# 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:** 71
**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 23, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1401 "2025-07-23T12:58:54Z")
Attorney Roy Black died a few days ago. He was the lawyer who was representing Jefffey Epstein when he secured that sweetheart plea deal some years ago. > **[Roy Black, famed defense attorney for Rush Limbaugh and Jeffrey Epstein, dies...](https://nypost.com/2025/07/23/us-news/roy-black-famed-defense-attorney-for-rush-limbaugh-and-jeffrey-epstein-dies-after-illustrious-career/)** > > Roy Black, renowned Miami attorney known as the 'greatest of all time' in legal circles, has died at 80 after defending celebrities in high-profile cases. ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1402 "2025-07-24T02:52:07Z")
> **[George Kooymans, Guitarist for 'Radar Love' Rockers Golden Earring, Dead at 77](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/george-kooymans-guitarist-golden-earring-dead-obituary-1235392319/)** > > George Kooymans, the founding guitarist for Golden Earring, best known for 'Radar Love' and 'Twilight Zone,' has died at the age of 77. ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1403 "2025-07-24T03:23:17Z")
> **[Kenneth Washington, Last Surviving Main Cast Member of ‘Hogan’s Heroes,’ Dies...](https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/kenneth-washington-dead-hogans-heroes-1236468054/)** > > Kenneth Washington, who was the last surviving main cast member of the CBS series 'Hogan's Heroes,' died on July 18 at 88. ---
**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 24, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1404 "2025-07-24T10:19:07Z")
I’d never heard of him, but this Australian kid was apparently internet famous for posting videos of himself driving his motorcycle like an idiot. He wins a Darwin Award while running from police who were trying to pull him over for having a partially obscured license plate. > **[Motorcycle Influencer Dies at Age 20 in Police Pursuit](https://people.com/motorcycle-influencer-dies-at-age-20-in-police-pursuit-11777416)** > > Motorcycle enthusiast Bradley Wilder reportedly died at the scene after paramedics were unable to successfully treat him. An investigation into the circumstances of his death — including the behavior of the police pursuing him — is... ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1405 "2025-07-24T15:53:48Z")
I gotta tell ya brother, Hulk Hogan dead. > **[Hulk Hogan dead at 71, according to news reports](https://www.wrdw.com/2025/07/24/hulk-hogan-dead-71-according-news-reports/)** > > TMZ reports that professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan is dead. ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1406 "2025-07-24T15:55:09Z")
My boss has represented him and his family in court, and just texted me the same news. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1407 "2025-07-24T16:11:14Z")
Confirmed by Wiki and NBC News. ---
**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 24, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1408 "2025-07-24T16:32:32Z")
It was on TMZ. My most trusted news site. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1409 "2025-07-24T16:49:20Z")
Chuck Mangione is now a man gone. > **[Chuck Mangione Dead at 84](https://www.tmz.com/2025/07/24/chuck-mangione-dead/)** > > Chuck Mangione, a famous jazz musician, is dead ... TMZ has confirmed. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1410 "2025-07-24T16:59:52Z")
The Megalomart explosion finally got him. ---
**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 24, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1411 "2025-07-24T17:27:20Z")
I was going to say the _King of the Hill_ curse is still in effect. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1412 "2025-07-24T18:30:07Z")
Chuck - sad. Hulk - welcome to hell. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1413 "2025-07-24T20:00:26Z")
| 1 | Jeezums | 158 | 4 | 0 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | Kitten Mitten | 145 | 4 | 1 | | 2 | Happy Lendervedder | 145 | 4 | 1 | | 4 | Captain Lance Murdoch | 123 | 3 | 2 | | 5 | phungi | 117 | 3 | 1 | | 6 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 112 | 3 | 0 | | 6 | Registered at Last | 112 | 3 | 0 | | 8 | Jegpeg | 83 | 2 | 0 | | 8 | Reindeer Flotilla | 83 | 2 | 0 | | 8 | RTFirefly | 83 | 2 | 0 | | 11 | Wheelz | 81 | 3 | 0 | | 12 | GIGObuster | 80 | 3 | 0 | | 13 | Mahaloth | 70 | 3 | 1 | | 14 | Culling the Herd | 62 | 2 | 1 | | 15 | Dung Beetle | 60 | 2 | 0 | | 15 | Wolfpack Jeep | 60 | 2 | 0 | | 17 | RobotDevilDog | 59 | 2 | 0 | | 18 | Superdude | 58 | 2 | 0 | | 19 | Deanna D | 48 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | Lord Feldon | 48 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | Maus Magill | 48 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | Mona Lott | 48 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | Rebo | 48 | 1 | 0 | | 19 | Tyronne | 