# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/161 "2002-12-28T14:50:45Z")
I doubt this list is even close to unique, but here goes: 1. Bob Hope (actor/comedian) 2. Abe Vigoda (actor) 3. Jack Klugman (actor) 4. Steven Hill (actor) 5. John Paul II (Pope) 6. Katherine Hepburn (actress) 7. Peter Ustinov (actor) 8. James Doohan (actor) 9. Ronald Reagan (former U.S. President) 10. Kirk Douglas (actor) 11. Roy Disney (corporate executive) 12. Martin Landau (actor) 13. Robert Blake (actor) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/162 "2002-12-28T17:51:31Z")
Three and a half days left… ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/163 "2002-12-28T21:57:54Z")
1. Ronald Reagan 2. Pope WhatsHisNumber 3. Warren Zevon 4. Osama Bin Laden 5. Sharon Osbourne 6. Zsa Zsa Gabor 7. Jerry Lewis 8. Gerald Ford 9. Marlon Brando 10. Dick Cheney 11. Saddam Hussein 12. Yasser Arafat 13. Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![graceland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ec9cab/32.png) [@graceland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/graceland)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/164 "2002-12-29T00:21:50Z")
John Ritter Wayne Dyer Dick Cheney Sharon Osbourne Julia Child Dr. Dick, or whatever his name is. (The guy who used to be on Oprah.) Andy Griffith Snoop Dog Ricardo Montalban Ann B. Davis Noelle Bush Magic Johnson Donald Trump ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/165 "2002-12-29T01:25:39Z")
1. Syd Barrett 2. The Pope 3. Martha Stewart 4. John Goodman 5. Jack Nicholson 6. Mick Jagger 7. Robert Downey, Jr 8. Ronald Reagan 9. Yoko Ono 10. Elizabeth Dole 11. Jimmy Fallon 12. Stevie Nicks 13. Queen Elizabeth ---
**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 29, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/166 "2002-12-29T03:14:10Z")
\*\*Shirley’s Gift of Life 2003 \*\* And How they died. 1. Fay Wray : King Kong’s Lady ( 1907) Dies in her sleep, complications from congestive heart failure. 2. Saddam Hussein : dictator. Scud Missle to the cranium. 3. Pope John Paul II - Pope. In his sleep. No one notices for two days. 4. James Doohan. : Beam me up, Scotty. In a fight with a Trekkie. 5. Ronald Reagan. Gipper. Alzheimer’s. 6. Marlon Brando. Has Been Actor. Heart Attack. 7. Yassar Arafat. Lunatic. mob violence/missile attack. 8. Fred Phelps.: Nutjob minister. Coronary failure whilst atop a teenage boy. 9. Max Schmeling: Boxing Great. (1905) In his sleep. 10. Lady Bird Johnson. First Lady. Stroke. 11. John Demjanuk. Nazi. Slow painful death. 12. Simon Wiesenthal. Nazi Hunter. ( 1908) Peacefully in sleep. 13. Katherin Hepburn. Outstanding actress. Peacefully in sleep. Alternates: Andy Dick Hosni Mubarek. George Michael One of the Spice Girls. Mr. Rogers ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/167 "2002-12-29T04:17:27Z")
Erm, I think Max Schmeling has already heard the final bell. I’ll put you down for Andy Dick. ---
**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 29, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/168 "2002-12-29T13:33:30Z")
According to a couple of servers, Max Schmeling is still very much alive at 97. Worth only three points. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/169 "2002-12-29T14:23:28Z")
Here’s mine, prolly not unique, but WTH: 1. Sharon Osborne 2. Ozzy Osborne 3. Buddy Ebson 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Anna Nicole Smith 6. Pete Townsend 7. Roger Corman 8. Max Von Sydow 9. Bobby Brown 10. Virginia Heinlein 11. Daniel Shore 12. Walter Mondale 13. Charlton Heston I wish all my picks a long and healthy life. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/170 "2002-12-29T17:53:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > \*\*According to a couple of servers, Max Schmeling is still very much alive at 97… \*\* Huh. IMDb thinks he’s dead. Well, fair enough, then. Sorry, Mr. Schmeling! Take your time. 😉 Two and a half days left. Oh, **Milossarian** …? ---
**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 29, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/171 "2002-12-29T19:52:00Z")
Nuts. I think I got Max points a couple years ago and didn’t even realize it. Anywhooooo… I’d like to replace him with a name I’ve pulled out of my backside:\*\* Larry Hagman \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/172 "2002-12-29T20:45:28Z")
