# 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:** 6
**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, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/101 "2014-12-08T23:55:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > 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: In that case, because you are so worshipful, milk choc would be fine. ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/102 "2014-12-09T00:19:44Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > In that case, because you are so worshipful, milk choc would be fine. He’ll probably send that cheap “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Milk Chocolate” he buys the day after Valentine’s Day at the local Everything’s A Dollar And We Still Make A Profit, So You Can Just Imagine What This Stuff Is Actually Made Of Store. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/103 "2014-12-09T01:05:17Z")
Well, here we go: Mahmoud Abbas Woody Allen Herb Alpert Judd Hirsch Ernie Broglio Mike Brown Jimmy Swaggart Jeremy Davies Ron Paul Phil Donahue Georgie Ann Geyer Skrillex Charlie Sheen alternates: James Cotton Mudcat Grant The Mike Brown I mean is the owner of the Cincinnati Bengals. ---
**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 9, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/104 "2014-12-09T01:20:06Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Giving away your age with these comments. 😛 Not so much as “Hey you little bastards, get off of my lawn!!!” If I had a lawn. So if you have a lawn feel free to shout for me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/105 "2014-12-09T15:46:46Z")
Thanks for doing this again, Baker! 1. [Valerie Harper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Harper), b. August 22, 1939. Actress. 2. [Stephen Hawking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking), b. January 8, 1942. Physicist. 3. [Muhammad Ali](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali), b. January 17, 1942. Boxer. 4. [Roy Horn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Horn), b. October 3, 1944. Magician. 5. [Dan Quayle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Quayle), b. February 4, 1947. Politician. 6. [Elwood Edwards](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwood_Edwards), b. November 6, 1949. Voice actor. 7. [Ayman al-Zawahiri](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayman_al-Zawahiri), b. June 19, 1951. Emir. 8. [Ron Jeremy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Jeremy), b. March 12, 1953. Actor. 9. [Chris Berman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Berman), b. May 10, 1955. Sportscaster. 10. [Sam Simon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Simon), b. June 6, 1955. Producer. 11. [Randy Travis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Travis), b. May 4, 1959. Musician. 12. [Artie Lange](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie_Lange), b. October 11, 1967. Comedian. 13. [Kim Jong-un](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-un), b. January 8, 1983. Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army. Alt1. [George H. W. Bush](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush), b. June 12, 1924. Politician. Alt2. [Linda Tripp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Tripp), b. November 24, 1949. Civil servant. Alt3. [Michael Schumacher](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schumacher), b. January 3, 1969. Racecar driver. Plain text version: Valerie Harper Stephen Hawking Muhammad Ali Roy Horn Dan Quayle Elwood Edwards Ayman al-Zawahiri Ron Jeremy Chris Berman Sam Simon Randy Travis Artie Lange Kim Jong-un George H. W. Bush Linda Tripp Michael Schumacher ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/106 "2014-12-09T19:01:07Z")
BB King Valerie Harper Clive James Jen Arnold Jerry Lewis Penny Marshall Billy Graham Muhammad Ali Jimmy Carter George HW Bush Nancy Reagan Clint Eastwood Willie Nelson Teri Garr Mary Tyler Moore Dick Van Dyke ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/107 "2014-12-10T00:40:24Z")
Clean list: Gordie Howe Nancy Reagan Jimmy Carter George H. W. Bush Kim Jong-un Fidel Castro Pope Benedict XVI Mikhail Gorbachev Abdullah ibn Abdilaziz Ali Khamenei Valeria Harper Sam Simon Glen Campbell Alternatives: Ara Parseghian Charlie Rangel Notes: Abdullah ibn Abdilaziz - King of Saudi Arabia Ali Khamenei - Ayatollah of Iran ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/108 "2014-12-10T22:58:55Z")
