# 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:** 8
**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, 2000, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/141 "2000-12-30T19:21:45Z")
And one more for Astroboy14: Who is Akira Fubuki? Akira is generally a man’s name. I found one actress named Akira on the IMDB: Akira Kiuchi, who appeared in a 1991 Japanese TV series. Or maybe you mean Jun Fubuki (born Reiko Horikawa in 1952) an actress who appeared in a number of movies in the 1990’s. ---
**Author:** ![McKenna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@McKenna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McKenna)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/142 "2000-12-30T20:17:31Z")
1. Pope John Paul II (whom I love BTW, but since the Jubilee year’s over…) 2. Ronald Reagan (now that’ll be a celebrity-packed funeral) 3. Andy Dick (he claims he’s All Clean and Sober Now!! Uh-oh.) 4. Jane Wyatt (this classy lady has apparently had some strokes) 5. Boris Yeltsin (hey, he’s still nearly forty points) 6. Darryl Strawberry (sad, this one) 7. Liza Minelli (it all just seems to be getting too much for the poor dear) 8. Robert Downey, Jr. (see #6) 9. Leonardo DiCaprio (the River Phoenix of 2001? Not so much the drugs thing, the party animal thing; picks a fight with the wrong person, drives while a little too buzzed, etc.) 10. Katherine Hepburn (My grandmother had Parkinson’s like that and her heart just gave up) 11. Yasser Arafat (and it will happen at the worst time for peace, because that always seems to happen over there) 12. Dick Cheney (Condy Rice for VP?) 13. Slobodan Milosevic (gets assassinated; go directly to Hell, Slobo, do not pass GO, do not collect $200) A few notes: As for Abe Vigoda, he will never die. BTW, for no particular reason he’s the Patron Saint of the Usenet newsgroup alt.showbiz.gossip. Nobody disses Abe over there without getting bitch-slapped by some of the sharpest wits in cyberspace. Ha ha ha, **Tevya** can’t count! 😛 Jimmy Doohan is 80 but he had a new baby last year or so. Still firing on all cylinders. I think Jane Wyatt’s our ST-related celeb next year, and I’ll miss her. Is everyone so sure Keith Richards is alive? 😉 \*\*Puglovr, \*\* I saw Julia Child in the Broadway supermarket (Cambridge, Mass) last week, she looks fine! Man, is she tall. Little Nemo, thanks for this morbid thread. We can laugh at Death because we know it’ll always have the last laugh on us. Except for Abe Vigoda. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/143 "2000-12-30T21:50:09Z")
Ooops! I only picked 10…here are the others– 1. Nancy Reagan 2. Don Rickles 3. Shelley Winters ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/144 "2000-12-30T22:21:45Z")
1-Ronald Reagan 2-Pope John Paul II 3-Bob Hope 4-Andy Rooney 5-Robert Downey Jr. 6-Maria Shriver 7-Chief Justice Rehnquist 8-Lady Bird Johnson 9-Rush Limbaugh 10-Fidel Castro 11-Janet Reno 12-Luciano Pavarotti 13-Prince Ranier ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/145 "2000-12-30T22:47:18Z")
This is so twisted… 1. Nolan Ryan 2. Troy Aikman 3. Cher 4. Britney Spears 5. Calista Flockhart 6. Paul Newman 7. Dick Van Dyke 8. Perry Como 9. Elizabeth Taylor 10. Dennis Rodman 11. Dubya 12. Prince Charles 13. Yasser Arafat ---
**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/146 "2000-12-30T23:51:33Z")
I just wanted to let all of you degenerates know right now that this is sick, twisted, and disrespectful. All of you should be ashamed of yourselves. Here’s my picks: OL’ DIRTY BASTARD SADDAM HUSSEIN GERALD FORD SCOTT HALL DUFF ANDY DICK SCOTT WEILAND AL “GRANDPA” LEWIS ART LINKLETTER REV. BILLY GRAHAM LADY BIRD JOHNSON GARY COLEMAN JOHNNY CARSON Should my picks be rejected or expire by Dec 31, my three alternates, in order are: 1. MILTON BERLE 2. IKE TURNER 3. PRESIDENT VICENTE FOX OF MEXICO ---
**Author:** ![beakerxf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@beakerxf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beakerxf)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/147 "2000-12-31T04:07:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > Other allegedly dead celebrities include DeForrest Kelly (iampunha) and Glenn Ford (Shirley Ujest). Check their pulses and if they’re dead make another pick. DeForrest Kelley has most assuredly passed on. However, Glenn Ford is still around, to the best of my knowledge (Dead People Server and [IMDB.com](http://IMDB.com) confirms this). However, the press has reported him as being on his death bed several times, which may explain the confusion. Ok, I’ve been avoiding playing this game since it feels…weird. However, it’s also oddly fascinating, so here goes… 1. Buddy Ebsen 2. Bernard Fox (Bewitched) 3. Harvey Korman 4. John Goodman 5. Gene Wilder (sadly, cancer) 6. Richard Pryor 7. James Best (Dukes of Hazzard) 8. Art Carney 9. Isabel Sanford 10. Dick Martin (Laugh-in) 11. Al Lewis (Grandpa Munster) 12. Glenn Ford (well, he has been on his death bed for the past decade) 13. Stephen Hawking ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/148 "2000-12-31T04:26:23Z")
Here are mine. I _think_ all of them are currently alive. Someone let me know if I’m wrong. 1. Ronald Reagan 2. Adam Sandler 3. Marlon Brando 4. Robert Downey Jr. 5. Ted Kennedy 6. Johnny Cash 7. George Jones 8. Bob Barker 9. Art Buchwald 10. Rue McClanahan 11. Scott Baio 12. Dudley Moore 13. Arnold Palmer ---
**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:** [January 1, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/149 "2001-01-01T00:51:30Z")
Let’s see if this board has a line limit on posts Christina Aguilera - THespos Troy Aikman - Zyada Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin - ladybug Mohammad Ali - absoul, Astroboy14, DZ42, Ivar, Jack Batty, Little Nemo, Mullinator, Osip, Rachelle, RickJay, rundogrun, socpro69, Tiburon Woody Allen - ladybug Gregg Allman - vanilla Idi Amin - Rodd Hill Louie Anderson - bibliophage, NothingMan, THespos Yassir Arafat - don Jaime, DZ42, Eggs a la Ted, goboy, McKenna, Milossarian, NothingMan, Zyada Beatrice Arthur - don Jaime Edward Asner - pugluvr Dan Aykroyd - absoul, Ivar, jr8, RickJay, slackergirl William “Axl Rose” Bailey - slackergirl, THespos Scott Baio - Kat James Baker - jesuslynch Daniel Baldwin - Jack Batty Brigitte Bardot - Quisp Eater Bob Barker - Kat Roseanne Barr - iampunha, tygre Drew Barrymore - Boscibo, Sofa King Ed Begley Jr - Mullinator Harry Belafonte - bibliophage Ed Belfour - smug Melvin Belli - Quisp Eater Saul Bellow - goboy Tony Bennett - Rodd Hill Milton Berle - DAVEW0071, kawliga, smug Paul Bernardo - Suo Na Lawrence “Yogi” Berra - rundogrun Chuck Berry - Milossarian James Best - beakerxf Jerome Bettis - Jack Batty Osama bin Ladin - bibliophage, iampunha, Ivar Joey Bishop - kawliga Shirley Temple Black - ladybug, Quisp Eater David Blaine - JavaMaven1 Terry “Hulk Hogan” Bollea - jens, jesuslynch Ernest Borgnine - mojopitch David Bowie - jens Ray Bradbury - smug Marlon Brando - Kat Beau Bridges - Qwisp Todd Bridges - Keymain David Brinkley - Montfort, smug, Some Guy Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus - Little Nemo, RickJay Garth Brooks - douglips Mel Brooks - don Jaime, Qwisp Art Buchwald - Kat Carol Burnette - Wicked Blue Stanley “MC Hammer” Burrell - jens Steve Buscemi - jens Gary Busey - Keymain, Rachelle, slackergirl Barbara Bush - Fletch George H.W. Bush (senior) - Montfort George W. Bush (junior) - Milossarian, mojopitch, MrKnowItAll, slackergirl, tygre, Zyada Red Buttons - kawliga Robert Byrd - Keymain Sid Caesar - Stephe96 Michael Caine - Qwisp John Cale - ThisYearsGirl Jesse Camp - vanilla Mariah Carey - slackergirl George Carlin - NothingMan Art Carney - beakerxf, kawliga Johnny Carson - don Jaime, hesredbird, jr8, Keymain, ladybug, Osip, Tiburon, Vinnie Virginslayer Jimmy Carter - MrKnowItAll, Stephe96 Helena Bonham Carter - jens Dana Carvey - pugluvr Diana Serra Cary - Quisp Eater Johnny Cash - CnoteChris, Drain Bead, Ivar, Kat, Rachelle Fidel Castro - Ivar, milroyj, Montfort, Rodd Hill Jackie Chan - Qwisp, RickJay, Sublight Carol Channing - pugluvr, slackergirl, Suo Na Prince Charles - don Jaime, Zyada Chevy Chase - Some Guy Dick Cheney - Astroboy14, douglips, Drain Bead, Eggs a la Ted, Fletch, goboy, jesuslynch, McKenna, NothingMan, Quisp Eater, RickJay, slackergirl, Some Guy, THespos, ThisYearsGirl, vandal Cher - Zyada Hsu Chi (Qi Shu) - Astroboy14 Julia Child - pugluvr, Suo Na Warren Christopher - Ursa Major Dick Clark - ladybug, Osip Arthur C. Clarke - Eggs a la Ted Bill Clinton - douglips George Clinton - jesuslynch George Clooney - Boscibo Rosemary Clooney - Padeye Imogene Coco - Shirley Ujest Gary Coleman - tygre, Vinnie Virginslayer Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs - Astroboy14, Drain Bead, Ivar Perry Como - Rachelle, Stephe96, Zyada Sean Connery - douglips, Osip, RickJay Francis Ford Coppola - Danimal Douglas Coupland - ThisYearsGirl Courteney Cox - Qwisp Francis Crick - Suo Na Walter Cronkite - Astroboy14, Boscibo, Fletch, Little Nemo, Mullinator, Osip, Tiburon Hume Cronyn - Sublight Macauley Culkin - douglips, Sofa King, Sublight, Tiburon Rodney Dangerfield - Ivar, ladybug, Sublight, vandal Tony Danza - Osip, vandal Bea Davis - plnnr Eric Davis - Montfort Doris Day - ladybug Olivia de Havilland - kawliga John Dean - Quisp Eater Dom DeLuise - bibliophage, Mullinator, pugluvr Bob Denver - Padeye Johnny Depp - Boscibo, jr8 Leonardo DiCaprio - McKenna Andy Dick - Astroboy14, evilbeth, Little Nemo, McKenna, Vinnie Virginslayer, WIGGUM Bob Dole - don Jaime, NothingMan, tevya, THespos Sam Donaldson - PUNdit, Qwisp James Doohan - pugluvr, smug Kirk Douglas - CnoteChris, hesredbird, JavaMaven1, jr8, kellibelli, Keymain, ladybug, Little Nemo, mojopitch, Mullinator, NothingMan, Rachelle Michael Douglas - slackergirl Morton Downey Jr. - Drain Bead Robert Downey Jr. - absoul, Boscibo, Bottle of Smoke, Drain Bead, DZ42, evilbeth, goboy, hesredbird, iampunha, JavaMaven1, jesuslynch, jr8, Kat, kellibelli, Keymain, Little Nemo, McKenna, milroyj, mojopitch, Mullinator, Padeye, Palandine, pugluvr, RickJay, Rodd Hill, slackergirl, Some Guy, Stephe96, Suo Na, tygre, vandal, WIGGUM Hugh Downs - iampunha, Some Guy Karen Duffy - evilbeth, Vinnie Virginslayer Fred Durst - douglips, WIGGUM Robert Duvall - Padeye Bob Dylan - goboy, Qwisp Clint Eastwood - douglips, jens Roger Ebert - ladybug, vandal Buddy Ebsen - beakerxf Elizabeth, the Queen Mother - DAVEW0071 Chris Elliott - MrKnowItAll Harlan Ellison - MrKnowItAll Peter Falk - CnoteChris Louis Farrakhan - bibliophage Perry Farrell - absoul Adrian Fernandez - Milossarian Calista Flockhart - Eggs a la Ted, jesuslynch, kellibelli, THespos, Zyada Jane Fonda - Osip