# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irritant)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/161 "2020-02-08T01:12:30Z")
Did okay this year, still reposting much of the same list: [Al Jaffee 3/13/1921](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jaffee) [Ramona Fradon 10/1/1926](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramona_Fradon) [Joe Sinnott 10/16/1926](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sinnott) [Barbara Walters 9/25/1929](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters) [John Romita Sr. 1/24/1930](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters) [Larry Lieber 10/26/1931](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Lieber) [Floyd Norman 6/22/1935](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Norman) [Sal Buscema 1/26/1936](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal_Buscema) [Sergio Aragones 9/6/1937](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Aragon%C3%A9s) [Jim Steranko 11/5/1938](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Steranko) [Denny O’Neil 5/3/1939](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_O%27Neil) [Robert Crumb 8/30/1943](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Crumb) [Glenn Fabry 3/24/1961](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Fabry) Alternates: [D. C. Fontana 3/25/1939](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Fontana) [Alex Nino 5/1/1940](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ni%C3%B1o) [Roy Thomas 11/22/1940](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Thomas) Al Jaffee Ramona Fradon Joe Sinnott Barabra Walters John Romita Sr. Larry Lieber Floyd Norman Sal Buscema Sergio Aragones Jim Steranko Dennis O’Neil Robert Crumb Glenn Fabry Alt: D. C. Fontana Alex Nino Roy Thomas ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/162 "2020-02-08T05:08:32Z")
Happy Birthday, **Baker**!! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/163 "2020-02-08T05:13:13Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Mason Stajduhar > Johnny Clegg > Quincy Jones > Jo Dee Messina > Kim Wo-bin > Joe Thompson > Dingko Singh > Mason Stajduhar _Pssst!_ Notice anything funny about this part of your list? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/164 "2020-02-08T05:28:31Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Happy Birthday, **Baker**!! Thank you! What a way to spend my birthday, huh? I’ll sit here this evening with snacks and beer and total up the rush of last minute entries. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/165 "2020-02-08T06:53:19Z")
My 2019 Death Pool list: Fatima Ali (4-9-89) Top Chef contestant Kim Woo-Bin (7-16-89) Actor Marieke Vervoort (5-10-79) Paralympics athlete Greg Gilbert (12-7-77) Delays rocker Fernando Ricksen (7-27-76) Dutch soccer star Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (7-28-71) ISIS leader Leah Bracknell (7-12-64) Actor John Andretti (3-12-63) Race car driver Linda Nolan (2-23-59) Irish singer, actress Johnathan Szeles (9-9-58) “The amazing Johnathan” Johnny Clegg (6-7-53) South African singer/songwriter Kamala (5-28-50) wrestler, **real name James Harris** Kathleen Blanco (12-15-42) former Louisiana governor Alternate: Danny Delport (x/x/52) South African rugby player Clean List: Fatima Ali Kim Woo-Bin Marieke Vervoort Greg Gilbert Fernando Ricksen Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Leah Bracknell John Andretti Linda Nolan Johnathan Szeles Johnny Clegg Kamala Kathleen Blanco Alternate: Danny Delport ---
**Author:** ![Team\_Dirt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Team\_Dirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Team_Dirt)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/166 "2020-02-08T07:08:44Z")
Here we go again - many thanks to all that make this happen! Team Dirt Alberto Fujimori Alex Honnald Christy Dignam George Alagiah Josephine Mandamin Julie Strain Kaing Guek Eav Kathleen Blanco Larry Langford Lee Kerslake Olivia Newton-John Shane MacGowan Violeta Chamorro A: The Amazing Johnathan ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/167 "2020-02-08T08:09:55Z")
