# 2022 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 3, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443 "2021-12-03T13:46:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/103 "2021-12-27T22:24:41Z")
Yes, obviously Willie Nelson, thanks for noticing the typo. ## Clean List: Bob Barker Buzz Aldrin Dick Cheney Gordon Lightfoot Jean Chretien Jimmy Carter Jimmy Swaggart Loretta Lynn Michael Douglas Olivia Newton John Queen Elisabeth II Randy Travis Willie Nelson ## Alternates: Clint Eastwood George W. Bush Kris Kristofferson ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/104 "2021-12-28T17:24:33Z")
Pope Francis Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Brittany Spears Harry Reid Dianne Feinstein Marlo Thomas Anna Wintour Dan Rather Nicholas Maduro Bashar al-Assad Robert De Niro Anthony Fauci Ghislaine Maxwell ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/105 "2021-12-28T20:43:13Z")
It wasn’t a win this year but 7th place isn’t too bad. I have to shuffle some things around for this year. 1 Olivia Newton-John- tough Dame who is kicking cancer so far 2 Shannen Doherty- not a Dame but still tough 3 Dick Cheney- It has to happen some time. Right? Right?? 4 Tom Parker- singer, The Wanted 5 Steve Gleason- NFL 6 James Whale- radio personality 7 Chris Mortensen- ESPN 8 Don West- late night huckster and radio DJ. Be dialing! 9 Bob Nelson- stand up comic 10 Marion Barber- Dallas Cowboys 11 Terry Funk- wrestling legend 12 Lou Pinella- baseball legend. Loooooooo 13 Tom Hunting- drummer Alternates Mark Hoppus- Blink-182 Sandra Day O’Connor- Supremes Miranda McKeon Clean list: Olivia Newton-John Shannen Doherty Dick Cheney Tom Parker Steve Gleason James Whale Chris Mortensen Don West Bob Nelson Marion Barber Terry Funk Lou Pinella Tom Hunting Alternates Mark Hoppus Sandra Day O’Connor Miranda McKeon ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/106 "2021-12-28T22:30:16Z")
I’m playing for the first time. Here are my picks: **Old or oldish** : Shirley Maclaine Mel Brooks Sidney Poitier Judi Dench Donald Trump Mitch McConnell **Dangerous habits** : Courtney Love Charlie Sheen Ted Nugent **I’ll be heartbroken if they die** : Jeff Bridges Benedict Cumberbatch Jennifer Saunders Jim Parsons **Alternates** : Tina Louise Pat Priest Margaret O’Brien ---
**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 28, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/107 "2021-12-28T22:45:36Z")
@teelabrown You should provide a plain text list as well with no categories. Welcome to the game! ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/108 "2021-12-28T22:47:13Z")
Gotcha. Shirley Maclaine Mel Brooks Sidney Poitier Judi Dench Donald Trump Mitch McConnell Courtney Love Charlie Sheen Ted Nugent Jeff Bridges Benedict Cumberbatch Jennifer Saunders Jim Parsons Alternates Tina Louise Pat Priest Margaret O’Brien ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/109 "2021-12-29T00:24:10Z")
Welcome aboard. There is plenty of room in the hand basket. ---
**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 29, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/110 "2021-12-29T00:38:26Z")
Updating because John Madden died today. I almost had the early bird award. Updated list: Tom Parker Alan Alda George Perez Ted Kaczynski Linda Nolan Don Wildmon Jimmy Carter Nick Bollettieri Doyle Brunson Bob Newhart Henry Kissinger Sacheen Littlefeather Mikhail Gorbachev Alternates: Melissa Jaffer Noah Antwiler I have put Gorbachev in for Madden. Sorry for a second update! ---
**Author:** ![opiewan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/opiewan/32/3566_2.png) [@opiewan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/opiewan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/111 "2021-12-29T02:00:17Z")
I too have to update my 2022 list thanks to John Madden not waiting 4 more days. Final list (hopefully) below. (moving Kanye into Madden’s slot on the main list of 13 and shorting myself an alternate) CLEAN LIST Shannen Doherty Michael Schumacher Eddie Murphy John Travolta Harvey Weinstein Ozzy Osbourne Dick Wolf Kanye West Bill Cosby Berry Gordy Ted Turner Carl Bernstein Robert Smith Alternates: Kim Jong-un Julian Assange ANNOTATED LIST: Shannen Doherty (American actress) Michael Schumacher (retired German F1 racecar driver) Eddie Murphy (American actor/comedian) John Travolta (American actor/Scientology advocate) Harvey Weinstein (American former film producer and general scumbag) Ozzy Osbourne (British rock musician) Dick Wolf (American television producer) Kanye West (American hip hop musician) Bill Cosby (American comedian, former television personality, and another scumbag) Berry Gordy (American music executive) Ted Turner (American television executive) Carl Bernstein (American journalist) Robert Smith (British rock musician) Alternates: Kim Jong-un (North Korean dictator) Julian Assange (Australian activist) ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/112 "2021-12-29T02:23:40Z")
