# 2022 \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** death-pool\
**Created:** [December 3, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444 "2021-12-03T14:00:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/41 "2021-12-31T19:35:09Z")

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You’ll want to replace Betty White in your list.

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**Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/42 "2021-12-31T20:23:56Z")

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> [@Bayaker](#):
>
> Betty White  
> Joyce Bulifant  
> John Amos  
> Ray Buktenica  
> Richard Masur  
> Michael Delano  
> Garn Stephens  
> Craig Wasson  
> Liz Torres  
> John Lawlor  
> Daryl Anderson  
> Robert Walden  
> Linda Kelsey
> 
> Alternates:  
> Lisa Gerritsen  
> Julie Kavner

Currently:

Lisa Gerritsen  
Joyce Bulifant  
John Amos  
Ray Buktenica  
Richard Masur  
Michael Delano  
Garn Stephens  
Craig Wasson  
Liz Torres  
John Lawlor  
Daryl Anderson  
Robert Walden  
Linda Kelsey

Alternates:  
Julie Kavner

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**Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/43 "2021-12-31T22:30:22Z")

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CLEAN LIST:

Tom Hanks  
Tom McDonald  
Richard Engle  
Ghislain Maxwell  
Randy Travis  
MsAshyCat  
Michael J Fox  
Officer Charley Kingery  
Bill Russell  
Bob Cousy  
Shannon Doherty  
Marylin Manson  
Katy Perry

Alt:  
John Nash  
Joe Biden  
Jim Kerry

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**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/44 "2021-12-31T23:35:42Z")

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Themed List  
Sadly, many holdovers from prior year  
**Theme: Evil and its Minions** (IMHO)

•Donald Trump - orange hued evil incarnate  
•Marjorie Taylor Green - can the blue states divorce _her_?  
•Laura Ingraham – spreader of hate speech  
•Rudy Giuliani - conspiracy theorist, crooked fixer for Trump, batshit insane  
•Tucker Carlson – no end to his evilness  
•Brett Kavanaugh - “Sometimes I had too many beers. I liked beer. I still like beer.”  
•Ted Cruz – please go back to Cancun – and stay there  
•Greg Abbott –per Daily Kos: terrible, horrible, no good, very bad man  
•Mitch McConnell - From GQ: “This man has no morals, nor any respect for the rule of law, nor any respect for those who would defy him. For his own personal gain, he permitted Russia to continue manipulating the November election so that his party’s candidate could win—giving us a quivering mound of chili drippings for president.”  
•Ron DeSantis – ultimate Florida Man  
•Ivanka Kushner - "She [was] not passively complicit in the Trump administration’s policies; she [was] an active architect "  
•Kim Jong-un - Supreme Leader of North Korea, and just as deranged as our former Dear Leader  
•Josh Duggar

Alternates:  
•Vladimir Putin - President of Russia, top puppeteer  
•Dick Cheney - throwback to when evil was just heartless, and didn’t include aiding and abetting a pandemic

**Plain List:**  
Donald Trump  
Marjorie Taylor Green  
Laura Ingraham  
Rudy Giuliani  
Tucker Carlson  
Brett Kavanaugh  
Ted Cruz  
Greg Abbott  
Mitch McConnell  
Ron DeSantis  
Ivanka Kushner  
Kim Jong-un  
Josh Duggar

Alternates:  
Vladimir Putin  
Dick Cheney

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/45 "2022-01-01T00:04:17Z")

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As I mentioned in the 2021 thread, the peeps born in 1940 that I chose are all still alive and kicking so I’m changing to my favorite singers and musicians. This should ensure another year of health for them.

