# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/121 "2020-02-04T06:56:21Z")
Here are my picks for 2019: (Revised List) Jimmy Carter Loretta Lynn Prince Phillip Queen Elisabeth II Quincy Jones Bob Dole Gordon Lightfoot Buzz Aldrin John Andretti Elvis Costello Tim Conway Bob Barker Dan Rather Alternates: Jimmy Swaggart Michael Douglas Dick Cheney Quincy Jones is the comedian, NOT the producer, real name Quami Wallen John Andretti is the former NASCAR & INDY race car driver, nephew to Mario Andretti ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/122 "2020-02-04T08:09:06Z")
Pretty much the same as last year, except for the two I had to replace because they were kind enough to give me points: Pope Benedict XVI Terry Bradshaw Ashleigh Brilliant Don Cannon Murray Langston Tom Lehrer Agafia Lykov Peter Mahovlich Bill Mazeroski Thomas J. Murphy, Jr. Joe Negri Joanne Byrd Rogers Art Rooney II Alternates: Iris Apfel Bobby Vinton Anita Bryant Annotated list: Pope Benedict XVI Terry Bradshaw (former Pittsburgh Steeler) Ashleigh Brilliant (author & cartoonist) Don Cannon (former news anchor at WTAE & KDKA) Murray Langston (a/k/a “The Unknown Comic”) Tom Lehrer (composer & singer & mathematician) Agafia Lykov (Siberian hermit) Peter Mahovlich (former Pittsburgh Penguin) Bill Mazeroski (1960s Pittsburgh Pirate player) Thomas J. Murphy, Jr. (former Mayor, City of Pittsburgh) Joe Negri (guitarist, host of Adventure Time) Joanne Byrd Rogers (widow of Fred Rogers a/k/a Mr. Rogers) Art Rooney II (President, Pittsburgh Steelers) Alternates: Bobby Vinton (singer) Iris Apfel (fashion icon) Anita Bryant ---
**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:** [February 4, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/123 "2020-02-04T11:22:44Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > Pretty much the same as last year, except for the two I had to replace because they were kind enough to give me points: I don’t want to hear about it. I have it on good authority (that I just made up) that Deadpools have caused almost as many divorces as the phrase “while you’re up”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/124 "2020-02-04T12:59:34Z")
YouTube “stars” are not eligible unless they can be identified by a legal name, and that person is otherwise a celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/125 "2020-02-04T13:29:32Z")
Heck, I’ll play. No particular theme, just folks whose time seems ripe. Prince Philip Henry Kissinger Shane MacGowan Michael Schumacher Arnold Schwarzenegger Michail Gorbatchov Hulk Hogan Mark Hamill Ruth Ginsburg Benedict XVI Little Richard Iggy Pop Donald Trump ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/126 "2020-02-04T14:17:04Z")
All right, you famous people, time’s up! Joe Perry (Aerosmith) Steven Sweet (Warrant) Clint Eastwood Barry Manilow Louie Anderson Donald Trump George Zimmerman Ruth Bader Ginsburg Richard Simmons Carol Burnett Mel Brooks Leah Remini John Astin Alternate: Justin Bieber Clean list: Joe Perry Steven Sweet Clint Eastwood Barry Manilow Louie Anderson Donald Trump George Zimmerman Ruth Bader Ginsburg Richard Simmons Carol Burnett Mel Brooks Leah Remini John Astin Justin Bieber ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/127 "2020-02-04T15:00:42Z")
Jimmy Carter 10/1/24 former President Regis Philbin 8/25/31 former talk show host Mary Berry 3/24/35 British food writer and television presenter Tommy Chong 5/24/38 dope smoker Valerie Harper 8/22/39 actress Clive James 10/7/39 Australian Essayist, poet, broadcaster Randy Meisner 3/8/46 musician, played with Eagles Ronnie Wood 6/1/47 was member of Rolling Stones/Faces/Jeff Beck Group Olivia Newton-John 9/26/48 actress/singer Linda Nolan 2/23/59 member of the girl group The Nolans Leah Bracknell 7/12/64 actress Abby Lee Miller 9/21/66 dance instructor Paul John Gascoigne 5/27/67 former soccer player Alternates: Ralph Nader 2/27/34 attorney, noted involvement in consumer protection, environmentalism & government reform causes Alan Alda 1/28/36 actor Warner Wolf 11/11/37 sports anchor Jimmy Carter Regis Philbin Mary Berry Tommy Chong Valerie Harper Clive James Randy Meisner Ronnie Wood Olivia Newton-John Linda Nolan Leah Bracknell Abby Lee Miller Paul John Gascoigne Alternates: Ralph Nader Alan Alda Warner Wolf ---
**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:** [February 4, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/128 "2020-02-04T15:36:06Z")
Clean list: George Alegiah Bill Turnbull Mark Radcliffe Irrfan Khan Shaun Greatbatch Nick Boles Paul Gascoigne Leo Scullion Sonali Bendre Kim Woo Bin Elyana Emrizal Reynaldo Gianecchini Ruth Bader Ginsberg Farouk Al-Fishawy Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Kim Jong Un Ali Carter With details 01 George Alegiah - 63 - [George Alagiah - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alagiah) 02 Bill Turnbull - 62 - [Bill Turnbull - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Turnbull) 03 Mark Radcliffe - 60 - [Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Radcliffe_(radio_broadcaster)) 04 Irrfan Khan - 51 - [Irrfan Khan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrfan_Khan) 05 Shaun Greatbatch - 49 - [Shaun Greatbatch - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Greatbatch) 06 Nick Boles - 53 - [Nick Boles - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Boles) 07 Paul Gascoigne - 51 - [Paul Gascoigne - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne) 08 Leo Scullion - 60 - [Leo Scullion - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Scullion). 