# 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:** 6
**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, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/101 "2013-12-08T11:24:50Z")
One more observation. If there is an error in your list, say, you are one name short, or someone on the list has died and you posted no alternates, I’ll post about it once in this thread, and send one PM. After that I won’t nag, and it will be up to the player to be sure their list is correct. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/102 "2013-12-08T13:45:54Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > **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. The least you could have done is put them in spectrum order. 😉 😃 ---
**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, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/103 "2013-12-08T14:17:46Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > The least you could have done is put them in spectrum order. 😉 😃 Started out that way… I still don’t know where Brown, Tan, Silver go. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/104 "2013-12-08T16:38:52Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 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 George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush, Jimmy Carter…where’s Rosalynn? It’s not like she’s a spring chicken either. It’s not like she just barely missed the top 12, either - I think she’s only on 2 lists. ---
**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, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/105 "2013-12-08T17:06:25Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I only had 12 this year, and I’m in third place. 😃 With an attitude like that, you’ll soon find your thirteenth, **if it’s the last thing you do.** ---
**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, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/106 "2013-12-08T17:09:34Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > 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 How often does rule 8a. Come into effect? 😃 ---
**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, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/107 "2013-12-08T17:11:51Z")
> [@TexCat](#): > > 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 Just now saw this. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/108 "2013-12-08T18:22:47Z")
Don’t be mad. Just say GMTA and sit back. ---
**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, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/109 "2013-12-08T18:28:16Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Just now saw this. > :mad: Your list wasn’t a copy though, the only one you have in common is Betty White. And two other people have her, for a total of four. Unless I have made a mistake Rosalynn Carter is on only one list as a primary pick. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/110 "2013-12-08T18:32:05Z")
Dead Letters, Chapter II. Same authored themed list from last year with my one dead person changed. Gabriel García Marquez Ursula LeGuin Philip Roth George R R Martin Terry Pratchett Chuck Palahniuk Orson Scott Card Günter Grass Stephen King Maya Angelou Toni Morrison Tim LaHaye Beverly Cleary ---
**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, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/111 "2013-12-08T18:36:33Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Your list wasn’t a copy though, the only one you have in common is Betty White. And two other people have her, for a total of four. > > Unless I have made a mistake Rosalynn Carter is on only one list as a primary pick. To be frank, and with no disrespect meant to Texcat, I’m upset someone else had the same color theme idea. That’s the reason for my :mad: ness. But as a heads up to you, **Baker** my 2015 list is more wordplay based, and may or may not be headache inducing. As I had my 14 and my 15 year lists together, I looked over my 15, it needs more revision, the theme is very loose at this point. ---
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/112 "2013-12-08T18:59:45Z")
I made my first list to play in 2010. That makes 5 years?! I had no idea I was that morbid. ---
**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 8, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/113 "2013-12-08T21:14:01Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 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? [Kat Williams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Williams) [Katt Williams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katt_Williams) ---
**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, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/114 "2013-12-08T21:16:39Z")
Thanks for those links. I’m going to assume the players who selected them had thier spelling correct, and did not add or subtract a “t” somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Justin1994](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Justin1994](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin1994)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/115 "2013-12-08T22:01:47Z")
I’m very new to this so ill do my best 1.Betty White 2.Eminem 3.Kelly Clarkson 4.Justin Bieber 5.Chris Brown 6.Miley Cyrus 7.Carrie Fisher 8.Elton John 9.Paul McCartney 10.Joe Jonas 11.Catherine Zeta Jones 12.Johnny Depp 13.Lindsay Lohan ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/116 "2013-12-08T22:26:35Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > [Kat Williams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Williams) > > [Katt Williams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katt_Williams) Where’s the love for [William Katt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Katt)? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/117 "2013-12-08T23:18:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Your list wasn’t a copy though, the only one you have in common is Betty White. And two other people have her, for a total of four. > > Unless I have made a mistake Rosalynn Carter is on only one list as a primary pick. I’m sure you’re right; I too have been tallying how many lists a name shows up on, but I haven’t been distinguishing between primary and alternate picks. It’s more along the lines of, if Michael Douglas pops up on four different lists so far, I’d take a minute to Google him just to make sure he isn’t this year’s Hugo Chavez. ---
**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, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/118 "2013-12-08T23:25:26Z")
> [@Justin1994](#): > > I’m very new to this so ill do my best > 1.Betty White > 2.Eminem > 3.Kelly Clarkson > 4.Justin Bieber > 5.Chris Brown > 6.Miley Cyrus > 7.Carrie Fisher > 8.Elton John > 9.Paul McCartney > 10.Joe Jonas > 11.Catherine Zeta Jones > 12.Johnny Depp > 13.Lindsay Lohan We’re honored to have your first post be in the Death Pool. Could I ask a favor? Could you please check out the OP, about formatting your list? ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/119 "2013-12-08T23:28:04Z")
I didn’t do too well in 2013. My list was full of stubborn bastards. Only Annette had the courtesy to shuffle off her mortal coil. So I’m changing a few names this year. Dan “Grizzly Adams” Haggerty Sandy Koufax Jerry Lewis June “Rocket J Squirrel” Foray Connie Stevens Ed Asner Gavin MacLeod Abe “Laughing in the Face of Death” Vigoda Roger “The Bond I grew up with” Moore Ian McKellan Casey “Reaching for the stars” Kasem Carol Channing Dwayne “Dobie” Hickman Alternates: Sidney Poitier Julie “The REAL Catwoman” Newmar Rose Marie Plain List: Dan Haggerty Sandy Koufax Jerry Lewis June Foray Connie Stevens Ed Asner Gavin MacLeod Abe Vigoda Roger Moore Ian McKellan Casey Kasem Carol Channing Dwayne Hickman Alternates: Sidney Poitier Julie Newmar Rose Marie Let’s see how many are still standing this time next year! ---
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/120 "2013-12-08T23:28:23Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’m sure you’re right; I too have been tallying how many lists a name shows up on, but I haven’t been distinguishing between primary and alternate picks. It’s more along the lines of, if Michael Douglas pops up on four different lists so far, I’d take a minute to Google him just to make sure he isn’t this year’s Hugo Chavez. When it comes to Googling, I’d check out news reports on the funeral of Nelson Mandela. With so many heads of state attending, the logistics of security will be a nightmare. I just saw a news report and several names are current picks for 2014. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=7)