Stevie Wonder  
James Taylor  
Joni Mitchell  
Julie Andrews  
David Crosby  
Stephen Stills  
Graham Nash  
Pete Townshend  
Roger Daltrey  
Sting  
Les McCann  
Carlos Santana  
Dave Mason

Alternate (just in case)  
Robert Plant

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/46 "2022-01-01T00:43:19Z")

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Finally watched the Kennedy Center Honors and was inspired to change up my theme to:  
Old Talented Babes (who I’ve been entertained by):  
|Joni Mitchell|11/7/43|  
|Bette Midler|12/1/45|  
|Goldie Hawn|11/21/45|  
|Carole King|2/9/42|  
|Carly Simon|6/25/45|  
|Diane Keaton|1/5/46|  
|Candice Bergen|5/9/46|  
|Faye Dunaway|1/14/41|  
|Shirley MacLaine|4/24/34|  
|Kelly Bishop|2/28/44|  
|Diana Ross|3/26/44|  
|Julie Andrews|10/1/35|  
|Maggie Smith|12/28/34|

|Alternate:||  
|Cybill Shepherd|2/18/50|

Clean list:  
Joni Mitchell  
Bette Midler  
Goldie Hawn  
Carole King  
Carly Simon  
Diane Keaton  
Candice Bergen  
Faye Dunaway  
Shirley MacLaine  
Kelly Bishop  
Diana Ross  
Julie Andrews  
Maggie Smith

Alternate:  
Cybill Shepherd

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/47 "2022-01-01T01:32:35Z")

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Theme: It’s The End of the World As They Know It.

Artists who have been involved in a cover or performance of REM’s It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Nataly Dawn  
Jack Conte  
Dodie  
Maddie Poppe  
Jon Bon Jovi  
Ligabue (Luciano Ligabue)  
Chris Carrabba  
Matt Nathanson  
Jennifer Nettles  
America Ferrara  
Karen Fairchild  
Kimberly Schlapman  
Michael Stipe

@Dancer_Flight, thanks for making this themed entry possible! 😉

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/48 "2022-01-01T02:20:56Z")

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Recycling lat yerar’s list that scored nothing:

A List About Nothing.

This is a list of people who appeared as themselves (or at least Seinfeldian versions of themselves) on the show about nothing.

Pat Cooper – The great comedian offered to get Jerry into the Friars’ Club.  
Jon Voight – The Academy Award-winning actor. Not to be confused with John Voight the periodontist.  
Rudy Giuliani – Before he became a Trumpian troll, Giuliani beat Dinkins for the 1993 NYC Mayoral race because he ate right and kept his cholesterol in check.  
Keith Hernandez – The original Seinfeld Celebrity pop-in in Season 3, his narcissistic navel-gazing typical of everyone in the Seinfeld universe led to the title of his real-life memoir, “I’m Keith Hernandez”.  
Bette Midler – In Seinfeldvania, the Divine Miss M plays catcher for the “Rachelle, Rachelle” softball team and trash talks George. In fact, I could see her doing that in the Real World, too.  
George Wendt – While in LA, George Costanza wondered aloud to George Wendt whether “Cheers!” might be a better show if it did not take place in a bar.  
Raquel Welch – In the Seinfeld universe, Raquel Welch gets involved in a cat fight! Rowrr!  
Keith Morrison – He initially identified Kramer as a person of interest in the Smog Stranglings; eventually he identified the correct men, Tobias Lehigh Nagy, “5’ 6”, bald and reputedly a very generous tipper.”  
Kathy Lee Gifford – While visiting the set of Regis and Kathy Lee to promote his coffee table book, Kramer spit-taked all over Kathy Lee. That’s something we’ve all wanted to do.  
Bryant Gumbel – Always the nice guy in the real world, in the Seinfeld world, when Jerry showed up on the Today show to promote a benefit to clothe the homeless, Bryant mocked Jerry’s “puffy shirt.”  
Candice Bergen – Kremer proved to be the only secretary Murphy Brown found competent.  
David Letterman – David could not be bothered to remember Jerry’s name.  
Al Roker – Who knew that there were people out there who collect TV Guide? I hope that Al’s recent surgery for cancer does not mean points. Thanks goodness, from all reports, he is doing well.  
Marisa Tomei – On Seinfeld, Marisa is attracted to short, chubby, bald men. Ah! Were it only so.