I’m still working on my list for 2015 but I’d like to make two suggestions: 1. 1st Jan 2016 is a Friday. With the weekend following immediately and thus news perhaps being delayed, it might be prudent to hold off a final result until the Monday. Personally, I’d suggest the 6th Jan as being the 12th day of Christmas. 2. If it’s not too much trouble, it would be nice if the monthly updates could have hotlinks to everyone’s lists. I do have one question: how is assisted suicide adjudicated? I’m thinking specifically of Terry Pratchett. He has long made his general intention known, but in general what if someone famous were to announce this month that they were going to die through assisted suicide in 2015? I would suggest that this be equated to the planned deaths of people on Death Row and thus be excluded unless they die by other means. ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/109 "2014-12-11T00:58:47Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I do have one question: how is assisted suicide adjudicated? I’m thinking specifically of Terry Pratchett. He has long made his general intention known, but in general what if someone famous were to announce this month that they were going to die through assisted suicide in 2015? I would suggest that this be equated to the planned deaths of people on Death Row and thus be excluded unless they die by other means. It would be a bitch if you planned to whack yourself on Tuesday, and ate some bad fish, or were hit by a taxi on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/110 "2014-12-11T01:46:06Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I do have one question: how is assisted suicide adjudicated? I’m thinking specifically of Terry Pratchett. He has long made his general intention known, but in general what if someone famous were to announce this month that they were going to die through assisted suicide in 2015? I would suggest that this be equated to the planned deaths of people on Death Row and thus be excluded unless they die by other means. I would think that assisted suicide would fall under the Death Row clause of the rules. IANADeathMistress, though. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/111 "2014-12-11T06:26:40Z")
While I’m all for a grace period of a few days after the New Year for late news of deaths at the very end of the old year to shuffle in, I must make this nitpick: > [@Quartz](#): > > Personally, I’d suggest the 6th Jan as being the 12th day of Christmas. January 6 is NOT the 12th day of Christmas!! Unless you use some oddball counting system where Dec. 26 is the first day of Christmas, and Dec. 25th is the 0’th day of Christmas. But if one counts normally with Dec. 25 = 1st day of Christmas, then Dec. 26 = 2nd day, Dec. 27 = 3nd day, Dec. 28 = 4nd day, Dec. 29 = 5nd day, Dec. 30 = 6nd day, Dec. 31 = 7th day, Jan. 1 = 8th day, Jan. 2 = 9th day, Jan. 3 = 10th day, Jan. 4 = 11th day, and Jan. 5 = 12th day. The Feast of the Epiphany on January 6 is NOT the 12th day of Christmas; it is not part of the (liturgical) Christmas season. It immediately follows that season. And especially, Twelfth Night doesn’t fall on January 6. If it did, it would be the Thirteenth Night. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/112 "2014-12-11T11:12:30Z")
C’mon you sickos, we need some lists being posted! ---
**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 11, 2014, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/113 "2014-12-11T11:52:29Z")
Are you advertising for death? ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/114 "2014-12-11T12:24:19Z")
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 Alternates Lindsey Lohan Michelle Obama Jimmy Swaggart ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/115 "2014-12-11T14:10:59Z")
BB King Valerie Harper Clive James Jen Arnold Jerry Lewis Penny Marshall Billy Graham Muhammad Ali Jimmy Carter George HW Bush Nancy Reagan Clint Eastwood Willie Nelson Teri Garr Mary Tyler Moore Dick Van Dyke ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/116 "2014-12-11T14:23:02Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > C’mon you sickos, we need some lists being posted! everyone’s waiting for the first update of the popular picks! (okay, _ **I’m** _ waiting for that) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/117 "2014-12-11T14:33:08Z")
