# 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:** 52
**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 28, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1021 "2025-05-28T02:11:12Z")
Miranda McKeon is still alive but fellow TikToker Anna Grace Phelan had died of cancer at age 19. ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1022 "2025-05-28T02:57:32Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > I haven’t convinced myself that the world can’t run without me Eventually you will find out. Oh, wait, it does not work that way. ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1023 "2025-05-28T04:22:00Z")
> **[Roger Nichols, Grammy-Nominated Co-Writer of ‘We’ve Only Just Begun,’ Dies at 84](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/roger-nichols-dead-grammy-nominated-songwriter-1235980516/)** > > Roger Nichols, best-known for co-writing such Carpenters hits as “We’ve Only Just Begun" and “Rainy Days and Mondays," died on May 17. He was 84. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1024 "2025-05-28T10:41:46Z")
No more rainy days or Mondays getting him down, then. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1025 "2025-05-28T10:46:21Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He used anti-parasitic medicine to treat cancer and it didn’t work? Go figure. I’ve known for some years that Scott Adams had gone over to the dark side politically, but I didn’t realize he’d gotten culty enough to try shit like ivermectin. But there’s so many quacks, grifters, and conspiracy theorists over there, so I guess once you fall in with them… ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1026 "2025-05-28T14:45:48Z")
[Netanyahu says Israel killed elusive Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar in recent Gaza strike](https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/middleeast/hamas-mohammed-sinwar-killed-netanyahu-intl) Looks like 51 points for myself and Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1027 "2025-05-28T14:45:55Z")
Mohammed Sinwar has been killed. My die violently list scores its first hit. He was 49 years old. > **[Hamas' Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar has been killed, Netanyahu says](https://www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/hamas-gaza-chief-mohammed-sinwar-killed-netanyahu-says-yahya-israel-rcna209427)** > > Sinwar was the brother of Hamas' former-leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in the Gaza Strip last year by Israeli troops. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1028 "2025-05-28T16:21:55Z")
**jeezums** leaps into first place and **Captain Lance Murdoch** gets on the board in tenth place. | 1 | jeezums | 110 | 2 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | Kitten Mitten | 97 | 3 | 1 | | 3 | GIGObuster | 80 | 3 | 0 | | 4 | Mahaloth | 70 | 3 | 1 | | 5 | phungi | 69 | 2 | 1 | | 6 | Happy Lendervedder | 68 | 2 | 0 | | 7 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 64 | 2 | 0 | | 7 | Registered at Last | 64 | 2 | 0 | | 9 | Wheelz | 63 | 2 | 0 | | 10 | Captain Lance Murdoch | 51 | 1 | 0 | | 11 | lel | 47 | 3 | 2 | | 11 | Bayaker | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 11 | Pheoinix | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 14 | imthjckaz | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 14 | Todesliste | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 16 | Captain Klutz | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | Hoopy Frood | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | Jegpeg | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | Little Nemo | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | McDeath the Mad | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | Railer 13 | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | Reindeer Flotilla | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | RobotDevilDog | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 16 | RTFirefly | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 26 | Loach | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 26 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | SunUp | 30 | 1 | 0 | | 29 | Tyronne | 27 | 3 | 1 | | 30 | vivalostwages | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 30 | zadscmc | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 32 | RollOutTheBarrel | 21 | 1 | 0 | | 33 | Culling the Herd | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 34 | Baker | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 34 | Dancer Flight | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 34 | Dung Beetle | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 34 | escheral | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 34 | Guano Lad | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 34 | gwendee | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 34 | Lancia | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 34 | Lsura | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 34 | Mrs Ducky | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 34 | Paul was in Saudi | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 34 | Precambrianmollusc | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 34 | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 34 | Wolfpack Jeep | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 47 | Pardel-Lux | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 48 | commasense | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 48 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 48 | Superdude | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | Shoeless | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 52 | Hatchie | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 52 | shageroo | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 52 | Stephe96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 52 | teelabrown | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 52 | Tristan | 5 | 1 | 0 | ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1029 "2025-05-28T16:53:09Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Roger Nichols Dead: Co-Writer of 'We’ve Only Just Begun' Dies at 84](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/roger-nichols-dead-grammy-nominated-songwriter-1235980516/) C’mon, how do you not may a “we’ve only just begun” joke? ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1030 "2025-05-28T21:06:33Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > > [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > > > [Roger Nichols Dead: Co-Writer of 'We’ve Only Just Begun' Dies at 84](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/roger-nichols-dead-grammy-nominated-songwriter-1235980516/) > > C’mon, how do you not may a “we’ve only just begun” joke? 🎶 He’s only just ended 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1031 "2025-05-28T21:14:38Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > C’mon, how do you not may a “we’ve only just begun” joke? What would your “we’ve only just begun” joke have been? I went with rainy days and Mondays because I couldn’t find a joke about “we’ve only just begun” that wasn’t too trite and obvious for even my low standards. ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1032 "2025-05-28T21:20:18Z")
Ed Gale, who played Howard the Duck in the 1986 movie, was in the cult classic _Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town_, and Chuckie in _Child’s Play_ and two subsequent sequels, [has died at 61.](https://variety.com/2025/film/news/ed-gale-dead-chucky-howard-the-duck-1236411971/) ---
**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:** [May 28, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1033 "2025-05-28T21:52:11Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I couldn’t find a joke about “we’ve only just begun” that wasn’t too trite and obvious for even my low standards. Since when has “trite and obvious” been a disqualifier for a Death Pool joke? “He’s only just begun, to die…” ---
**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:** [May 28, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1034 "2025-05-28T22:48:23Z")
_“…so much of death ahead…”_ ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1035 "2025-05-28T22:56:07Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > C’mon, how do you not may a “we’ve only just begun” joke? > > What would your “we’ve only just begun” joke have been? > > I went with rainy days and Mondays because I couldn’t find a joke about “we’ve only just begun” that wasn’t too trite and obvious for even my low standards. The first line is “We’ve only just begun to live.” It practically writes itself. Trite and obvious be damned. ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1036 "2025-05-29T00:08:00Z")
Baylor University defensive lineman Alex Foster was found [shot in his car. He was pronounced dead](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45361807/baylor-football-player-alex-foster-18-dies-mississippi) 30 minutes after arriving at the hospital. He was 18. ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1037 "2025-05-29T00:10:53Z")
Weird thing: Roger Nichols co-wrote that song with another guy whose name/face almost all of us would recognise, who is somewhat younger – 2 days younger. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1038 "2025-05-29T02:20:32Z")
Mentioned in Cafe Society, President Tyler’s last living grandchild is no longer living: > **[Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of 10th U.S. president and longtime...](https://www.richmonder.org/harrison-ruffin-tyler-grandson-of-10th-u-s-president-and-longtime-richmonder-dies-at-96/)** > > The Richmond resident, preservationist and chemical engineer, for whom William & Mary’s history department is named, also had the distinction of being the grandson of a man who became U.S. president in 1841. 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:** [May 29, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1039 "2025-05-29T03:50:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > C’mon, how do you not may a “we’ve only just begun” joke? _Hangs head in shame._ ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1040 "2025-05-29T03:52:10Z")
Ronnie Dugger won’t be observing much of Texas anymore: > **[Ronnie Dugger, 1930-2025](https://www.texasobserver.org/ronnie-dugger-1930-2025/)** > > The Observer's crusading founding editor—a prolific author and agitator who helped animate the spirit of a true Texas liberalism—has died at 95. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=53)