# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/101 "2024-12-16T19:18:41Z")
Here are my picks for 2025: 1 Andy Taylor 1961 Guitarist for Duran Duran 2 Anne Murray 1945 Canadian Singer 3 Brian Wilson 1942 Beach Boys 4 Bruce Willis 1955 American Actor 5 Buzz Aldrin 1930 American Former Astronaut 6 Clint Eastwood 1930 American Actor 7 Dick Cheney 1941 American politician, former V.P. 8 Jean Chretien 1934 Former Prime Minister of Canada 9 Jimmy Swaggart 1935 American Televangelist 10 Liza Minneli 1946 American actress, singer & dancer 11 Michael Flatley 1958 Riverdance Dancer 12 Randy Travis 1959 American Country Singer 13 Willie Nelson 1933 American Country Singer Alternates: 1 George W. Bush 1946 Former US President 2 Micheal J. Fox 1961 Canadian Actor ## Clean List: Andy Taylor Anne Murray Brian Wilson Bruce Willis Buzz Aldrin Clint Eastwood Dick Cheney Jean Chretien Jimmy Swaggart Liza Minneli Michael Flatley Randy Travis Willie Nelson ## Alternates: George W. Bush Micheal J. Fox ---
**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, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/102 "2024-12-16T19:24:44Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > 6 Clint Eastwood 1030 American Actor He’s old, but not _THAT_ old! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/103 "2024-12-16T19:26:05Z")
LOL, Sorry, must be a typo! Corrected Maybe I was just trying to maximize my points if he should come to pass. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/104 "2024-12-16T21:13:00Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > I can think of one I want gone. A certain tweeting (and ‘truthing’) baboon we’ve **all** heard of did happen to be born on 6/14/1946… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/105 "2024-12-17T02:14:44Z")
I have a question about a certain pick. Are Chris Hoy, Sir Chris Hoy, and Chrys Hoy all the same person? ---
**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:** [December 17, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/106 "2024-12-17T05:29:15Z")
> [@MarkF2004](#): > > Pete Docherty… Pete Doherty Spelling?? ---
**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 17, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/107 "2024-12-17T10:19:51Z")
The Sir Chris Hoy that I listed is meant to be this cyclist: > **[Chris Hoy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hoy)** > > Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy (born 23 March 1976) is a former track cyclist and racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. > Hoy is an 11-time world champion and a six-time Olympic champion. With a total of seven Olympic medals, six gold and one silver, Hoy is the second most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time. Between 2012 and 2021, he was the most successful British Olympian and the most successful O... Can’t speak for the others, but I suspect they mean the same one. ---
**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 17, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/108 "2024-12-17T19:41:28Z")
My pick is for this one. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/109 "2024-12-17T20:02:29Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@MarkF2004](#): > > > > Pete Docherty… Pete Doherty > > Spelling?? It’s Pete Doherty. He’s an English musician who was born on 12 March 1979. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/110 "2024-12-17T20:26:42Z")
I’m not competing. However, I want to point out that the number of security issues surrounding Donald Trump is very high. [LINK TO ARTICLE.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_Donald_Trump) [And Iran has a score they want to settle. {LINK}](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani#Retaliation_attempts_by_Iran) I would not bet any money on this guy completing his term. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/111 "2024-12-17T22:00:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s Pete Doherty. He’s an English musician who was born on 12 March 1979 The wrong spelling was submitted. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/112 "2024-12-17T22:28:37Z")
I understand that. I was trying to give Baker a hand by trying to identify which celebrity MarkF2004 was picking. There was a celebrity named Peter Docherty, a football player. But he died in 1957. There also was a football player named Peter Doherty but he died in 1990. Wikipedia has entries on four living Peter Dohertys. One is an Australian scientist, one is a British comic book artist, one is an American wrestler, and one is a British musician. The scientist was born on 15 October 1940, the wrestler on 18 January 1945, and the musician was born on 12 March 1979. (The comic book artist doesn’t have a birthdate listed in Wikipedia.) MarkF2004 listed his pick with the date 12/03/1979 and the age 45. That matches the musician so that’s what I posted. ---
