# 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:** 3
**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 4, 2000, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/41 "2000-12-04T15:04:48Z")
Okay, then my pick of the Queen Mum is now officially changed to Layne Staley. Damn, and I thought Hunter Kelly was a genius pick. 96 points! I am one sick fucker… ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/42 "2000-12-04T16:13:03Z")
[ul][li]Pinochet[/li][li]Suharto[/li][li]Kissenger[/li][li]Thatcher[/li][li]Rev. Ian Paisley[_]John Laws (Australian talkback king)[/li][/ul][end of “rule me out as a suspect” section][ul][li]Ronnie Wood[/li][li]Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)[/li][li]John Lee Hooker[/li][li]Zsa Zsa Gabor[/li][li]Pope JPII[/li][li]Chuck Jones[/li][li]JD Salinger[/ul]For those who wish to check if their pick is still alive, try [Who’s Alive and Who’s Dead](http://www.neosoft.com/~davo/livedead/) Sorry if this has been mentioned before or is regarded as against the rules_.[/li] \*[sup]Mods: If Little Nemo objects, I am happy for the link to be deleted.[/sup] ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/43 "2000-12-04T16:18:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*8. Jesse Camp > \*\* This name is so familiar. Who is he? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/44 "2000-12-04T16:20:38Z")
A great link for checking out people’s status (living/dead) is the Dead People Server [www.dpsinfo.com](http://www.dpsinfo.com). I would play, but I’m not really very up-to-date on what celebs are in poor health (except for a few obvious ones like Ronald Reagan and Muhammad Ali). ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/45 "2000-12-04T16:23:50Z")
here goes: Strom Thurmond Jesse Helms (both in one year, could we be so lucky?) Dan Ackroyd Johnny Cash Rodney Dangerfield Fidel Castro Osama Bin Laden Pepsi girl Evel Knievel Muhammed Ali Sean “Poof Daddy” Combs Ronald Reagan Nancy Reagan Also Holly Johnson is dead, he got the AIDS ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/46 "2000-12-04T16:30:47Z")
OK I was wrong, Holly Johnson is not dead yet, according to the DPS. My bad, I’m sorry. Though he is HIV+, I was half-right. ---
**Author:** ![douglips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@douglips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglips)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/47 "2000-12-04T16:34:00Z")
Revised picks to respond to the new “No posters” rule: [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]Sean Connery[/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:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/48 "2000-12-04T16:35:18Z")
Damn! I had a nice little list of child stars picked out, then that pesky no one under 16 rule hit the board (I figured I’g go for quality points, not quantity points). Now I actually have to think (and we all know how painful that can be). Here goes: 1 - Muhammed Ali 2 - Daniel Baldwin 3 - Jerome Bettis 4 - Gerald Ford 5 - Michael J. Fox 6 - Sadam Hussein 7 - Kareem Abdul Jabbar 8 - Johhny Mathis 9 - Paul Newman 10 - Ronald Reagan 11 - Keith Richards 12 - Darrel Strawberry 13 - Abe Vigoda All for no (or dubious) reasons - just off the top of my head. Now I have until January 1st to tweak my list if I so desire, correct? ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/49 "2000-12-04T16:48:01Z")
No one under 16? Allright then, substitute Pepsi Girl for the guy who played Brandon on “90210” shoot what’s his name? ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/50 "2000-12-04T16:55:41Z")
Here goes. 1. Jason Priestly 2. Verne Troyer (Mini-me) 3. Kidd Rock 4. Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) 5. Morgan Freeman 6. Robert Downey Jr. 7. Imus 8. Andy Dick 9. Eminem 10. Ole Dirty Bastard 11. Dudley Moore 12. Nick Nolte 13. Michael J. Fox ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/51 "2000-12-04T17:07:24Z")
