# Post your oldest Death Pool list. Who's still alive? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [October 10, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735 "2018-10-10T01:42:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/1 "2018-10-10T01:42:45Z")
What’s your first Death Pool list and is anyone still alive from it? If not that one, which one is the oldest that still has a survivor? My first list was 2003. That list is: 1. Pope John Paul II 2. Warren Zevon 3. Michael Jackson 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Gerald Ford 6. **Madonna** 7. Luciano Pavarotti 8. Jerry Lewis 9. Eli Wallach 10. Christopher Lee \*\*11. Britney Spears 11. Larry King 12. Michelle Tractenburg\*\* 15 years and I still have four people alive from it! I thought I participates in the years before, but I did not see my list online. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/2 "2018-10-10T05:11:00Z")
My list, posted on December 29, 1999, was the very first one: Leo DiCaprio Snoop Dogg Kirk Douglas - Yes, my “sure thing” pick from 1999 is still alive. Robert Downey Jr Kate Moss Richard Pryor - died 2005 Roseanne Anna Nicole Smith - died 2007 Elizabeth Taylor - died 2011 Scott Weiland - died 2015 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/3 "2018-10-10T22:04:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > 1. Michelle Tractenburg That seems awfully random. What am I missing? Or was it just a joke/random one off? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/4 "2018-10-10T22:16:26Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > That seems awfully random. What am I missing? Or was it just a joke/random one off? I used to take one big gamble for huge points. Kind of the List “left eye” Lopez wannabe guess. One person, I believe had her, and she actually died that year. Huge points, little chance. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/5 "2018-10-10T22:36:33Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I used to take one big gamble for huge points. Kind of the List “left eye” Lopez wannabe guess. One person, I believe had her, and she actually died that year. > > Huge points, little chance. I used to pick models and former Disney stars for this reason. But they’ve proven to be surprisingly durable. I’m thinking of switching to porn actresses. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/6 "2018-10-10T22:42:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > My list, posted on December 29, 1999, was the very first one: > > Leo DiCaprio > Snoop Dogg > Kirk Douglas - Yes, my “sure thing” pick from 1999 is still alive. > Robert Downey Jr > Kate Moss > Richard Pryor - died 2005 > Roseanne > Anna Nicole Smith - died 2007 > Elizabeth Taylor - died 2011 > Scott Weiland - died 2015 Kirk is now worth negative points, right? He’s 101! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/7 "2018-10-10T22:49:08Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Kirk is now worth negative points, right? He’s 101! 102 this year at some point. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/8 "2018-10-11T00:08:11Z")
I’m a relative latecomer to the game; I first played in 2014, and scored zero points with this list. In the three years and 9+ months since, only three of them have kicked the bucket: Lindsay Lohan Valerie Harper Clive James Wilko Johnson Daisy Berkowitz John McVie Frankie Muniz Bill Gallagher Francois Bozize Michel Djotodia Gedeon Kyungu Mutanga Mary Valastro Michael Schumacher Notes(as of 12/31/13): Bill Gallagher is a commissioner on the Montana Public Service Commission. Francois Bozize is the former President of the Central African Republic. Michel Djotodia is the current President of the Central African Republic. Gedeon Kyungu Mutanga is the leader of the Congolese militia, Mai Mai Kata Katanga. Mary Valastro is the “Cake Boss” mom. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/9 "2018-10-11T00:30:26Z")
From my 2008 list Fidel Castro B.B. King David Crosby Amy Winehouse Loretta Lynn Estelle Getty Robert Byrd Stan Musial Georgia Frontierre Suzanne Pleshette Ethel Kennedy Jimmy Carter Sure, Jimmy Carter’s survival is a medical miracle, but looking back at the list, it’s David Crosby who surprises me the most. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/10 "2018-10-11T02:13:39Z")
