# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/21 "2000-12-03T00:44:51Z")
Robert Downey Jr Billy Bob Thornton - dies in a bizarre way, sex related with his wifes brother) The pope (he is dead for weeks before they notice) a Kennedy (ted I guess) David Spade Dennis Miller (SNL) Kirk Douglas Calista Flockhart (chokes on a bone) Rosie O’Donell (shot with her own unregistered gun by a crack head whoes baby she bought) The Pepsi girl (pop machine falls on her) ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/22 "2000-12-03T01:00:09Z")
I gave the gift of life with my picks last year - don’t think a single one died. Let’s try again: **George W. Bush** (some crazed liberal pissed from the election result, or some foreign terrorist, I’m thinking) **Adrian Fernandez** (Indy car race driver) **Sterling Marlin** (NASCAR race driver) **Don Knotts** **Abe Vigoda** (will sleep with the fishes) **Russell Johnson** (The Professor from Gilligan’s Island) **Chuck Berry** \*\*B.B. King \*\* \*\*Mitch Miller \*\* **Ronald Reagan** **Gerald Ford** (I’m predicting a bad year for Republicans) **Boris Yeltsin** **Yasser Arafat** I think Reagan is my lone holdover from last year. I’m giving up on Rosa Parks, Strom Thurmond, Muhammad Ali and the Pope. I think they’re indestructible. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/23 "2000-12-03T01:17:59Z")
1. George Clooney 2. John Madden 3. Barry Manilow 4. Keith Richards 5. Paul Newman 6. Stephen King 7. Drew Barrymore 8. Karl Malone 9. Johnny Depp 10. Joan Kennedy 11. Robert Downey Jr. 12. Walter Cronkite 13. Ronald Reagan ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/24 "2000-12-03T01:23:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by douglips \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*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**.) > > \*\* Ok OK Tony Danza… happy now? ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/25 "2000-12-03T10:52:41Z")
1. Dudley Moore 2. Robert Downey Jr. 3. John Lee Hooker 4. Etta James 5. Keely Smith 6. Anita O’Day 7. David Blaine 8. B.B. King 9. Les Paul 10. Liza Minelli 11. Kirk Douglas 12. Elia Kazan 13. Richard Pryor ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/26 "2000-12-03T16:02:35Z")
Didn’t Kazan die recently? ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/27 "2000-12-03T16:33:25Z")
Damn, **Mitch Miller** is still alive?? Here’s my picks: **1. Andy Griffith** mmm…good cracker! **2. Dennis Hopper** always a favourite **3. Gerald Ford** struck by lightning on golf course **4. Farley Mowat** relatively famous Canadian author **5. Briteny Spears** longshot: nude skydiving accident **6. Robert Downey Jr.** **7. Fiedel Castro** hardest workin’ man in socialism **8. Eminem** obligatory young rapper on list **9. Idi Amin** and about time, too **10. Henry Kissenger** **11. Boris Yeltsin** kind of a gimmie, really **12. Augusto Pinochet** **13. Tony Bennett** ---
**Author:** ![douglips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@douglips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglips)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/28 "2000-12-03T17:16:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Osip \* > \*\* > Ok OK Tony Danza… happy now? \*\* Yes. By the way, I left this off my previous post: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/29 "2000-12-04T00:58:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\*Didn’t Kazan die recently? \*\* Checked around–looks like he’s still with us. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/30 "2000-12-04T01:19:20Z")
Ted Kennedy Paul Newman Holly Johnson (the lead singer for Frankie Goes to Hollywood. . . you know “Relax”?) BB King Tommy Lee Jones (I can’t believe he and Gore are the same age; he looks awful) Dick Cheney Angela Lansbury Douglas Coupland Willie Nelson Mary Lou Lord John Cale Etta James David Lee Roth ---
