# 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:** 85
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1681 "2025-09-24T00:29:31Z")
She was in my favorite western (Once Upon a Time in the West). Not only is it a great film, but it is one of the very few westerns to have a female lead. RIP, Claudia. ---
**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 24, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1682 "2025-09-24T00:46:52Z")
I just saw her last night in _The Pink Panther_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1683 "2025-09-24T02:30:09Z")
She was the adultress in _Jesus of Nazareth._ ---
**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 24, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1684 "2025-09-24T05:14:30Z")
[Kim Seong-min](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/kim-seong-min/), North Korean defector who became a democracy activist and co-founder of Free North Korea Radio. ---
**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 25, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1685 "2025-09-25T04:48:27Z")
> **[The Game Chasers YouTuber Billy Hudson dies from cancer aged 44 - Dexerto](https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/the-game-chasers-youtuber-billy-hudson-dies-from-cancer-aged-44-3254013/)** > > Billy Hudson, best known as one of the faces behind retro gaming YouTube channel The Game Chasers, has died from cancer at 44 years old. ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1686 "2025-09-26T15:41:17Z")
Legendary jazz bassist [Danny Thompson](https://parade.com/news/danny-thompson-folk-rock-bass-player-dead-86), one of the founders of Pentangle, had died at 86. ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1687 "2025-09-26T15:45:12Z")
I am in no way a fan of cricket but even I knew who umpire Dickie Bird was. > **[Dickie Bird obituary: Without playing for England, son of Barnsley became one...](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c3e7pylgzz2o)** > > Dickie Bird, who has died aged 92, did not play cricket for England, yet his status as a legend of the game is in no doubt, writes BBC chief cricket reporter Stephan Shemilt. ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1688 "2025-09-27T00:33:29Z")
And then there were two (assassin characters from the Sondheim musical, that is)…\* > **[Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, dies...](https://apnews.com/article/sara-jane-moore-dies-obituary-ford-9766f2f63c05465eac0cf7c05cff6127)** > > Sara Jane Moore, who spent more than 30 years in prison for trying to shoot President Gerald Ford, has died. She was 95. \*(John Hinckley Jr. and Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme) ---
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1689 "2025-09-27T01:02:42Z")
How long did Lynette serve? ---
**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 27, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1690 "2025-09-27T01:24:55Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > How long did Lynette serve?/ 34 years. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1691 "2025-09-27T23:30:41Z")
Detroit sports broadcasting legend Ray Lake makes Detroiters collectively say, “Wow, he was still alive?” Not anymore. > **[Ray Lane (sportscaster)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lane_(sportscaster))** > > Ray Lane (born 1930) is an American sportscaster from Detroit, Michigan. During the late 1940s, Ray played baseball and basketball for the Stags of Mackenzie High School. In 1949, he enrolled at Michigan State University and played baseball for the Spartans while earning a bachelor's degree in communications. > From 1967 through 1972 Lane teamed with Ernie Harwell on Detroit Tigers radio broadcasts; he also worked on the team's television broadcasts from 1999 to 2003. Lane has also broadcast a... Eta: death not yet showing up on Wikipedia, but: > **[Ray Lane, longtime Detroit Tigers, Red Wings broadcaster, dies at 95](https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2025/09/27/ray-lane-longtime-detroit-tigers-red-wings-broadcaster-dies-at-95/86396273007/)** > > Ray Lane, one of the most versatile and respected broadcasters in Detroit sports history has died at age 95. ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1692 "2025-09-28T04:12:06Z")
She was also Tupac’s godmother. > **[Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Army member convicted of killing a state...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/assata-shakur-black-liberation-army-figure-activist-dies-78-rcna233919)** > > Shakur, convicted of killing New Jersey state Trooper Werner Foerster, escaped from prison more than four decades ago and lived in Cuba until her death. ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1693 "2025-09-28T13:09:14Z")
Russell Nelson, the latest ancient president of the Mormon Church, died at 101. [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/obituaries/russell-m-nelson-dead.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/obituaries/russell-m-nelson-dead.html) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1694 "2025-09-29T00:14:32Z")
Just read violinist **Jean-Luc Ponty** is 83. ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1695 "2025-09-29T09:53:16Z")
But is he dead? ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1696 "2025-09-30T04:48:49Z")
> **[Viv Prince death: Celebrated Pretty Things drummer dies, aged 84](https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/news/viv-prince-death-age-drummer-tributes-pretty-things-b2825822.html)** > > Jack White was among those to pay tribute to the colourful music veteran, who also performed with The Who ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1697 "2025-10-01T04:13:41Z")
> **[Lally Weymouth, journalist and daughter of The Washington Post's Graham...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lally-weymouth-journalist-daughter-washington-posts-graham-family-126065834)** > > Washington Post journalist Lally Weymouth has died at the age of 82 ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1698 "2025-10-01T18:10:24Z")
> **[Jane Goodall, famed primatologist, anthropologist and conservationist, dead...](https://abc7ny.com/post/jane-goodall-famed-primatologist-anthropologist-conservationist-dead-91/17918370/)** > > Jane Goodall, the most prolific primatologist of a generation, has died. She was 91 years old. Another good person gone… ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1699 "2025-10-01T18:43:42Z")
> **[Bobby Cain, a member of the Clinton 12 who helped integrate Tennessee high...](https://apnews.com/article/bobby-cain-clinton-12-integration-schools-64059975a92ec1c24a6809ddd7f6e835)** > > Bobby Cain, who helped integrate one of the first high schools in the South in 1956 as one of the Clinton 12, has died in Nashville. He was 85. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1700 "2025-10-01T18:56:54Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Another good person gone… Wow, international treasure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=86)