1. Robert Downey, Jr. 2. Dick Francis 3. Johnny Cash 4. Whitney Houston 5. Angelina Jolie 6. Julia Child 7. Elizabeth Taylor 8. Abe Vigoda 9. Scott Weiland 10. Charleton Heston 11. Rodney Dangerfield 12. Randy Quaid 13. Sean Puffy Puff Daddy P. Diddy Combs ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/173 "2002-12-29T21:28:48Z")
1. Warren Zevon (musician) 2. Iggy Pop (musician) 3. Marlon Brando (actor) 4. Charles Durning (actor) 5. Zsa Zsa Gabor (actress) 6. J.D. Salinger (author) 7. Ronald Reagan (former politician/actor) 8. Augusto Pinochet (former politician) 9. Hugo Chavez (soon-to-be former politician) 10. Marion “Suge” Knight (producer) 11. Vida Blue (former baseball player) 12. Jacques Villeneuve (Formula 1 driver) 13. Emperor Akihito (err…emperor) Can someone explain to this cave-dweller why there’s a number of nominations for Andy Dick? I’ve been on a Newsradio binge lately, and I’d hate to hear that Matthew is actually a heinous crack fiend in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/174 "2002-12-29T21:46:13Z")
1. Shane MacGowan 2. “Suge” Knight 3. Christopher Lee 4. John Williams 5. Ronald Regan 6. Fred Phelps 7. Andy Dick 8. Robert Downey, Jr. 9. Fidel Castro 10. Sean Connery ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/175 "2002-12-29T21:50:42Z")
He’s, well…he’s a party animal, at the very least. I think he was with that kid from _Suddenly Susan_ in the last hours before the kid killed himself. Which has nothing to do with anything, but he seems to have that sort of John Belushi, “It’s only a matter of time” stamp on him. Supposedly, according to some _Entertainment Tonight_-type profile on him from a couple years ago, he’s bisexual and lives in a house with both his wife and his girlfriend and their kids. Which also has nothing to do with anything, but contributes to the image of his burning the candle at both ends. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/176 "2002-12-29T21:53:43Z")
**Juniper200** , you get three more picks. **Shirley** , I’ll make the change. Ticka ticka ticka… ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/177 "2002-12-29T23:07:51Z")
I’ve been waiting to submit, but will gladly play. I don’t wish death on these people, but I’ve picked almost only younger contenders, in hope of scoring points: 1. Matthew Perry (friend and rumoured to be mixing alcohol and harder drugs) 2. Michael Jackson (entity) 3. Bobby Gillespie (singer in Rockband Primal Scream, drug user) 4. David Gahan (Depeche Mode. Failed ad suicide. Has been in rehab, supposedly clean) 5. Robert Downey Jr. (Former Chaplin interpreter, later Ally Mc Beal love interest, which may or may not explain substance abuse) 6. Peter Jackson (Severly overweight tolkien director) 7. Angelina Jolie (Tomb Raider with self-destructive personality) 8. James Gandolfini (Overweight Soprano) 9. Charlie Sheen (Life in the fast lane) 10. Macauley Culkin (former unbearable brat) 11. George Michael (Will join Queen on tour. Can only end one way) 12. Marshal Mathers III (8 mile or not. Something bad is bound to happen to M&M) 13. Calvin Broadus (Snoop Dog is the same age as Eminem. He might push the envelope too far) 14. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/178 "2002-12-30T00:12:55Z")
Hope this list isn’t too political. Lots of longshots here. And nothing personal, y’understand. 1. Moby 2. Atal Behar Vajpayee 3. Warren Zevon 4. Stephen King 5. Jim Carrey 6. Axl Rose 7. Jon Bon Jovi 8. Tom Cruise 9. Robert Mugabe 10. Leonid Kuchma 11. Andrei Illarionov 12. Ronald Reagan 13. Marlon Brando ---
**Author:** ![Genzym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c2a13f/32.png) [@Genzym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genzym)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/179 "2002-12-30T01:10:36Z")
1. Ronald Reagan 2. Princess Juliana (Former Dutch Queen, 93 years old ) 3. Fidel Castro 4. Pope John Paul II (Will God have mercy?) 5. Yassar Arafat 6. Arthur C. Clarke (A great loss) 7. O.J. Simpson 8. Marlon Brando 9. George Lucas 10. David Letterman 11. Osama Bin Laden (What if he’s been dead since last year?) 12. Hugo Chavez 13. George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2003/139798/180 "2002-12-30T01:57:16Z")
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