# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/61 "2020-01-22T08:42:44Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 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! I’m still trying to figure out if I want to jettison all my survivors and go with a new list. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/62 "2020-01-22T09:33:04Z")
```auto NAME Birthdate Known for Kevin Smith 2 August 1970 Slacker Director Elvis Costello 25 August 1954 Writing The Book everyday Sophia Flörsch 1 December 2000 Formula 3 driver Kim Jong-chul 25 September 1981 Half-brother of Kim Jong-un Ric Flair 25 February 1949 Woooo!!!!!!!!! Grigory Rodchenkov 24 October 1958 Former head of the Russian doping labs Tommy Chong 24 May 1938 Dave's not here, man. Jimmy Carter 1 October 1924 Ex-President Dick Cheney 30 January 1941 Darth Vader Michael Schumacher 3 January 1969 Formula-1 Driver Terrible skier Pope Emeritus Benedict 16 April 1927 Snazzy Red Shoes Prince Phillip 10 June 1921 He married well Andy Dick 21 December 1965 Alleged Comic Alt Val Kilmer 31 December 1959 The best Batman *EVER* Casey Anthony 19 March 1985 Found Not Guilty ``` Clean list: Kevin Smith Elvis Costello Sophia Flörsch Kim Jong-chul Ric Flair Grigory Rodchenkov Tommy Chong Jimmy Carter Dick Cheney Michael Schumacher Pope Emeritus Benedict Prince Phillip Andy Dick Alt Val Kilmer Casey Anthony ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/63 "2020-01-22T09:58:09Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever had anyone of my picks die during the year. Repeated wholesale failures caused me to stay away from the 2018 Pool but I decided I’m just going to keep using [my previous list until some of them just fucking die already](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19877146&postcount=206) (no, none of them died _this_ year either). Loretta Lynn (coalminer’s daughter) Charlie Daniels (made a deal with the devil) Tommy Chong (stoner) Jimmy Carter (nuclear peanut farmer and construction worker) Donald Trump (con man) Henry Kissinger (jackass) Sandy Koufax (southpaw) Curly Neal (#22) Bobby Bowden (Puntrooskie caller) Buzz Aldrin (original moonwalker) Clint Eastwood (chairtalker) Fred Silverman (former TV exec) Ron Popeil (legendary inventor & marketing genius) Alternates Al Jaffee (very unserious guy) Bill Cosby (rapist) Regis Philbin (professionally inoffensive host) Also, I’m pretty sure Rule #1 has a typo, or else this is gonna be the toughest SDMB Celebrity Death Pool yet! > [@Baker](#): > > 1. You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, _ **not** _ ten) whom you predict will die **within the calendar year 2018**. ---
**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 22, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/64 "2020-01-22T10:01:59Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever had anyone of my picks die during the year. Repeated wholesale failures caused me to stay away from the 2018 Pool but I decided I’m just going to keep using [my previous list until some of them just fucking die already](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19877146&postcount=206) (no, none of them died _this_ year either). > > Loretta Lynn (coalminer’s daughter) > Charlie Daniels (made a deal with the devil) > Tommy Chong (stoner) > Jimmy Carter (nuclear peanut farmer and construction worker) > Donald Trump (con man) > Henry Kissinger (jackass) > Sandy Koufax (southpaw) > Curly Neal (#22) > Bobby Bowden (Puntrooskie caller) > Buzz Aldrin (original moonwalker) > Clint Eastwood (chairtalker) > Fred Silverman (former TV exec) > Ron Popeil (legendary inventor & marketing genius) > > Alternates > > Al Jaffee (very unserious guy) > Bill Cosby (rapist) > Regis Philbin (professionally inoffensive host) You should do a clean list, without commentary, lest the Death Mistress give you the stink eye and curse your loins. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/65 "2020-01-22T10:23:18Z")
Oh yeah; I forgot that was a part of the deal. Thanks for the reminder, **Happy**! Loretta Lynn Charlie Daniels Jimmy Carter Donald Trump Henry Kissinger Sandy Koufax Curly Neal Bobby Bowden Buzz Aldrin Clint Eastwood Fred Silverman Ron Popeil Alternates Al Jaffee Bill Cosby Regis Philbin ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/66 "2020-01-22T10:55:45Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > 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. Sorry, yourself! It’s one of those songs I occasionally hear _about_, but never actually _hear_, AFAIK. So your earworm powers have no effect on me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/67 "2020-01-22T11:14:30Z")
Mostly a retread of the last two years: List: Mel Brooks - Legendary director Betty White - Legendary actress James Randi - Legendary skeptic David Attenborough - Legendary wildlife presenter John Williams - Legendary composer Buzz Aldrin - Legendary conspiracy-theorist-puncher Sean Connery - Legendary sexy man Ken Watanabe - Legendary Asian actor Val Kilmer - Legendary swordsman Bill Cosby - Legendary rapist (new addition!) Tom Sizemore - Legendary meth addict Donald Sutherland - Legendary Canadian actor Valerie Harper - Legendary Rhoda star? Alternates: Richard Simmons - Legendary sparkly-unitard-wearer Paul Gascoigne - Legendary alcoholic Vikram Chatwal - Legendary burnout hotel heir # ============================= Plain Text Mel Brooks Betty White James Randi David Attenborough John Williams Buzz Aldrin Sean Connery Donald Sutherland Ken Watanabe Val Kilmer Bill Cosby Tom Sizemore Valerie Harper Alternates: Richard Simmons Paul Gascoigne Vikram Chatwal ---
