# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/81 "2024-12-10T19:42:03Z")
See, this is why I say spelling counts. I have both of these listed seperately, while assuming both of them were the more recent Ananda. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/82 "2024-12-10T20:11:11Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Slight change - Ryan Sandberg now in the list. It’s “Ryne.” At least I assume you mean the former Cubs infielder, Ryne Sandberg. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/83 "2024-12-10T20:12:56Z")
I was just getting ready to type another spelling issue. This is one that surprised me. I’d never seen his name printed and assumed it was the more conventional spelling. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/84 "2024-12-10T22:16:38Z")
Carol Burnett Neil Diamond Shelley Fabares Mike Farrell Ron Jeremy Liza Minelli Jack Nicholson Linda Ronstadt William Shatner Nikki Sixx Loretta Swit Andy Taylor Bruce Willis Alternates: Alan Alda Bob Dylan Donald Trump ---
**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:** [December 11, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/85 "2024-12-11T01:56:05Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > It’s “Ryne.” At least I assume you mean the former Cubs infielder, Ryne Sandberg. Correct. Heck I looked up Sandberg. Ryne Sandberg now on the tip 13 list. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/86 "2024-12-11T15:03:35Z")
```auto NAME Birthdate Known for Jim Rechtin About 1971 CEO of Humana Bam Margera 28 September 1979 Jackass (the show, not him... maybe) James Whale 13 May 1951 Radio Host Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 19 April 1935 Supreme leader of Iran Sam Neill 14 September 1947 Some Kiwi Bruce Willis 19 March 1955 Actor Liza Minelli 12 March 1946 C'mon. Really? Ananda Lewis 21 March 1973 MTV VJ Oleg Salyukov 21 May 1955 Commander of Russian ground forces Andy Taylor 16 February 1961 Duran Duran Donald Trump 14 June 1946 A very stable genius Harvey Weinstein 19 March 1952 Human scumbag Alex Jones 11 February 1974 Lying scumbag Alt Val Kilmer 31 December 1959 The best Batman *EVER* ``` Clean list: Jim Rechtin Bam Margera James Whale Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Sam Neill Bruce Willis Liza Minelli Ananda Lewis Oleg Salyukov Andy Taylor Donald Trump Harvey Weinstein Alex Jones Alt Val Kilmer ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/87 "2024-12-11T16:13:48Z")
Updated list. Bumped Alex Jones for Ryne Sandberg. Yeah, jumping on the bandwagon, so sue me. 😉 Chris Hoy Ananda Lewis Joan Bakewell Eric Jensen Shirley Chung John J. York Jane Fonda Ryne Sandberg Donald Trump Rudy Giuliani Mitch McConnell Vladimir Putin Rupert Murdoch Alex Jones Steve Bannon Lindsay Graham Chris Hoy - 48 - Olympic cyclist - metastasized prostate cancer Ananda Lewis - 51 - former MTV veejay, ex-model - stage IV breast cancer Joan Bakewell, Dame - 91 - journalist - colon cancer Eric Jensen - 54 - actor - colorectal cancer Shirley Chung - 48 - chef - stage IV tongue cancer John J. York - 66 - actor - bone marrow cancer Jane Fonda - 87 - actor - non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Ryne Sandberg - 65 - baseball legend (Cubs) - metastasized prostate cancer Donald Trump - 78 - pathetic demented man Rudy Giuliani - 80 - dripping broke ex-lawyer to TFG Mitch McConnell - 82 - blech - had a couple of “freezing” episodes Vladimir Putin - 72 - Evil Authoritarian Trump admires Rupert Murdoch - 92 - mass distributor of evil koolaid Alex Jones - 50 Steve Bannon - 71 Lindsay Graham - 69 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/88 "2024-12-12T17:58:57Z")
Just FYI, @Superdude, if you mean the baseball player and actor, his name is spelled “Bob Uecker”. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/89 "2024-12-12T18:42:07Z")
🤦🏻 I blame autocorrect. Thanks for noticing. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/90 "2024-12-13T22:29:11Z")
