# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/21 "2013-12-02T01:15:36Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > You know, that category is one I’ve copied from previous arbiters of this game. It’s sort of like “celebrity” in that it’s hard to define > > So my ruling is that if the person being held, or we Dopers at large, agree that it’s a political prisoner, then it is. > > If there’s any question about a particular person we can discuss it by PM. That rule was suggested in 2004, then added in 2005: > [@The Celebrity Death Pool 2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/669): > > I do have one other thing. We might need a little rule addition for next year. I think we should prohibit the picking of people who were abducted in Iraq this year. This is tantamount to being on death row. Someone could conceivably fill their list with people like the Allawis and Margaret Hassan and then watch the points pile up as each one is murdered. > [@The Celebrity Death Pool 2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/670): > > **Captain Lance** , I am willing to go along with your suggestion re executed prisoners – we’re macabre but not _that_ macabre – but how do we define “celebrity” prisoners? Just, “anyone who makes the news as a prisoner who is then executed” (would be ineligible)? Anyone have any feedback here? ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/22 "2013-12-02T02:45:56Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Still trying to decide to go with a theme or for points. Works out pretty much the same for me whichever way I go, so I figure I might as well have fun doing a theme. Speaking of which, need to make a change already. Moving Charley Pride back down to an alternate and adding in Randy Travis. Don Williams Jim Ed Brown “Little” Jimmy Dickens Kenny Chesney Tanya Tucker Harold Reid Phil Balsley Jimmy Fortune Don Reid LeAnn Rimes Charley Daniels Juice Newton Randy Travis Alts Kenny Rogers Charley Pride ---
**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 2, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/23 "2013-12-02T03:09:11Z")
Cool. Can’t Wait! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/24 "2013-12-02T14:42:22Z")
My list is “men who have played the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway”: Michael Crawford Timothy Nolen Mark Jacoby Davis Gaines Thomas James O’Leary Hugh Panaro Howard McGillin Gary Mauer Brad Little John Cudia Peter Jöback Chris Groenendaal Marcus Lovett ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/25 "2013-12-02T15:11:41Z")
Earliest I’ve ever done this, but I want to be on the first page. Makes it easier to find my list. Valerie Harper Amanda Bynes Kirk Douglas Zsa Zsa Gabor Kirk Kerkorian Billy Graham Don Pardo Monty Hall John McVie Linda Rondstadt Stuart Scott Frankie Muniz Mark Hoppus Alternatives: Fidel Castro Al Jaffee Keanu Reeves ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/26 "2013-12-02T15:16:11Z")
OK - first the easy ones 1 Abe Vigoda 2 Fidel Castro 3 Dick “Borrowed Time” Cheney 4 George H Bush 5 Barb Bush 6 Jimmy Carter 7 Yoko “Everyone Wants Her Dead” Ono 8 Sharon Osbourne 9 Charley Manson 10 Richard Simmons 11 Iggy Pop Less obvious 12 Andy Fraser (wrote the song “All Right Now”) 13 Willie G Davidson (former CEO of Harley) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/27 "2013-12-02T15:23:34Z")
Ooops – plain list Abe Vigoda Fidel Castro Dick Cheney George H Bush Barn Bush Jimmy Carter Yoko Ono Sharon Osbourne Charley Manson Richard Simmons Iggy Pop Andy Fraser Willie G Davidson ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/28 "2013-12-02T15:48:46Z")
First time for me. Louie Anderson Mikhail Baryshnikov Michael Douglas Aretha Franklin Gallagher Kathie Lee Gifford Ed Harris Yakov Smirnoff Sally Struthers Burt Ward George Wendt Chuck Woolery Tom Wopat ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/29 "2013-12-02T15:51:05Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > My list is “men who have played the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway”: > > Michael Crawford > Timothy Nolen > Mark Jacoby > Davis Gaines > Thomas James O’Leary > Hugh Panaro > Howard McGillin > Gary Mauer > Brad Little > John Cudia > Peter Jöback > Chris Groenendaal > Marcus Lovett You hoping for a really big chandelier? ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/30 "2013-12-02T16:53:07Z")
