# 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:** 8
**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 13, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/141 "2014-12-13T00:39:55Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > The Dope must be getting kinder and gentler. we are five days behind last year for the count we have now.☹ I am plowing through 365 days of Google alerts. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/142 "2014-12-13T01:14:21Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > The Dope must be getting kinder and gentler. we are five days behind last year for the count we have now.☹ We bide our time. ---
**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 13, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/143 "2014-12-13T01:19:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > We bide our time. Kaiser Wilhelm signed photographs with the phrase, “I bide my time.” Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/144 "2014-12-13T03:59:18Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Kaiser Wilhelm signed photographs with the phrase, “I bide my time.” > > Just sayin’. Hence the scream? ---
**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 13, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/145 "2014-12-13T04:22:48Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Hence the scream? I am not aware that the Kaiser, psychopathic creature that he was, screamed. He lived in the Netherlands well into the Second World War where despite prohibitions from Hitler, German officers visited him. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/146 "2014-12-13T05:03:14Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Kaiser Wilhelm signed photographs with the phrase, “I bide my time.” > > Just sayin’. > [@Meeko](#): > > Hence the scream? > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I am not aware that the Kaiser, psychopathic creature that he was, screamed. Do you even [internet](http://www.wilhelmscream.net/)? ---
**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 13, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/147 "2014-12-13T06:08:44Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > 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. That’s fine, but which Skrillex do you mean? mmm ---
**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 13, 2014, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/148 "2014-12-13T08:22:09Z")
I failed to make the 2014 game: I was talking on the phone and suddenly I saw it was ten till midnight, and I had no list (except my old one, which did not look promising). So, I shall get in early this time, with a sorta semi-random list. descriptions (to avoid ambiguity):Black Sabbath Drummer Director of Gallipoli Flautist in Focus Iranian Supreme Leader Japanese Emperor Brazilian Futbol star (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) Polish Solidarity Leader Outspoken Rationalist (husband of Lalla Ward) Nicaraguan Presidente Leader of Zimbabwe Greek Musician (Evangelos O. Papathanassioui) King of Thailand (Bhumibol Adulyadej) Chess Grandmaster **names** Bill Ward Peter Weir Thijs van Leer Ali Khamanei Akihito Pele Lech Walesa Richard Dawkins Daniel Ortega Robert Mugabe Vangelis Rama IX Boris Spassky alts: _Pervez Musharraf Pedro Almoldovar Jackie Chan_ Not much in the way of points in there, but at least I have something put in. ---
**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 13, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/149 "2014-12-13T14:36:00Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Do you even [internet](http://www.wilhelmscream.net/)? I try to avoid it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/150 "2014-12-13T23:46:59Z")
I think you are all going to wait, aren’t you? Till the last day, right? The DeathMistress doesn’t mind working on her birthday, but have a heart!😃 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/151 "2014-12-14T00:52:23Z")
**Baker** , with great power comes great responsibility. 😃 (Thank you once again for doing this.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/152 "2014-12-14T01:34:25Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > **Baker** , with great power comes great responsibility. 😃 > > (Thank you once again for doing this.) :D:) ---
**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 14, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/153 "2014-12-14T01:55:11Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I think you are all going to wait, aren’t you? Till the last day, right? The DeathMistress doesn’t mind working on her birthday, but have a heart!😃 Don’t kill yourself getting it all together. hmmm … Oh. Damn rules. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/154 "2014-12-14T02:14:55Z")
Marilyn Manson Chuck Woolery Bob Barker MC Hammer Joe Piscapo Barry Williams Peri Gilpin Rhea Perlman Nancy Cartwright David Schramm Condoleezza Rice Stevie Wonder Frank Oz Alternates: James Earl Jones David Prowse Paul Young ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/155 "2014-12-14T17:01:05Z")
