# Celebrity Death Pool 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993 "2014-12-01T02:10:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1 "2014-12-01T02:10:56Z")
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! Well, here we go for 2015! I’m **Baker** , your Death Mistress, ready to wield the ceremonial scythe for another year. Please read the following rules for how to play and how to submit your entries! Very little has changed, but just in case we get fresh blood in the game, they need to have the game plan. The Rules: 1. You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2015. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points minus their age at death. Whoever has the most points at the end of the year wins the undying _snort_ admiration of the SDMB. 2. All picks must be time- and date-stamped by midnight Chicago time, Dec. 31st, 2014. (That’s U.S. Central time, which is six hours behind Greenwich.) 3. Valid picks are not: a. already dead b. a fictional character c. non-human d. under age 18 at death, 'cause we’re macabre but not THAT macabre. e. a registered member of the SDMB, 'cause that would be weird f. hostages held by terrorist organizations g. famous solely as a result of their illness or associated actions/events. We have few rules about what constitutes “celebrity,” because it makes our heads hurt to think about this. HOWEVER, if you DO have a question about whether or not someone’s choice qualifies, please, I’d prefer a PM about it to start off with, rather than thrashing it out in public and possibly causing resentment. Remember, it’s only a _game_! 1. You can pick people who are 100 or more years old but you won’t score points for them. See the “Quantity Not Quality” award, below. 2. If we are uncertain about the celebrity’s age at death, we will go by the higher age (lower score). 3. Prisoners held on death row will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution. I call this the “McVeigh/Hussein rule“. 4. Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread is disqualified. It’s just a _ **game** _, people. The only exceptions to this rule would be deaths caused by those posters serving as members of the police or armed forces of any country, in the line of duty. 5. Editing your choices: be careful! You can make changes to your list before the end of the year, but it has to be clear which names are your _ **final** _ choices. It might be advisable to submit one or more “alternates” with your list, in the event that one of your picks dies during December 2014. If you have no alternates, and one of your picks has died the remaining twelve will be all you have. You may have no more than 13 picks. If you pick more than 13, or if any of your picks is otherwise invalid, I may ask for clarification. Otherwise, I will submit the first 13 names on your list. Do me a favor: check twice, post once. We have no rule about submitted lists having to be unique, despite claims of “copying” anyone else’s list. We will just turn up our noses at you if you do this. Sharing news of celebrities in ill health and whatnot is up to individual posters. We have no rule about valid SDMB memberships (disqualifying members who have been banned). If you submit a list and then change your username at some point, please post this news on the thread so I know who you are. Some celebrities have common, identical or similar names. It is helpful to be specific. Spelling counts! Please try to spell celebrities’ names correctly. Names that weren’t originally spelled in English can be tricky, I know, but if you aren’t sure of a name, try looking at what a major news outlet, like CNN or the BBC, uses. While all deaths garnering points must occur during the calendar year, I know that a death might go unreported for a day or so. So, I will not total points for 24 hours after 12/31/2015. If you find that one of your picks died, say, late on 12/31/2015, and you didn’t hear about it until Jan. 1, 2015(this is a not so subtle hint to check your lists)then post a cite by midnight, Jan. 1, 2016, and you will get your points. After that you will be out of luck. Additional awards: The “Opening Kickoff” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the first listed celebrity to die in 2015. The “Quantity Not Quality” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the greatest number of celebrities who died, regardless of their actual point value. The “Inside Track With the Grim Reaper” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who had the most unique picks that died. The “Robbing the Cradle” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the youngest celebrity to die in 2015, but see rule 3.d. The “Final Hours” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the last listed celebrity to die in 2015. List Format: There is a spreadsheet that allows me to post updated standings quickly and produce various other statistics. The pain is “loading” the data into the sheet. I can do each list in a single cut and paste if you use the following format and guidelines: present a plain, unnumbered list that contains just the celebrities’ most commonly used names (e.g. use “Al Gore”, not “Albert Gore”), correctly spelled. If anyone is known by initials, include a period and a space after each. And please observe, what I, **Baker** , refer to as the “Pope” rule, a variation on “the most commonly used name” request above. If a person is known primarily by a titled name, please use that. So