# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/123 "2021-12-29T22:52:06Z")
Here are my picks. They are the same as 2021, with one exception. I scored 30 huge points in 2021 with the hilarious death of Rush Limbaugh. Erdogan reclaims his spot on this list that he was on in 2020. Lukasz Gottwald Donald Trump Bashar Assad Justin Bieber Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Pat Robertson Jeremy Corbyn Hassan Nasrallah Steve Bannon Wayne LaPierre Louis Farrakhan Roger Waters Recep Tayyip Erdogan Alternates: James Taylor Bob Seger ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/124 "2021-12-30T00:24:04Z")
Brigitte Bardot Harry Belafonte Tony Bennett Jimmy Carter Shannen Doherty Rudy Giuliani Mikhail Gorbachev Henry Kissinger Mitch McConnell Olivia Newton-John Sidney Poitier Pat Robertson Linda Ronstadt Alternates Woody Allen Dick Van Dyke ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/125 "2021-12-30T08:23:56Z")
Austin Carlile (singer) Tim Curry (actor) Shannen Doherty (actor) Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber) Jeanette Lee (pool player) Olivia Newton-John (singer) Tom Parker (singer, The Wanted) George Perez (comic book artist) Gary Rossington (musician) Michael Schumacher (car racer) John Szeles (magician, aka. The Amazing Johnathan) Slick Woods (model) Melissa Young (model) Alternate John Daly (golfer) Clean List: Austin Carlile Tim Curry Shannen Doherty Ted Kaczynski Jeanette Lee Olivia Newton-John Tom Parker George Perez Gary Rossington Michael Schumacher John Szeles Slick Woods Melissa Young Alternate John Daly ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/126 "2021-12-30T14:43:44Z")
Wow! Just realized I had \<48 hours to make my post! Well, here’s my 2022 list - for better or worse! 🙂 Michael J Fox Bruce Dern Shelley Fabares Dick Vitale Kathy Griffin Queen Elizabeth Shannen Doherty Tom Brokaw David Crosby Donald Trump Michael Douglas Olivia Newton-John Mick Jagger ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/127 "2021-12-30T15:38:00Z")
I actually remembered this _before_ New Year’s for once. **Main List:** Mary Berry (British baking queen) Jimmy Carter (US President) John Cooper Clarke (poet) Piers Corbyn (prominent antivaxxer and brother of former UK Labour leader Jeremy) Tim Curry (actor) Queen Elizabeth II (yes, that one) Stephen Fry (dear God, let me be wrong about this one) Rudy Giuliani (possibly of hair dye poisoning) Kathy Griffin (television personality and Trump detractor) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (leader of Iran) Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek actor) Kim Potter (convicted police officer) Robin Roberts (newscaster) **Alternates (“We with the band” edition)** Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays/Black Grape) Joe Walsh (Eagles) Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones) \_ CLEAN LIST Mary Berry Jimmy Carter John Cooper Clarke Piers Corbyn Tim Curry Queen Elizabeth II Stephen Fry Rudy Giuliani Kathy Griffin Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Nichelle Nichols Kim Potter Robin Roberts **Alternates** Shaun Ryder Joe Walsh Ronnie Wood ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/128 "2021-12-30T17:32:55Z")
Here is my new list, mostly retreads. Note that Jon Bauman is the performer known as Bowser. Alan Alda Tina Louise Terry Gilliam Mel Brooks Billy Dee Williams Ozzy Osbourne Olivia Newton John Peter Popoff Woody Allen Yoko Ono Nichelle Nichols Jon Bauman Mary Berry Alternate: Tim Curry Ray Hyman ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/129 "2021-12-30T18:44:51Z")
Phil Collins Gorden Lightfoot Tom Parker Olivia Newton-John Ron Jeremy John Daly Peter Jackson A.J. Foyt David Crosby Jennette Lee John Szeles Shannon Doherty Ted Kaczynski Alternates: O.J. Simpson Tim Curry ---
**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 30, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/130 "2021-12-30T20:53:17Z")
Edit: One too many entries, so updated list below. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/131 "2021-12-30T20:54:28Z")
Hoopy, looks like 14 names. ---