Ah, the nostalgia of revisiting my picks from December 29, 2004: Liz Taylor (d. 2011) \*\*William Rehnquist (SCORE) \*\*Arthur Clarke (d. 2008) \*\*Jimmy Doohan (SCORE) \*\*Rick Majerus (d. 2012) Lou Henson Augusto Pinochet (d. 2006) Kirk Douglas Bowie Kuhn (d. 2007) \*\*Rosa Parks (SCORE) \*\*Patrick Moore, astronomy writer (d. 2012) Norodom Sihanouk (d. 2012) Studs Terkel (d. 2008) I’m glad that Lou Henson is still alive; he was the basketball coach at the University of Illinois when I was in college and he’s a good guy. He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2004, which is why I picked him, but he pulled through. I appended the following comment to my picks: > [@Freddy the Pig](#): > > I did not pick the Pope (John Paul II). I will not pick him ever again. I’m beginning to doubt whether he is mortal. Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005. This is why I no longer do death pools. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/11 "2018-10-11T14:04:24Z")
5 still alive from my 2008 list: Ariel Sharon Albert Hofmann Claude Levi-Strauss Abe Vigoda Kirk Douglas Micky Rooney Zsa Zsa Gabor Roger Ebert Henry Kissinger Betty Ford Adam Bernard “Pacman” Jones Roman Gabriel (former NFL QB) Danny Bonaduce ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/12 "2018-10-12T00:37:06Z")
Trying to figure out what my first one was. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/13 "2018-10-12T01:04:55Z")
Ok looks like 2005. I believe I came up with a big goose egg for the year Axl Rose Whitney Houston (died 2012) Steve Jobs (died 2011) Elizabeth Taylor (died 2011) Gerald Ford (died 2006) James Earl Jones Willie Mays Henry Kissinger Colin Farrell Peter O’Toole (died 2013) Ed Koch (died 2013) Willard Scott James Brown (died 2006) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/14 "2018-10-13T14:21:45Z")
[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5558699&postcount=9](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5558699&postcount=9) 1. Rosa Parks, civil activist 2. Gerald Ford, former US president 3. Thurl Ravenscroft, voice actor 4. Billy Graham, Christian evangelist 5. James Doohan, actor 6. John Paul II, Pope 7. James Stockdale, Adm. USN, ret. 8. Bob Barker, game show host 9. Charlton Heston, actor 10. Hugh Hefner, publisher 11. Imelda Marcos, politician 12. Fred Phelps, hatemonger 13. Stephen Hawking, physicist Not a single one is still living ---
**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:** [October 13, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/15 "2018-10-13T16:44:01Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Not a single one is still living You missed Bob Barker and Imelda Marcos in your killing spree. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/16 "2018-10-13T23:20:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You missed Bob Barker and Imelda Marcos in your killing spree. Dang, I actually did think they are deceased. Now, where did I put my passport? Gotta brush up on my Tagalog. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/17 "2018-10-15T14:36:33Z")
From 2005: 1. Da Pope (PJ2 to be specific) (score) 2. Don Knotts (missed it by 2 months… d. 2006) 3. Abe Vigoda (d. 2016) 4. Joey Bishop - the last of the Rat Pack (d. 2007) 5. James Doohan - he just can’t take anymore, cap’n! (score) 6. Barbara Billingsley (d. 2010) 7. Mickey Rooney (d. 2014) 8. Jesse Helms (d. 2008) 9. Betty Ford (d. 2011) 10. Red Auerbach (d. 2006) 11. Jack Chick (d. 2016) 12. Fidel Castro (d. 2016) 13. Wilford Brimley Alternate: Rosa Parks (d. 2005) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/18 "2018-10-15T15:07:42Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Dang, I actually did think they are deceased. > > Now, where did I put my passport? Gotta brush up on my Tagalog. Don’t go after Bob Barker. He’ll karate chop you while telling you to spay and neuter your pets. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/19 "2018-10-15T20:35:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Don’t go after Bob Barker. He’ll karate chop you while telling you to spay and neuter your pets. I’m a brown belt, is Bob at a higher belt level? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735/20 "2023-07-28T13:03:35Z")
My picks (2005): 1. James Garner (dead) 2. Gary Rossington from Lynyrd Skynyrd (dead this year, 2023) 3. Andy Griffith (dead) 4. Barbara Billingsley (dead) 5. Rip Taylor (dead) 6. Loretta Lynn (dead) 7. James Brown (dead) 8. Carol Burnett (alive) 9. Jerry Lewis (dead) 10. Mary Tyler Moore (dead) 11. Dick Van Dyke (alive) 12. Jesse Jackson (alive) 13. Barbara Bush (dead) 10 out of 13! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-oldest-death-pool-list-whos-still-alive/822735.md?page=2)