June Foray - Quisp Eater John Force - hesredbird Betty Ford - Little Nemo Gerald Ford - DAVEW0071, douglips, goboy, hesredbird, Jack Batty, Milossarian, Montfort, Rodd Hill, Some Guy, Suo Na, Tiburon, tygre, vandal, Vinnie Virginslayer Glenn Ford - beakerxf, Shirley Ujest Bernard Fox - beakerxf Michael J. Fox - DZ42, Fletch, goboy, Jack Batty, Palandine, RickJay, rundogrun, Sofa King, Sublight, Ursa Major, WIGGUM Morgan Freeman - WIGGUM Paul “Ace” Frehley - vanilla Jun Fubuki - Astroboy14 Alberto Fujimori - Danimal Annette Funicello - bibliophage, CnoteChris, DAVEW0071, Drain Bead, Rachelle, socpro69 Edward Furlong - plnnr Zsa Zsa Gabor - Padeye, picmr James Garner - Eggs a la Ted, Padeye Bill Gates - Lamar Mundane Estelle Getty - ladybug Frank Gifford - plnnr, Rachelle Kathie Lee Gifford - Rachelle, Suo Na Ruth Bader Ginsberg - tevya John Goodman - beakerxf, bibliophage, CnoteChris, Eggs a la Ted, Mullinator, Palandine, RickJay, slackergirl, Sofa King, Tiburon Jeff Gordon - Sofa King Jane “Tipper” Gore - don Jaime John Gotti - vanilla Rev. Billy Graham - jesuslynch, Little Nemo, Vinnie Virginslayer Tom Green - vandal Dick Gregory - vanilla Merv Griffin - ladybug Andy Griffith - Rodd Hill Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama (Lhamo Thondup) - Danimal, jesuslynch Fawn Hall - Stephe96 Scott Hall - Vinnie Virginslayer Katherine Harris - jesuslynch Richard Harris - Bottle of Smoke, evilbeth, Padeye Vaclav Havel - Montfort Stephen Hawking - beakerxf, iampunha, jens, socpro69, tevya Garrison Hearst - absoul Hugh Hefner - Fletch, tevya Jesse Helms - evilbeth, Ivar, kawliga, NothingMan, PUNdit Katharine Hepburn - Bottle of Smoke, DAVEW0071, Drain Bead, goboy, kawliga, McKenna, Montfort, Palandine, plnnr, pugluvr, Shirley Ujest, socpro69, Tiburon Charlton Heston - Danimal Thor Heyerdahl - tevya Ben Hogan - iampunha John Lee Hooker - JavaMaven1, Padeye, picmr Bob Hope - Bottle of Smoke, DAVEW0071, DZ42, Fletch, jr8, milroyj, plnnr, pugluvr, Shirley Ujest, socpro69, Tiburon Dennis Hopper - Rodd Hill Sadam Hussein - Jack Batty, Vinnie Virginslayer Betty Hutton - pugluvr Eric Idle - Qwisp James Iha - Montfort Don Imus - jesuslynch, WIGGUM Steve Irwin - Bottle of Smoke Kareem Abdul Jabbar - Jack Batty Michael Jackson - Wicked Blue Victoria Jackson - pugluvr Derek Jacobi - Danimal Mick Jagger - Osip Etta James - JavaMaven1, ThisYearsGirl Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) - absoul, Astroboy14, Eggs a la Ted, Fletch, iampunha, jr8, kellibelli, Keymain, Lamar Mundane, Little Nemo, McKenna, milroyj, mojopitch, Palandine, picmr, plnnr, RickJay, rundogrun, socpro69, Some Guy, Tiburon, tygre, Wicked Blue Elton John - Palandine Ervin “Magic” Johnson - jens, tygre Arte Johnson - Stephe96 Holly Johnson - ThisYearsGirl Jimmy Johnson - PUNdit Ladybird Johnson - hesredbird, milroyj, Mullinator, Vinnie Virginslayer Russell Johnson - Milossarian Chuck Jones - Bottle of Smoke, don Jaime, picmr, Quisp Eater George Jones - Kat Russell “Ole Dirty Bastard” Jones - Vinnie Virginslayer, WIGGUM Tommy Lee Jones - ThisYearsGirl Michael Jordan - Lamar Mundane Chris Kaitan - Ursa Major Elia Kazan - JavaMaven1 Joan Kennedy - Boscibo Rory Kennedy - evilbeth Ted Kennedy - absoul, hesredbird, jr8, Kat, kellibelli, Rachelle, ThisYearsGirl, Wicked Blue Henry ‘Hank’ Ketcham - smug Jack Kevorkian - Suo Na Col. Muammar Khadafy - Sofa King Margot Kidder - Ursa Major B.B. King - JavaMaven1, jr8, Milossarian, ThisYearsGirl Larry King - DAVEW0071, Wicked Blue Stephen King - Boscibo, NothingMan Cris Kirkwood - Keymain Henry Kissinger - picmr, Rodd