# 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:** 23
**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 5, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/441 "2025-02-05T15:03:12Z")
I think I love you. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/442 "2025-02-05T18:39:18Z")
[So…what am I so afraid of?](https://youtu.be/wJYSu2OVCGM?si=wJ9V76WeWIS8k7mu) ---
**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 5, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/443 "2025-02-05T18:55:09Z")
[And I have never been afraid of losing, and I have never wanted love to be a chain.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f8OTn3qOzY) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/444 "2025-02-06T06:30:30Z")
Hey ! ---
**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 6, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/445 "2025-02-06T13:27:15Z")
Oh, I love everybody! At least that’s what it says on the bathroom wall. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/446 "2025-02-06T15:47:35Z")
[Jenny? Is that you?](https://youtu.be/UVwKxz0e2sE?si=UIwhB5ccKNro-AUP) ---
**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 7, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/447 "2025-02-07T05:24:53Z")
> **[Legendary saxophone player Gene 'Daddy G' Barge dies at 98](https://chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/02/03/gene-daddy-g-barge-dead-legendary-saxophone-player-was-98-obituary)** > > Mr. Barge, who also acted in bit roles in films such as "The Fugitive" and "Under Siege," played sax until he was 92, said his daughter. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/448 "2025-02-07T15:09:46Z")
The owner of the Chicago Bears has died at -2 points. > **[Virginia Halas McCaskey, longtime Bears owner and matriarch, dies at 102,...](https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/virginia-halas-mccaskey-longtime-bears-owner-dies-at-102-team-announces/amp/)** > > LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Virginia Halas McCaskey, the longtime owner and matriarch of the Chicago Bears, died Thursday at 102, the team announced in a news release. Virginia served as the owner of the B… ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/449 "2025-02-07T21:04:59Z")
She went from a two-point conversion to a safety. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/450 "2025-02-08T01:04:34Z")
> **[Tony Roberts, ‘Annie Hall’ Actor and Broadway Star, Dies at 85](https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/tony-roberts-dead-woody-allen-annie-hall-1236301011/)** > > Tony Roberts, who starred in 'Annie Hall' and other Woody Allen films and was a Broadway stalwart, died Friday in New York. He was 85. ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/451 "2025-02-08T17:48:36Z")
Bears are dropping lately. > **[Jauron, former Bears, Bills head coach, dies at 74](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43748672/dick-jauron-former-bears-bills-head-coach-dies-74)** > > Dick Jauron, former head coach of the Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills, died Saturday. He was 74. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/452 "2025-02-08T19:53:42Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Bears are dropping lately. > [Dick Jauron, former Bears, Bills head coach, dies at 74 - ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43748672/dick-jauron-former-bears-bills-head-coach-dies-74) It was a rough season ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/453 "2025-02-09T02:45:25Z")
No points but a loss still. RIP # Harry Stewart Jr. Dies at 100; One of Last Tuskegee Airmen to See Combat [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/harry-stewart-jr-dead.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/harry-stewart-jr-dead.html) Terrific story. Success in spite of the racism of the times. Please read. ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/454 "2025-02-09T05:30:16Z")
> **[Irv Gotti, Murder Inc. Records Cofounder, Dies at 54](https://people.com/irv-gotti-dead-at-54-music-producer-murder-inc-records-8786792)** > > Irv Gotti has died, PEOPLE has confirmed. The famed producer and Murder Inc. Records cofounder was 54 years old. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/455 "2025-02-09T22:15:31Z")
Author Tom Robbiins dies at 92. > **[Tom Robbins, bestselling PNW novelist, dies at 92](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/robbins-bestselling-pnw-novelist-dies-at-92/)** > > Robbins, who called La Conner in Skagit County home, was a bestselling novelist whose early books defined the 1960s for a generation. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/456 "2025-02-09T23:45:09Z")
Still Death With Woodpecker ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/457 "2025-02-10T00:16:26Z")
I’ll take those 8 points. I was a huge fan of Robbins’ novels when I was in my 20s. I loved his wordplay and weird-ass plots. I think “Jitterbug Perfume” was my favorite, but “Woodpecker” is a close second. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/458 "2025-02-10T00:34:13Z")
We ate at a restaurant in Corvallis called Nearly Normal Jimmy’s. ---
**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 10, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/459 "2025-02-10T05:33:11Z")
> **[Sam Nujoma, anti-apartheid activist and Namibia's first president, dies at 95](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sam-nujoma-namibia-anti-apartheid-activist-first-president-dies-at-95/)** > > Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter who became Namibia's founding president after leading the country to independence from apartheid South Africa, has died. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/460 "2025-02-10T05:56:58Z")
| 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 | Shoeless | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 25 | commasense | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 25 | Hatchie | 5 | 1 | 1 | If we keep on going losing celelbrities at this rate we will have a hundred dead by the end of the year. It got up to 61 in 2020 and in 2014 eighty eught celebs kicked off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=24)