2024 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

Current bandwagon

Shannen Doherty 33
Bruce Willis 22
Donald Trump 20
Andy Taylor 15
Rudy Guiliani 13
Vladimir Putin 11
Jimmy Carter 10
Linda Ronstadt 10
Mitch McConnell 10
Celine Dion 9
Bob Newhart 8
Clint Eastwood 8
Kanye West 8
Liza Minelli 8
Ron Jeremy 8

55 hours, 15 minutes

Remember, the Life Pool is open as well this year! Just post 13 names with their potential points(1 point every year over 80) with their potential points if they survive 2024.

I put this feted and ill-fated list in the Themed thread … but why not play in the big league?

Clean List:
Tony Barber
Michael Charlton
Barry Crocker
Denise Drysdale
Gerard Kennedy
Ray Martin
Garry McDonald
Ray Meagher
Hazel Phillips
Daryl Somers
Maggie Tabberer
Mike Walsh
John Wood

Alternates:
Scott Cam
Steve Vizard
Jana Wendt

I haven’t participated for several years because I have traditionally been a good luck charm for everyone on my lists. But let’s go with these

Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
Celine Dion
Neil Diamond
Shannen Doherty
Michael Flatley
Terri Garr
Howard Kaylan
Bob Newhart
Pope Francis
Robin Roberts
Dick VanDyke
Bruce Willis

Alternates
Mitch McConnell
Linda Ronstadt
Donald Trump

47 hours and ten minutes.

OK I’m mostly bandwagoning and reusing my 2023 list

Jimmy Carter
Donald Trump
Kanye West
Vladimir Putin
Bill Cosby
Linda Ronstadt
Mitch McConnell
Shannen Doherty
Imelda Marcos
Bruce Willis
Rudy Giuliani
Phil Collins
Liza Minnelli

Alternates
Celine Dion
Clint Eastwood
Andy Taylor

I only lost one of my list this year. I’m still trying to decide if I’m keeping everyone or swapping some out.

Bruce Willis, 68, actor
Rob Burrow, 41, rugby player
Donald Trump, 77, widely-respected politician
Kate Micucci, 43, actress
Nigel Starmer-Smith, 78, rugby player
Steve McMichael, 66, football player
Jonnie Irwin, 50, television personality
Michael Tilson-Thomas, 79, conductor
Princess Bajrakitiyabha, 45, Thai princess
Tim Commerford, 55, musician
Dikembe Mutombo, 57, basketball player
Rudy Giuliani, 79, widely-respected politician
Stan Walker, 33, singer

Alternates:
Linda Nolan 64, singer
Kate Keltie 37, actress
Shaquille O’Neal 51, basketball player

Tidy list:

Bruce Willis
Rob Burrow
Donald Trump
Kate Micucci
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Steve McMichael
Jonnie Irwin
Michael Tilson-Thomas
Princess Bajrakitiyabha
Tim Commerford
Dikembe Mutombo
Rudy Giuliani
Stan Walker

Alternates:
Linda Nolan
Kate Keltie
Shaquille O’Neal

Jimmy Carter
Bruce Willis
George Thorogood
Roberta Flack
Linda Ronstadt
Mitch McConnell
Julie Andrews
Dick VanDyke
Jonnie Irwin
John Daly
Bob Casey Jr.
Michael Flatley
Richard Simmons

Alternate
Andy Taylor

Jean Chrétien
Princess Bajrakitiyabha
Princess Soamsawali
King Albert II of Belgium
King Salman of Saudi Arabia
Yahya Sinwar
Ali Khamenei
Carol Burnett
The Duchess of Kent
Andy Taylor
Jonnie Irwin
Linda Nolan
Shannen Doherty

Alternate:
Donald Trump

CORRECTED LIST
I’m swapping out my first selection above with my alternate. Below is the final version:

Andy Taylor
Bruce Willis
George Thorogood
Roberta Flack
Linda Ronstadt
Mitch McConnell
Julie Andrews
Dick VanDyke
Jonnie Irwin
John Daly
Bob Casey Jr.
Michael Flatley
Richard Simmons

Alternate
Jimmy Carter

This years sorry not sorry list , a bunch of recycling and some new blood as a few were removed for being too tenacious, and a couple who were not

Jimmy Carter
Bob Newhart
Jeff Bridges
Shannen Doherty
Alan Alda
Bruce Willis
Pope Francis
Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump
Yahya Sinwar
Igor Girkin
Dick Cheney
Mitch McConnell

Alternates
Gene Hackman
Matt Gaetz
Bill O’Reilly

For clarity
Yahya Sinwar leader of Hamas
Igor Girkin - deeply unpleasant Russian who helped start a lot of things in The Donbas, hardline pro war but now under arrest for extremism by Putin.

Since Tommy Smothers died I need to move somebody up. Netenyahu, I choose you!

Jimmy Carter
Benjamin Netenyahu
Dick Smothers
Woody Allen
Robert Redford
Jerry Mathers
John Williams
Bob Newhart
Barbara Eden
Tom Cruise
Mel Brooks
Hal Linden
Max Gail

Alternates

Warren Buffett
Britney Spears

“Donald Trump, 77, widely-respected politician”

LOL

I like what you did there Mean_Mr.Mustard. Well done.

I enjoyed the joke also.

Could you please list her name? If the current Duchess of Kent dies in 2024 and is succeeded by another, I need to know which woman you mean. It’s just for the record, you probably mean Katharine.

Another change, please, @Baker
May I switch out Dick VanDyke for Eric Idle?

And still one more change: Please substitute Ivanka Kushner with Gérard Depardieu (excessive eater, drinker and abuser - and very bad motorcycle driver). The list would then read:

Ramsan Kadyrov
Jared Kushner
Vladimir Putin
Gérard Depardieu
Julio Iglesias
Celine Dion
Shannen Doherty
Demi Lovato
Elon Musk
Reid Wiseman
Victor Glover
Christina Koch
Jeremy Hansen


Sophia Loren
Adriano Celentano
Tom Lehrer

Okay, it’s been a few years, but I’m in!

Didn’t have the time to do as much research as I would have liked, but hopefully I’ll get a few points at least.

Chris Evert
Billy Connolly
Liam Payne
Mitch McConnell
Shannen Doherty
Jimmy Carter
Dolph Lundgren
Bruce Willis
Pope Francis
Jesse Jackson
Roberta Flack
Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump

Alternates:
Celine Dion
Toby Keith

Welcome back!

30 hours and 53 minutes.