# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/61 "2003-12-03T15:31:57Z")
Well, in 2003 I tried to predict the plane crashes of two NBA teams, apparently to no avail, so for 2004 I will choose the national pastime as my incubator of death. 1. Tug McGraw - Former pitcher for the Mets and Phillies 2. Darryl Strawberry 3. Kirby Puckett 4. Steve Palermo - Former Umpire 5. Fay Vincent - Former Commish 6. Eldon Auker - Played for Detroit, Boston, St Louis from 1933-42. 7. Dave Dravecky 8. Harmon Killebrew 9. Boog Powell 10. Ron Santo 11. Ernie Harwell - Former Tigers broadcaster 12. Sandy Koufax 13. Tony Oliva ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/62 "2003-12-03T15:51:00Z")
“9. Boog Powell” Man, you really know how to hurt a guy. Boog Powell? Hell, man, why not Brooks Robinson, Jim Palmer, or Al Bumbrey while you’re at it? Pass me another Natty Bo. ---
**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 3, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/63 "2003-12-03T16:48:29Z")
So **Mullinator** , are you picking a plane carrying former Twins to go down this year? ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/64 "2003-12-03T17:14:22Z")
My contributions to this sick contest… The 85+: 1. Ronald Reagan 2. John Wooden–he’s pretty sharp, but his wife’s been dead for 18 years and there’s only so long an old man can last with a broken heart. 3. Lady Bird Johnson 4. Gloria Stuart–her heart won’t go on. 5. Gerald Ford–he’s 90 and accident prone. The "Live Fast, Die Young (Or Middle Aged): 6. Courtney Love–losing custody of Frances Bean might push her over the edge 7. Scott Weiland 8. Andy Dick 9. David Crosby They’re _still_ here? 10. Richard Pryor 11. Keith Richards 12. Tug McGraw Whatever happened to? 13. Gordie Howe ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/65 "2003-12-03T17:59:39Z")
Okay, I’m going to give it another shot this year, and I’m starting out with one who has out-lived my previous guesses! 1. Pope John Paul II - I seriously think 2004 will be the year. Yes, I know that’s very sick, but … 2. Michael Jackson 3. Ozzy Osbourne 4. Courtney Love 5. Prince Charles 6. Prince Rainier 7. Whitney Houston 8. Rose Marie (from “Dick Van Dyke” show) 9. James Doohan 10. Mick Jagger 11. Yanni (yeah, the New Age musician…) 12. Sid Caesar 13. Goldie Hawn I’ll admit, I’ve got some really wild card picks in there. Sid Caesar actually does seem to be in fairly good health but is in his 80s for certain. Goldie, I hope this won’t hold true, but your name just popped into my head! LOL thank goodness I don’t have real telepathic powers. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/66 "2003-12-03T18:50:24Z")
1 Milan Kundera 2 Lemmy Kilmister 3 Leonard Nimoy 4 William Shatner 5 Bill Ward 6 Dennis Rodman 7 Bobby Fischer 8 Lee Iacocca 9 Mikhail Gorbachev 10 Christopher Lee 11 Jennifer Aniston 12 Karen Allen 13 Anne Rice For the most part I just wanted to come up with some names others had not done yet. I mean how many people can do the Pope or Jackson? That gets old after awhile. Then I noticed that near the end of my list I didn’t have any women on there so I had to choose some. I don’t think I picked all that great of a list, but at least I have some differences then most people. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/67 "2003-12-03T18:51:16Z")
OK, first time I’ve tried this: **I’ll be surprised if they both survive 2004:** Ronald Reagan Pope John Paul II **I’d hate to miss out on these points:** Saddam Hussein **Couple of old ballplayers with health ailments:** Ron Santo Tug McGraw **Random Guesses:** Kurt Vonnegut Jim Bakker Roger Ebert Polly Holliday Dick Smothers David Crosby Bobby Goldsboro **Shocker of the year** John Popper ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/68 "2003-12-03T19:36:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*Pass me another Natty Bo. \*\* Keep drinking the Natty Bo and you might as well be dead. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/69 "2003-12-03T20:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Captain Lance Murdoch \* > \*\*So **Mullinator** , are you picking a plane carrying former Twins to go down this year? \*\* Hmm, hadn’t noticed the frequency. Although, it would probably be Bud Selig’s dream to have the current Twins go down so as to eliminate a successful, small market team that flies in the face of his unlevel playing field theory. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/70 "2003-12-03T23:42:56Z")
Heart Attacks Waiting to Happen: 1. Steve McFadden (_Eastenders_ actor) 2. Luciano Pavarotti 3. Johnny Vegas (which would be a great tragedy) 4. John Goodman Really Old Guys: 1. The Pope 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Kirk Douglas 4. Don Knotts 5. Peter O’Toole Not Looking So Good: 1. Saddam Hussein (and right before the election, I betcha) 2. Michael Jackson 3. Stephen King Random Long-shot 1. Chris Evans (ginger-haired media mogul and complete twat) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/71 "2003-12-04T14:35:17Z")
