# 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:** 4
**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, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/61 "2013-12-03T22:18:02Z")
I was commenting on Zamboniracer’s picks, my apologies. ---
**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, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/62 "2013-12-03T23:06:16Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I was commenting on Zamboniracer’s picks, my apologies. :smack: ---
**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, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/63 "2013-12-03T23:52:38Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I was commenting on Zamboniracer’s picks, my apologies. Given my history in this game each of my picks will live long and prosper.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/64 "2013-12-04T00:59:04Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > Given my history in this game each of my picks will live long and prosper.🙂 I have a related problem, I was gonna put Miley Cyrus on my list, but \*\* Swampbear \*\* already picked her so I know that she’s immortal this year. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WalterMitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/51bf81/32.png) [@WalterMitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterMitty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/65 "2013-12-04T02:26:18Z")
These are my revisions: 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Valerie Harper 3. Mickey Rooney 4. Barbara Bush 5. Doris Day 6. Roman Polanski 7. Jimmy Carter 8. Burt Reynolds 9. King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia 10 Clint Eastwood 11 Larry King 12 Joan Fontaine 13 Eli Wallach ---
**Author:** ![BlossomDrearie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BlossomDrearie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlossomDrearie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/66 "2013-12-04T05:55:27Z")
Season’s Reapings: Longtime lurker, first-time registrant/participant. Clean List - Take One (I generally lose one the December before. Never know in advance whom) Charles Aznavour Daisy Berkowitz Jean Darling Jack Davis Bob Hastings Al Jaffee Clive James Glynis Johns Wilko Johnson Casey Kasem Al Molinaro Sam Simon Nick Stahl Alternates: Rose Marie George Kennedy Prince Philip ---
**Author:** ![BlossomDrearie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BlossomDrearie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlossomDrearie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/67 "2013-12-04T05:57:32Z")
Season’s Reapings! Longtime lurker, first-time registrant/participant. Clean List (Will revise in case some check out before January): Charles Aznavour Daisy Berkowitz Jean Darling Jack Davis Bob Hastings Al Jaffee Clive James Glynis Johns Wilko Johnson Casey Kasem Al Molinaro Sam Simon Nick Stahl Alternates: Rose Marie George Kennedy Prince Philip ---
**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 4, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/68 "2013-12-04T11:09:33Z")
> [@Sario](#): > > I have a related problem, I was gonna put Miley Cyrus on my list, but \*\* Swampbear \*\* already picked her so I know that she’s immortal this year. 😃 Word! I am immortality insurance to celebrities everywhere! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cardboardbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@cardboardbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardboardbox)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/69 "2013-12-04T20:18:30Z")
Charlie sheen Courtney stodden Lindsay lohan Paz de la huerta George Michael Travie mccoy Liza minelli Weston cage Taylor Momsen Katt Williams Brooke mueller Paul gasgoine Redmond o neill Alternates Scott Thorson Demi moore Shifty shellshock ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/70 "2013-12-05T03:25:58Z")
I’m going to make two changes. Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland are very low point values, so I’m going to swap them out. My revised list: George H. W. Bush Barbara Bush Lindsay Lohan Pope Francis Clint Eastwood Jimmy Carter Sam Elliot Burt Reynolds Johnny Depp Tom Selleck Judi Dench William Shatner Leonard Nimoy Alternates: Alex Trebek Chuck Norris Hillary Clinton ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/71 "2013-12-05T21:07:21Z")
This is my third year and I am still a VIRGIN. :o Betty White, 1922 Rose Marie, 1923 Red Schoendienst, 1923 (St. Louis Cardinals manager) Shecky Greene, 1926 (Lost all his money to Bernie Madoff and is back to work.) Shirley Temple\*\* Black\*\*, 1928 Joel Grey, 1932 Gael Greene, 1933 (NY Times restaurant critic – years and years of an unhealthy diet?) Mean Joe Greene, 1946 (Whose name is actually not Joe, but Charles Edward Greene?) Jackson Browne, 1948 Vida Blue, 1949 Randy White, 1952 (Dallas Cowboys linebacker) Jennifer Grey, 1960 (Did they really get all of that thyroid cancer?) Bobby Brown, 1969 (Whitney Houston’s widower) Alternates: Bobbi Brown (the cosmetics company founder) Scarlett Johansson P!nk Betty White Rose Marie Red Schoendienst Shecky Greene Shirley Temple Black Joel Grey Gael Greene Mean Joe Greene Jackson Browne Vida Blue Randy White Jennifer Grey Bobby Brown Alternates: Bobbi Brown Scarlett Johansson P!nk ---
