# 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:** 42
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/821 "2025-04-16T00:01:44Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Wink and Binks. Leon Spinks already died in 2021, so who’s hightailing it to Samara to foil the trifecta? ---
**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 16, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/822 "2025-04-16T00:04:51Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > > [@GuanoLad](#): > > > > Wink and Binks. > > Leon Spinks already died in 2021, so who’s hightailing it to Samara to foil the trifecta? His brother Michael is alive. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/823 "2025-04-16T03:59:50Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Wink and Binks. That sounds like a shop name from _The Simpsons_. Formerly Hanks ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/824 "2025-04-16T12:00:38Z")
Martindale is now getting a bit more than 40 winks. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/825 "2025-04-16T12:10:50Z")
\< spit-take \> Damn you, Gato! 😆 ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/826 "2025-04-16T14:35:14Z")
I hear they’ve replaced him with his brother, [J. J.](https://consequence.net/2018/05/jar-jar-binks-my-grandfather-and-me/) ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/827 "2025-04-16T14:57:18Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > > [@GuanoLad](#): > > > > Wink and Binks. That sounds like a shop name from _The Simpsons_. > > Formerly Hanks Sometimes I’m dense, I don’t get it. I’m aware of the Simpsons joke, but that only works because it transfers to naughty words. Wink and Binks, formerly Hanks, translates to… Hank’s Wank and Banks? (is it soley because of the work “wank” in there?) mmm ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/828 "2025-04-16T14:59:06Z")
Yes, but it blindsided me. I thought it was clever enough! ---
**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 16, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/829 "2025-04-16T22:37:36Z")
Filipino actress [Nora Aunor has died at 71](https://apnews.com/article/nora-aunor-dies-philippines-194cb4e3c9fdb9da441c0a8e27b9fcc6). ---
**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 17, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/830 "2025-04-17T13:50:48Z")
Leo Beenhakker, Dutch football trainer legend, dead at 82: > **[Leo Beenhakker, Winning Soccer Coach Without Borders, Dies at 82](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/sports/soccer/leo-beenhakker-dead.html)** > > Among many other accomplishments, he led tiny Trinidad and Tobago to the World Cup and Poland to its first appearance in the European championships. And it is not every day that a translator makes it to the NYT. RIP Tim Mohr, you were brilliant: > **[Tim Mohr, DJ and German Translator Who Ghostwrote Paul Stanley’s Memoir, Dies...](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/books/tim-mohr-dead.html)** > > An American who had lived abroad, he sought out books by up-and-coming German writers, while ghostwriting memoirs for rock stars like Paul Stanley. 45 points down the drain. Life’s unfair, death even more so. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/831 "2025-04-17T14:18:52Z")
Amusing (to me, anyway) – Beenhakker is Dutch for “leg chopper.” Great name for a soccer coach, no? ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/832 "2025-04-17T14:20:22Z")
That was amusing to all who knew, and the press made sure it was widely known. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/833 "2025-04-18T06:08:38Z")
Best known for sending the Brady boys into those scary Hawaii caves: > **[Patrick Adiarte, Actor in ‘The King and I,’ ‘Flower Drum Song’ and ‘M\*A\*S\*H,’...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/patrick-adiarte-dead-mash-king-and-i-flower-drum-song-1236194077/)** > > A native of the Philippines — he and his family were imprisoned during World War II — he guest-starred on ‘The Brady Bunch’ and, mentored by Gene Kelly, danced on ‘Hullabaloo.’ ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/834 "2025-04-18T14:56:35Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Best known for sending the Brady boys into those scary Hawaii caves: Wow, my celeb list is MASH themed and I did not have Ho-Jon on it. I can’t believe BJ and Hawkeye and others have outlived Ho-Jon. ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/835 "2025-04-18T20:08:40Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > 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. Here’s one (NYT also has an obit, but it’s paywalled): > **[Iconic billionaire hotel magnate and philanthropist dies aged 82](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14614779/elaine-wynn-dies-resorts-steve-vegas.html)** > > Elaine Wynn helped create the famed Wynn Hotels and Casinos with ex-husband Steve. ---
**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 18, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/836 "2025-04-18T22:41:55Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > > [@Railer13](#): > > > > 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. > > Here’s one (NYT also has an obit, but it’s paywalled): > > [Elaine Wynn, iconic billionaire hotel magnate and philanthropist ex-wife of Steve Wynn, dies aged 82 | Daily Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14614779/elaine-wynn-dies-resorts-steve-vegas.html) Did Steve poke a hole in her too? ---
**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:** [April 20, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/837 "2025-04-20T03:06:48Z")
> **[Robert McGinnis, Creator of Iconic James Bond Posters, Dies at 99](https://variety.com/2025/film/people-news/robert-mcginnis-dead-james-bond-posters-1236360289/)** > > Painter and illustrator Robert E. McGinnis, who created sexy posters for the James Bond franchise as well as numerous other films, died March 10. Anyone remember these posters? [![](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FotoJet-33.jpg) ](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FotoJet-33.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 21, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/838 "2025-04-21T02:04:05Z")
Jay Sigel, who was widely viewed as America’s best amateur since Bobby Jones, has died of pancreatic cancer, the U.S. Golf Association said Sunday. The USGA said Sigel died Saturday at age 81. Along with his two U.S. Amateur titles and three U.S. Mid-Amateur victories, Sigel played in nine Walker Cup matches, twice as a playing captain. ---
**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 21, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/839 "2025-04-21T08:16:52Z")
JD Vance visited the Pope this week-end. Now he is dead. The Pope, not VP JD. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/840 "2025-04-21T08:25:10Z")
I saw an announcement of his death on Facebook but it was from one of those click bait sources so I didn’t believe it. Damn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=43)