# Celebrity "life" pool?

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**Created:** [January 2, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-life-pool/776123 "2017-01-02T02:54:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-life-pool/776123/1 "2017-01-02T02:54:50Z")

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I’ve always thought the whole “death pool” thing was kind of, well not just kind of morbid. Has anybody ever thought of turning it on its head? Instead of picking the youngest celebs who you think will die, you pick the oldest ones that you think won’t die. Then you get points based on their age at the end of the year. For instance, if you’d picked Kirk Douglas, who lived, that’s a hundred points. Just an idea.

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