it wouldn’t be Jorge Bergoglio, it would be Pope Francis. And don’t put down Elizabeth Windsor, put down Queen Elizabeth II. For all I know there are other celebrities with the plain names. If you do pick George or Lizzy, under their lesser known names, I might not notice it, to give you those points if and when they shuffle off this mortal coil and go to join the choir invisible. However, if a titled person gives up that title during a year, by resignation or abdication or whatever, then should they die during that same year, you will still get the points. An example of a plain list follows here: Charles Manson Zsa Zsa Gabor Fidel Castro George W. Bush Muhammad Ali Abe Vigoda Kirk Douglas Clint Eastwood Dick Cheney Derek Schmidt Bob Dole Sam Brownback Pat Roberts However, I know that many of you like to include commentary within your lists, such as: Zsa Zsa Gabor(on her last leg) Fidel (I’m not dead yet!) Castro Sam(I’m not dead yet either!)Brownback That is fine - it adds to the entertainment. But if you do that, please also include the list again in plain format for me to copy & paste. Have fun, sickos, and \*\* “May the odds be ever in your favor!”\*\* Since even Death Mistresses have to go to work before 6:00AM their own time, CST, please note you won’t be able to post your lists hear for just under four hours. See the time stamp. I know you’re panting to get predicting, but I’m _tired_. I’ll just walk off humming my favorite tune, from Gilbert and Sullivan: https://www.youtube.com/embed/DbHxh2NOJIw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLE76661567C22B3DE ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/2 "2014-12-01T02:38:19Z")
Ah, here we go again! ---
**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 1, 2014, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/3 "2014-12-01T06:01:44Z")
As usual I will post early and then change it a bit depending on changing info and copycats. Also just in case I do miss the deadline just before midnight before the new year then this list will do: Holdovers from the past list: \*\*Helen Fawkes Clive James\*\* **Muhammad Ali**. A sting from a butterfly can do him in now. **Sir Terry Pratchett**. ☹ Paranormal woo artist **Ryan Buell** Simpsons co-creator **Sam Simon** has still a better chance to die first rather than his creation. Rugby player **Joost van der Westhuizen**. His Motor Neuron Disease is getting worse New Additions: \*\* Ingvar Kamprad\*\*. Founder of IKEA, his coffin, sorry, I mean KÅFFIND 😉 will have a piece off kilter. With a little help of his friends there is a buzz that singer \*\*Joe Cocker \*\*is not doing well. **Tone Lōc** overdoses on “Funky Cold Medina” **Pele** , former soccer super star goes in and out of hospitals now. Not sorry to see him go and could be dead already: ISIS leader **Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi** Sorry to see him go: **Leonard Nimoy**. But he already lived long and prospered. Alternates: Just die for humanity’s sake: **Dick Cheney Charles Manson** [Gold Finger]Mr. Bond, I _still_ expect you to die!”[GF] **Roger Moore Sean Connery** Clean List: Helen Fawkes Clive James Leonard Nimoy Muhammad Ali Sir Terry Pratchett Ryan Buell Sam Simon Joost van der Westhuizen Ingvar Kamprad Joe Cocker Tone Lōc overdoses on “Funky Cold Medina” Pele Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Alternates: Dick Cheney Sean Connery Roger Moore Charles Manson ---
**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 1, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/4 "2014-12-01T06:10:52Z")
Whoops, did not remove the Funky cold Medina 🙂 Clean List: Helen Fawkes Clive James Leonard Nimoy Muhammad Ali Sir Terry Pratchett Ryan Buell Sam Simon Joost van der Westhuizen Ingvar Kamprad Joe Cocker Tone Lōc Pele Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Alternates: Dick Cheney Sean Connery Roger Moore Charles Manson ---
**Author:** ![Vashbul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Vashbul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vashbul)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/5 "2014-12-01T09:15:46Z")
dominique strauss-kahn kim fowley george rr martin joan plowright baba ram dass orson bean cch pounder cliven bundy berke breathed j. danforth quayle tom lehrer kai rissdal teller alternates: margaret trudeau virna lisi siegfried ---
**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 1, 2014, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/6 "2014-12-01T11:16:40Z")
Ok, for 2014, one of my alternates died, so I had to add an alternate. The rest of the list is pretty much like it’s been for a while now. I present my list early so everyone will know not to put 'em on their lists as they are _The Immortal Ones_! 😃 Presenting, The 2015 List of Celebrity Immortals! David Hasselhoff Jonathan Rhys Meyers Mohammed Ali Michael Douglas Penny Marshall Courtney Love Charlie Sheen Pamela Anderson Lady Gaga Mary Tyler Moore Lindsay Lohan Miley Cyrus Toni Braxton Alternates: Billy Joel Alex Trebec Michael Fox ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/7 "2014-12-01T14:26:52Z")
And it all ended with a Big Bang: Johnny Galecki Jim Parsons Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting Simon Helberg Kunal Nayyar Melissa Rauch Mayim Bialik Kevin Sussman Wil Wheaton Sara Gilbert Laurie Metcalf Brian Smith Casey Sander ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/8 "2014-12-01T14:52:38Z")
