# 2023 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831 "2022-12-01T04:02:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/181 "2022-12-31T00:36:52Z")
Pope Benedict XVI Lindsay Lohan Bob Barker Jimmy Carter Courtney Love Keith Richards Shannen Doherty Bob Newhart Henry Kissinger Gene Hackman Val Kilmer Bruce Willis Andy Taylor ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/182 "2022-12-31T01:34:57Z")
Pope Benedict XVI Eric Idle Nigel Starmer-Smith Ronnie Wood Harvey Weinstein George Alagiah Linda Nolan Andy Taylor Vivian Campbell Tatum O’Neil Paul John Gascoigne Shannen Doherty Kevin Gates Alternate Donald J Trump Don’t think I’ll need an alternate but just in case one of my 13 picks chooses to leave us in the next 28+ hours, please replace with my alternate. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/183 "2022-12-31T01:42:32Z")
Will do, but you know I kind of wish your alternater would be the one to disappear. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/184 "2022-12-31T02:16:35Z")
Ruth Buzzi Dennis Boutsikaris Bill Moyers James Taylor Lorenzo Lamas Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Dan Rather Herbie Hancock Mikhail Baryshnikov Judy Blume Chuck Woolery Lee Majors Sandra Day O’Connor Alternates: Barry Gibb Vicki Lawrence ---
**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, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/185 "2022-12-31T02:42:52Z")
I’ve mostly recycled 2022’s list, but kicked off a couple of seemingly well adjusted or immortal folks and added a couple of band wagon picks with the hopes that the wisdom of crowds might actually get me a place on the score board this year. Plain List: James Earl Jones Willie Nelson Donald Sutherland Kris Kristofferson Brian Mulroney Eric Clapton OJ Simpson Val Kilmer Ghislaine Maxwell Shannen Doherty 6ix9ine Andy Taylor Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Alternates: Jack Nicholson Morgan Freeman Keith Richards Annotated List: 1. James Earl Jones - Voice of Vader (1/17/1931) 2. Willie Nelson - Singer/Songwriter/Pothead (4/29/1933) 3. Donald Sutherland - Actor (7/17/1935) 4. Kris Kristofferson - Singer/Actor (6/22/1936) 5. Brian Mulroney - Former Canadian Prime Minister (3/20/1939) 6. Eric Clapton - Singer/Guitarist (3/30/1945) 7. OJ Simpson - Athlete/Actor/Felon (7/9/1947) 8. Val Kilmer - Actor (12/31/1951) 9. Ghislaine Maxwell - Socialite/Epstein Associate (12/25/1961) 10. Shannen Doherty - Actor (4/12/1971) 11. 6ix9ine - A.K.A Tekashi 6ix9ine Rapper/Felon/Rat (5/8/1996) 12. Andy Taylor - Duran Duran Guitarist (2/16/1961) 13. Benedict XVI - Ex-Pope (4/16/1927) Alternates: 1. Jack Nicholson - Actor (4/22/1937) 2. Morgan Freeman - Actor (6/1/1937) 3. Keith Richards - Rolling Stone (12/18/1943) ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/186 "2022-12-31T02:48:47Z")
There is a post in the 2022 thread saying that Barbara Walters has passed. I guest Baker will be busy. My new submission: 1 Andy Taylor 1961 Guitarist for Duran Duran 2 Clint Eastwood 1030 American Actor 3 Bob Barker 1923 American TV Show Host 4 Bruce Willis 1955 American Actor 5 Buzz Aldrin 1930 American Former Astronaut 6 Dick Cheney 1941 American politician, former V.P. 7 Gordon Lightfoot 1938 Canadian Singer 8 Jean Chretien 1934 Former Prime Minister of Canada 9 Jimmy Swaggart 1935 American Televangelist 10 Liza Minneli 1946 American actress, singer & dancer 11 Toby Keith 1961 American Country Singer 12 Randy Travis 1959 American Country Singer 13 Willie Nelson 1933 American Country Singer Alternates: 1 George W. Bush Former US President 2 Kris Kristofferson American Actor, Singer, Songwriter ## Clean List: Andy Taylor Clint Eastwood Bob Barker Bruce Willis Buzz Aldrin Dick Cheney Gordon Lightfoot Jean Chretien Jimmy Swaggart Liza Minneli Toby Keith Randy Travis Willie Nelson ## Alternates: George W. Bush Kris Kristofferson ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/187 "2022-12-31T02:53:09Z")
