# 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:** 77
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1521 "2025-08-15T13:08:04Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Brad Pitt's mother, Jane Pitt, dies at 84: 'She had the biggest heart' - ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/brad-pitts-mother-jane-pitt-dies-84-family/story?id=124429285) Is that what she died of? \< runs away \> ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1522 "2025-08-15T13:44:19Z")
Jane Pitt’s passing did make national (ABC) news, but I didn’t mention it here because of the “is she a celebrity” problem. She did accompany her son at award and other events, but is that enough? it doesn’t really matter since no one had her (I assume), and I’m not sure a similar situation will happen in the future – no one start listing “[insert celebrity]'s mother” in future lists! Brian ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1523 "2025-08-15T15:50:13Z")
At least, not without a note signed by Epstein’s mother. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1524 "2025-08-15T16:48:13Z")
I actually thought about that reference, but with all the political connotations about that name I decided against it. Brian ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1525 "2025-08-15T16:49:16Z")
Grasshopper is most wise. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1526 "2025-08-15T17:26:48Z")
Eww! I didn’t think of that. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1527 "2025-08-15T17:38:11Z")
It is a good thing Robert Hegyes died more than a decade ago. ---
**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 15, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1528 "2025-08-15T19:47:18Z")
It has prevented a Cagney & Lacey reunion movie. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1529 "2025-08-15T21:13:35Z")
I have thought of this before. It is possible that a person can be a celebrity in their own right. Next year I will address this in the rules. I someone’s mom is mentioned other players can question it, and the selectoir can defend their choice. I will be the judge. some years ago I had Lydian Heston on my list. She was a stage actress, and a prefessional photographer. She had professional talents and was not just Charlton Heston’s wife. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1530 "2025-08-15T21:21:53Z")
Not a good year for General Hospital alumnae. A missed opportunity theme list. Tristan Rogers dead at 79. > **[Tristan Rogers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_Rogers)** > > Tristan Rogers (3 June 1946 – 15 August 2025) was an Australian actor. He is best known for playing Robert Scorpio on the ABC soap opera General Hospital and for voicing Jake in Walt Disney Pictures' The Rescuers Down Under. > Rogers was born in Melbourne. His early acting roles were on Australian television and he completed short stints in soap operas Bellbird, Number 96 (in 1974), and The Box (in 1975). He was a regular in the police drama series The Link Men (1970) which lasted for 13 episod... ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1531 "2025-08-15T21:45:55Z")
If they show a funeral for Robert Scorpio on General Hospital, will Luke Spenser show up? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1532 "2025-08-16T01:59:47Z")
Doubtful, since Tony Geary retired from the role years ago. OTOH, Laura would almost certainly be there in her capacity as Mayor of Port Charles. My original favorite couple on GH was Robert and Holly. Over 40 years ago now. RIP, Commissioner. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1533 "2025-08-16T02:03:39Z")
I’ve been there since the initial runaway and the Ice Princess Affair, stayed through the Aztec Princess Adventure, and enjoyed the Robin/Casey space alien bruhaha. Those were the days. And yes, I watched when Robin appeared for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1534 "2025-08-16T02:08:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > And yes, I watched when Robin appeared for the first time. I was watching when Robin first appeared as well. I just read that they did some goodbye episodes for Robert and had him leaving with Holly. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1535 "2025-08-16T13:13:44Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > My original favorite couple on GH was Robert and Holly. Over 40 years ago now. My stepsister and I watched General Hospital as young teens, during that year when everyone was watching it. We pretended she was Laura because she had a crush on Luke, and I was Holly because I had a crush on Scorpio. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1536 "2025-08-16T13:30:11Z")
Back in the heyday of the WSB. [World Security Bureau | General Hospital Wiki | Fandom](https://general-hospital.fandom.com/wiki/World_Security_Bureau) ---
**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 16, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1537 "2025-08-16T16:38:52Z")
> **[Greg Iles, Mississippi author of 'Natchez Burning' trilogy, dies of cancer at 65](https://apnews.com/article/greg-iles-obituary-mississippi-6926bb52a984663f2bbf86de8d223a1c)** > > Mississippi author Greg Iles has died at 65. His literary agent Dan Conaway said Iles died Friday after a decades-long battle with the blood cancer multiple myeloma. ---
**Author:** ![MarkF2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@MarkF2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF2004)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1538 "2025-08-16T17:43:30Z")
Bob Simpson, Australia Cricketer Aged 89. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob\_Simpson\_(cricketer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Simpson%5C_(cricketer)) ---
**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:** [August 17, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1539 "2025-08-17T15:36:46Z")
Actor Terence Stamp has died at age 87. [Terence Stamp - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Stamp) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1540 "2025-08-17T16:27:02Z")
Wow. Did anyone ever hear him talk about his casting in Phantom Menace? Yeah, if you can’t tell, he definitely thought there was more to his role than, uh, nothing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=78)