Okay, I’ll start with this: 1. John Goodman 2. Eminem 3. Macauley Culkin 4. Drew Barrymore 5. Michael J. Fox 6. Judd Nelson 7. Courtney Love 8. Col. Muammar Khadafy 9. Gen. Pervez Musharraf 10. Michael Schumacher 11. Markie Mark Wahlberg 12. Daniel M. Snyder 13. Jeff Gordon I’m seriously considering an “all Brat-Pack” lineup. ---
**Author:** ![DZ42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@DZ42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZ42)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/52 "2000-12-04T17:08:45Z")
My list (first time at one o’ these): - Ronald Reagan - Boris Yeltsin - Yassar Arafat - Muhammed Ali - Darryl Strawberry - Eric Lindros (hockey player) - Robert Downey Jr. - Bob Hope - John Popper (Blues Traveller) - Michael J. Fox - Axl Rose - Adam Sandler - Kid Rock (whatever his real name is) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/53 "2000-12-04T17:10:44Z")
1. Ronald Reagan 2. Katherine Hepburn 3. Bob Hope 4. Phil Lesh 5. Tony Randall 6. Daniel Schorr 7. Strom Thurmond 8. Frank Gifford 9. Elizabeth Taylor 10. Sandra Day O’Connor 11. Bea Davis (Alice from The Brady Bunch) 12. Pope John Paul II 13. Edward Furlong ---
**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, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/54 "2000-12-04T17:13:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*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 > \*\* Dang – Dick York’s already shuffled off this mortal coil. Let me substitute instead: 1. B.B. King ---
**Author:** ![DZ42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@DZ42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZ42)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/55 "2000-12-04T17:18:01Z")
- Ronald Reagan - Boris Yeltsin - Yassar Arafat - Muhammed Ali - Darryl Strawberry - Eric Lindros (hockey player) - Robert Downey Jr. - Bob Hope - John Popper (Blues Traveller) - Michael J. Fox - Adam Sandler - Kid Rock (whatever his real name is) - Dudley Moore (almost forgot about him) ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/56 "2000-12-04T17:18:18Z")
1:Yassir ARAFAT, President, Palestinian Authority. 2:Beatrice ARTHUR, actress (retired). 3:Mel BROOKS, writer/director. 4:Johnny CARSON, talk show host (retired). 5:CHARLES, Prince of Wales. 6:Robert DOLE, Governor and US Senator of Kansas (retired). 7:Charles M. JONES, animator. 8:Tipper GORE, activist. 9:Leonard NIMOY, actor/director. 10:Rosa PARKS, seamstress/activist. 11:Keith RICHARDS, guitarist. 12:Andrew WYETH, painter. 13:Boris YELSTIN, President of Russia (retired). ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/57 "2000-12-04T17:20:35Z")
Jack – Jerome Bettis?? My list, without much thought: [ul][li]Ronald Reagan[/li][li]Bob Hope (sure, he’s only worth a point or two, but you gotta have at least one gimmie)[/li][li]Boris Yeltsin[/li][li]Richard Pryor[/li][li]Robert Downey Jr. (a defensive move; a lot of people picked him and he’s worth mucho points)[/li][li]Katharine Hepburn (see Bob Hope)[/li][li]Chuck Jones[/li][li]Bobby Knight[/li][li]Richard Harris[/li][li]Kid Rock (is he still a celebrity?)[/li][li]Dudley Moore[/li][li]Ed McMahon[/li][li]Steve Irwin (The Crocodile Hunter. I figure he can only push his luck so far)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/58 "2000-12-04T17:39:20Z")
Bottle, yes Jerome Bettis. Just because I watched the game yesterday, and it seemed after every run, he displayed gyrations and facial distortions that make Daniel Day Lewis in _My Left Foot_ look like a transendental meditator. I figure his heart is just going pop like a zit one of these days. And he’s fairly young, it was my “flyer” pick. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/59 "2000-12-04T17:41:07Z")
Warning: Cape also does not let one get away without Previewing first. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/60 "2000-12-04T18:14:20Z")
Okay. At long last, here is my list: 1. Colin Quinn 2. Ruth Bader Ginsberg 3. Ronald Reagan 4. Richard Pryor 5. Eudora Welty 6. Andy Rooney 7. Thor Heyerdahl 8. Bob Dole 9. Joan Jett 10. Stephen Hawking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715.md?page=4)