# Celebrity Death Pool 2015

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**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")\
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**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:** [January 29, 2015, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/712 "2015-01-29T08:06:09Z")

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> [@CAMJAY77](#):
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> Colleen McCullough, 23 points for those that have her
> 
> [Colleen McCullough, author of The Thorn Birds, dies](http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/colleen-mccullough-author-of-the-thorn-birds-dies-20150129-131dka.html)

…and my Aussie themed list from last year continues to mock me.

> [@Celebrity Death Pool 2014](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2014/675193/295):
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> 2014 is the year of my first ever themed list. Woo!
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> My theme is:
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> **Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!**
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> Famous Australians, or Kiwis/Poms/Yanks we claim as our own when they’re at the top of their game and immediately disown when they get the least bit embarrassing (let’s call it The Mel Gibson Effect).
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> [Ben Cousins, footballer](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Cousins)  
> [Lou Richards, footballer](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Richards)  
> [Gough Whitlam, politician](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gough_Whitlam)  
> [Joan Kirner, politician](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Kirner)  
> [Anna Bligh, politician](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Bligh)  
> [Jeanne Little, entertainer](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Little)  
> [Kylie Minogue, entertainer](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue)  
> [Colleen McCullough, author](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough)  
> [Bert Newton, entertainer](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Newton)  
> [Lorrae Desmond, actor](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorrae_Desmond)  
> [Matthew Newton, actor](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Newton)  
> [Judy Moran, convicted murderer/crime family matriarch](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Moran)  
> [Dawn Fraser, Olympic swimmer](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Fraser)

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