# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/81 "2002-12-04T14:23:09Z")
Reading these lists, I am sensing some sort of \*Devilish Wish Factor \* here. Who is Zach de la Rocha ( great name, sounds like a boxer) ---
**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 4, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/82 "2002-12-04T16:18:08Z")
Too bad minors aren’t allowed…I wanted to include Michael Jackson’s newborn (Prince?) on my list. So, I’ll add: Percy Miller (aka. Master P) and Dwight Myers (aka. Heavy D) That makes my list so far: 1-Whitney Houston 2-GHW Bush 3-Master P 4-Heavy D ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/83 "2002-12-04T16:33:58Z")
ooooh Can I play? Sure things: The Pope Bob Hope Ronnie Raygun Shouldn’t start any long books: Sharon Osbourne Charlton Heston Hunches etc: Ian Brady (infamous British murderer) Michael Jackson (in a bizzare gardening accident) Johnny Cash Clint Eastwood George Best (Irish footballer) Muhammed Ali Margaret Thatcher Michael Stipe ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/84 "2002-12-04T16:37:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tolyri \* > \*\* > 13. Richard Pryor > \*\* drat! I forgot about Richard Pryor. He was the first one I thought of, but somehow I forgot to put him on the list. Don’t know who to take off though, so I’ll just make him an alternate. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/85 "2002-12-04T16:43:03Z")
**owlstretchingtime** , see above re Bob Hope. He may not be worth any points. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/86 "2002-12-04T17:13:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Padeye \* > \*\*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 \*\* Dang it. 1. Ted Kennedy 2. Dan Rather 3. Eric Clapton ---
**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 4, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/87 "2002-12-04T17:30:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > Who is Zach de la Rocha ( great name, sounds like a boxer) Front man for the band formerly known as Rage Against the Machine. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/88 "2002-12-04T18:49:17Z")
Sorry about the extra name. Here is the revised list: 1.Roger Moore 2.Eric Idle 3.Edward Asner 4.Elizabeth Taylor 5.Lauren Bacall 6.Robert Duvall 7.Marlon Brando 8.Michael Caine 9.Hal Holbrook 10.Larry Hagman 11.Tina Louise 12.Burt Reynolds 13.Tom Berenger ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/89 "2002-12-04T20:01:36Z")
1. Warren Zevon (musician) 2. Zsa Zsa Gabor (policeman slapper) 3. Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) 4. David Crosby (musician) 5. Geraldine Ferraro (politician) 6. Ravi Shankar (sitarist) 7. Joey Buttafuoco (a celebrity of sorts) 8. Luciano Pavarotti (opera tenor) 9. Bob Dylan (songwriter) 10. Keith Richards (only appears to be dead) 11. J. D. Salinger (writer, recluse) 12. Liza Minelli (actress/singer) 13. Mark David Chapman (assassin) I’ll go out on a limb and say that the pope will see 2004 ---
**Author:** ![mister\_me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@mister\_me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mister_me)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/90 "2002-12-04T20:33:26Z")
hey Qwisp - isn’t Hal Holbrook about 142 years old? really though- not sure but I could have sworn he was pushing 100 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/91 "2002-12-04T21:26:25Z")
The S.N.L. Curse hasn’t struck for a while… Ten least favorite cast members: 1. Horatio Sanz 2. Molly Shannon 3. Chevy Chase 4. Melanie Hutsell 5. Gilbert Gottfried 6. Joe Piscopo 7. Martin Short 8. Norm Macdonald 9. Tim Meadows 10. Victoria Jackson And 3 that seem like good bets: 1. Eddie Murphy 2. Robert Downey Jr. 3. Colin Quinn ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/92 "2002-12-04T21:34:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by owlstretchingtime \* > \*\*ooooh Can I play? > Hunches etc: > > Ian Brady (infamous British murderer) > \*\* He’s not on death row, is he? I thought that disqualified someone. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/93 "2002-12-04T21:55:08Z")
No, he’s not on Death Row. He was sentenced to life without parole. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Garrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Mr.Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/94 "2002-12-04T23:26:42Z")
1. Pope John Paul II 2. Michael Jackson 3. Ted Kennedy (senator) 4. Rosemary Kennedy (she’s a kennedy OK?) 5. Yassir Arafat 6. Boris Yeltsin 7. Tommy Lee (motely crue) 8. Ronald Regan 9. Axle Rose (guns n roses) 10. Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) 11. Ringo Starr (beatles) 12. Barry White 13. Puff Daddy (rapper most likely to be shot in my book) ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/95 "2002-12-05T00:57:46Z")
Here’s my list: 1. Peter Jackson (“Lord of the Rings” director) 2. Steve Martin 3. Anna Nicole Smith 4. Stan Lee (Marvel Comics) 5. Mickey Rooney 6. Robert Downey Jr. 7. Calista Flockhart 8. Bob Barker 9. Paul “Big Show” Wight (WWE wrestler) 10. Zsa Zsa Gabor 11. Stephen Hawking 12. Janet Leigh 13. Mikhail Gorbachev And I’m keeping a copy of my list this year. Last time I got at least two celebrities, but I posted my picks during the Winter of Our Lost Content. ---
**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 5, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/96 "2002-12-05T02:49:07Z")
Got a couple more to add: 1-Whitney Houston (singer/ dope-fiend) 2-GHW Bush (ex-? Pres. USA) 3-Master P (Percy Miller, rapper) 4-Heavy D (Dwight Myers, rapper) 5-Ronnie Biggs (UK’s gentleman train robber) 6-Lester Maddox (Ex-Gov. Georgia) I’m getting there… ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/97 "2002-12-05T03:38:02Z")
Good old-fashioned morbid fun! 1. Billy Graham (reverend) 2. Abe Vigoda (Fish) 3. Ruth Warrick (the first Mrs. Charles Foster Kane) 4. Mickey Rooney (annoying imp) 5. Keith Richards (vampire) 6. Anne Miller (dancer) 7. Stephen Hawking (genius) 8. Irene Hughes (to whom it will come as a complete surprise) 9. Barry White (voice) 10. Don Ho (Hawaiian) 11. Charles Durning (that guy that’s in everything) 12. J. D. Salinger (recluse) 13. Leni Riefenstahl (Hitler’s favorite filmmaker) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/98 "2002-12-05T03:54:02Z")
**h.sapiens** , Leni Riefenstahl turned 100 in August according to the IMDb. Gimme another name. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/99 "2002-12-05T04:43:14Z")
Well, I’d been holding off posting to try and cut down on people copying my picks, but it seems that most of my choices have already come up somewhere. Here goes: 1. Warren Zevon (hoping this makes him hold on another year) 2. Michael Milkin (former junk bond king) 3. Darryl Strawberry (not sure about spelling. The baseball player.) 4. Courtney Love 5. Dick Cheney 6. Axl Rose 7. George Carlin 8. Scott Weiland (lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots) 9. Whitney Houston 10. Bobby Brown (Whitney Houston’s former husband) 11. Richard Pryor 12. Robbie Williams (British Singer) 13. Macaulay Culkin In case any should die before Dec. 31 2002, my alternates are, in order: A-1. Ronald Regan A-2. Allen Iverson A-3. Sid Caesar ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/100 "2002-12-05T10:12:31Z")
As I didn’t read the rules properly I would like to change Bob Hope for Suge Knight. Although I’d like it to be Sol Campbell (and it would be if I got my hands on him). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=6)