# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/101 "2002-12-05T10:48:38Z")
I’m going to remove Shakira and put in Maggie Thatcher. ---
**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, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/102 "2002-12-05T11:37:21Z")
Okay, instead of Leni, I’ll substitute Robert Stack. ---
**Author:** ![S\_Puppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@S\_Puppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S_Puppy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/103 "2002-12-05T15:02:35Z")
01 Mike Tyson 02 Eminem 03 John Paul II 04 Daryl Stawberry 05 Marlon Brando 06 Ronald Regan 07 Dr Dre 08 Christopher Lee 09 Richard Pryor 10 Yasser Arafat 11 Abe Vigoda 12 Jack Palance 13 Warren Zevon ☹ ---
**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:** [December 5, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/104 "2002-12-05T15:24:16Z")
**Sports** 1. Bob Davie, football “coach” 2. Keith Jackson, crotchety old man 3. Desmond Howard, Heisman thief 4. Bobby Bowden, 1st class whiner **Entertainment** 5. Luke Perry, crash test dummy 6. Warwick Davis, Willow 7. Sandy Duncan, star of “The Cat from Outer Space” 8. Randall “Tex” Cobb, grissly biker with a heart of gold **Politics & Religion** 9. Bob Enyart, rabid fundie wacko 10. Dalai Lama, striking 11. JP2, with this list, I need a gimme 12. Vincente Fox, el Presidente **Wildcard** 13. Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn, lion tamer ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/105 "2002-12-05T16:53:36Z")
1. Pope John Paul II 2. Sharon Osbourne 3. Mel Gibson 4. Ben Affleck 5. Jennifer Lopez 6. Ian McKellan 7. Jerry Lewis 8. Ronald Reagan 9. Jimmy Carter 10. Yasmine Bleeth 11. Corey Feldman 12. Dame Judi Dench 13. Queen Elizabeth II ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/106 "2002-12-05T17:10:10Z")
I’d just like to point out the humor in a Doper named **DeadlyAccurate** posting in this particular thread. 🙂 (Yasmine’s a good choise, too!) ---
**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 5, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/107 "2002-12-05T17:29:14Z")
sorry about the Olsen twins **a35362** , I thought they were 18 now and I was going for points (and hate) 😉 please substitute: 1. Ronald Reagan 2. Nancy Reagan …screw the points, one of 'em is bound to go! ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/108 "2002-12-05T18:55:15Z")
My picks: 1. Pope John Paul II 2. Larry Flynt - Hustler publisher 3. Warren Zevon - musician 4. Johnny Cash - musician 5. Abe Vigoda - actor 6. Stan Musial - Hall of Fame baseball player 7. Hugh Hefner - Playboy 8. Art Donovan - football player, former frequent Letterman show guest 9. John Wooden - college basketball coach 10. Hugh Downs - tv show host 11. Daniel Schorr - NPR commentator 12. Robert Keeshan aka Captain Kangaroo 13. George Mikan - Hall of Fame basketball player Keep in mind that I wish none of these people ill, otherwise I’d have listed Carrot Top 🙂 ---
**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 5, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/109 "2002-12-05T22:57:56Z")
I don’t see that the rules prohibit picking celebrities who are 100 or more years of age. Strom or Bob Hope would not help any of our point totals, but one or more of us contestants may want to go for the “Quantity Not Quality” award. ---
**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/110 "2002-12-05T23:13:34Z")
**ArchitectChore** - that’s correct. Celebrities who are or will be 100 or more years old can be named as picks, but they won’t score any points for the players who picked them. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/111 "2002-12-05T23:49:25Z")
I gotta get in on this one. 1. Mary Tyler Moore (actress) 2. Kirk Douglas (actor) 3. Ronald Reagan (actor, former President) 4. Alan Alda (actor) 5. Jerry Lewis (actor) 6. Bobby Brown (Whitney Houston’s husband) 7. Brooke Astor (socialite) 8. Norman Lear (TV exec) 9. Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) 10. Jim McKay (veteran ABC sportscaster) 11. Buddy Ebsen (actor) 12. Dick Cheney (Vice-President) 13. Annette Funicello (Mouseketeer) ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/112 "2002-12-06T01:43:18Z")
