# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/141 "2002-12-12T05:11:25Z")
1. OZZY Osbourne 2. Gregory Peck 3. Pat Summerall (sports announcer) 4. Frank Gifford (Kathy Lee’s husband) 5. Bobby Brown (Whitney’s husband) 6. Ronald Reagan 7. Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboy’s owner) 8. James Doohan (Scotty from Star Trek) 9. Sean Connery 10. Trent Lott 11. Spike Lee 12. Barbra Streisand 13. Christina Aguilera ---
**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/142 "2002-12-13T05:26:05Z")
1. Paul McCartney 2. Christina Aguilera 3. Angelina Jolie 4. Zsa Zsa Gabor 5. Barbara Walters 6. George Bush, Sr. 7. Michael Steele (of the Bangles) 8. Eve (the rapper, not the poster!) 9. Hugh Grant 10. Shirley Temple Black 11. Darryl Strawberry 12. Stevie Nicks 13. Lisa Marie Presley ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/143 "2002-12-18T22:36:39Z")
Ok, here goes (I sure had a hard time narrowing it to just 13). 1. Mike Tyson (idiot) 2. Mary Tyler Moore (icon) 3. Boutros-Boutros Galli (cool name) 4. Hosny Mubarak (sitting duck) 5. Martin Sheen (the prez) 6. Francis Ford Coppola (auteur) 7. Kenny Baker (R2D2) 8. Norman Mailer (hack) 9. David Gest (leech) 10. Liz Taylor (diamond) 11. David Prouse (Vader) 12. Jim Carey (annoying) 13. Sean “P. Diddy” Combs (designer!) ---
**Author:** ![Goober\_McFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@Goober\_McFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goober_McFly)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/144 "2002-12-19T02:03:01Z")
1. Pope JP2 2. Trent Lott 3. George Bush Sr. 4. George Bush Jr. 5. Sharon Osbourne 6. Shakira 7. Barry Bonds 8. Mario Lemieux 9. Christopher Reeves (sorry) 10. Prince Phillip 11. Andy Griffith 12. Carrottop (please, please, please…) 13. Ronald Reagan ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/145 "2002-12-23T02:38:24Z")
1. Pope John Paul II 2. Ringo Starr 3. Jerry Lewis 4. Sen. Edward Kennedy 5. Ronald Reagan 6. Arthur C. Clark 7. Ray Bradbury 8. Paul Newman 9. Joe Paterno 10. Warren Zevon 11. Sylvestor Stallone 12. Anthony Hopkins 13. O.J. Simpson This feels so weird. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/146 "2002-12-23T16:29:33Z")
1. Marlon Brando (1924) 2. Katharine Hepburn (1907) 3. Julia Child (1912) 4. Phyllis Diller (1917) 5. Ravi Shankar (1920) 6. Gerald Ford (1913) 7. Mohammed Ali (1942) 8. Kirk Douglas (1916) 9. Gregory Peck (1916) 10. BB King (1925) 11. C Everett Koop (1916) 12. Nelson Mandela (1918) 13. David Spade (longshot) ---
**Author:** ![Shah\_Jehan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shah\_Jehan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shah_Jehan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/147 "2002-12-23T17:09:45Z")
1. Charlie Sheen 2. Robert Downey Jr 3. Sharon Osbourne 4. Ozzy Osbourne (let’s face it once Sharon’s gone…) 5. Johnny Cash 6. Nicholas Cage 7. McCauley Culkin 8. Betty White 9. Ricky Williams (Miami’s running back, not the other guy) 10. Jack Welch 11. Tennille (of Captain & Tennille) 12. Nelly (being raps hottest star is a death sentence) 13. Mia Hamm ---
**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 23, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/148 "2002-12-23T17:14:12Z")
I’d like to include #11 John Allen Muhammed and #12 John Lee Malvo if it’s okay…Malvo turns 18 (Feb.18th) 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) 7-Richard Simmons (diet guru) 8-George Foreman Sr. (ex. heavyweight champ & preacher) 9-Little Richard…(he was looking pretty bad last time I saw him) 10-Stephen King (author & sick puppy) 11-John Allen Muhammed (sniper/murderer) 12-John Lee Malvo (maybe they’ll both commit suicide) I’ve got one more…waiting 'till the last minute though. ---
**Author:** ![wikkidpis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@wikkidpis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wikkidpis)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/149 "2002-12-23T19:22:24Z")
1. Mickey Rourke 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Jerry Lee Lewis 4. Jerry Lewis 5. Chevy Chase 6. Liz Taylor 7. Perry Farrel 8. Carrol Channing 9. Old Dirty Bastard (I don’t know his real name, but you know the guy, the rapper dude) 10. Warren Zevon (too easy but everyone else is doing it) 11. Pope John Paul II (ditto) 12. Liza Minelli 13. Little Jimmy Dickens ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/150 "2002-12-23T19:45:11Z")
