# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1121 "2025-06-12T00:15:31Z")
| 1 | Jeezums | 158 | 4 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | Kitten Mitten | 145 | 4 | 1 | | 3 | phungi | 117 | 3 | 1 | | 4 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 112 | 3 | 0 | | 5 | Registered at Last | 112 | 3 | 0 | | 6 | Jegpeg | 83 | 2 | 0 | | 6 | Reindeer Flotilla | 83 | 2 | 0 | | 6 | RTFirefly | 83 | 2 | 0 | | 9 | Wheelz | 81 | 3 | 0 | | 10 | GIGObuster | 80 | 3 | 0 | | 11 | Mahaloth | 70 | 3 | 1 | | 12 | Happy Lendervedder | 68 | 2 | 0 | | 13 | Culling the Herd | 62 | 2 | 1 | | 14 | Dung Beetle | 60 | 2 | 0 | | 14 | Wolfpack Jeep | 60 | 2 | 0 | | 16 | Superdude | 58 | 2 | 0 | | 17 | Captain Lance Murdoch | 51 | 1 | 0 | | 18 | Maus Magill | 48 | 1 | 0 | | 18 | Rebo | 48 | 1 | 0 | | 18 | Lord Feldon | 48 | 1 | 0 | | 18 | Deanna D | 48 | 1 | 0 | | 22 | lel | 47 | 3 | 2 | | 22 | Bayaker | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 22 | Pheoinix | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 25 | imthjckaz | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 25 | Todesliste | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 27 | RollOutTheBarrel | 39 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | Captain Klutz | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | Hoopy Frood | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | Little Nemo | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | McDeath the Mad | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | Railer 13 | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 28 | RobotDevilDog | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Loach | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 35 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 37 | SunUp | 30 | 1 | 0 | | 38 | Tyronne | 27 | 3 | 1 | | 39 | vivalostwages | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 39 | zadscmc | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 41 | J-P L | 18 | 1 | 0 | | 41 | SpoilerVirgin | 18 | 1 | 0 | | 41 | IKnowItsOver | 18 | 1 | 0 | | 44 | biotop | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 45 | xizor | 13 | 1 | 1 | | 46 | Baker | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 46 | Dancer Flight | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | escheral | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 46 | Guano Lad | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | gwendee | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | Lancia | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | Lsura | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | Mrs Ducky | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | Paul was in Saudi | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | Precambrianmollusc | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 46 | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 57 | Pardel-Lux | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 58 | commasense | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 58 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 60 | Shoeless | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 61 | Hatchie | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 61 | shageroo | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 61 | Stephe96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 61 | teelabrown | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 61 | Tristan | 5 | 1 | 0 | ---
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1122 "2025-06-12T00:18:22Z")
I keep getting pushed down on the list. This is unacceptable. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1123 "2025-06-12T00:34:13Z")
@Baker I also had Ananda Lewis. I misspelled her name in my original entry (spelled it Anada), but corrected later. You may have missed that. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1124 "2025-06-12T02:10:38Z")
What’s the biggest positional jump anyone’s taken? I mean just in the rank, not point total, from one specific death? Ananda Lewis took me from #52 to #16. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1125 "2025-06-12T03:14:33Z")
> **[Niède Guidon, the archaeologist who discovered hundreds of cave paintings in...](https://apnews.com/article/brazil-niede-guidon-archaeology-cave-paintings-history-225cc6bac9ad69ae7c289389ca38a419)** > > The Brazilian archaeologist who discovered hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings in northeastern Brazil has died. ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1126 "2025-06-12T03:28:33Z")
@Baker I think you made a mistake with my score. I think I should still have 21 points and 1 pick. I’m guessing you accidentally gave me points for Brian Wilson because I have Pete Wilson on my list. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1127 "2025-06-12T03:57:23Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I keep getting pushed down on the list. This is unacceptable. How do you think I feel, currently 62 and sinking fast? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1128 "2025-06-12T04:12:42Z")
Ha! I knew that if I kept Brian Wilson on my list for 18 years, I’d finally get some points. But I will no longer be able to end my list with my perennial line, “As always, Brian Wilson is the Beach Boy.” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1129 "2025-06-12T04:23:03Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [Harris Yulin Dead: Star Of Broadway, TV & Film Was 87](https://deadline.com/2025/06/harris-yulin-dead-1236431177/) Crap. I really liked Harris Yulin. He was wonderful in **Ozark**. I remember worrying he wouldn’t be around much longer. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1130 "2025-06-12T10:43:09Z")
The group that is now in a tie for 18th had been part of the tie for 61st before Ananda, if I read things correctly. Unrelated, but I’d completely forgotten I had her on my list, so I was (pleasantly!) surprised to see my point total suddenly increase. Went back and checked my list, and sure enough, she was on it. I see that [James Whale](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/james-whale-kidney-cancer-diagnosis-health-radio-presenter-b2766191.html), 74, has said he’s stopped getting treated for cancer and is “at the end of my cancer journey.” He’s on a fair number of people’s lists here. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1131 "2025-06-12T11:46:09Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Premislaus](#): > > > > I’ll remember him as Quentin Travers from Buffy. > > Thank you for saying that. Wow, I just realized it was him. ☹ > > I’ve seen him all over, but my first real memory of him is also from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. > > Ah, we last watched him in Ozark. Season 1, old guy who I think lives with them. I remember him from an outstanding Star Trek DS9 episode “Duet” where he played a Cardassian who may or may not have run a death camp during the war. Probably one of my favorite episodes of TV ever. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1132 "2025-06-12T11:59:23Z")
I avoid being pushed down the list by remaining at the bottom with the rest of the zero-pointers. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1133 "2025-06-12T12:29:50Z")
I’m on the board with Ananda. Yay for points! But she was way too young. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1134 "2025-06-12T13:40:18Z")
Agreed. 😕 (That was a heck of a bump though…I had missed that news, and came in here with the intention of grumbling about my alternates list.) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1135 "2025-06-12T14:23:36Z")
Well, she refused conventional treatment and went the homeopathic route. She refused to do what her doctor recommended because she was homeschooling and way too busy to do chemo. I’m finding it hard to have a lot of sympathy for her. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1136 "2025-06-12T14:35:00Z")
I wasn’t aware of much of that. That info does change my opinion of her. Kind of like the story of the man drowning and asking God for help, who turns down boat after boat thinking God was going to save him. In heaven he meets God and asks him why didn’t you save me? God says I sent you three damn boats! Turning down scientific medicine for a homeopathic cure seems like that to me. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1137 "2025-06-12T15:27:09Z")
Suicide by dilution. It worked, did it not? She is no longer ill. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1138 "2025-06-12T16:18:55Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I’m finding it hard to have a lot of sympathy for her. Especially since she did not give _you_ any points, withholding from you the opportunity to be sadhappy. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1139 "2025-06-12T16:28:25Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Turning down scientific medicine for a homeopathic cure seems like that to me. > **[Science](https://xkcd.com/54/)** ---
**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:** [June 12, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1140 "2025-06-12T16:31:56Z")
Homeopathic dilution theory works, in that the fewer homeopaths there are per capita the healthier society is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=58)