**Author:** ![MarkF2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@MarkF2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF2004)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/113 "2024-12-18T01:21:32Z")
My mistake, @Little_Nemo has it. Thank you for spotting it. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/114 "2024-12-21T16:30:26Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Mike Ditka > Terry Bradshaw > Dick Van Dyke > Dick Cheney > Sean Combs > Michael J Fox > Dustin Hoffman > Marv Levy > Clint Eastwood > Dan Rather > Madison Cawthorn > Chris Berman > Diane Rehm I’d like to please amend my list: Mike Ditka Gene Shalit Dick Van Dyke Dick Cheney Sean Combs Michael J Fox Dustin Hoffman Marv Levy Clint Eastwood Dan Rather Ryne Sandberg Chris Berman Diane Rehm (I’ve replaced Terry Bradshaw with Gene Shalit. And Madison Cawthorn with Ryne Sandberg) ---
**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 21, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/115 "2024-12-21T19:00:41Z")
Last change, I swear (unless another bandwagon choice comes along 😆). The final list: Elton John Ryne Sandberg Brittany Spears Justin Bieber Mariah Carey Halsey Julian Lennon Celine Dion Adele Alanis Morissette Billie Eilish Bebe Rexha Constance Wu Alts: Bono Harry Styles Madonna ---
**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:** [December 22, 2024, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/116 "2024-12-22T09:41:22Z")
Mostly the same as last year’s, with a bit of shuffling. Quentin Blake Brian Blessed Ruth Buzzi Billy Connolly Phil Collins Richard Gere Rhod Gilbert Kamahl Miriam Margolyes Ian McShane Kate Micucci Cliff Richard John Williams **BACKUPS** Morgan Freeman Rita Moreno George Wendt ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/117 "2024-12-23T08:57:26Z")
Guaranteeing life to all I list here, it seems. Randy Moss Joe Biden Kay Granger Raul Grijalva Jennifer Wexton Mr. Beast Casey DeSantis Carol Burnett Grace Napolitano Pope Francis Bill Belichick Mike Dukakis Kitty Dukakis Alternates: Benjamin Netanyahu Kari Lake Gina Raimondo ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/118 "2024-12-25T19:20:54Z")
Angela Cartwright (Penny Robinson on _Lost in Space_) Micky Dolenz (Micky on _The Monkees_) Linda Kaye Henning (Betty Jo Bradley on _Petticoat Junction_) Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (Freddie “Boom Boom” Washington on _Welcome Back Kotter_) Gabe Kaplan (Gabe Kotter on _Welcome Back Kotter_) Mike Lookinland (Bobby Brady on _The Brady Bunch_) Donny Most (Ralph Malph on _Happy Days_) Bill Mumy (Will Robinson on _Lost in Space_) Eve Plumb (Jan Brady on _The Brady Bunch_) Lori Saunders (Bobbie Jo Bradley on _Petticoat Junction_) Bob Uecker (George Owens on _Mr. Belvedere_) Robert Walden (Joe Rossi on _Lou Grant_) Anson Williams (Potsie Weber on _Happy Days_) Alternates: Peter Bonerz (Dr. Jerry Robinson on _The Bob Newhart Show_) Joyce DeWitt (Janet Wood on _Three’s Company_) Burt Ward (Robin on _Batman_) Clean list: Angela Cartwright Micky Dolenz Linda Kaye Henning Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Gabe Kaplan Mike Lookinland Donny Most Bill Mumy Eve Plumb Lori Saunders Bob Uecker Robert Walden Anson Williams Alternates: Peter Bonerz Joyce DeWitt Burt Ward ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/119 "2024-12-25T22:35:18Z")
Tenth anniversary for me. My first Death Pool was in 2015. Billy Connolly (actor) Dave Coulier (actor) Ron Jeremy (actor) Bam Margera (jackass) Linda Nolan (singer/actor) Ozzy Osbourne (singer) William “Refrigerator” Perry (football player) Vladimir Putin (tyrant) Ryne Sandberg (baseball player) Michael Schumacher (car racer) Andy Taylor (Duran Duran guitarist) Donald Trump (tyrant) James van der Beek (actor) Alternates Tim Curry (actor) Bruce Willis (actor) Clean List: Billy Connolly Dave Coulier Ron Jeremy Bam Margera Linda Nolan Ozzy Osbourne William Perry Vladimir Putin Ryne Sandberg Michael Schumacher Andy Taylor Donald Trump James van der Beek Alternates Tim Curry Bruce Willis ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/120 "2024-12-26T15:57:27Z")
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