2025 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

The Game Room
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Here are my picks for 2025:

1 Andy Taylor 1961 Guitarist for Duran Duran
2 Anne Murray 1945 Canadian Singer
3 Brian Wilson 1942 Beach Boys
4 Bruce Willis 1955 American Actor
5 Buzz Aldrin 1930 American Former Astronaut
6 Clint Eastwood 1930 American Actor
7 Dick Cheney 1941 American politician, former V.P.
8 Jean Chretien 1934 Former Prime Minister of Canada
9 Jimmy Swaggart 1935 American Televangelist
10 Liza Minneli 1946 American actress, singer & dancer
11 Michael Flatley 1958 Riverdance Dancer
12 Randy Travis 1959 American Country Singer
13 Willie Nelson 1933 American Country Singer

Alternates:
1 George W. Bush 1946 Former US President
2 Micheal J. Fox 1961 Canadian Actor

Clean List:

Andy Taylor
Anne Murray
Brian Wilson
Bruce Willis
Buzz Aldrin
Clint Eastwood
Dick Cheney
Jean Chretien
Jimmy Swaggart
Liza Minneli
Michael Flatley
Randy Travis
Willie Nelson

Alternates:

George W. Bush
Micheal J. Fox

102

He’s old, but not THAT old! :smiley:

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LOL, Sorry, must be a typo! Corrected

Maybe I was just trying to maximize my points if he should come to pass.

104

A certain tweeting (and ‘truthing’) baboon we’ve all heard of did happen to be born on 6/14/1946…

105

I have a question about a certain pick. Are Chris Hoy, Sir Chris Hoy, and Chrys Hoy all the same person?

106

Spelling??

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The Sir Chris Hoy that I listed is meant to be this cyclist:

Can’t speak for the others, but I suspect they mean the same one.

108

My pick is for this one.

109

It’s Pete Doherty. He’s an English musician who was born on 12 March 1979.

110

I’m not competing.
However, I want to point out that the number of security issues surrounding Donald Trump is very high.
LINK TO ARTICLE.

And Iran has a score they want to settle. {LINK}

I would not bet any money on this guy completing his term.

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The wrong spelling was submitted.

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I understand that. I was trying to give Baker a hand by trying to identify which celebrity MarkF2004 was picking.

There was a celebrity named Peter Docherty, a football player. But he died in 1957. There also was a football player named Peter Doherty but he died in 1990.

Wikipedia has entries on four living Peter Dohertys. One is an Australian scientist, one is a British comic book artist, one is an American wrestler, and one is a British musician. The scientist was born on 15 October 1940, the wrestler on 18 January 1945, and the musician was born on 12 March 1979. (The comic book artist doesn’t have a birthdate listed in Wikipedia.) MarkF2004 listed his pick with the date 12/03/1979 and the age 45. That matches the musician so that’s what I posted.

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My mistake, @Little_Nemo has it. Thank you for spotting it.

114

I’d like to please amend my list:

Mike Ditka
Gene Shalit
Dick Van Dyke
Dick Cheney
Sean Combs
Michael J Fox
Dustin Hoffman
Marv Levy
Clint Eastwood
Dan Rather
Ryne Sandberg
Chris Berman
Diane Rehm

(I’ve replaced Terry Bradshaw with Gene Shalit. And Madison Cawthorn with Ryne Sandberg)

115

Last change, I swear (unless another bandwagon choice comes along :laughing:).
The final list:

Elton John
Ryne Sandberg
Brittany Spears
Justin Bieber
Mariah Carey
Halsey
Julian Lennon
Celine Dion
Adele
Alanis Morissette
Billie Eilish
Bebe Rexha
Constance Wu

Alts:
Bono
Harry Styles
Madonna

116

Mostly the same as last year’s, with a bit of shuffling.

Quentin Blake
Brian Blessed
Ruth Buzzi
Billy Connolly
Phil Collins
Richard Gere
Rhod Gilbert
Kamahl
Miriam Margolyes
Ian McShane
Kate Micucci
Cliff Richard
John Williams

BACKUPS
Morgan Freeman
Rita Moreno
George Wendt

117

Guaranteeing life to all I list here, it seems.

Randy Moss
Joe Biden
Kay Granger
Raul Grijalva
Jennifer Wexton
Mr. Beast
Casey DeSantis
Carol Burnett
Grace Napolitano
Pope Francis
Bill Belichick
Mike Dukakis
Kitty Dukakis

Alternates:
Benjamin Netanyahu
Kari Lake
Gina Raimondo

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Angela Cartwright (Penny Robinson on Lost in Space)
Micky Dolenz (Micky on The Monkees)
Linda Kaye Henning (Betty Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction)
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (Freddie “Boom Boom” Washington on Welcome Back Kotter)
Gabe Kaplan (Gabe Kotter on Welcome Back Kotter)
Mike Lookinland (Bobby Brady on The Brady Bunch)
Donny Most (Ralph Malph on Happy Days)
Bill Mumy (Will Robinson on Lost in Space)
Eve Plumb (Jan Brady on The Brady Bunch)
Lori Saunders (Bobbie Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction)
Bob Uecker (George Owens on Mr. Belvedere)
Robert Walden (Joe Rossi on Lou Grant)
Anson Williams (Potsie Weber on Happy Days)

Alternates:

Peter Bonerz (Dr. Jerry Robinson on The Bob Newhart Show)
Joyce DeWitt (Janet Wood on Three’s Company)
Burt Ward (Robin on Batman)

Clean list:

Angela Cartwright
Micky Dolenz
Linda Kaye Henning
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Gabe Kaplan
Mike Lookinland
Donny Most
Bill Mumy
Eve Plumb
Lori Saunders
Bob Uecker
Robert Walden
Anson Williams

Alternates:

Peter Bonerz
Joyce DeWitt
Burt Ward

119

Tenth anniversary for me. My first Death Pool was in 2015.

Billy Connolly (actor)
Dave Coulier (actor)
Ron Jeremy (actor)
Bam Margera (jackass)
Linda Nolan (singer/actor)
Ozzy Osbourne (singer)
William “Refrigerator” Perry (football player)
Vladimir Putin (tyrant)
Ryne Sandberg (baseball player)
Michael Schumacher (car racer)
Andy Taylor (Duran Duran guitarist)
Donald Trump (tyrant)
James van der Beek (actor)

Alternates

Tim Curry (actor)
Bruce Willis (actor)

Clean List:

Billy Connolly
Dave Coulier
Ron Jeremy
Bam Margera
Linda Nolan
Ozzy Osbourne
William Perry
Vladimir Putin
Ryne Sandberg
Michael Schumacher
Andy Taylor
Donald Trump
James van der Beek

Alternates

Tim Curry
Bruce Willis

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Roseanne Barr
Richard Benjamin
Candice Bergen
Wolf Blitzer
Jackson Browne
Ruth Buzzi
Charo
Cher
John Cleese
Bill Cosby
Whoopi Goldberg
Goldie Hawn
Larry Niven

Alternates

Eric Idle
William Shatner