# Celebrity Death Pool 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [January 9, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390 "2020-01-09T05:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/41 "2020-01-15T06:13:57Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > And your list looks like a good one too. Thank you, but given the history of “gotta be a winner” lists, I fear you have just assured the immortality of my thirteen 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/42 "2020-01-15T06:21:03Z")
BTW I meant this [Gordon Moore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Moore). If that’s necessary. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/43 "2020-01-15T09:06:49Z")
Here is my list. Lukasz Gottwald Donald Trump Bashar Assad Justin Bieber Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Pat Robertson Kim Kardashian Hassan Nasrallah Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Steve Bannon Wayne LaPierre Louis Farrakhan Roger Waters Alternates: James Taylor Bob Seger Little Richard Hopefully all 13 people on my main list die in 2019 (or 2018), while the alternates are just random musicians I picked off the top of my head. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/44 "2020-01-15T15:42:53Z")
Oh well, I’ve just checked on one of my sure-fire picks for 2019 and found he has died. ☹ The rest are, of course, now sure-fire survivors. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/45 "2020-01-15T15:50:40Z")
And another, Jael Strauss, bit the dust just the other day. ---
**Author:** ![AirFarce1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airfarce1/32/298_2.png) [@AirFarce1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AirFarce1)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/46 "2020-01-16T03:14:27Z")
Stephen King Tommy Lasorda Ruth Bader-Ginsberg Jimmy Carter Queen Elizabeth Paul McCartney Kirk Douglas David Hasselhoff Olivia De Havilland Betty White Hal Holbrook Woody Allen Bill Cosby Charlie Sheen Johnny Depp Michael J. Fox ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/47 "2020-01-16T09:34:48Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > And another, Jael Strauss, bit the dust just the other day. Duly noted a couple days ago in the 2018 thread. She’d been on my list of prospects too - found out (like you probably did) when I was Googling my prospects to verify that they were (a) still living, and (b) still in questionable health. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/48 "2020-01-16T09:36:42Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Here is my list. > > Lukasz Gottwald > Donald Trump > Bashar Assad > Justin Bieber > Ayatollah Ali Khamenei > Pat Robertson > Kim Kardashian > Hassan Nasrallah > Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi > Steve Bannon > Wayne LaPierre > Louis Farrakhan > Roger Waters > > Alternates: > > James Taylor > Bob Seger > Little Richard > > Hopefully all 13 people on my main list die in 2019 (or 2018), while the alternates are just random musicians I picked off the top of my head. I’ll be rooting for you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/49 "2020-01-17T17:32:18Z")
Here’s my list. Bob Barker Pope Benedict XVI Thad Cochran Bill Cosby Neil Diamond Tony Dorsett Selena Gomez Sarah Hyland José José Demi Lovato Andrés Manuel López Obrador Nichelle Nichols Regis Philbin Alternates Queen Elizabeth II Prince Philip ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/50 "2020-01-17T18:07:36Z")
It has been entirely too long. Without further ado: George Takei Jimmy Carter Meat Loaf Melania Trump Jane Dee Hull Sandra Day O’Connor Ruth Bader Ginsburg Angela Merkel Johnny Manziel Urban Meyer Melania Trump Rex Tillerson Stevie Nicks Alternates: Fritz Hollings Meghan Markle Valerie Bertinelli ---
**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:** [January 18, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/51 "2020-01-18T04:12:58Z")
> [@AirFarce1](#): > > Olivia De Havilland She’s over 100. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/52 "2020-01-18T06:23:38Z")
