# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/81 "2013-12-06T18:22:41Z")
“Season’s Reapings” is going to stay with me. Most of the people who love me would be deeply disturbed to learn how much I enjoy this…and I don’t even finish in the money. Ruth Buzzi Robert Duvall Wilford Brimley Alan Arkin Faye Dunaway Diahann Carroll Tom Seaver David Cassidy Angie Dickinson Margaret O’Brien Don Rickles Price Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Walter Mondale Alternates: Mario Cuomo Merle Haggard Rosalynn Carter ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/82 "2013-12-06T23:11:31Z")
Another long time Death Pool lurker, first time player here. Abe Vigoda Kirk Douglas Valerie Harper Lindsay Lohan Dick Cheney John McCain Jimmy Carter Rosalynn Carter Nancy Reagan Robert Mugabe Dean Smith Tom Osborne Stephen Hawking Alternates: Michael Douglas Tom Brokaw Miley Cyrus ---
**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 6, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/83 "2013-12-06T23:36:14Z")
My theme is repetition. 1A John Anderson – 1980 presidential candidate (Feb. 15, 1922) 1B John Anderson – Kansas governor (May 8, 1917) 2A Raul Castro – President of Cuba (Jun. 3, 1931) 2B Raul Castro – Arizona governor (Jun. 12, 1916) 3A Marsha Hunt – actress (Oct. 17, 1917) 3B Marsha Hunt – singer (Apr. 15, 1946) 4A Joe Jackson – Medal of Honor recipient (Mar. 14, 1923) 4B Joe Jackson – father and manager of the Jacksons (Jul, 26, 1928) 5A William Perry – Secretary of Defense (Oct. 11, 1927) 5B William Perry – football player (Dec. 16, 1962) Alternate pairs: Billy Williams – Hall of Fame baseball player (Jun. 15, 1938) Billy Williams – rugby player (Nov. 23, 1929) Billie Hayes – actress, “Witchie-poo” (Apr. 11, 1932) Billy Hayes – prison inmate, writer, _Midnight Express_ (Apr. 3, 1947) 6A Walter Williams – singer, O’Jays (Aug. 25, 1943) 6B Walter Williams – economist (Mar. 31, 1936) 6C Walter Williams – criminal suspect (Nov. 3, 1948) Alternate trio: John Madden – football announcer (Apr. 10, 1936) John Madden – hockey player (May 4, 1973) John Madden – director (Apr. 8, 1949) John Anderson John Anderson Raul Castro Raul Castro Marsha Hunt Marsha Hunt Joe Jackson Joe Jackson William Perry William Perry Walter Williams Walter Williams Walter Williams ---
**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, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/84 "2013-12-06T23:44:57Z")
**Andrew 21** , are you trying to make things hard for your DeathMistress?:dubious: 😃 ---
**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 6, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/85 "2013-12-06T23:47:01Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **Andrew 21** , are you trying to make things hard for your DeathMistress?:dubious: > > 😃 No, if my list is too much of a hassle, I have another list ready. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/86 "2013-12-07T00:10:02Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > No, if my list is too much of a hassle, I have another list ready. Oh non, no, no! It’s fine! I was just joking, that’s why I added the smiley face. Sorry if I gave the wrong impression. ---
**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 7, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/87 "2013-12-07T00:27:56Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Oh non, no, no! It’s fine! I was just joking, that’s why I added the smiley face. Sorry if I gave the wrong impression. Are you sure you don’t want me to replace it with my other list? Buddy Baker, Howard Baker, James Baker, Dusty Baker, Ginger Baker etc. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/88 "2013-12-07T03:00:14Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > Are you sure you don’t want me to replace it with my other list? Buddy Baker, Howard Baker, James Baker, Dusty Baker, Ginger Baker etc. I love your list but was surprised you didn’t use Billy Graham. Who knew there were so many famous people with the same name. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/89 "2013-12-07T16:02:45Z")
I completely failed last year’s list so I’ll edit my list a bit. George H.W. Bush Zsa Zsa Gabor Nicole Richie Henry Winkler Betty White Clint Eastwood Valerie Harper Nicholas Cage Nancy Reagan Dick Cheney Jenna Jameson Jimmy Carter Fidel Castro ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/90 "2013-12-07T17:24:22Z")
> [@The\_Dord](#): > > I completely failed last year’s list so I’ll edit my list a bit. Don’t give up hope! One year I got my first and only points on December 27th. ---
**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 7, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/91 "2013-12-07T18:21:07Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > I love your list but was surprised you didn’t use Billy Graham. Who knew there were so many famous people with the same name. The list could have been better. Potential picks died [too](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Jones_(supercentenarian)) [soon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Moore). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/92 "2013-12-07T22:16:05Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > The list could have been better. Potential picks died [too](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Jones_(supercentenarian)) [soon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Moore). Given my strategy for the 2013 game I’m surprised I didn’t pick up on that second one, the “soon” link. I searched Imdb for film people between 95 and 100 years old, that nobody else had picked. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/93 "2013-12-07T23:22:11Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Given my strategy for the 2013 game I’m surprised I didn’t pick up on that second one, the “soon” link. I searched Imdb for film people between 95 and 100 years old, that nobody else had picked. Following the first link gave me an idea for a themed list of the 13 oldest (age-documented) people in the world. Would gave given me zero points, since the youngest of them was born in 1901, but I’d have had a chance at the highest number of unique picks. (Did you know that there are still at least 5 people alive who were born in the 1800s? All women, of course - the list of known living supercentenarians (age 110+) is almost entirely female.) But I’d already made enough progress on the list I was already working on that I decided against it. Besides, other than having the idea of such a list in the first place, constructing the list itself requires absolutely zero thought, which takes most of the fun out of it. ---
**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 7, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/94 "2013-12-07T23:33:05Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Following the first link gave me an idea for a themed list of the 13 oldest (age-documented) people in the world. Would gave given me zero points, since the youngest of them was born in 1901, but I’d have had a chance at the highest number of unique picks. You would almost certainly have the most unique picks, and might win the “Golden Casket Award”. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/95 "2013-12-08T02:37:32Z")
**Red and Yellow, Black and White.** Totally forgot that we started a month early. My list has been waiting to go, I haven’t been. Betty White - Actress Pink [Alecia Beth Moore] - The music artist. Legal Name provided for reference. Pete Rose Former Baseball Player Scarlet Johansen - Actress Gloria Allred - Power Attorney Jeff Goldblum - Actor Tom Green - Actor, Comedian, Famous for putting his bum on places and things. Jack Black - Actor, Comedian, Tenacious D. Gordon Brown - Former UK Prime Minister Amy Tan - Author “The Joy Luck Club”, and for the rest of you kiddos, “Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese cat.” Joel Silver - Film Producer, “The Matrix” John Gray - Author, “Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus” Christopher Plummer - Canadian Actor, and perhaps my best bet at points. Betty White Pink [Alecia Beth Moore] Pete Rose Scarlet Johansen Gloria Allred Jeff Goldblum Tom Green Jack Black Gordon Brown Amy Tan Joel Silver John Gray Christopher Plummer ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/96 "2013-12-08T02:39:00Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Given my strategy for the 2013 game I’m surprised I didn’t pick up on that second one, the “soon” link. I searched Imdb for film people between 95 and 100 years old, that nobody else had picked. Oh, yeah, I mean, if you want to actually win. Who wants to do that? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/97 "2013-12-08T02:48:03Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Oh non, no, no! It’s fine! I was just joking, that’s why I added the smiley face. Sorry if I gave the wrong impression. So there is no flag on the play, citing “Celebrity” ? I mean someone had to. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/98 "2013-12-08T04:49:00Z")
Might as well give this a try… Prince Philip Billy Graham (the preacher) John Cruickshank VC (only surviving WWII Victoria Cross recipient) Robert Maxwell (oldest surviving Medal of Honor recipient) William “Wild Bill” Guarnere (_Band of Brothers_) Don Malarkey (_Band of Brothers_) Lindsey Lohan Randy Travis Jimmy Carter George H W Bush Fidel Castro Raul Castro (Fidel’s brother) Ariel Sharon Alternates: Zsa Zsa Gabor Joe Biden Arnold Schwarzenegger * * * Prince Philip Billy Graham John Cruickshank Robert Maxwell William Guarnere Don Malarkey Lindsey Lohan Randy Travis Jimmy Carter George H W Bush Fidel Castro Raul Castro Ariel Sharon Alternates: Zsa Zsa Gabor Joe Biden Arnold Schwarzenegger ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/99 "2013-12-08T05:58:39Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > “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 Death’s already taken a couple of shots at your list. James Gregory died in 2002 and René Enríquez died in 1990. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/100 "2013-12-08T11:12:34Z")
Just an update on how things are going. As I type we have 37 lists submitted, with, just about, 343 different celebrities. The top twelve picks so far are Lindsay Lohan 12 Valerie Harper 9 Fidel Castro 8 Jimmy Carter 8 George H.W. Bush 7 Barbara Bush 6 Billy Graham-e 6 Nancy Reagan 6 Clint Eastwood 5 Dick Cheney 5 Price Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 5 Randy Travis 5 I have a few observations. It’s an _ **a** _ in the name Lindsay, not an “e”, and it’s a _ **u** _ in the name Muhammed(as in Ali) If your list is a theme, please say so specifically. I’ve seen a few lists that look themed, but the players haven’t actually come out and declared it so. One question. Two players listed a celebrity name with a slightly different spelling, but no commentary so I can’t check if they are different people, or which spelling is correct. Can anyone tell me about Kat Williams, or Katt Williams? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=6)