# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![cazwhatever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@cazwhatever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cazwhatever)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/103 "2019-12-28T19:37:44Z")
Val Kilmer Jonathan Rhys Meyers Derek Whibley Chloe Lattanzi Pete Doherty Lyndsay Lohan James Argent Nick Stahl Edward Furlong Aaron Carter Ian Watkins Brooke Mueller Orlando Brown Alternates: James Stunt Jonah Hill ---
**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:** [December 28, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/104 "2019-12-28T23:30:28Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > As **Little Nemo** said a couple of Decembers back, > So keep that in mind, folks, when you put extremely old people like Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Kirk Douglas, Jimmy Carter, and Betty White on your lists. They’ve all gotten really, really good at making it through another year. 😃 Another _year_? I picked Kirk Douglas in 1999! ---
**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 28, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/105 "2019-12-28T23:36:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Another _year_? I picked Kirk Douglas in 1999! If we all drop him from our lists this year, I guarantee that he will drop dead. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/106 "2019-12-28T23:43:35Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Reprising my list of entertainers over 90 years old. I helped keep all but two of last year’s aged picks alive for another full year, including four centenarians. Carol Channing and Doris Day gave me a few points in 2019, but I’m hoping for a low score again this year to avoid losing any more of these great talents. > > As always, I’m playing the odds, not going for points. The maximum I could earn, if all of these wonderful actors dropped dead in early January, is 46. The first four are \*still \*over 100. (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.”) > > They’re listed in descending age. Norman Lloyd (best known for _St. Elsewhere_) turned 105 on Nov. 8. Betty White will turn 98 on Jan. 17. **The youngest, Conrad Janis (_Mork & Mindy_), turns 92 in February.** > > Norman Lloyd > Olivia de Havilland > Kirk Douglas > Marsha Hunt > Betty White > Carl Reiner > Eva Marie Saint > Cicely Tyson > June Lockhart > Angela Lansbury > Dick van Dyke > Mel Brooks > Tony Bennett > > Alternates > James Lipton > Sidney Poitier > Harry Belafonte Emphasis mine. Oops! I was looking at my 2019 list when I wrote that. :smack: For 2020 I removed Conrad Janis this year in favor of Harry Belafonte, arguably more famous, and older. He turns 93 in March. ---
**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 29, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/107 "2019-12-29T01:46:22Z")
Replacing Pat Sajak with [Jim “Mattress Mack” McInvale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McIngvale). Thanks! Jim McInvale 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:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/108 "2019-12-29T16:03:29Z")
I better do this now before I forget. Thanks for your management of this, **Baker** , and I will be sending you virtual chocolate all throughout 2020. Ruth Bader Ginsberg Jerry Lee Lewis Bill Cosby Roselyn Carter Jimmy Carter Pat Boone Tina Turner Margaret Atwood Joni Mitchell Sara Paretsky Anne Rice Joe Namath Shelley Duvall Alternates Richard Simmons Mike Ditka ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/109 "2019-12-29T17:22:12Z")
Keith Richards Lindsay Lohan Scott Hall Bob Barker Amanda Bynes Bob Dole Jimmy Carter Courtney Love Sid Hartman Alex Trebek Miley Cyrus Ric Flair Tommy Chong Alt: Val Kilmer Casey Anthony Mitch McConnel ---
**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:** [December 29, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/110 "2019-12-29T18:13:51Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Replacing Pat Sajak with [Jim “Mattress Mack” McInvale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McIngvale). Thanks! > > Jim McInvale FYI: It’s McIngvale. “James Franklin McIngvale (born February 11, 1951), also known as Mattress Mack, is a businessman from Houston, Texas.” ---
**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 29, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/111 "2019-12-29T23:30:54Z")
^ Thanks! Jim McIngvale 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:** ![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 30, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/112 "2019-12-30T01:00:54Z")