## quote: ## Originally posted by plnnr Pass me another Natty Bo. Keep drinking the Natty Bo and you might as well be dead. Yep - maybe we should sneak some to Peter Angelos. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/72 "2003-12-04T15:32:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fruitbat \* > \*\*I have been waiting for this all year. > > 1. Sam Walton > > \*\* I hate to break this to you fruitbat, but Sam Walton died on April 5th, 1992. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/73 "2003-12-04T16:21:01Z")
And now…on with the show. 1. Ronald Reagan 2. Pope John Paul II 3. Harry Morgan 4. Eddie Albert 5. Saddam Hussein 6. Richard Pryor 7. James Garner 8. Osama Bin Laden 9. Jerry Lewis 10. Walter Cronkite 11. Kirk Douglas 12. Billy Graham 13. Yogi Berra ---
**Author:** ![Single\_Serving\_Friend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Single\_Serving\_Friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Single_Serving_Friend)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/74 "2003-12-04T17:46:56Z")
This just looks like good clean fun to me 😃 And I’ll list it in the way **vunderbob** suggested, just in case the foresight of bonus points get the better of you people. **Disease/Old Age/Infirmity** 1. Pope John Paul II 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Juliana van Oranje Nassau (The Dutch Queen mother. Born 30th of April 1909) 4. Arthur C. Clarke 5. Charlton Heston **Violence/Suicide** 6. Scott Peterson (prison “accident”) 7. Saddam Hussein 8. Yassar Arafat 9. Micheal Jackson (Suicide) 10. 50 cent **Accidental/Misadventure** 11. Leonardo DiCaprio 12. Quentin Tarantino 13. Johnny Galecki (Loooongshot. The left-over Healy brother from Roseanne) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/75 "2003-12-04T19:52:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vunderbob \* > \*\*First timer submitting: > > 1. Mike Wallace (of 60 Minutes) > 2. Morley Safer (ditto) > 3. Yassir Arafat > 4. Paris Hilton > 5. Jerry Lee Lewis > 6. Sparky Anderson > 7. Larry Hagman > 8. Maggie Smith > 9. Leon Askin (Gen. Burkholder on _Hogan’s Heroes_ > 10. Rosa Parks > 11. Olivia De Havilland > 12. Buzz Aldrin > 13. Pope John Paul \*\* Quoting myself; kewl… I’ll play my own game, and add causes of death. Note to organizer: I’m not changing the list members. 1. Mike Wallace (of 60 Minutes) **Old age/infirmity/disease** 2. Morley Safer (ditto) **Old age/infirmity/disease** 3. Yassir Arafat **Violence** 4. Paris Hilton **Accidental/misadventure** 5. Jerry Lee Lewis **Old age/infirmity/disease** 6. Sparky Anderson **Old age/infirmity/disease** 7. Larry Hagman **Old age/infirmity/disease** 8. Maggie Smith **Old age/infirmity/disease** 9. Leon Askin (Gen. Burkholder on _Hogan’s Heroes_) **Old age/infirmity/disease** 10. Rosa Parks **Old age/infirmity/disease** 11. Olivia De Havilland **Old age/infirmity/disease** 12. Buzz Aldrin **Old age/infirmity/disease** 13. Pope John Paul II **Old age/infirmity/disease** ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/76 "2003-12-05T19:17:19Z")
My first time. 🙂 In no order: Ronald Regan, Ex president Bill Keane, Cartoonist for Family Circus Meat Loaf, Singer and movie star Louis Gosset Jr, Movie star Walter Cronkite, Ex newscaster Chloë Sevigny, Actress Rosa Parks, activist Ja Rule, Rapper Rob Riener, Movie star and director Bob Dylan, Music Artist Andy Rooney, Movie star Charlton Heston, Movie star Christoper Lee, Movie star ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/77 "2003-12-05T19:44:39Z")
Bob Dylan!?!??!?!? ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/78 "2003-12-05T19:55:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cadolphin \* > \*\*1. Fay Wray > 2. Ronald Reagan > 3. Lady Bird Johnson > 4. Rosa Parks > 5. Abigail Van Buren > 6. Pope John Paul II > 7. Rose Marie > 8. Doris Day > 9. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross > 10. Tom Laughlin > 11. Greg Louganis > 12. Richard Pryor > 13. Kim Jong Il \*\* I’m going to drop Doris Day and put in Nany Reagan. Kathy ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/79 "2003-12-05T20:16:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster \* > \*\*Bob Dylan!?!??!?!? \*\* His time is drawing nigh… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/80 "2003-12-05T22:14:45Z")
Okay, here goes: David Blaine James Brown Andy Dick Kirk Douglas _wince_ Saddam Hussein Michael Jackson Pope John Paul II Quincy Jones Henry Kissinger Jason Mewes Ronald Reagan Keith Richards Mike Tyson [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=5)