# Celebrity Death Pool 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193 "2013-12-01T06:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![peppers12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@peppers12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peppers12)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/201 "2013-12-22T04:21:57Z")
I’m new here, and I am honestly just that morbid. Plus I have this strange “hunch” when we’ll be losing somebody. My list is partially based off of people eligible for the 27 Club (and likely have drug and alcohol related past problems, as this seems to be a recurring theme) and celebrities who will make nice headlines when they do kick the bucket. 1. Fidel Castro (duh) 2. Zsa Zsa Gabor (duh) 3. Lindsay Lohan (she’s only 27 until the middle of the year!) 4. Drake 5. Lil Wayne 6. Lana Del Rey 7. Amanda Bynes 8. Justin Bieber 9. Frankie Muniz 10. Lamar Odom 11. Skrillex 12. Tila Tequila 13. Susan Sarandon Alternate: (just as insurance) -Sigourney Weaver Plain text list, except in the order of who is most likely to die: Lindsay Lohan Fidel Castro Lil Wayne Tila Tequila Skrillex Lamar Odom Frankie Muniz Zsa Zsa Gabor Justin Bieber Amanda Bynes Lana Del Rey Drake Susan Sarandon ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/202 "2013-12-22T04:37:15Z")
Dammit, I lost two since I posted my first list. I can name new alternates, yes? Lindsay Lohan Ian Paisley Nancy Reagan Tom Baker Pete Seeger Geoffrey Palmer Peter Buck Ian Brady Paul Gascoigne Barbara Bush Robert Mugabe Jimmy Carter Angela Lansbury Alternates: Bashar Al Assad Arthur Scargill ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/203 "2013-12-22T04:37:16Z")
Dude, Castro has been dead for years. The Russians set him up like[Lenin](http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/lenin-mausoleum.jpg)before the USSR crashed, but with anamantronics, however one spells it. He will never be proven to be dead. And welcome to our morbid brother/sisterhood! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/204 "2013-12-22T04:42:48Z")
> [@peppers12](#): > > I’m new here, and I am honestly just that morbid. Plus I have this strange “hunch” when we’ll be losing somebody. My list is partially based off of people eligible for the 27 Club (and likely have drug and alcohol related past problems, as this seems to be a recurring theme) and celebrities who will make nice headlines when they do kick the bucket. Welcome to the Straight Dope! You sound like you are going to fit right in! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/205 "2013-12-22T13:56:30Z")
> [@maplekiwi](#): > > hi first time playing over here! > > Zsa Zsa Gabor > Olivia de Havilland > Charlie Sheen > Lindsay Lohan > MacKenzie Phillips > Pete Doherty > Belinda Carlisle > Macaulay Culkin > Hugh Hefner > Prince Philip > Courtney Love > Burton Cummings > Graham Brazier > > Alts > Gerry Brownlee > Britney Spears > Owen Wilson > > Graham Brazier - NZ muso. Gerry Brownlee NZ politician. I’ll find out date of births for you, Baker if it becomes necessary. Burton Cummings, eh? No shortage of good lines if he kicks off: no time left for Burton Cummings, no sugar tonight in his coffee, sharing the land from six feet under… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/206 "2013-12-22T14:18:20Z")
I’m waiting for another recap\* of the top picks. Then I’ll just do what I did last year and wing it. - which doesn’t have to be done until after Christmas ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/207 "2013-12-22T15:35:49Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I’m waiting for another recap\* of the top picks. Then I’ll just do what I did last year and wing it. > > - which doesn’t have to be done until after Christmas Current top 14 Lindsay Lohan 21 Valerie Harper 21 George H.W. Bush 15 Fidel Castro 13 Jimmy Carter 9 Billy Graham-e 8 Randy Travis 8 Zsa Zsa Gabor 8 Ariel Sharon 7 Barbara Bush 7 Dick Cheney 7 Kirk Douglas 7 Michael Douglas 7 Nancy Reagan 7 ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/208 "2013-12-22T15:50:18Z")
I’m also new to this game, and here is my list - which, I concede, is rather conservative and orthodox overall with a few exceptions. 1. Fidel Castro, former strongman (whatever his formal title was) of Cuba 2. Shirley Temple, American actress, former child star 3. Helmut Schmidt, former Chancellor of Germany 4. Olivia de Havilland, American actress 5. Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States 6. Ariel Sharon, former Prime Minister of Israel (yes, he’s actually still alive) 7. Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the USSR (yes, in that case the title is actually official, he was the only person to hold it) 8. Reynaldo Bignone, former military dictator of Argentina (once again, an inofficial title) 9. Britney Spears, American singer 10. Juan Carlos, King of Spain 11. Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and her other realms and territories 12. Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Emeritus, former Pope Benedict XVI 13. Charlie Sheen, American Actor ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/209 "2013-12-22T15:50:44Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I’m waiting for another recap\* of the top picks. Then I’ll just do what I did last year and wing it. :eek: You’re going to…plagiarize? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/210 "2013-12-22T16:10:10Z")