1. Pope John Paul II 2. George W. Bush 3. Bill Gates 4. Michael Crichton 5. John Williams 6. Warren Zevon 7. Dr Dre 8. Tobey Maguire 9. Leslie Nielsen 10. Norm Coleman 11. Larry King 12. B. B. King 13. Joel Coen ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/113 "2002-12-06T01:48:13Z")
I’m going for the obscure… I’m fairly sure they’re all alive… 1. Herbert Lom 2. Anthony Quinn 3. Paul Fusco 4. L.Q. Jones 5. Douglas Rain 6. Lou Wagner 7. Peter Falk 8. Anthony Zerbe 9. Paul Tulley 10. Rosenda Monteros 11. Shelley Winters 12. Estelle Parsons 13. Jane Asher ---
**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 6, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/114 "2002-12-06T02:09:07Z")
Mr. Quinn is [dead](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Quinn,+Anthony) ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/115 "2002-12-06T02:26:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ArchitectChore \* > \*\*Mr. Quinn is [dead](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Quinn,+Anthony) \*\* Thanks… I’ll toss in **Terence Stamp** instead… I know he’s alive. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/116 "2002-12-06T04:54:15Z")
Ashanti (because Aaliyah and Left-Eye scored huge) Charo (bonus points because she had her year of birth legally changed) Walter Cronkite Andy Dick Buddy Ebsen Gerald Ford Teri Garr (heard she recently revealed she’s been ill) Jeffrey Jones (jailhouse suicide) Richard Pryor Ronald Reagan Gene Wilder Boris Yeltsin Warren Zevon (so he can relax now - being on my list has kept Reagan alive for three years now) ---
**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 6, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/117 "2002-12-06T05:55:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mister\_me \* > \*\*hey Qwisp - isn’t Hal Holbrook about 142 years old? > > really though- not sure but I could have sworn he was pushing 100 \*\* According to a search he was born in 1925 ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/118 "2002-12-06T06:59:32Z")
Nobody on my listed had the good grace to die this year. Ingrates. [ol][li]Yassir Arafat[/li][li]John Goodman[/li][li]Louie Anderson[/li][li]Harry Belafonte[/li][li]Paul Prudhomme [/li][li]Dom DeLuise[/li][li]Marlon Brando[/li][li]Adam Rich[/li][li]Louis Farrakhan[/li][li]King Fahd of Saudi Arabia[/li][li]Ariel Sharon[/li][li]Boris Yeltsin[/li][li]Warren Zevon[/li] **Alternate** : Eddie Van Halen[/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Squirebob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Squirebob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squirebob)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/119 "2002-12-06T11:54:37Z")
Hmmmm always wanted to be DEATH… CATS ARE NICE. 1. Bob Monchouse (Game Show Host) uk) 2. Sadam Hussain (Scout Leader) 3. Tony Benn (Labour MP and prat) 4. William Shatner (Actor) 5. Muhamad Ali (Boxer Legend and I hope Not to die) 6. Micheal Jackson (Thing) 7. Margett Thatcher (Iron Lady) 8. Ronald Reagan (Former pres) 9. Pope JP 2 (Erm the pope) 10. Queen Elizabeth (another hope not) 11. Ronnie Biggs (Violent Criminal) 12. Kirk Douglas (actor) 13. Bob Hope (Entertainer) BEST GO AND DOUBLE CHECK THOSE EGG TIMERS… ---
**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 6, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/120 "2002-12-06T15:04:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by t-keela \* > \*\*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… \*\* ooh-ooh wait, I gotta put Richard Simmons on this list! 7-R.Simmons (diet guru & general pain in the ass, kinda like fingernails on a chalkboard):eek: “I might as well get one more while I’m thinking about it. Anyone that eats that much red meat, hamburgers, etc. and weighs over 300 lbs.” 8-George Foreman Sr. (heavyweight champ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=7)