Catherine Deneuve Brigitte Bardot Justin Bieber Dennis Rader Sam Neill Mitch McConnell Rudy Giuliani Britney Spears Bruce Willis Ryne Sandburg Charlie Sheen Michael J Fox Lil Wayne Alternates: Selena Gomez Jackie Chan John Riggins Dennis Rader is the serial killer better known as the BTK killer. Rapper Lil Wayne’s official name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. John Riggins played football for Washington DC in the 70s. I figure the rest need no explanation, but let me know if there are questions or issues. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/91 "2024-12-14T04:16:10Z")
Would you be so kind as to drop Bob Gunton from my list, and add former NFL player Randy Moss, dob 2/13/77? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![MarkF2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@MarkF2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF2004)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/92 "2024-12-15T13:32:40Z")
Sir Alec Ferguson Sepp Maier Sarah Hyland Pete Docherty Rodney Marsh Geoff Hurst Peter Shilton Alan Mullery Allan Clarke Jean Tigana Roberto Bettega Grzegorz Lato Pat Jennings Alternates Teofila Cubillas Paul Breitner Paul Michael Glaser Mucky List: | Corpus Anticipatus | Wiki | DOB | Age | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sir Alec Ferguson | Alex Ferguson - Wikipedia | 31/12/1941 | 82 | | Sepp Maier | Sepp Maier - Wikipedia | 28/02/1944 | 80 | | Sarah Hyland | Sarah Hyland - Wikipedia | 24/11/1990 | 34 | | Pete Docherty | Pete Doherty - Wikipedia | 12/03/1979 | 45 | | Rodney Marsh | Rodney Marsh - Wikipedia | 11/10/1944 | 80 | | Geoff Hurst | Geoff Hurst - Wikipedia | 08/12/1941 | 83 | | Peter Shilton | Peter Shilton - Wikipedia | 18/09/1949 | 75 | | Alan Mullery | Alan Mullery - Wikipedia | 23/11/1941 | 83 | | Allan Clarke | Allan Clarke (footballer) - Wikipedia | 31/07/1946 | 78 | | Jean Tigana | Jean Tigana - Wikipedia | 23/06/1955 | 69 | | Roberto Bettega | Roberto Bettega - Wikipedia | 27/12/1950 | 73 | | Grzegorz Lato | Grzegorz Lato - Wikipedia | 08/04/1950 | 74 | | Pat Jennings | Pat Jennings - Wikipedia | 12/06/1945 | 79 | | | | | | | Alternates | | | | | Teofila Cubillas | Teófilo Cubillas - Wikipedia | 08/03/1949 | 75 | | Paul Breitner | Paul Breitner - Wikipedia | 05/09/1951 | 73 | | Paul Michael Glaser | Paul Michael Glaser - Wikipedia | 25/03/1943 | 81 | ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Ducky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrs_ducky/32/6227_2.png) [@Mrs\_Ducky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Ducky)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/93 "2024-12-15T21:46:48Z")
I only had two this year. It was my first time coming up with a list. Here’s my list for 2025: Dick Cheney Dick Van Dyke Joe Biden Bruce Willis William Shatner Max Baer, Jr Warren Buffet Mickey Dolenz Linda Ronstadt Celine Dion Carol Burnett Julie Andrews Roberta Flack Alternates: Jane Fonda Mel Brooks Diana Ross ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/94 "2024-12-16T14:05:57Z")
Here’s my list for this year William Shatner 3/22/1931 Tom Baker 1/20/1934 Wendell Berry 8/5/1934 Mahmoud Abbas 11/15/1935 Bernie Sanders 9/8/1941 Joe Biden 11/20/1942 Geraldo Rivera 7/4/1943 Tweeting Baboon 6/14/1946 Clarence Thomas 6/23/1948 Charles III 11/14/1948 Bruce Willis 3/19/1955 Victoria Jackson 8/2/1959 Justin Timberlake 1/31/1981 **Clean List** William Shatner Tom Baker Wendell Berry Mahmoud Abbas Bernie Sanders Joe Biden Geraldo Rivera Donald Trump Clarence Thomas Charles III Bruce Willis Victoria Jackson Justin Timberlake **Alternates** Mitch McConnell Tony Danza George Takei ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/95 "2024-12-16T14:37:09Z")
I seriously thought Tweeting Baboon was some kind of internet star I’d never heard of. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/96 "2024-12-16T14:44:54Z")
