2024 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

I am good at confirmation bias too. Selective perception helps a lot.

In case anyone is curious I have here the top 13 picks so far.

Shannen Doherty 9
Donald Trump 6
Bruce Willis 5
Andy Taylor 4
Bob Newhart 3
Dick Van Dyke 3
Jimmy Carter 3
Linda Ronstadt 3
Liza Minelli 3
Mitch McConnell 3
Ron Jeremy 3
Rudy Giuliani 3
Vladimir Putin 3

My first time doing this list:

Willie Mays
Cale Yarborough
Fred Lorenzen
Ron Jeremy
Jimmy Swaggert
Bobby Vinton
Linda Ronstadt
Shannen Doherty
Vladimir Putin
Mitch McConnell
Bob Cole (Canadian hockey announcing legend)
Dion DiMucci
George Soros

Alternatives:
Frankie Valli
Ben Stein
Phil Collins

Last year I didn’t submit my list in time. On my unofficial list (is that demented? Perhaps) I’ve scored with Dick Butkus and Dianne Feinstein. I think I’m going to drop Shannon Doherty since she’s the popular choice this year. Instead, here goes:

Tori Spelling
Andy Dick
Oprah Winfrey
Katie Couric
Terry Bradshaw
Oliver Stone
Chuck Lorre
Donald Trump
Dr Ruth Westheimer
William Shatner
Zachery Ty Bryan
Rudy Giuliani
Christina Applegate

My updated list!

Andy Taylor
John Williams
Gene Hackman
Celine Dion
Dabney Coleman
Robert Redford
Stephen King
Randy Newman
Christopher Walken
Britney Spears
Shannen Doherty
James Earl Jones
Bruce Willis

Alternates:

Joe Biden
Dick Van Dyke
Bill Clinton

Andy Taylor from Duran Duran

It’s a special time of year.

I’d meant to say lurking, not looking.

Well, what’s a lurker do if not look?

It’s better to be called a looker than a lurker.

Swapping out Greg Abbott for Bruce Willis. Yeah, I know - bandwagon, blah blah blah. I haven’t had any points for YEARS!

New list:

Sarah Hyland
Yolanda Hadid
Shannen Doherty
Rudy Giuliani
Donald Trump
Mitch McConnell
Lauren Boebert
Maria Menounos
Kornbread Jeté
Joan Bakewell
Lindsay Graham
Bruce Willis
Vladimir Putin

Rupert Murdoch
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Steve Bannon

Hello! Here is my list:

Britney Spears
Randy Quaid
Phil Collins
Rudy Giuliani
Kanye West
Machine Gun Kelly
Jisoo (K Pop singer Kim Ji-Soo)
King Charles III
Celine Dion
Danny Masterson
Harry Jowsey
Donald J Trump
Ghislaine Maxwell

Bill Clinton
Tori Spelling

See, that’s the kind of thing that gets you put on a watch list.

Here’s mine:

Tina Louise
Max Baer, Jr.
John Goodman
Wayne Knight
Gene Hackman
Clint Eastwood
Ian McKellen
Maggie Smith
Mel Brooks
Anthony Hopkins
Michael J. Fox
William Shatner
Danny Devito

Christopher Lloyd
Judi Dench
Donald Sutherland

I’ve been following the Death Pools for years but never participated out of general unease for my karma. This year my list is karma-free:

Donald Trump
Kim Jong-Un
Vladimir Putin
Newt Gengrich
Mitch McConnell
Rupert Murdoch
Rudi Giuliani
Chuck Grassley
Charles Koch
Harlan Crow
Clarence Thomas
Donald Trump, Jr.
Xi Jinping

Alternates:
Miguel Díaz-Canel
Stephan Miller
Bill Cosby

I wish you all the luck in the world.

Danny Masterson didn’t make the cut?

Lots of people didn’t make the cut. In the end I went with EVIL as opposed to evil. :stuck_out_tongue:

There is also a [THEMED} Celebrity Death Pool where a similar list has been posed this year too, if I am not mistaken. I wish you both best of luck!

Tom Baker
Alan Alda
Melissa Jaffer
Linda Nolan
Don Wildmon
Bob Newhart
Morgan Freeman
William Shatner
Prunella Scales
Dick Cheney
Denny Mclain
David Attenborough
Shannon Doherty

Alternates:

Chris Evert
Mary Lou Retton

If you find that list of Russian Generals tell your friend to not forget to crosss this one out in case the list is older than Tuesday: