# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/81 "2004-12-03T05:39:13Z")
1. Karol Józef Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II) 2. William Rehnquist (Chief Justice of the United States) 3. James Watson (scientist) 4. Gerald Ford (presidential klutz) 5. Rosa Parks (protestor) 6. Kim Jong-Il (dictator) 7. Hugh Hefner (playboy) 8. Rupert Murdoch (muckracker) 9. Richard Branson (entrepreneur) 10. Roger Ebert (film critic) 11. Paris Hilton (Stupid Spoiled Whore) 12. Andre Young aka Dr Dre (obligatory hip-hop artist) 13. Charles Manson (psycho) ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/82 "2004-12-03T06:05:08Z")
1. Pope John Paul II 2. Albert Finney 3. George W. Bush 4. Jean Chretien 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Jose Canseco 7. John Madden 8. Michael Jackson 9. Prince Harry Windsor 10. Ozzy Osbourne 11. Jerry Lewis 12. Carl Reiner 13. Jerry Van Dyke ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/83 "2004-12-03T06:30:28Z")
1. Doris Day 2. Jane Wyman 3. Walter Cronkite 4. Britney Spears 5. Courtney Love 6. Leonard Nimoy 7. Elton John (Reginald Dwight) 8. B.B. King 9. Bill Cosby 10. Peter O’Toole 11. Patty Duke 12. Karl Malden 13. Faye Wray ---
**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 3, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/84 "2004-12-03T12:33:08Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > 1. Faye Wray Faye Wray has already died in 2004. Reanimation to get points is unethical. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/85 "2004-12-03T13:12:31Z")
My revised list. Disregard previous 1. Axl Rose 2. Whitney Houston 3. Steve Jobs 4. Elizabeth Taylor 5. Scott Hamilton 6. James Earl Jones 7. Paul Prudhomme 8. Henry Kissinger 9. Colin Farrell 10. Peter O’Toole 11. Ed Koch 12. Jerry Orbach 13. James Brown No Popes or Gerald Fords for me, I’m going for the win not a tie. ---
**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 3, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/86 "2004-12-03T13:27:38Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Faye Wray has already died in 2004. Reanimation to get points is unethical. Not to mention that you’d have to kill the zombie yourself, violating the “don’t murder the people on your list” rule. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/87 "2004-12-03T15:24:18Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Not to mention that you’d have to kill the zombie yourself, violating the “don’t murder the people on your list” rule. Oh if Faye Wray’s zombie was shuffling down Hollywood Blvd, I’m sure someone besides **Ilsa** would kill it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/88 "2004-12-03T15:35:48Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > Oh if Faye Wray’s zombie was shuffling down Hollywood Blvd, I’m sure someone besides **Ilsa** would kill it. Would anyone notice? ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/89 "2004-12-03T16:31:38Z")
Okay, here are mine: 1. Pope John Paul II (come on already … ) 2. Gerald R. Ford 3. Elizabeth Taylor 4. Prince Phillip (Queen Elizabeth’s husband) 5 Prince Harry (Aw, I should be shot, but hey, he’s a real long shot! And, in my defense, the prince has been partying heartily of late …) 5. Osama Bin Laden 6. Tony Blair (assassination) 7. Koffi Annan (I know I horribly mis-spelled that!); of the UN (assassination) 8. Kurt Russell (heh - in response to my selection of Goldie Hawn in 2004 …) 9. Sidney Sheldon (unless he already is …!) 10. Courtney Love (keeping the faith alive …) 11. Mick Jagger - there’s only so much that drugs and booze can preserve! and last but certainly not least: 12. Placido Domingo If any of them should happen to _gasp_ kick the bucket -before- 12/31/04, I’;ll make changes to the list (or replace if Sheldon is already gone; I forgot to check on that). My track record for 2004, though, is (so far …) ZERO points. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/90 "2004-12-03T16:57:35Z")
> [@tarragon918](#): > > and last but certainly not least: > > 1. Placido Domingo Nooo! Though I picked Pavarotti. Now if someone just picks Jose, we can have a Three Tenors trifecta. 😃 ---
**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 3, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/91 "2004-12-03T18:46:04Z")
> [@tarragon918](#): > > My track record for 2004, though, is (so far …) ZERO points. 😛 tarragon’s a virgin…tarragons a vir-gin! [points and laughs] This guarantees me no Dead People in 2005. Where I break my streak of 8 or 9 years of pointage and become a virgin again. ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/92 "2004-12-03T18:47:10Z")
In no particular order: 1. Pope John Paul II 2. William Rehnquist 3. George W. Bush 4. Kevin James (actor from “King of Queens”) 5. Lady Bird Johnson 6. Jerry Falwell 7. Al Roker 8. Nelly (the rap star guy) 9. Johnny Oates 10. Elizabeth Taylor 11. Stephen Hawking 12. Bill Cosby 13. Frank Kameny (DC-based gay activist–if he’s not famous enough, substitute Dick Cheney) ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/93 "2004-12-03T19:30:02Z")