Thanks to **Baker** for running this game! Here are links to the previous games going back to 2000. 2015 by **Baker** : > **[Celebrity Death Pool 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=742233)** > > It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! Well, here we go for 2015! I’m Baker, your Death Mistress, ready to wield the ceremonial scythe for another year. Please read the following rules for how to play and how to submit your entries! Very... 2014 by **Baker** : > **[Celebrity Death Pool 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=709201)** > > “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!“ Well, here we go for 2014! I’m Baker, your Death Mistress, ready to wield the ceremonial scythe for another year. It never hurts to list all the rules again, and there is only one minor change I have... 2013 by **Baker** : > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=674062)** > > “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!“ Well, here we go for 2013! I’m Baker, your Death Mistress, with the power of life and death over the choices made here. Nothing much has really changed with the rules, but it never hurts to list them all... 2012 by **Baker** : > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=633271)** > > “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!“ Well, here we go for 2012! I’m Baker, your new Death Mistress, taking over for amarone. Give amarone three cheers for all the hard work s/he has put in. HUZZAH! HUZZAH! HUZZAH! Nothing has really... 2011 by **amarone** : > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=587533)** > > Here we go for 2011. The rules are as before. Please note my request at the bottom of the post that you submit your list in a specific format. \*\*The Rules: \*\* You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the... 2010 by **amarone** : > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542082)** > > Here we go for 2010. The rules are as before, but with one change to eligibility of picks - people famous solely for being ill or for actions associated with their illness (e.g. charity walks) are not permitted. See next post for more details as to... 2009 by **amarone** : > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495515)** > > Here we go for 2009. The rules are exactly as before, but with one change to the awards: the “Inside Track with the Grim Reaper” Award now goes to the person with the most unique picks, not shared by everyone who had a unique pick. 17 of 41 deceased... 2008 by **amarone** : > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2008](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=446179)** > > Here we go for 2008. The rules are exactly as before, but please note my request at the bottom of the post that you submit your list in a specific format. The Rules: You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die... 2007 by **a35362** : > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2007](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398513)** > > Presenting for your enjoyment the sickest thread on the SDMB – the Celebrity Death Pool 2007! fanfare The Rules: 1. You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2007. If any of your... 2006 by **a35362** : > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347482)** > > It’s time once again for the sickest thread on the board – the Celebrity Death Pool 2006! The Rules: 1. You pick 13 celebrities whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2006. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points minus... 2005 by **a35362** : > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2005](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289505)** > > It’s time once again for the sickest thread on the board – the Celebrity Death Pool 2005! The Rules: 1. You pick 13 celebrities whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2005. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points minus... 2004 by **a35362** : > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=226569)** > > It’s time once again for the sickest thread on the board – the Celebrity Death Pool 2004! The Rules: 1. You pick 13 celebrities whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2004. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points minus... 2003 by **a35362** : > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2003](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=147316)** > > It’s time once again for the sickest thread on the board – the Celebrity Death Pool 2003! The Rules: You pick 13 celebrities whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2003. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points minus their... 2002 by **Little Nemo** : > **[Celebrity Deathpool 2002: in 3D!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=101918)** > > Yup, once again it’s time for the sickest thread on the board. The rules: 1 - You pick thirteen famous people who you think will die in the upcoming year. 2 - Each pick you make who dies in the year 2002 gives you 100 points minus their age at... 2001 by **Little Nemo** : > **[Celebrity Deathpool 2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=49083)** > > It’s Celebrity Deathpool 2001. Unlike last year where I thought of this at the last minute, this year I’m giving a little lead time. You have until January 1 to post your picks. Pretty much the same idea as last year but a few tweaks to the rules.... 2000 by **Little Nemo** : > **[Celebrity Deathpool 2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=20546)** > > Yes, once again it’s that time of year. Time to guess which celebrities will die in the year 2000. The rules are simple. 1 - You get ten picks. Anyone who posts more than ten picks will only have their first ten picks count towards point scoring and... ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/9 "2014-12-01T15:19:15Z")
