# 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:** 28
**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 25, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/541 "2025-02-25T01:59:24Z")
Nope. Not just you. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/542 "2025-02-25T01:59:58Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > I’ve had Schumacher on my themed list since 2014. I’ve gone in such a phase with this one I legit thought he was long dead. I’m now just learning he remains alive. Skiing, too, not racing. I’d forgotten the details. ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/543 "2025-02-25T02:24:00Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > I’ve had Schumacher on my themed list since 2014. Me too, since at least 2019, I guess you can blame us for keeping him alive. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/544 "2025-02-25T13:17:54Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > Me too, since at least 2019, I guess you can blame us for keeping him alive. Credit us. You can credit us. One perk of the game is the magical life-force we create for anyone we pick. I’m pretty sure we helped Zsa Zsa and Jimmy Carter make it to 100. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/545 "2025-02-26T01:11:07Z")
Roberto Orci, creator of Fringe and writer of the new Star Trek movies, has died at 51. Kidneys. > **[Roberto Orci](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Orci)** > > Roberto Gaston Orcí (July 20, 1973 – February 25, 2025) was a Mexican-American film and television screenwriter and producer. He began his longtime collaboration with Alex Kurtzman while at school in California. Together they were employed on television series such as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. In 2008, together with J. J. Abrams, they created Fringe. In 2013, they created Sleepy Hollow alongside Phillip Iscove. Orci and Kurtzman's first film project was Micha... ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/546 "2025-02-26T17:42:13Z")
Dawn’s gone. Michelle Trachtenberg leaves 61 points on the table > **[Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ actress,...](https://pagesix.com/2025/02/26/celebrity-news/michelle-trachtenberg-gossip-girl-and-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-actress-dead-at-39/)** > > Police sources told The Post Wednesday that the actress’s death is not being investigated as suspicious. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/547 "2025-02-26T18:31:48Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Dawn’s gone. Michelle Trachtenberg leaves 61 points on the table > > [Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ actress, dead at 39](https://pagesix.com/2025/02/26/celebrity-news/michelle-trachtenberg-gossip-girl-and-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-actress-dead-at-39/) Way back, I actually had her on my death list as a “wild unlikely and young death”. One of those punts to try to get 80 points or so, since she was 20 back then. Very, very, very sad. I believe this is the first core cast member of Buffy to die and she was the youngest. ---
**Author:** ![Premislaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Premislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Premislaus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/548 "2025-02-26T19:03:04Z")
Yes. Few notable guest stars (John Ritter, Robin Sachs), but she’s the first main. There’s been speculation about her health based on her appearance the last couple of years, but nobody was expecting that. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/549 "2025-02-26T19:06:41Z")
Yeah, Robin Sachs has 2-3 appearances and that kid that built a zombie brother died a long time ago as well, but that was just one episode. Oddly enough, the zombie brother was played by the guy who played Abraham on Walking Daed. It will definitely impact me a bit when I re-watch it. Poor girl. I still think about Andy Hallet, who played Lorne on Angel. He waited to get his dental work done to finish filming Angel’s final season. Got infected, went to his heart, he died a couple years later from a weakened heart. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/550 "2025-02-26T19:08:11Z")
That’s kind of shocking. I don’t know much about her (I’m not of _Gossip Girl_ or _Buffy_ fiber). I mostly remember her as a cute kid in _Harriet the Spy_ and as the coquette teeny-bopper in _Euro Trip_. ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/551 "2025-02-26T19:26:54Z")
According to [this](https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/buffy-gossip-girl-actress-michelle-trachtenberg-dead-39/story?id=119215091), she had recently undergone a liver transplant. It’s certainly possible that she died from complications from the surgery. ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/552 "2025-02-26T19:45:43Z")
My brother died soon after a liver transplant. I wonder if she had the same illness (leptospirosis). ---
**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:** [February 26, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/553 "2025-02-26T19:53:56Z")
Aw, man that’s sad. So young. ---
**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 26, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/554 "2025-02-26T22:22:25Z")
> **[Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor and historian, dies aged 98](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y98xyqew5o)** > > Mr Turski survived the Lodz Ghetto, extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and two death marches as a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/555 "2025-02-27T09:54:19Z")
Gene Hackman, his wife, and their dog!! > **[Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa found dead in their New Mexico...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/entertainment/gene-hackman-betsy-arakawa-death/index.html)** > > Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead in their home in New Mexico, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office told CNN. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/556 "2025-02-27T11:05:24Z")
I wonder if it’s something like carbon monoxide poisoning. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/557 "2025-02-27T12:36:19Z")
Probably. Their dog was dead as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/558 "2025-02-27T12:53:00Z")
Exactly what I thought. I was very surprised - though I shouldn’t have been - that he was 95. I liked him in so many roles. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/559 "2025-02-27T14:22:42Z")
Hackman had eight picks. Only one of those already had points, so seven players are new to the count. | 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 | Bayaker | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 22 | Dung Beetle | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 22 | Mrs Ducky | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 25 | commasense | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 25 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 25 | Superdude | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | Shoeless | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 29 | Hatchie | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 29 | imthjckaz | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 29 | shageroo | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 29 | Stephe96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 29 | teelabrown | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 29 | Todesliste | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 29 | Tristan | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 29 | Tyronne | 5 | 1 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/560 "2025-02-27T14:44:24Z")
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