# 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:** 95
**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:** [November 11, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1881 "2025-11-11T17:31:46Z")
> **[Former NBA star Michael Ray Richardson, banned for drug use, dies at 70](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2025/11/11/michael-ray-richardson-dies-nba-drug-ban/87213244007/)** > > Micheal Ray Richardson, a four-time NBA all-star, who was given a lifetime ban for drug, died Tuesday at age 70. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1882 "2025-11-11T18:54:47Z")
> **[Sally Kirkland, stage and screen star who earned an Oscar nomination in...](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/11/arts/sally-kirkland-obituary/?s_campaign=sharetool_copypaste_view)** > > She was perhaps best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in “The Sting" and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie “Anna.” Sally Kirkland dead at 84. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1883 "2025-11-11T19:10:36Z")
The oldest woman in Spain has died aged 112. > **[Muere a los 112 años Angelina Torres, la mujer más longeva de España](https://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/muere-112-anos-angelina-torres-mujer-longeva-espana_1_12757732.html)** > > Ahora, la persona de más edad de Catalunya es Carme Noguera, nacida en Olot en 1914 While the oldest woman in Berlin celebrates her 111th birthday today, the 11.11. > **[Älteste Berlinerin: Gertrud Oertel feiert am 11.11. ihren 111. Geburtstag](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/alteste-berlinerin-gertrud-oertel-feiert-am-11-november-ihren-111-geburtstag-14810999.html)** > > Doppelte Schnapszahl: Gertrud Oertel aus Schöneweide feiert am 11. November ihren 111. Geburtstag. Für jüngere Generationen hat sie einen Rat. All pointless, I know. ETA: Oh, and Tatsuya Nakadai, actor who often worked with Kobayasi and Kurosawa, aged 92. > **[Muere el actor Tatsuya Nakadai a los 92 años, habitual en el cine de Kobayashi...](https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/cine/muere-actor-tatsuya-nakadai-92-anos-habitual-cine-kobayashi-kurosawa_1_12757543.html)** > > El prolífico actor, sobre quien no se reveló información sobre las causas del fallecimiento, era especialmente conocido por la trilogía de 'La condición humana' y 'Harakiri' (1962), de Kobayashi, así como por 'Kagemusha, la sombra del guerrero'... ---
**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:** [November 11, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1884 "2025-11-11T20:40:09Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > The oldest woman in Spain has died aged 112. I believe her cause of death was “answered prayer.\* ---
**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:** [November 11, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1885 "2025-11-11T22:14:35Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I believe her cause of death was “answered prayer.\* Norm MacDonald? Colin Jost? I can’t remember. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1886 "2025-11-11T22:15:02Z")
Michael Che ---
**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:** [November 12, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1887 "2025-11-12T00:00:02Z")
Jimmy Kimmel’s band leader Cleto Escobedo died. He was 59, and his decline was apparently the “personal matter” that caused Kimmel to cancel his show last Thursday. > **[Cleto Escobedo III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleto_Escobedo_III)** > > Cleto Valentine Escobedo III (August 23, 1966 – November 11, 2025) was an American musician and bandleader. He was the leader of Cleto and the Cletones, the house band of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! from the late night show's inception in 2003 until his death in November 2025. > Escobedo was born on August 23, 1966 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Cleto Escobedo Jr. and Sylvia Escobedo. His father was a butler for the likes of Sammy Davis Jr. and Tom Jones as well as a musician... ---
**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:** [November 12, 2025, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1888 "2025-11-12T03:58:29Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Jimmy Kimmel’s band leader Cleto Escobedo died. He was 59, and his decline was apparently the “personal matter” that caused Kimmel to cancel his show last Thursday. > > [Cleto Escobedo III - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleto_Escobedo_III) Some outlets are reporting he had a recent liver transplant. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1889 "2025-11-12T05:59:24Z")
Poor Jimmy’s about to break down on stage talking about Cleto. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1890 "2025-11-12T19:39:08Z")
> **[Beloved 'Super Mario Bros.' Creative Dead at 69: RIP to Kazuki Motoyama](https://www.suggest.com/beloved-super-mario-bros-creative-dead-at-69-rip-to-kazuki-motoyama/2903946/)** > > The gaming and manga communities are mourning the death of prolific Super Mario artist Kazuki Motoyama. Motoyama illustrated the fan favorite 1988 Super ---
**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:** [November 13, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1891 "2025-11-13T00:19:59Z")
The United States penny died today. The penny was 233 years old, so no points were scored. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1892 "2025-11-13T03:56:28Z")
She probably had one of the longest IMDB lists I’ve ever seen. She did B-movie roles, almost to the end. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1893 "2025-11-14T03:29:46Z")
> **[Jim Avila, former longtime ABC News senior correspondent, dies at 70](https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/jim-avila-former-longtime-abc-news-senior-correspondent/story?id=127481726)** > > Jim Avila served as an ABC News senior correspondent and a 20/20 correspondent based in Los Angeles, specializing in politics, justice, law and consumer investigations. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1894 "2025-11-14T23:50:13Z")
> **[College football coach John Beam from ‘Last Chance U’ has died after being shot](https://apnews.com/article/john-beam-shooting-last-chance-u-oakland-arrest-6c398d3216d3f3a5fbbcc85c68030e26)** > > Police in Oakland, California, say Laney College's former football coach John Beam, known from Netflix's “Last Chance U,” has died after being shot on campus. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1895 "2025-11-15T17:03:52Z")
> **[Todd Snider, Singer-Songwriter Who Captivated Americana Music Fans With...](https://variety.com/2025/music/obituaries-people-news/todd-snider-dead-singer-songwriter-americana-alright-guy-1236582701/)** > > Todd Snider, a singer-songwriter who was a longtime favorite of the Americana scene with his bracing honesty and wit, has died at age 59. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1896 "2025-11-15T17:11:19Z")
> **[Bodybuilder Diana Arêas Dead at 39](https://www.tmz.com/2025/11/14/diana-areas-dead/)** > > Diana Arêas -- a bodybuilder and fitness influencer -- has died ... according to local outlets in Brazil. Looking below the article, bodybuilders don’t do too well for longevity if they push their fame. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1897 "2025-11-15T21:43:26Z")
It’s been a long time since someone I’ve actually heard of died. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1898 "2025-11-15T22:27:02Z")
That’s too bad. I have a few of his songs in my collection. Good musician. Funny guy. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1899 "2025-11-16T02:55:20Z")
> **[Easley, Seahawks great and Hall of Famer, dies](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46976941/kenny-easley-seahawks-great-hall-famer-dies-66)** > > Kenny Easley, the former hard-hitting Seahawks safety and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 66. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1900 "2025-11-16T16:05:17Z")
Famed NWA wrestling announcer Bob Caudle has died at 95. I think his interview skills, especially with Ric Flair, helped make me a pro wrestling fan. Still…5 points for me!!! > **[Bob Caudle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Caudle)** > > Robert Caudle (August 2, 1930 – November 15, 2025) was an American professional wrestling announcer most notable for his time with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He started working with Jim Crockett Promotions in the late 1950s for promoter Jim Crockett, Sr. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Caudle was the official voice of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and is known for his trademark greeting, "Hello wrestling fans...", and his trademark sign-off line, "That'll do it for this week. Hi... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=96)