# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/41 "2002-12-03T06:15:55Z")
**Mr. Wrong** , you might want to pick someone other than Bob Hope. I’ve seen his age given as anywhere from 99 - 102 (he fibbed about his age when he was getting into showbiz). Anyway, he’s up there. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/42 "2002-12-03T07:09:14Z")
I could’ve swore that I just heard James Garner died the other day but I can’t find anything about it. Anyway, I think almost all of these have already been listed, but I assure you I’m not just “copying.” 1. Osama bin Laden 2. Johnny Cash 3. Robert Downey Jr. 4. Eminem 5. Barry White 6. Warren Zevon 7. Scott Weiland 8. Axl Rose 9. The Pope 10. Larry Ellison 11. Stan Lee 12. Jason Mewes 13. CowboyNeal Explanations available upon request (though most of these are pretty damn obvious.) ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/43 "2002-12-03T07:26:16Z")
No, **Cisco** , I think you heard that James _Coburn_ died the other day. Anyway, here’s my first picks for this annual morbid-fest… [list=1] [li]James Garner (sorry, had to do it)[/li][li]The Pope[/li][li]Justin Timberlake (have to have a youngster in the mix)[/li][li]Walter Cronkite[/li][li]Neil Armstrong[/li][li]Ronald Reagan[/li][li]Warren Zevon[/li][li]Osama Bin Laden[/li][li]Michael Jackson[/li][li]Johnny Cash[/li][li]Dick Clark[/li][li]Pete Rose[/li][li]Eminem[/li][/list=1] ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/44 "2002-12-03T07:27:05Z")
My first night posting… my first Celebrity Death Pool Entry. What will people think? lol 1. Zsa Zsa Gabor 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Nancy Reagan 4. Osama Bin Laden 5. Elizabeth Taylor 6. Gerald Ford 7. Muhammed Ali 8. Michael Jackson 9. Julia Child 10. Sharon Osbourne 11. Jimmy Carter 12. Warren Zevon 13. Pope John Paul II ---
**Author:** ![sotally\_tober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@sotally\_tober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sotally_tober)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/45 "2002-12-03T09:06:13Z")
Why 13 anyway? … but here goes… 1. George Bush Jr. 2. Osama bin Laden (who will outlive bush by a few days; but he still gets the last lauggh) 1. Britney Spears 2. J. Lo (both of them will haggle their last in a cat fight. Mark my words) 1. J.K. Rowling (they almost always never complete their series) 2. Sharon Osborne 3. Faith Hill (has to be a least one shocker/yr. last year, it was Aliyah) 4. Margaret Thatcher 5. Bill Gates (guess who bought insurance) 6. Gao Xingjian, chinese dissident and 2000 nobel prizewinner for literature 7. Jamie Oliver, celebrity chef 8. Posh Spice 9. Michael Jorden p.s. michael jackson will _never_ die, the old freak ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/46 "2002-12-03T15:41:30Z")
1. Michael Jackson 2. Adam West 3. Osama bin Laden 4. Sandra Day O’Connor 5. Gary COleman 6. Keith Richards 7. Bob Denver 8. Whitney Houston 9. Sir Elton John 10. Willard Scott 11. Ted Williams 12. Robert Downey, Jr. 13. Jerry Lewis ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/47 "2002-12-03T16:14:49Z")
a35362: Replace Strom with fellow southerner Jesse Helms ---
**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, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/48 "2002-12-03T17:24:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Mr. Wrong, you might want to pick someone other than Bob Hope. I’ve seen his age given as anywhere from 99 - 102 (he fibbed about his age when he was getting into showbiz). Anyway, he’s up there. D’oh!:smack: I guess he would still count in the “Quantity not Quality” category, but I’ll replace him anyway. Out: Bob Hope In: Robert Mugabe (Wishfull Thinking Category) BTW **Katie1341** , Ted Williams is already dead, unless you think that cryogenics facility his idiot son put him in is WAY ahead of schedule. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/49 "2002-12-03T17:39:20Z")
1. Muhammed Ali 2. Julia Child 3. Hume Cronyn 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Bob Hope 6. Bobby Brown (Whitney Houston’s husband) 7. Zsa Zsa Gabor 8. Mary Tyler Moore 9. Kirk Douglas 10. Estelle Getty 11. Buddy Ebsen 12. Diahanne Carroll 13. Rodney Dangerfield ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/50 "2002-12-03T18:08:59Z")
