# 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:** 2
**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 2, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/21 "2014-12-02T03:39:35Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > My themed list did not work out too well. I may have to think about this. I might try an NFL theme this year. Many of those guys don’t live long lives. After 0 points in 2014, heck, it can only get better, right? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/22 "2014-12-02T05:45:29Z")
> [@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 Gilbert … So this is where you tell us that you’ve been watching since back then, and not just catching up in reruns. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/23 "2014-12-02T05:50:08Z")
**The Chain Gang** Diana Ross Singer Ross Mathews Tv personality - Jay Leno / E! Entertainment Mathew Broderick Actor Rick Steves European Tour Guru Steve Martin Actor Martin Short Actor Tom Bergeron Dancing With The Stars / AFV / Hollywood Squares Ron Paul Politician Paul Ryan Politician Ryan Gossling Actor Tom Hanks Actor Hank Aaron Baseball Aaron Carter Singer Alternates: Boy George Singer George Michael Singer Michael Cera Actor * * * Diana Ross Ross Mathews Mathew Broderick Rick Steves Steve Martin Martin Short Tom Bergeron Ron Paul Paul Ryan Ryan Gossling Tom Hanks Hank Aaron Aaron Carter Boy George George Michael Michael Cera ---
**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 2, 2014, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/24 "2014-12-02T06:14:52Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > **The Chain Gang** And you didn’t work Chrissie Hynde into your list? She’s 63 years old… ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/25 "2014-12-02T09:18:19Z")
Question to the OP. CAN I INCLUDE MYSELF? (I’m serious). Do tell. ---
**Author:** ![Vashbul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Vashbul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vashbul)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/26 "2014-12-02T09:28:43Z")
Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin. ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/27 "2014-12-02T09:29:35Z")
Looks like it’d be against rule 3(e): > [@](#): > > 1. Valid picks are not: > e. a registered member of the SDMB, 'cause that would be weird. ETA: > [@Vashbul](#): > > Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin. That too. ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/28 "2014-12-02T09:35:36Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Looks like it’d be against rule 3(e): Being “weird” is questionable. I want something de·mon·stra·tive. I challenge the OP! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/29 "2014-12-02T09:35:43Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 1. 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. Bolding added. ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/30 "2014-12-02T09:46:45Z")
nm ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/31 "2014-12-02T09:49:31Z")
But … but … What if I’m famous…? C’mon, C’mon, confess… ---
**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 2, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/32 "2014-12-02T09:55:39Z")
I won’t push this anymore. ---
**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 2, 2014, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/33 "2014-12-02T10:27:38Z")
Hey, give it a shot, let’s see what **Baker** says about this. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/34 "2014-12-02T10:43:40Z")
Nope, Little Pig can’t include themself. ---
**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 2, 2014, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/35 "2014-12-02T10:46:25Z")
Because, hey, that would be weird. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/36 "2014-12-02T14:38:07Z")
But think of his potential dying words: “I’m about to pick up XX points on the Straight Dope Celebrity Death Pool!” Of course there’s the Catch-22 that by the time he actually racked up the points, he’d no longer be aware he’d done so. Seems like kind of a waste. 😃 ---
**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 2, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/37 "2014-12-02T15:56:42Z")
Which raises an interesting question ----- are there any Dopers famous enough to actually be picked as legit celebs? But that’s probably already another thread. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/38 "2014-12-02T16:20:31Z")
And the Oscar goes to… Sean Penn Richard Dreyfus Cher Robert De Niro Faye Dunaway Jon Voight Julie Andrews Sophia Loren Jack Nicholson Louise Fletcher Shirley MacLaine Sidney Poitier Olivia De Havilland ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/39 "2014-12-02T18:42:44Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Nope, Little Pig can’t include themself. Even if he is a “guest” and not a “ **MEMBER** ” ? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/40 "2014-12-02T20:07:04Z")
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