# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/61 "2019-12-16T19:02:44Z")
I need a rules clarification. If I happen to be famous (_not telling_) and I put myself on my list, then if I commit suicide in order to get the points, would those points be rejected under rule #7? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/62 "2019-12-16T20:17:22Z")
See also rule 3-e. We may not pick members of the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/63 "2019-12-16T20:58:23Z")
But how would you know for certain? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/64 "2019-12-18T15:14:12Z")
Stephen King Tabitha King Joe Hill (Joseph Hillstron King) Owen King Mary Higgins Clark Carol Higgins Clark Mary Jane Clark Yoko Ono Pattie Boyd Olivia Harrison Paul McCartney Ringo Star Barbara Bach ---
**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:** [December 19, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/65 "2019-12-19T15:23:39Z")
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 Everyone carried over from 2019. They owe me. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/66 "2019-12-19T16:15:44Z")
Fuck it. Cut/Paste last years. Who cares anymore. Just one change. I have never scored a single point. Prince Phillip Johnny Knoxville Queen Elizabeth Charlie Sheen Steve-O Travis Pastrana Bam Margera Andy Bell Josh Todd Bombshell McGee Danny Bonaduce Michael Schumacher Lizzo Again, a perverse pleasure in sandwiching the Queen between Knoxville and Sheen. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/68 "2019-12-20T06:19:09Z")
> [@Celebrity Death Pool 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2019/825390/63): > > 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) I’m still heeding **Happy Lendervedder** ’s advice to do a clean list, without commentary, lest the Death Mistress give me the stink eye and curse my loins: Loretta Lynn Charlie Daniels Tommy Chong 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:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/69 "2019-12-20T07:19:49Z")
Hillary Clinton Stephen King Bam Margera Tommy Lasorda AOC Kareem Abdul Jabbar Harvey Weinstein Tony Bennett Vladimir Putin Melissa McCarthy Chow YunFat Judy Dench Jeremy Corbyn ---
**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:** [December 20, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/70 "2019-12-20T21:44:14Z")
Here’s mine. Now, none of mine croaked in 2019, so I’ll be expecting the folks on my list to try extra hard this year to make it up to me. :dubious: Alex Trebek Donald Trump Ruth Bader Ginsburg George Zimmerman Bob Gibson Olivia Newton John Cameron Mathison Frankie Banali Barry Manilow Jimmy Carter Louie Anderson Bam Margera Heather Locklear Alternate: Casey Anthony ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/71 "2019-12-21T01:18:21Z")
It might be interesting to note the top thirteen picks so far. #1 is not even someone who is sick, except perhaps in the head. Donald Trump 15 Alex Trebek 14 Jimmy Carter 12 Prince Phillip 6 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 6 Bill Cosby 5 Sean Connery 5 Bob Dole 4 Harvey Weinstein 4 Kirk Douglas 4 Olivia Newton John 4 Queen Elizabeth II 4 Tommy Chong 4 ---
**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 21, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/72 "2019-12-21T17:01:45Z")
Replacing Willie with Tommy Chong. Thanks! Pat Sajak Alex Trebek Bill Cosby Donald Trump Tommy Chong Betty White Donald Sutherland Jerry Lee Lewis Ruth Bader Ginsburg Harvey Weinstein David Crosby Michael J. Fox Elton John Willie Nelson Artie Lange Jack Nicholson ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/73 "2019-12-21T20:30:20Z")
After a big goose-egg year in 2019, I humbly submit the same list this year. Russell M. Nelson Dallin Oaks Henry B. Eyring M. Russell Ballard Willie Nelson Barbara Eden Tina Louise Carl Reiner Joe Walsh Jimmy Carter Post Malone Don McLean Joni Mitchell Notes: (1-4) The first four names are leaders of the LDS church. (9) Joe Walsh, the musician (James Gang, Eagles) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/74 "2019-12-21T23:53:43Z")
George W. Bush Dana Carvey Kassie DePaiva Michael Douglas Richard Dreyfuss Gina Lollobrigida Gerald McRaney Liza Minnelli Frankie Muniz Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh Randy Travis Alex Trebek Brian Wilson Alternates: Mikhail Gorbachev Shirley Knight Cloris Leachman Brian Wilson is the Beach Boy ---