Updating and correcting, because Harry Reid has died and my first alternate, Mikhail Gorbachev, was already on my list. SO Subbing in Noam Chomsky: A.J. Foyt Edward Packard Harry Reid Henry Kissinger Larry Niven Mikhail Gorbachev Pope Benedict XVI Robert Silverberg Roman Polanski Shannen Doherty Timothy J. Keller Tom Parker Warren Buffett Noam Chomsky Alternatives: Rosalynn Carter Newt Gingrich Bob Uecker ---
**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:** [December 29, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/113 "2021-12-29T02:51:33Z")
If two celebrities have the same name, like Tina Louise, do you get points if they both die? Or do you have to specify which one you mean? To me, Tina Louise will always be Ginger Grant, movie star. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/114 "2021-12-29T03:43:07Z")
Henry Kissinger Ralph Nader Willie Mays Ed Kranepool Pope Benedict XVI Ciriaco Di Mita Dick Van Dyke Mel Brooks David Crosby: Betty White Larry Storch Bob Barker June Brown ALTS: Imelda Marcos Willie Nelson Betty Boothroyd ---
**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:** [December 29, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/115 "2021-12-29T04:01:11Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > If two celebrities have the same name, like Tina Louise, do you get points if they both die? Or do you have to specify which one you mean? To me, Tina Louise will always be Ginger Grant, movie star. We had a lot of that with people picking “George Bush” without specifying which one (this was back before 2018). I always include a birthdate for this reason. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/116 "2021-12-29T04:08:26Z")
I am amending my list by dropping Cyrah Harris and adding Sacheen Littlefeather (aka Marie Louise Cruz - born November 14, 1946). clean list: La La Anthony Steve Gleason Ron Jeremy Kwon Mina Sacheen Littlefeather Ghislaine Maxwell Miranda McKeon Jerry Messing Olivia Newton John Linda Nolan Tom Parker Manoj Patil George Perez ---
**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:** [December 29, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/117 "2021-12-29T05:21:44Z")
You always need to specify. It also helps to add clarification if someone has more than one name they can be addressed by (e.g. someone whose stage name and real name are both commonly used depending on the situation). But you should pick only one those names for the clean list. The Death Shroom will make sure that both names are considered for the points. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/118 "2021-12-29T06:19:16Z")
Cool, good to know. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/119 "2021-12-29T06:32:00Z")
Updated List since Senator Reid passed away: Pope Francis Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Brittany Spears Mikhail Gorbachev Dianne Feinstein Marlo Thomas Anna Wintour Dan Rather Nicholas Maduro Bashar al-Assad Robert De Niro Anthony Fauci Ghislaine Maxwell ---
**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:** [December 29, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/120 "2021-12-29T15:39:06Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > Updating and correcting, because Harry Reid has died and my first alternate, Mikhail Gorbachev, was already on my list. SO Subbing in Noam Chomsky: > > A.J. Foyt > Edward Packard > Henry Kissinger > Larry Niven > Mikhail Gorbachev > Pope Benedict XVI > Robert Silverberg > Roman Polanski > Shannen Doherty > Timothy J. Keller > Tom Parker > Warren Buffett > Noam Chomsky > > Alternatives: > Rosalynn Carter > Newt Gingrich > Bob Uecker I think you meant to delete Harry Reid, as you have 14: A.J. Foyt Edward Packard Harry Reid Henry Kissinger Larry Niven Mikhail Gorbachev Pope Benedict XVI Robert Silverberg Roman Polanski Shannen Doherty Timothy J. Keller Tom Parker Warren Buffett Noam Chomsky Alternatives: Rosalynn Carter Newt Gingrich Bob Uecker ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/121 "2021-12-29T17:41:03Z")
Okay here is my list (mostly retreaded from last years list) Barbara Walters Bill Murray Don Cherry Michael J Fox Harvey Weinstein James Woods Keith Richards Pete Davidson Pope Benedict Tina Turner Tom Cruise Val Kilmer Warren Buffet Alternates: Donald Trump Mitch McConnell Ted Cruz ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/122 "2021-12-29T22:35:04Z")
Ok, here goes…I’m skipping the themed list this year. Ghislaine Maxwell Ted Kaczynski Roy Williams Robert Durst Nichelle Nichols Tony Bennett Joe Exotic Mikhail Gorbachev Harvey Weinstein Willie Nelson Shannon Doherty Michael J. Fox Tom Parker Alt: Donald Trump Sig Hansen Jeanette “The Black Widow” Lee [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=7)