# 2025 \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 3, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109 "2024-12-03T12:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [June 22, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/101 "2025-06-22T13:28:10Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Going with the age posted on Wikipedia There’s currently an edit war going on there over this issue. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/102 "2025-07-30T00:01:09Z")
Ryne Sandberg gets me 35 points I was really hoping not to get. > **[Ryne Sandberg, Chicago Cubs legend and Hall of Famer, dies at 65](https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ryne-sandberg-chicago-cubs-obit/)** > > Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs slugger and second baseman Ryne Sandberg has died, following a battle with prostate cancer. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/103 "2025-07-30T13:09:57Z")
5 months to go…. | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Dr.Girlfriend | 78 | 3(3) | | 2 | GIGObuster | 69 | 2(2) | | 3 | Reeses\_Monkey | 42 | 2(2) | | 4 | Borborygmi | 41 | 2(2) | | 5 | Baker | 35 | 1(1) | | 5 | smithsb | 35 | 1(1) | | 7 | Rebo | 13 | 1(1) | | 7 | zadscmc | 13 | 1(1) | | 9 | Little\_Nemo | 10 | 1(1) | | 10 | GuanoLad | 8 | 1(1) | ---
**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:** [July 30, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/104 "2025-07-30T21:12:18Z")
Barring an unexpected explosion in a retirement home for celebrities, I may not win this year. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/105 "2025-07-31T00:18:13Z")
I’m not on the other board at all. At least here I have a fighting chance. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/106 "2025-07-31T15:46:21Z")
When I was only sixty points out of first place, I figure I had a shot. But now… ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/107 "2025-07-31T17:00:11Z")
I gotta go back to picking nonagenarians or people with Lou Gehrig’s disease. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/108 "2025-07-31T17:22:32Z")
It’s actually rather nice… …for those old German players. ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/109 "2025-08-04T15:24:33Z")
Forgot I made a list over here this year. 24 (very _very_ sad) points for me for Ozzy ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/110 "2025-08-04T20:25:43Z")
CreaseMunky enters the board: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Dr.Girlfriend | 78 | 3(3) | | 2 | GIGObuster | 69 | 2(2) | | 3 | Reeses\_Monkey | 42 | 2(2) | | 4 | Borborygmi | 41 | 2(2) | | 5 | Baker | 35 | 1(1) | | 5 | smithsb | 35 | 1(1) | | 7 | CreaseMunky | 24 | 1(1) | | 8 | Rebo | 13 | 1(1) | | 8 | zadscmc | 13 | 1(1) | | 10 | Little\_Nemo | 10 | 1(1) | | 11 | GuanoLad | 8 | 1(1) | ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/111 "2025-08-06T21:15:28Z")
I forgot that I had Wink Martindale (RIP) on my list. He died back on April 15th at nine points, or the age of ninety-one. Sorry for the delayed notice, _ **phungi** _. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/112 "2025-08-07T11:33:59Z")
All good, and an excellent reminder for all to check their lists! | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Dr.Girlfriend | 78 | 3(3) | | 2 | GIGObuster | 69 | 2(2) | | 3 | Reeses\_Monkey | 42 | 2(2) | | 4 | Borborygmi | 41 | 2(2) | | 5 | Baker | 35 | 1(1) | | 5 | smithsb | 35 | 1(1) | | 7 | CreaseMunky | 24 | 1(1) | | 8 | Rebo | 13 | 1(1) | | 8 | zadscmc | 13 | 1(1) | | 10 | Little\_Nemo | 10 | 1(1) | | 11 | Bayaker | 9 | 1(1) | | 12 | GuanoLad | 8 | 1(1) | ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/113 "2025-09-07T01:28:58Z")
This is one I missed! > **[Legendary Mets manager and Orioles All-Star Davey Johnson passes away](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-15072327/Davey-Johnson-passes-away-82-Mets.html)** > > Davey Johnson, the man who managed the New York Mets to their last World Series title, has passed away. He was 82. SNY, the Mets' cable network, announced his death Saturday morning. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/114 "2025-09-07T04:28:25Z")
I just saw that Ray Brooks died last month. Fourteen points for me. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/115 "2025-09-07T12:03:29Z")
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Dr.Girlfriend | 78 | 3(3) | | 2 | GIGObuster | 69 | 2(2) | | 3 | Reeses\_Monkey | 42 | 2(2) | | 4 | Borborygmi | 41 | 2(2) | | 5 | Baker | 35 | 1(1) | | 5 | smithsb | 35 | 1(1) | | 7 | CreaseMunky | 24 | 1(1) | | 7 | Little\_Nemo | 24 | 2(2) | | 9 | Rebo | 13 | 1(1) | | 9 | zadscmc | 13 | 1(1) | | 11 | Bayaker | 9 | 1(1) | | 12 | GuanoLad | 8 | 1(1) | ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/116 "2025-09-16T15:32:41Z")
With the death of Robert Redford, I am finally on the board with 11 points. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/117 "2025-09-16T16:35:04Z")
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Dr.Girlfriend | 78 | 3(3) | | 2 | GIGObuster | 69 | 2(2) | | 3 | Reeses\_Monkey | 42 | 2(2) | | 4 | Borborygmi | 41 | 2(2) | | 5 | Baker | 35 | 1(1) | | 5 | smithsb | 35 | 1(1) | | 7 | CreaseMunky | 24 | 1(1) | | 7 | Little\_Nemo | 24 | 2(2) | | 9 | Rebo | 13 | 1(1) | | 9 | zadscmc | 13 | 1(1) | | 11 | Shoeless | 11 | 1(1) | | 12 | Bayaker | 9 | 1(1) | | 13 | GuanoLad | 8 | 1(1) | ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/118 "2025-12-04T18:42:58Z")
Will there be a 2026 Themed List? Just wanted to check before I post my non-themed list in the other thread. Especially since this year’s non-themed list has gotten me bupkis. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/119 "2025-12-04T19:26:58Z")
I am hoping so as I apparently didn’t post mine for 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:** [December 8, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109/120 "2025-12-08T21:27:44Z")
Oh, I’m on the board! I had missed that Max Lorenz had died the 25th of october: > **[Werder: Bremen nimmt Abschied von Max Lorenz - buten un binnen](https://www.sportschau.de/regional/rb/rb-bremen-nimmt-abschied-von-werder-legende-max-lorenz-toller-mensch-102.html)** > > Die Trauerfeier für den früheren Werder-Profi fand am Mittwochmittag in der St. Johann-Kirche statt. Lorenz war Ende Oktober im Alter von 86 Jahren gestorben. He was 86, so 14 points. And that Dieter Herzog died the 20th of november: > **[Bayer 04 mourns the passing of Dieter Herzog | Bayer04.de](https://www.bayer04.de/en-us/news/bayer04/bayer-04-mourns-the-passing-of-dieter-herzog)** > > His loss has left Bayer 04 deeply saddened: Dieter Herzog, World Cup winner in 1974 and seven years playing for Bayer 04, passed away this week at the age of 79. He was an alternate, so no points. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1011109.md?page=7)