | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 23 | commasense | 5 | 1 | 1 | ---
**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 18, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/359 "2025-01-18T05:02:19Z")
Jeannot Szwarc died at age 87. He directed Jaws 2 and Supergirl, at least that is what I most think of when I think of his movies. Oh, and Somewhere In Time, which I have not seen. > **[Jane Seymour Honors 'Somewhere in Time' Director Jeannot Szwarc After His...](https://people.com/jane-seymour-honors-director-jeannot-szwarc-death-85-8776504)** > > Director Jeannot Szwarc, who made 1978's 'Jaws 2' and 1980's 'Somewhere in Time,' died on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at the age of 85. Jane Seymour, who starred in 'Somewhere in Time' with Christopher Reeve, said the director was a 'true visionary.' ---
**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 18, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/360 "2025-01-18T05:17:51Z")
I’ve never heard of him, but he directed _Santa Claus The Movie_ which was the first time I’d seen a huge budget Christmas movie. It’s good fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=19)