# 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:** 87
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1721 "2025-10-08T23:15:13Z")
Ms. Parton was in the news recently, due to a health scare that has been revealed to be kidney stones. That’s not fun either, but she’s going to be OK. ---
**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 9, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1722 "2025-10-09T00:24:14Z")
Not Andrew’s dad! Who was apparently a cop! (Those were Mr. Dean’s roles in _The Breakfast Club_ and _The Fugitive_, respectively.) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1723 "2025-10-09T00:34:55Z")
Ron Dean recurred on one of my favourite shows, **Early Edition** , a the cop who was constantly encountering Gary Hobson in the middle of something suspicious. ---
**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 9, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1724 "2025-10-09T09:16:47Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Ms. Parton was in the news recently, due to a health scare that has been revealed to be kidney stones. That’s not fun either, but she’s going to be OK. She is officially not dead yet. > **[Dolly Parton addresses health concerns in new video: ‘I ain’t dead yet!’](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/08/dolly-parton-health-video)** > > Country music star shares buoyant video on social media after rumors swirl about her health ---
**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:** [October 9, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1725 "2025-10-09T09:37:36Z")
Miguel Ángel Russo, Boca Junior’s manager, died aged 69. I had him on my list for next year, but I could not include him in time to save him. > **[Luto en Argentina: muere Miguel Ángel Russo](https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/futbol-internacional/america/luto-argentina-muere-miguel-angel-122428314)** > > Tras una larga lucha, el entrenador de Boca Juniors falleció a la edad de 69 años ---
**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 9, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1726 "2025-10-09T19:00:01Z")
Former Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell has died way too young (aged 62) > **[Red Sox Hall of Famer Mike Greenwell dies after cancer battle](https://www.wcvb.com/article/mike-greenwell-dies-thyroid-cancer-red-sox/68989744)** > > Former Boston Red Sox left fielder Mike Greenwell has died after a battle with a rare form of thyroid cancer. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1727 "2025-10-09T22:42:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > She is officially not dead yet. “I don’t want to go on the cart.” ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1728 "2025-10-10T00:48:53Z")
She has not started looking into the long blue tunnel to the afterlife.   (to reference a book nobody but me has read) ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1729 "2025-10-10T13:06:27Z")
> **[John Lodge, singer and bassist of Moody Blues during classic era, dies at 82](https://apnews.com/article/moody-blues-john-lodge-death-8bc738f385048867148c9edb2d9cc003)** > > John Lodge, the singer and bassist of The Moody Blues, has died at 82. His family announced Friday that Lodge died suddenly and unexpectedly. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1730 "2025-10-10T14:15:31Z")
Now he will lie _under_ a meadow and heac the grass sing. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1731 "2025-10-10T14:25:39Z")
[I wonder where you are I wonder if you think about me Once upon a time In your wildest dreams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmmPFrkuPq0&list=RDkmmPFrkuPq0&start_radio=1) ---
**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 10, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1732 "2025-10-10T14:55:15Z")
May he find his Forever Afternoon ---
**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:** [October 10, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1733 "2025-10-10T18:48:38Z")
Sister Jean gives up the ghost at 106. > **[Sister Jean, Loyola's Beloved Basketball Chaplain, Dies At 106](https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/10/sister-jean-loyolas-beloved-basketball-chaplain-dies-at-106/)** > > Sister Jean retired last month after decades championing the school as chaplain of the Loyola men’s basketball team. ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1734 "2025-10-10T19:51:16Z")
100 and two 3-pointers ---
**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 11, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1735 "2025-10-11T05:03:53Z")
> **[Bruce Cutler, Pugnacious Lawyer for the Mob Boss John Gotti, Dies at 77](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/nyregion/bruce-cutler-dead.html)** > > He became one of the country’s best-known criminal defense lawyers after winning acquittals in three cases that spawned a new nickname for Mr. Gotti: “the Teflon Don.” ---
**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 11, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1736 "2025-10-11T17:25:18Z")
> **[Paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins killed in prison attack](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ian-watkins-dead-prison-lostprophets-stabbing-b2843753.html)** > > Former musician was serving 29-year sentence for child sex offences Oh well ---
**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 11, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1737 "2025-10-11T18:15:47Z")
Not shedding any tears over that one. ---
**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 11, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1738 "2025-10-11T19:16:10Z")
Diane Keaton, actress, age 79. [Diane Keaton - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Keaton) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1739 "2025-10-11T19:51:31Z")
“La di da, la di da, I guess.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1740 "2025-10-11T20:23:08Z")
Not a human, but Cora the elephant has died at 67. She was in Smokey and the Bandit 2. She came to live at our zoo in Topeka, Kansas. There was another elephant, an African she spent decades with and the zookeepers are keeping a watch on him since Cora was a long time companion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=88)