**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 5, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/72 "2013-12-05T22:14:53Z")
Those with [Nelson Mandela](http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/05/17500450-nelson-mandela-dead-at-95)(including myself) might want to think about which alternate to replace him with… ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/73 "2013-12-05T22:51:32Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Those with [Nelson Mandela](http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/05/17500450-nelson-mandela-dead-at-95)(including myself) might want to think about which alternate to replace him with… And that is what alternates are for, **Sir Terry Pratchett** ☹ gets to the front row substituting Mandela in my list. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/74 "2013-12-05T23:13:04Z")
**shadken** , do you want to pick an alternate for Nelson Mandela? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/75 "2013-12-06T00:28:43Z")
Gary Busey Ashley Olsen (switching off each year between sisters) Bob Newhart Ben “Cooter from the Dukes of Hazzard” Jones Peter Noone (Herman’s Hermits) Lois Chiles (actress, Bond Girl in Moonraker) Mohammad Ali Jim Nabors Martin Landau Stephen Hawking Ariel Sharon (still hanging in there) Nick Nolte Leslie Uggamms (played Kizzy on Roots) Alternates will be Henry Kissenger, then Mel Gibson Everyone please check my list, since it virtually guarantees survival plain list Gary Busey Ashley Olsen Bob Newhart Ben Jones Peter Noone Lois Chiles Mohammad Ali Jim Nabors Martin Landau Stephen Hawking Ariel Sharon Nick Nolte Leslie Uggamms ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shaggy\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shaggy_Z)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/76 "2013-12-06T01:10:08Z")
1. Hamid Karzai (Afghan President) 2. Rob Ford (Toronto Mayor) 3. Mike Duffy (Canadian Senator) 4. Kiefer Sutherland 5. Anderson Cooper 6. Lindsay Lohan 7. Joaquín Guzmán Loera (Mexican drug lord) 8. Ayman al-Zawahiri (al-Qaeda leader) 9. Eminem (AKA Marshal Mathers) 10. Kim Jong-un (N. Korean president) 11. Bashar al-Assad (Syrian president) 12. Joseph Kony (leader of Lord’s Resistance Army) 13. Dokka Umarov (Chechen militant) Alternates: 1. Charlie Sheen 2. Rihanna (ie. Robyn Rihanna Fenty) Clean version: Hamid Karzai Rob Ford Mike Duffy Kiefer Sutherland Anderson Cooper Lindsay Lohan Joaquín Guzmán Loera Ayman al-Zawahiri Eminem Kim Jong-un Bashar al-Assad Joseph Kony Dokka Umarov Alternates: Charlie Sheen Rihanna ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/77 "2013-12-06T09:59:48Z")
**Shaggy Z** , that’s an interesting list, a real mix of selectees. ---
**Author:** ![meghan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@meghan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meghan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/78 "2013-12-06T11:37:01Z")
Here’s my list of semi-immortals (I did have Amy Winehouse one year…) Keith Richards Jerry Lewis Hillary Clinton MaryKate Olsen Fidel Castro Lance Armstrong Vladimir Putin Hamid Karsai Dick Cheney Nancy Reagan Billy Graham Bernie Madoff Lindsey Lohan Alternates: Bernard Cardinal Law Brittney Spears Billy Graham is the evangelist ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/79 "2013-12-06T14:06:20Z")
Getting my list in before new years this time Tom Brokaw Katie Couric Valerie Harper Fidel Castro Bashar al-Assad Kim Jong-un Zsa Zsa Gabor Billy Graham Betty White Michael Fox Hillary Clinton Larry King Pope Emeritus Benedict Alternates Will Ferrell Charlie Sheen Kirstie Alley Graham the evangelist ---
**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:** [December 6, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/80 "2013-12-06T16:45:12Z")
Wilko Johnson (12 July 1947) Stuart Scott (19 July 1965) Barbara Walters (25 September 1929) Valerie Harper (22 August 1939) Pope Francis (17 December 1936) Lindsey Lohan (2 July 1986) Stephen Hawking (8 January 1942) Ariel Sharon (26 February 1928) King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (5 December 1927) Billy Graham (November 7, 1918) - The preacher Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (16 April 1927) Prince Phillip (10 June 1921) Casey Anthony (19 March 1985) —Alt Ratko Mladic (12 March 1943) * * * Plain list: Wilko Johnson Stuart Scott Barbara Walters Valerie Harper Pope Francis Lindsey Lohan Stephen Hawking Ariel Sharon King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand Billy Graham Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Prince Phillip Casey Anthony —Alt Ratko Mladic [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=5)