# The Celebrity Death Pool 2005 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574 "2004-12-01T21:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/281 "2004-12-31T01:42:07Z")
I don’t think anyone had him on their lists, though. [Here’s the link.](http://deathbeeper.com/4446821.html) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/282 "2004-12-31T01:44:07Z")
No, nobody had Artie Shaw, either 2004 or 2005. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/283 "2004-12-31T02:18:09Z")
a35362, would you please substitute Chef Paul Prudhomme for Tina Louise on my list? He ain’t getting any thinner. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/284 "2004-12-31T03:05:17Z")
In 2005 I **will** score more than the 7 points I had in 2004. 1. Augusto Pinochet 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Billy Graham 4. James Doohan 5. Pope John Paul II (really, he’s just showing off at this point.) 6. George Herbert Walker Bush 7. William Rehnquist 8. Dick Clark 9. Elizabeth Taylor 10. Muhammad Ali 11. David Bowie 12. Jeff Lynne 13. Jason Giambi Should someone shuffle off this mortal coil in the next 25 hours: 14. Michael Douglas ---
**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/285 "2004-12-31T04:42:29Z")
> [@Miabella](#): > > 1. Jason Giambi Nuts. I was going for a unique one there. Replace Giambi with Mark McGwire on my list, please. ---
**Author:** ![CowPatty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@CowPatty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CowPatty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/286 "2004-12-31T05:07:36Z")
With my track record I’m not sure why I delurked for this, but here goes nothing… 1. Richard Pryor 2. Pope John Paul II 3. Courtney Love 4. Jerry Lewis 5. Billy Graham 6. Michael Jackson 7. Liza Minelli 8. Anna Nicole Smith 9. Osama bin Laden 10. William Rehnquist 11. Johnnie Cochran 12. Scott Hamilton 13. Young Buck ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/287 "2004-12-31T05:13:42Z")
1. Gerald Ford: second last living Republican ex-president 2. George Bush peres : last living Republican ex-president 3. 50 cent: ain’t worth a plugged nickel 4. Joey Bishop: last living Brat Packer 5. Lady Bird Johnson: former First Lady 6. Karol Wojtyla: aka Pope John Paul II, semi-obligatory 7. Glenn Ford: brilliant performance as Adm. Ray Spruance in Midway 8. Rosa Parks: first lady of civil rights movement 9. James Doohan: obligatory _Cap’n I dinna know how much longa he kin hold on either._ 10. Ron Santo: my favorite baseball player when I was a kid, multiple health problems 11. Mary-Kate Olsen: youth, anorexia and alleged coke use make her just too hard to pass up; she looks worse than Keith Richards 12. Ronnie Biggs: Great Train Robber 13. Kitty Carlisle Hart: famous for being famous? ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/288 "2004-12-31T05:58:37Z")
My picks are, in no particular order 1. Liza Minelli (Actress) 2. Vern Troyer (Actor) 3. Steve-O (Jackass) 4. Terry Funk (Wrestler) 5. John Goodman (Actor) 6. Mickey Rourke (Actor) 7. Mike Tyson (Boxer) 8. King Kong Bundy (Wrestler) 9. Jeff Gordon (NASCAR driver) 10. Elizabeth Berkley (Actress) 11. Axl Rose (Singer) 12. Colin Farrell (Actor) 13. Theo Fleury (Hockey Player) ---
**Author:** ![Dotsy\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@Dotsy\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dotsy_A)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/289 "2004-12-31T06:30:56Z")
Hi All Long time lurker here, giving my list its best shot. In no particular order… 1. Pope John Paul II (My guess is shortly after Easter) 2. Dick Clarke (Not even rocking this new years eve) 3. Nancy Reagan (Alzhiemers spouses get sick themselves, years of stress) 4. Andy Bell of Erasure. (The great disco in the sky needs him) 5. Pat Burns coach of New Jersy Devils 6. Lady Bird Johnson. (I’ll kick myself if she goes and I get zippo points) 7. Mary Tyler Moore, long lived for a diabetic 8. George W Bush. President with (at least one) curse on him. 9. Alphonso Gagliano, former Canadian Public Works minister and “made” mobster 10. Mohommed Ali 11. June Callwood, Canadian writer/social activist, Order of Canada 12. Yoko Ono. Widow for 25 years. 13. Ben Mulroney, “Canadian Idol” Host. There were too many to chose from. I know a lot are copies of others but I think i have a few unique ones. And let the game begin! Well in a few hours anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/290 "2004-12-31T08:03:17Z")
1. Ed Asner 2. Ann B. Davis 3. Courtney Love 4. Johnny Carson 5. Keith Richards 6. Liza Minnelli 7. Jean Stapleton 8. Bob Dole 9. Dick Van Dyke 10. Richard Pryor 11. Dale Earnhart Jr. 12. Hank Aaron 13. Walter Cronkite ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/291 "2004-12-31T10:00:59Z")
1. Michael Jackson (Not sure anymore :rolleyes: ) 2. Clint Eastwood (Actor) 3. Don Williams (Country singer) 4. Margaret Thatcher (Former UK PM) 5. Larry King (TV Show host) 6. Bob Barker (Game Show host) 7. Robin Williams (Comedian/Actor) 8. Dick Francis (Writer) 9. Queen Elizabeth II (Royalty) 10. Newt Gingrich (Politician) 11. Billy Graham (Actor/Evangelist) 12. George Jones (Country Singer) 13. Dan Rather (News Anchor) Same as last year except for replacing Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/292 "2004-12-31T10:03:22Z")
