# 2025 SDMB Celebrity Life Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021 "2024-12-01T16:04:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 1, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/1 "2024-12-01T16:04:56Z")
The Life Pool. Our little redeeming game to not make us feel so bad about the Death Pool. We’re back! Rules are very simple. 1. Submit 13 names 2. Only celebrities 81 and older count 3. Points awarded at end of year: 1 point for every year over 80 they are if they live through the year 4. Please post your list TWICE. 5. First, post your list in plain text. No spaces between names, just 13 names in a list. 6. Second, post a list of the names with their ages on January 1, 2026 \<–note, I mean final age if they survive the year! You can submit two alternates if you like, just in case someone dies in the next month. Feel free to help check the list through the year. I will make sure the game spreadsheet is available for public viewing and editing(I save it periodically in case of someone screwing it up). Fun/Joke Awards: Nostradamus Award - having the most surviving members. Good job, you saved them! Methuselah Medal - Joke award, just given to the oldest person in the game to NOT die. I mean, come on! Fountain of Youth(?) award - to the “youngest” death on the list. Why did you pick this person?? I would like to thank @distaccato , who creates the spreadsheet and is effectively co-modding by the fact they do this for us. ---
**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 1, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/2 "2024-12-01T21:41:48Z")
OK, here’s mine. Honored to be the first submission. Hedging my bets by duplicating many of my Death Pool list. Both lists in one post but will make two posts if necessary. Dick Van Dyke Gene Hackman William Shatner Willie Nelson Emperor Akihito Tom Baker Shirley MacLean Josef Fritzl Vanessa Redgrave Ted Turner Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Grace Slick Mitch McConnell Alternates: Al Pacino Dick Cheney Dick Van Dyke 100 Gene Hackman 95 William Shatner 94 Willie Nelson 92 Emperor Akihito 92 Tom Baker 91 Shirley MacLean 91 Josef Fritzl 90 Vanessa Redgrave 88 Ted Turner 87 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 86 Grace Slick 86 Mitch McConnell 83 Alternates: Al Pacino 85 Dick Cheney 84 ---
**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 2, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/3 "2024-12-02T00:42:02Z")
In my dark and secret wisdom I have chosen to convey immortality upon the following people: Carl Dean Paul Stookey Woody Allen Bill Cosby Barry Mann Ronnie Milsap Judy Sheindlin Calvin Klein Billy Connolly Ralph Lauren Jimmy Swaggart George Lazenby Bobby Vinton Alts Frankie Avalon Rita Moreno Numbered List Carl Dean 83 Paul Stookey 87 Woody Allen 90 Bill Cosby 88 Barry Mann 86 Ronnie Milsap 82 Judy Sheindlin 83 Calvin Klein 83 Billy Connolly 83 Ralph Lauren 86 Jimmy Swaggart 90 George Lazenby 86 Bobby Vinton 90 Alts Frankie Avalon 85 Rita Moreno 93 ---
**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, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/4 "2024-12-16T00:40:29Z")
Just reminding everyone to put their life list in as well as their death list if interested. ---
**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 16, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/5 "2024-12-16T02:12:43Z")
Mostly the same list as 2024. I had to replace a couple of celebrities who didn’t understand how this game is played. Bonnie Bartlett - 16 Mel Brooks - 19 Noam Chomsky - 17 William Daniels - 18 Rosemary Harris - 18 James Hong - 16 June Lockhart - 20 Rita Moreno - 14 Nancy Olson - 17 Estelle Parsons - 18 Eva Marie Saint - 21 June Squibb - 16 Dick Van Dyke - 20 ---
**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 16, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/6 "2024-12-16T19:23:53Z")
## My 2025 Celebrity Life Pool A. J. Foyt Buzz Aldrin Donnie Allison Fred Lorenzen Jackie Stewart Jean Chretien Jimmy Swaggart Leonard Earle Wood Mario Andretti Ned Jarret Richard Petty Roger Searle Penske Willie Nelson Alternates Brian Wilson Clint Eastwood A. J. Foyt 90 Buzz Aldrin 95 Donnie Allison 86 Fred Lorenzen 91 Jackie Stewart 86 Jean Chretien 91 Jimmy Swaggart 90 Leonard Earle Wood 91 Mario Andretti 85 Ned Jarret 93 Richard Petty 88 Roger Searle Penske 88 Willie Nelson 92 Alternates Brian Wilson 83 Clint Eastwood 95 ------------------------ More Details -------------------------------------- A. J. Foyt 90 1935/01/16 former Indy race car driver Buzz Aldrin 95 1930/01/20 American