Pat Cooper  
Jon Voight  
Rudy Giuliani  
Keith Hernandez  
Bette Midler  
George Wendt  
Raquel Welch  
Keith Morrison  
Kathy Lee Gifford  
Bryant Gumbel  
Candice Bergen  
David Letterman  
Al Roker

Alternate:  
Marisa Tomei

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/49 "2022-01-01T02:37:15Z")

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Repeating my list from 2021 - Google says they’re all still alive, despite their increasingly advanced ages:

Theme: the 1969 Washington Senators (“a whole new ballgame in 1969”). The Senators v2.0 (1961-1971) had exactly one winning season, and this was it.

LF Frank Howard 8-8-36  
RF Hank Allen 7-23-40  
1B Mike Epstein 4-4-43  
3B Ken McMullen 6-1-42  
CF Del Unser 12-9-44  
2B Bernie Allen 4-16-39  
SS Tim Cullen 2-16-42  
C Doug Camilli 9-22-36  
SP Dick Bosman 2-17-44  
SP Joe Coleman 2-3-47  
SP Casey Cox 7-3-41  
SP Jim Hannan 1-7-41  
RP Darold Knowles 12-9-41

Alternate:

SS Toby Harrah 10-26-48

Clean list:

Frank Howard  
Hank Allen  
Mike Epstein  
Ken McMullen  
Del Unser  
Bernie Allen  
Tim Cullen  
Dick Bosman  
Joe Coleman  
Casey Cox  
Darold Knowles  
Jim Hannan  
Doug Camilli

Alternate:

Toby Harrah

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/50 "2022-01-01T03:14:01Z")

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Not enough research last year. A slightly modified list of Canadians for 2022.

Theme: The Canadians

Jim Carr  
Gino Odjick  
Stu Schwartz  
Paul Henderson  
Tommy Chong  
Michael J Fox  
Mary Barry  
Joni Mitchell  
Rick Chiarelli  
Brian Brett  
Stephen Lewis  
Robert Munsch  
Carolyn Balderson Perry

Alts:  
Anton Kuerti  
Brian Mulroney

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/51 "2022-01-01T03:14:37Z")

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Just because (almost) everyone lived doesn’t mean that I don’t like last year’s theme - so I’m re-doing it:

Theme: Sitcom Moms  
Meredith Baxter  
Brett Butler  
Jane Curtin  
Marla Gibbs  
Janet Hubert  
Shirley Jones  
Julie Kavner  
Vicki Lawrence  
Judith Light  
Lee Meriweather  
Marion Ross  
Susan Saint James  
Katey Segal

Alternates:  
Joanna Kerns  
Phylicia Rashad  
Patricia Richardson

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/52 "2022-01-01T05:49:30Z")

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> [@Hschardi](#):
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> Tom Hanks  
> Tom McDonald  
> Richard Engle  
> Ghislain Maxwell  
> Randy Travis  
> MsAshyCat  
> Michael J Fox  
> Officer Charley Kingery  
> Bill Russell  
> Bob Cousy  
> Shannon Doherty  
> Marylin Manson  
> Katy Perry
> 
> Alt:  
> John Nash  
> Joe Biden  
> Jim Kerry

LIST THEME/TITLE?

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/53 "2022-01-01T06:01:07Z")

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I’m wondering if this was meant to be in the main Death Pool thread.

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/54 "2022-01-01T06:07:21Z")

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Theme: Televangelists (since Marcus Lamb died in 2021)

Hal Lindsey (born November 23 1929)  
Pat Robertson (born March 22 1930)  
Marilyn Hickey (born July 1 1931)  
Jack Hayford (born June 25 1934)

Jimmy Swaggart (born March 15 1935)  
Kenneth Copeland (born December 6 1936)  
Jim Bakker (born January 2 1940)  
John Hagee (born April 12 1940)  
David Jeremiah (born February 13 1941)

James Robison (born October 9 1943)  
John Ankerberg (born December 10 1945)  
Mike Murdock (born April 18 1946)  
Jesse Duplantis (born July 9 1949)

Alt:

Rod Parsley (born January 13 1957)  
Brian Houston (born February 17 1954)  
Robert Tilton (born June 7 1946)

Clean List

Hal Lindsey  
Pat Robertson  
Marilyn Hickey  
Jack Hayford

Jimmy Swaggart  
Kenneth Copeland  
Jim Bakker  
John Hagee  
David Jeremiah

James Robison  
John Ankerberg  
Mike Murdock  
Jesse Duplantis

Alt:

Rod Parsley  
Brian Houston  
Robert Tilton

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/55 "2022-01-01T18:59:21Z")

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> [@phungi](#):
>
> LIST THEME/TITLE?