My picks for 2005: 1. Scott Weiland 2. Charleton Heston 3. Shane McGowan 4. Gerald Ford 5. Shirley Temple Black 6. Ringo Starr 7. Ernest Borgnine 8. Richard Pryor 9. Elizabeth Taylor 10. Franco Zeffirelli 11. Joel Grey 12. Mickey Rooney 13. Courtney Love ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/94 "2004-12-03T19:35:49Z")
Okay, here goes: 1. Pope John Paul II 2. Hamid Karzai 3. William Rehnquist 4. Ladybird Johnson 5. Joe Gibbs 6. Willie Mays 7. Bobby Hull 8. Pele 9. Loretta Lynn 10. Eric Burdon 11. Diana Ross 12. Grace Slick 13. Bob Denver ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/95 "2004-12-03T23:14:19Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > 1. Doris Day > 2. Jane Wyman > 3. Walter Cronkite > 4. Britney Spears > 5. Courtney Love > 6. Leonard Nimoy > 7. Elton John (Reginald Dwight) > 8. B.B. King > 9. Bill Cosby > 10. Peter O’Toole > 11. Patty Duke > 12. Karl Malden > 13. XXXXXXXXX 1. Larry Hagman ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/96 "2004-12-04T01:53:57Z")
> [@tarragon918](#): > > 1. Sidney Sheldon (unless he already is …!) I was going to suggest you check the [Dead People Server](http://www.dpsinfo.com/dps/snames.html#top), but ol’ Sid doesn’t appear on the linked list of celebrities whose surnames begin with _S_. However, his [official site](http://www.twbookmark.com/features/sidneysheldon/index.html) indicates he’s still very much alive, as does the [Internet Movie Database](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791084/). As long as I’m posting, I might as well submit my list (with the understanding I’ll change it if any of my holdovers or newcomers shuffle off this mortal coil in the next four weeks): KEEPING 1. Joey Bishop – Rat Packer and comedian born in 1918 2. Olivia De Havilland – Actress born in 1916 3. Art Donovan – Pro Football Hall of Famer born in 1925 4. Frank Drake – Scientist born in 1930, his Drake Equation is used to calculate the likelihood of extraterrestrial life. 5. Bob Feller – Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher born in 1918 6. Joan Fontaine – Actress born in 1917, sister of Olivia De Havilland 7. Willie Nelson – Self-styled outlaw singer and guitarist born in 1933 8. Oral Roberts – Evangelist and university founder born in 1918 9. Chuck Yeager – Born in 1923, first pilot to break the sound barrier when he flew the X-1 DROPPING Betty Hill, Uta Hagen, and Alan King – all died this year Stanley Kunitz – poet born in 1905 who won’t be worth any points even if he finally does kick the bucket ADDING 1. Arthur Miller – Playwright (_Death of a Salesman_) born in 1915 2. Norodom Sihanouk – Born in 1922, recently abdicated after reigning as King of Cambodia and serving in numerous other political positions 3. Gerald Ford – Former President of the United States born in 1913 4. Claudia Alta Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson – Former First Lady of the United States born in 1912 ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/97 "2004-12-04T02:56:17Z")
First time I’ve been able to paticipate in this! 1. Scott Weiland 2. James Doohan 3. Jerry Lewis 4. Nancy Reagan 5. Gerald Ford 6. The Pope 7. Courtney Love 8. Viktor Yushchenko 9. Stephen Hawking 10. Ted Kennedy 11. Scott Peterson Alternates, in order: 1. Michael Jackson 2. Osama bin Laden 3. Elizabeth Taylor ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/98 "2004-12-04T04:22:30Z")
1. Osama Bin Laden 2. Lindsay Lohan 3. Muhammed Ali 4. Joe Paterno 5. BB King 6. William F. Buckley 7. Nancy Reagan 8. Gary Coleman 9. Michael Jackson 10. Byron Nelson (golfer) 11. William Rhenquist 12. Janet Reno 13. Oprah Winfrey ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/99 "2004-12-04T05:59:20Z")
1. Kirk Douglas, actor 2. Jimmy Carter, former president 3. Dick Cheney, V.Pres. 4. Pope John Paul II 5. Reverend Billy Graham 6. Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom 7. Peter Boyle, actor 8. Elizabeth Taylor, actress 9. Lauren Bacall, actress 10. Peter Falk, actor 11. Andy Rooney, commentator 12. Mickey Rooney, actor 13. Frances Sternhagen, actress ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/100 "2004-12-04T07:02:08Z")
OK, here is my submission for the Death Pool 2005: 1. Fidel Castro, dictator 2. Jimmy Carter, ex-president 3. Gerald Ford, ex- president 4. Pope John Paul II 5. Dan Rather, newscaster 6. William Rehnquist, SCOTUS 7. Keith Richards, Roling Stones 8. Kirk Douglas, actor 9. Wilford Brimley, actor 10. Jerry Stiller, comedian 11. Jerry Lewis, comedian 12. Kris Kristofferson, country singer 13. Marlon Brando, actor Alternates: (to be used in this order) 1. Abe Vigoda, actor 2. Courtney Love, musician 3. Paris HIlton, spoiled brat/heiress [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574.md?page=6)