09 Sonali Bendre - 37 - [Sonali Bendre - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonali_Bendre) 10 Kim Woo Bin - 28 - [Kim Woo-bin - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Woo-bin) 11 Elyana Emrizal - 31 - Malaysian singer 12 Reynaldo Gianecchini - 46 - [Reynaldo Gianecchini - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynaldo_Gianecchini) 13 Ruth Bader Ginsberg 14 Farouk Al-Fishawy - 66 - Egyptian actor 15 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - 47? - [Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi) 16 Kim Jong Un 17 Ali Carter - 39 - [Ali Carter - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Carter) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/129 "2020-02-04T16:31:22Z")
Top 13 picks so far: Jimmy Carter 19 Prince Philip 13 Bill Cosby 11 Valerie Harper 11 Donald Trump 10 Betty White 9 Mel Brooks 8 Olivia Newton John 8 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 8 Henry Kissinger 7 Bob Dole 6 Queen Elizabeth II 6 Tommy Chong 6 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/130 "2020-02-04T17:08:55Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I feel like a terrible person, but I’ll nominate these people anyway, I guess. > > Tony Bennett > Jimmy Carter > Valerie Harper > Lou Gramm > Eddie Van Halen > Cher > Henry Kissinger > Boogie2988 (are You Tube stars eligible?) > Keith Richards > Alex Lifeson > Any adult member of the Osbourne family > Kareem Abdul-Jabbar > Emeril Lagasse > > Alternates: > > “Trence” > Olivia Newton-John Boogie2988’s birth certificate says his name is Steven Jason Williams. He’s (in?)famous enough to have a Wiki page. > **[Boogie2988](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie2988)** > > Steven Jason Williams (born July 24, 1974), better known by his online alias Boogie2988 or simply Boogie, is an American YouTuber best known for his video rants about video games and nerd culture as a character named Francis. > Steven Jason Williams grew up in St. Paul, Virginia. His father was a coal miner, and his mother was a preschool teacher. He has two older siblings. > Williams described his childhood as a "sad" time period in his life, due to dealing with obesity, lack of friends, and s... What’s the difference, really, between someone who becomes famous via You Tube, and someone who becomes famous because they can sing, or cook, or act, or give advice on any number of things, real or made-up? I’ll narrow the Osbourne death watch to Jack. Unfortunately, I really think that between the 7 of them (if you don’t know, Ozzy has two kids by his first wife), Jack will die first. ☹ ---
**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:** [February 4, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/131 "2020-02-04T21:13:52Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Boogie2988’s birth certificate says his name is Steven Jason Williams. He’s (in?)famous enough to have a Wiki page. > > [Boogie2988 - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie2988) > > What’s the difference, really, between someone who becomes famous via You Tube, and someone who becomes famous because they can sing, or cook, or act, or give advice on any number of things, real or made-up? > > I’ll narrow the Osbourne death watch to Jack. Unfortunately, I really think that between the 7 of them (if you don’t know, Ozzy has two kids by his first wife), Jack will die first. ☹ Might I humbly suggest re-submitting a clean list with your name clarifications, to save the Death Mistress a little work? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/132 "2020-02-04T22:57:55Z")
OK, here’s a revised list. Tony Bennett Jimmy Carter Valerie Harper Lou Gramm Eddie Van Halen Cher Henry Kissinger Steven Jason Williams (AKA YouTuber Boogie2988) Keith Richards Alex Lifeson Jack Osbourne Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Emeril Lagasse Alternatives: “Trence”, AKA Trump and/or Pence Olivia Newton-John ---
