# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![littlespeedysuperbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@littlespeedysuperbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/littlespeedysuperbike)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/221 "2014-12-23T02:01:33Z")
(Summary executions count for this, right? There’s no “death row” for “against the wall, face the barrel of this AK-47”) Vladimir Putin Barry Bonds Antonin Scalia Richard Petty Russ Feingold John Surtees Kim Jong-Un Bernie Ecclestone Chuck Bednarik John Madden Richard Dent Lawrence Taylor Russ Grimm ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/222 "2014-12-23T05:28:24Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > 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 _Sigh_ **JohnT** , you have sixteen in your list. It’s supposed to be thirteen. Until I hear from you I’m going to keep your list as it was in post # 114. Please, again, re-read Rule #1 and Rule #8 in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/223 "2014-12-23T06:09:01Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I should have three people on my list die, before or after the 31st. If that happens, we shall petition the Deathmistress to invent a new award for you, for most premature something-or-the-other. ---
**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, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/224 "2014-12-23T12:39:07Z")
All right, my bad. :smack: Drop the bottom 3. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/225 "2014-12-23T22:00:11Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 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. That would be me. I had Prince Johan Friso as an alternate this year. He was worth a lot of points, too. And would have been a unique pick. In my first year of Death Pool, I had two on my list shuffle off this mortal coil. I’m doing infinitely worse this year. ETA: And I should get you my list of 2015 survivors before this weekend is over. I just got to find time to sit down and research who really wants to live 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 23, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/226 "2014-12-23T22:56:54Z")
C’mon, folks, give your DeathMistress a Christmas present. Post your lists before 12/31! ---
**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 23, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/227 "2014-12-23T23:18:22Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > C’mon, folks, give your DeathMistress a Christmas present. Post your lists before 12/31! I’m waiting for some insurance payments to come in. The insured are placed of my death list and given immortality. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/228 "2014-12-23T23:21:40Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > C’mon, folks, give your DeathMistress a Christmas present. Post your lists before 12/31! I will, but I have such a gimme in my list, I’m going to wait because I want the unique pick. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/229 "2014-12-24T00:06:01Z")
Charlie Watts Bart Starr Jimmy Carter George H W Bush Joe Namath Don Shula Bob Uecker Doc Severinsen Jerry Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Doris Day Cloris Leachman Betty White Bob Newhart Carol Burnett Meadowlark Lemon Bill Russell ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/230 "2014-12-24T00:37:14Z")
Oh OK Baker, here you go. I don’t know what I was waiting for anyhow, since none of my choices ever dies anyhow. I thought until a minute ago I might have a unique pick with Jerry Lee Lewis but no. Well, I really don’t want him to die anyhow as I am a fan. Gordie Howe Mohammad Ali Jerry Lee Lewis Mary Tyler Moore Dick Cheney Kirk Douglas Nancy Reagan Glen Campbell George HW Bush Dick Van Dyke Billy Graham Burt Reynolds Dick Cavett Alt: Barbara Bush Valerie Harper ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/231 "2014-12-24T00:54:51Z")
Well you almost had that unique pick. I was putting in Jerry Lewis when I thought, hay, Jerry LEE Lewis. I thought old sports figures might be the way to go for unique. I thought of getting in one of these pools in the past but it always got put off until too late. Looking at some of these lists I think some of them are more like wish lists. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/232 "2014-12-24T03:45:12Z")
Almost the same as last year. Ed Asner Pope Emeritus Benedict George H. W. Bush Leonard Nimoy Fidel Castro Tommy Chong Kirk Douglas Dick Van Dyke Zsa Zsa Gabor Valerie Harper John McVie Stan Lee Robin Roberts Just in case: Frankie Muniz Stephen Hawking Betty White ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/233 "2014-12-24T09:29:33Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 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. I wouldn’t say I was _complaining_ about it - fair’s fair, after all - but one of my alternates bit the dust this year, while all my 13 names that count are still alive and in no immediate danger. Lesson learned: the life-saving powers of my list only extend to the 13 names that count. Alternates that aren’t promoted to that list do not receive any such protection. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/234 "2014-12-24T11:05:41Z")
> **[Former president George H.W. Bush hospitalized in Houston](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/23/president-george-hw-bush-hospitalized/20842427/)** > > The former president experienced shortness of breath and was hospitalized as a precaution. Former Prez GHW Bush is in the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Cold\_Dish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cold\_Dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Dish)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/235 "2014-12-24T11:22:33Z")
First time for me. Here it is. Kim Jong-un Yogi Berra Ann-Marget Fidel Castro Bernie Madoff Percy Sledge Hugh Hefner Bob Barker Burt Reynolds Darren Wilson Lee Majors Sir George Henry Martin Don Rickles Bob Newhart Diana Ross ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/236 "2014-12-24T11:33:52Z")
> [@Cold\_Dish](#): > > First time for me. Here it is. > > Kim Jong-un > Yogi Berra > Ann-Marget > Fidel Castro > Bernie Madoff > Percy Sledge > Hugh Hefner > Bob Barker > Burt Reynolds > Darren Wilson > Lee Majors > Sir George Henry Martin > Don Rickles > Bob Newhart > Diana Ross Cold Dish, that’s too many names. Until I hear back, I’ll use the first thirteen on the list. You pick thirteen names, plus as many alternates as you care to. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/237 "2014-12-24T15:39:33Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > [Former president George H.W. Bush hospitalized in Houston](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/23/president-george-hw-bush-hospitalized/20842427/) > > Former Prez GHW Bush is in the hospital. If the docs can keep him alive for another eight days, I can ensure his survival for 2015. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/238 "2014-12-24T18:19:17Z")
I’m doing a themed list - French Actresses Michele Morgan Jeanne Moreau Bridgette Bardot Anouk Aimee Catherine Deneuve Leslie Caron France Nuyen Juliette Greco Isabelle Adjani Fanny Ardant Julie Delpy Isabelle Huppert Francoise Hardy Alternates Emmannuelle Beart Julliette Binoche Audrey Tautou ---
**Author:** ![Tit\_Whistle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Tit\_Whistle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tit_Whistle)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/239 "2014-12-24T21:13:49Z")
Muhammad Ali George HW Bush Amanda Bynes Darren Daulton Fats Domino Mike Ilitch Lindsey Lohan Courtney Love Charles Manson Mary Tyler Moore Ryan O’Neal David Prowse Sam Simon Alt: Robin Quivers ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/240 "2014-12-24T21:14:03Z")
Here are the celebrities with more than five chosen. George H.W. Bush 17 Fidel Castro 15 Valerie Harper 15 Jimmy Carter 13 Dick Cheney 11 Lindsay Lohan 11 Muhammad Ali 11 Nancy Reagan 9 Sam Simon 8 Billy Graham-e 7 Barbara Bush 6 Betty White 6 Charlie Sheen 6 Kirk Douglas 6 Mary Tyler Moore 6 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 6 This may be a teeny bit off, I didn’t have Tit Whistle to take into account. Back shortly [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=13)