I should be better and put alternates, but I didn’t and here is my new list. No Barbara. Tom Baker Alan Alda Melissa Jaffer Jeanette Lee Linda Nolan Don Wildmon Jimmy Carter Doyle Brunson Bob Newhart Henry Kissinger Pope Benedict XVI Andy Taylor Jeremiah Green ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/188 "2022-12-31T03:31:08Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > Clean list: > John Cullum > Paul McCartney > Mick Fleetwood > Barbara Walters > Al Roker > Anthony Hopkins > Judi Dench > Kareem Abdul-Jabbar > Tionne “T-boz” Watkins > Nancy Pelosi > Roman Polanski > Bill Cosby > Buzz Aldrin > > Johnny Depp > Julie Andrews > Julie Kavner Due to the death of Barbara Walters I’d like to replace her with Julie Andrews. Julie Kavner and Johnny Depp will remainnalternates for the next ~30 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/189 "2022-12-31T03:49:21Z")
Thanks to those who have already changed out Barbara Walters, those who have not I have moved up their first alternates. If you want to make further changes let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Bad.Wiring](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bad.wiring/32/13010_2.png) [@Bad.Wiring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad.Wiring)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/190 "2022-12-31T03:52:59Z")
I’ve been looking for an active dead pool for years. Glad I found this! Here’s my list: Dead pool Tony Bennett Tina Turner Bill Cosby Val Kilmer Celine Dion Mel Brooks Dick Van Dyke Grace Slick King Charles Michael J Fox Pete Rose Richard Simmons Linda Ronstadt Alternates: Charlie Sheen Prince Andrew Britney Spears ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/191 "2022-12-31T04:01:05Z")
Welcome! We always have more space in the handbasket. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/192 "2022-12-31T04:23:42Z")
Here’s my list. Note Koko B. Ware’s real name is James W. Ware, Jr. in case it’s needed. Jeanette Lee is the “Black Widow” of pool (as well as a fellow alum of my high school.) Ray Davies Shannen Doherty Jane Fonda Steve Gleason Eric Idle Jonnie Irwin Jeanette Lee Linda Nolan Al Roker Andy Taylor Gianluca Vialli Dick Vitale Koko B. Ware Phil Collins Jeremiah Green Sharon Osbourne ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/193 "2022-12-31T05:54:57Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Thanks to those who have already changed out Barbara Walters, those who have not I have moved up their first alternates. If you want to make further changes let me know. Sorry to make more work for you @Baker, you move fast! My original list was up at post 141, and since putting it up on Dec 28, both Pele and Barbara Walters are gone. I’d like to put in a revised list: **Old list** Donald Trump Kanye West Vladimir Putin Bill Cosby Linda Ronstadt Mitch McConnell Shannen Doherty Barbara Walters Imelda Marcos Bruce Willis Pelé Andy Taylor Jeremiah Green Alternates Liza Minnelli Toby Keith Bam Margera **revised list:** Donald Trump Kanye West Vladimir Putin Bill Cosby Linda Ronstadt Mitch McConnell Shannen Doherty Imelda Marcos Bruce Willis Andy Taylor Jeremiah Green Liza Minnelli Pope Benedict XVI Alternates Toby Keith Bam Margera Henry Kissinger ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/194 "2022-12-31T07:08:33Z")
Dangit, Baba Wawa. Revised list: Liza Minnelli Ozzy Osbourne Hailey Bieber Celine Dion Simon Cowell Lukas Haas Bam Margera Jeanette Lee Andy Taylor Steven Tyler Shannen Doherty Mitch McConnell David Geffen Alternate: Madonna ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/195 "2022-12-31T07:15:15Z")