**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 22, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/68 "2020-01-22T13:00:18Z")
Betty White Javier Perez de Cuellar Chuck Yeager Robert Mugabe Carl Reiner Doris Day John Paul Stevens Henry Kissinger Prince Philip Bob Dole Jimmy Carter Bob Barker George Shultz Alternates: Lee Iacocca Marv Levy Joyce Randolph ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/69 "2020-01-22T15:18:11Z")
When I cleaned up my list, it seems that somehow Tommy Chong got deleted; he should still be there. Another thanks for the heads-up, this time to our esteemed Death Mistress **Baker**. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/70 "2020-01-22T15:38:34Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > When I cleaned up my list, it seems that somehow Tommy Chong got deleted; he should still be there. > > Another thanks for the heads-up, this time to our esteemed Death Mistress **Baker**. Bo’s not here, man. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/71 "2020-01-22T16:01:31Z")
No; I’m Bo. Open up the door, man. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/72 "2020-01-22T17:14:51Z")
I actually got some points for my non-themed list this year. So mostly retreads except for the few who obliged by shuffling off the mortal coil. Queen Elizabeth Donald Trump Kirk Douglas Jimmy Carter Valerie Harper Shannen Doherty Olivia Newton-John John Travolta Harrison Ford Bob Barker Bill O’Reilly Mick Jagger Nichelle Nichols Alternates: Ringo Starr Tom Brokaw George Takei ---
**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:** [January 22, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/73 "2020-01-22T17:18:49Z")
Bo’s not here, man! ---
**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 22, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/74 "2020-01-22T17:58:02Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m still trying to figure out if I want to jettison all my survivors and go with a new list. As soon as you do that, they’re all going to die. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Sorry, yourself! It’s one of those songs I occasionally hear _about_, but never actually _hear_, AFAIK. So your earworm powers have no effect on me. 😃 DAY-O! DAAAAAAAAAY-O Daylight come and me wanna go ho-ome! You’ve heard it. You may not know the name, but you’ve heard it. 😃 ---
**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, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/75 "2020-01-22T18:43:06Z")
So far twelve celebrities have four or more picks. There are numerous celebs with three and two picks. Jimmy Carter 11 Betty White 6 Bill Cosby 6 Prince Philip 6 Valerie Harper 6 Olivia Newton John 5 Queen Elizabeth II 5 Billy Joel 4 Donald Trump 4 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4 Sean Connery 4 Tommy Chong 4 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/76 "2020-01-23T03:09:00Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > DAY-O! > DAAAAAAAAAY-O > Daylight come and me wanna go ho-ome! > > You’ve heard it. You may not know the name, but you’ve heard it. 😃 Perhaps, and I’ll admit the words look familiar. But they aren’t bringing any music to my mind. Nyaah, nyaah! 😛 This stuff happens to me. I literally just heard “Danny Boy” for the first time in my life, just in the past few weeks. I’d been hearing **references** to the song since childhood. But the tune, and the lyrics other than the title, where totally new to me. ---
**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 23, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/77 "2020-01-23T05:10:59Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Perhaps, and I’ll admit the words look familiar. But they aren’t bringing any music to my mind. Nyaah, nyaah! 😛 > > This stuff happens to me. I literally just heard “Danny Boy” for the first time in my life, just in the past few weeks. I’d been hearing **references** to the song since childhood. But the tune, and the lyrics other than the title, where totally new to me. It happens to me too. I didn’t know the name of the “day-o song” until I Googled it. If it weren’t for the internet I still wouldn’t know the name of that freakin’ earworm. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/78 "2020-01-23T13:06:11Z")
A few 2018 carry-overs (I can’t believe they’re still around) and some cherry-picks: Hugh Downs Betty White Carl Reiner Bob Barker Bob Dole Mel Brooks Bob Newhart Bill Cosby Dick Cheney Dickie Betts Liza Minnelli Olivia Newton-John Pete Davidson Alts Maria Butina Peter Fonda Mikhail Gorbachev ---
**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:** [January 23, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/79 "2020-01-23T20:29:28Z")
Petula Clark Diana Ross Dionne Warwick Donald Trump Tony Danza Valerie Harper Loni Anderson Keith Richards Alan Alda Pete Rose Loretta Lynn Bill Cosby Tim Conway Ray Romano Olivia Newton John Billy Joel ---
**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:** [January 24, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/80 "2020-01-24T12:32:55Z")
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