# 2023 \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 2, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921 "2022-12-02T13:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/21 "2022-12-06T17:20:15Z")
I am going to recycle my pristine untouched '22 list of Crooners, but maybe swap out a few alternates: Tony Bennett Pat Boone Cher Phil Collins Harry Connick Jr David Crosby Neil Diamond Bob Dylan Paul McCartney Joni Mitchell Willie Nelson Wayne Newton Linda Ronstadt Alternates: Paul Anka Mick Jagger Barry Manilow ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/22 "2022-12-10T00:14:50Z")
Oh mighty Death Shroom… since Brittney Griner is back on US soil I’m making an update to my list please and thank you. The Updated 12th Annual All-Star Sports Edition Mike Dikta Michael Schumacher Dick Vitale Pele Steve McMichael Bobby Knight Tony LaRussa Rod Carew William “Refrigerator” Perry Alex Zanardi Bob Uecker Willie O’Ree Steve Gleason Alternates: Richard Simmons Terry Bradshaw Delete Brittney Griner, add Dick Vitale. ---
**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 10, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/23 "2022-12-10T08:29:32Z")
I will continue on with last year’s. It netted me one win, that’s enough to give me hope. **British Sitcom Stars** Michael Crawford Elizabeth Estensen David Jason Penelope Keith Felicity Kendal Ian Lavender Maureen Lipman Ruth Madoc Brian Murphy Guy Siner Paula Wilcox Richard Wilson Tessa Wyatt **BACKUPS** Karl Howman Christopher Ryan Tony Robinson _Notes: Michael Crawford - Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Elizabeth Estensen - The Liver Birds David Jason - Open All Hours Penelope Keith - To The Manor Born Felicity Kendal - The Good Life Ian Lavender - Dad’s Army Maureen Lipman - Agony Ruth Madoc - Hi De Hi Brian Murphy - Last Of The Summer Wine Guy Siner - Allo Allo Paula Wilcox - Man About The House Richard Wilson - One Foot In The Grave Tessa Wyatt - Robin’s Nest_ ---
**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 10, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/24 "2022-12-10T20:35:16Z")
My regular entry, being all rap performers, could go here but I want two bites at the apple therefore, **2001 Diamondbacks players** Jay Bell David Dellucci Steve Finley Luis Gonzalez Mark Grace Damian Miller Armando Reynoso Matt Williams Tony Womack Rod Barajas Reggie Sanders Randy Johnson Curt Schilling _Alternates_ Midre Cummings Craig Counsell Byung-Hyun Kim ---
**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 10, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/25 "2022-12-10T20:49:39Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Michael Crawford > Elizabeth Estensen > David Jason > Penelope Keith > Felicity Kendal > Ian Lavender > Maureen Lipman > Ruth Madoc > Brian Murphy > Guy Siner > Paula Wilcox > Richard Wilson > Tessa Wyatt If I’d waited just 12 hours before posting, this wouldn’t have gotten so messy. Ruth Madoc from _Hi De Hi_ [died today](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63927507), so she’s off my list. Here’s my updated one. Michael Crawford Elizabeth Estensen David Jason Penelope Keith Felicity Kendal Ian Lavender Maureen Lipman Brian Murphy Christopher Ryan Guy Siner Paula Wilcox Richard Wilson Tessa Wyatt ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/26 "2022-12-11T05:33:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > I added Mike Altman, who wrote the lyrics to “Suicide is Painless” due to the fact that, alas, we are running out of living MASH actors who have been in enough of it to count. > > John Schuck is still alive. As are Bud Cort and Jo Ann Pflug. ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/27 "2022-12-11T05:37:37Z")
For 6 years now, I have been keeping all these wonderful people alive. Back to the Future Michael J. Fox Christopher Lloyd Lea Thompson Thomas F. Wilson Crispin Glover Claudia Wells Elisabeth Shue Marc McClure James Tolkan Charles Fleischer Mary Steenburgen Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale ---