**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 22, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/75 "2019-12-22T07:48:19Z")
> [@rosemurray](#): > > Ruth Bader Ginsburg (though she died 11 mos ago, and is “on ice”) I’m curious if this is a joke or some sort of conspiracy theory. The person posting it has one post. This one. And is a new registrant. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/76 "2019-12-22T07:56:25Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’m curious if this is a joke or some sort of conspiracy theory. The person posting it has one post. This one. And is a new registrant. You know, I didn’t notice that about the poster.It is entirely possible this person just stumbled on the Dope and wants to play, but I’d like to see if they are paying close enough attention now to respond. ---
**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 22, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/77 "2019-12-22T08:50:45Z")
It’s an odd thread to make your debut in ---
**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:** [December 22, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/78 "2019-12-22T16:47:34Z")
Sounds like a joke to me. I wonder if he plays another death pool and heard about the SDMB? ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/79 "2019-12-24T18:39:00Z")
I didn’t play last year because I, uh, forgot, but did “score” maybe 3 deaths. So here I am, on time this year, with a list that’s almost the same from 2018 Alex Trebek – game show host Betty White – actress Billy Graham - evangelist Bob Barker – host Bob Newhart - actor Carol Burnett – actress/comedian Charlie Sheen – actor David Foster - composer Hosni Mubarak – former president of Egypt Jimmy Carter – former U.S. president Pope Benedict – ex-pope Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – husband of Queen Elizabeth (UK) Queen Elizabeth II – Current Queen of the UK Alternates: David Attenborough – naturalist/host Richard Simmons – exercise guru Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Supreme Court justice Clean list: Alex Trebek Betty White Billy Graham Bob Barker Bob Newhart Carol Burnett Charlie Sheen David Foster Hosni Mubarak Jimmy Carter Pope Benedict Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Queen Elizabeth II Alternates: David Attenborough Richard Simmons Ruth Bader Ginsburg ---
**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:** [December 24, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/80 "2019-12-24T18:52:26Z")
Ruth Bader Ginsberg Alex Trebek Greg Gilbert Dag Kittlaus Holly Rowe Larry Garza Eddit van Halen Ivan Julian Slick Woods Sam Lloyd Jamie Otis Jimmy Carter Catherine Deneuve Ruth Bader Ginsberg Alex Trebek Greg Gilbert, frontman for the Delays Dag Kittlaus, co founder of Siri Holly Rowe, ESPN journalist. Larry Garza, comedian Eddie van Halen Ivan Julian of band Richard Hell & the Voidoids Slick Woods, model Sam Lloyd, Actor Jamie Otis, actress Jimmy Carter Catherine Deneuve ---
**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:** [December 24, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/81 "2019-12-24T23:56:14Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > I didn’t play last year because I, uh, forgot, but did “score” maybe 3 deaths. So here I am, on time this year, with a list that’s almost the same from 2018 > > Alex Trebek – game show host > Betty White – actress > Billy Graham - evangelist > Bob Barker – host > Bob Newhart - actor > Carol Burnett – actress/comedian > Charlie Sheen – actor > David Foster - composer > Hosni Mubarak – former president of Egypt > Jimmy Carter – former U.S. president > Pope Benedict – ex-pope > Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – husband of Queen Elizabeth (UK) > Queen Elizabeth II – Current Queen of the UK > > Alternates: > David Attenborough – naturalist/host > Richard Simmons – exercise guru > Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Supreme Court justice > > Clean list: > Alex Trebek > Betty White > Billy Graham > Bob Barker > Bob Newhart > Carol Burnett > Charlie Sheen > David Foster > Hosni Mubarak > Jimmy Carter > Pope Benedict > Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh > Queen Elizabeth II > > Alternates: > David Attenborough > Richard Simmons > Ruth Bader Ginsburg Billy Graham died in 2018. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=5)