# Celebrity Death Pool 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229 "2019-12-01T07:28:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DarrenW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DarrenW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenW)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/21 "2019-12-03T20:35:30Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Since all of my 2019 picks have been most un-cooperative, I shall submit them again for 2020. Maybe at least one of them will take a hint. > > 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 Penny passed in 2019. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/22 "2019-12-03T21:03:34Z")
See post immediately preceeding yours. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/23 "2019-12-03T23:32:21Z")
William Holly Johnson Michael C Hall Michael J Fox Doc Severinsen Mel Brooks Max Gail Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. Tom Brokaw Tracee Talavera Cloris Leachman Jimmy Carter Yoko Ono Carol Arthur Alternates: John Davidson Kenny Rogers Betty White ---
**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:** [December 4, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/24 "2019-12-04T14:24:50Z")
In early. I know me, and I don’t want to forget. ```auto Death Pool - 2020 NAME Birthdate Known for Sam Lloyd 12 November 1963 Actor Alex Trebek 22 July 1940 Jeopardy Kim Jong-chul 25 September 1981 Half-brother of Kim Jong-un Grigory Rodchenkov 24 October 1958 Former head of the Russian doping labs Ric Flair 25 February 1949 Woooo!!!!!!!!! Jimmy Carter 1 October 1924 Ex-President Michael Schumacher 3 January 1969 Formula-1 Driver Terrible skier Donald J Trump 14 June 1946 >Insert snarky comment here< Dick Cheney 30 January 1941 Darth Vader Prince Phillip 10 June 1921 He married well Pope Emeritus Benedict 16 April 1927 Snazzy Red Shoes David Attenborough 8 May 1926 *Not* Boaty McBoatface Jonathan Rhys Meyers 24 July 1977 Actor Alt Val Kilmer 31 December 1959 The best Batman *EVER* Casey Anthony 19 March 1985 Found Not Guilty ``` Clean List: Sam Lloyd Alex Trebek Kim Jong-chul Grigory Rodchenkov Ric Flair Jimmy Carter Michael Schumacher Donald J Trump Dick Cheney Prince Phillip Pope Emeritus Benedict David Attenborough Jonathan Rhys Meyers Alt Val Kilmer Casey Anthony ---
**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:** [December 4, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/25 "2019-12-04T18:22:22Z")
Thank you **Baker** and **phungi** for running the Death Pools again! All but one holdovers from last year. Queen Elizabeth II Donald Trump Kirk Douglas Jimmy Carter Shannen Doherty Olivia Newton-John John Travolta Alex Trebek Harrison Ford Bob Barker Bill O’Reilly Mick Jagger Nichelle Nichols Alternates: Ringo Starr Tom Brokaw George Takei ---
**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:** [December 4, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/26 "2019-12-04T21:05:57Z")
My thanks to both the **Deathmistress** and **Deathshroom** as well. This is one of those things we both really look forward to each year. ---
**Author:** ![standard\_deviation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@standard\_deviation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standard_deviation)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/27 "2019-12-05T17:59:58Z")
Do most people hang on to the names who failed to die last year (all of them in my case), or like to shake it up? Either way, here’s this year’s zero point list. Val Valentino Michael Gambon Bobby Charlton Bill Turnbull Alex Trebek Randy Orton Eddie Van Halen Eric Idle Sam Lloyd Timothy West Glenn Hoddle Olivia Newton-John Vince Cable Alternates: John Motson Uri Geller Maggie Smith ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/28 "2019-12-06T15:12:47Z")
This year I am just listing those people that I want to die (of painless natural causes, of course. I’m neither a sadist nor an advocate of homicide). For this one occasion I shall make an exception to my refusal to spell out Dolt45’s surname. My list of species (in the fine tradition of the Roadrunner cartoon) and individuals to be removed humanely and painlessly from the earth: 1 tangerinus anus horriblis Donald Trump 2 crookus maximus William Barr 3 corpsus exploitus Rudy Guiliani 4 assus kissus Mike Pompeo 5 homo supressus Mike Pence 6 nepotisus maximus Ivanka Trump 7 charitus scammicus Eric Trump 8 spookus bigotus Stephen Miller 9 tortoise obstructus Mitch McConnell 10 obsequious cringus Lindsey Graham 11 rattus sneakus Devin Nunes 12 egotus maximus Jared Kushner 13 victimus perpetua Melania Trump Alternates A nuttus nuttus Sean Hannity B shriekus shriekus Kelly Ann Conway C dirtyharrius envious George Zimmerman Clean List Donald Trump William Barr Rudy Guiliani Mike Pompeo Mike Pence Ivanka Trump Eric Trump Stephen Miller Mitch McConnell Lindsey Graham Devin Nunes Jared Kushner Melania Trump Alternates Sean Hannity Kelly Ann Conway George Zimmerman ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/29 "2019-12-06T21:57:11Z")