Last minute change, sorry. Subtract Cameron Mathison, add US representative John Lewis. Clean final list follows: Alex Trebek Donald Trump Ruth Bader Ginsburg George Zimmerman Bob Gibson Olivia Newton John John Lewis Frankie Banali Barry Manilow Jimmy Carter Louie Anderson Bam Margera Heather Locklear ---
**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:** [December 30, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/113 "2019-12-30T01:12:44Z")
Old list for ol’ Happy: Olivia Newton John Sam Lloyd Steve Gleason Jill Gascoine Eddie Van Halen [del]George Perles[/del] John Lewis Bill Freehan Alex Trebek Tom Seaver Jeremy Bowen Doug Supernaw Bob Gibson June Shannon New, clean list: Olivia Newton John Sam Lloyd Steve Gleason Jill Gascoine Eddie Van Halen John Lewis Bill Freehan Alex Trebek Tom Seaver Jeremy Bowen Doug Supernaw Bob Gibson June Shannon ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/114 "2019-12-30T01:39:43Z")
Ruth Buzzi Joanne Woodward Sean Connery James Taylor Willie Nelson Dan Rather Joe Namath Judy Blume Gabe Kaplan Lee Majors Dick Smothers Jamie Farr Bob Dole Alternates: Barry Gibb Sandy Duncan Francis Ford Coppola Sent from my moto g(6) (XT1925DL) using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/115 "2019-12-30T03:01:09Z")
I haven’t done one of these in many years, and I used to administrate the Fathom version back in the day. Lessee… Donald Trump Chevy Chase Donald Fagen John Cleese Ian McKellen John Landis Neil Peart Stephen King Mark McGwire Miley Cyrus John Williams Bob Woodward Kim Jong-un ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/116 "2019-12-30T04:20:03Z")
**Updated list to replace my old list** Linda Nolan Alex Trebek Terry Jones James Lipton John Lewis Don Wildmon Woody Allen Jimmy Carter Nick Bollettieri Doyle Brunson Noah Antwiler Bob Newhart Henry Kissinger ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/117 "2019-12-30T07:20:10Z")
John Lewis Bob Dole Jimmy Carter Alex Trebek Henry Kissinger A.J. Foyt Robert Silverberg Warren Buffett Pope Benedict XVI Ruth Bader Ginsburg Mikhail Gorbachev Edward Packard Rosalynn Carter Alternatives: Larry Niven Mario Andretti Al Unser, Sr. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/118 "2019-12-30T12:42:08Z")
I can see already that a new bandwagon pick will be surging forward.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/119 "2019-12-30T14:40:53Z")
After a break of a couple of years, I think I’ll re-join the celebrity death pool for 2020. Here’s my non-clean list: Charlie Sheen, American actor Fraser Corsan, British record-breaking wingsuit pilot Michael J. Fox, Canadian actor Bob Dole, American politician Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician Akihito, emperor emeritus of Japan Keith Richards, member of The Rolling Stones Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian politician William Link, American screenwriter Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah Clean list: Charlie Sheen Fraser Corsan Michael J. Fox Bob Dole Prince Philip Garry Trudeau Giorgio Napolitano Akihito Keith Richards Mario Vargas Llosa Viktor Yushchenko William Link Hassan Nasrallah ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/120 "2019-12-30T17:45:41Z")
I, too, am adding Lewis to the list. Updated list: Pete Davidson Nobby Stiles Shane MacGowan Alex Trebek Doddie Weir Tom Smith Lee Kerslake A.T.M. Shamsuzzaman John Lewis Bruce Anstey George Alagiah Alberto Fujimori Julie Strain 6ix9ine Artie Lange Abdelaziz Bouteflika ---
**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:** [December 30, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/121 "2019-12-30T18:02:51Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I can see already that a new bandwagon pick will be surging forward.😃 It’s going to be easy to tell who posted after December 28. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229/122 "2019-12-30T18:29:58Z")
Reminds me of the Michael Schumacher bandwagon in the 2014 Death Pool thread. When did he die, anyway? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2020/844229.md?page=7)