**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 4, 2000, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/31 "2000-12-04T04:34:04Z")
As far as I’m concerned, I’ll except any thirteen picks made before year’s end. If you change them around, I’ll sort them out in January and if there’s any confusion, I’ll post a question to clear it up. As for some of the picks made: Hunter Kelly - As I posted on the F3MB, even I have my limits. Uh uh. Prince Michael Jackson - See above. I’m arbitrarily added a new rule that no pick can be under sixteen. aha - And here’s another new one. No regular posters on this board can be picked. Tony Danza - Personally I always confuse him with Matt LeBlanc not Ted Danson, but I think we’re clear now. Cecil Adams - Only if you produce a notarized death certificate. Britney Spears - If she dies in a nude skydiving accident, I’m declaring the contest over and Rodd Hill becomes the instant winner. But only if I get a copy of the video. The Queen Mother - Anyone who wants can pick her, but as has been noted she’s a hundred years old and won’t score any points. But if she dies in a nude skydiving accident, I’m declaring myself the instant winner. So how did I acquire this god-like power over the rules of this game? Simple, I got here first. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/32 "2000-12-04T04:39:42Z")
No one under 16? Damn. I was going to swap one of my picks for Elian Gonzalez. Anyway, strike Prince Michael Jackson and Cecil Adams. I’m adding Fidel Castro and Katherine Hepburn. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/33 "2000-12-04T05:40:35Z")
ok, here are my picks 1. Ronald Reagan (seems like a gimme) 2. Norm McDonald 3. Deion Sanders 4. Rodney Dangerfield 5. Hume Cronyn 6. Boris Yeltsin 7. Abe Vigoda (just so I don’t have to think “isn’t he dead?” every time I see him in another movie) 8. Jackie Chan (stunt gone horrbly wrong) 9. Kiichi Miyazawa (former Japan PM and current Finance Minister. Old as dirt and in a stressful job) 10. Michael J. Fox 11. McCauley Culkin 12. Gallagher (more of a wish than a prediction) 13. Dennis Leary (heart attack) –sublight. P.S. **Astroboy14** , how dare you kill off Hsu Chi and Akira Fubiki! Still, I have to agree with the means of their demise… ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/34 "2000-12-04T06:25:12Z")
I noticed Johnny Cash on several lists. I read an interview a few days ago saying that his Parkinson’s diagnosis was basically in error, and that he’s in some of the best shape of his life. (I’m very happy about this.) He’s still a possibility, I suppose, but not as likely as one might have thought a year or so ago. I’m abstaining, as a member of the medical profession. (No, I don’t know why it matters–it just sounds noble.) I might suggest another rule, though–if someone has an accident or gets a terminal diagnosis between now and 1/1/01, you can’t add him or her to your list afterwards. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/35 "2000-12-04T10:12:57Z")
> [@](#): > > P.S. Astroboy14, how dare you kill off Hsu Chi and Akira Fubiki! **Sublight** , I wish _NO HARM_ to either of these **fine** ladies!! But ya gotta admit, sheer sexiness _is_ most likely going to cause either them or me to pass away! OK, it’s most likely to be me… due to heart attck caused by a **GOOD** dream starring the two of them, and of course, me! :):):):):):):):):):):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/36 "2000-12-04T11:13:55Z")
1-Milton Berle 2-Joey Bishop 3-Victor Borge 4-Red Buttons 5-Art Carney 6-Olivia de Havilland 7-Jesse Helms 8-Katherine Hepburn 9-Shane McGowan 10-John Mills 11-Mickey Rooney 12-Billy Wilder 13-Ted Williams ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/37 "2000-12-04T13:07:01Z")
On top of Parkinson’s, Johnny Cash also has cancer. I’m not sure which type, but it’s pretty bad. That’s why he made my list. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/38 "2000-12-04T13:49:53Z")
1. Ronald Reagan 2. Bob Hope 3. Harry Secombe (of The Goon Show) 4. Spike Milligan (ditto, although he’s a tough old duck) 5. Robert Downey Jr. 6. Pope John Paul II 7. Johnny Carson 8. Johnny Depp 9. Kirk Douglas 10)Dick York 11)Ted Kennedy 12)Dan Ackroyd (my SNL pick) 13)General Pinochet (Oh great, now I’ll feel guilty if any of the above actually die…) jr8 “If I die, I forgive you; If I live, we shall see.” – Spanish proverb ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/39 "2000-12-04T14:09:00Z")
I love how everyone is betting with the SNL curse… My picks: 1. Calista Flockhart 2. Joe Torre 3. Dick Cheney 4. Bob Dole 5. Dr. Dre (the east coast MTV version) 6. Louie Anderson 7. Keith Richards 8. Ted Turner 9. Joe Perry (Aerosmith) 10. Liz Smith 11. Axl Rose 12. Bob Pittman 13. Christina Aguilera ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/40 "2000-12-04T14:22:33Z")
Okay. I did squat last year. Gotta be better thsi time. 1. Dick Gregory 2. John Gotti(a given) 3. Mike Wallace 4. Ed McMahon 5. Abe Vigoda 6. Ace Frehley 7. Lorne Michaels 8. Jesse Camp 9. Tammy Faye 10.Gregg Allman 11.Wayne Newton 12.Tony Randall 13.Bruce Willis [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715.md?page=3)