I’ve been here for 20 years and never played. So 2020 seems a good year to jump in. Keith Richards Ian Anderson Elton John Christopher Plummer Elliott Gould Catherine Deneuve Jimmy Carter Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lee Smith Joe Torre Henri Richard Michael Hayden Donald J. Trump Alternates: Paul Martin (Canadian PM), Errol Morris ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/30 "2019-12-07T23:04:30Z")
I’m going to wait till later in the month before I post mine, but it comes down to Do I remove some of the long-standers on my regular list who would only net me a few points and replace them with some unlikely-but-not-that-unlikely wildcards. I will wrestle with that decision for a week or so before finally posting. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/31 "2019-12-08T02:53:10Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Frankie Banali > Jimmy Carter > Ruth Bader Ginsburg > Chuck Norris > Eddie Van Halen > Dick Van Dyke > Olivia Newton John > Bob Dole > Honor Blackman > Ed Asner > Alex Trebeck > Linda Ronstadt > Joni Mitchell > > Alternates: > > Nichelle Nichols > Michael McKean > Fred Willard Hey, **Baker** , can you remove Chuck Norris from my list and substitute Linda Lavin instead? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/32 "2019-12-08T03:50:00Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Hey, **Baker** , can you remove Chuck Norris from my list and substitute Linda Lavin instead? Thanks! No problem. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/33 "2019-12-08T06:38:35Z")
Karl Rove Dick Cheney Tony Bennett Kirk Douglas Sumner Redstone Bob Barker Sean Connery Ruth Bader Ginsburg Betty White Judi Dench Maggie Smith Christopher Plummer Rupert Murdoch ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/34 "2019-12-08T11:04:28Z")
Thanks to our **Illustrious Death Mistress Baker** : Tucker Carlson - commentator on Fox News Rep. Doug Collins - Georgia Congressman KellyAnne Conway - Presidential Advisor Sen. Lindsey Graham - SC Senator Sean Hannity - commentator on Fox News Sen. James Inhofe - Oklahoma Senator Rep. Jim Jordan - Ohio Congressman Jared Kushner - Presidential Advisor Sen. Mitch McConnell - Kentucky Senator Rep. Mark Meadows - NC Congressman Steven Mnuchin - Secretary of the Treasury Rick Perry - Secretary of Energy Donald Trump - U.S. President Plain List: Tucker Carlson Doug Collins KellyAnne Conway Lindsey Graham Sean Hannity James Inhofe Jim Jordan Jared Kushner Mitch McConnell Mark Meadows Steven Mnuchin Rick Perry Donald Trump ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/35 "2019-12-08T11:57:34Z")
dick van dyke (not that i want him to ) ---
**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:** [December 8, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/36 "2019-12-08T13:41:22Z")
Here we go! Pat Sajak Alex Trebek Bill Cosby Donald Trump Willie Nelson Betty White Donald Sutherland Jerry Lee Lewis Ruth Bader Ginsburg Harvey Weinstein David Crosby Michael J. Fox Elton John Artie Lange Jack Nicholson Jane Fonda ---
**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:** [December 8, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/37 "2019-12-08T13:42:22Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > dick van dyke (not that i want him to ) Dude. Read the OP, and follow the rules. ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/38 "2019-12-09T22:50:46Z")
Here are the people I will confer immortality on this year: Buzz Aldrin Jimmy Carter Michael Collins Sean Connery Bob Dole Mikhail Gorbachev Angela Lansbury Regis Philbin Prince Philip Pat Sajak William Shatner Alex Trebek Vanna White alternates: Sandra Day O’Connor Pete Wilson ---
**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:** [December 10, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/39 "2019-12-10T03:05:50Z")
[Casey Kasem voice] Making his debut on this year’s chart at number 13 is Turkish president Recep Erdogan. Dropping off this year’s countdown is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who, by virtue of dying in 2019, earned **Ponch8** his first ever points in his three years of participating in the SDMB Celebrity Death Pool. Now, on with the countdown.[/Casey Kasem voice] Lukasz Gottwald Donald Trump Bashar Assad Justin Bieber Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Pat Robertson Kim Kardashian Hassan Nasrallah Steve Bannon Wayne LaPierre Louis Farrakhan Roger Waters Recep Tayyip Erdogan Alternates: James Taylor Bob Seger Little Richard Hopefully all 13 people on my main list bite the dust in 2020 (or sooner!) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/40 "2019-12-10T04:07:21Z")
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