# 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:** 41
**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:** [April 13, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/801 "2025-04-13T22:17:44Z")
Jean Marsh is now permanently Downstairs. > **[Jean Marsh: Upstairs Downstairs and Doctor Who actress dies at 90](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c045dk29xqqo)** > > The British star won an Emmy for her role in the Edwardian period TV drama she co-created in the 1970s. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/802 "2025-04-14T01:08:43Z")
> **[Ex-LSU wideout, NFL Draft hopeful Kyren Lacy dead at 24: report](https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/news/kyren-lacy-lsu-football-dies)** > > Former LSU football star and 2025 NFL Draft hopeful Kyren Lacy has died at the age of 24, according to a report from WAFB’s Jacques Doucet. Lacy began his colle Apparently a suicide. He was projected to be a first round draft pick until he was charged with vehicular homicide earlier this year. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/803 "2025-04-14T01:40:56Z")
This is awful and sad. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/804 "2025-04-14T01:56:40Z")
There is a lot more to the story. > **[INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: LSU WR Kyren Lacy takes own life during police chase in...](https://www.wbrz.com/news/investigative-unit-lsu-football-player-kyren-lacy-dead-faced-court-hearing-monday)** > > BATON ROUGE - Former LSU football player Kyren Lacy was found dead in his car in Houston after a police chase Saturday night, days before he was set to appear before a grand jury that would decide if he would face charges in a fatal crash that law... ---
**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:** [April 14, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/805 "2025-04-14T08:06:47Z")
Mario Vargas Llosa dead at 89: > **[Mario Vargas Llosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Vargas_Llosa)** > > Former > Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Spanish: \[ˈmaɾjo ˈβaɾɣaz ˈʎosa\]), was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the Spanish language and Latin Ameri... I thought about including him in my list this year. Bad luck, Mario, I can only grant temporary immortality to 13 people! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/806 "2025-04-14T21:41:55Z")
Prolific character actor Nicky Katt, best known for “Dazed and Confused” and by “Friends” fans as one of the Coffee House Bullies, has sadly taken his own life at just 54. > **[Dazed and Confused Actor Nicky Katt Died by Suicide at 54](https://people.com/dazed-and-confused-actor-nicky-katt-died-by-suicide-11714796)** > > Actor Nicky Katt died in his home by suicide, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner confirmed on Monday, April 14. Katt, who was 54, was best known for supporting roles in films like 'Dazed and Confused' and 'A Time to Kill' ---
**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:** [April 14, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/807 "2025-04-14T22:06:45Z")
That fucking sucks. That man was an absolute chameleon on screen. I first noticed him [Boston Public](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247081/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk), where he played a teacher, and he was one of the two guys who assaulted Samuel L. Jackson’s daughter in _A Time To Kill_, he got an arrow through his chest in _Sin City_ and kept commenting on it, he was one of the musicians in _School of Rock_ that was hanging out in the van and playing cards with one of the kids, he was a smuggler/scoundrel named Atton Rand (who you could turn into a Jedi or Sith) in the video game _Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II_ He was great at being unrecognizable. I’ll miss him. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/808 "2025-04-15T00:23:44Z")
He was also one of the smug Boiler Room guys who roped in Giovanni Ribisi. I always thought he was sharp in that role tool. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/809 "2025-04-15T05:28:42Z")
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/04/14/richard-armitage-powell-deputy-foreign-policy-heavyweight-dies-79/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/04/14/richard-armitage-powell-deputy-foreign-policy-heavyweight-dies-79/) He was the guy who revealed Valerie Plame’s identity. He also came out strongly against Trump. Seems kind of random but his grandson was the star of _Young Sheldon._ ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/810 "2025-04-15T11:50:17Z")
Elaine Wynn, multibillionaire businesswoman and ex-wife of Vegas mogul Steve Wynn, has passed. She was 82 I just saw the report on CNBC Squawk Box. Can’t find any links. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/811 "2025-04-15T17:19:02Z")
Don Hasselbeck pro football tightend and father of two NFL quarterbacks dead at 70. > **[Don Hasselbeck dies at age 70: Former NFL tight end won Super Bowl with Raiders](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/don-hasselbeck-dies-at-age-70-former-nfl-tight-end-won-super-bowl-with-raiders/)** > > Don is also the father of former NFL quarterbacks Matt and Tim Hasselbeck ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/812 "2025-04-15T22:33:43Z")
> **[Wink Martindale Dies: Game Show Host Of ‘Tic-Tac-Dough’, ‘Gambit’ And ‘High...](https://deadline.com/2025/04/wink-martindale-dead-1236369288/)** > > Wink Martindale, one of TV’s most beloved game show hosts whose name became virtually synonymous with the profession, died today in Rancho Mirage, California. He was 91. His death was announced by a spokesperson for Martindale’s family. Though no... ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/813 "2025-04-15T22:36:48Z")
I could have sworn he was already dead. Am I confusing him with Chuck Woolery? Also, what kind of name is “Wink”? ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/814 "2025-04-15T22:39:58Z")
According to Wikipedia, his given name was Winston, so I guess “Wink” makes sense as a nickname. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/815 "2025-04-15T22:41:29Z")
I think another game show host did die semi recently. ETA Chuck Woolery November 2024 Brian ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/816 "2025-04-15T23:05:46Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > ETA Chuck Woolery November 2024 On a side note, Chuck Woolery’s last major public “appearance” seemed to be an anti-Covid conspiracy rant on Twitter back in July of 2020: > [@](#): > > The most outrageous lies are the ones about Covid 19. Everyone is lying. The CDC, Media, Democrats, our Doctors, not all but most, that we are told to trust. I think it’s all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. I’m sick of it. Trump retweeted it the same day. Then Woolery’s son came down with Covid a day later and Chuck discretely deleted his Twitter account a few days after that, most likely because of the incredible volume of people mocking him over his original tweet. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/817 "2025-04-15T23:15:05Z")
Les Binks, former drummer with Judas Priest has died at 73. > **[Les Binks, Former Drummer for Judas Priest, Dead at 73](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/les-binks-judas-priest-dead-obituary-1235317871/)** > > Les Binks, the former Judas Priest drummer who played with the band during the late Seventies, has died at the age of 73. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/818 "2025-04-15T23:53:08Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > [Wink Martindale Dead: 'Tic-Tac-Dough' Game Show Host Was 91](https://deadline.com/2025/04/wink-martindale-dead-1236369288/) I guess both eyes are closed now. mmm ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/819 "2025-04-15T23:55:27Z")
Wink and Binks. That sounds like a shop name from _The Simpsons_. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/820 "2025-04-15T23:55:32Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I guess both eyes are closed now. Nice. He was friend of Elvis Presley as well and one of the earlier radio hosts to realize Elvis was getting a lot of attention as a young talent. He was just about a year and a half older than Elvis, which is one of those things that is strange to think about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=42)