I’ll suggest - "Who are three thirteen people who’ve never been in my kitchen?

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**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/56 "2022-01-02T17:50:40Z")

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We have 36 players, and 419 different celebrities, mostly unique picks… there are a few overlapping themes:

| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | amarinth | 0 | 0 | | Sitcom Moms |
| 1 | Baker | 0 | 0 | | Born on New Year’s Eve |
| 1 | Bashorian | 0 | 0 | | Rock Bassists |
| 1 | Bayaker | 0 | 0 | | The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe: |
| 1 | billiefan2000 | 0 | 0 | | Televangelists |
| 1 | Biotop | 0 | 0 | | Dark Shadows |
| 1 | Borborygmi | 0 | 0 | | Lawyers |
| 1 | candide | 0 | 0 | | A List About Nothing |
| 1 | Catamount | 0 | 0 | | Doctor Who vs. The Master |
| 1 | Cazzle | 0 | 0 | | It’s The End of the World As They Know It. |
| 1 | commasense | 0 | 0 | | Destroyers of Democracy V |
| 1 | Dancer\_Flight | 0 | 0 | | Star Trek IV |
| 1 | Dr.Girlfriend | 0 | 0 | | 11th annual All-Star Sports Edition |
| 1 | FlikTheBlue | 0 | 0 | | Associated with the Ukraine |
| 1 | GIGObuster | 0 | 0 | | “hall of the infamous” |
| 1 | GuanoLad | 0 | 0 | | British Sitcom Stars |
| 1 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 0 | 0 | | Lou Gehrig |
| 1 | J-P\_L | 0 | 0 | | Former Race Car Drivers |
| 1 | kayT | 0 | 0 | | Women Writers (mostly Mysteries) |
| 1 | Kitten\_Mitten | 0 | 0 | | peeps born in 1940 |
| 1 | Little\_Nemo | 0 | 0 | | Last Survivor |
| 1 | Mahaloth | 0 | 0 | | MASH (movie or show) living cast members: |
| 1 | Mean\_Mr.Mustard | 0 | 0 | | Lawyer Up! |
| 1 | Pardel-Lux | 0 | 0 | | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups |
| 1 | phungi | 0 | 0 | | NFL/FIFA ALL-ALS/CTE Team |
| 1 | Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace | 0 | 0 | | Old Talented Babes (who I’ve been entertained by): |
| 1 | Railer13 | 0 | 0 | | 1960s St. Louis Cardinals World Series |
| 1 | Rebo | 0 | 0 | | People we wish would disappear off the face of the planet |
| 1 | Registered\_at\_Last | 0 | 0 | | The Canadians |
| 1 | RobotDevilDog | 0 | 0 | | Back to the Future |
| 1 | RTFirefly | 0 | 0 | | 1969 Washington Senators |
| 1 | Shoeless | 0 | 0 | | Guest stars from the original Twilight Zone |
| 1 | smithsb | 0 | 0 | | Republican Cultists |
| 1 | Stephe96 | 0 | 0 | | Beatles |
| 1 | Wallet | 0 | 0 | | Evil and its Minions (IMHO) |
| 1 | xizor | 0 | 0 | | Crooners |

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I’m tied for first!!!

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I’m tied for last. ☹

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Somewhere in the middle as usual…

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**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-themed-celebrity-death-pool/955444/60 "2022-01-11T21:07:39Z")

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Hi phungi, perhaps my entry was poorly worded. My theme this year is Favorite Singers and Musicians.

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