1. Gerald Ford (ex-US president) 2. Bob Barker (game show host) 3. Arthur C. Clarke (author) 4. Phyllis Diller (comedian) 5. John Nash (mathematician) 6. Anthony Hopkins (actor) 7. Nelson Mandela (political prisoner/ex-South African president) 8. Gordon B. Hinckley (Mormon leader) 9. Leonard Nimoy (actor) 10. Joan Rivers (cyborg) 11. Queen Elizabeth II (British monarch) 12. John Waters (filmmaker) 13. Emmylou Harris (musician) I think I’m the only one that hasn’t listed either the Pope or Rehnquist. I just don’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/293 "2004-12-31T11:47:38Z")
Courtney Love Viktor Yushchenko William Rehnquist Bob Newhart Mary Kate Olsen Macaulay Culkin Nick Nolte Michael Moore Dick Clark Dick Cheney Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Fidel Castro Anna Nicole Smith ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/294 "2004-12-31T12:02:34Z")
1. Colin Farrell 2. Anne Robinson (The Weakest Link) 3. Mickey Rooney 4. Angelina Jolie 5. King Juan Carlos I of Spain 6. Walter Cronkite 7. Charlton Heston 8. Mickey Rooney 9. Mike Farrell (M_A_S\*H) 10. Bono 11. Prince Philip (aka Duke of Edinburgh) 12. Roger Ebert 13. Phil Spector ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/295 "2004-12-31T12:06:25Z")
I see I have Mickey Rooney listed twice. Replace Mickey #8 with the ex-American footballer, Ricky Williams. ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/296 "2004-12-31T12:30:37Z")
1. Pope John Paul II 2. Richard Pryor 3. Tony Curtis 4. Gerald Ford 5. William Rehnquist 6. Elizabeth Taylor 7. Rev. Ian Paisley (Northern Irish politician) 8. Guiseppe Di Stefano (opera singer) 9. Margaret Thatcher 10. Diego Maradona 11. Boris Yeltsin 12. Iyad Allawi (interim prime minister of Iraq) 13. Arthur C. Clarke Stand-by 1. Charlton Heston ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/297 "2004-12-31T13:09:00Z")
I’m debating over switching to Anna Nicole Smith for one of my picks… After she lost that judgment today, I’m not sure she’ll keep it together. (I still have a few hours to decide, right?) ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/298 "2004-12-31T13:21:52Z")
After perusing tons of websites regarding the health status of various celebrities I’d like to present to you my list. I’m going for the Hail Mary passes and hope drugs, alcohol and the like will wreak havoc among the (younger)(Hollywood) population. I’ll probably end up with no points but hey, it’s an honor just to be nominated. 1. The Pope (JP II - I like to give the gift of life, he’ll surely live now that I picked him) 2. Maradona (coke and heart trouble don’t mix) 3. Charlton Heston (from my cold dead hands) 4. Liz Taylor (lost weight! sure sign of decay!) 5. Whitney Houston (we have a problem) 6. Macaulay Culkin (drugs, chicks and rock’n roll) 7. David Hasselhoff (don’t drink and drive) 8. Elton John (don’t know why) 9. Courtney Love (do know why) 10. Ozzy Osbourne (why not?) 11. Evel Knievel (cause I thought he was dead already) 12. Tony Curtis (too many operations will kill ya) 13. Ryan O’Neal (don’t remember why I picked him but had a good reason) Replacement if somebody does kick the bucket in the last couple of hours: 1. William Petersen (CSI - heart trouble) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/299 "2004-12-31T13:42:27Z")
> [@Einmon](#): > > 1. Ryan O’Neal (don’t remember why I picked him but had a good reason) Because he was diagnosed with leukemia 3+ years ago? I picked him on a prior death poll after word went out that he was on his death bed, but it turned out that his publicist was just trying to guarantee a standing ovation when he presented an award at that year’s Oscars. Now how are you supposed to put together a good death pool list with deceptive publicity like that?! ---
**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 31, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/300 "2004-12-31T14:12:57Z")
Last year I decided to stop playing it safe and mix it up with not so many 80/90+ picks and ( **Deleted Top Secret Classified Information** ) So, after MONTHS of agonizing over this and deciding and waffling, I present you all with… :::::::::::::::::_Bangs Chinese Gong_::::::::::::::::::::::::: **Shirley Ujest’s Dead Pool List 2005** **Obligatory** 1.\*\* Pope John Paul the II.\*\* Talk about the surprise of 2004. He Lives! 1. **Judge Renquist** Old age and terrible disease are not a good mix. **The Legends** 2. \*\* Loretta Lynn\*\* Cause the Weekly World News ran her on the front cover citing she was on her death bed. Good enough for me. 3. **BB King** Overweight, older, diabetic and still doing shows. 4. **Walter Cronkite** - A favorite of mine for years. _And that’s the way it is…_ **Politico Coup That Every One Will Talk About For Years Making Me A Dead Pool Angel o’ Death .** 5. \*\*Fmr. President Gerald Ford \*\* 6. **Fmr President George Bush** 7. **President George Herbert Walker Bush** 8. **Augusto Pinochet** \*\* The Hail Mary Pass \*\* 9. **Scott Peterson** I waffled between Scott and his Mom, as she has some kind of mysterious lung problem. But smirky, smarmy convicted yuppie looking murderer in a prison, a lethal combination. **No Reason, No Malice. Just Points** 10. **Billy Graham.** 11. **Karl Malden** He gonna leave home without it. \*\*Local Hero/ Legend That Will Go To The Big Gridiron In The Sky \*\* 12. \*\*Bo Schmbechler \*\* Former U of Michigan Football coach. In the unlikely event that anyone on my list expires before midnight tonight, I submit my alternate: 13. **Andy Dick** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=16)