# Celebrity Deathpool 2001 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715 "2000-12-02T15:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 2, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/1 "2000-12-02T15:00:59Z")
It’s Celebrity Deathpool 2001. Unlike last year where I thought of this at the last minute, this year I’m giving a little lead time. You have until January 1 to post your picks. Pretty much the same idea as last year but a few tweaks to the rules. Basically you’re guessing famous people who you think are going to die in the upcoming year. 1 - You get thirteen picks (We didn’t get enough dead celebrities last year, so I’m expanding the field). Anyone who posts more than thirteen picks will only have their first thirteen picks count towards point scoring and will be subject to general ridicule for their inability to count. 2 - Each pick you make who dies in the year 2001 gives you 100 points minus their age at death. If you pick someone who dies over the age of a hundred, you score zero points for them. If by chance, one of your picks dies before January 1, you can replace him or her with a new pick. 3 - All picks must be posted by the start of the new year. 4 - Celebrity status will be determined loosely. In case of disagreement, a majority vote of the posters will be binding. 5 - Persons currently under sentence of capitol punishment will only be valid for scoring points if they die by means other than official execution. 6 - Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread will be disqualified. 7 - You can’t pick fictional people. You can’t pick animals. You can’t pick multiple choices. You can’t pick people who are already dead. I know these rules sound ridiculous but all of them were tried last year. 8 - I’m crossposting this on the F3MB Jokes and Games forum and the SDMB MPSIMS forum. Even if you’re a member on both boards, you only get one set of thirteen picks but you can crosspost them on both boards. So here are my thirteen choices: Mohammad Ali Walter Cronkite Andy Dick Snoop Dogg Kirk Douglas Robert Downey Jr Betty Ford Billy Graham Pope John Paul II Dudley Moore Richard Pryor Ronald Reagan Anna Nicole Smith ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/2 "2000-12-02T15:30:37Z")
Darryl Strawberry Dick Cheney Ronald Reagan Boris Yeltsin Johnny Cash Katharine Hepburn Annette Funicello Robert Downey Jr. Morton Downey Jr. Nelson Mandela The Queen Mum Adam Sandler (obligatory SNL cast member!) Sean “Puffy” Combs ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/3 "2000-12-02T15:41:50Z")
[sup] **Dude! This is GRIM! But, WTF…** [/sup] Ronald Reagan Walter Cronkite Sylvester Stallone Andy Dick Puff Daddy Jennifer Lopez (they go together, in a hail of bullets) Boris Yeltsin The Pope Dick Cheney Hsu Chi (_explodes in a burst of **shear sexyiness** _) Akira Fubuki (_see above_) Mohammad Ali Barbara Walters (_killed by **Andrew Dice Clay** during a “Where are they now?” interview_) ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/4 "2000-12-02T16:00:18Z")
The Pope Ted Kennedy (gotta have a Kennedy) Elizabeth Taylor Michael Jackson Ronald Reagan John Travolta Carrol O’Connor Carol Burnette Bruce Willis Madonna Marilyn Manson Prince Larry King …I feel kinda weird posting that… Rose ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/5 "2000-12-02T16:06:51Z")
ok. here we go 1. Ted Danza 2. Jane Fonda 3. Sean Connery 4. Ronald Regan 5. G Gordon Liddy 6. Mohommed Ali 7. Charles Manson 8. WIlliam Shatner 9. Johnny Carson 10. Dick Clark 11. Mick Jager 12. Boris Yeltsin 13. Walter Cronkite Hey Drain the Queen mum us worth 0 points due to her ag(see rule #2) 🙂 good call on Boris, and even if I did not put “puffy” on my list like you I can always hope! ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/6 "2000-12-02T16:19:19Z")
Rosie O’Donnell Strom Thurmond Eminem Gerald Ford Tom Green Tony Danza Queen Mum Ronald Reagan Rodney Dangerfield Robert Downey Jr. Paul Newman Montel Williams Tommy Lasorda ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/7 "2000-12-02T16:21:19Z")
Wait, let me replace Strom and the Queen with… Roger Ebert Dick Cheney ---
**Author:** ![Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggs_a_la_Ted)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/8 "2000-12-02T16:53:16Z")
Theesa people gonna die: [ul][li]Arthur C. Clarke (it’d be cool, admit it)[/li][li]Pope John Paul II[/li][li]Elizabeth Taylor[/li][li]George Lucas[/li][li]David Spade[/li][li]Dick Cheney[/li][li]Boris Yeltsin[/li][li]Andy Rooney[/li][li]Calista Flockhart[/li][li]Yassir Arafat[/li][li]Ariel Sharon[/li][li]John Goodman[/li]James Garner[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/9 "2000-12-02T16:55:25Z")
Hmm… Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher Roseanne Barr Magic Johnson George W. Bush Martha Stewart The Pope Gerald Ford Robert Downey Jr. Strom Thurmond (gimmee - or maybe not!) Gary Coleman (obligatory Diff’rent Strokes star in the news) Prince Rainier Greg Louganis (another athlete who’s been HIV+ forever) –tygre ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/10 "2000-12-02T17:25:44Z")