Former Astronaut Donnie Allison 86 1939/09/07 former Nascar race car driver Fred Lorenzen 91 1934/12/30 former Nascar race car driver Jackie Stewart 86 1939/06/11 former F1 race car driver Jean Chretien 91 1934/01/11 Former Prime Minister of Canada Jimmy Swaggart 90 1935/03/15 American Televangelist Leonard Earle Wood 91 1934/09/22 former NASCAR crew chief, engine builder and co-founder of Wood Brothers Racing. Mario Andretti 85 1940/02/28 former F1 & Indy race car driver Ned Jarret 93 1932/10/12 former Nascar race car driver Richard Petty 88 1937/07/02 former Nascar race car driver Roger Searle Penske 88 1937/02/20 American auto racing team owner, businessman, and retired professional driver Willie Nelson 92 1933/04/29 American Country Singer ========================== Brian Wilson 83 1942/06/20 Beach Boys Clint Eastwood 95 1930/05/31 American Actor / Director * * * ---
**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 19, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/7 "2024-12-19T01:07:29Z")
## My 2025 Celebrity Life Pool Revised after the resent passing of Fred Lorenzen A. J. Foyt Buzz Aldrin Donnie Allison Brian Wilson Jackie Stewart Jean Chretien Jimmy Swaggart Leonard Earle Wood Mario Andretti Ned Jarret Richard Petty Roger Searle Penske Willie Nelson Alternates Clint Eastwood A. J. Foyt 90 Buzz Aldrin 95 Donnie Allison 86 Brian Wilson 83 Jackie Stewart 86 Jean Chretien 91 Jimmy Swaggart 90 Leonard Earle Wood 91 Mario Andretti 85 Ned Jarret 93 Richard Petty 88 Roger Searle Penske 88 Willie Nelson 92 Alternates Clint Eastwood 95 ------------------------ More Details -------------------------------------- A. J. Foyt 90 1935/01/16 former Indy race car driver Buzz Aldrin 95 1930/01/20 American Former Astronaut Donnie Allison 86 1939/09/07 former Nascar race car driver Brian Wilson 83 1942/06/20 Beach Boys Jackie Stewart 86 1939/06/11 former F1 race car driver Jean Chretien 91 1934/01/11 Former Prime Minister of Canada Jimmy Swaggart 90 1935/03/15 American Televangelist Leonard Earle Wood 91 1934/09/22 former NASCAR crew chief, engine builder and co-founder of Wood Brothers Racing. Mario Andretti 85 1940/02/28 former F1 & Indy race car driver Ned Jarret 93 1932/10/12 former Nascar race car driver Richard Petty 88 1937/07/02 former Nascar race car driver Roger Searle Penske 88 1937/02/20 American auto racing team owner, businessman, and retired professional driver Willie Nelson 92 1933/04/29 American Country Singer ========================== Clint Eastwood 95 1930/05/31 American Actor / Director ---
**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 21, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/8 "2024-12-21T01:38:24Z")
11 more days to get your Life list in! ---
**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 26, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/9 "2024-12-26T23:21:11Z")
Hey, folks, hoping to get more interest than I’m currently seeing on the Life Pool. We had 11 players last year, myself included. If we can’t hit 11 again this, year, I’m not sure I’ll run it. Feel free to use the same list as Death Pool as long as everyone is 81 or older. ---
**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 26, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/10 "2024-12-26T23:36:23Z")
A blending of qualified individuals from my Death and Themed Deathpool entries: **Name** Clint Eastwood William Shatner Willie Nelson Jean Chrétien Walter Koenig Pope Francis George Takei Bill Cosby Diana Muldaur Christopher Lloyd Patrick Stewart Bob Dylan Joe Biden **Alternates:** Malcolm McDowell Joni Mitchell | Name | Age on 2026-01-01 | | --- | --- | | Clint Eastwood | 95 | | William Shatner | 94 | | Willie Nelson | 92 | | Jean Chrétien | 91 | | Walter Koenig | 89 | | Pope Francis | 89 | | George Takei | 88 | | Bill Cosby | 88 | | Diana Muldaur | 87 | | Christopher Lloyd | 87 | | Patrick Stewart | 85 | | Bob Dylan | 84 | | Joe Biden | 83 | | **Alternates:** | | | Malcolm McDowell | 82 | | Joni Mitchell | 82 | ---
**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 27, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/11 "2024-12-27T13:50:14Z")
I suppose I should, you know, probably put my list since I’m hosting. 🙂 Gene Shalit Vincent Ball Eva Marie Saint Mel Brooks Clint Eastwood Dick Van Dyke Barbara Eden Gene Hackman William Shatner William Daniels June Lockhart Robert Wagner David Attenborough ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/12 "2024-12-27T16:44:48Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I suppose I should, you know, probably put my list since I’m hosting And you broke your own rules by not posting the ‘name with age at end-of-year’ list! ---