I’m rerunning most of my list from last year. What can I say, I’m a traditionalist. And lazy. Prince Philip (6/10/21) - Consort of Queen Elizabeth II with chronic foot-in-mouth disease Bob Dole (7/22/23) - Aged politician who’s only trotted out for big Republican events like conventions and funerals to class the joint up a little Elizabeth II (4/21/26) - by the Grace of God and Genetics, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Queen, Defender of the Faith Thich Nhat Hanh (10/11/26) - Buddhist monk and author who, having suffered a stroke a couple of years ago, has returned home to Vietnam after several decades in exile overseas Harry Belafonte (3/1/27) - Calypso crooner who was the first to get “The Banana Boat Song” stuck in your head. You’re hearing it now, aren’t you? Sorry. Sandra Day O’Connor (3/26/30) - Former Supreme Court Justice with Alzheimer’s Warren Buffett (8/30/30) - Famous rich guy Caroll Spinney (12/26/33) - The original Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch Bill Cosby (7/12/37) - Squanderer of goodwill Ric Flair (2/25/49) - Former wrestler and WOO! enthusiast Paul Manafort (4/1/49) - Traitor and bad suit enthusiast Michael Flynn (12/5/58) - Chatty traitor Macaulay Culkin (8/26/80) - Actor who peaked at 13 Alternates Donald Trump (6/14/46) - \ William Perry (12/16/62) - former football player of “Refrigerator” fame CLEAN LIST Prince Philip Bob Dole Elizabeth II Thich Nhat Hanh Harry Belafonte Sandra Day O’Connor Warren Buffett Caroll Spinney Bill Cosby Ric Flair Paul Manafort Michael Flynn Macaulay Culkin Alts Donald Trump William Perry ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/53 "2020-01-18T06:29:54Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > She’s over 100. From the OP: > [@](#): > > 1. You can pick people who are 100 or more years old but you won’t score points for them. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/54 "2020-01-18T09:25:21Z")
Here we go again… Gary Busey Bob Newhart Ben Jones Peter Noone Mel Brooks Mary Kate Olsen Nick Nolte Tommy Chong Jimmy Carter Ed Asner Carl Reiner Kenny Rogers Prince Phillip Alternates Henry Kissenger Henry Winkler ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/55 "2020-01-18T09:43:15Z")
> [@lel](#): > > It has been entirely too long. > > Without further ado: > George Takei > Jimmy Carter > Meat Loaf > Melania Trump > Jane Dee Hull > Sandra Day O’Connor > Ruth Bader Ginsburg > Angela Merkel > Johnny Manziel > Urban Meyer > Melania Trump > Rex Tillerson > Stevie Nicks > > Alternates: > Fritz Hollings > Meghan Markle > Valerie Bertinelli Melania Trump was listed twice. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/56 "2020-01-19T11:44:33Z")
All the following have refused to die in 2018. I am somewhat taken aback by their rudeness but am willing to give 'em all another chance in 2019. Cher David Hasselhoff Jonathan Rhys Meyers Michael Douglas Penny Marshall Courtney Love Charlie Sheen Pamela Anderson Lady Gaga Lindsay Lohan Miley Cyrus Toni Braxton Billy Joel Alternates: Alex Trebec Michael J. Fox ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/57 "2020-01-19T12:17:02Z")
Kim Woo-Bin Leah Bracknell Fatima Ali Jill Gascoine Mike Willesee Kathie Lee Gifford Valerie Harper Steve Gleason Fernando Ricksen George Perles Richard Tandy Beth Chapman Angela Trimbur Alternates: Hugh Downs Jimmy Carter Ted Koppel ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/58 "2020-01-19T12:18:24Z")
I am entering this esteemed contest for the first time. Here’s my list, for what it’s worth: Meat Loaf Jesse Ventura Willie Mays Elke Sommer Steven Tyler Phil Donahue Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Sandusky Phil Spector Kim Jong-un Wilford Brimley Olivia Newton-John Joni Mitchell Alternates: Sean Connery Pope Benedict XVI Valerie Harper ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/59 "2020-01-21T16:58:22Z")
Welcome back Baker! The Famous Mushroom did a great job but you are the one and only Death Mistress. Here are my latest picks who will now live forever. Ruth Bader Ginsberg Jerry Lee Lewis Bill Cosby Roselyn Carter Jimmy Carter “Mac” Rebennack (Dr. John) Pat Boone Valerie Harper Tina Turner Margaret Atwood Joni Mitchell Sara Paretsky Anne Rice Alternates Louise Penny Tim Conway Liza Minnelli ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/60 "2020-01-22T08:08:50Z")
I think the last few days of December are going to be busy. Only 24 entries so far. Jimmy Carter has 7 picks and seems to have taken GHW Bush’s lead. Bless his heart! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=4)