**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 11, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/28 "2022-12-11T17:05:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Alan Alda > Loretta Swit > Mike Farrell > Jamie Farr > Gary Burghoff > Jeff Maxwell > G.W. Bailey > Donald Sutherland > Elliot Gould > Robert Duvall > Fred Williamson > Tom Skerritt > Mike Altman I’d kindly ask my list be updated to include John Schuck: Alan Alda Loretta Swit Mike Farrell Jamie Farr Gary Burghoff Jeff Maxwell G.W. Bailey Donald Sutherland Elliot Gould Robert Duvall Fred Williamson Tom Skerritt John Schuck ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/29 "2022-12-14T03:11:07Z")
Russian mobsters/monsters: Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin Azatbek Omurbekov Sergey Surovikin Sergei Shoigu Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov Viktor Yanukovych Alexander Lapin Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov Ramzan Kadyrov Yevgeny Prigozhin Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko Igor Vsevolod Ovich Girkin Zakhar Prilepin ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/30 "2022-12-14T03:45:10Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I am abandoning my themed list of former Cardinals World Series players, as they appear to be mostly immortal. They’re dead now you know, you beast. One list per ghoul poster is my opinion. Place an ad in the regular death pool and in all the categories. We gotta get more publicity. Tell them about the wonderful prizes, the acclaim and notoriety they will earn, the ability to vanquish or offer extended life to favorite/hated groups. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/31 "2022-12-14T04:14:11Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > They’re dead now you know, you beast. Curt Simmons died today. He played for the Cards in the 60s. But he was not on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/32 "2022-12-15T00:57:57Z")
I have a former Cardinal on my list, but not because he was a baseball player. Mike Torrez was born in my city, Topeka Kansas. I learned about him because the lady who cut my hair as a child was his aunt, and had pictures of him in her salon. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/33 "2022-12-15T14:33:26Z")
**Evil Republicans I Despise** Donald Trump Mitch McConnell Kevin McCarthy Lindsay Graham Marjorie Taylor Greene Greg Abbott Ron DeSantis Ted Cruz Alex Jones Steve Bannon Rudy Giuliani Tucker Carlson Laura Ingraham Lauren Boebert Ken Paxton Roger Stone ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/34 "2022-12-15T20:07:10Z")
Good luck, Rebo, we’re rooting for you. ---
**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 16, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/35 "2022-12-16T00:26:50Z")
Rare to see a list where I probably like Mitch McConnell the most, but there it is. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/36 "2022-12-21T04:25:22Z")
Hey, no fair copying me before I post! **Destroyers of Democracy** My sixth try with this list. In 2018, no one died, dammit. I scored my first points (in this thread) in 2019 with David Koch’s welcome death, but struck out again in 2020. In 2021 I scored big points (30!) with Limbaugh. So far, zilch for 2022, dammit. We start, of course, with the true leader of the Republican party. Vladimir Putin Donald Trump Mitch McConnell Marjorie Taylor Greene John Eastman Charles Koch Clarence Thomas Ginni Thomas Brett Kavanaugh Amy Coney Barrett Tucker Carlson Sean Hannity Rupert Murdoch Alternates: Elon Musk Ron DeSantis Kevin McCarthy John Eastman is the Trump lawyer who came up with the plan to overturn the 2020 election. ---
**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, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/37 "2022-12-26T20:03:52Z")
This is a great list! Except for Cher. She’ll be here 10 more years and still look younger than everyone 1/2 her age. ---
**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, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/38 "2022-12-27T19:37:51Z")
## Themed Death Pool 2023 **Women Writers (mostly Mysteries)** Margaret Atwood Sara Paretsky Louise Penny Fanny Flagg Marge Piercy Kathy Reichs Patricia Cornwell Nevada Barr Janet Evanovich Marcia Muller JA Jance Marge Piercy Tana French Alternates Laurie R King 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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/39 "2022-12-27T21:01:00Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Russian mobsters/monsters: I was going to go with the same theme, having misjudged it last year when I went with the defenders of Ukraine as my theme. Back to the old drawing board for a new theme 😜. ETA. I suspect that you’ll do quite well with that list. Best of luck. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-themed-celebrity-death-pool/975921/40 "2022-12-27T21:19:54Z")
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