# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/381 "2025-01-21T16:38:28Z")
I know it’s early, but I am hoping that unlike last year, some of those Repugs’ deals with the devil have expired. Leading to some of them expiring. Rudy’s looking like death warmed over these days. ---
**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 21, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/382 "2025-01-21T16:52:35Z")
I could never select Kate Micucci for this list. She’s a little weird looking, but it works on her. I think she’s adorable. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/383 "2025-01-21T17:02:52Z")
> **[Jules Feiffer, award-winning political cartoonist and writer, dies at 95](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/21/jules-feiffer-cartoonist-dead)** > > The provocative Pulitzer prize-winner was known for his edgy comic strip and his screenplay for Carnal Knowledge Ouch. I didn’t know he was still alive, but I’m sad he no longer is. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/384 "2025-01-21T18:16:04Z")
Re: Cecile Richards. Babylon Bee is brilliant. > ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/385 "2025-01-21T18:21:33Z")
> **[Garth Hudson, Last Surviving Member of the Band, Dies at 87](https://variety.com/2025/music/news/garth-hudson-last-member-the-band-dead-1236280162/)** > > Garth Hudson, the innovative multi-instrumental and last surviving member of the Band, has died. He was 87. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/386 "2025-01-21T18:40:00Z")
With the death of Feiffer **Hatchie** gets on the list, tied for 23rd | 1 | Kitten Mitten | 68 | 2 | 1 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | GIGObuster | 59 | 2 | 0 | | 2 | Jeezums | 59 | 2 | 0 | | 4 | Captain Klutz | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Happy Lendervedder | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Hoopy Frood | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Jegpeg | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Little Nemo | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Mahaloth | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Pheoinix | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | phungi | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Railer 13 | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Registered at Last | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Reindeer Flotilla | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | RobotDevilDog | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | 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 | | 23 | Hatchie | 5 | 1 | 1 | ---
**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 21, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/387 "2025-01-21T18:47:58Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > [Garth Hudson, Last Surviving Member of the Band, Dies at 87](https://variety.com/2025/music/news/garth-hudson-last-member-the-band-dead-1236280162/) Dammit ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/388 "2025-01-22T11:21:53Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Babylon Bee is brilliant. These are words not often said, but kudos to them for the headline nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/389 "2025-01-23T01:10:03Z")
> **[Lynn Ban, 'Bling Empire: New York' Star, Dies at 52 After Undergoing Brain...](https://people.com/lynn-ban-dead-jewelry-designer-bling-empire-star-8778429)** > > Lynn Ban, a renowned jewelry designer and star of Netflix’s 'Bling Empire: New York', has died weeks after undergoing emergency surgery following a ski accident. She was 52. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/390 "2025-01-23T01:14:02Z")
> **[Barry Michael Cooper, 'New Jack City' Writer, Dead at 66](https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/22/barry-michael-cooper-new-jack-city-writer-dead/)** > > Writer and producer Barry Michael Cooper has died in Baltimore, Maryland ... TMZ has learned. ---
**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 24, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/391 "2025-01-24T00:53:10Z")
> **[José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, who turned Chicago's Young Lords gang into human...](https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jose-cha-cha-jimenez-activist-young-lords-obit/)** > > The Young Lords, as transformed by Jiménez into an activist organization, found a purpose in particular as the Puerto Rican community was being pushed out of Lincoln Park in the late 60s. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/392 "2025-01-24T01:32:00Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Re: Cecile Richards. Babylon Bee is brilliant. No, it’s a conservative right-wing rag trying to score points with other right wingers by mocking a principled woman. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/393 "2025-01-24T02:10:16Z")
I had not known that, thought it was an Onion-like satire. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/394 "2025-01-24T02:16:37Z")
It’s religious conservatives’ weak attempt at Onion-like satire, so you were partly right. People who aren’t good at laughing at themselves usually aren’t good at humor in general, and religious conservatives fit that bill. ---
**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 24, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/395 "2025-01-24T19:59:12Z")
Former NFL running back and Nebraska Cornhusker All-American Calvin Jones has died at 54 from carbon monoxide poisoning. > **[Calvin Jones (running back)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Jones_(running_back))** > > Calvin D'Wayne Jones (November 27, 1970 – January 22, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, earning third-team All-American honors in 1993. Jones was selected by the Raiders in the third round of the 1994 NFL draft. He played for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders and the Green Bay Packers. In his only season with the Packers, they won Super Bowl XXXI against the New... ---
**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 25, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/396 "2025-01-25T01:02:44Z")
> **[Derek Humphry, Pivotal Figure in Right-to-Die Movement, Dies at 94](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/health/derek-humphry-dead.html)** > > His own experience assisting his terminally ill wife in ending her life set him on a path to founding the Hemlock Society and writing a best-selling guide. > **[Derek Humphry obituary: Right-to-die advocate](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/derek-humphry-tnlw09qmq)** > > Newspaper reporter who assisted his first wife to die and was accused by his second of encouraging her to kill herself after she got cancer Strange; these are the only two obituaries I found. **Final Exit** may have been his best-selling book. ---
**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 25, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/397 "2025-01-25T05:43:19Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > It’s religious conservatives’ weak attempt at Onion-like satire, so you were partly right. > > People who aren’t good at laughing at themselves usually aren’t good at humor in general, and religious conservatives fit that bill. But–to their credit–they’ve finally added a fourth joke to their repertoire with the Planned Parenthood one. They must have hired a new writer recently. ---
**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 25, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/398 "2025-01-25T05:44:41Z")
> **[Charles Phan, Award-Winning Vietnamese Chef, Dies from ‘Cardiac Arrest’ at...](https://people.com/charles-phan-award-winning-vietnamese-chef-dies-from-cardiac-arrest-at-62-8779006)** > > Charles Phan, the award-winning Vietnamese cuisine chef at San Francisco's The Slanted Door has died unexpectedly at the age of 62 'due to cardiac arrest,' his family shared on social media. ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/399 "2025-01-26T19:33:44Z")
> **[Mike Hynson, the co-star of 'The Endless Summer,' passes away](https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/mike-hynson-passes-away-at-82)** > > Mike Hynson lived the ultimate surfing lifestyle. He was a competent surfer, surfboard design innovator and shaper, and the one who caught the defining wave of 'The Endless Summer.' ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/400 "2025-01-26T20:35:46Z")
Aww. I love that movie. RIP, Mike. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=21)