# Celebrity Death Pool 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/41 "2013-12-02T21:05:45Z")

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Bret Michaels  
Hosni Mubarak  
Fidel Castro  
Prince Phillip  
Jessica Rose “Jessie” James  
Stephen Fry  
Valerie Harper  
Leif Garrett  
Mary Tyler Moore  
Stephen Hawking  
Steve-O  
Richard Branson  
Dennis Rodman

Alternates  
Ernie Banks  
Bob Gibson  
JR Hildebrand

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**Author:** ![shadkhen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@shadkhen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadkhen)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/42 "2013-12-02T22:05:55Z")

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Hugh Hefner  
Nelson Mandela  
Nancy Reagan  
George HW Bush  
Larry King  
John Madden  
Eli Wallach  
Clint Eastwood  
Sean Connery  
Dick van Dyke  
Stan Lee  
Kirk Douglas  
Don Keefer

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/43 "2013-12-03T00:05:00Z")

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> [@kopek](#):
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> Ooops – plain list
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> 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

Just curious, who is Barn Bush?

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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/44 "2013-12-03T00:09:37Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> Just curious, who is Barn Bush?

I have a feeling **kopek** met Barbara Bush.

However, being as it _is_ **Kopek** he probably has a real or imaginary friend named Barn Bush. 😃

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**Author:** ![WalterMitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/51bf81/32.png) [@WalterMitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterMitty)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/45 "2013-12-03T01:34:24Z")

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Dick Van Dyke  
Valaire Harper (Rhoda)  
Mickey Rooney  
Barbara Bush  
Doris Day  
Roman Pulaski  
Jimmy Carter  
Burt Reynolds  
Simon Crowell  
Clint Eastwood

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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/46 "2013-12-03T01:37:38Z")

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> [@WalterMitty](#):
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> Dick Van Dyke  
> Valaire Harper (Rhoda)  
> Mickey Rooney  
> Barbara Bush  
> Doris Day  
> Roman Pulaski  
> Jimmy Carter  
> Burt Reynolds  
> Simon Crowell  
> Clint Eastwood

You need 13 names, not 10.

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**Author:** ![WalterMitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/51bf81/32.png) [@WalterMitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterMitty)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/47 "2013-12-03T01:55:17Z")

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Whooops, sorry, how do I add the last three??

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**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 3, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/48 "2013-12-03T02:19:37Z")

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> [@WalterMitty](#):
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> Whooops, sorry, how do I add the last three??

Just post, “These are my revisions” and list them all again.

We do this when we crib off of each other. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/49 "2013-12-03T04:11:08Z")

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> [@VunderBob](#):
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> You need 13 names, not 10.

Well, technically he doesn’t _need_ 13. He just has a better chance of scoring that way. 😛

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**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:** [December 3, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/50 "2013-12-03T04:25:34Z")

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> [@Lok](#):
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> Well, technically he doesn’t _need_ 13. He just has a better chance of scoring that way. 😛

I only had 12 this year, and I’m in third place. 😃

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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/51 "2013-12-03T06:30:41Z")

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Pope Benedict  
Kat Williams  
Lyndsay Lohan  
Lil’ Wayne  
Clint Eastwood  
Leann Rimes  
Justin Beiber  
Miley Cyrus  
Randy Travis  
Donald Glover  
Danny Glover  
Zac Efron  
Charlie Sheen

How often does rule 8 come into effect?

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/52 "2013-12-03T10:49:22Z")

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I’m picking a nit here RandMcnally but there is no Pope Benedict, and even if there was you would need a number to distinguish him from the other Pope Benedicts, as there have been sixteen of them.

I’ll assume you mean the Pope Emeritus Benedict, the guy who preceeded the current Pope Francis, unless I hear otherwise from you.

To my knowledge rule #8 has never cime into effect, it’s been copied from the previous sets of rules.

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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/53 "2013-12-03T15:11:53Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> I’m picking a nit here RandMcnally but there is no Pope Benedict, and even if there was you would need a number to distinguish him from the other Pope Benedicts, as there have been sixteen of them.
> 
> I’ll assume you mean the Pope Emeritus Benedict, the guy who preceeded the current Pope Francis, unless I hear otherwise from you.