Hill Evel Kneviel - CnoteChris, Ivar Robbie Kneival - hesredbird Bobby Knight - Bottle of Smoke, DAVEW0071 Marion “Shug” Knight - absoul Don Knotts - CnoteChris, Milossarian, mojopitch Harvey Korman - beakerxf Bobby Labonte - absoul Rikki Lake - PUNdit Ann Landers - smug Angela Lansbury - ThisYearsGirl Tommy Lasorda - Montfort, pugluvr, Ursa Major, vandal Estee Lauder - Suo Na John Laws - picmr Dennis Leary - Sublight Peggy Lee - CnoteChris, smug Jack Lemmon - slackergirl Phil Lesh - plnnr Al Lewis - beakerxf, pugluvr, Vinnie Virginslayer Emmanuel Lewis - evilbeth Jerry Lewis - DAVEW0071, Fletch, Keymain, Ursa Major Jerry Lee Lewis - Ursa Major G. Gordon Liddy - Osip Rush Limbaugh - milroyj Rush Limbaugh - Some Guy Anne Morrow Lindberg - Montfort, Shirley Ujest Eric Lindros - DZ42 Art Linkletter - Vinnie Virginslayer Jennifer Lopez - Astroboy14, douglips Mary Lou Lord - ThisYearsGirl Greg Louganis - mojopitch, tygre Courtney Love - Sofa King George Lucas - Eggs a la Ted Susan Lucci - douglips Norm MacDonald - PUNdit, Sublight John Madden - Boscibo Madonna (Ciccone) - Danimal, Wicked Blue Karl Malden - Shirley Ujest Karl Malone - Boscibo Nelson Mandela - Drain Bead Barry Manilow - Boscibo Charles Manson - Osip, Quisp Eater, Ursa Major Imelda Marcos - Fletch Sterling Marlin - Milossarian Dick Martin - beakerxf Marshall “Eminem” Mathers - Rodd Hill, Sofa King, vandal, WIGGUM Johny Mathis - Jack Batty Willie Mays - rundogrun Rue McClanahan - Kat Shane McGowan - kawliga, socpro69 Al McGuire - Lamar Mundane, Mullinator Ed McMahon - Bottle of Smoke, Fletch, rundogrun, vanilla Sid Meier - iampunha Tammy Faye Bakker Messner - vanilla Russ Meyer - Padeye Lorne Michaels - vanilla Elaine Miles - MrKnowItAll Michael Milkin - Danimal, Sublight Arthur Miller - tevya Dennis Miller - kellibelli, PUNdit Mitch Miller - Milossarian Terence “Spike” Milligan - jr8 John Mills - kawliga Slobodan Milosevic - McKenna, rundogrun Liza Minnelli - goboy, JavaMaven1, Keymain, McKenna, Qwisp, Tiburon Kiichi Miyazawa - Sublight Ricardo Montalban - Shirley Ujest Dudley Moore - Bottle of Smoke, CnoteChris, DZ42, evilbeth, Fletch, hesredbird, JavaMaven1, Kat, Keymain, Little Nemo, Mullinator, Quisp Eater, Rachelle, rundogrun, Shirley Ujest, smug, Stephe96, tevya, WIGGUM Harry Morgan - CnoteChris Michael Moriarty - evilbeth, Some Guy Farley Mowat - Rodd Hill Rupert Murdoch - Danimal Bill Murray - Rachelle, rundogrun Brent Musberger - PUNdit Gen. Pervez Musharraf - Sofa King Jim Nabors - CnoteChris Kevin Nealon - douglips Judd Nelson - Sofa King Willie Nelson - ThisYearsGirl Paul Newman - Boscibo, Jack Batty, Ursa Major, ThisYearsGirl, vandal, Zyada Wayne Newton - iampunha, vanilla Jack Nicholson - absoul Stevie Nicks - NothingMan Leonard Nimoy - don Jaime, Qwisp Nick Nolte - mojopitch, WIGGUM Ted Nugent - NothingMan Maila “Vampira” Nurmi - Padeye Carroll O’Connor - bibliophage, Wicked Blue Sandra Day O’Connor - plnnr Anita O’Day - JavaMaven1 Rosie O’Donell - kellibelli, slackergirl, vandal Ozzy Osbourne - MrKnowItAll Peter O’Toole - Palandine Jack Paar - CnoteChris LaWanda Page - smug Rev. Ian Paisley - picmr Jack Palance - Danimal Arnold Palmer - Kat Alan Parker - MrKnowItAll Rosa Parks - don Jaime, Mullinator, Some Guy Les Paul - JavaMaven1 Luciano Pavarotti - milroyj Gregory Peck - Palandine, Stephe96 Sean Penn - Qwisp Rhea Perlman - absoul H. Ross Perot - jens Joe Perry - THespos Prince Philip - Ursa Major Augusto Pinochet - jr8, picmr, Rodd Hill Scottie Pippin - jesuslynch Joe Piscopo - bibliophage Bob Pittman - THespos Bill Polian - iampunha John Popper - DZ42, goboy Colin Powell - Danimal Jason Priestley - Ivar, WIGGUM Prince - Wicked Blue Paul Prudhomme - bibliophage Richard Pryor - beakerxf, Bottle of Smoke, JavaMaven1, Keymain, Little Nemo, mojopitch, Quisp Eater, socpro69, tevya Alexander Putin - iampunha Colin Quinn - tevya Prince Ranier - milroyj, tygre Tony Randall - plnnr, rundogrun, vanilla Dan Rather - PUNdit Nancy Reagan - Fletch, Ivar, Stephe96, Tiburon Ronald Reagan - Astroboy14, Boscibo, Bottle of Smoke, DAVEW0071, Drain Bead, DZ42, evilbeth, goboy, Ivar, Jack Batty, jesuslynch, jr8, ladybug, Lamar Mundane, Little Nemo, Kat, McKenna, Milossarian, milroyj, mojopitch, MrKnowItAll, Mullinator, Osip, Padeye, Palandine, plnnr, Rachelle, RickJay, rundogrun, socpro69, Some Guy, Sublight, Suo Na, tevya, Tiburon, tygre, vamdal, Wicked Blue Christopher Reeves - hesredbird, Lamar Mundane, Palandine William Rehnquist - milroyj Janet Reno - milroyj Burt Reynolds - hesredbird, Some Guy Christina Ricci - MrKnowItAll Adam Rich - bibliophage Keith Richards - Boscibo, don Jaime, Jack Batty, jens, mojopitch, Palandine, RickJay, rundogrun, THespos Don Rickles - Stephe96 Molly Ringwald - MrKnowItAll Bob “Kid Rock” Ritchie - Bottle of Smoke, DZ42, WIGGUM Joan Rivers - hesredbird Oral Roberts - Suo Na Chris Rock - hesredbird Dennis Rodman - Zyada Fred Rogers - ladybug, MrKnowItAll Andy Rooney - Eggs a la Ted, milroyj, tevya Mickey Rooney - kawliga, Rachelle David Lee Roth - ThisYearsGirl Mickey Rourke - absoul Salman Rushdie - jens Nolan Ryan - Zyada J.D. Salinger - picmr Juan Antonio Samaranch - Quisp Eater Adam Sandler - Drain Bead, DZ42, Kat, PUNdit, Suo Na Isabel Sanford - beakerxf Roy Scheider - Stephe96 Max Schmeling - Shirley Ujest Daniel Schorr - plnnr Tex Schramm - smug Michael Schumacher - Sofa King Arnold Schwarzenegger - jens, Stephe96 Harry Secombe - jr8 Ariel Sharon - Danimal, Eggs a la Ted William Shatner - Osip, socpro69 Charlie Sheen - Qwisp Judith “Judge Judy” Sheindlin - PUNdit Maria Shriver - milroyj O.J. Simpson - PUNdit Penny Singleton - Shirley Ujest Christian Slater - Danimal Anna Nicole Smith - Little Nemo, slackergirl Keely Smith - JavaMaven1 Liz Smith - DAVEW0071, THespos Daniel M. Snyder - Sofa King Kevin Spacey - Padeye David Spade - Eggs a la Ted, jens, kellibelli, Montfort Britney Spears - douglips, Rodd Hill, Zyada Jerry Springer - Montfort, PUNdit Layne Staley - Drain Bead Sylvester Stallone - Astroboy14 Harry Dean Stanton - evilbeth Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) - Fletch, MrKnowItAll John Paul Stevens - Lamar Mundane Gloria Stewart - Shirley Ujest Martha Stewart - tygre Patrick Stewart - Suo Na David Ogden Stiers - Qwisp Darryl Strawberry - absoul, DAVEW0071, Drain Bead, DZ42, goboy, Jack Batty, Lamar Mundane, McKenna, Mullinator, rundogrun, socpro69, Sublight, tevya Sally Struthers - jesuslynch Suharto - picmr Elizabeth Taylor - bibliophage, Eggs a la Ted, evilbeth, Lamar Mundane, Palandine, plnnr, Quisp Eater, Wicked Blue, Zyada Lawrence Taylor - Lamar Mundane Roger Taylor - picmr Lawrence “Mr. T” Tero - socpro69 Margaret Thatcher - picmr, tygre Billy Bob Thornton - kellibelli, Lamar Mundane Strom Thurmond - iampunha, Ivar, NothingMan, plnnr, Tiburon, tygre Joe Torre - THespos John Travolta - douglips, Wicked Blue Verne Troyer - WIGGUM Christy Turlington - NothingMan Ted Turner - THespos, Ursa Major Mike Tyson - RickJay Abigail Van Buren - smug Dick Van Dyke - Zyada Abe Vigoda - Jack Batty, Milossarian, Sublight, vanilla Jan-Michael Vincent - Lamar Mundane, mojopitch Max von Sydow - Palandine, Some Guy Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - MrKnowItAll