# 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:** 91
**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 27, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1801 "2025-10-27T18:54:35Z")
> **[Jack DeJohnette, versatile jazz drummer known for Miles Davis fusion...](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/27/jack-dejohnette-versatile-jazz-drummer-miles-davis-fusion-dies-aged-83)** > > Drummer played on Bitches Brew and other landmark recordings, as well as making numerous albums as a bandleader ---
**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 27, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1802 "2025-10-27T19:08:49Z")
Tazio is dead: > **[Björn Andrésen, Swedish actor who starred in Death in Venice, dies aged 70](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/27/bjorn-andresen-swedish-actor-dies-aged-70)** > > Actor who also starred in Midsommar and became a musician was nicknamed ‘the most beautiful boy in the world’ – a title he struggled with all his life ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1803 "2025-10-28T03:39:56Z")
In the grave, no one can hear you scream. [Barbara Gips](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/barbara-gips/), movie tagline writer, dead at 89 from a stroke. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1804 "2025-10-28T12:03:44Z")
[Prunella Scales](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd0yn5gyndo) has died. ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1805 "2025-10-28T12:07:04Z")
I had her. 7 points. She played Sybil Fawlty perfectly. I believe they envisioned her differently, but when they began rehearsing, they gave in to her performance. It’s classic. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1806 "2025-10-28T20:28:41Z")
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 19 Mahaloth 77 4 2 20 imthjckaz 75 3 0 21 Maus Magill 74 2 0 22 Mean Mr Mustard 68 2 0 23 SunUp 65 2 0 24 Wolfpack Jeep 60 2 0 25 Loach 59 2 0 26 Deanna D 48 1 0 26 Lord Feldon 48 1 0 26 Mona Lott 48 1 0 26 Tyronne 48 4 2 26 zadscmc 48 2 1 31 Bayaker 47 2 0 31 lel 47 3 2 31 Pheoinix 47 2 0 34 Todesliste 40 2 0 34 RollOutTheBarrel 39 2 0 35 Captain Klutz 35 1 0 35 Little Nemo 35 1 0 35 McDeath the Mad 35 1 0 35 Railer 13 35 1 0 35 smithsb 35 1 0 35 Moriarity 35 1 0 35 Schubert 35 1 0 35 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 gwendee 23 2 0 53 vivalostwages 22 1 1 54 IKnowItsOver 18 1 0 54 SpoilerVirgin 18 1 0 56 shageroo 16 2 0 56 Stephe96 16 2 0 58 biotop 14 1 1 59 xizor 13 1 1 60 Baker 12 1 1 60 Dancer Flight 12 1 0 60 escheral 12 1 1 60 Guano Lad 12 1 0 60 Lancia 12 1 0 60 Lsura 12 1 0 60 Mrs Ducky 12 1 0 60 Paul was in Saudi 12 1 0 60 Precambrianmollusc 12 1 0 60 Prof.Pepperwinkle 12 1 0 71 Pardel-Lux 11 1 1 71 monstera deliciosa 11 1 0 71 Reeses Monkey 11 1 0 74 commasense 10 3 2 74 penulrims thule 10 1 0 74 Sternvogel 10 1 0 77 Rivkah Chaya 9 1 1 78 Shoeless 8 1 1 79 teelabrown 5 1 0 8 0 Czarcasm 3 1 0 80 Gyrate 3 1 0 80 Lamoral 3 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1807 "2025-10-28T20:40:12Z")
Hah! If you sorted by number of unique picks, I’d be tied for first! ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1808 "2025-10-28T22:58:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I had her. 7 points. > > She played Sybil Fawlty perfectly. I believe they envisioned her differently, but when they began rehearsing, they gave in to her performance. It’s classic. When her husband died the end of last year I found out their son is Samuel West who plays Siegfried Farnon on _All Creatures Great and Small._ ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1809 "2025-10-29T00:59:34Z")
> **[Anthony Jackson: 23/06/1952 – 19/10/2025](https://www.jazzwise.com/news/article/anthony-jackson-23-06-1952-19-10-2025)** > > The great bass guitarist Anthony Jackson, born 23 June 1952 in New York City, has died aged 73 after a lifetime of acclaimed session work and performances with countless musical luminaries ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1810 "2025-10-29T12:29:18Z")
Prunella Scales of Fawlty Towers fame just passed at age 93. > **[Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales dies aged 93](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd0yn5gyndo)** > > Scales played hotel manager Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil, in the classic British sitcom. ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1811 "2025-10-29T12:53:19Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Prunella Scales of Fawlty Towers fame just passed at age 93 Already noted: > [@pjd](#): > > [Prunella Scales](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd0yn5gyndo) has died. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1812 "2025-10-29T17:40:03Z")
Just look at all those clever people, with points. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1813 "2025-10-29T20:50:44Z")
@kayT, we pointless ones are clever people too, just not as lucky this year. ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1814 "2025-10-29T21:00:14Z")
Boff! If you sorted by the number of times the digit “1” appears on your score I’d be lonely at the top! Right now you find my at #71, tied with some dudes that did not even have a unique pick. 🙄 Hey, @Baker, may I make a suggestion? Something like the Max 1 Special Award, just for me? ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1815 "2025-10-29T21:02:25Z")
I’m one of your ties and I’m a chick. 😉 If all of my people kick off in the next few weeks, I might have a fighting chance at a spot in the upper 40s. ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1816 "2025-10-29T21:05:24Z")
Sorry about the misgendering. I like your optimism! ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1817 "2025-10-29T21:26:30Z")
What is the closest anyone has ever come to a perfect score name wise for this game? ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1818 "2025-10-29T21:30:05Z")
If anyone ever gets thirteen 18-year old candidates right, may I borrow their TARDIS? Please. ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1819 "2025-10-29T21:36:08Z")
I’m talk **ing names only, not points.** ---
**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 29, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1820 "2025-10-29T21:38:20Z")
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