2022 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

Reprising my list of entertainers over 90 years old. I helped keep all but three of last year’s aged picks alive for another full year. In 2021 we lost one of my over-100 picks (Norman Lloyd) and Cloris Leachman and Cicely Tyson gave me a few points, but I’m hoping for a low score again this year to avoid losing any more of these great talents.

As always, I’m playing the odds, not going for points. The maximum I could earn, if all of these wonderful actors dropped dead in early January, is 59. The first, Marsha Hunt, turned 104 on my birthday back in October, and Betty White will turn 100 on January 17. The youngest, alternate Gene Hackman, is a sprightly 90.

They’re listed in descending age.

Marsha Hunt
Betty White
Eva Marie Saint
Dick van Dyke
June Lockhart
Angela Lansbury
Sidney Poitier
Tony Bennett
Mel Brooks
William Daniels
Harry Belafonte
Bob Newhart
Estelle Harris

Alternates:
Clint Eastwood
Robert Wagner
Gene Hackman

Oh never mind

Donald Trump
Vladimir Putin
Jerry Seinfeld
Harrison Ford
Paul McCartney
Mick Jagger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Elton John
Howard Stern
Sting
Oprah Winfrey
Nichelle Nichols
Britney Spears

alternates
Dick Cheney
Henry Kissinger
Michael J Fox

Phil Lesh
Mark Volman
Fran Tarkenton
Moe Tucker
Sally Struthers
Ann-Margaret
Willis Reed
Bernhard Goetz
Jim Gordon
Sirhan Sirhan
Sergio Aragonés
Teri Garr
Linda Ronstadt

Alternates
Phil Collins
Jerry Jarrett
Bill Wyman

Ben Vereen
Joanne Woodward
Loretta Lynn
Ruth Buzzi
Faye Dunaway
Carol Burnett
Elliott Gould
Eric Clapton
Michael Dukakis
Jamie Farr
Sidney Poitier
Gary Condit
Randy Quaid

Alternates

Dan Rather
Sandy Duncan
Joe Namath

First try to make sure I don’t forget, perhaps I’ll change something if inspiration strikes. Hope the way I wrote Pelé is OK.

Rupert Murdoch
Elon Musk
Donald Trump
George W. Bush
Keith Richards
Vladimir Putin
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, “Pelé”
Mario Vargas Llosa
Shane MacGowan
John Cleese
Silvio Berlusconi
Emerson Fittipaldi
Robert Crumb

Alternatives:

Michael Schumacher
Boris Becker
Franz Beckenbauer

One change:

Rupert Murdoch
Elon Musk
Donald Trump
George W. Bush
Keith Richards
Vladimir Putin
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, “Pelé”
Mario Vargas Llosa
Shane MacGowan
John Cleese
Silvio Berlusconi
Emerson Fittipaldi
Charles de Ganahl Koch

Alternatives:

Michael Schumacher
Boris Becker
Franz Beckenbauer

This is both my themed list and regular list.

Donald Trump
Mitch McConnell
Michael Flynn
Alex Jones
Steve Bannon
Rudy Giuliani
Sydney Powell
Sean Hannity
Tucker Carlson
Steve Doocy
Laura Ingraham
Mike Lindell
Marjorie Taylor Greene

Lauren Boebert
Roger Stone
Mike Lindell

Haven’t done one of these in a long while, so here goes:

Alan Alda
Bobby Kotick
George Cacioppo
Bob Newhart
Colin Furze
John Carpenter
Steve-O
Bam Margera
Mel Brooks
George RR Martin
Margaret Atwood

Alternates:

Louis CK
Vishal Garg
Vince McMahon

You’ve got Mike Lindell twice [bolding mine]. With so many to choose from; I might suggest L. Lin Wood?

You need a lucky 13 picks.

IMHO the shocker so far is Gene Hackman. I assumed he was already dead.

This is only 11 picks, so your list currently looks like this:

Alan Alda
Bobby Kotick
George Cacioppo
Bob Newhart
Colin Furze
John Carpenter
Steve-O
Bam Margera
Mel Brooks
George RR Martin
Margaret Atwood
Louis CK
Vishal Garg

Alternate:
Vince McMahon

Oops, had an old version of the list on my clipboard. This is the whole list:

Alan Alda
Bobby Kotick
George Cacioppo
Bob Newhart
Colin Furze
Nick Shirley
Steve-O
Bam Margera
John Carpenter
George Takei
Mel Brooks
George RR Martin
Margaret Atwood

Alternates:

Louis CK
Vishal Garg
Vince McMahon

Interesting how you suspect Colin Furze might one day accidentally blow himself up or oopsadaisy cut off his head. You may be right.

La La Anthony - born June 25, 1982 - actress
Steve Gleason - born March 19, 1977 - former football player
Cyrah Harris (aka Honey Gold) - born July 9, 1993 - adult film actress
Ron Jeremy - born March 12, 1953 - adult film actor
Kwon Mina - born September 21, 1993 - singer
Ghislaine Maxwell - born 25 December 1961 - criminal
Miranda McKeon - born January 22, 2002 - actress
Jerry Messing - born April 3, 1986 - actor
Olivia Newton John - born 26 September 1948 - singer
Linda Nolan - born February 23, 1959 - singer and actress
Tom Parker - born August 4, 1988 - singer
Manoj Patil - born November 1, 1992 - bodybuilder
George Perez - born June 9, 1954 - comic book creator

alternatives:

Anna Akana - born August 18, 1989 - YouTuber
Chris Frantz - born May 8, 1951 - musician
Tina Weymouth - born November 22, 1950 - musician

clean list:

La La Anthony
Steve Gleason
Cyrah Harris
Ron Jeremy
Kwon Mina
Ghislaine Maxwell
Miranda McKeon
Jerry Messing
Olivia Newton John
Linda Nolan
Tom Parker
Manoj Patil
George Perez

Rex Reed
Kenneth Anger
Dash Crofts
Penn Jillette
Jandek
Alberto Fujimori
Brute Force
Mimsy Farmer
Biff Rose
Vernon Estes
Cadillac Frank Salemme
Dwayne Hickman
Uncle Floyd

Martin Mull
Monica Vitti
Steffi Graf

Since I only scored one point in 2021, I’m confident I can do better this year.

George W Bush
Dana Carvey
Kassie DePaiva
Michael Douglas
Richard Dreyfuss
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gina Lollobrigida
Gerald McRaney
Liza Minnelli
Frankie Muniz
Randy Travis
Donald Trump
Brian Wilson

Alternates:

Johnny Mathis
Elizabeth Ashley
Shirley Jones

As always, Brian Wilson is the Beach Boy

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

Alternatives:

Mikhail Gorbachev
Noam Chomsky
Rosalynn Carter

Well, we lost Mike Nesmith so I get to put up a revised revised 2022 list.

Warren Buffett
Tom Cruise
Jimmy Carter
Benjamin Netanyahu
Bob Dylan
Bob Newhart
Barbara Eden
Gabriel Iglesias
Dan Rather
Burt Ward
Mel Brooks
Britney Spears
Alec Baldwin

Alternates:

Queen Elizabeth II
Angela Lansbury
Jussie Smollett