# 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:** 47
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/921 "2025-05-02T15:05:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I have both followed and conversed with her for years on Facebook, and I just heard from both her husband and Dr. Demento that she died yesterday-Ruth Buzzi, age 88. I reread that post multiple times and my brain kept reading that as she was married to Dr Demento. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/922 "2025-05-02T15:07:49Z")
She never mentioned it as far as I know. She definitely believed in people, though. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/923 "2025-05-02T15:59:04Z")
Well, after the year that I had Don Rickles and Adam West both, I’ve tried to keep at least one beloved older comedian alive. I thought, since I normally only score on one or two people, I thought she’d stealthily stay alive while I went for more low-hanging fruit like Bob Uecker and Ananda Lewis. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/924 "2025-05-02T18:40:28Z")
That’s sweet. But this is what I actually meant.[Hereafter](https://youtu.be/jGtR9t4_nS8?si=lWiCeMtp0TtrdEiC) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/925 "2025-05-02T23:13:34Z")
Ruth Buzzi has been on my list for many years - and she still is! Yay! Points! I mean, oh no! RIP Ruth Buzzi! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/926 "2025-05-02T23:19:49Z")
It sounds like the fire was not at her home, and she was there visiting a friend. > **[Woodbury house fire claims a life](https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/woman-dies-in-woodbury-house-fire-9000-pinehurst-road-trapped/89-5b569a09-e157-424e-8680-301a9b8291e4)** > > Public safety officials say firefighters arrived at the home on the 9000 block of Pinehurst Road around 5:30 a.m. and were told someone might still be inside. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/927 "2025-05-03T06:24:28Z")
Three more players got on the board | 1 | phungi | 69 | 2 | 1 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | Kitten Mitten | 68 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | Happy Lendervedder | 68 | 2 | 0 | | 4 | GIGObuster | 59 | 2 | 0 | | 5 | Jeezums | 59 | 2 | 0 | | 6 | lel | 47 | 3 | 2 | | 6 | Bayaker | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 6 | Pheoinix | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 9 | imthjckaz | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 9 | Mahaloth | 40 | 2 | 1 | | 9 | Todesliste | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 12 | Captain Klutz | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Hoopy Frood | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Jegpeg | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Little Nemo | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | McDeath the Mad | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Railer 13 | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Registered at Last | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | Reindeer Flotilla | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | RobotDevilDog | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 12 | RTFirefly | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 24 | Loach | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 24 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 24 | Wheelz | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 27 | Tyronne | 27 | 3 | 1 | | 28 | vivalostwages | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 28 | zadscmc | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 30 | Culling the Herd | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 31 | Baker | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 31 | escheral | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 31 | Dancer Flight | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Dung Beetle | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Guano Lad | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | gwendee | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Lancia | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Lsura | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Mrs Ducky | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Paul was in Saudi | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Precambrianmollusc | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Wolfpack Jeep | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 44 | commasense | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 44 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 44 | Superdude | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 47 | Shoeless | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 48 | Hatchie | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 48 | shageroo | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 48 | Stephe96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 48 | teelabrown | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 48 | Tristan | 5 | 1 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/928 "2025-05-03T12:09:01Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Did she believe in the Hereafter? Probably in the same way I do. I walk into a room and wonder “What did I come in here after?” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/929 "2025-05-03T13:12:38Z")
