# 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:** 36
**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:** [March 22, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/701 "2025-03-22T05:44:30Z")
> **[Neil Peart's brother Danny dies from same type of cancer as Rush drummer](https://www.nme.com/news/music/neil-pearts-brother-danny-dies-from-same-type-of-cancer-as-rush-drummer-3847059)** > > Legendary drummer Neil Peart's brother Danny has tragically died from the same type of cancer as the Rush drummer. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/702 "2025-03-22T10:42:54Z")
George Foreman is survived by his sons George, George, George, George and George, and his daughter Georgetta. (And _six_ other kids. And his wife.) ---
**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:** [March 22, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/703 "2025-03-22T12:38:43Z")
I mentioned to my friends that George Foreman died and the first response was, “Which one?” 😆 ---
**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:** [March 22, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/704 "2025-03-22T14:16:06Z")
Kitty Dukakis gone at 88. > **[Kitty Dukakis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Dukakis)** > > Katharine "Kitty" Dukakis (née Dickson; December 26, 1936 – March 21, 2025) was an American author. She was married to Michael Dukakis, who served as Massachusetts governor. > Dukakis was born Katharine Virginia Dickson in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Jane (née Goldberg) and Harry Ellis Dickson. Her paternal grandparents were Russian Jews; her mother was born to an Irish Catholic father and a Hungarian Jewish mother, and had been adopted by a family of German Jewish descent. Her fat... ---
**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:** [March 22, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/705 "2025-03-22T17:32:40Z")
Weird we now live after the deaths of Ali, Frazier, and Foreman. Was George the last major boxer of that era? ---
**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:** [March 22, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/706 "2025-03-22T17:44:08Z")
I think I have heard of a Larry Holmes, who is holding on to 25 points. The names Ken Norton and Leon Spinks seem more familiar to me, but they are _retired_ retired. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/707 "2025-03-22T18:08:25Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I think I have heard of a Larry Holmes, who is holding on to 25 points. The names Ken Norton and Leon Spinks seem more familiar to me, but they are _retired_ retired. Holmes is one of the best boxers ever. It’s funny that I think of him as the generation of fighter after Ali since he’s only 7 years younger and only one year younger than Foreman. Holmes is the one who knocked out Ali and held the heavyweight title for years. I hear he’s having some health issues. I was supposed to go to an event he was supposed to be at but he cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/708 "2025-03-22T21:49:20Z")
My condolences, but also this might be the first time I’ve ever had two picks pass away in the same year. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/709 "2025-03-22T22:56:11Z")
| 1 | Kitten Mitten | 68 | 2 | 1 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | GIGObuster | 59 | 2 | 0 | | 2 | Jeezums | 59 | 2 | 0 | | 4 | Mahaloth | 40 | 2 | 1 | | 5 | lel | 35 | 2 | 2 | | 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 | | 20 | vivalostwages | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 20 | zadscmc | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 22 | Culling the Herd | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 23 | Baker | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 23 | Bayaker | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 23 | Dung Beetle | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 23 | escheral | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 23 | Mrs Ducky | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | commasense | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 28 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | Superdude | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Shoeless | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 32 | Hatchie | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 32 | imthjckaz | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 32 | shageroo | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 32 | Stephe96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 32 | teelabrown | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 32 | Todesliste | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 32 | Tristan | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 32 | Tyronne | 5 | 1 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/710 "2025-03-23T02:55:37Z")
Brian McKenna, former St. Louis sportscaster, died at the age of 61. McKenna had battled cancer for more than a decade, but died from being struck by a car while crossing the street. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/711 "2025-03-23T03:21:08Z")
_That_ was an aggressive cancer. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/712 "2025-03-23T03:58:43Z")
> **[Former federal prosecutor found dead in Virginia home](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jessica-aber-former-federal-prosecutor-found-dead-virginia-home/)** > > Jessica Aber served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia for approximately three years before resigning in January. She was 43. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/713 "2025-03-23T20:12:41Z")
> **[Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86](https://apnews.com/article/cold-war-soviet-mi6-spy-gordievsky-dead-ab0bff2b2efdea01c5fbd965ab5465b5)** > > Former KGB officer Oleg Gordievsky has died aged 86 in England. He was a double agent who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets to Britain for a decade. Not mentioned previously but an important behind-the-scenes historical figure. > **[Oleg Gordievsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Gordievsky)** > > Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky CMG (Оле́г Анто́нович Гордие́вский; 10 October 1938 – 4 March 2025) was a colonel of the KGB who became KGB resident-designate (rezident) and bureau chief in London. > Gordievsky was a double agent, providing information to the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1974 to 1985. After being recalled to Moscow under suspicion, he was exfiltrated from the Soviet Union in July 1985 under a plan code-named Operation Pimlico. The Soviet Union subsequently sentence... ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/714 "2025-03-24T03:38:15Z")
CNN reporting Mia Love has died ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/715 "2025-03-24T04:27:34Z")
[Link](https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/03/23/mia-love-utahs-history-making/) from the Salt Lake Tribune. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/716 "2025-03-24T15:50:21Z")
Pullitzer Prize winner Max Frankel [https://www.npr.org/2025/03/23/nx-s1-5338006/max-frankel-new-york-times-editor-dead](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/23/nx-s1-5338006/max-frankel-new-york-times-editor-dead) ---
**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:** [March 24, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/717 "2025-03-24T16:39:41Z")
Drank too much of that dirty water. > **[Larry Tamblyn, Co-Founder of Garage-Rock Band the Standells and Brother of...](https://variety.com/2025/music/obituaries-people-news/larry-tamblyn-dead-standells-founder-dirty-water-1236346019/)** > > Larry Tamblyn, who co-founded the 1960s group the Standells ('Dirty Water') and was the brother of actor Russ Tamblyn, died at age 82. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/718 "2025-03-24T19:44:51Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Weird we now live after the deaths of Ali, Frazier, and Foreman. > > Was George the last major boxer of that era? In addition to Larry Holmes, who was already mentioned, Duane Bobick (74), Joe Bugner (75), George Chuvalo (87), Eduardo Corletti (83), Rudi Lubbers (79), Randy Neumann (76), and Chuck Wepner (86) are living heavyweights who competed in the sixties and seventies. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/719 "2025-03-25T11:39:56Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Comedian Lenny Schultz [has died at 91](https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2025/03/influential-stand-up-comedian-laugh-in-regular-dies-at-91.html). > > He’d been around forever. During my stand-up days, I found myself in the same town as Schultz. He wasn’t my cup of tea… I just watched a bit he did on Letterman via YouTube. I don’t think I lasted more than a minute. That was the most unfunny comic bit I have ever viewed. mmm ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/720 "2025-03-26T03:56:34Z")
John Hemingway, the last of “The Few” (i.e. the aviators at the Battle of Britain of whom Churchill would remark “Never, in the field of human conflict, was so much owed by so many to so few.”), dead at 105. [https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/john-hemingway/](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/john-hemingway/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=37)