# The Celebrity Death Pool 2003 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798 "2002-12-01T18:51:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/21 "2002-12-02T08:03:20Z")
I can’t believe no one has picked Whitney Houston yet! ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/22 "2002-12-02T08:06:56Z")
or how 'bout GHWBUSH he’s gotta be in harm’s way! That’s my first two I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/23 "2002-12-02T09:18:48Z")
1. Arthur C. Clarke 2. Christopher Lee 3. Julie Andrews 4. Blake Edwards 5. Harry Morgan 6. Richard Pryor 7. Whitney Houston 8. Dick van Dyke 9. John Cleese 10. Katherine Hepburn 11. Gene Wilder 12. Richard Attenborough 13. Kirk Douglas ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/24 "2002-12-02T13:56:17Z")
Jennifer Aniston Lisa Kudrow Courtney Cox Arquette Matthew Perry David Schwimmer Matt Le Blanc Agnetha Faltskog Anni-Frid Lyngstad Bjorn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson Stephen King George Bush George Herbert Walker Bush ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/25 "2002-12-02T14:08:58Z")
Might as well go out on a limb. If I am right, I will either look scarily omniscient or quite potentially guilty. 1. Allan Houston 2. Latrell Sprewell 3. Kurt Thomas 4. Shandon Anderson 5. Howard Eisley 6. Charlie Ward 7. Jermaine O’Neal 8. Ron Artest 9. Reggie Miller 10. Jamal Tinsley 11. Brad Miller 12. Al Harrington 13. Andy Dick ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/26 "2002-12-02T14:37:49Z")
Ok, I’ll toss mine in. I don’t think I got any points at all last year, but so what. My guesses will be, well, a lot of them will be random. 1. Pope JP 2 (I think he’s just a standard there. I mean, he’s old, he’s sick…one of these days it’s gotta happen) 2. Warren Zevon (again, the sick thing. Not that I want him to die) 3. Tim Allen 4. Michael J. Fox 5. Eddie Murphy 6. Loretta Lynn 7. Garth Brooks 8. Kevin Costner 9. Cardinal Bernard F. Law 10. Steven Spielberg 11. Mariah Carey 12. Adam Sandler 13.George Clooney ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/27 "2002-12-02T16:01:02Z")
Think I’ll go with some possibles and a few longshots for points. 1. Walter Cronkite 2. Pope JP II 3. Katherine Hepburn 4. Charles Bronson 5. Patsy Ramsey 6. Ken Lay 7. Mike Tyson 8. Christian Slater 9. Lance Bass 10. Jason Priestly 11. Tionne T-Boz Watkins 12. Robby Knievel 13. Allen Iverson ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/28 "2002-12-02T17:21:45Z")
1. Cher 2. Jason Alexander 3. Dennis Hopper 4. Paul Harvey 5. Dennis Rodman 6. Alan Alda 7. Stevie Nicks 8. Prince (the symbol guy) 9. George Jones 10. Johnny Cash 11. B.B. King 12. Lady Bird Johnson 13. “Magic” Johnson ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/29 "2002-12-02T18:19:52Z")
I’m in. And I’m keeping a copy of my list this time, just in case there’s _another_ winter of missed content. Back later with the list that shall grant me no points… ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/30 "2002-12-02T18:42:01Z")
1. Strom Thurmond 2. Pope John Paul II 3. Tiffany 4. Queen Elizabeth 2 5. Robert Downey Jr. 6. Corey Feldman 7. Ja Rule 8. Reverend Billy Graham 9. Pervez Musharraf 10. Bret Hart 11. Lou Dobbs 12. Anna Nicole Smith 13. Willie Nelson ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/31 "2002-12-02T19:02:40Z")
Uh, I’ve never done this before. Okay, here goes… 1. Michael Douglas 2. Hilary Swank 3. Maynard J. Keenan (of Tool fame) 4. George Bush Sr. 5. “Mr. T” 6. Lyle Lovett 7. Florence Henderson 8. Jack Osbourne 9. Elijah Wood 10. DMX (rapper) 11. Tina Turner 12. David Letterman 13. Jon Bon Jovi ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/32 "2002-12-02T19:08:24Z")
