Celebrity Death Pool 2014

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I’m new here, and I am honestly just that morbid. Plus I have this strange “hunch” when we’ll be losing somebody. My list is partially based off of people eligible for the 27 Club (and likely have drug and alcohol related past problems, as this seems to be a recurring theme) and celebrities who will make nice headlines when they do kick the bucket.

  1. Fidel Castro (duh)
  2. Zsa Zsa Gabor (duh)
  3. Lindsay Lohan (she’s only 27 until the middle of the year!)
  4. Drake
  5. Lil Wayne
  6. Lana Del Rey
  7. Amanda Bynes
  8. Justin Bieber
  9. Frankie Muniz
  10. Lamar Odom
  11. Skrillex
  12. Tila Tequila
  13. Susan Sarandon

Alternate: (just as insurance)
-Sigourney Weaver

Plain text list, except in the order of who is most likely to die:

Lindsay Lohan
Fidel Castro
Lil Wayne
Tila Tequila
Skrillex
Lamar Odom
Frankie Muniz
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Justin Bieber
Amanda Bynes
Lana Del Rey
Drake
Susan Sarandon

202

Dammit, I lost two since I posted my first list. I can name new alternates, yes?

Lindsay Lohan
Ian Paisley
Nancy Reagan
Tom Baker
Pete Seeger
Geoffrey Palmer
Peter Buck
Ian Brady
Paul Gascoigne
Barbara Bush
Robert Mugabe
Jimmy Carter
Angela Lansbury

Alternates:

Bashar Al Assad
Arthur Scargill

203

Dude, Castro has been dead for years.
The Russians set him up likeLeninbefore the USSR crashed, but with anamantronics, however one spells it.
He will never be proven to be dead.

And welcome to our morbid brother/sisterhood! :slight_smile:

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Welcome to the Straight Dope! You sound like you are going to fit right in!

205

Burton Cummings, eh? No shortage of good lines if he kicks off: no time left for Burton Cummings, no sugar tonight in his coffee, sharing the land from six feet under…

206

I’m waiting for another recap* of the top picks. Then I’ll just do what I did last year and wing it.

  • which doesn’t have to be done until after Christmas
207

Current top 14
Lindsay Lohan 21
Valerie Harper 21
George H.W. Bush 15
Fidel Castro 13
Jimmy Carter 9
Billy Graham-e 8
Randy Travis 8
Zsa Zsa Gabor 8
Ariel Sharon 7
Barbara Bush 7
Dick Cheney 7
Kirk Douglas 7
Michael Douglas 7
Nancy Reagan 7

208

I’m also new to this game, and here is my list - which, I concede, is rather conservative and orthodox overall with a few exceptions.

  1. Fidel Castro, former strongman (whatever his formal title was) of Cuba
  2. Shirley Temple, American actress, former child star
  3. Helmut Schmidt, former Chancellor of Germany
  4. Olivia de Havilland, American actress
  5. Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States
  6. Ariel Sharon, former Prime Minister of Israel (yes, he’s actually still alive)
  7. Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the USSR (yes, in that case the title is actually official, he was the only person to hold it)
  8. Reynaldo Bignone, former military dictator of Argentina (once again, an inofficial title)
  9. Britney Spears, American singer
  10. Juan Carlos, King of Spain
  11. Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and her other realms and territories
  12. Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Emeritus, former Pope Benedict XVI
  13. Charlie Sheen, American Actor
209

:eek: You’re going to…plagiarize? :confused:

210

Here’s my list in plain names format, to facilitate processing:

Fidel Castro
Shirley Temple
Helmut Schmidt
Olivia de Havilland
Jimmy Carter
Ariel Sharon
Mikhail Gorbachev
Reynaldo Bignone
Britney Spears
Juan Carlos
Elizabeth II
Joseph Ratzinger
Charlie Sheen

211

I only steal from the best :wink:

212

:slight_smile:

213

Billy Graham
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Fidel Castro
Valerie Harper
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Fats Domino
George H. W. Bush
Bob Dole
I. M. Pei
Jake LaMotta
Chuck Berry
Ariel Sharon
Harper Lee

Alternates:

Sid Caesar
Walter Mondale

214

Schnitte, when I enter your info I’ll list Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Emeritus Benedict, since in your post #208 you explained that’s who you meant, and several other players have already listed the retired pope.

See, there’s another player in this game who simply listed Joseph Ratzinger, and for all I know there is another celebrity out there with that name. That player will have his choice listed simply as “Joseph Ratzinger”

If that poster sees this post and has any questions, I’ll say please check the OP.

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Yes, that poster has seen this thread - I’ll concede for harmony purposes.
Clean List

David Miscavige
Warren Jeffs
James Dobson
Tony Alamo
Pope Emeritus Benedict
Fred Phelps
Jimmy Swaggart
Charles Manson
Kent Hovind
W. V. Grant
Billy Graham
George Alan Rekers
Pat Robertson

Alts:
Franklin Graham
Terry Jones
Richard Roberts

I still want to see his damn long form birth certificate:dubious:

216

I used to know a girl named Harmony Purpose.

217

If I want to change some of my picks prior to the deadline, do I send a PM or post it here?

218

OK, I see. Thanks, and sorry for the confusion. In fact, I was not aware of another celebrity of that name…have to google that.

219

Post it here please!

220

Schnitte, I’m not aware of any other celebrity with the name under discussion. My comment was actually aimed at somebody who had listed the birth name of that person with no commentary. In the OP I ask that folks list picks by the name they most commonly use. You had both names, so there would have been no confusion, and I thank you for that.

For example, there are two Billy Grahams, several William Perrys, two Raul Castros, and so on.:stuck_out_tongue: