# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/81 "2014-12-07T02:30:44Z")
> [@Count\_Dracula](#): > > Here’s my picks… > > Billy Graham > Loretta Lynn > George H.W. Bush > Barbara Bush > Jimmy Carter > Nancy Reagan > Kenny Rogers > Mel Tillis > Roy Clark > Willie Nelson > Betty White you need two more. We do a list of 13; alternates are optional ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Dracula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Count\_Dracula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Dracula)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/82 "2014-12-07T02:39:49Z")
> [@Count\_Dracula](#): > > Here’s my picks… > > Billy Graham > Loretta Lynn > George H.W. Bush > Barbara Bush > Jimmy Carter > Nancy Reagan > Kenny Rogers > Mel Tillis > Roy Clark > Willie Nelson > Betty White Add two more to the list to make 13: Queen Elizabeth Bob Barker ---
**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 7, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/83 "2014-12-07T04:58:30Z")
Nancy Reagan is still alive? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/84 "2014-12-07T12:35:28Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Nancy Reagan is still alive? Well, hopefully not for long. 😃 ---
**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 7, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/85 "2014-12-07T13:58:48Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Well, hopefully not for long. 😃 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cardboardbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@cardboardbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardboardbox)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/86 "2014-12-07T18:49:02Z")
Charlie sheen Courtney stodden Lindsay lohan Paz de la huerta George Michael demi moore Liza minelli Weston cage Taylor Momsen Katt Williams Brooke mueller Paul gasgoine Redmond o neal Alternates Scott Thorson glen campbell ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/87 "2014-12-07T21:04:26Z")
Well, I didn’t get the first list posted this year, but I will get in with the first mass substitution. The embellished list, with changes in italics: Tony Iommi _Lynne Stewart_ Beau Biden Valerie Harper Jim Kelly Retired NFL QB Tom Brokaw Rob Ford _Steve Byrnes_, NASCAR broadcast personality _Etta James_ Phil Specter Judy Blume Sam Simon, Simpsons co-creator _Ian McKellan_ Alternates: Randy Travis Mari Hulman George The clean list: Tony Iommi Lynne Stewart Beau Biden Valerie Harper Jim Kelly Tom Brokaw Rob Ford Steve Byrnes Etta James Phil Specter Judy Blume Sam Simon Ian McKellan Alternates: Randy Travis Mari Hulman George ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/88 "2014-12-07T21:11:49Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Well, I didn’t get the first list posted this year, but I will get in with the first mass substitution. The embellished list, with changes in italics: > > Tony Iommi > _Lynne Stewart_ > Beau Biden > Valerie Harper > Jim Kelly Retired NFL QB > Tom Brokaw > Rob Ford > _Steve Byrnes_, NASCAR broadcast personality > _Etta James_ > Phil Specter > Judy Blume > Sam Simon, Simpsons co-creator > _Ian McKellan_ > > Alternates: > Randy Travis > Mari Hulman George > The clean list: > > Tony Iommi > Lynne Stewart > Beau Biden > Valerie Harper > Jim Kelly > Tom Brokaw > Rob Ford > Steve Byrnes > Etta James > Phil Specter > Judy Blume > Sam Simon > Ian McKellan > > Alternates: > Randy Travis > Mari Hulman George Congrats, you’ve got one already! Etta James died in 2012 at the age of 73. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/89 "2014-12-07T21:17:54Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Congrats, you’ve got one already! Etta James died in 2012 at the age of 73. :smack: My Google-fu said she was circling the drain, not through it. Oh well, I’ll just have to come up with another name. ETA: Substitute Al Sharpton for Etta James, please. ---
**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 8, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/90 "2014-12-08T02:30:47Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’d say that’s a “cross that bridge when we come to it issue”. I mean, how many obits have you seen that listed usernames to message boards? Actually, one ---- but this was some serious geek. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/91 "2014-12-08T03:48:11Z")
Bob Dole Kirk Douglas Theodore Bikel Sumner Redstone Charlie Sheen Peter Bogdanovich Jimmy Carter Leonard Cohen Ginger Baker Dick Cheney Ian McKellen George H.W. Bush Barbara Bush ---
**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 8, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/92 "2014-12-08T04:18:11Z")
If a celebrity dies by suicide, does it still count? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/93 "2014-12-08T09:27:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > If a celebrity dies by suicide, does it still count? Yes. ---
**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 8, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/94 "2014-12-08T16:49:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > If a celebrity dies by suicide, does it still count? As I understand it: Death at his/her own hand counts. Death at the hand of others counts. Death at your hand doesn’t count. Although in the case of Yoko Ono or Jane Fonda you may still get the adoration of millions. But no points. (Yeah — I hold a few grudges.) ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/95 "2014-12-08T18:22:48Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I de-virginated to Casey Kasem and he was deflowered by Joan Rivers. Worst. Orgy. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![meghan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@meghan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meghan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/96 "2014-12-08T20:54:10Z")
First, I want to thank Baker. Chocolate chip cookies are on the way. Second, I want to thank my list of healthy people I created a few years ago. I thought about dumping them all and starting fresh but that takes effort and I am afraid if I did that they would just drop like flies. Third, Hi, Opal. So here is my stale list of vibrant, happy people. Keith Richards Jerry Lewis Hillary Clinton MaryKate Olsen Fidel Castro Lance Armstrong Vladimir Putin Hamid Karsai Dick Cheney Nancy Reagan Billy Graham Bernie Madoff Lindsey Lohan Alternates: Bernard Cardinal Law Brittney Spears Billy Graham is the evangelist ---
**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 8, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/97 "2014-12-08T21:30:11Z")
> [@meghan](#): > > First, I want to thank Baker. Chocolate chip cookies are on the way. Bribery! Outright bribery! Good idea. ---
**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 8, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/98 "2014-12-08T22:38:20Z")
Having been the recipient of **DeathMistress** homemade cookie largesse, I can vouch that no one could make better cookies. However, I have it on good authority that copious amounts of dark chocolate would be looked upon with favor. Just sayin’…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/99 "2014-12-08T23:33:53Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Death at your hand doesn’t count. Although in the case of Yoko Ono or Jane Fonda you may still get the adoration of millions. But no points. > > (Yeah — I hold a few grudges.) Giving away your age with these comments. 😛 ---
**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 8, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/100 "2014-12-08T23:37:28Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Having been the recipient of **DeathMistress** homemade cookie largesse, I can vouch that no one could make better cookies. However, I have it on good authority that copious amounts of dark chocolate would be looked upon with favor. Just sayin’…😃 Just suckin’ up to the High and Holy Death Goddess. Do you know what they want to ship ten tons of chocolate, and now I must reorder _dark_? :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=6)