Ahhh, something better than the stock market to dabble in. Let me see… Got it! After some serious thought and consultation, I choose the following- Annette Funichello Buddy Ebsen Evel Kneviel Art Carney Strom Thurmond Johnny Cash Milton Bearle The Queen Mother Jack Paar Sid Ceasar Dudley Moore Kirk Douglas ---
**Author:** ![Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggs_a_la_Ted)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/11 "2000-12-02T17:37:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CnoteChris \* > **The Queen Mother** As Osip pointed out, she’s over 100. You’ll get no points for her. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/12 "2000-12-02T17:38:53Z")
I can’t believe no one ahs mentioned Bob Hope… ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/13 "2000-12-02T17:51:46Z")
Probably because he would only be worth two or three points. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/14 "2000-12-02T18:04:13Z")
I’m likely to revise this in the next month, but, for starters: David Spade George Bush (senior) Vaclav Havel James Iha Anne Heche Gerald Ford Jerry Springer Tommy Lasorda Dr. Dre David Brinkley Eric Davis (baseball player) Prince Michael Jackson (the King of Pop’s son) … and … Cecil Adams ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/15 "2000-12-02T18:48:11Z")
I’m gonna feel so guilty if one of these people actually dies: Dick Clark (world’s oldest teenager) Ronald Reagan (former president) Johnny Carson (TV host) Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin (astronaut) Roger Ebert (critic) Fred Rogers (of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood”) Rodney Dangerfield (comic) Estelle Getty (actress) Doris Day (actress) Merv Griffin (producer) Woody Allen (director/writer/comic) Shirley Temple Black (actress/stateswoman) Kirk Douglas (actor/writer) ---
**Author:** ![douglips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@douglips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglips)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/16 "2000-12-02T19:12:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osip \* > \*\*1) Ted Danza > \*\* **FOUL!!** Is this a clever ploy to get points if either Tony Danza or Ted Danson buys the farm? I move to require you to demonstrate the existence of a famous “Ted Danza”. If no such person exists, I move to allow you to replace this pick with Ted Danson or Tony Danza, or eliminate your pick entirely without replacement (except by the death-before-January-1 rule, but **only if you disambiguate before either dies**.) My picks: [list=1][li]Kevin Nealon[/li][li]Gerald Ford[/li][li]Dick Cheney[/li][li]Bill Clinton[/li][li]Clint Eastwood[/li][li]Macauley Culkin[/li][li]aha (is he famous enough?)[/li][li]Britney Spears[/li][li]Susan Lucci[/li][li]Fred Durst (limp bizkit dude.)[/li][li]Garth Brooks[/li][li]John Travolta[/li]Jennifer Lopez ---
**Author:** ![douglips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@douglips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglips)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/17 "2000-12-02T19:15:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > **I’m likely to revise this in the next month…** I do not think this is allowed. The rules clearly state: > [@](#): > > If by chance, one of your picks dies before January 1, you can replace him or her with a new pick I believe this is the exception that proves the rule (that you cannot change your picks after posting.) I can see how reasonable people could interpret this as just reinforcing an already extant right of changing picks, though, so I think we need a ruling from Nemo. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/18 "2000-12-02T19:20:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by douglips \* > \*\*I do not think this is allowed. The rules clearly state: > > > [@](#): > > > > If by chance, one of your picks dies before January 1, you can replace him or her with a new pick > > I believe this is the exception that proves the rule (that you cannot change your picks after posting.)\*\* **I** interpret the rules as stating the pool starts on 1 January 2001, not when I make my post. The “if they die before then” rule was just to cover that exact circumstance. So, **Little Nemo** , what’s the scoop? Can I revise my list this month? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/19 "2000-12-02T22:11:42Z")
Okay, if you’ll let me, replace the Queen with Hunter Kelly–he’s the son of a celebrity and has made the news several times himself…owing to living VERY long with an EXTREMELY rare disease. 🙂 And if you won’t let me, replace her with Layne Staley. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/20 "2000-12-02T23:41:38Z")
**Eggs à la Ted** - Thanks. I didn’t see that scoring rule in the instructions. In fact, that’s the first time I’ve run accross this variation. I like it. It makes it more challenging. So, because that changes things considerably, I’ve revised my list- _Removed_- Buddy Ebsen Art Carney Strom Thurmond The Queen Mother Sid Ceasar Milton Bearle _Added_- **Boris Yeltsin Don Knots Peter Falk John Goodman Jim Nabors Peggy Lee Harry Morgan** _Current_- **Dudley Moore Jack Paar Johnny Cash Evel Kneviel Annette Funichello Kirk Douglas** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715.md?page=2)