I wish no tweeting baboon dies. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/97 "2024-12-16T15:23:05Z")
Reprising my list of entertainers over 90 years old, for the eighth time. I helped keep all but one of last year’s aged picks alive for another full year. In 2023, Bob Newhart gave me six points, but I’m hoping for a low score again this year to avoid losing any more of these great talents. As always, I’m playing the odds, not going for points. The maximum I could earn, if all of these wonderful actors dropped dead in early January, is 39. Eva Marie Saint is already 100, and the next two will turn 100 this year, Og willing. They’re listed in descending age. Eva Marie Saint June Lockhart Dick van Dyke David Attenborough Mel Brooks William Daniels Rosemary Harris Lee Grant Estelle Parsons James Ivory Joan Plowright Tippi Hedren Gene Hackman Alternates: Robert Wagner Joanne Woodward Clint Eastwood ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/98 "2024-12-16T15:54:09Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I wish no tweeting baboon dies. I can think of one I want gone. The name came from _Glory_ by NoViolet Bulawayo. Good book. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/99 "2024-12-16T17:25:35Z")
2025 list, may I not peak too early this year again. For some I will be sorry, for some not at all: Ramsan Akhmadovich Kadirov – nasty Chechen piece of sadistic shit Julio Iglesias – former Real Madrid goalie substitute and crooner Josef Fritzl – [Incestous demented rapist](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Fritzl) José Mujica – former bank robber and President of Uruguay, among many other remarcable feats. Great man. Randy Moss – Bandwagon driver the first. Sir Chris Hoy – olympic cycling champion Roger O’Donnell – The Cure keyboarder Sophie Kinsella – ‘Shopaholic’ Author Harvey Weinstein – Rapist, abuser, jailbird. Bruce Willis – Twelve Monkeys is no Christmas movie! James Van Der Beek – Dawson’s Creek actor. Angus Young – On a highway to hell since 1975, his brother Malcolm and Bon Scott are waiting for him. Andy Taylor – Bandwagon rider the second. Alternatives: Günther Jauch – Longest serving presenter of „Who Wants To Be A Millionaire“ worldwide - or so he claims. Bryan Johnson – [Wants to live forever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Johnson). I am against that. Charles de Ganahl Koch – Too rich for the sake of the world. Clean list: Ramsan Akhmadovich Kadirov Julio Iglesias Josef Fritzl José Mujica Sir Chris Hoy Roger O’Donnell Randy Moss Sophie Kinsella Harvey Weinstein Bruce Willis James Van Der Beek Angus Young Andy Taylor Alternatives: Günther Jauch Bryan Johnson Charles de Ganahl Koch ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/100 "2024-12-16T18:55:18Z")
Swapped out Mitch McConnell for Judy Parfitt. Chris Hoy Ananda Lewis Joan Bakewell Eric Jensen Shirley Chung John J. York Jane Fonda Judy Parfitt Ryne Sandberg Donald Trump Rudy Giuliani Vladimir Putin Rupert Murdoch Alex Jones Steve Bannon Lindsay Graham Chris Hoy - 48 - Olympic cyclist - metastasized prostate cancer Ananda Lewis - 51 - former MTV veejay, ex-model - stage IV breast cancer Joan Bakewell, Dame - 91 - journalist - colon cancer Eric Jensen - 54 - actor - colorectal cancer Shirley Chung - 48 - chef - stage IV tongue cancer John J. York - 66 - actor - bone marrow cancer Jane Fonda - 87 - actor - non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Judy Parfitt - 89 - actor - she’s 89 Ryne Sandberg - 65 - baseball legend (Cubs) - metastasized prostate cancer Donald Trump - 78 - pathetic demented man Rudy Giuliani - 80 - dripping broke ex-lawyer to TFG Vladimir Putin - 72 - Evil Authoritarian Trump admires Rupert Murdoch - 92 - mass distributor of evil Koolaid Alex Jones - 50 Steve Bannon - 71 Lindsay Graham - 69 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=6)