# 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:** 80
**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:** [August 26, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1581 "2025-08-26T12:52:04Z")
Let’s all bow our heads at the passing of one of the best names in history. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1582 "2025-08-26T14:08:46Z")
> **[Comedian Reggie Carroll shot dead at 52 in Mississippi, suspect in custody](https://nypost.com/2025/08/25/us-news/comedian-reggie-carroll-dead-at-52-in-miss-shooting-suspect-in-custody/)** > > Carroll, often dubbed “The Knockout King of Comedy” for the stand-up special he hosted and produced under the name, built a loyal base through his comedy performances. ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1583 "2025-08-26T15:29:04Z")
That’s one upset heckler. ---
**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 26, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1584 "2025-08-26T16:50:37Z")
That comic ain’t standing up no more. mmm ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1585 "2025-08-27T05:25:18Z")
> **[Jackie Kennedy’s Last Partner Has Died at 95](https://www.thedailybeast.com/maurice-tempelsman-jackie-kennedys-last-partner-dead-at-95/)** > > The Belgian-American diamond magnate was the former first lady’s partner for a decade leading up to her death. ---
**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 27, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1586 "2025-08-27T22:34:15Z")
> **[Nobel prize winner and gravitational wave pioneer Rainer Weiss dies at 92](https://www.space.com/astronomy/nobel-prize-winner-and-gravitational-wave-pioneer-rainer-weiss-dies-at-92)** > > "Rai leaves an indelible mark on science and a gaping hole in our lives." ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1587 "2025-08-29T00:28:58Z")
> **['61 Wimbledon champ Mortimer-Barrett dies at 93](https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/46072231/wimbledon-winner-angela-morr-barrett-dies-aged-93)** > > Former Wimbledon champion Angela Mortimer-Barrett has died at the age of 93. ---
**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 30, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1588 "2025-08-30T21:35:11Z")
> **[Jordan, champion with Alabama, Cowboys, dies](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46113786/lee-roy-jordan-champion-alabama-dallas-cowboys-dies)** > > Lee Roy Jordan, who won a national title at Alabama and a Super Bowl title with the Cowboys, has died at the age of 84. ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1589 "2025-09-01T13:02:35Z")
[Joe Bugner: Former world heavyweight title opponent for Muhammad Ali dies aged 75](https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/13423098/joe-bugner-former-world-heavyweight-title-opponent-for-muhammad-ali-dies-aged-75) 25 points for me ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1590 "2025-09-01T13:32:31Z")
Channel surfing this morning I caught some of Liz & Dick’s Taming of the Shrew, and then Logan’s Run on a sci-fi channel. I’m afraid I may have killed Michael York. Only the next few days will tell. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1591 "2025-09-01T23:12:48Z")
Can’t think of him ever being bad in anything. Always made what he was in better. > **[Graham Greene, Oscar-Nominated ‘Dances with Wolves’ Actor, Dies at 73](https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/graham-greene-dead-dances-with-wolves-1236504217/)** > > Graham Greene, a Canadian actor best known for his Oscar-nominated turn in the 1990 film "Dances with Wolves," died on Monday. He was 73. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1592 "2025-09-01T23:16:02Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Can’t think of him ever being bad in anything. Always made what he was in better. Saw Maverick(1994) in the theater and he killed it. Some of the biggest laughs from the crowd. > [@](#): > > We get dressed up in war paint and whoop around like idiots. He wants me to speak like they say in books, “How, white man.” _You_ people are such assholes. And he’s got to hear the war drums all the time! ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1593 "2025-09-01T23:40:39Z")
He was great in **Thunderheart.** ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1594 "2025-09-01T23:49:01Z")
And recently in _Echo_ ---
**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:** [September 1, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1595 "2025-09-01T23:49:42Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > I’m afraid I may have killed Michael York. Only the next few days will tell. Well if it’s his time anyway, it would move me up four spots on the Themed 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:** [September 2, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1596 "2025-09-02T01:07:08Z")
I had him on my list, but i bumped him for Ryne Sandberg, so I can’t complain too much. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1597 "2025-09-02T03:49:48Z")
Award winning author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro died yesterday at the age of 82. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1598 "2025-09-02T20:47:53Z")
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**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:** [September 3, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1599 "2025-09-03T03:54:30Z")
> **[Tran Trong Duyet, John McCain’s Captor at the ‘Hanoi Hilton,’ Dies at 93](https://www.myheraldreview.com/free_access/tran-trong-duyet-john-mccain-s-captor-at-the-hanoi-hilton-dies-at-93/article_8ae21a51-aa76-41c9-9989-abfc7547d5ae.html)** > > HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Tran Trong Duyet, the chief warden at Hoa Lo Prison, nicknamed the Hanoi Hilton, during the captivity of John McCain and other American pilots ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1600 "2025-09-03T04:26:36Z")
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