**Skip** , Strom Thurmond turns 100 on Thursday (Dec. 5th). Gimme another name. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/33 "2002-12-02T19:17:25Z")
ok here goes… 1. Queen Elizabeth2 2. Pope JP2 3. Dick Cheney 4. Barry White 5. Sharen Osbourne 6. Angelina Jolie 7. Johny Carson 8. Julia Child 9. Richard Pryor 10. Magic Johnson 11. Jerry Lewis and just incase my prayers are answered: 12. Mary-Kate Olsen 13. Ashley Olsen ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/34 "2002-12-02T20:18:39Z")
I don’t get it–is it against the rules to have someone on your list over 100? Here are my picks: Prince Charles the Pope Mick Jagger Sharon Osbourne Jesse Helms Ronald Reagan Snoop Doggy Dogg, or whatever he’s going by these days Bela Karolyi (crazy gymnastics coach for Nadia Comaneci/Mary Lou Retton, among others) Whitney Houston Jay Leno Saddam Hussein Drew Carey Queen Elizabeth II ---
**Author:** ![gus28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@gus28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gus28)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/35 "2002-12-02T20:42:14Z")
1. Barbra Streisand 2. Bobby Brown 3. Jamie McMurray (NASCAR driver) 4. Kenny Rogers 5. Snoop Dogg 6. Busta Rhymes 7. Kathie Lee Gifford 8. Willie Nelson 9. Dan Reeves (football coach) 10. Mike Ditka 11. Bob Dole 12. Rosie O’Donnell 13. O.J. Simpson ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/36 "2002-12-02T20:47:03Z")
Well, it’s just that you wouldn’t score any points. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/37 "2002-12-02T20:48:04Z")
**book** , a score’s derived by subtracting a person’s age from 100. Therefore, even if Strom did die you’d get zero zip zippity nada points. If Miss Spears croaks, you’d garner 79. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/38 "2002-12-02T22:03:17Z")
My picks: 1. Karol Joseph Wojtyla, aka John Paul II, Pope 2. James Watson, scientist 3. Richard Starkey, aka Ringo Starr, Beatle 4. Paul McCartney, Beatle 5. Paul Newman, actor 6. Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, singer 7. Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, rapper 8. Ronald Reagan, actor 9. The Artist Formerly Known as “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince” and Now Once Again Known as Prince 10. Winona Ryder, shoplifter 11. Martha Stewart, busybody 12. Christina Aguilera, skank ho 13. Osama bin Laden, terrorist ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/39 "2002-12-03T04:56:56Z")
Aw, my first Celebrity Death Pool Entry! You folks listing Ian MacKellan and Christopher Lee are making me sad 😛 In no particular order: 1. Ronald Reagan 2. Yasser Arafat 3. Dave Letterman’s Mom (I hope not… just that she’s getting up there…) 4. Helen Gurley Brown (up until earlier this year, I thought she was already dead!) 5. Marlon Brando 6. The Pope 7. Walter Cronkite 8. Julia Child 9. Muhammad Ali 10. Axl Rose 11. Vin Diesel 12. Missy Elliot 13. Keith Richards (longshot! the man’s immortal!) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Wrong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Mr.Wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Wrong)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/40 "2002-12-03T06:09:10Z")
O, Yeah! A tournament of Bad Karma. Here goes: **Short Odds** Pope John Paul II Ronald Reagan Warren Zevon Bob Hope Queen Elizabeth **Longshots** Marshall Mathers(Have to have a rapper on the list) Allen Iverson(ditto an athlete) Ringo Starr(deal with the devil set to expire) **Wishful Thinking** Osama bin Laden Mariah Carey Bobby Bowden **Pure Hunches** James Garner Robert Blake [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=3)