Celebrity Death Pool!

[anarky]

I saw that and my first thought was "Didn't he die 25 years ago?"

And my second was "I thought he was 88 IN '88!"

[Ran]

Johnny Gaudreau (31) of the Columbus Blue Jackets and his brother, Matthew (29), were struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver while bike riding in New Jersey. They were about to attend their sister's wedding.

[vynsane]

James Earl Jones (93) - unspecified causes (though, likely "old age")

he was the guy who said "This is CNN" amongst other things.

[Tom Foolery]

His baseball speech in ‘Field of Dreams’ always gives me goosebumps. I don’t even like baseball.

He said “Totes Mcgotes” in that commercial with Malcolm McDowell. I forgot what they were peddling, so the advertising firm failed in that regard.

Now I’m sad.

[Diabolical]

And now comic book artist John Cassaday, 52. Cause unknown.

[anarky]

𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮𝘆. Original voice of Splinter in the TMNT cartoon. Also played Grapple in Transformers, and Abraham Lincoln in the particularly memorable finale of Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

[Tom Foolery]

Tito Jackson, brother of Michael, member of the Jackson 5, and the punchline to many an 80s stand up comedians’ jokes. 70. Cause of death according the Hollywood Reporter was him driving from New Mexico to Oklahoma.

[Tom Foolery]

Donald Trump


Nevermind.

Nevermind again.

[anarky]

Dame Maggie Smith.

I have to say, I had a bit of an "Elizabeth Taylor" reaction earlier. She's been old my entire life and I've always associated her with older characters, and one article used a thumbnail of her from some ancient film where she was very much not old, and I thought, "Huh. She was actually smoking hot decades before I was around."

(We'd all have similar moments with Marilyn Monroe if she hadn't died young.)

[Tom Foolery]

The first thing I remember her from was Hook and Sister Act and she was already in her late 50s by then (plus, I think Hook might’ve aged her up with makeup to look even older).

[anarky]

Not Clash of the Titans?

Shame, shame.

[Tom Foolery]

Not Clash of the Titans?

Shame, shame.

I saw that on her IMDb page, but I couldn’t recall who she played. And I haven’t seen the original since Reagan was in office.

[vynsane]

crazy thing is that Michael Gambon died exactly a year earlier to the day.

[anarky]

crazy thing is that Michael Gambon died exactly a year earlier to the day.

You know they're fucking in Heaven right now.

[anarky]

Kris Kristofferson.

Inventor of the semi-truck.

Inspiration for Optimus Prime.

The man who pleasured every woman he ever met, and far better than anyone else.