**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:** [February 5, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/133 "2020-02-05T02:33:04Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Tony Bennett Which Tony Bennett is this? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/134 "2020-02-05T04:25:14Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I think everyone is in a conspiracy to make me work hard on my birthday, which is 12/31. Potentially interesting anecdote: My younger brother was born at approximately 1:22am on January first. Mom went in labor on NYE. My father was kicked out of the delivery room because he kept trying to get Mom to give birth before the ball dropped in Times Square. He wanted that tax deduction. For the rest of my father’s life - even long after he and Mom divorced - he’d ask my brother on his birthday “why couldn’t you have been born two hours earlier?” One year, my brother replied “how come you didn’t have sex with Mom two hours earlier?” Without missing a beat, he replied “I wasn’t drunk enough yet” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/135 "2020-02-05T05:19:10Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Potentially interesting anecdote: > > My younger brother was born at approximately 1:22am on January first. Mom went in labor on NYE. My father was kicked out of the delivery room because he kept trying to get Mom to give birth before the ball dropped in Times Square. He wanted that tax deduction. > > For the rest of my father’s life - even long after he and Mom divorced - he’d ask my brother on his birthday “why couldn’t you have been born two hours earlier?” > > One year, my brother replied “how come you didn’t have sex with Mom two hours earlier?” > > Without missing a beat, he replied “I wasn’t drunk enough yet” **Superdude** , yes, I was “daddy’s little tax deduction” But he still would have been happy if I’d been born later. For a first baby I came fast, my folks had sat down to supper when Mom realized she needed to go to the nospital. And I was born at 10:16 PM, so labor was barely five hours. My due date had been Christmas Day. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/136 "2020-02-05T05:26:48Z")
BTW, the top thirteen so far are: Jimmy Carter 19 Prince Philip 13 Bill Cosby 11 Valerie Harper 11 Donald Trump 10 Betty White 9 Mel Brooks 8 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 8 Henry Kissinger 7 Olivia Newton John 7 Bob Dole 6 Queen Elizabeth II 6 Tommy Chong 6 ---
**Author:** ![1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/58956e/32.png) [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1b3bz18c9ed269201)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/137 "2020-02-05T07:18:41Z")
I was going to do a “Theme” list this year but my first two celebs were just too compelling. I think Nassar will be killed in prison and Weinstein will take his own life rather than go to prison. I went down the road of tracing some of the 1960’s TV stars from my favorite shows so you will see a few of them. I also owe it to some of my remaining picks from previous years just out of respect. I believe this may be the last trip around the sun for Bob Newhart but it will bring me great pain to see him go. 1. ``` Larry Nassar Gymnast Sex abuse ``` 2. Harvey Weinstein 3. Tina Louise - Ginger 4. Dawn Wells - Mary Anne 5. Dwayne Hickman – Dobie Gillis 6. Pat Priest – Marilyn Munster 2 7. Max Baer Jr. - Jethro (Jethrine) 8. Olivia Newton John 9. Henry Kissinger 10. Barbara Walters 11. Bill Cosby 12. Bob Newhart - Dr. Robert Hartley, Professor Proton 13. Jimmy Carter Alternates 14. Barbara Eden - Jeannie 15. Julie Newmar – TV Catwoman 1966 clean list Larry Nassar Harvey Weinstein Tina Louise Dawn Wells Dwayne Hickman Pat Priest Max Baer Jr. Olivia Newton John Henry Kissinger Barbara Walters Bill Cosby Bob Newhart Jimmy Carter Alternates Barbara Eden Julie Newmar ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/138 "2020-02-05T08:30:44Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > I literally had to remove only a single letter from last year’s list… Cloris Bleachman? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/139 "2020-02-05T12:03:48Z")
I missed out last year because I procrastinated and then forgot. Here we go! Paula Deen Tim Conway Bill Cosby Donald Trump Willie Nelson Artie Lange Ethan Cutkosky Shia LaBeouf Stormy Daniels Vince Vaughn Jenna Morasca Heather Locklear Matt Lauer ALTS: Linda Ronstadt Keith Richards Mick Jagger ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/140 "2020-02-05T13:51:45Z")
Anna Akana - born 18 August 1989 - YouTuber Fatima Ali - born 9 April 1989 - Top Chef contestant Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - born 1971 - ISIL leader Alison Bracknell (aka Leah Bracknell) - born 12 July 1964 - actress Bill Cosby - born 12 July 1937 - rapist and comedian Steve Gleason - born 19 March 1977 - former football player Kang Kek Iew (aka Comrade Duch) - born 17 November 1942 - war criminal José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz (aka José José) - born 17 February 1948 - singer Olivia Newton John - born 26 September 1948 - singer Linda Nolan - born 23 February 1959 - singer and actress Fernando Ricksen - born 27 July 1976 - soccer player John Szeles (aka The Amazing Johnathan) - born September 9, 1958 - magician Ken Watanabe - born 21 October 1959 - actor Alternates: Ruth Bader-Ginsberg - born 15 March 1933 - Supreme Court Justice Kim Woo-Bin - born 16 July 1989 - actor James Randi - born 7 August 1928 - magician, author Clean list: Anna Akana Fatima Ali Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Alison Bracknell Bill Cosby Steve Gleason Kang Kek Iew José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz Olivia Newton John Linda Nolan Fernando Ricksen John Szeles Ken Watanabe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=8)