# 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:** 37
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/721 "2025-03-26T07:05:17Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I think I best remember [Wings Hauser] from his few episodes of _Roseanne_. Wasn’t he the boyfriend who beat Jackie, and Dan (John Goodman) went and beat his ass? No, Wings Hauser was the neighbor who moved in next door, after the yuppie couple left. He was the father of Charlotte and Molly; Molly was the one who went to a concert with Darlene and ditched her for some shady guys. The abusive boyfriend was played by Matt Roth. He and Laurie Metcalf were married shortly afterwards, and stayed married for about twenty years and a kid or two. ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/722 "2025-03-26T07:25:19Z")
Thanks for the correction. ---
**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 27, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/723 "2025-03-27T01:44:10Z")
It looks like nobody noticed that no one got any points for Pilar del Rey a few weeks ago. > **[Pilar Del Rey, Actress in ‘Giant,’ Dies at 95](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pilar-del-rey-giant-actress-1236150368/)** > > She portrayed Sal Mineo’s mom in the Oscar best picture nominee directed by George Stevens. ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/724 "2025-03-27T02:10:25Z")
She was only 10 years older than Sal Mineo. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/725 "2025-03-28T13:56:03Z")
Ronald ‘Roe’ Messner, a building contractor who gained a bit of fame by building over 1700 churches, including a number of mega-churches, has raised his last steeple at age 89. So what, you say? Well, he achieved a lot of notoriety when he married Tammie Faye Bakker after she divorced her first husband, Jim. Messner was the chief builder for the Bakker’s Christian theme park, Heritage USA. [Dead in a Decade: Roe Messner obit](https://deadinadecade.blogspot.com/2025/03/roe-messner-obit.html) ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/726 "2025-03-28T13:56:22Z")
The emperor is dead. Long live the emperor. > **[Clive Revill, Star Wars Actor Who Voiced Emperor Palpatine in Empire Strikes...](https://people.com/clive-revill-star-wars-actor-dies-at-94-11704216)** > > Clive Revill, a two-time Tony Award nominee and one-time Golden Globe nominated actor who was best known as the original voice of the Star Wars villain Emperor Palpatine, has died, according to reports. He was 94. ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/727 "2025-03-28T16:07:45Z")
> **[Herb Greene Dies: Photographer Who Chronicled The San Francisco Rock Scene Of...](https://deadline.com/2025/03/herb-greene-dead-1236313160/)** > > Herb Greene, whose photographs of the Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead captured the San Francisco '60s rock scene, died March 3. ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/728 "2025-03-30T02:03:11Z")
Looks like Bruce Glover [cashed in](https://collider.com/bruce-glover-dead-at-92-obituary/) his 8 points about two and a half weeks ago. ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/729 "2025-03-30T02:06:34Z")
Yep. He was also [Crispin Glover’s father](https://variety.com/2025/film/news/bruce-glover-dead-diamonds-are-forever-1236351871/). ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/730 "2025-03-30T04:04:07Z")
> **[LJ Smith Dead: Author Of ‘The Vampire Diaries,’ ‘The Secret Circle’ Was 66](https://deadline.com/2025/03/the-vampire-diaries-author-lj-smith-dies-aged-66-1236353958/)** > > The bestselling author died March 8 in Walnut Creek, California. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/731 "2025-03-30T14:06:31Z")
Richard Chamberlain > **[Richard Chamberlain, 1934 – 2025](https://www.evesobits.com/post/richard-chamberlain-1934-2025)** > > Richard Chamberlain, leading man of stage, screen, and TV, died on March 29. He was 90. The whisper-thin blond was best-known for his TV roles as Dr. Kildare, and in the mini-series Shōgun and The Thorn Birds. The Beverly Hills native served as... ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/732 "2025-03-30T14:15:09Z")
Confirmed by NYTimes and Wiki. Died from a stroke two days before his 91st birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/733 "2025-03-30T15:29:25Z")
**Tyronne** got points for Chamberlain. | 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 | | 22 | Tyronne | 14 | 2 | 1 | | 24 | Baker | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 24 | Bayaker | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 24 | Dung Beetle | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 24 | escheral | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 24 | Mrs Ducky | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 29 | commasense | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 29 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 29 | Superdude | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 32 | Shoeless | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | Hatchie | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | imthjckaz | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | shageroo | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Stephe96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | teelabrown | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Todesliste | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Tristan | 5 | 1 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/734 "2025-03-30T15:34:03Z")
Woo hoo! Tied for 34th place! BTW, what is the total number of entrants? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/735 "2025-03-30T15:58:16Z")
There are 98 total entrants. Oh, and Tyronne has one more point, I misread and thought he was 91, whereas he just missed his birthday. When I go I’d like to go on my birthday, it’s New Years Eve and that would be a party! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/736 "2025-03-30T19:42:57Z")
You could have Wash’s proposed eulogy for Zoe, “Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower … somewhat less attractive now that she’s all corpsified and gross.” ---
**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 30, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/737 "2025-03-30T20:26:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > When I go I’d like to go on my birthday, it’s New Years Eve and that would be a party! There also need to be five celebrities who die at the same time so your successor will have to untangle the mystery of who gets the Final Hours award. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/738 "2025-03-30T21:20:22Z")
But by the rules it is not allowed to nominate **Baker** as a candidate! No problem with the Final Hours award in this regard, as I see it. And no problem with one point more or less either. 98 participants, that means I am tied for 34th place with 63 others and **Czarcasm**. Not good enough. I hope something improves the next eight months. One thing is clear: this year I did not peak too early. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/739 "2025-03-30T23:31:45Z")
Well, some years ago I did win the Final Hours award, for Benazir Bhutto. She was killed on 12/27, and gave me my only points for the year. One year there were two deaths on Jan 1 and even I was not macabre enough to determine who passed first. Those players I declared joint winners. corrected list | 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 | Tyronne | 15 | 2 | 1 | | 23 | Culling the Herd | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 24 | Baker | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 24 | escheral | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 24 | Bayaker | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 24 | Dung Beetle | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 24 | Mrs Ducky | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 29 | commasense | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 29 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 29 | Superdude | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 32 | Shoeless | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | Hatchie | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | imthjckaz | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | shageroo | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Stephe96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | teelabrown | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Todesliste | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Tristan | 5 | 1 | 0 | ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/740 "2025-03-30T23:52:31Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > One year there were two deaths on Jan 1 All I had to do was look [what year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/494) Mario Cuomo died and find that death pool. Jeff Golub was the other point-bestower. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=38)