Len Dawson (KC Chief) Alan Simpson (senator) Frederick Forsyth (author) Tony Dow (actor) Ronnie Schell (actor) Richard Bach (author) The Iron Sheik ( pro wrestler) John LeCarre (author) Jo Anne Worley (actress) Mel Renfro (Dallas Cowboy) John Davidson (actor) Ernest “Fritz” Hollings (senator) Ken Osmond (actor) Alternates: George Welsh (football coach) Leon Spinks (boxer) Burt Ward (actor) Clean list: Len Dawson Alan Simpson Frederick Forsyth Tony Dow Ronnie Schell Richard Bach The Iron Sheik John LeCarre Jo Anne Worley Mel Renfro John Davidson Ernest “Fritz” Hollings Ken Osmond Alternates: George Welsh Leon Spinks Burt Ward ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Anne_s_Lace)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/168 "2020-02-08T08:17:28Z")
Happy Birthday BAKER!!! That said, without further ado: Fatima Ali Mel Brooks Jimmy Carter Beth Chapman Dick Cheney Tim Conway Bill Cosby Valerie Harper Larry Nassar Bob Newhart Olivia Newton-John Prince Phillip Betty White Just in case the Grim Reaper visits one of the above in the next 14 hrs: Henry Kissinger ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/169 "2020-02-08T09:06:49Z")
Dick Cheney Jimmy Carter Bob Newhart Dawn Wells William Shatner Jim Brown Willie Mays Elgin Baylor Bill Russell Lou Holtz Bill Cosby Tim Conway Betty White ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/170 "2020-02-08T11:30:34Z")
Less than eleven hours folks, still plenty of room in the pool! ---
**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:** [February 8, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/171 "2020-02-08T12:01:31Z")
Most are carry overs from last year. Gotta go sometime. Leah Bracknell Mason Stajduhar Johnny Clegg Quincy Jones Jo Dee Messina Kim Wo-bin Fernando Ricksen Dingko Singh Marie Veroort Greg Gilbert Dag Kittlaus Holly Rowe Larry Garza Alternates Wayne Smith John Andretti Charles Russell Detailed list Leah Bracknell, English actress Mason Stajduhar, soccer player Johnny Clegg, South African musician Quincy Jones, American comedian Jo Dee Messina, C&W Singer Kim Wo-bin, South Korean model and actor Fernando Ricksen, Dutch footballer Dingko Singh, Indian boxer Marie Veroort, paralymic athlete Greg Gilbert, Frontman for the Delays Dag Kittlaus, Cofounder, CEO of Siri Holly Rowe, ESPN journalist Larry Garza, Comedian Alternates Wayne Smith New Zeland rugby player and coach John Andretti NASCAR racer Charles Russell, mobster ---
**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:** [February 8, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/172 "2020-02-08T13:05:06Z")
Happy Birthday, 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:** [February 8, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/173 "2020-02-08T13:17:33Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > Happy Birthday, Baker! sucking up already! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/174 "2020-02-08T13:29:56Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > sucking up already! You bet! One never knows how far flattery can take you!😃 ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/175 "2020-02-08T13:38:28Z")
I helped keep all 16 of last year’s aged picks alive for another full year, but they can’t all hold out for another year (although I hope they do!) I’ve added Mel Brooks, who was inexplicably left off last year’s list, and removed Peggy Dow from the alternates. As I said last year, I’m playing the odds, not going for points, even though that strategy didn’t exactly pay off! The maximum I could get, if all of these wonderful actors dropped dead in early January, is 41. The first four are over 100 already. (They seem to be proving George Burns right when he said, “If you make it to 100, you’ve got it made, because very few people die past 100.”) Norman Lloyd Olivia de Havilland Kirk Douglas Marsha Hunt Carol Channing Betty White Carl Reiner Doris Day Eva Marie Saint Dick van Dyke June Lockhart Angela Lansbury Mel Brooks Alternates: Sidney Poitier Joe Turkel Conrad Janis ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/176 "2020-02-08T13:39:38Z")
