# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/81 "2020-01-24T16:40:07Z")
Brian Patrick Carroll Corey Feldman Beth Chapman Ronnie Wood Vivian Campbell Morrissey Tom Brokaw Leah Bracknell Nobby Stiles Victoria Duval John McVie Valerie Harper Oleg Cricket Alts: Jim Jefferies Alan Alda ---
**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 25, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/82 "2020-01-25T06:41:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Fatima Ali > Linda Nolan > Tim Conway > Carroll Spinney > Gene Wolfe > Donald Trump > Prince Philip > Bob Dole > Jimmy Carter > Gene Wolfe > Prince Philip > Carol Burnett > Pete Davidson > > Nobby Stiles > Michelle Obama Gene Wolfe was listed twice. ---
**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 25, 2020, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/83 "2020-01-25T08:30:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Fatima Ali > Linda Nolan > Tim Conway > Carroll Spinney > Gene Wolfe > Donald Trump > Prince Philip > Bob Dole > Jimmy Carter > Gene Wolfe > Prince Philip > Carol Burnett > Pete Davidson > > Nobby Stiles > Michelle Obama Gene Wolfe and Prince Philip were listed twice. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/84 "2020-01-26T11:16:35Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Julia Louis-Dreyfus > John Williams > Gene Hackman > David Geffen > Valerie Harper > Dustin Hoffman > Stephen King > Tina Turner > William Hurt > Val Kilmer > Kevin Spacey > Penny Marshall > Art Garfunkel > > Alternates: > > Matt Lauer > Steven Spielberg > Madonna Since Penny Marshall is now off the board, can I replace her with Matt Lauer? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/85 "2020-01-26T14:24:56Z")
Sure, that’s what alternates are for! ---
**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 26, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/86 "2020-01-26T15:35:43Z")
**UPDATE!** There’s one fuckface I forgot to include on my list that I posted earlier (post #43). Here is my updated 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 Jeremy Corbyn Alternates: Roger Waters James Taylor Bob Seger Little Richard ---
**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 27, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/87 "2020-01-27T03:47:53Z")
OK, so I managed to get one in for 2018 after all. I am replacing Penny Marshall with Alex Trebec. I suspect that unless some kind unholy, apocalyptic mass carnage occurs in the next twelve days, this will be my one and only revision. Cher David Hasselhoff Jonathan Rhys Meyers Michael Douglas Courtney Love Charlie Sheen Pamela Anderson Lady Gaga Lindsay Lohan Miley Cyrus Toni Braxton Billy Joel Alex Trebec Alternates: Michael J. Fox ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/88 "2020-01-27T04:29:12Z")
REVISED LIST Julia Louis-Dreyfus John Williams Gene Hackman David Geffen Valerie Harper Dustin Hoffman Stephen King Tina Turner William Hurt Val Kilmer Kevin Spacey Matt Lauer Art Garfunkel Alternates: Les Moonves Steven Spielberg Madonna ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/89 "2020-01-27T10:02:21Z")
Mick Fleetwood\* Donald Trump Vince Dooley Peter Dinklage Warren Buffett Charlie Munger Bill Russell Jane Asher William (refrigerator) Perry Michael J. Fox Mel Brooks Pete Davidson Mitch McConnell Alternates: Phil Spector Bill Cosby Jerry Sandusky \*I just have a feeling that one of Fleetwood Mac will pass away this year. IT JUST BETTER NOT BE STEVIE! So I voted for the guy with a dick so long they wrote a song about it. Tusk ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/90 "2020-01-27T10:04:29Z")
Wow, am I really the first to put Pete Davidson on their list? Are y’all just not all that cynical? ---
**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 27, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/91 "2020-01-27T10:08:16Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Wow, am I really the first to put Pete Davidson on their list? Are y’all just not all that cynical? I don’t think you’re the first. I saw his name upthread. ETA: You’re the third. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/92 "2020-01-27T10:16:29Z")
LOL, I was searching on a misspelled “Davidson”. Thanks for the clarification. I’m glad there are others as shameless as I am. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/93 "2020-01-27T10:29:48Z")
As easy as copy and paste. William Holly Johnson Michael C Hall Michael J Fox Dick Dale Mel Brooks Max Gail Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. Tom Brokaw Tracee Talavera Cloris Leachman Jimmy Carter Yoko Ono Carol Arthur Alternates: Valerie Harper Kenny Rogers Betty White ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/94 "2020-01-27T10:32:18Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Our Death Mistress is in the house!! > > ETA: Damn, this means I’ve got to start putting together my 2019 list! 😃 Nothing against the DeathShroom but ------------------ **WELCOME BACK!!!** Didn’t check down the Forum yet but any plans to run the Themed version again? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/95 "2020-01-27T10:53:55Z")
Never mind -------- found it. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/96 "2020-01-27T11:35:19Z")
I literally had to remove only a single letter from last year’s list… George W. Bush Dana Carvey Kassie DePaiva Michael Douglas Richard Dreyfuss Judith Krantz Gina Lollobrigida Gerald McRaney Liza Minnelli Frankie Muniz Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh John Paul Stevens Brian Wilson Alternates: Mikhail Gorbachev Shirley Knight Cloris Leachman Brian Wilson is the Beach Boy ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/97 "2020-01-27T11:55:08Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Never mind -------- found it. Best of both worlds - we’ve got our Death Mistress here, and our Death Shroom in the themed thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/98 "2020-01-27T12:24:35Z")
Let’s dial the way-back machine to 1969 and see who was on my TV - Kay Ballard Sally Field Doris Day Carol Burnett Marlo Thomas Diahann Carroll Barbara Eden Barbara Feldon Barbara Bain Nichelle Nichols Lara Parker Linda Henning Lori Saunders ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/99 "2020-01-27T13:02:14Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Let’s dial the way-back machine to 1969 and see who was on my TV - > > Kay Ballard > Sally Field > Doris Day > Carol Burnett > Marlo Thomas > Diahann Carroll > Barbara Eden > Barbara Feldon > Barbara Bain > Nichelle Nichols > Lara Parker > Linda Henning > Lori Saunders Dang…belongs in the Themed thread instead…moving it to there. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/100 "2020-01-27T13:22:27Z")
RE-REVISED LIST Julia Louis-Dreyfus John Williams Gene Hackman David Geffen Valerie Harper Dustin Hoffman Stephen King Tina Turner Bryan Singer Val Kilmer Kevin Spacey Matt Lauer Art Garfunkel Alternates: Les Moonves Steven Spielberg Madonna [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=6)