Markie Mark Wahlberg - Sofa King Mike Wallace - goboy, vanilla Rusty Wallace - Ursa Major Barbara Walters - Astroboy14 Brian “Marilyn Manson” Warner - Ursa Major, Wicked Blue Marilyn Manson - Quisp Eater Scott Weiland - evilbeth, Keymain, NothingMan, Vinnie Virginslayer Eudora Welty - tevya Simon Wiesenthal - Shirley Ujest Billy Wilder - kawliga Gene Wilder - beakerxf Montel Williams - vandal Ted Williams - kawliga, Lamar Mundane, mojopitch, Padeye, Quisp Eater Bruce Willis - vanilla, Wicked Blue Oprah Winfrey - Danimal, PUNdit Shelley Winters - Stephe96 Ronnie Wood - picmr Fay Wray - Shirley Ujest Jane Wyatt - McKenna Andrew Wyeth - don Jaime Boris Yeltsin - Astroboy14, bibliophage, Bottle of Smoke, CnoteChris, DAVEW0071, don Jaime, Drain Bead, DZ42, Eggs a la Ted, McKenna, Milossarian, Osip, Rodd Hill, smug, socpro69, Sublight Andre “Dr. Dre” Young - Montfort, THespos ---
**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:** [January 1, 2001, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/150 "2001-01-01T01:04:54Z")
Apparently not. For those with a taste in morbid statistics, here’s the top vote getters for 2001: Ronald Reagan - 38 Robert Downey Jr. - 32 Pope John Paul II - 23 Dudley Moore - 20 Dick Cheney - 16 Boris Yeltsin - 16 Gerald Ford - 14 Mohammad Ali - 13 Katharine Hepburn - 13 Darryl Strawberry - 13 Kirk Douglas - 12 Michael J. Fox - 11 Bob Hope - 11 John Goodman - 10 Richard Pryor - 9 Keith Richards - 9 Elizabeth Taylor - 9 Yassir Arafat - 8 Johnny Carson - 8 Ted Kennedy - 8 Walter Cronkite - 7 George W. Bush - 6 Andy Dick - 6 Annette Funicello - 6 Liza Minnelli - 6 Paul Newman - 6 Strom Thurmond - 6 Dan Aykroyd - 5 Johnny Cash - 5 Calista Flockhart - 5 Stephen Hawking - 5 Jesse Helms - 5 Adam Sandler - 5 Ted Williams - 5 You can compare with the 2000 votes: Ronald Reagan - 17 Bob Hope - 14 Pope John Paul II - 12 Boris Yeltsin - 9 Mohammad Ali - 7 Elizabeth, the Queen Mother - 6 Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs - 5 Andy Dick - 5 Katherine Hepburn - 5 Elizabeth Taylor - 5 Gerald Ford - 4 Stephen Hawking - 4 Richard Pryor - 4 Milton Berle - 3 Calvin “Snoop Dog” Broadus - 3 Johnny Cash - 3 Fidel Castro - 3 Dick Clark - 3 Robert Downey Jr - 3 Queen Elizabeth II - 3 Annette Funicello - 3 Ervin “Magic” Johnson - 3 Keith Richards - 3 Strom Thurmond - 3 Scott Weiland - 3 Reagan held his top spot. Bob Hope made a surprising drop, receiving fewer votes than he had last year in a much wider field. Robert Downey Jr was a big grower coming up from only 3 votes last year. Dick Cheney made the highest debut in the 2001 votes and Queen Elizabeth II was the highest vote getter of 2000 who was absent from the 2001 list. Trivia fans might notice that four different Supreme Court justices each got a single vote this year. And finally, I’ll point out that not one of the twenty five top celebrities from 2000 died this year. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/151 "2001-01-01T01:06:18Z")
Having finished with the silver medal last year I feel pressure… My picks are: Dick Cheney Dudley Moore John Paul II Andy Dick Bin Laden Robert Downey JR Bob Hope Boris Yeltsen Ronald Reagan Nancy Reagan Paul Tracy Scott Weidlan Prince Phillip ---
