# 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:** 68
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1341 "2025-07-16T01:33:38Z")
This happened a couple of weeks ago but I just read the article. Adult film actress Teresa Ferrer (real name Grecia Indra Martinez Gutierrez) died at age 39. The cause of death was pneumonia. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1342 "2025-07-16T01:45:16Z")
American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband Thomas Deluca both 70, were shot dead. > **['American Idol' music supervisor and husband found shot dead in Los Angeles...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/encino-double-homicide-shooting/story?id=123778341)** > > Police found the victims while responding to the home in Encino on Monday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Brian (husband may not meet “celebrity” status but moot since I doubt anyone would have them) ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1343 "2025-07-16T04:13:39Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > David Kaff died. No confirmation that he died choking on vomit. Not his vomit. They don’t know who’s vomit it was. You can’t dust for vomit. > > [David Kaff, Who Played Viv Savage in 'This Is Spinal Tap,' Dead at 79](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/david-kaff-viv-savage-spinal-tap-dead-obituary-1235385413/) Any word on how their latest drummer is faring? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1344 "2025-07-16T05:58:03Z")
He seems to be [dealing with Parkinson’s](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/ed-begley-jr-shines-gracies-155958448.html). (Well, not the _latest_ drummer …) ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1345 "2025-07-16T09:38:00Z")
Paranormal investigator [Dan Rivera](https://www.freepressjournal.in/viral/paranormal-investigator-dan-rivera-dies-suddenly-on-annabelle-doll-tour-terrified-netizens-blame-haunted-doll) has died unexpectedly at the age of 54. He was currently on the “Haunted _Annabelle_ doll tour. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1346 "2025-07-16T10:32:47Z")
Surely if anyone should be able to continue their tour post-mortem… ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1347 "2025-07-16T18:14:35Z")
Norwegian olympic ski medalist Audun Groenvold dead after being struck by lightning: > **[Norwegian Olympic medalist Audun Groenvold dies after lightning strike](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul/16/norwegian-olympic-medalist-audun-groenvold-dies-after-lightning-strike)** > > Olympic ski cross medalist Audun Groenvold has died at the age of 49 after being struck by lightning, the Norwegian ski federation announced on Wednesday No, he was not into jumping and struck in mid flight, which was what I first visualized. Wonder what the physics of that would be: planes get struck by lightning and keep flying, but does a human behave like a faraday cage when not touching the ground? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1348 "2025-07-16T18:19:37Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > No, he was not into jumping and struck in mid flight, which was what I first visualized. That would’ve been an epic way to go! ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1349 "2025-07-16T19:05:44Z")
Was he angrily pointing his ski pole at the summer sky? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1350 "2025-07-16T19:22:27Z")
> **[Andrea Gibson Dies: Poet Featured In Award-Winning 2025 Sundance Documentary...](https://deadline.com/2025/07/andrea-gibson-dead-1236457680/)** > > Andrea Gibson was the subject of director Ryan White's 2025 Sundance Film Festival documentary Come See Me in the Good Light. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1351 "2025-07-16T20:02:43Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > > [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > > > No, he was not into jumping and struck in mid flight, which was what I first visualized. > > That would’ve been an epic way to go! …_and the agony of defeat._ ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1352 "2025-07-16T20:07:06Z")
Just what I was thinking.⛷ ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1353 "2025-07-16T21:23:51Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > No, he was not into jumping and struck in mid flight, which was what I first visualized. But if he _had_ been jumping, he might have missed the lightning bolt. What a time to take a break. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1354 "2025-07-16T21:25:04Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Andrea Gibson Dead: Poet Featured In 2025 Sundance Documentary Was 49](https://deadline.com/2025/07/andrea-gibson-dead-1236457680/) Mentioned upthread by @eschereal. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1355 "2025-07-17T02:25:49Z")
This one is especially painful. Harry was a friend of mine. If you’re from the Chicago area and you ever listened to sports radio, you knew his voice. Damn. > **[Report: Teinowitz, ESPN 1000 personality, dead at 64](https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/report-harry-teinowitz-popular-espn-1000-personality-in-the-2000s-dead-at-64/amp/)** > > Harry Teinowitz, a popular sports radio show host in Chicago for over a decade, has died at the age of 64 after a long battle with heart and liver problems. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1356 "2025-07-17T14:48:17Z")
Yes she was still alive. Now she isn’t. [https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/1238530020/connie-francis-dead](https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/1238530020/connie-francis-dead) ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1357 "2025-07-17T15:02:50Z")
Dammit, she [promised to wait for me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC0YCfgPAKk). (Warning: may trigger _Futurama_-related PTSD) ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1358 "2025-07-17T15:26:36Z")
I’m in the middle of a rewatch of _The Sopranos_, and they just mentioned her in an episode I watched the other night. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1359 "2025-07-17T19:40:36Z")
That guy who parachuted from space has died at 44 points [Felix Baumgartner](https://nypost.com/2025/07/17/world-news/felix-baumgartner-dead-at-56-skydiver-known-for-record-breaking-jumps-killed-in-paragliding-accident/) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1360 "2025-07-17T20:15:08Z")
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