I remembered that Ted Williams was dead shortly after I submitted my list. It also appears that I am the first idiot to submit an already dead person. So I’ll substitute Daryl Strawberry. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/51 "2002-12-03T19:10:42Z")
**BiblioCat** – same deal with Bob Hope. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/52 "2002-12-03T19:34:13Z")
My revised list. I’m taking out Bob Hope. 1. Muhammed Ali 2. Julia Child 3. Hume Cronyn 4. Ronald Reagan **5. Gavin McLeod** (new entry) 5. Bobby Brown (Whitney Houston’s husband) 6. Zsa Zsa Gabor 7. Mary Tyler Moore 8. Kirk Douglas 9. Estelle Getty 10. Buddy Ebsen 11. Diahanne Carroll 12. Rodney Dangerfield ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/53 "2002-12-03T19:43:48Z")
1. Boris Yeltsin, boozebag 2. Cher, Singer 3. Sean Connery, Actor 4. Marlon Brando, Actor 5. Richard Avedon, Photographer 6. Debbie Reynolds, actress 7. Mel Brooks, director _Producer_ 8. Michael Palin, actor 9. Gene Wilder, actor 10. Florence Henderson, actress ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/54 "2002-12-03T19:50:31Z")
**Padeye** , you get three more picks. And Michael Palin? Oh, _no!_ ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/55 "2002-12-03T20:20:27Z")
1. Terry Jones - former _Python_ 2. Ian Holm 3. Adam Sandler 4. Robert Blake 5. Ted Kennedy 6. Gerald Ford 7. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 8. Kurt Vonnegut 9. John Goodman 10. Dick Cheney 11. George Lucas 12. Leonardo DiCaprio 13. Billy Joel Also - does anyone know what happened to the CDP 2002 thread? I can’t seem to find it. Was it lost in the meltdown? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/56 "2002-12-03T20:20:37Z")
My picks for this year (which I have printed out in case the thread vanishes like it did last year!): 1. Thomas Pynchon, writer 2. Randy Newman, singer 3. Brad Pitt, actor 4. Kirk Douglas, actor 5. Ronald Reagan, ex-president 6. Robert Altman, director 7. Fay Wray, actress 8. Pete Best, ex-Beatle 9. Eminem, actor/rapper 10. Boris Yeltsin, Russian president I’m pretty sure all of these people are still among us… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/57 "2002-12-03T20:24:46Z")
Oops, I meant to pick thirteen… 1. Arte Johnson, comedian 2. William Goldman, writer 3. Whitney Houston, singer Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/58 "2002-12-03T20:38:22Z")
I’ve had horrible luck with my picks in the past , but It’s still pretty fun guessing: 1. Warren Zevon (the easy guess, but I need a hedge) 2. Pope John Paul II (he’s gotta die one of the times I guess him) 3. Osama bin Laden 4. Fidel Castro 5. Queen Elizabeth II 6. Jeffrey Jones (actor) 7. Estelle Getty (yes, she’s alive) 8. Ronald Wilson Reagan 9. Ricardo Montalban 10. Gerald Ford 11. Britney Spears 12. Jesse Helms 13. Jenna Bush ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/59 "2002-12-03T21:30:50Z")
I heard that **Butters** , of South Park fame, asked for a raise and his own custom trailer, so he’s at the top of my list. Numbers 2 through 13: 2 & 3 - the Olsen twins 4 - Regis Philbin 5 - Haley Joel Osment 6 - Shaquille O’Neal 7 - Tina Fey 8 - Jerry Falwell 9 - Anna Kournikova 10 - Margo Kidder 11 - Dominick Dunne 12 - Baby Spice 13 - Tom Hanks ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/60 "2002-12-03T21:41:50Z")
**beckwall** , I need clarification on #1. Is this a fictional character? If it’s a real person, I need the name. Nag nag nag nag… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=4)