# The Celebrity Death Pool 2004 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359 "2003-12-01T22:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/241 "2004-01-01T00:42:55Z")
For my Number 6, I mean **Jerry Lewis**. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/242 "2004-01-01T01:03:57Z")
I just want to state that based on my reading of the rules, Saddam would be legal since he wasn’t sentanced to death like stated. I didn’t pick him anyways, so I could care less what the final result is, but there certainly needs to be a clarification since the case as it happened isn’t covered by the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/243 "2004-01-01T01:14:58Z")
Ronald Reagan Christopher Reeve Walter Cronkite Queen Elizabeth II Michael Jackson Saddam Hussein Osama bin Laden Johnny Carson Keith Richards Fidel Castro Marlon Brando Andy Griffith Don Knotts Yes, I shamelessly copied from some one else. Sue me. But I like this list. ---
**Author:** ![mishaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@mishaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mishaa)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/244 "2004-01-01T02:37:48Z")
1. Brooke Astor - socialite & plastic surgery fan 2. Pope John Paul II 3. Jerry Lewis - Bloat man 4. Harvey Korman - Carol’s sidekick 5. Lady Bird Johnson 6. Prince Rainier of Monaco 7. Charles Nelson Reilly - star of Match Game! 8. Pervez Musharraf - President of Pakistan 9. Ronald Reagan 10.Scott Weiland 10. Julia Child 11. Adam Ant - looney 80’s idol 12. Nicole Ritchie - daughter of Lionel, friend of Paris Hilton ---
**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/245 "2004-01-01T03:47:53Z")
Geez, talk about last minute… Here we go: - Pope JP 2 (Pope) - Bob Barker (Game Show Host) - John Goodman (Actor) - Osama Bin Laden (Bastard) - Ronald Regan (Ex President) - Mike Tyson (Dysfunctional Boxer) - Courtney Love (Dysfunctional Singer) - Gordie Howe (Hockey Legend) - Jack Paar (Talk Show Host) - Billy Graham (The televangelist, not the wrestler) - Martin Sheen (Actor) - Bobby “The Brain” Heenan (Wrestling Personality) - Tommy Lee (Dysfunctional Rock Star) ---
**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:** [January 1, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/246 "2004-01-01T03:55:09Z")
Getting in under the wire and going with a political theme: Yasser Arafat Gerald Ford Mikhail Gorbachev Pope John Paul II Kim Jong-il Hosni Mubarak Pervez Musharraf Prince Phillip Augusto Pinochet Moammar al-Qadhafi Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher Boris Yeltsin ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/247 "2004-01-01T04:37:24Z")
Ronald Reagan Eminem, a.k.a. Marshall P. Mathers followed by some Roman numeral or other Jack White (of the White Stripes, in case there are other famous Jack Whites out there) Paris Hilton Nicky Hilton Saddam Hussein Phil Spector Vaclav Havel Jerry Lewis Snoop Dogg, a.k.a. Calvin Broadus Mariah Carey Michael Jackson …and Dick Clark, since I’m feeling especially evil this New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/248 "2004-01-01T04:58:09Z")
Nothing Like waiting until the last minute. Lady Bird Johnson Jerry Lewis Marlon Brando Osama bin Laden Charlton Heston Gerald Ford Kirk Douglas Walter Cronkite Richard Pryor Michael Jackson Ronald Reagan Pope John Paul II Ron Santo ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/249 "2004-01-01T05:24:59Z")
Nope, changed my mind. Take Michael Jackson out and put Rosa Parks in. The revised list: Lady Bird Johnson Jerry Lewis Marlon Brando Osama bin Laden Charlton Heston Gerald Ford Kirk Douglas Walter Cronkite Richard Pryor Rosa Parks Ronald Reagan Pope John Paul II Ron Santo ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/250 "2004-01-01T14:10:43Z")
I am totally blown away by two things: – Lady Bird Johnson is still alive; and – I didn’t know it. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/251 "2004-01-01T15:34:36Z")
I just remembered; I wanted to put John Gregory Dunn on my list. What? ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/252 "2004-01-01T18:43:30Z")
No! I missed the deadline! Kept on putting it off and off, until it was too late… :smack: How about giving us to the end of today? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/253 "2004-01-01T19:10:35Z")
I don’t know if you’ll let me in, but here’s my list anyway… (only 12 hours late…) Gene Hackman Robert Downey Jr. Ronald Reagan Joe Namath Pope John Paul II Meat Loaf Louie Anderson Macaulay Culkin Joan Rivers Arthur C. Clarke Joseph Wapner Cheech Marin Billy Graham ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/254 "2004-01-02T03:31:51Z")
Ok, since Saddam has been ruled illegal if he’s executed (which, I would like to go on record as saying is “bullshit” :), I point to my post made a day or two ago about the president of Pakistan. ---
**Author:** ![Spurious\_George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Spurious\_George](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spurious_George)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/255 "2004-01-02T06:59:15Z")
Oh, Og DAMN IT! I don’t know how I missed this thread for an entire month!!! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/256 "2004-01-02T22:39:33Z")
Ummm, youse guys, **Mr. Babbington** ’s post is the last valid entry. Any submissions or changes after that are no good. And…on with the game! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/257 "2004-01-02T22:45:06Z")
Godblessit, it gives me bad info when I’m not signed in. Forget my last post, there. **SandyHook** ’s post is the last valid post. And on with the game… ---
**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:** [January 2, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/258 "2004-01-02T23:39:24Z")
Question: **vanilla** picked “one of the Dixie Chicks”. Does he have a chance to pick another person or specifiy which of the Dixie Chicks or has that moment passed? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/259 "2004-01-02T23:43:57Z")
No, that’s invalid, per rule #6 (“must specify a name”). ---
**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:** [January 2, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/260 "2004-01-02T23:54:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by a35362 \* > \*\*No, that’s invalid, per rule #6 (“must specify a name”). \*\* Okay, I’ll change the master list accordingly then. Speaking of, I FINALLY FINISHED that blame thing, so look for an email with a rather large attachment, **sunfish**. It’s 38 pages long. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=14)