**Author:** ![socpro69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@socpro69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/socpro69)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/152 "2001-01-01T23:12:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > \*\*And finally, I’ll point out that not one of the twenty five top celebrities from 2000 died this year. \*\* Well that makes me feel a bit less morally bankrupt about all this. Just a bit though. ---
**Author:** ![La\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@La\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_King)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/153 "2001-01-02T03:48:24Z")
The people on my list may or may not be dead. Been a long time since I’ve heard about them. Phyllis Diller Red Buttons Charly Weaver Les Paul ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/154 "2001-01-03T13:07:32Z")
1. Princess Margaret 2. Magic Johnson 3. John Goodman 4. Charlie Sheen 5. Deanna Durbin 6. Liza Minelli 7. Marilyn Manson 8. Richard Pryor 9. Duff (ex of Guns N’ Roses) 10. Jerry Lewis 11. Stephen Spielberg 12. Sean Connery 13. Daniel Day Lewis And to all the people on my list - I’m really, terribly sorry, and I hope I lose. Except Marilyn Manson. I don’t care what happens to him. ---
**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/155 "2001-01-03T14:31:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Here’s my picks: > > OL’ DIRTY BAS . . . . > DUFF . . … > > COLEMAN > JOHNNY CARSON > > \*\* NEMO . . . Just as clarification, the Duff that I chose is the former MTV Veejay turned model, I don’t have her last name (boy, this IS sick. I feel dirty just typing this), and NOT the guy who used to be with Guns n’ Roses. By the way, God Bless Roy Walston. One of my favorite all time actors. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/156 "2001-01-03T17:58:00Z")
Vinnie, I had already assumed you meant Karen Duffy. Actually until cazzle mentioned him, I had forgotten about musician Michael “Duff” McKagan. On the other hand, both are probably good picks. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/157 "2001-01-04T02:39:28Z")
**Little Nemo** , Akira Fubuki, picked by **Astroboy14** , is a Japanese nude model/porn actress (Akira can be a male or female name). I have about 10MB of pictures on my hard drive to prove she is very real. In any case, unless she caught something on the set of one of her videos, she’s a long shot: Born March 13, 1978. –sublight. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/158 "2001-01-04T02:41:31Z")
This is now closed to new entries and clarifications, right? So, **cazzle** ’s don’t count? If so, I’d like to change one of mine to Ray Walston. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/159 "2001-01-04T02:57:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\*This is now closed to new entries and clarifications, right? > > So, **cazzle** ’s don’t count? > > If so, I’d like to change one of mine to Ray Walston. \*\* Drat! I was hoping someone would overlook that fact… I only just joined the board a few days back. 🙂 Sorry - let me know if I was too late getting my entries in. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2001, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/160 "2001-01-04T05:34:46Z")
Akira’s a nude model and porn actress, you say? Well, I’m tentatively willing to accept your claims but you better forward all 10MB of those files to me for verification. As for invoking the deadline, I’ll admit I was pretty lax last year. I ended up accepting new lists into March. I’ll defer to the will of the majority. Should we continue to allow new lists within reason (and allow those who have blank spots on theirs to complete them)? Or should we enforce the Jan 1st deadline and close the door to all picks since then? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715.md?page=9)