Celebrity Death Pool!

[jjreason]

Of course it will. It's a money maker.

[Tom Foolery]

I didn’t realize the president can reverse a law passed by congress and upheld by the supreme court just by scribbling shit down on some TP in the bathroom and then scrawling his signature on it.

I don’t care one way or the other about TikTok. But what’s the fucking point of the Constitution anymore?

[anarky]

But what’s the fucking point of the Constitution anymore?

The Equal Rights Amendment is curious about this, too.

[Ran]

Dick Jauron, 74.

[Tom Foolery]

Dick Jauron, 74.

I forgot that he briefly interim coached Detroit between two other forgettable coaches. Man, they had a lot of garbage coaches. Oof.

[anarky]

Tom Robbins, fucking amazing author, 92, cause undisclosed thus far (probably being 92).

92 is a great run, though I wish his last novel was more recent than over 20 years back.

[Ran]

Dick Jauron, 74.

I forgot that he briefly interim coached Detroit between two other forgettable coaches. Man, they had a lot of garbage coaches. Oof.

I used to post on a Bills/Sabres message board during the middle of the Bills playoff drought. They had a thread to guess if/when they would fire Jauron. Naturally, I went with a weird date like the Monday or Tuesday after their first game after the bye week. Yes, I won.

[anarky]

Roberta Flack, 88. Cause of death undisclosed, presumably killed softly by his song.

[Tom Foolery]

Lynne Marie Stewart aka Miss Yvonne from PeeWee’s Playhouse. 78. Liver/gallbladder cancer.

Not too many cast members left.

[Tom Foolery]

Michelle Trachtenberg. Child actress from Harriet the Spy, Buffy, Gossip Girl, and EuroTrip. Only 39. Probably not from natural causes.

[Ran]

Michelle Trachtenberg. Child actress from Harriet the Spy, Buffy, Gossip Girl, and EuroTrip. Only 39. Probably not from natural causes.

She recently had a liver transplant.

[anarky]

The background actor who played the blind man in Young Frankenstein. Now pretty much the entire cast is gone.

Name was Gene something. Oh, he was also one of the most acclaimed actors of the 20th century.

Cause of death still unrevealed. Given that he was 95, his wife was about 30 years younger than him, and both plus their dog were found dead, I'm going to guess his wife died and wasn't able to care for the others. Tragic.

[Tom Foolery]

The internet is wild. Ive seen theories ranging from murder/suicide to the much more plausible and mundane CO poisoning.

I think about everything he’s been in that I repeatedly watch on a regular basis; Superman, No Way Out, Unforgiven, The Firm, Quick & the Dead, Crimson Tide, The Replacements, Royal Tennenbaums, just off the top of my head. 95 is a good run though, and he had twenty years of retirement to enjoy.

RIP Gene.

[Diabolical]

CNN is reporting there were no obvious signs of foul play or carbon monoxide poisoning and they both appear to have been dead for a while before being found.
Hackman was found in the kitchen with his cane and sunglasses, as if he'd fallen suddenly.
His wife and dog were found in the bathroom with a prescription bottle and pills on the floor.
Two other dogs were found alive and healthy.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/us/what- ... QvFi7Ex4_Q

[anarky]

David Johnansen, AKA Buster Poindexter, musician and actor, most notably the last surviving member of proto-punk/glam gods the New York Dolls

Joey Molland, last surviving member of Badfinger.

I'm noticing a trend. Let's make sure Paul and Ringo don't go on a rickety plane together....