First Time Player… so here I go Casey Kasem June Shannon Sid Ceasar Barbra Bush Stevn Seagal Chris Rock Jerry Mathers Jodie Sweetin Mick Jagger Terry Bradshaw Kendall Jenner Betty Lynn ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/31 "2013-12-02T17:02:19Z")
> [@Tread](#): > > First Time Player… so here I go > Casey Kasem > June Shannon > Sid Ceasar > Barbra Bush > Stevn Seagal > Chris Rock > Jerry Mathers > Jodie Sweetin > Mick Jagger > Terry Bradshaw > Kendall Jenner > Betty Lynn Been doing this long enough that my brain automatically knows when there aren’t enough names. You are 1 short. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/32 "2013-12-02T17:06:12Z")
Tim Conway O. J. Simpson Mary Tyler Moore Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Gordie Howe Jerry Stiller Muhammad Ali Dan Rather Katie Couric Barbara Cook Chevy Chase William Milliken Stephen Sondheim Maya Angelou Rachel Ray Chaz Bono ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/33 "2013-12-02T17:16:28Z")
First timer here… Pat Summit Bill Cosby Nelson Mandela Nancy Reagan Pat Buchanan Rush Limbaugh Angela Lansbury Warren Buffett Larry McMurtry Francis Ford Coppola Justin Bieber Danny Glover Chris Christie Alternates Lindsey Lohan Fidel Castro Michelle Obama ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/34 "2013-12-02T18:13:33Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Been doing this long enough that my brain automatically knows when there aren’t enough names. You are 1 short. Thanks. First Time Player… so here I go Casey Kasem June Shannon Sid Ceasar Barbra Bush Stevn Seagal Chris Rock Jerry Mathers Jodie Sweetin Mick Jagger Terry Bradshaw Kendall Jenner Betty Lynn Bow Wow ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/35 "2013-12-02T18:16:25Z")
Oh, right. Alternates. Louie Anderson Mikhail Baryshnikov Michael Douglas Aretha Franklin Gallagher Kathie Lee Gifford Ed Harris Yakov Smirnoff Sally Struthers Burt Ward George Wendt Chuck Woolery Tom Wopat Alternates: Linda Ronstadt Adam West Lindsay Lohan ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/36 "2013-12-02T19:13:37Z")
1.Dick Cheney 2.Harper Lee 3.Fidel Castro 4.Ruth Bader Ginsberg 5.Chuck Bednarik 6.Jacques Chirac 7.John Paul Stevens 8.Abe Vigoda 9.Hal Holbrook 10.Bobby Doerr 11.Milt Schmidt 12.Barabara Bush 13.George HW Bush Alternate(s): Walter Mondale Nancy Reagan Note: 12 refers to 13’s wife. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/37 "2013-12-02T19:14:55Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > 1.Dick Cheney > 2.Harper Lee > 3.Fidel Castro > 4.Ruth Bader Ginsberg > 5.Chuck Bednarik > 6.Jacques Chirac > 7.John Paul Stevens > 8.Abe Vigoda > 9.Hal Holbrook > 10.Bobby Doerr > 11.Milt Schmidt > 12.Barabara Bush > 13. George HW Bush > > Alternate: Walter Mondale > > Note: 12 refers to 13’s wife. Plain list: No numbers or commentary. ---
**Author:** ![cazwhatever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@cazwhatever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cazwhatever)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/38 "2013-12-02T19:27:20Z")
Macauley culkin Meat loaf Jonathan Rhys Meyers Randy travis Ian Brady Pete Doherty Lyndsay Lohan Daisy Berkowitz Ian Watkins Nick Stahl Edward Furlong Monica Keena Alternates Shifty Shellshock Derek Whibley Bobbi Kristina Brown ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/39 "2013-12-02T19:40:45Z")
Sorry about the #s, the “commentary” was to indicate which Barabara Bush I refer to. Anyway, clean list (with another alternate BTW) Dick Cheney Harper Lee Fidel Castro Ruth Bader Ginsberg Chuck Bednarik Jacques Chirac John Paul Stevens Abe Vigoda Hal Holbrook Bobby Doerr Milt Schmidt Barabra Bush George HW Bush Alternates Walter Mondale Nancy Reagan Olivia Dehavilland Doyle Brunson ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/40 "2013-12-02T21:02:30Z")
Point of order: would it be bad form to play with a themed list and then post an unofficial list points list after the deadline to see how it stacks up with the rest of you psychos? No need for the Death Mistress to track. It just seems more officially unofficial if its posted rather than me keeping it in my head. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=3)