# 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:** 51
**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 22, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1001 "2025-05-22T00:08:24Z")
I wonder who’s going to assume control of the team. And what kind of changes we should anticipate going forward. Not specifically for this upcoming season, but long term. ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1002 "2025-05-22T14:46:51Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I wonder who’s going to assume control of the team. And what kind of changes we should anticipate going forward. Not specifically for this upcoming season, but long term. Apparently his daughter Carlie was handling things at the summer meetings. It seems like she will be taking over. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1003 "2025-05-22T23:52:11Z")
_snerk_ My first thought was that he’d been dead for years so why was this news. But then I realized it was Robert Irsay that died years ago, not Jim. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1004 "2025-05-23T11:48:53Z")
I bet there are plenty of people, especially in Baltimore of course but hardly limited to them, who are still pissed at Robert Irsay after all these decades. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1005 "2025-05-23T13:09:16Z")
Yes. I haven’t lived in Maryland for over thirty years but Irsay is still a dirty word 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 24, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1006 "2025-05-24T12:59:18Z")
Sebastião Salgado, legendary photographer, is dead aged 81. **[The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/arts/sebastiao-salgado-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Jk8.SPyE.eh2Hj5JL3Bf7&smid=url-share)** shows some of his best known pictures. ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1007 "2025-05-25T21:14:57Z")
> **[Susan Brownmiller, author of landmark book on sexual assault, dies at 90](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/susan-brownmiller-author-landmark-book-sexual-assault-dies-122179067)** > > Susan Brownmiller, a prominent feminist and author of the 1960s and ’70s whose “Against Our Will” was a landmark and debated best-seller about rape, has died ---
**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:** [May 26, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1008 "2025-05-26T00:38:58Z")
Sad news in the comic world. Peter David has died. Aged 68. [![](https://i.redd.it/yrjzggd0xy2f1.png) ](https://i.redd.it/yrjzggd0xy2f1.png) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1009 "2025-05-26T01:52:16Z")
Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty dead at 79 > ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1010 "2025-05-26T02:29:09Z")
Phil Robertson was not a racist in the show, but he played one in real life. ![](https://media1.tenor.com/m/nwoJ4BS0XHYAAAAC/oh-no-anyway.gif "Oh No Anyway GIF - Oh No Anyway - Discover & Share GIFs") Anyway, points for me. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1011 "2025-05-26T03:25:45Z")
Alan Yentob, an absolute titan of British television, dead at 78. > **[Alan Yentob obituary: Creative giant of BBC TV, on screen and off](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr5y3lxrmlo)** > > As one of Britain's most influential TV executives and presenters, he helped shape the modern BBC. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1012 "2025-05-26T03:30:54Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Anyone have Scott Adams? He’s likely gonna be shuffling off by this summer. > > [https://thehill.com/homenews/5307779-dilbert-creator-scott-adams-reveals-same-cancer-diagnosis-as-biden-says-he-has-months-to-live/](https://thehill.com/homenews/5307779-dilbert-creator-scott-adams-reveals-same-cancer-diagnosis-as-biden-says-he-has-months-to-live/) Just reading the article about his cancer and I’m trying to be sympathetic, but… > [@](#): > > Adams said he wasn’t going to delve into the treatments he had undergone, but mentioned that he did try using anti-parasitic medications including ivermectin and fenbendazole, to no effect. …he does make it a challenge. Nonetheless, I wish him as gentle a passing as possible. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1013 "2025-05-26T17:56:55Z")
> **[Former New York Congressman Charlie Rangel dead at 94](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14750963/New-York-Congressman-Charlie-Rangel-dead-94.html)** > > Charlie Rangel served 46 years in the House of Representatives for New York from 1971 until his retirement in 2017, winning election 23 times. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1014 "2025-05-26T17:58:18Z")
**GIGOBuster** moves up tp second place, and **RollOutTheBarrel** gets on for Phil Robertson. | 1 | Kitten Mitten | 97 | 3 | 1 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | GIGObuster | 80 | 3 | 0 | | 3 | Mahaloth | 70 | 3 | 1 | | 4 | phungi | 69 | 2 | 1 | | 5 | Happy Lendervedder | 68 | 2 | 0 | | 6 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 64 | 2 | 0 | | 6 | Registered at Last | 64 | 2 | 0 | | 8 | Wheelz | 63 | 2 | 0 | | 9 | Jeezums | 59 | 2 | 0 | | 10 | lel | 47 | 3 | 2 | | 10 | Bayaker | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 10 | Pheoinix | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 13 | imthjckaz | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 13 | Todesliste | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | Captain Klutz | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 15 | Hoopy Frood | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 15 | Jegpeg | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 15 | Little Nemo | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 15 | McDeath the Mad | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 