# 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:** 23
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/441 "2014-01-01T08:04:08Z")
Final bow: Actor Joseph Ruskin is dead at 89 back on **12/23**. Any impact on 2013 pool? > **[Final bow: Actor Joseph Ruskin is dead at 89 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/31/showbiz/joseph-ruskin-obit/)** > > Joseph Ruskin, who acted in 25 films and 124 TV shows, died of natural causes Saturday, SAG-AFTRA announced Tuesday. Ruskin was 89. Hey, I’m in Hawaii and still awake. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/442 "2014-01-01T08:11:14Z")
> **[Wristwatch Predicts When You Will Die \[VIDEO\]](https://www.latinpost.com/articles/5393/20131231/wristwatch-predicts-when-you-will-die.htm)** > > The maker of the unique arm piece, Fredrik Colting, has announced his so-called "death watch" will be available in mid-2014 for about $79. “While the rest of the world counts down the last hours until the new year, at about this same time in 2014, you may be able to look to your watch and count down the remaining hours until your own death. That’s the promise of Tikker, a timepiece set by a special algorithm used to predict the exact moment in the future you will die. The maker of the unique arm piece, Fredrik Colting, has announced his so-called “death watch” will be availablewho has a Kickstarter campaign for a so-called “death watch” starting in mid-2014 for about $79.” Potential to mess up the death pool. Sidles up to celebrity: “Say you wouldn’t know what time it is, do you?”:eek: ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/443 "2014-01-01T12:12:21Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Wristwatch Predicts When You Will Die [VIDEO]](http://www.latinpost.com/articles/5393/20131231/wristwatch-predicts-when-you-will-die.htm) > > “While the rest of the world counts down the last hours until the new year, at about this same time in 2014, you may be able to look to your watch and count down the remaining hours until your own death. > That’s the promise of Tikker, a timepiece set by a special algorithm used to predict the exact moment in the future you will die. > The maker of the unique arm piece, Fredrik Colting, has announced his so-called “death watch” will be availablewho has a Kickstarter campaign for a so-called “death watch” starting in mid-2014 for about $79.” > > Potential to mess up the death pool. > > Sidles up to celebrity: “Say you wouldn’t know what time it is, do you?”:eek: \*When I was walking down the street one day A pretty lady looked at me and said her diamond watch had stopped cold dead And I said…\*I’m sorry I didn’t have you in the Death Pool! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/444 "2014-01-01T13:05:57Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > [Wikipedia’s page for January 2014 deaths – still blank, so far.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2014) 7 hours later - four names ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/445 "2014-01-01T13:46:23Z")
Okay, we have a total of 165 entries, with 2142 picks. The discrepancy is due to two players having lists one person short, and one with a player who was disqualified. The top twenty-five names selected were as follows: Valerie Harper 76 George H.W. Bush 49 Michael Schumacher 48 Lindsay Lohan 47 Fidel Castro 43 Randy Travis 36 Sam Simon 29 Billy Graham-e 27 Wilko Johnson 25 Ariel Sharon 24 Zsa Zsa Gabor 24 Dick Cheney 23 Muhammad Ali 23 Pope Emeritus Benedict 23 Jimmy Carter 22 Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 20 Jerry Lewis 19 Charlie Sheen 16 John McVie 16 Frankie Muniz 15 Kim Jong-un 15 Miley Cyrus 15 Nancy Reagan 15 Ryan Buell 15 Barbara Bush 14 ---
**Author:** ![1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/58956e/32.png) [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1b3bz18c9ed269201)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/446 "2014-01-01T14:52:39Z")
My membership confirmation didn’t come in until this morning but this is the same list I posted to Facebook before the "dead"line Kasey Kasem Randy Travis Rev. Billy Graham Roger Daltry Barbara Walters Michael Douglas Rosalynn Carter Nancy Reagan Michael Schumacher Arnold Palmer Muhammad Ali Clint Eastwood Harper Lee I did not put Barbara Bush on the list as many others did only to learn that she was hospitalized this morning… ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/447 "2014-01-01T15:00:00Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > 7 hours later - four names One of them was 103yrs old! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/448 "2014-01-01T16:23:54Z")
[Bill Gallagher](http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_d72b8dc4-7276-11e3-991b-001a4bcf887a.html) is not seeking re-election to the Montana PSC. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/449 "2014-01-01T16:48:34Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Bill Gallagher](http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_d72b8dc4-7276-11e3-991b-001a4bcf887a.html) is not seeking re-election to the Montana PSC. I guess he really IS planning to spend more time with his family. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/450 "2014-01-01T17:02:46Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Bill Gallagher](http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_d72b8dc4-7276-11e3-991b-001a4bcf887a.html) is not seeking re-election to the Montana PSC. I was going to put him on my list for 2014, but thought he was too fringe or obscure to qualify as a celebrity… Good thing, though, as he appears to have died in 2013. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/451 "2014-01-01T17:07:44Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > I was going to put him on my list for 2014, but thought he was too fringe or obscure to qualify as a celebrity… Good thing, though, as he appears to have died in 2013. He appears to have been alive on new year’s eve. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/452 "2014-01-01T17:09:46Z")
Israeli media is reporting that Ariel Sharon has taken a turn for the worse. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/453 "2014-01-01T17:09:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Bill Gallagher](http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_d72b8dc4-7276-11e3-991b-001a4bcf887a.html) is not seeking re-election to the Montana PSC. Mis-read the link, and it appears he is alive but preparing… Oh we’ll at least it was an ethical decision! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/454 "2014-01-01T17:26:02Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Israeli media is reporting that Ariel Sharon has taken a turn for the worse. That’s because a lot of people dropped him from their lists for 2014. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/455 "2014-01-01T17:32:29Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Frankie Muniz15 This one just confuses me. He seems to be clean and healthy. Why is he on so many lists? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/456 "2014-01-01T17:32:32Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > [Wikipedia’s page for January 2014 deaths – still blank, so far.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2014) > [@anyrose](#): > > 7 hours later - four names Now, 5 names ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/457 "2014-01-01T17:39:36Z")
According to Israeli medias, Sharon’s death is a matter of days now. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/458 "2014-01-01T17:40:45Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > This one just confuses me. He seems to be clean and healthy. Why is he on so many lists? [He’s had at least two mini strokes](https://www.google.com/search?q=frankie+muniz+stroke&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari) (Frankie Muniz). ---
**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:** [January 1, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/459 "2014-01-01T18:16:03Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Good news for everyone. I had Ariel Sharon since the year before he went into the coma. He is now able to rest in peace since he is off my list. > [@Alessan](#): > > Israeli media is reporting that Ariel Sharon has taken a turn for the worse. Of course. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/460 "2014-01-01T18:21:14Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Well, duh, he’s no longer Australian thanks to the Mel Gibson Effect, and thus doesn’t fit my theme 🙂 Okay, that’s logical. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=24)