# 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:** 82
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1621 "2025-09-08T23:08:26Z")
When it’s that close, I’d round up. ---
**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 9, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1622 "2025-09-09T00:23:35Z")
> **[John Burton, Architect of California Democratic Machine, Dies at 92 | KQED](https://www.kqed.org/news/12054886/john-burton-architect-of-california-democratic-machine-dies-at-92)** > > John Burton, longtime California legislator and influential Democratic Party leader, shaped Sacramento politics, mentored Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer and championed labor, civil rights and foster care reforms. ---
**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 9, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1623 "2025-09-09T16:11:20Z")
I may be retired but this sounds suspicious: > **[Body Found in Impounded Tesla Belonging to Singer D4vd](https://www.tmz.com/2025/09/09/dead-body-found-in-car-registered-singer-d4vd/?adid=social-fb&fbclid=IwZnRzaAMtMMJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHiRl0qyV1fm1ISl6HWU9MZUTLicFNcA01toFuXcIYkKM6vET1jtRbZ_pCBZ4_aem_kboklKcT_DZs9EEi05UKog)** > > A Tesla registered to singer D4vd -- a popular singer with millions of streams -- is under a police microscope after a body was found inside the vehicle at a Hollywood tow yard. Just to be clear, it may or may not be him. The article states he tweeted after the car was impounded but tweets can be scheduled. ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1624 "2025-09-09T17:20:51Z")
Former Flipper lead singer Bruce “Loose” Calderwood [has died at 66.](https://parade.com/news/80s-punk-legend-who-paved-the-way-for-nirvana-dead-at-66) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1625 "2025-09-10T06:46:24Z")
That seems Awkward to me. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1626 "2025-09-10T07:53:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Just to be clear, it may or may not be him. At least one story I have seen says that he has been informed of the situation, so I think it is probably not him. ---
**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 10, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1627 "2025-09-10T08:18:43Z")
I sure _plenty_ of random corpses are found in Teslas. No need to jump to conclusions. ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1628 "2025-09-10T19:21:54Z")
Well, kiss mah ashes. Actress Polly Holliday, dead at age 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:** [September 10, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1629 "2025-09-10T19:52:45Z")
No official word of his current condition. > **[Live updates: Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/live-blog/rcna230437)** > > Charlie Kirk shot at event at Utah Valley University ---
**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:** [September 10, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1630 "2025-09-10T20:51:47Z")
And, he’s dead. > **[Live updates: Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at an event in Utah,...](https://apnews.com/live/utah-valley-university-charlie-kirk-shooting-updates)** > > Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot at an event at a Utah college, Turning Point said. ---
**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 10, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1631 "2025-09-10T22:29:33Z")
As God is my witness, I was considering posting my attraction for Jewish women in the “things that attracts you” thread (but decided against it.) Nonetheless, thinking of Shari Lewis, Judy Graubart and finally Linda Lavin, I’d checked Wikipedia to see if Lavin’s co-star Polly Holiday was still alive. The next day she wasn’t. ---
**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 10, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1632 "2025-09-10T22:56:24Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > Just to be clear, it may or may not be him. > > At least one story I have seen says that he has been informed of the situation, so I think it is probably not him. According to TMZ it’s a woman. Still seems like bad news for him but not the kind that scores points. > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > As God is my witness, I was considering posting my attraction for Jewish women in the “things that attracts you” thread (but decided against it.) Nonetheless, thinking of Shari Lewis, Judy Graubart and finally Linda Lavin, I’d checked Wikipedia to see if Lavin’s co-star Polly Holiday was still alive. The next day she wasn’t. You monster! ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1633 "2025-09-12T15:25:11Z")
Former Syracuse women’s basketball star Tiana Mangakahia [dead at 30](https://nypost.com/2025/09/12/sports/former-syracuse-basketball-star-tiana-mangakahia-dead-at-30-after-breast-cancer-battle/). Points! ---
**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 13, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1634 "2025-09-13T04:02:33Z")
The Bosom has fallen: > **[June Wilkinson obituary: 1950s model and actress](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/june-wilkinson-obituary-1950s-model-and-actress-dmbz78nbb)** > > Model, actress and Playboy pin-up who considered herself liberated and enjoyed fame as one of the most photographed women of the 1950s, dies aged 85 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1635 "2025-09-13T04:31:20Z")
Breast cancer. That’s a very uncommon cause of death at age 30. ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1636 "2025-09-14T03:03:54Z")
Bobby Hart, of Boyce and Hart, dead at age 86. ---
**Author:** ![MarkF2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@MarkF2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF2004)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1637 "2025-09-14T14:37:24Z")
[Ricky Hatton, boxing world champion, dead at 46](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/cd0724eg90ko) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1638 "2025-09-14T16:04:15Z")
I don’t wonder what he’s doing tonight. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1639 "2025-09-14T18:53:18Z")
Hermeto Pascoal, The Magician, is dead at 89. **[NYT gift link](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/arts/music/hermeto-pascoal-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l08.pUD0.e8LSuTnqhP_o&smid=url-share)**. They don’t make them like that anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1640 "2025-09-15T00:23:08Z")
Whoa, the points phungi just go propel them into first place. 1 phungi 248 6 2 2 Jeezums 243 7 1 3 Kitten Mitten 180 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 13 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 21 Mahaloth 70 3 1 23 Mean Mr Mustard 68 2 0 23 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 44 Larry Borgia 35 1 0 45 Hatchie 30 2 2 46 Tristan 29 2 0 47 J-P L 28 2 0 48 critter 26 1 0 49 Brian Wilson 24 1 0 49 Allecher 24 1 0 49 Axelwright 24 1 0 52 vivalostwages 22 1 1 53 IKnowItsOver 18 1 0 53 SpoilerVirgin 18 1 0 55 biotop 14 1 1 56 xizor 13 1 1 57 Baker 12 1 1 57 Dancer Flight 12 1 0 57 escheral 12 1 1 57 Guano Lad 12 1 0 57 gwendee 12 1 0 57 Lancia 12 1 0 57 Lsura 12 1 0 57 Mrs Ducky 12 1 0 57 Paul was in Saudi 12 1 0 57 Precambrianmollusc 12 1 0 57 Prof.Pepperwinkle 12 1 0 68 Pardel-Lux 11 1 1 69 commasense 10 2 1 69 penulrims thule 10 1 0 69 Sternvogel 10 1 0 72 Rivkah Chaya 9 1 1 73 Shoeless 8 1 1 74 shageroo 5 1 0 74 Stephe96 5 1 0 74 teelabrown 5 1 0 77 Czarcasm 3 1 0 77 Gyrate 3 1 0 77 Lamoral 3 1 0 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=83)