I could just re-submit my 2014 list - everyone on it is still alive and kicking, except for one of the alternates, dammit. 😃 But Michael Schumacher is apparently past the point in his recovery where he would be that much more at risk of dying than the rest of us, and now that Lindsay Lohan has left age 27 in the rearview mirror, I’m giving up on her, so that’s at least two people I’m gonna have to replace. So I might as well re-think the rest of my list while I’m at it. ETA: Thanks, **Bullitt** , for the links to all the old threads! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/10 "2014-12-01T16:22:15Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > And it all ended with a Big Bang: > > Johnny Galecki > Jim Parsons > Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting > Simon Helberg > Kunal Nayyar > Melissa Rauch > Mayim Bialik > Kevin Sussman > Wil Wheaton > Sara Gilbert > Laurie Metcalf > Brian Smith > Casey Sander Are you expecting a meteor strike centered at the 3400 block of West Riverside Drive in Burbank? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/11 "2014-12-01T16:31:47Z")
My themed list did not work out too well. I may have to think about this. ---
**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 1, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/12 "2014-12-01T17:36:53Z")
Everyone please check my list, since it virtually guarantees survival Gary Busey Mary Kate 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 Fidel Castro (replaces Ariel Sharon (my only kick from last year) Nick Nolte Leslie Uggamms (played Kizzy on Roots) plain list Gary Busey Mary Kate Olsen Bob Newhart Ben Jones Peter Noone Lois Chiles Mohammad Ali Jim Nabors Martin Landau Stephen Hawking Fidel Castro Nick Nolte Leslie Uggamms Alternates will be Henry Kissenger, then Mel Gibson ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/13 "2014-12-01T18:05:17Z")
Abe Vigoda Justin Bieber Fidel Castro Dick Cheney George H Bush Barb Bush Jimmy Carter Yoko Ono Charley Manson Richard Simmons Iggy Pop Andy Fraser Willie G Davidson Alternates Jim Nabors, Mohammed Ali and Jamie Farr ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/14 "2014-12-01T18:08:28Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > My themed list did not work out too well. I may have to think about this. I considered picking all the celebs I really like thus promising their continued good health ------ but then I just said what the hell and slightly edited my list from last year. C’mon Castro and Vigoda! Give it up and die already! While you at least leave a few points behind you. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/15 "2014-12-01T20:03:57Z")
I was so bummed last year when I forgot to post my list and James Hellwig (The Ultimate Warrior) died. I’m getting in early this year. My list: Stephen Hawking Michael Douglas Tom Baker Bill Clinton Michael J Fox Amanda Bynes Lindsay Lohan Stephen Fry Hulk Hogan John Goodman Bernard Cribbins Dick Cheney Charlie Sheen Alternates: Shia Labeouf Barbara Bush William Shatner I’m sure I’ll change it at least once. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/16 "2014-12-01T20:43:47Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I considered picking all the celebs I really like thus promising their continued good health ------ but then I just said what the hell and slightly edited my list from last year. > > C’mon Castro and Vigoda! Give it up and die already! While you at least leave a few points behind you. Abe Vigoda: disappointing Doper Death Pool players since January 1, 2000. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/17 "2014-12-01T21:59:29Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Abe Vigoda: disappointing Doper Death Pool players since January 1, 2000. 🙂 I doubt Abe “Lazarus” Vigoda even has himself in his own Death Pool. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/18 "2014-12-01T22:06:31Z")
Larry Kramer Valerie Harper Amanda Bynes Linda Rondstadt Stuart Scott Monty Hall Al Jaffee Kirk Douglas Jenny Diski Richard Simmons Artie Lange Sam Simon Shia Lebeouf Alternates Nancy Reagan Steve Schirripa David Schwimmer ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/19 "2014-12-02T00:06:32Z")
Tony Iommi Tommy Chong Beau Biden Valerie Harper Jim Kelly Tom Brokaw Rob Ford Joan Lunden Anastacia Phil Specter Judy Blume Sam Simon, Simpsons co-creator John McVie Alternates: Randy Travis Mari Hulman George Plain list: Tony Iommi Tommy Chong Beau Biden Valerie Harper Jim Kelly Tom Brokaw Rob Ford Joan Lunden Anastacia Phil Specter Judy Blume Sam Simon John McVie Alternates: Randy Travis Mari Hulman George ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/20 "2014-12-02T01:24:14Z")
Theme: An African Year! Abdelaziz Bouteflika Robert Mugabe Paul Biya Mwai Kibaki Sam Nujoma Quett Masire Hosni Mubarak Kenneth Kaunda Desmond Tutu Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Abdoulaye Wade Hifikepunye Pohamba Daniel arap Moi Alternates: Abdou Diouf Alpha Conde Shehu Shagari [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=2)