**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 28, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/13 "2024-12-28T20:31:12Z")
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt Eva Marie Saint Jimmy Carter Dick Van Dyke Mel Brooks William Daniels Doc Severinsen Bonnie Bartlett Daniels Mamie VanDoren William Shatner Carol Burnett Ralph Nader Mary Berry Alternate: Julie Andrews Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt 26 Eva Marie Saint 21 Jimmy Carter 21 Dick Van Dyke 20 Mel Brooks 19 William Daniels 18 Doc Severinsen 18 Bonnie Bartlett Daniels 16 Mamie VanDoren 14 William Shatner 14 Carol Burnett 12 Ralph Nader 11 Mary Berry 10 Alternate: Julie Andrews 10 ---
**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 29, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/14 "2024-12-29T18:43:02Z")
Boosting this once per day for the final 3 days of the year. Get your list in here! ---
**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 29, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/15 "2024-12-29T18:59:59Z")
I’ll take last year’s list again, changing the two who have not made it through the year: Norman Lear - 23 William Shatner - 14 Buzz Aldrin - 15 James Ivory - 17 Dick Van Dyke - 20 Gene Shallit - 19 Clint Eastwood - 14 Eva Marie Saint - 21 Lee Grant - 19 June Lockhart - 20 Mel Brooks - 19 Julio Le Parc - 17 John S. Foster Jr. - 24 Total possible points - 242 (three more than last year, if I calculated correctly). May my team live long and prosper! ---
**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 29, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/16 "2024-12-29T19:04:21Z")
Hey, Norman Lear died. ---
**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 29, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/17 "2024-12-29T19:05:02Z")
Duplicating my Death Pool list of performers over 90: Eva Marie Saint June Lockhart Dick van Dyke David Attenborough Mel Brooks William Daniels Rosemary Harris Lee Grant Estelle Parsons James Ivory Joan Plowright Tippi Hedren Gene Hackman Alternates: Robert Wagner Joanne Woodward Eva Marie Saint-101 June Lockhart-100 Dick van Dyke-100 David Attenborough-99 Mel Brooks-99 William Daniels-98 Rosemary Harris-98 Lee Grant-98 Estelle Parsons-98 James Ivory-97 Joan Plowright-96 Tippi Hedren-95 Gene Hackman-95 Robert Wagner-95 Joanne Woodward-95 ---
**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 29, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/18 "2024-12-29T20:47:25Z")
Oh, I’ll better change him for Jack Nicholson, born April 22, 1937, that would make him worth 8 points, right? Then the list would be Jack Nicholson - 8 William Shatner - 14 Buzz Aldrin - 15 James Ivory - 17 Dick Van Dyke - 20 Gene Shallit - 19 Clint Eastwood - 14 Eva Marie Saint - 21 Lee Grant - 19 June Lockhart - 20 Mel Brooks - 19 Julio Le Parc - 17 John S. Foster Jr. - 24 Total possible points - 227 (twelve less than last year. Not an optimal tactic IMO, but if they live, I’m fine) ---
**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 29, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/19 "2024-12-29T21:38:57Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Alternate: > Julie Andrews **Julie Andrews** come on down, you’re now on The Price is Right, er the 2025 SDMB Celebrity Life Pool. ---
**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 30, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021/20 "2024-12-30T00:10:23Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > **Julie Andrews** come on down, you’re now on The Price is Right, er the 2025 SDMB Celebrity Life Pool. I take it back. Please leave Julie as an Alternate. Please substitute Alan Greenspan for Jimmy Carter. I suppose I should repost my list. ok, here it is: Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt Eva Marie Saint Dick Van Dyke Alan Greenspan Mel Brooks William Daniels Doc Severinsen Bonnie Bartlett Daniels Mamie VanDoren William Shatner Carol Burnett Ralph Nader Mary Berry Alternate: Julie Andrews List with points on 1/1/26 assuming all of the above are alive on that day: Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt 26 Eva Marie Saint 21 Dick Van Dyke 20 Alan Greenspan 19 Mel Brooks 19 William Daniels 18 Doc Severinsen 18 Bonnie Bartlett Daniels 16 Mamie VanDoren 14 William Shatner 14 Carol Burnett 12 Ralph Nader 11 Mary Berry 10 Alternate: Julie Andrews 10 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-sdmb-celebrity-life-pool/1011021.md?page=2)