48 | 4 | 2 | | 25 | Bayaker | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 25 | lel | 47 | 3 | 2 | | 25 | Pheoinix | 47 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | imthjckaz | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 28 | Todesliste | 40 | 2 | 0 | | 30 | RollOutTheBarrel | 39 | 2 | 0 | | 31 | Captain Klutz | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Hoopy Frood | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Little Nemo | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | McDeath the Mad | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 31 | Railer 13 | 35 | 1 | 0 | | 37 | Loach | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 37 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 33 | 1 | 0 | | 39 | SunUp | 30 | 1 | 0 | | 40 | Tristan | 29 | 2 | 0 | | 41 | J-P L | 28 | 2 | 0 | | 42 | Brian Wilson | 24 | 1 | 0 | | 42 | Allecher | 24 | 1 | 0 | | 42 | Axelwright | 24 | 1 | 0 | | 45 | vivalostwages | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 45 | zadscmc | 22 | 1 | 1 | | 47 | IKnowItsOver | 18 | 1 | 0 | | 47 | SpoilerVirgin | 18 | 1 | 0 | | 49 | biotop | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 50 | xizor | 13 | 1 | 1 | | 51 | Baker | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 51 | Dancer Flight | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | escheral | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 51 | Guano Lad | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | gwendee | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | Lancia | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | Lsura | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | Mrs Ducky | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | Paul was in Saudi | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | Precambrianmollusc | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 51 | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 12 | 1 | 0 | | 62 | Pardel-Lux | 11 | 1 | 1 | | 63 | commasense | 10 | 2 | 1 | | 63 | penulrims thule | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 63 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 | | 66 | Shoeless | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 67 | Hatchie | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 67 | shageroo | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 67 | Stephe96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 67 | teelabrown | 5 | 1 | 0 | ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1414 "2025-07-25T18:05:22Z")
Aww. Cleo Laine passes at 97. > **[Singer Cleo Laine, regarded by many as Britain's greatest jazz voice, dies at 97](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-07-25/cleo-laine-dead-jazz-singer-british)** > > Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who many considered Britain's greatest jazz singer, has died. She was 97. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1415 "2025-07-25T18:55:35Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Aww. Cleo Laine passes at 97. Aww is right. 97 is a good long life, but still. I know my mom will be upset when she hears the news. ---
**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 25, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1416 "2025-07-25T20:10:57Z")
James Whale about to hit a 26-pointer. > **[James Whale shares he 'probably won’t be here next week' as he enters hospice](https://metro.co.uk/2025/07/25/james-whale-shares-probably-wont-next-week-enters-hospice-23754185/)** > > The radio host has terminal cancer. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1417 "2025-07-25T20:28:08Z")
Well, at least good enough to keep up the pace, but I guess I will be once again by the end of the year around 5th place, like one famous frustrated chess master. \*\* . . . \*\* After Richard Teichmann, the chess master. He was known as “Richard the Fifth” because he often finished in fifth place in chess tournaments ---
**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 25, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1418 "2025-07-25T20:40:23Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > James Whale about to hit a 26-pointer. > > [https://metro.co.uk/2025/07/25/james-whale-shares-probably-wont-next-week-enters-hospice-23754185/](https://metro.co.uk/2025/07/25/james-whale-shares-probably-wont-next-week-enters-hospice-23754185/) ~~He’s been clogging up my list for a few years.~~ Condolences to the family. ---
**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 25, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1419 "2025-07-25T22:28:23Z")
Oh no, The Bride will soon be a widow. What? Different guy? Oh. _NEVERMIND_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1420 "2025-07-26T11:45:41Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > ~~He’s been clogging up my list for a few years.~~ > Condolences to the family. Gotta admit, I LOL’d. Looks like about a Baker’s dozen of us have him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=72)