My first themed list. Thankfully, I’m awful at this anyway. Pope Benedict XVI Steve Young Raul Castro (former AZ governor, not the Cuban guy) George H. W. Bush George Deukmijan Justin Bieber Tony Stewart Clint Eastwood Bernie Kosar Ralph Hall Cuauhtemoc Cardenas CeeLo Green Al Sharpton Alternates: Pope Francis Jimmy Carter ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/156 "2014-12-14T17:42:19Z")
Dammit, I’m in. [ol] [li]George R. R. Martin, 66, author[/li][li]Silvio Berlusconi, 78, Italian politician[/li][li]James Earl Jones, 83, actor (please let me be wrong!)[/li][li]Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 88, British monarch[/li][li]Macaulay Culkin, 34, actor[/li][li]Diane Rehm, 78, radio show host[/li][li]Timothy Poole, 43, sex offender who won the lottery[/li][li]Dan Rather, 83, news anchor/journalist[/li][li]Rupert Murdoch, 83, media tycoon[/li][li]Henry Kissinger, 91, U.S. Secretary of State[/li][li]Richard Simmons, 66, fitness celebrity[/li][li]Fidel Castro, 88, Cuban politician[/li][li]Shirley MacLaine, 80, actress[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/157 "2014-12-14T18:40:18Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Dammit, I’m in. > > [ol] > [li]George R. R. Martin, 66, author[/li][li]Silvio Berlusconi, 78, Italian politician[/li][li]James Earl Jones, 83, actor (please let me be wrong!)[/li][li]Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 88, British monarch[/li][li]Macaulay Culkin, 34, actor[/li][li]Diane Rehm, 78, radio show host[/li][li]Timothy Poole, 43, sex offender who won the lottery[/li][li]Dan Rather, 83, news anchor/journalist[/li][li]Rupert Murdoch, 83, media tycoon[/li][li]Henry Kissinger, 91, U.S. Secretary of State[/li][li]Richard Simmons, 66, fitness celebrity[/li][li]Fidel Castro, 88, Cuban politician[/li][li]Shirley MacLaine, 80, actress[/li][/ol] Could you please do me a favor and post this list again, without the numbers and commentary? You can see the OP for instructions. ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/158 "2014-12-14T18:55:11Z")
Theme: A List of Evilness (IMO, most sadly still around from 2014 list) \*Anders Behring Breivik - Norwegian mass murderer \*Kim Jong-un - Supreme Leader of North Korea \*Charles Manson - Cult leader \*Robert Mugabe - President of Zimbabwe \*Bernard Madoff \*Dick Cheney - Former American Vice President \*Charles Taylor - Former President of Liberia \*Casey Anthony - Acquitted of killing her 2 year old daughter \*Pedro Lopez - Columbian serial killer \*Omar al-Bashir - President of Sudan \*Mengistu Haile Mariam - - Ethiopian politician, responsible for millions of deaths \*Vladimir Putin - President of Russia \*Than Shwe - Senior General of Burma Plain List: Anders Behring Breivik Kim Jong-un Charles Manson Robert Mugabe Bernard Madoff Dick Cheney Charles Taylor Casey Anthony Pedro Lopez Omar al-Bashir Mengistu Haile Mariam Vladimir Putin Than Shwe ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/159 "2014-12-14T19:16:22Z")
Bill Clinton George R. R. Martin Rihanna Ashton Kutcher Britney Spears Mike Tyson Kirk Cameron Anna Chapman George Zimmerman Edward Snowden Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Bill Nye Dick Cheney Robert Griffin III If I win, it will be because of suicides. There are a few on the list who I just have a hunch about, without any real reason, (like Robert Griffin and Bill Clinton). We’ll see. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/160 "2014-12-14T19:22:14Z")
My list: Betty White – actress Billy Graham - evangelist Fidel Castro - ex-president of Cuba George H.W. Bush - former US president (Bush the Sr) Hosni Mubarak – former president of Egypt Jerry Lewis - actor/comic Jimmy Carter – former U.S. president John McCain - senator Mary Tylar Moore – actress Muhammad Ali – former boxer Nancy Reagan – former first lady (US) Valerie Harper – actress Zsa Zsa Gabor – actress Alternates: Gordie Howe – hockey great Kirk Douglas - actor Liza Minnelli – singer/actress Clean list: Betty White Billy Graham Fidel Castro George H.W. Bush Hosni Mubarak Jerry Lewis Jimmy Carter John McCain Mary Tylar Moore Muhammad Ali Nancy Reagan Valerie Harper Zsa Zsa Gabor Alternates: Gordie Howe Kirk Douglas Liza Minnelli [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=9)