# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/101 "2000-12-07T04:31:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Some Guy \* > **10. Eric Harris (Columbine shooter)** Umm…? ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/102 "2000-12-07T08:01:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > \*\*Here’s the current totals for Celebrity Deathpool 2000 > > smug (66 points) - Ian Dury and Charles Schultz > Odieman (48 points) - Tom Landry and Charles Schultz > Jjoe (23 points) - Charles Schultz > StrTrkr777 (23 points) - Charles Schultz > kawliga (21 points) - Walter Matthau > manhattan (20 points) - Cardinal John O’Connor > Shirley Ujest (18 points) - Sir John Gielgud and Alec Guinness > \*\* So when is the 2000 pool over? You know… it’s _ **dead** line?_😃 What was the prize for first place? Cash? 😉 And… great job on the stats for last year **Little Nemo**! My death list will follow later. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/103 "2000-12-07T09:11:42Z")
Here goes: [ul] [1]Harry Dean Stanton [2]Dudley Moore [3]Elizabeth Taylor [4]Robert Downey, Jr. [5]Richard Harris [6]Emmanuel Lewis [7]Andy Dick [8]Ronald Reagan [9]Jesse Helms [10]Michael Moriarty [11]Rory Kennedy [12]Scott Weiland [13]Karen Duffy [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/104 "2000-12-07T11:01:57Z")
1. Al Gore 2. George W. Bush 3. Ralph Nader 4. Bad Andy 5. The guy who started Napster 6. Lars Ulrich 7. John Rocker 8. Dennis Miller 9. Tom Green 10. Dr. Laura 11. Alexander Putin (the Russian guy, can’t remember how it’s spelled) 12. Eminem 13. David Letterman ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/105 "2000-12-07T11:09:20Z")
I thought you were asking about people who would go on Celebrity deathmatch and die. oops. 1. Alexander Putin (or whatever that russian guy’s name is) 2. Strom Thurmond 3. Ben Hogan 4. Roseanne Barr 5. DeForrest Kelley 6. Osama Bin Laden 7. Robert Downey Jr. 8. Stephen Hawking 9. Bill Polian (Colts owner, I believe) 10. Wayne Newton 11. Sid Meier 12. Pope John Paul II 13. Hugh Downs ---
**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 7, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/106 "2000-12-07T16:31:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\* > 5. DeForrest Kelley > \*\* Sorry, Bones is just that - bones. He’s already taking his dirt nap. ---
**Author:** ![Palandine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@Palandine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palandine)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/107 "2000-12-07T18:51:27Z")
I finally decided to give this a try, especially since the name Max von Sydow came up in conversation today and I said “wait, isn’t he dead?” 1. Max von Sydow 2. Gregory Peck 3. Pope John Paul II 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Katherine Hepburn 6. Keith Richards 7. Robert Downey Jr. 8. Elton John 9. Michael J. Fox 10. Elizabeth Taylor 11. Peter O’Toole 12. Tony Bennett 13. John Goodman ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/108 "2000-12-08T23:41:11Z")
Whoooo, I got 18 points for 2000. A banner year for Dead People! I have to think about my picks. I will advise. But here is a clue, the Queen Mum, the Pope and Stephen Hawkings will never die because they are perenially on _every_ dead pool list world wide. As Milo put it, it is the gift of life. Off to read back issues of People Magazine… ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/109 "2000-12-09T01:20:41Z")
1. Bob Hope 2. Katherine Hepburn 3. Ronald Reagan 4. Annette Funicello 5. Liz Smith 6. Larry King 7. Milton Berle 8. Gerald Ford 9. Jerry Lewis 10. Bobby Knight (any extra points if it’s murder?) 11. Darryl Strawberry (any extra points if it’s suicide?) 12. Queen Mum (I realize I forfeit points, but…) 13. Boris Yeltsin ---
**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 9, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/110 "2000-12-09T04:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > So when is the 2000 pool over? You know… it’s deadline? Celebrity Deathpool 2000. The year 2000. Work with me here. > [@](#): > > What was the prize for first place? Cash? Mere cash? No, something much better. The winner will have earned the right to forever more append to his user name the proud title: **Winner - Celebrity Deathpool 2000** But don’t get smug, smug. All it will take is Kate Moss drinking one cup of bad eggnog and I’m 74 points up and the surprise winner. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/111 "2000-12-10T01:24:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Some Guy \* > > **10. Eric Harris (Columbine shooter)** > > Umm…? \*\* gleep… I was thinking of one of those other high school shooters- you no, the non-deceased ones… and now I can’t recall who ☹ Anyways, put me down for, um, Max Von Sydow. