# 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:** 86
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1701 "2025-10-01T19:44:45Z")
Jane Goodall was visiting the United States and died. Great, now on top of all the other things we’ve done recently, we’ve killed Jane Goodall. ---
**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 2, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1702 "2025-10-02T14:15:18Z")
> **[George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lt-col-george-hardy-tuskegee-airmen-world-war-ii-pilots-dies-100-rcna234028)** > > Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots in the United States. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1703 "2025-10-02T18:56:36Z")
# ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ star Joshua Allen has died Allen won Season 4 of the Fox Reality TV show “So You Think You Can Dance.” Author: Melissa Hernandez De La Cruz Published: 12:18 PM CDT October 1, 2025 Updated: 12:31 PM CDT October 1, 2025 WASHINGTON — Joshua Allen, known for winning Season 4 of “So You Think You Can Dance,” has died. He was 36. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1704 "2025-10-03T12:24:23Z")
The Lady of the “Boo-kay” House is no longer speaking: > **[Patricia Routledge: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 96](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdjegvjz3do)** > > She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played the BBC's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp. Brian ---
**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 3, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1705 "2025-10-03T12:38:17Z")
For those who only know Routledge from _Keeping Up Appearances_, her Bennett monologues and Beckett plays were sublime. A brilliant actress. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1706 "2025-10-03T12:48:01Z")
The lady of the house is no longer speaking ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1707 "2025-10-03T18:08:30Z")
I saw a video of her as “Ruth” in a production of “The Pirates of Penzance” a couple of days ago. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1708 "2025-10-03T20:08:53Z")
I just saw one I wish I had thought of: she kicked the bouquet. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1709 "2025-10-04T11:50:54Z")
I just used that on my better half. It got a groan, so… success! I also enjoyed Routledge in _Hetty Wainthropp Investigates_, a fun cozy mystery series. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1710 "2025-10-05T00:01:40Z")
Will her casket have hand-painted periwinkles and room for a pony? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1711 "2025-10-05T17:14:36Z")
We missed that English soccer player Billy Vigar died September 26 from “significant brain injury” suffered during an [on-field incident.](https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/sport/soccer-billy-vigar-death-intl) Vigar was 21. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1712 "2025-10-06T13:26:49Z")
> **['Vice Principals' star Kimberly Hébert Gregory dies at 52: 'One of the best'](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/10/05/kimberly-hebert-gregory-dies-vice-principals/86537117007/)** > > Kimberly Hébert Gregory, an actress known for her roles on shows like "Vice Principals" and "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World," has died. She was 52. ---
**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 7, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1713 "2025-10-07T19:08:54Z")
> **[The Yardbirds Co-Founder Chris Dreja Dies at 79](https://pitchfork.com/news/the-yardbirds-co-founder-chris-dreja-dies-at-79/)** > > The band’s rhythm guitarist and later bassist was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 ---
**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 7, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1714 "2025-10-07T23:42:26Z")
Is Dick Van Dyke a Doper? > **[Dick Van Dyke says it would be kind of funny if he died before December](https://www.avclub.com/dick-van-dyke-says-funny-if-he-died-before-100)** > > Dick Van Dyke says it would be kind of funny if he died before December ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1715 "2025-10-08T00:02:13Z")
Van Dyke is stealing Betty White’s joke. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1716 "2025-10-08T00:47:32Z")
I already knew there was no god, but this pretty much seals it. Granted, it’s premature, but she did lose her husband not too long ago. > **[Dolly Parton's sister asks for prayers amid country music star's 'health...](https://wlos.com/news/local/dolly-parton-sister-freida-asks-requests-prayers-worldwide-country-music-star-health-challenges-dollywood-las-vegas-residency-concerts-procedures-praying)** > > Freida Parton, the sister of country music star Dolly Parton, is asking the world to pray amid the famous singer's recent "health challenges." ---
**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:** [October 8, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1717 "2025-10-08T15:30:54Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I already knew there was no god, but this pretty much seals it. Granted, it’s premature, but she did lose her husband not too long ago. > > [Dolly Parton's sister asks for prayers amid country music star's 'health challenges'](https://wlos.com/news/local/dolly-parton-sister-freida-asks-requests-prayers-worldwide-country-music-star-health-challenges-dollywood-las-vegas-residency-concerts-procedures-praying) Apparently the sister apologized for making it sound worse than it is. Dolly is apparently “under the weather” but not in danger. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1718 "2025-10-08T15:43:47Z")
Jebus. I actually lay awake worrying about Dolly in the wee hours last night. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1719 "2025-10-08T17:43:58Z")
> **[Joan Kennedy, first wife of Sen. Edward Kennedy, has died](https://apnews.com/article/joan-kennedy-dies-sen-edward-kennedy-3a3d8557ccb83fad3bdc0444a235e80c)** > > The first wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, Joan Kennedy, died Wednesday at the age of 89. She endured the assassinations of two brothers-in-law and stood by her husband through the Chappaquiddick scandal as well as through his failed 1980 run... ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1720 "2025-10-08T22:16:01Z")
You probably didn’t know his name but boy oh boy will you recognize his face. It seemed like he was in every movie filmed in Chicago for the past 40 years, including The Fugitive and The Dark Knight. > **[Ron Dean, ‘Risky Business’ and ‘The Breakfast Club’ Actor, Dies At 87](https://variety.com/2025/film/obituaries-people-news/ron-dean-dead-isky-business-breakfast-club-1236543699/)** > > Ron Dean, an actor known for his roles in "The Breakfast Club" and "Risky Business" died on Oct. 5. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=85) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=87)