# 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:** 75
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1481 "2025-08-04T17:47:30Z")
1 Jeezums 218 6 0 2 Kitten Mitten 180 5 1 3 phungi 178 5 1 4 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 173 5 0 5 Happy Lendervedder 171 5 1 6 RTFirefly 144 4 0 7 Captain Lance Murdoch 123 3 2 8 Wheelz 116 4 0 9 Registered at Last 112 3 0 10 Reindeer Flotilla 109 3 0 11 GIGObuster 106 4 0 12 Culling the Herd 97 3 1 13 Hoopy Frood 96 3 0 14 Queen Anne’s Lace 96 3 0 15 Dung Beetle 95 3 0 16 RobotDevilDog 94 3 0 17 Superdude 93 3 0 18 Jegpeg 83 2 0 18 Rebo 83 2 0 20 imthjckaz 75 3 0 21 Maus Magill 74 2 0 22 Mahaloth 70 3 1 23 Mean Mr Mustard 68 2 0 24 SunUp 65 2 0 25 Wolfpack Jeep 60 2 0 26 Loach 59 2 0 27 Deanna D 48 1 0 27 Lord Feldon 48 1 0 27 Mona Lott 48 1 0 27 Tyronne 48 4 2 27 zadscmc 48 2 1 32 Bayaker 47 2 0 32 lel 47 3 2 32 Pheoinix 47 2 0 35 Todesliste 40 2 0 36 RollOutTheBarrel 39 2 0 37 Captain Klutz 35 1 0 37 Little Nemo 35 1 0 37 McDeath the Mad 35 1 0 37 Railer 13 35 1 0 37 smithsb 35 1 0 37 Moriarity 35 1 0 37 Schubert 35 1 0 37 Larry Borgia 35 1 0 45 Tristan 29 2 0 46 J-P L 28 2 0 47 critter 26 1 0 48 Brian Wilson 24 1 0 48 Allecher 24 1 0 48 Axelwright 24 1 0 51 vivalostwages 22 1 1 52 IKnowItsOver 18 1 0 52 SpoilerVirgin 18 1 0 54 biotop 14 1 1 55 xizor 13 1 1 56 Baker 12 1 1 56 Dancer Flight 12 1 0 56 escheral 12 1 1 56 Guano Lad 12 1 0 56 gwendee 12 1 0 56 Lancia 12 1 0 56 Lsura 12 1 0 56 Mrs Ducky 12 1 0 56 Paul was in Saudi 12 1 0 56 Precambrianmollusc 12 1 0 56 Prof.Pepperwinkle 12 1 0 67 Pardel-Lux 11 1 1 68 commasense 10 2 1 68 penulrims thule 10 1 0 68 Sternvogel 10 1 0 71 Rivkah Chaya 9 1 1 72 Shoeless 8 1 1 73 Hatchie 5 1 1 73 shageroo 5 1 0 73 Stephe96 5 1 0 73 teelabrown 5 1 0 77 Czarcasm 3 1 0 77 Gyrate 3 1 0 77 Lamoral 3 1 0 ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1482 "2025-08-04T19:03:03Z")
Goddammit. I had him on my shortlist for next year. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1483 "2025-08-04T22:38:15Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Goddammit. I had him on my shortlist for next year. Did you hack into my list? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1484 "2025-08-05T02:18:10Z")
Not this year. I’m beating you. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1485 "2025-08-05T07:48:12Z")
I can’t believe I’m still at zero points. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1486 "2025-08-05T11:05:30Z")
Same. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1487 "2025-08-05T11:37:41Z")
Now that James Whale has passed on, I’ve racked up all my 2025 Death Pool entries born in the 1950s. (Ryne Sandberg and Linda Nolan were the others.) The people on my list from the 1960s are welcome to follow whenever they get the urge. (Of course I wouldn’t object if those from the 1970s and 1980s beat them to it.) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1488 "2025-08-05T18:24:00Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Not this year. I’m beating you. I meant next years list. I was tracking David Roach too. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1489 "2025-08-05T19:34:16Z")
Yeah, I know. I just didn’t have a pithy comment for that one. Football (“soccer”) legend [Jorge Costa has died at 53](https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/45907620/porto-legend-jorge-costa-dies-aged-53-cardiac-arrest). ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1490 "2025-08-05T20:00:02Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Yeah, I know. I just didn’t have a pithy comment for that one. > > Football (“soccer”) legend [Jorge Costa has died at 53](https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/45907620/porto-legend-jorge-costa-dies-aged-53-cardiac-arrest). I’ve had more scores on next year’s list than this one. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1491 "2025-08-05T22:21:26Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’ve had more scores on next year’s list than this one. Then I would submit your 2027 list next year. mmm ---
**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:** [August 6, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1492 "2025-08-06T01:35:05Z")
> **['Walking Dead' Actress Kelley Mack Dies at 33](https://www.tvinsider.com/1207304/kelley-mack-dies-walking-dead-actress/)** > > The actress was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1493 "2025-08-07T03:08:03Z")
> **[Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner, dies at 88](https://apnews.com/article/eddie-palmieri-dead-latin-jazz-rumba-d01a0d0b6fbcc04eae47290f374fc171)** > > Eddie Palmieri, the pioneering rumba and Latin jazz musician, has died at 88. His daughter Gabriela said he died Wednesday in New Jersey after a long illness. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1494 "2025-08-07T14:05:06Z")
Ion Illiescu, Romania’s first president after the collapse of communism, dies aged 95: > **[A Bolshevik for all seasons: The paradox of Romania’s Ion Iliescu](https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-first-democratic-leader-ion-iliescu-bolshevik-all-seasons-paradox/)** > > Iliescu has a complex legacy. He will be remembered as the country’s first democratic leader, and for his brutal crackdown against dissent in 1990. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1495 "2025-08-07T19:47:28Z")
# Brandon Blackstock, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, dies at 48 after battle with cancer > **[Brandon Blackstock Dies: Kelly Clarkson’s Ex-Husband & Talent Manager Was 48](https://deadline.com/2025/08/brandon-blackstock-dead-kelly-clarksons-ex-husband-talent-manager-1236481545/)** > > Brandon Blackstock, a talent manager and Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband has died. He was 48. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1496 "2025-08-08T05:49:25Z")
> **[Dame Stella Rimington, former MI5 director general, dies at 90](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkrm00y6rgo)** > > Dame Stella was the first female director general of the service and the first to be publicly identified. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1497 "2025-08-08T17:41:06Z")
> **[Nicholas Clapp, Documentarian and Author Known as a “Modern-Day Indiana...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nicholas-clapp-dead-documentarian-indiana-jones-1236335169/)** > > He worked on Oscar-nominated projects for the National Geographic Society and led an expedition to find the lost city of Ubar. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1498 "2025-08-08T19:41:23Z")
[Jim Lovell](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/astronaut-jim-lovell-apollo-13-commander-dies-97-rcna223949) - 4 trips to space and only left 3 points on the table ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1499 "2025-08-08T19:46:05Z")
That would be an interesting themed list - people portrayed by Tom Hanks on screen. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1500 "2025-08-08T22:27:38Z")
It would be a short list (which just got shorter). Of the nine real life people Hanks has played only Richard Phillips and Chesley Sullenberger are alive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=76)