# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/421 "2025-01-30T23:16:33Z")
Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who was a little hazy about who she was! ---
**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 31, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/422 "2025-01-31T00:20:40Z")
This is where I basically know her from. I knew she found her fame in the 60s, but my knowledge of her work begins and ends with The Memory Remains. ---
**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 31, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/423 "2025-01-31T02:01:12Z")
Bad day for figure skating. > **[Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95](https://apnews.com/article/dick-button-dead-figure-skating-892b9b339e96411499c8864d8737b219)** > > Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at age 95. Button's son, Edward, says he died Thursday and did not provide a cause. ---
**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 31, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/424 "2025-01-31T02:27:11Z")
Ooooh, Dick Button. The man who I thought was in his 80’s back when I was a kid in the 1980’s. Kind of strange he died right after some former Olympians had their lives cut short. What a world. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/425 "2025-01-31T03:07:12Z")
Well, **Mahaloth** got points for Button and **zadscmc** gets on the board for Faithfull | 1 | Kitten Mitten | 68 | 2 | 1 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | GIGObuster | 59 | 2 | 0 | | 2 | Jeezums | 59 | 2 | 0 | | 4 | Mahaloth | 40 | 2 | 1 | | 5 | Captain Klutz | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Happy Lendervedder | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Hoopy Frood | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Jegpeg | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Little Nemo | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Pheoinix | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | phungi | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Railer 13 | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Registered at Last | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Reindeer Flotilla | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | RobotDevilDog | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 5 | RTFirefly | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | vivalostwages | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 19 | zadscmc | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 21 | Culling the Herd | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 22 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 22 | Superdude | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 24 | commasense | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 24 | Hatchie | 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 31, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/426 "2025-01-31T03:23:35Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Well, **Mahaloth** got points for Button and **zadscmc** gets on the board for Faithfull 🥂 ---
**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 31, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/427 "2025-01-31T04:37:32Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > She _did_, however, sing backup on a [Metallica song](https://youtu.be/RDN4awrpPQQ?si=kcEFJO9Z6FHuH4Zr). On a slight highjack, that video did not use any special effects to create the rotating stage, but it did use a trick of the eye. The stage itself is stationary. The room surrounding it was rotating and the cameras were attached to the room. Also… > **[Iris Cummings Critchell, last living Olympian from 1936 Berlin Games and...](https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/iris-cummings-critchell-dies)** > > Iris Cummings Critchell swam at the 1936 Olympics, then spent decades as a pilot. ---
**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 31, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/428 "2025-01-31T04:50:47Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > She was, IIRC, the first person to ever utter the word “fuck” onscreen. Apparently, this is up for debate. Per the IMDb trivia: Often named as the first movie to use the word “fuck” in its dialogue. Another contender is “Ulysses (1967),” another film of 1967. However, “The Victors” - which features the F-word in a song soldiers are heard singing - was first seen four years earlier. (This scene appears now to vanished completely from the film and is not on the DVD version; however, it was remarked by critics in 1963). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/429 "2025-01-31T04:50:53Z")
Being in that stadium, all those fellow athletes, the competition, and knowing all of them but you are gone. ---
**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 31, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/430 "2025-01-31T23:21:13Z")
> **[Man who staged Quran burning protests in Sweden shot dead, authorities say | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/europe/salwan-momika-quran-burnings-sweden-dead-intl/index.html)** > > Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who sparked outrage by staging Quran-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, according to Swedish authorities. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/431 "2025-02-01T14:54:22Z")
Horst Köhler is dead at 81: > **[Horst Koehler, former German president and IMF chief, dies at 81](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/01/world/politics/horst-koehler-dies/)** > > Despite being a largely unknown figure before assuming the presidency, Koehler quickly proved himself in opinion polls to be one of Germany's most popular political figures. None of the usual English writing newspapers I read mentions his death. Thank Godott the Japan Times writes in English, otherwise I would have had to post a link in German. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/432 "2025-02-02T01:20:34Z")
Cleveland TV legend ‘Big Chuck’ Schodowski dead at 90 - [cleveland.com](http://cleveland.com) [https://search.app/TeizND9UUqR39U8p9](https://search.app/TeizND9UUqR39U8p9) I don’t know him, but Svengoolie thought it was important. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/433 "2025-02-02T01:53:10Z")
Here’s a [direct link](https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2025/01/cleveland-tv-legend-big-chuck-schodowski-dead-at-90.html) to the Schodowski obituary. I grew up in suburban Cleveland, and spent many Friday nights watching Hoolihan and Big Chuck, so a part of my childhood is gone. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/434 "2025-02-02T20:54:42Z")
> **[Former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent dies at 86](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43667090/former-mlb-commissioner-fay-vincent-dies-86)** > > Fay Vincent, who became MLB commissioner in 1989 following the death of A. Bartlett Giamatti and then was forced out three years later by owners, has died at 86. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/435 "2025-02-03T06:09:48Z")
Oh shit, I killed another one! Yesterday, for no reason besides whatever caused me to do it, I went on YouTube to watch old 9-Lives Morris the Cat commercials. Just now I read that [the voice actor died.](https://www.avclub.com/john-erwin-dies-he-man) ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/436 "2025-02-05T05:08:44Z")
[Norbert](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/norbert/), social media influencer and philanthropist therapy dog with his own picture book series (his first one Norbert: What Can Little Me Do? won many awards), is dead at roughly 80 dog years. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/437 "2025-02-05T08:38:51Z")
I suppose I’d better copy this from the Themed thread: Brian Murphy, UK sitcom actor known for _Man About The House_, its spinoff _George and Mildred_ (he is the original Mr Roper), and _Last Of The Summer Wine_, has died aged 92. > **[Brian Murphy: Man About the House actor dies aged 92](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxeg4q0rddo)** > > The actor and comedian had worked closely with theatre director Joan Littlewood in his early career. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/438 "2025-02-05T09:19:05Z")
The Aga Khan is dead: > **[The Aga Khan, philanthropist and spiritual leader, dies aged 88](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/04/the-aga-khan-philanthropist-and-spiritual-leader-dies-aged-88)** > > Considered a direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad, the Aga Khan spent billions on homes, hospitals and schools in developing countries Strange how these ultra-rich folks tend to call themselves philanthropists. I guess it feels good when people call you that. I suppose his heirs will consider his joining the choir invisible a philantropic act too. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/439 "2025-02-05T09:20:33Z")
I feel for him. \< earworm activated \> ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/440 "2025-02-05T14:24:51Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > \< earworm activated \> You horrible little man, I shall have my revenge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=23)