You are, of course, correct.  
Pope Emeritus Benedict  
Kat Williams  
Lyndsay Lohan  
Lil’ Wayne  
Clint Eastwood  
Leann Rimes  
Justin Beiber  
Miley Cyrus  
Randy Travis  
Donald Glover  
Danny Glover  
Zac Efron  
Charlie Sheen

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**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/54 "2013-12-03T15:18:38Z")

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Good grief, these are some really impressive lists you guys are posting for the first week of December. It’s like you guys _sit around all year thinking about potentially dead people_ oh wait.

Rock on, Dopers! 🙂

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**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 3, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/55 "2013-12-03T16:12:13Z")

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> [@swampbear](#):
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> I have a feeling **kopek** met Barbara Bush.
> 
> However, being as it _is_ **Kopek** he probably has a real or imaginary friend named Barn Bush. 😃

I did indeed need Barb Bush

But ---------------- now you’ve given me a goal of “strange people I must find and meet”.

Do I need to go back and correct or can the **Mistress** make the correction?

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/56 "2013-12-03T16:40:19Z")

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> [@RandMcnally](#):
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> How often does rule 8 come into effect?

I’m mildly tempted to ask that Rule 8 add self-defense to the list of exemptions. I mean, it would be such a bummer to get disqualified just because, say, Ariel Sharon got out of his coma, went bezerk, tried to kill you, and you had to shoot him to save yourself

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/57 "2013-12-03T18:36:15Z")

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This year, it’s the rehab list. I think of it as my contribution to sobriety.

Ricco Rodriguez (mixed martial artist)  
Steven Adler (Guns N’ Roses)  
Seth Brooks Binzer (aka Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town)  
Heidi Fleiss (famous madam)  
Mike Starr (Alice in Chains)  
Dennis Rodman (basketball)  
Mackenzie Phillips  
Leif Garrett  
Amy Fisher (celebrity criminal)  
Dwight Gooden (baseball)  
Daniel Baldwin  
Tila Tequila  
Demi Moore

## Alternates: Lindsay Lohan Kate Moss

Clean list:

Ricco Rodriguez  
Steven Adler  
Seth Brooks Binzer  
Heidi Fleiss  
Mike Starr  
Dennis Rodman  
Mackenzie Phillips  
Leif Garrett  
Amy Fisher  
Dwight Gooden  
Daniel Baldwin  
Tila Tequila  
Demi Moore

Alternates:  
Lindsay Lohan  
Kate Moss

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**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/58 "2013-12-03T20:12:57Z")

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“Death Stalks the old NYPD 12th Precinct”  
Abe Vigoda - actor “Barney Miller”  
Hal Linden - same  
Max Gail - same  
Ron Glass - same  
Gregory Sierra - same  
James Gregory - same

Yogi Berra  
Fidel Castro  
Raul Castro - Fidel’s brother

Death stalks Hill Street Station  
Daniel J. Travanti - actor “Hill Street Blues”  
Taurean Blacque - same  
René Enríquez -same  
James Sikking - same

Clean list

Abe Vigoda  
Hal Linden  
Max Gail  
Ron Glass  
Gregory Sierra  
James Gregory  
Yogi Berra  
Fidel Castro  
Raul Castro  
Daniel J. Travanti  
Taurean Blacque  
René Enríquez  
James Sikking

Alternates  
Bruce Weitz  
Betty Thomas

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**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 3, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/59 "2013-12-03T21:14:34Z")

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Yogi Berra  
Fidel Castro  
Raul Castro - Fidel’s brother

They were all baseball players, IIRC, so they don’t have to remain uncategorized. 😉

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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/60 "2013-12-03T21:31:08Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> Yogi Berra  
> Fidel Castro  
> Raul Castro - Fidel’s brother
> 
> They were all baseball players, IIRC, so they don’t have to remain uncategorized. 😉

So, where are the other 10? :dubious:

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