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/112 "2000-12-10T03:07:14Z")
You know, I’m thinking of sending a copy of this Dead Pool list to Robert Downey Jr with his name highlighted just to let him know that we are thinking of him. Maybe that will scare him straight? ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/113 "2000-12-11T04:53:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > \*\*You know, I’m thinking of sending a copy of this Dead Pool list to Robert Downey Jr with his name highlighted just to let him know that we are thinking of him. > > Maybe that will scare him straight? > > \*\* Shirley, don’t you dare. Some of us didn’t get any points this past year and he is one of our best hopes for the new year! What? You mean this sin’t a Celebrity Death_Wish_? Oh, well, still…I need the points. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/114 "2000-12-11T20:42:25Z")
:::::bump:::::::::: Evil Beth, if I wasn’t so dang cheap, I’d print off this entire thread and mail it RBjr. I’d like him to stick around, for one, and two, I am NOT going to pick him for my list. It’s a matter of not following the crowd, you know. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/115 "2000-12-11T21:41:59Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Danimal \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sublight \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Danimal \* > > I don’t know who John Eric King is… > > –sublight. \*\* > > Not surprising, since I misremembered his name. It’s actually John _William_ King, who was the chief perpetrator in the Jasper, Texas murder of James Byrd. \*\* I suppose you’re thinking his fellow prisoners are going to do him in? Just don’t forget that rule 5 says > [@](#): > > Persons currently under sentence of capitol punishment will only be valid for scoring points if they die by means other than official execution. I think it’s too soon for him to be sent to visit Ole Sparky anyway, even with the conveyor-belt death row they have down there in Texas. BTW, can we get a rule clarification here? I’m not the only one who wonders if we can list “President of the United States.” I’d like to put the 43d prez on my list but we may not know who the next president is going to be until after Jan. 1. (Not that I believe in Tecumseh’s curse, mind you). ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/116 "2000-12-11T21:57:08Z")
Well, never mind the president. [ol][li]Osama bin Ladin[/li][li]John Goodman[/li][li]Louie Anderson[/li][li]Harry Belafonte[/li][li]Paul Prudhomme (chef)[/li][li]Dom DeLuise[/li][li]Carroll O’Connor[/li][li]Adam Rich (former child acor)[/li][li]Louis Farrakhan[/li][li]Elizabeth Taylor[/li][li]Annette Funicello[/li][li]Boris Yeltsin[/li]Joe Piscopo[/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/117 "2000-12-11T23:58:11Z")
Why is Michael J. Fox on so many lists? Parkinson’s isn’t fatal. 1. Robert Downey Jr. (Yup, gotta agree) 2. Patrick Stewart (gods forbid, but he looked really old in X-Men) 3. Ronald Reagan 4. Adam Sandler (wishful thinking) 5. Gerald Ford 6. Kathie Lee Gifford (suicide) 7. Carol Channing 8. Paul Bernardo (more wishful thinking) 9. Julia Child 10. Estee Lauder 11. Oral Roberts 12. Francis Crick 13. Jack Kevorkian (revenge killing) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/118 "2000-12-12T19:05:51Z")
I agree with Suo Na 's comment of Why is everyone picking Michael J. Fox? Parkinson’s debilitates the victim, it isn’t like cancer, which is a fast acting killer. I am still working on my list. I want people to go: DAMN! why didn’t I think of … Whomever put down Adam Rich is a genius. Haven’t heard from him in years, he’s do for some kind of falling off the wagon public incident. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/119 "2000-12-13T19:32:10Z")
My picks … 1.**Bob Hope \*\* ( obligatory hold over from last year) 2. Ricardo Montalban ( ditto ) 3. Penny Singleton ( Blondie in the Series. DOB 9.15.08) 4.Gloria Stewart (Titanic’s Old Rose: DOB 7.4.10) 5.Katherine Hepburn: Obligatory Female hold over from 2000) 6.Karl Malden (DOB 3.22.14) 7.Dudley Moore Obligatory sick guy pick. Sorry Dudley. 8. Max Schmeling ( Boxing great. DOB 9.28.05) 9.** Ann Morrow Lindberg\*\* (author, wife of chas.) DOB 6.22.06. 10. **Fay Wray:** King Kong’s Lady. DOB 9.15.07 11. **Simon Wiesenthal:** Nazi Hunter. DOB 12.31.08 12. \*\*Imogene Coco \*\* DOB 11.18.08 13.\*\*Glenn Ford \*\* DOB 5.1.16 I’ve probably given everyone the gift of life. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/120 "2000-12-13T19:57:27Z")
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