Here’s my list in plain names format, to facilitate processing: Fidel Castro Shirley Temple Helmut Schmidt Olivia de Havilland Jimmy Carter Ariel Sharon Mikhail Gorbachev Reynaldo Bignone Britney Spears Juan Carlos Elizabeth II Joseph Ratzinger Charlie Sheen ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/211 "2013-12-22T16:39:19Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > :eek: You’re going to…plagiarize? 😕 I only steal from the best 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/212 "2013-12-22T17:06:22Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I only steal from the best 😉 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/213 "2013-12-22T17:32:55Z")
Billy Graham Wojciech Jaruzelski Fidel Castro Valerie Harper Mikhail Kalashnikov Fats Domino George H. W. Bush Bob Dole I. M. Pei Jake LaMotta Chuck Berry Ariel Sharon Harper Lee Alternates: Sid Caesar Walter Mondale ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/214 "2013-12-22T18:41:34Z")
> [@Schnitte](#): > > Here’s my list in plain names format, to facilitate processing: > > Fidel Castro > Shirley Temple > Helmut Schmidt > Olivia de Havilland > Jimmy Carter > Ariel Sharon > Mikhail Gorbachev > Reynaldo Bignone > Britney Spears > Juan Carlos > Elizabeth II > Joseph Ratzinger > Charlie Sheen **Schnitte** , when I enter your info I’ll list Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Emeritus Benedict, since in your post #208 you explained that’s who you meant, and several other players have already listed the retired pope. See, there’s another player in this game who simply listed Joseph Ratzinger, and for all I know there is another celebrity out there with that name. That player will have his choice listed simply as “Joseph Ratzinger” If that poster sees _ **this** _ post and has any questions, I’ll say please check the OP. ---
**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 22, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/215 "2013-12-22T19:46:51Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **Schnitte** , when I enter your info I’ll list Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Emeritus Benedict, since in your post #208 you explained that’s who you meant, and several other players have already listed the retired pope. > > See, there’s another player in this game who simply listed Joseph Ratzinger, and for all I know there is another celebrity out there with that name. That player will have his choice listed simply as “Joseph Ratzinger” > > If that poster sees _ **this** _ post and has any questions, I’ll say please check the OP. Yes, that poster has seen this thread - I’ll concede for harmony purposes. Clean List David Miscavige Warren Jeffs James Dobson Tony Alamo Pope Emeritus Benedict Fred Phelps Jimmy Swaggart Charles Manson Kent Hovind W. V. Grant Billy Graham George Alan Rekers Pat Robertson Alts: Franklin Graham Terry Jones Richard Roberts I still want to see his damn long form birth certificate:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/216 "2013-12-22T19:59:25Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Yes, that poster has seen this thread - I’ll concede for harmony purposes. I used to know a girl named Harmony Purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/217 "2013-12-23T05:30:08Z")
If I want to change some of my picks prior to the deadline, do I send a PM or post it here? ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/218 "2013-12-23T09:10:49Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **Schnitte** , when I enter your info I’ll list Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Emeritus Benedict, since in your post #208 you explained that’s who you meant, and several other players have already listed the retired pope. > > See, there’s another player in this game who simply listed Joseph Ratzinger, and for all I know there is another celebrity out there with that name. That player will have his choice listed simply as “Joseph Ratzinger” OK, I see. Thanks, and sorry for the confusion. In fact, I was not aware of another celebrity of that name…have to google that. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/219 "2013-12-23T09:34:07Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > If I want to change some of my picks prior to the deadline, do I send a PM or post it here? Post it here please! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/220 "2013-12-23T09:37:14Z")
> [@Schnitte](#): > > OK, I see. Thanks, and sorry for the confusion. In fact, I was not aware of another celebrity of that name…have to google that. **Schnitte** , I’m not aware of any other celebrity with the name under discussion. My comment was actually aimed at somebody who had listed the birth name of that person with no commentary. In the OP I ask that folks list picks by the name they most commonly use. You had both names, so there would have been no confusion, and I thank you for that. For example, there are two Billy Grahams, several William Perrys, two Raul Castros, and so on.😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=12)