# Help me write my death pool list **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 29, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690 "2011-12-29T02:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690/1 "2011-12-29T02:08:08Z")
I’ve just got too much going on, I don’t have time to write a death pool list. It doesn’t seem right not to enter, though – so I need 13 suggestions for names to put on it. They can be shitty suggestions, I scored zero this year with my “share a last name with a signer of the Declaration of Independence” themed list, so it’s not like I’m an actual player in this game. (My best year ever was … '09? Was that the M. Jackson/F. Fawcett/P. Swayze year?) Who should I include this year? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690/2 "2011-12-29T02:13:43Z")
Kim Jong-Un Ron Paul Tim Tebow Frank ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690/3 "2011-12-29T02:56:08Z")
Norodom Sihanouk can’t last forever. Of course, I’ve been saying that every year since 2003. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690/4 "2011-12-29T03:43:11Z")
Hey, twin, I sent you a PM. You can have my 2011 list. They didn’t die for me, if I dump them they are sure to die for someone else, just to spite me. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690/5 "2011-12-29T04:02:25Z")
**Twicks** , I almost went with a Color theme: some examples: Betty White Pink (the singer) Linda Gray (Dallas) Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro (Past president of Nicaragua) Brown (Lots of choices) Vida Blue (former MLB player) Red Schoendienst Hubert Green (golfer) Black (lots of choices) I gave up when I didn’t find any named purple, yellow or orange that I had actually heard of. that is my own self imposed rule. I have to recognize the name. Some of them actually have a good chance of dying because they are old. Of course, if you go into shades you can people Scarlett Johansson, Kelly Clarkson. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690/6 "2011-12-29T15:05:25Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Hey, twin, I sent you a PM. > > You can have my 2011 list. They didn’t die for me, if I dump them they are sure to die for someone else, just to spite me. Thanks, I just may do that. And if anyone would like my ‘11 list (inspired by Aretha freakin’ Franklin, who toyed with us all last December), you’re welcome to it. [quote=“notfrommensa, post:5, topic:607690”] **Twicks** , I almost went with a Color theme: [QUOTE] Ooh, I like it, but it would require actual work, which is what I’m trying to avoid here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690/7 "2011-12-29T16:23:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Ooh, I like it, but it would require actual work, which is what I’m trying to avoid here. 😉 You could ask for nominations. 😉 Darrell Royal was Univ of Texas Football coach Teal Wicks was in the Broadway show Wicked Sandy Duncan or Koufax ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690/8 "2011-12-29T16:34:00Z")
Tracy Gold. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690/9 "2011-12-29T16:34:43Z")
Don’t forget to jump on the Etta James bandwagon! ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690/10 "2011-12-29T17:22:10Z")
From the 2011 Death Pool: > [@The Celebrity Death Pool 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/570): > > The top 20 (and ties) vote getters are: > > ```auto > > Aretha Franklin 76 > Michael Douglas 67 > Zsa Zsa Gabor 50 > Fidel Castro 41 > Kim Jong-Il 35 > Ariel Sharon 34 > Lindsay Lohan 33 > Margaret Thatcher 33 > Dick Cheney 30 > Amy Winehouse 27 > Abdelbaset Al Megrahi 24 > Christopher Hitchens 23 > Nancy Reagan 23 > Dick Clark 22 > Elizabeth Taylor 21 > Roger Ebert 21 > Muhammad Ali 18 > Ruth Bader Ginsburg 17 > George H. W. Bush 16 > Harmon Killebrew 15 > Jimmy Carter 15 > > ``` Here are the top 13 vote getters who are still alive: Aretha Franklin Michael Douglas Zsa Zsa Gabor Fidel Castro Ariel Sharon Lindsay Lohan Margaret Thatcher Dick Cheney Abdelbaset Al Megrahi Nancy Reagan Dick Clark Roger Ebert Muhammad Ali ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690/11 "2011-12-29T17:54:22Z")
Too old. If I’m not going to get a lot of points, I prefer to not get points by completely missing rather than by going for low-hanging fruit. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-write-my-death-pool-list/607690/12 "2011-12-29T19:00:09Z")
Yelnick McWawa