Nobody from my 2018 list kicked the bucket this year, so I’m just going to roll 'em over to 2019. (I guess that’s the game I’m playing with my group of relatively young picks. High risk/high reward.) **Clean List** Heather Mack Chief Keef Lil Durk Jereme Richmond Louis King Johnson Jr. Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar Jeremiah Ratliff Giuliana Rancic Jesse Jackson Jr. Jose Canseco Melodie Gliniewicz William Perry Joe Walsh _No alternates… will take my chances that all the above 13 are still alive and valid picks!_ **With Commentary.** Current age (or thereabouts) in parentheses: [ul] [li]Heather Mack (22) – Co-perpetrator in the Bali suitcase murder case. Serving prison time in Indonesia.[/li][li]Chief Keef (23) – a/k/a Keith Cozart, perpetually troubled “drill” rapper from Chicago. For a while he was popping up in the local news about monthly for yet another DUI, drug charge, shooting incident, etc.[/li][li]Lil Durk (26) – a/k/a Durk Banks, another drill rapper from Chicago that seems to find annual trouble with gun charges. His manager was gunned down in 2015.[/li][li]Jereme Richmond (27) – Former University of Illinois basketball player frequently in trouble with the law.[/li][li]Louis King Johnson Jr. (31) – Chicago-based drill rapper better known as “King Louie” or “King L.” Shot in the head in December 2015.[/li][li]Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar (31) – Son of drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán.[/li][li]Jeremiah Ratliff (37) – Defensive lineman fired from the Chicago Bears in October 2015 after bizarre behavior and outbursts. Committed DUI a couple years ago.[/li][li]Giuliana Rancic (44) – TV personality who has battled cancer on and off.[/li][li]Jesse Jackson Jr. (53) – Son of famed civil rights leader. Former Chicago Congressman. Has been battling bi-polar disorder and depression for several years.[/li][li]Jose Canseco (54) – Former baseball player with penchant for risky behavior.[/li][li]Melodie Gliniewicz (54) – Widow of Joe Gliniewicz, a cop from Chicago’s northwest suburbs who committed suicide (but staged things to appear as if he was killed in the line duty) to cover up fraud. Melodie is in trouble for her involvement in the scheme.[/li][li]William “The Fridge” Perry (56) – Former Chicago Bear.[/li][li]Joe Walsh (57) – Former congressman representing northern suburbs. Current talk radio blowhard in Chicago.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/177 "2020-02-08T13:58:17Z")
Shannen Doherty Rip Torn Roman Polanski Selena Gomez Vivian Campbell Johnny Depp Lil Wayne Prince Philip Ben Affleck Don King Judy Blume Jerry Sandusky Bam Margera ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/178 "2020-02-08T14:07:36Z")
Almost forgot to do this! Didn’t have time to do much research, so kept a bunch from my list from last year and filled in the gaps left by the ones that shuffled off this year. Clean list: Bill Cosby Jill Gascoine Clive James Valerie Harper Ronnie Wood Olivia Newton-John Linda Nolan Leah Bracknell Artie Lange Shannen Doherty Demi Lovato Pete Davidson 6ix9ine Alternates: Kevin Spacey Albert Finney With Comments: Bill Cosby - good riddance if he goes Jill Gascoine - holdover Clive James - holdover, for the umpteenth time, I am making this guy immortal Valerie Harper - holdover, this is the year, I feel it! Ronnie Wood - holdover Olivia Newton-John - holdover, looking rough for her Linda Nolan - holdover Leah Bracknell - holdover Artie Lange - had him on my list several years ago, time to give him another chance Shannen Doherty - holdover Demi Lovato - this was a tough year for her Pete Davidson - life ain’t Grande for poor ol’ Pete anymore 6ix9ine - the rapper also known as Daniel Hernandez Alternates: Kevin Spacey - hitting hard times, probably too big an ego to off himself, though Albert Finney - very likely to die now that I’ve removed him from my main list for the first time in five years ---
**Author:** ![FavreCo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a698b9/32.png) [@FavreCo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FavreCo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/179 "2020-02-08T14:38:02Z")
Leah Bracknell Tim Conway Sumner Redstone Mikhail Gorbachev Fernando Ricksen Nichelle Nichols George Alagiah Olivia Newton-John Doddie Weir O J Brigance Marieke Vervoort Lou Brock Pele Alternates Mel Stottlemyre - former Yankees pitcher Kathleen Blanco Brian Wilson - Beach Boys ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/180 "2020-02-08T14:45:05Z")
With less than eight hours to go, these are the top 13 picks. Jimmy Carter 24 Bill Cosby 17 Prince Philip 15 Olivia Newton John 14 Valerie Harper 14 Betty White 13 Donald Trump 11 Leah Bracknell 11 Mel Brooks 11 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 9 Henry Kissinger 8 Linda Nolan 8 Tim Conway 8 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390.md?page=10)