15 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 15 | Railer 13 | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 15 | Reindeer Flotilla | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 15 | RobotDevilDog | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 15 | RTFirefly | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 25 | Loach | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 25 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 27 | SunUp | 30 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | Tyronne | 27 | 3 | 1 | | 29 | vivalostwages | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 29 | zadscmc | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 31 | RollOutTheBarrel | 21 | 1 | 0 | | 32 | Culling the Herd | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | Baker | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | Dancer Flight | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Dung Beetle | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | escheral | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | Guano Lad | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | gwendee | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Lancia | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Lsura | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Mrs Ducky | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Paul was in Saudi | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Precambrianmollusc | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Wolfpack Jeep | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | Pardel-Lux | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 47 | commasense | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 47 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 47 | Superdude | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 50 | Shoeless | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 51 | Hatchie | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 51 | shageroo | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | Stephe96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | teelabrown | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | Tristan | 5 | 1 | 0 | ---
**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 26, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1015 "2025-05-26T22:27:33Z")
> **[Hall of Fame Boxer Nino Benvenuti Passes Away, Aged 87](https://www.si.com/fannation/boxing/hall-of-fame-boxer-nino-benvenuti-passes-away-aged-87)** > > Nino Benvenuti’s path to a world championship began not in a ring, but on a bicycle. As a young boy, he would ride 20 kilometers to Trieste to fight in amateur, ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1016 "2025-05-27T16:26:50Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Just reading the article about his cancer and I’m trying to be sympathetic, but… > > > [@](#): > > > > Adams said he wasn’t going to delve into the treatments he had undergone, but mentioned that he did try using anti-parasitic medications including ivermectin and fenbendazole, to no effect. > > …he does make it a challenge. He used anti-parasitic medicine to treat cancer and it didn’t work? Go figure. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1017 "2025-05-27T16:42:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He used anti-parasitic medicine to treat cancer and it didn’t work? Go figure. I think Steve Jobs tried all-natural blah-de-blah to treat his pancreatic cancer. He did admit, I believe, it was a tremendous mistake, but I don’t get how people convince themselves to try anything other than what science has shown to give the highest percent success rate. ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1018 "2025-05-27T17:18:21Z")
Musician Rick Derringer [has died at 77](https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/rick-derringer-rip-read-guitar-player-interview). ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1019 "2025-05-27T17:24:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I think Steve Jobs tried all-natural blah-de-blah to treat his pancreatic cancer. He did admit, I believe, it was a tremendous mistake, but I don’t get how people convince themselves to try anything other than what science has shown to give the highest percent success rate. I did a little searching and found what I think is the source of the fenbendazole woo. A guy named Joe Tippens had cancer and was trying various “treatments” like vitamins and cannabis. One of the things he started taking was fenbendazole, which he obtained from a friend who was a veterinarian (fenbendazole is not legal for humans). Tippens ended up recovering from the cancer, which he decided was due to the fenbendazole. But here’s the thing. While Tippens was taking fenbendazole and all these other drugs, he was also enrolled in a drug trial for an experimental cancer cure. So which was more likely to have cured his cancer? A drug used for treating parasites or a drug that was supposed to cure cancer? Ironically, clinical tests on animals have shown that fenbendazole may cause cancer, which is why it isn’t approved for use by humans. Unless you know a vet who will hook you up. ---
**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 27, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1020 "2025-05-27T23:09:10Z")
I think some of it has to do with the severe side effects from chemo. I’m going through it right now and you know what? Still better than dying. So what if I’m bald? Hair grows back. So what if I feel like freeze-dried crap on a stick? My blood levels will come back up. So what if I can barely get off the couch most days? My cat is loving all the lap time. But then I haven’t convinced myself that the world can’t run without me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=52)