Unofficial list, because it’s against the rules, but just for fun: 1. A Brady Bunch kid 2. A Walton kid 3. A Partridge Family kid 4. One of the Jackson Five (Or LaToya or Janet) 5. One of the Facts Of Life girls 6. Wally or Beaver Cleaver 7. One of the Saved By The Bell kids. 8. One of the Osmond Brothers (including the two not in show business, or as an alternate, Marie) 9. A Kennedy, in an accident 10. A younger member of the British Royal family (not Elizabeth or Charles) ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/151 "2002-12-23T20:04:10Z")
1. Snoop Doggy Dog 2. Leif Garrett 3. Matthew Perry 4. Sally Struthers 5. Saddam Hussein 6. Regis Philbin 7. Sally Jesse Raphael 8. Star Jones 9. Paul Prudhomme 10. Jack Klugman 11. Melanie Griffith 12. Ozzy Osbourne 13. Tony Curtis ---
**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/152 "2002-12-23T20:29:32Z")
Trying to do this without influence of others: OK, here’s mine, in no particular order: 1. Pamela Anderson-Lee (1967) 2. Dick Cheney (1941) 3. Andy Griffith (1926) 4. Pope John Paul II (1920) 5. Mick Jagger (1943) 6. Monty Hall (1923) 7. Charlton Heston (1923) 8. Robert Downey, Jr. (1965) 9. Dan Akroyd (1952) 10. Andy Dick (1965) 11. Fidel Castro (1926) 12. Saddam Hussein (1937) (-Potentially a problem…his death may be unproveable, but I’ll go with it anyway) 13. Tony Danza (1951) ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/153 "2002-12-24T03:01:57Z")
This looks morbidly fun. I shall play along. Some repeats, I don’t care. 1. J.K. Rowling, b. 1965 (Harry Potter lady) 2. John Cleese, b. 1939 (Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, etc.) 3. Dick Cheney, b. 1941 (V-POTUSA) 4. Billy Corgan, b. 1967 (Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan) 5. Art Garfunkel, b. 1941 (Simon & Garfunkel, some movies) 6. Sharon Osbourne, b. 1952 (Ozzy’s wife & manager) 7. Ozzy Osbourne, b. 1948 (because I don’t think he’d last without Sharon) 8. Justin Timberlake, b. 1981 (Wishful Thinking Bet: Celebrity Edition) 9. Bill Clinton, b. 1946 (former POTUSA) 10. Jesse Helms, b. 1921 (despised former NC senator) 11. John Paul II, b. 1920 (Pope of the Roman Catholic Church) 12. Saddam Hussein, b. 1937 (doomed ruler of Iraq) 13. Mike Myers, b. 1963 (SNL Curse Guess) Alternates: A1. Al Roker, b. 1954 (famous weatherman) A2. St. Ronald the First, b. 1911 (patron saint of the GOP) A3. Yassir Arafat, b. 1929 (doomed Palestinian leader) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/154 "2002-12-24T04:36:51Z")
1. Warren Zevon 2. Barry White 3. Saddam Hussein 4. Hamid Karzi 5. Pope John Paul II 6. Ayman al-Zawahiri (Egyptian terrorist) 7. Osama Bin Laden 8. Stephen Hawking 9. Zsa Zsa Gabor 10. Boris Yeltsin 11. Tariq Aziz 12. Abigail Van Buren 13. Jesse Helms ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/155 "2002-12-24T14:07:54Z")
1.Saddam 2.Castro 3.Yeltsin 4.Ozzy Ozbourne 5.Frankie Muniz 6.Lisa Simpson 7.Most Terrorists 8.Osama Bin Laden 9.Moby 10.Yoko Ono ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/156 "2002-12-24T16:11:11Z")
1. Warren Zevon 2. Augusto Pinochet 3. Maggie Thatcher 4. Ronnie Biggs (train robber) 5. “Suge” Knight 6. Elizabeth Windsor (monarch) 7. Christopher Lee 8. Michael Caine 9. Jerry Lewis 10. E. Gough Whitlam (former Australian PM) 11. Ian Paisley (Nth Irish political/ “spiritual” figure)) 12. Michael Jackson 13. Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/157 "2002-12-24T17:28:11Z")
**Ryan\_Liam** , you get 13 picks and you’ve submitted ten. Also, you’re gonna have to be more specific on #7. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/158 "2002-12-27T18:18:42Z")
Just want to point out that you have 4 1/2 days left to submit your picks. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/159 "2002-12-28T07:46:30Z")
1)Dana Carvey 2)Andy Dick 3)Robert Downey Jr 4)Larry Hagman 5)MacCauley Culken 6)Keith Richards 7)Naomi Judd 8)Clarence Thomas 9)Luciano Pavarotti 10)Dick Cheney 11)Tippi Hedron 12)Princess Stephanie 13)Kelly Osbourne ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/160 "2002-12-28T11:25:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\*1. Eminem, singer \*\* I’m not so sure about this one. I never get what I want. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798.md?page=9)