# 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:** 9
**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 14, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/161 "2014-12-14T19:23:18Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > 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! RG-III - he’s 24 years old! 25 in February. Makes me wonder who is the youngest nominated celebrity in the pool. ---
**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 14, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/162 "2014-12-14T20:18:02Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > RG-III - he’s 24 years old! 25 in February. Makes me wonder who is the youngest nominated celebrity in the pool. I once had an 18-year-old boxer who was in a coma. ---
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/163 "2014-12-14T20:29:40Z")
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**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, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/164 "2014-12-14T20:35:19Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > 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! The above list has fourteen names. If I don’t hear back from you I’ll cut off the last name on the list. ---
**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, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/165 "2014-12-14T20:49:11Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Could you please do me a favor and post this list again, without the numbers and commentary? You can see the OP for instructions. Sorry. Here you go: George R. R. Martin Silvio Berlusconi James Earl Jones Queen Elizabeth II Macaulay Culkin Diane Rehm Timothy Poole Dan Rather Rupert Murdoch Henry Kissinger Richard Simmons Fidel Castro Shirley MacLaine ---
**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, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/166 "2014-12-14T21:07:59Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Sorry. Here you go: > > George R. R. Martin > Silvio Berlusconi > James Earl Jones > Queen Elizabeth II > Macaulay Culkin > Diane Rehm > Timothy Poole > Dan Rather > Rupert Murdoch > Henry Kissinger > Richard Simmons > Fidel Castro > Shirley MacLaine Thank you!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/167 "2014-12-14T23:36:05Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Chess Grandmaster > \ > > Boris Spassky Hey, let’s give him his due: he wasn’t just a grandmaster (there are dozens of those at any time), he was the world chess champion from 1969 to 1972. > [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Shirley MacLaine This is just one of her future past lives. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/168 "2014-12-15T00:36:53Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > The above list has fourteen names. If I don’t hear back from you I’ll cut off the last name on the list. Sorry about that! I’ll remove Bill Nye from the list. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/169 "2014-12-15T15:04:22Z")
**The actors/celebrities** Oprah Winfrey Matt Lauer (I keep hoping) Lindsey Lohan Bill Cosby Morgan Freeman James Earl Jones Edward James Olmos **The authors** Terry Pratchett Jean Auel **The politicians** Dick Cheney George H.W. Bush Fidel Castro Queen Elizabeth II **Alternates:** Tamora Pierce, author Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Clean list: Oprah Winfrey Matt Lauer Lindsey Lohan Bill Cosby Morgan Freeman James Earl Jones Edward James Olmos Terry Pratchett Jean Auel Dick Cheney George H.W. Bush Fidel Castro Queen Elizabeth II Alternates Tamora Pierce Pope Benedict XVI ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/170 "2014-12-16T07:43:19Z")
My Dead Letters theme lists have done better than any of my unthemed from years past, so I’m sticking with it. I have to replace two dead authors from last year. Alice Munro Tomas Transtromer Ursula LeGuin Philip Roth George R R Martin Terry Pratchett Chuck Palahniuk Orson Scott Card Günter Grass Stephen King Toni Morrison Tim LaHaye Beverly Cleary ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/171 "2014-12-17T17:25:05Z")
Thank you, Baker, for running this! I used to do it over at another, now defunct, message board and I’m here to say that it’s a _lot_ of work and we are all much obliged to you. My list: 1. Brian Blessed 2. Mary Tyler Moore 3. Carl Reiner 4. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 5. Richard Chamberlain 6. Ed Asner 7. Bob Newhart 8. Valerie Harper 9. Rose Marie 10. Helmut Kohl 11. Pope Emeritus Benedict 12. Joseph Wambaugh 13. Stephen Fry Alts: O.J. Simpson Nancy Reagan Jean Auel ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/172 "2014-12-17T18:22:45Z")
> [@Idilia\_Dubb](#): > > Thank you, Baker, for running this! I used to do it over at another, now defunct, message board and I’m here to say that it’s a _lot_ of work and we are all much obliged to you. > > My list: > > 1. Brian Blessed > 2. Mary Tyler Moore > 3. Carl Reiner > 4. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh > 5. Richard Chamberlain > 6. Ed Asner > 7. Bob Newhart > 8. Valerie Harper > 9. Rose Marie > 10. Helmut Kohl > 11. Pope Emeritus Benedict > 12. Joseph Wambaugh > 13. Stephen Fry > > Alts: > O.J. Simpson > Nancy Reagan > Jean Auel You need to submit a clean list. No numbers and no commentary. Your alts are in the proper format, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/173 "2014-12-17T20:37:12Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > You need to submit a clean list. No numbers and no commentary. Your alts are in the proper format, BTW. Thanks! And I’d sure hate to see Brian Blessed pass. "Oh well, who wants to live forever? _ **DIVE!!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/174 "2014-12-17T21:36:11Z")
Only 46 entries so far, here are the top 13 celebrities selected. Valerie Harper 11 George H.W. Bush 10 Fidel Castro 9 Jimmy Carter 9 Lindsay Lohan 9 Muhammad Ali 9 Dick Cheney 8 Sam Simon 7 Nancy Reagan 6 Barbara Bush 5 Bill Cosby 5 Billy Graham-e 5 Charlie Sheen 5 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/175 "2014-12-18T00:01:19Z")
Has Valerie Harper taken a turn for the worse? I had heard that she had gotten better. ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/176 "2014-12-18T00:31:24Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Hey, let’s give him his due: he wasn’t just a grandmaster (there are dozens of those at any time), he was the world chess champion from 1969 to 1972. Yeah, well, I just put that there in order to avoid the possibility that he might be mistaken for some other famous Boris Spassky (perhaps a mistake on my part, any other famous Boris Spassky would almost certainly be worth more points). ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/177 "2014-12-18T01:33:09Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Has Valerie Harper taken a turn for the worse? I had heard that she had gotten better. Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) believes her to be a good pick for “dangerous living”. 🙂 I’m thinking about her. I had so many that survived 2014. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/178 "2014-12-18T03:31:54Z")
Aretha Franklin Nancy Reagan Barbara Bush Tony Danza Lindsay Lohan George H. W. Bush Penny Marshall Michael Douglas Valerie Harper Mary Tyler Moore Loretta Lynn Jimmy Carter Dick Cheney Morgan Fairchild Pete Rose Sarah Palin ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/179 "2014-12-18T14:59:16Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > You need to submit a clean list. No numbers and no commentary. Your alts are in the proper format, BTW. Oops:smack: Will do. ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/180 "2014-12-18T15:01:53Z")
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