# 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:** 13
**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, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/241 "2014-12-24T21:27:00Z")
Well, the numbers changed a little but not the celebrities, still the same top sixteen. ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/242 "2014-12-24T22:24:48Z")
**if i don’t see you all for a day or two, have a merry christmas!!!** ---
**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 25, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/243 "2014-12-25T00:52:19Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **if i don’t see you all for a day or two, have a merry christmas!!!** You as well **Baker**. Thank you tackling this for another year. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/244 "2014-12-25T13:15:44Z")
What an uninspired, copycat list. Here goes nothin’: Tom Baker George H.W. Bush Amanda Bynes Jimmy Carter Fidel Castro Michael Douglas Valerie Harper Artie Lange Lindsay Lohan Nancy Reagan Keith Richards Charlie Sheen Sam Simon Alternates, in this order: Kim Jong-un Prince Philip Dick Cheney Again, thank you for doing this, **Baker**. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/245 "2014-12-25T15:44:49Z")
Top twelve George H.W. Bush 19 Fidel Castro 16 Valerie Harper 16 Jimmy Carter 14 Lindsay Lohan 13 Muhammad Ali 12 Dick Cheney 11 Nancy Reagan 10 Sam Simon 10 Billy Graham-e 7 Charlie Sheen 7 Mary Tyler Moore 7 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/246 "2014-12-25T15:55:39Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Top twelve > > George H.W. Bush 19 > Fidel Castro 16 > Valerie Harper 16 > Jimmy Carter 14 > Lindsay Lohan 13 > Muhammad Ali 12 > Dick Cheney 11 > Nancy Reagan 10 > Sam Simon 10 > Billy Graham-e 7 > Charlie Sheen 7 > Mary Tyler Moore 7 You’re supposed to have 13. Sheesh! ;)😛 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/247 "2014-12-25T16:00:53Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > You’re supposed to have 13. Sheesh! ;)😛 Well, I have twelve there because after that there are a whole bunch of folks with 6’s. So it was either twelve or seventeen. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/248 "2014-12-25T16:49:07Z")
Theme: people who turn 70 in 2015: 1. Stephen Stills 2. Rod Stewart 3. Burt Ward 4. Mia Farrow 5. Barry Bostwick 6. Dirk Benedict 7. Micky Dolenz 8. Rita Coolidge 9. Gabe Kaplan 10. Pete Townshend 11. John Fogerty 12. Anne Murray 13. John Lithgow ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/249 "2014-12-25T17:01:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Theme: people who turn 70 in 2015: > > 1. Stephen Stills > 2. Rod Stewart > 3. Burt Ward > 4. Mia Farrow > 5. Barry Bostwick > 6. Dirk Benedict > 7. Micky Dolenz > 8. Rita Coolidge > 9. Gabe Kaplan > 10. Pete Townshend > 11. John Fogerty > 12. Anne Murray > 13. John Lithgow Could you please post the list without the numbers? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/250 "2014-12-25T17:17:25Z")
Oops! Sorry. Theme: people who turn 70 in 2015: Stephen Stills Rod Stewart Burt Ward Mia Farrow Barry Bostwick Dirk Benedict Micky Dolenz Rita Coolidge Gabe Kaplan Pete Townshend John Fogerty Anne Murray John Lithgow ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/251 "2014-12-25T17:22:23Z")
Wow – “Face Man” is turning 70? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/252 "2014-12-25T17:33:34Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Wow – “Face Man” is turning 70? so is Robin! :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/253 "2014-12-25T17:37:14Z")
_HOLY_ Metamucil! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![G\_MONEY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@G\_MONEY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G_MONEY)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/254 "2014-12-25T18:12:46Z")
How about Seth Rogan and James Franco? ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/255 "2014-12-25T18:27:13Z")
As the post title indicates, what better way to be spending my Christmas than composing my Death Pool list! If these were Christmas gifts, there’d be a healthy dose of “regifting” here as only a few of my “gifts” from last year were “opened”… Wilko Johnson Zsa Zsa Gabor Valerie Harper George HW Bush Sam Simon Billy Graham Manuel Noriega Dick Van Dyke Whitey Bulger Judy Blume Stuart Scott Randy Travis Sarah Hyland Alts: Jerry Sandusky Clint Eastwood Tommy Chong (as usual, said Billy Graham is the preacher) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/256 "2014-12-26T02:58:13Z")
Amanda Bynes Bo Dietl Michael J. Fox Aretha Franklin Joseph Gannascoli John Goodman Valerie Harper Stephen Hawking Artie Lange John Madden Vincent Pastore Sally Struthers Carnie Wilson Alternates: Biz Markie Richard Simmons Brian Baumgartner mmm ---
**Author:** ![Clothilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Clothilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothilde)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/257 "2014-12-26T17:32:48Z")
OK, here’s my list. I have to admit it’s pretty uninspired. Abe Vigoda Al Molinaro (actor, from _Happy Days_) Angela Lansbury B.B. King Betty White Bob Barker Bob Dole Carl Reiner George H W Bush Kirk Douglas Carol Channing Christopher Lee Doris Day Alternates: Zsa Zsa Gabor Billy Graham (evangelist) Mary Tyler Moore And the clean version: Abe Vigoda Al Molinaro Angela Lansbury B.B. King Betty White Bob Barker Bob Dole Carl Reiner George H W Bush Kirk Douglas Carol Channing Christopher Lee Doris Day Alternates: Zsa Zsa Gabor Billy Graham Mary Tyler Moore ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/258 "2014-12-27T16:32:04Z")
Here are my picks: Ariel Sharon Barbara Pierce Bush Bashar al-Assad Bryan Murray Fidel Castro George H.W. Bush Gordie Howe Kirk Douglas Loretta Lynn Prince Phillip Steve Byrnes Valerie Harper Zsa Zsa Gabor Alternates: Burt Reynolds Jimmy Swaggart Michael Douglas Steve Byrnes is a Fox Sport NASCAR Announcer ([Steve Byrnes - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Byrnes) ) Bryan Murray is the Ottawa Senators GM ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/259 "2014-12-27T16:42:59Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > Here are my picks: > > Ariel Sharon > Barbara Pierce Bush > Bashar al-Assad > Bryan Murray > Fidel Castro > George H.W. Bush > Gordie Howe > Kirk Douglas > Loretta Lynn > Prince Phillip > Steve Byrnes > Valerie Harper > Zsa Zsa Gabor One of these people is already dead 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/260 "2014-12-27T19:03:13Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > One of these people is already dead 😉 So the first alternate will step up to the plate! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=14)