My list of semi-immortals. I have played most of these in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Only Joan Fontaine had the decency to die. I should send the rest of them a bill for keeping them alive. I’m making some changes in hopes of getting some points. But I’ll bet that the two that I kick (Sam Eliot and Burt Reynolds) will die just to piss me off. In no particular order: George H. W. Bush Barbara Bush Lindsay Lohan Queen Elizabeth Olivia de Havilland Jimmy Carter Muhammad Ali Angela Lansbury Johnny Depp Tom Selleck Judi Dench William Shatner Leonard Nimoy Alternates: Alex Trebek Chuck Norris Hillary Clinton ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/118 "2014-12-11T15:27:51Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Are you advertising for death? Are you kidding? We’re engaged in a cooperative effort to extend the lives of seriously ill celebs by putting them on our lists! ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/119 "2014-12-11T16:50:54Z")
After much thought and getting thoroughly lost in the “[Who’s Left from Early TV?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=715655)” thread I have come up with my themed list of the year. I call it **Who’s About to Be Gone from Early TV?** It consists of the following notables: \ ***Zsa Zsa Gabor** (2/6/1917) - Best know for her role on _Green Acres_, her television debut was in 1951 on a program called _This Is Show Business_. \ ***William Woodson** (7/6/1917) - He’s been a narrator on several shows beginning with _Lights Out_ in 1946 \ ***George Gaynes** (5/16/1917) - Punky Brewster’s dad first entered our living rooms on _NBC Opera Theatre_ in 1955 \ ***Lee Miller** (5/18/1917) - Before he was Sgt. Brice on _Perry Mason_, he was on the _Bob Cummings Show_. \ ***June Foray** (9/18/1917) - The voice of Rocket J. Squirrel has been doing cartoon work for a long time, with her first television “foray” (sorry, couldn’t resist) coming in 1955 with _Andy’s Gang_. \ ***Marjorie Lord** (7/26/1918) - Best known for her role on _Make Room for Daddy_, her initial switch from the big screen to the small came in 1947 when she appeared on an episode of _Public Prosecutor_. \ ***Nehemiah Persoff** (8/2/1919) - He was credited as “Nick Pursoff” on his first television role on _Actor’s Studio_ in 1949, but afterwards he went by his full, correctly-spelled name. \ ***Alan Young** (11/19/1919) - Wilbur from _Mr. Ed_ had his own show back in 1951. Doesn’t look like it lasted long, though. \ ***Jayne Meadows** (9/27/1919) - Steve Allen’s partner got started on television in an episode of _Robert Montgomery Presents_ back in 1952 \ ***Abe Vigoda** (2/24/1921) - Before rumors of his death got out of hand, before he was on _Barney Miller_, he was on \*Suspense \*in 1949 \ ***Barbara Hale** (4/18/1922) - Della Street appeared on _Footlights Theater_ in 1953 before she started working for Perry Mason. \ ***Betty White** (1/17/1922) - The only surviving Golden Girl started out as “Phone Girl” on _Hollywood on Television_. \ ***Bob Barker** (12/12/1923) - Everyone’s favorite enemy of entire pets was the emcee of _The New Truth and Consequences_ back in 1950. \ ***Peggy Webber** (1925) - A popular radio actress, her first television role was on _Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson_. Later on she went to star in _The Screaming Skull_, one of the best Sci Fi Channel MST3K episodes. Alternates \ ***Glynis Johns** (10/5/1923) - Mrs. Banks worked on _The Errol Flynn Theatre_ before she started working as a suffragette \ ***Charlotte Rae** (4/22/1922) - The housemother from the _Facts of Life_ started out on \*The United States Steel Hour \*and isn’t that an extremely 1950s name for a series? \ ***Christopher Lee** (5/27/1922) - His first television role was on a show with the extremely un-Saruman-like name of _Kaleidoscope_. Plain List Zsa Zsa Gabor William Woodson George Gaynes Lee Miller June Foray Marjorie Lord Nehemiah Persoff Alan Young Jayne Meadows Abe Vigoda Barbara Hale Betty White Peggy Webber Alternates Glynis Johns Charlotte Rae Christopher Lee ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/120 "2014-12-11T17:05:07Z")
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