# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/121 "2013-12-09T01:53:37Z")
The 3rd Annual All-Star Sports Edition: Nolan Ryan Dick Vitale Tim McCarver John Madden George Karl Ara Parseghian Eric Wedge Mike Tyson Jerry Kill Steve Gleason Tommy Lasorda Vin Scully Muhammad Ali Alternates: Dusty Baker Mike Dikta Pat Summitt John Madden is the football announcer, since there is apparently more than one person by that name on peoples’ lists. Nearly all new names this year, so of course my entire 2013 list will probably kick off in 2014. I nearly left Ali off this year, since he’s on **swampbear** ’s list and therefore immortal. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/122 "2013-12-09T02:25:26Z")
Aretha Franklin Nancy Reagan Barbara Bush Tony Danza Fred Phelps Lindsay Lohan George H. W. Bush Penny Marshall James Garner Michael Douglas Valerie Harper Mary Tyler Moore Loretta Lynn Alternates Jimmy Carter Pete Rose Marcia Strassman I have taken Zsa Zsa Gabor off of my list. (She has been a fixture on my lists for several years). She’s toast. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/123 "2013-12-09T02:27:50Z")
Barbara Bush–Former First Lady ---
**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 9, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/124 "2013-12-09T04:05:38Z")
Is Aretha Franklin alive?!? ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/125 "2013-12-09T04:30:22Z")
As far as I know, yes she is. ---
**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 9, 2013, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/126 "2013-12-09T11:22:51Z")
HEE! I’m lovin’ how people are looking at my list and thinking, nah, not those celebs. They’re on da bear’s list and thus immortal. 😃 ---
**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 9, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/127 "2013-12-09T14:15:59Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > The 3rd Annual All-Star Sports Edition: … I’m surprised to see OJ Simpson left off such an august list, nestled comfortably between Mike Tyson and Jerry Kill. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/128 "2013-12-09T15:22:20Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > HEE! I’m lovin’ how people are looking at my list and thinking, nah, not those celebs. They’re on da bear’s list and thus immortal. 😃 You’ve found your purpose in the Deathpool. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/129 "2013-12-09T17:33:30Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 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. By “this year’s Hugo Chavez,” I meant the celebrity who (a) looked like almost a sure thing to die that year, (b) a whole bunch of Death Pool participants got the memo and had him on their lists, and (c) enough points were involved that you’d hate to have missed the memo. For instance, Lindsay Lohan totally nails (b) and (c) - she’s on way more lists than anyone else so far, and she’d be good for 72-73 points. But while she _could_ come through, there’s hardly the sense of inevitability about her that there was about Chavez as 2012 ended. So she isn’t “this year’s Hugo Chavez” in the sense I’m using it. There may not even **be** a “this year’s Hugo Chavez”; nothing says there has to be one. But if there is one, I want to have him/her on my list. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/130 "2013-12-09T21:13:03Z")
2014’s “Hugo Chavez” is likely to be Valerie Harper, though I’m totally rooting for Fidel Castro. ---
**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 9, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/131 "2013-12-09T21:35:12Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > 2014’s “Hugo Chavez” is likely to be Valerie Harper, though I’m totally rooting for Fidel Castro. I think that as a farewell present, the Russians set up Castro like Lenin, but technology has improved since the 1920’s, and there are animatronics involved. ---
**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 9, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/132 "2013-12-09T21:58:54Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > You’ve found your purpose in the Deathpool. 😃 Yes! I am the example of how not to play the Deathpool! 😃 ---
**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 9, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/133 "2013-12-09T22:17:50Z")
Swampbear, how much do you charge to put someone on your list? I know that space is limited. 🙂 ---
**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 10, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/134 "2013-12-10T00:17:42Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Swampbear, how much do you charge to put someone on your list? > I know that space is limited. 🙂 I’ll need to call my accountant in the Caymans to see what the market is right now. What? One does not leave that kind of money just layin’ around for the IRS to get its mitts on now does one? ---
**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 10, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/135 "2013-12-10T01:08:43Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I’ll need to call my accountant in the Caymans to see what the market is right now. What? One does not leave that kind of money just layin’ around for the IRS to get its mitts on now does one? Of course not! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/136 "2013-12-10T14:18:28Z")
The list, in no particular order: Valerie Harper Judy Blume Frankie Muniz John McVie Randy Travis Stuart Scott Warren Buffett Tommy Chong George H.W. Bush Pope Emeritus Benedict Sheldon Adelson Freddie Starr Sir Bruce Forsyth Stuart Scott is the ESPN anchor. Freddie Starr and Brucie Forsyth are the British television “personalities”. I think everyone else is sufficiently famous. Alternates, just in case: Dick Van Dyke Aretha Franklin George Michael Harry Belafonte ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/137 "2013-12-10T18:25:09Z")
This year I’ve decided to play a themed list. My theme is called: **The Low-Hanging Fruit (Almost Never Drops Off)** Eli Wallach (12-7-1915) - Very old actor Beverly Cleary (4-12-1916) - Very old author Olivia de Haviland (7-1-1916) - Very old actress Kirk Douglas (12-9-1916) - Very old actor Zsa Zsa Gabor (2-6-1917) - Very old actress whose had some health troubles over the last few years Joan Fontaine (10-22-1917) - Very old actress I.M. Pei (10-26-1917) - Very old architect Billy Graham (11-7-1918) - Very old evangelist Helmut Schmidt (12-23-1918) - Very old former West German Chancellor Joseph Wapner (11-15-1919) - Very old judge Ariel Sharon (2-26-1928) - Former Israeli PM in a long-term coma. I’ll never give up on you Ariel! Valerie Harper (8-22-1939) - Actress with terminal brain cancer and this year’s bandwagon pick Stuart Scott (7-19-1965) - ESPN commentator with recurring cancer and my personal long-shot **ALTERNATES** Hosni Mubarak (5-4-1928) - deposed Egyptian leader whose had some health troubles of late Tommy Chong (5-24-1938) - using hemp oil to treat prostate cancer. Never a good sign. Plain List Eli Wallach Beverly Cleary Olivia de Haviland Kirk Douglas Zsa Zsa Gabor Joan Fontaine I.M. Pei Billy Graham Helmut Schmidt Joseph Wapner Ariel Sharon Valerie Harper Stuart Scott Alternates Hosni Mubarak Tommy Chong ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/138 "2013-12-10T18:52:22Z")
I tried that and it hasn’t worked for me!!! All my picks this year were at LEAST ninety five years old, and so far only two have have the decency to give me points. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/139 "2013-12-10T20:04:47Z")
I’d like to suggest that the results be delayed by more than 24 hours as the new year is over a weekend. I’d suggest 48 hours, an extra day. Also, should there be a special rule about those who have already expressed the intention of using assisted suicide? Sir Terry Pratchett comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/140 "2013-12-10T20:44:31Z")
I’d rather not add too many more rules unless it’s absolutely necessary. Even if a person says they may suicide, we won’t really know all the details or info so I’d treat suicides like a regular death. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193.md?page=8)