Hello again, you gorgeous ghouls and fabulous freaksters. Let’s do this again! I normally refrain from posting until the last minute because I furiously guard the death talent and death insight that saw me earn a cool 27 points last year from 1 nominee. However, in light of Baker’s polite request and the ill-timed passings of Pelé and Barbara Walters that have undoubtedly complicated matters no end for our esteemed Death Mistress, I’m dropping my list early. **Molly Meldrum** (b. 29-Jan-1943), _Australian music critic, journalist, record producer and musical entrepreneur._ Frail and elderly, and Australian to boot, for that added patriotic zing. **Richard O’Sullivan** (b. 05-Jul-1944), _English comedy actor._ 15th time’s the charm, eh? **Tim Curry** (b. 19-Apr-1946), _English actor and singer._ **Liza Minelli** (b. 03-Dec-1946), _American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer._ **Phil Collins** (b. 30-Jan-1951), _English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor._ **Rhod Gilbert** (b. 18-Oct-1968), _Welsh comedian and television & radio presenter._ Points I genuinely hope I don’t get. **Julian Assange** (b. 07-Mar-1971), _Australian editor, publisher, and activist._ **Shannen Doherty** (b. 12-Apr-1971), _American actress._ **Ye (né Kanye West)** (b. 08-Jun-1977), _American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer._ And racist, raving loon. **Ben Cousins** (b. 30-Jun-1978), _former professional Australian rules footballer._ **Nick Cannon** (b. 08-Oct-1980), _American television host, actor, rapper, and comedian._ Has a new baby every two months. Someone needs to stop him. **Johnny Ruffo** (b. 08-Mar-1988), _Australian singer, songwriter, dancer, actor and television presenter._ **Ezra Miller** (b. 30-Sep-1992), _American actor._ Was the living embodiment of the word “erratic” in the earlier part of 2022. Alts: **Rolf Harris** (b. 30-Mar-1930), _Australian entertainer._ And convicted sexual deviant 🫤 **Donald Trump** (b. 14-Jun-1946), _American politician, media personality, and businessman._ Hopefully I can add a list of his convictions if he’s around to make my list next year. **George Hamilton** (b. 12-Aug-1939), _American actor._ Made of shoe leather. **Clean List:** Molly Meldrum Richard O’Sullivan Tim Curry Liza Minelli Phil Collins Rhod Gilbert Julian Assange Shannen Doherty Kanye West Ben Cousins Nick Cannon Johnny Ruffo Ezra Miller Alts: Rolf Harris Donald Trump George Hamilton Good luck, all! Especially the celebs. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrs.e/32/12756_2.png) [@Mrs.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.E)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/196 "2022-12-31T07:28:11Z")
Yes, please ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrs.e/32/12756_2.png) [@Mrs.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.E)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/197 "2022-12-31T07:35:02Z")
Barbara Walters passed. Please delete her and opt in Andy Taylor. Thank you! ---
**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 31, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/198 "2022-12-31T10:01:08Z")
Please remove Pope Benedict and sub in Jimmy Carter. ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/199 "2022-12-31T10:10:43Z")
My all Russian Oligarch list: Leonid Mikhelson Mikhail Fridman Alisher Usmanov Gennady Timchenko Andrey Melnichenko Vagit Alekperov German Khan Alexey Kuzmichev Leonid Fedun Petr Aven Arkady Rotenberg Nikolai Buinov Mikhail Gutseriev ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/200 "2022-12-31T10:27:20Z")
And again a new revision! The Pope died too soon (never thought I would write that!): Donald Trump Rupert Murdoch Elon Musk Ivanka Trump (or Kushner, if you prefer) Keith Richards Vladimir Putin Franz Beckenbauer Emerson Fittipaldi Shane MacGowan John Cleese Silvio Berlusconi Andy Taylor Charles de Ganahl Koch Alternatives: Mario Vargas Llosa Michael Schumacher Boris Becker [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=11)