# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/121 "2022-12-26T15:36:23Z")
Donald Trump Ray Goff Peter Dinklage John Havlicek Jane Asher William (refrigerator) Perry R Kelly Mel Brooks Pete Davidson Mitch McConnell David Crosby Bono Richard Lewis Alternates: Adam Ant Bill Cosby Jerry Sandusky **Ray Goff** (1955-) succeeded Vince Dooley as UGA head coach AND on my death pool. ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/122 "2022-12-26T20:01:23Z")
Hahaha! Sadly, I don’t think he’ll ever gain permanent sobriety but the guy is like a cockroach. He’ll be around until hes 90. ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/123 "2022-12-26T20:40:45Z")
2023 Themed List Famous Directors Roman Polanski Oliver Stone John Hughes Martin Scorsese Michael Moore Woody Allen Clint Eastwood Francis Ford Coppola James Cameron George Lucas Back ups: Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Quentin Tarantino ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/124 "2022-12-26T21:10:38Z")
RE: the ‘Famous Directors’ list - John Hughes died years ago. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/125 "2022-12-26T21:14:03Z")
And, anyway, _Themed_ SDMB Celebrity Death Pool is just [down the hall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/18). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/126 "2022-12-27T00:20:57Z")
You listed ten picks and three alternates. Do you want to use the alternates as picks? Also, one of your picks is already dead.’ Please let me know how you wish to touch up your list. ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/127 "2022-12-27T00:51:26Z")
Sorry. ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/128 "2022-12-27T00:56:44Z")
Delete John Hughes (apologies!) Opt in Mel Brooks on main list. Delete Quentin Tarantino from alternates and replace with John Carpenter. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/129 "2022-12-27T00:57:53Z")
Oh, you can enter your directors here just fine but like I said in that list, it gives you two bites at the apple, one themed and the other miscellaneous. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/130 "2022-12-27T01:14:35Z")
I will do that, but it still leaves you with ten picks. Do you want the alternates to make your thirteen picks? ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/131 "2022-12-27T06:56:08Z")
Time to get mine in before I forget and it’s Jan 1! Andy Taylor Toby Keith Katie Couric Al Roker Donald Trump Shannen Doherty Jonnie Irwin James Whale Jonny Ruffo Kate Keltie Jane Fonda Christina Applegate Dick Van Dyke Oops! edited to add my alternates: Vladmir Putin Bruce Willis Morgan Freeman ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/132 "2022-12-27T07:06:05Z")
I’ve missed the last couple of years; I want to get it in this time: John Travolta Bill Burr Thomas Middleditch Tom Cruise Jimmy Buffet Clint Eastwood Harrison Ford David Lee Roth Morgan Freeman Bill Cosby Jerry Sandusky Pele Andy Taylor No alts … I’ll take my chances. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/133 "2022-12-27T07:28:20Z")
Donald Trump still leads in picks. Oh please, oh please, oh please. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/134 "2022-12-27T15:22:02Z")
Also, may the DeathMistress make a humble request? Please don’t wait until the very last minute to make your entries, if you are going to play. ---
**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, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/135 "2022-12-27T18:20:56Z")
Here are my picks for 2023: 1 Andy Taylor 1961 Guitarist for Duran Duran 2 Barbara Walters 1929 American broadcast journalist and television personality 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 Clint Eastwood American Actor 2 George W. Bush Former US President 3 Kris Kristofferson American Actor, Singer, Songwriter ## Clean List: Andy Taylor Barbara Walters Bob Barker Bruce Willis Buzz Aldrin Dick Cheney Gordon Lightfoot Jean Chretien Jimmy Swaggart Liza Minneli Toby Keith Randy Travis Willie Nelson ## Alternates: Clint Eastwood George W. Bush Kris Kristofferson ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/136 "2022-12-27T19:35:25Z")
Willie Nelson Bill Cosby Roselyn Carter Jimmy Carter Pat Boone Tina Turner Margaret Atwood Joni Mitchell Joe Namath Shelley Duvall Mike Ditka Marge Piercy Richard Simmons Alternates Sara Paretsky Donna Leon ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/137 "2022-12-27T21:43:51Z")
Christina “Kelly Bundy” Applegate Bob “Come On Down” Barker Johnny “Latino Dick Clark” Canales “Coach” Lee Corso Bill “Don’t Eat That Pudding Pop” Cosby Toby “Ain’t As Good As I Once Was” Keith “The Former GOAT” Pelé Maclovio “Weatherman Who Lost To A Cloud” Perez Matthew “Why Not Keanu” Perry Vladimir “The Terrible” Putin Abraham “Selena’s Dad” Quintanilla Al “How’s The Weather” Roker Barbara “20/20” Walters Clean List. Christina Applegate Bob Barker Johnny Canales Lee Corso Bill Cosby Toby Keith Pelé Maclovio Perez Matthew Perry Vladimir Putin Abraham Quintanilla Al Roker Barbara Walters Alternates Clarence Thomas Samuel Alito ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/138 "2022-12-27T22:08:17Z")
Here is my updated list. I swapped out William Shatner for UK (Welsh) comedian Rhod Gilbert. Quentin Blake Ruth Buzzi Billy Connolly Shannen Doherty **Rhod Gilbert** Barry Humphries James Earl Jones David McCallum Liza Minnelli Randy Newman Maggie Smith Roger Whittaker John Williams **BACKUPS** Michael Caine Carol Burnett Glenn Fabry ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/139 "2022-12-28T00:15:08Z")
Liza Minnelli Ozzy Osbourne Hailey Bieber Celine Dion Simon Cowell Lukas Haas Bam Margera Jeanette Lee Andy Taylor Barbara Walters Shannen Doherty Mitch McConnell David Geffen Alternate: Madonna ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/140 "2022-12-28T01:04:38Z")
I’ve already made my list so I’m just passing this info along for anyone who might be interested in some easy points. > **[Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green diagnosed with stage four cancer](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-12-27/modest-mouse-drummer-jeremiah-green-cancer)** > > Jeremiah Green, drummer and founder of rock band Modest Mouse, has stage four cancer — but a DJ friend says 'his prognosis is good!' [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=8)