# 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:** 89
**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 16, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1761 "2025-10-16T22:44:18Z")
Oh man… 😢 [NPR’s Susan Stamberg has passed away](https://www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1184880448/susan-stamberg-obituary). ---
**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 16, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1762 "2025-10-16T23:04:47Z")
[Jack White is dead.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_White_(music_producer)) German record producer, not American rocker. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1763 "2025-10-16T23:23:01Z")
There is an exception: Eric Carr, who replaced Peter Criss in the early 1980s, died ca. 1990, from a rare form of cancer. I never purchased a KISS album or attended a concert, but they were a big part of my teenage years anyway. RIP, Mr. Spaceman! ---
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1764 "2025-10-17T01:41:01Z")
Never mind. (Decided my post was a better fit in the Ace Frehley RIP thread) mmm ---
**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 17, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1765 "2025-10-17T01:41:56Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I saw them at Detroit’s Cobo Arena, where and when a good chunk of the “Kiss Alive!” album was recorded. That’s great. I only think of the big auto show when I think of Cobo. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1766 "2025-10-17T03:57:54Z")
If you were to ask me what I wanted to be when I was ten years old I would have told you, “I want to be Ace Frehley.” I was introduced to KISS by friends with older brothers. I asked for, and received, KISS ALIVE for Christmas 1975. I had a poster of Ace on my wall in form or another until I moved out of my parent’s house. One time a few friends and I decided out of the blue to due the whole make-up and outfits and go surprise my sister and her friends. I was Ace. I remember pulling socks over my mom’s cork bottom sandals and drawing big circles on them to match Ace’s boots. I can play the solo in Shock Me flawlessly (not really, but not horrible). Ace was basically my first musical hero. I was always on his side after he left KISS. He was the heart and balls of that band; Paul and Gene just cashed the checks. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1767 "2025-10-17T17:19:11Z")
> **[Samantha Eggar, Star of ‘Doctor Dolittle,’ Cronenberg’s ‘The Brood,’ Dies at 86](https://variety.com/2025/film/news/samantha-eggar-dead-doctor-dolittle-the-brood-1236555589/)** > > Samantha Eggar, Oscar nommed for "The Collector" before starring in "Doctor Dolittle" and David Cronenberg's "The Brood," died Wednesday in Los Angeles. ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1768 "2025-10-18T12:51:35Z")
I thought I had him on my list in the Celebrity Life Threat, but I was wrong. So I’ll mention him here as well: > **[Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate, dies at 103](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/18/chen-ning-yang-chinese-american-physicist-and-nobel-laureate-dies-at-103)** > > Renowned 1957 Nobel prize winner worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles in elementary particle physics ---
**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 18, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1769 "2025-10-18T23:28:55Z")
I just read that actor Ed Williams died on October 2 at the age of 98. He played lab tech Ted Olsen in the Police Squad/Naked Gun series. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1770 "2025-10-19T01:46:34Z")
> **[Sam Rivers Dies: Limp Bizkit Bassist Was 48](https://deadline.com/2025/10/sam-rivers-dead-limp-bizkit-bassist-1236591282/)** > > Sam Rivers, who served as the bassist and backing vocals of nu metal band Limp Bizkit, has died at the age of 48, the group announced on social media. ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1771 "2025-10-19T07:18:16Z")
Korean author Baek Se-hee, who wrote _I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki_, [had died at 35.](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/17/baek-se-hee-author-of-i-want-to-die-but-i-want-to-eat-tteokbokki-dies-aged-35) ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1772 "2025-10-19T13:33:49Z")
Was it suicide? ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1773 "2025-10-19T14:04:08Z")
Per the article, it’s “unclear.” It’s possible. She had persistent depression. ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1774 "2025-10-19T16:31:02Z")
And now the rumor is going around that Rivers was killed by a bear while visiting a national park. No official cause of death has been released. ---
**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 19, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1775 "2025-10-19T20:35:41Z")
There will be far fewer reported sightings of Don Jeffrey Meldrum from now on. > **[ISU anthropologist, Bigfoot researcher dies of brain cancer - East Idaho News](https://www.eastidahonews.com/2025/09/isu-anthropologist-bigfoot-researcher-dies-of-brain-cancer/)** > > POCATELLO — A local professor who drew worldwide attention through his research on a creature of legend has died. The family of Don Jeffrey Meldrum, who held a Ph.D. in anatomical sciences and was a professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho... ---
**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 19, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1776 "2025-10-19T21:03:15Z")
Former MLB player [Jesus Montero](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25262226-jesus-montero-dies-age-35-former-mlb-catcher-played-yankees-and-mariners) has died at 35. He was a catcher for the Yankees and the Mariners. No cause of death was announced. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1777 "2025-10-19T22:37:36Z")
Doug Martin, former all-pro running back, reaches the end zone for the last time. He was just 36 years old. > **[RB Martin, former All-Pro with Bucs, dies at 36](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46651561/doug-martin-former-boise-state-buccaneers-rb-dies)** > > Doug Martin, a former Boise State star who went on to be an All-Pro running back for the Buccaneers, has died, his family said in a statement Sunday. He was 36. ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1778 "2025-10-20T01:32:17Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Former MLB player [Jesus Montero](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25262226-jesus-montero-dies-age-35-former-mlb-catcher-played-yankees-and-mariners) has died at 35. He was a catcher for the Yankees and the Mariners. > > No cause of death was announced. As a follow up, it’s been revealed that Montero was [involved in a motorcycle accident on October 4](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46651928/ex-mlb-catcher-jesus-montero-35-dies-traffic-accident), and had been in critical condition since then. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1779 "2025-10-20T05:49:15Z")
I hope it wasn’t a distracted driver, like it was with my dad. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1780 "2025-10-20T05:51:44Z")
I’m sure Gene’s foremost thoughts are how to make a buck out of this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=90)