# 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:** 99
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1961 "2025-11-29T17:58:42Z")
Playwright Tom Stoppard has passed at 88. > **[Academy Award-Winning Playwright Tom Stoppard Has Died](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/playwright-tom-stoppard-dead_n_692b2e08e4b0dee467c8a692?origin=home-latest-news-unit)** > > Stoppard won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love.” ---
**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:** [November 29, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1962 "2025-11-29T18:06:54Z")
[Rosenkrantz and Stoppard are dead.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Dead) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1963 "2025-11-29T18:35:08Z")
Statement! One-Love. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1964 "2025-11-29T18:47:38Z")
When did we start playing? ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1965 "2025-11-29T19:26:45Z")
Detroit Lion Hall of Famer Lem Barney dead at 80 > **[Lem Barney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lem_Barney)** > > Lemuel Jackson Barney (September 8, 1945 – November 29, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a cornerback and return specialist for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1967 to 1977, playing occasionally as a punter as well. He played college football for the Jackson State Tigers from 1964 to 1966. He was selected by the Lions in the 1967 NFL/AFL draft. He was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1967, played in seven Pro Bowls, and was se... ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1966 "2025-11-29T19:52:56Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > When did we start playing? Are you suggesting we hadn’t? ---
**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:** [November 29, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1967 "2025-11-29T20:12:36Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > [Rosenkrantz and Stoppard are dead.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Dead) IOW, he has joined them. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1968 "2025-11-29T22:35:35Z")
That radical anarchist that gave the world “Banned From Argo” and a large amount of music based on the tales and poems of Rudyard Kipling, and one of the first (and finest) filkers I ever met has died. Leslie Fish has died at age 71 (or perhaps 72), and I will miss her unique voice. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1969 "2025-11-29T22:40:30Z")
Pfui! Leslie Fish was a great, dominating voice in filk, and we are all poorer for our loss. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1970 "2025-11-29T22:41:35Z")
Half of the inspiration for that troublesome bard, Leslac, is gone. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1971 "2025-11-29T23:41:06Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Detroit Lion Hall of Famer Lem Barney dead at 80 That’s been greatly exaggerated. > **[Pro Football Hall of Fame apologizes after incorrectly announcing death of...](https://www.nfl.com/news/pro-football-hall-of-fame-apologizes-after-incorrectly-announcing-death-of-lem-barney)** > > The Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday apologized after it incorrectly announced former Detroit Lions cornerback Lem Barney had died at the age of 80. ---
**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 30, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1972 "2025-11-30T00:00:53Z")
Well that’s a fine how-do-you-do! ---
**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:** [November 30, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1973 "2025-11-30T00:29:58Z")
Lem Blarney. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1974 "2025-11-30T00:47:40Z")
HoF WR Art Monk was also a victim of the same kind of misinformation this weekend. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1975 "2025-11-30T03:37:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > That radical anarchist that gave the world “Banned From Argo” and a large amount of music based on the tales and poems of Rudyard Kipling She hoped she’d be remembered for [“Hope Eyrie”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IsUPk7moYg) ([lyrics](https://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/hope-eyrie.html)) but had pretty much acepted her fate it would be “Banned from Argo.” > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > we are all poorer for our loss. We are, indeed. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1976 "2025-11-30T05:02:41Z")
> **[Beloved Expert Who Shaped ‘Lie to Me’ and ‘Inside Out’ Dies at 91](https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/beloved-expert-shaped-lie-inside-183816906.html)** > > Dr. Paul Ekman, a psychologist who inspired a television show and consulted on 'Inside Out,' has died at the age of 91. > **[Skye Gyngell: Michelin-starred Australian chef dies aged 62](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy840l75gx3o)** > > Skye Gyngell, a former private chef to Nigella Lawson and Madonna, was diagnosed with skin cancer last year. ---
**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 30, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1977 "2025-11-30T13:02:39Z")
> **[Billy Bonds: Legendary former West Ham player, manager and coach dies aged 79](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13477415/billy-bonds-legendary-former-west-ham-player-manager-and-coach-dies-aged-79)** > > Billy Bonds made 799 appearances during a 21-year playing career at West Ham; Bonds became Hammers manager in 1990 and led the club to two promotions; Bonds passed away peacefully aged 79 on Sunday morning ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1978 "2025-12-01T18:39:57Z")
We should be close to having a new thread soon, I reckon. @Baker, are you Death Mistressing again for 2026? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1979 "2025-12-01T19:29:46Z")
I missed out on getting a list in this year, so I’m looking out for that next one. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010/1980 "2025-12-02T05:33:49Z")
Here 'tis. > [@2026 Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318): > > It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! The Rules: You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2026. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points minus their age at death. Whoever has the most points at the end of the year wins the undying snort admiration of the SDMB. All picks must be time- and date-stamped by midnight CST, Dec. 31st, 2025. (That’s U.S. Central time, which is six hours behind Greenwich.) Valid pic… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=98) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/1011010.md?page=100)