**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 30, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/132 "2021-12-30T21:00:59Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Hoopy, looks like 14 names. Looks like that to me too but I’m no good at math. ---
**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 30, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/133 "2021-12-30T21:02:50Z")
Ack! You’re right. I’ll move Mumia to first alternate. (No matter who I drop to alternate it’ll probably be the wrong choice. My alternates seem to have a better success percentage than my main lists seem to.) George Alagiah Bruce Anstey Olivia Newton-John Linda Nolan Berner Dick Vitale Sir Antony Sher Shane MacGowan Tom Smith Jack Thomas Andrew McAslan Tom Parker Shannen Doherty Alternates: Mumia Abu-Jamal Michael Caputo Christiane Amanpour Frank Field Kim Kyong-hui Tom Smith is the rugger. Jack Thomas is the Boston Globe reporter. Berner is AKA Gilbert Milam Jr. ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/134 "2021-12-30T21:03:02Z")
Keith Richards Mick Jagger Buddy Guy Willie Nelson Garth Hudson Robbie Robertson Taj Mahal Keb Mo Mike Love Doc Severinsen Jai Johanny Johanson Ray Davies John Sebastian Delbert McClinton ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/135 "2021-12-30T21:41:48Z")
At risk of over-working the Death Pool sovereigns; I wonder how many alternates died in the past year? Sort of an “oh-shoot” award. ---
**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 30, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/136 "2021-12-30T21:54:00Z")
Yeah, I think I’m three years running now where I had an alternate die for a decent amount of points each. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oPwrodxghrw/hqdefault.jpg "Get Smart: Missed it by that much") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPwrodxghrw) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/137 "2021-12-30T22:29:57Z")
Bill Turnbull – 65 – Journalist Daniel Hernandez (6ix9ine) – 25 – Rapper Doddie Weir – 51 - Scottish rugby player George Alagiah – 66 – Journalist Johnny Ruffo – 33 – Singer Kanye West – 44 - Singer Kim Jong-un – 39 – North Korean Olivia Newton-John – 73 – Singer Ronnie Atkins – 57 – Danish rocker Sacheen Littlefeather (Marie Louise Cruz) – 75 – Actor / activist Sanjay Dutt – 62 – Indian actor Stan Walker – 30 - Australian recording artist and actor Tyler “TJ” Ducklo – 33 – Political advisor Alternates: Glenn Tipton – 74 - English guitarist (Judas Priest) Amanda Bynes – 35 – Actor Shannen Doherty – 50 – Actor **Tidy List:** 6ix9ine Bill Turnbull Doddie Weir George Alagiah Johnny Ruffo Kanye West Kim Jong-un Olivia Newton-John Ronnie Atkins Sacheen Littlefeather Sanjay Dutt Stan Walker Tyler “TJ” Ducklo **Alternates:** Glenn Tipton Amanda Bynes Shannen Doherty ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/138 "2021-12-31T02:53:06Z")
@phungi, can we get a ruling on Mumia Abu-Jamal? True, he’s a political activist, but he’s currently on Death Row. There’s no execution date set, but I wasn’t sure if Death Row inmates were eligible for this. It seems akin to the “being famous for being sick” rule to me. ---
**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/139 "2021-12-31T03:08:13Z")
From the First post in the thread: > **The Rules:** > > … > > 1. Prisoners held on death row will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution. I call this the “Whitey Bulger“.rule. I would interpret this as if the person dies of natural causes or gets shanked, they count. If they are officially executed (even if the date isn’t currently known), the points won’t count (I’m not sure they would count towards the total of successful picks either). That would definitely be worth a clarification. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/140 "2021-12-31T03:09:36Z")
Fair enough ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/141 "2021-12-31T04:33:19Z")
Well, I don’t want to forget another year, though by listing people I’m giving them a good shot at survival. Josh Duggar Ghislaine Maxwell Jovan Hutton Pulitzer Joe Arpaio Wendy Rogers Bill Clinton Casey DeSantis Ron Paul Dick Vitale Pope Benedict XVI Carol Burnett Pete Davidson Henry Kissinger Alternates: Chuck Woolery Antonio Brown Tiffany Trump ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Klutz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captain_klutz/32/4993_2.png) [@Captain\_Klutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Klutz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443/142 "2021-12-31T06:49:52Z")
Recycling most of last years list Steve Gleason Paul Gascoigne Wilfred Benitez William Perry Dave Rose Vivian Patrick Campbell Catherine Britt Ken Watanabe Stan Walker Tom Parker The Amazing Johnathan Linda Nolan Ghislaine Maxwell Alternates Olivia Newton John Lindsay Lohan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/955443.md?page=8)