Sports Agent John Sperbeck, age 62, died in a Golf Cart accident. Sperbeck was standing on the back of a golf cart driving by John Elway and fell off. Elway’s wife was sitting on the passenger side and also standing in the back of cart was MTV Challenge competitor Johnny “Bananas”. TMZ report > **[MTV Star Johnny Bananas with John Elway, Agent During Golf Cart Accident](https://www.tmz.com/2025/05/02/johnny-bananas-john-elway-golf-cart-accident/)** > > MTV reality star Johnny Bananas was riding with John Elway and Jeff Sperbeck during the fatal golf cart accident. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/930 "2025-05-03T13:25:53Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Sperbeck was standing on the back of a golf cart driving by John Elway and fell off. Elway’s wife was sitting on the passenger side and also standing in the back of cart was MTV Challenge competitor Johnny “Bananas”. I’ve always said falling off a golf cart being driven by John Elway with Johnny Bananas at my side is the way I want to go. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/931 "2025-05-03T15:24:09Z")
👍👍👍👍😁 Four thumbs up followed by a grin. Happy now, Discourse? ---
**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:** [May 3, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/932 "2025-05-03T22:28:15Z")
**Jim Dent** grew up in the caddie yards of Augusta, Georgia, eventually working at the Masters and honing his game at the municipal course known as “The Patch.” He went on to become one of the PGA Tour’s longest hitters and one of the top Black golfers of his generation. Dent died on Friday at age 85, a week before his birthday, [his grandson posted on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/reel/654166500790983) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/933 "2025-05-03T23:27:10Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@notfrommensa](#): > > > > Sperbeck was standing on the back of a golf cart driving by John Elway and fell off. Elway’s wife was sitting on the passenger side and also standing in the back of cart was MTV Challenge competitor Johnny “Bananas”. > > I’ve always said falling off a golf cart being driven by John Elway with Johnny Bananas at my side is the way I want to go. [_The Naked Gun_] [after Ludwig has been shot with a cuff link dart, fallen off a building, run over by a bus, flattened by a steam roller, and trampled by a marching band] Ed: Oh, Frank! It’s horrible. That’s so horrible! [comforts Ed] Frank: I know, Ed. Ed: My father went the same way. [/_The Naked Gun_] ---
**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:** [May 3, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/934 "2025-05-03T23:35:37Z")
Jim Dent has hit his last birdie at age 85. > **[Jim Dent, pioneering Black golfer, longtime professional dies at 85 - PGA TOUR](https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2025/05/03/trailblazing-jim-dent-dies-at-age-85-augusta-national)** > > Growing up in Augusta, Georgia, Jim Dent found work as a teenager caddying at a local golf course not far from his home. Augusta National Golf Club put Dent to ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/935 "2025-05-04T00:44:55Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > I walk into a room and wonder “What did I come in here after?” Pun notwithstanding, the Doorway Effect has been the subject of [some study](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-walking-through-doorway-makes-you-forget/). ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/936 "2025-05-04T05:57:26Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Sports Agent John Sperbeck, age 62, died in a Golf Cart accident. > > Sperbeck was standing on the back of a golf cart driving by John Elway and fell off. Elway’s wife was sitting on the passenger side and also standing in the back of cart was MTV Challenge competitor Johnny “Bananas”. > > TMZ report > > [MTV Star Johnny Bananas with John Elway, Agent During Golf Cart Accident](https://www.tmz.com/2025/05/02/johnny-bananas-john-elway-golf-cart-accident/) The article says the source does not believe alcohol was a factor but that certainly goes against Elway’s reputation. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/937 "2025-05-05T13:09:17Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Jill “I Kissed a Girl” Sobule died in a house fire, age 66. Just last year, Jill Sobule visited the company whose cafeteria I eat lunch at. There were all these banners posted that said “Jill Sobule, Top 40 Artist and [Company name] Customer, will be speaking on March 29.” When I was eating my Friday fish fry in the cafeteria that day, Jill Sobule sat down a few tables from me. Not only that, but she was eating the exact same meal that I was! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/938 "2025-05-05T18:41:30Z")
> **[Will Hutchins, Star of ABC’s ‘Sugarfoot,’ Dies at 94](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/will-hutchins-dead-sugarfoot-1236197846/)** > > The onetime Warner Bros. contract player also appeared in two Elvis films and played a New York City landlord and Dagwood Bumstead on short-lived sitcoms. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/939 "2025-05-05T19:02:14Z")
He also played “Dagwood Bumstead” in the second television version of _Blondie_. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/940 "2025-05-05T19:15:21Z")
> **[Charley Scalies, 'The Wire' and 'The Sopranos' Actor, Dead at 84](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/charley-scalies-actor-the-wire-sopranos-dead-1235331155/)** > > Charley Scalies, actor who appeared in 'The Wire' and 'The Sopranos,' has died at age 84. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=48)