# 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:** 11
**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 21, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/201 "2014-12-21T22:21:28Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > Alberto Fujimori I never did like that guy. ---
**Author:** ![pachabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@pachabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pachabel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/202 "2014-12-21T23:19:22Z")
First time playing. Here’s my list: Amanda Bynes Louie Anderson Suge Knight Tom Sizemore Artie Lange Ray Liotta Michael J Fox Corey Feldman Zac Efron Joaquin Phoenix Macaulay Culkin Scott Stapp ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/203 "2014-12-21T23:29:51Z")
You get thirteen picks. ---
**Author:** ![pachabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@pachabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pachabel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/204 "2014-12-21T23:38:12Z")
Thanks a35362 Amended to add one more pick Amanda Bynes Louie Anderson Suge Knight Tom Sizemore Artie Lange Ray Liotta Michael J Fox Corey Feldman Zac Efron Joaquin Phoenix Macaulay Culkin Scott Stapp Scott Weiland ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/205 "2014-12-21T23:52:02Z")
You get thirteen picks plus alternates if you want 'em. You seem to have ten picks plus three alternates…? ---
**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 22, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/206 "2014-12-22T00:09:56Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Is it true that Walt Disney is in cryogenic suspended animation, waiting for a cure for whatever almost killed him? If true, does that mean I can put Walt on my list? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/207 "2014-12-22T02:11:19Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > If true, does that mean I can put Walt on my list? 😉 Walt was born over 100 years ago, you wouldn’t get any points. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/208 "2014-12-22T02:16:42Z")
> [@pachabel](#): > > Thanks a35362 > > Amended to add one more pick > > Amanda Bynes > Louie Anderson > Suge Knight > Tom Sizemore > Artie Lange > Ray Liotta > Michael J Fox > Corey Feldman > Zac Efron > Joaquin Phoenix > > Macaulay Culkin > Scott Stapp > Scott Weiland I’ll use your alternates to round out your thirteen until or unless I hear otherwise from you. ---
**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 22, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/209 "2014-12-22T02:28:46Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > If true, does that mean I can put Walt on my list? 😉 Surely, John, go for it! Lady Luck favors the brave! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/210 "2014-12-22T10:19:41Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > RivkahChaya’s list: > > Annette Dionne Allard > Cecile Dionne Langlois > Larry Kramer > Frankie Muniz > Joan Lunden > Leonard Nimoy > Pope Emeritus Benedict > Judy Blume > Mary Tyler Moore > Kareem Abdul Jabbar > Sheryl Crow > Terry Prachett > Nick Cannon > > alts: > Nancy Reagan > Chaz Bono > Scott Peterson (not by execution-- by getting shivved in the shower, or something) > > The first two are the last remaining Dionne quintuplets. > > I think suicides, assisted or not, should be allowed. Even announced intentions are no guarantee, because they are not bound by law, unlike executions. I’d like to make one change: I’d like to bump Nick Cannon, and replace him with Muhammed Ali, and then bump Scott Peterson from the alts, and replace him with Cannon. ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/211 "2014-12-22T13:47:44Z")
My list for this year is a mix of last year’s immortals and band wagon picks from this year Valerie Harper Fidel Castro Jimmy Carter Lindsay Lohan Katie Couric Sam Simon Billy Graham Charlie Sheen Betty White Micheal J. Fox Zsa Zsa Gabor Tom Brokaw Hillory Clinton Alts Muhammad Ali Larry King Pope Emeritus Benedict EDIT: Billy Graham the evangelist ---
**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 22, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/212 "2014-12-22T14:58:08Z")
Can I get some clarity here? Are we supposed to pick 10 people, then three alternates, or are we supposed to pick 13 people, then three alternates? I thought it was 10/3, but if **Baker** corrects me, then I need to resubmit my list. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/213 "2014-12-22T15:00:53Z")
See Rule #1. You pick 13 names, and you can name a few alternates if you want to. ---
**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 22, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/214 "2014-12-22T15:12:16Z")
Sigh… That means I could have saved three more lives last year. Now I feel REALLY guilty. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pachabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@pachabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pachabel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/215 "2014-12-22T20:42:54Z")
Last try - amended again to add alternates Amanda Bynes Louie Anderson Suge Knight Tom Sizemore Artie Lange Ray Liotta Michael J Fox Corey Feldman Zac Efron Joaquin Phoenix Macaulay Culkin Scott Stapp Scott Weiland Jerry Lewis Cloris Leachman Mel Gibson ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/216 "2014-12-22T20:45:57Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Can I get some clarity here? > > Are we supposed to pick 10 people, then three alternates, or are we supposed to pick 13 people, then three alternates? > > I thought it was 10/3, but if **Baker** corrects me, then I need to resubmit my list. > > Thanks! You pick thirteen names. Alternates are “just in case” names, and you can have as many as you wish. But the list you play with has thirteen. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/217 "2014-12-22T20:51:16Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Sigh… > > That means I could have saved three more lives last year. Now I feel REALLY guilty. 😉 You didn’t necessarily save the lives of any alternates. I can’t remember who, but in this year’s game someone was complaining that one of their alternates died, and that doesn’t count for points. ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/218 "2014-12-22T22:07:03Z")
Singer Joe Cocker passes away in a pointless death. > **[Singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70 after cancer battle](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30582761)** > > Singer Joe Cocker, best known for his cover of The Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends, dies aged 70. Could not wait a few days more. But RIP ☹ Back to the drawing board… ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/219 "2014-12-23T01:35:52Z")
I’m not going to have much internet access from tomorrow until almost the new year, so I posted alts on the chance that one of my regs dies between now and the 31st, and I can’t get to a keyboard. I posted 3, because that seemed to be what everyone else was doing. I should have three people on my list die, before or after the 31st. ---
**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 23, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/220 "2014-12-23T01:42:48Z")
My new list of 13+3 Pat Summit Bill Cosby Bret Michaels Linda Ronstadt Pat Buchanan Rush Limbaugh Angela Lansbury Warren Buffett Larry McMurtry Francis Ford Coppola Morrisey Danny Glover Valerie Harper Jimmy Carter Joan Lunden Alan Greenspan Alternates Lindsey Lohan Michelle Obama Jimmy Swaggart [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=12)