# The Celebrity Death Pool 2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632 "2005-12-01T22:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/201 "2005-12-30T00:27:21Z")
1. Muhammad Ali 2. Pope Shenouda III 3. Norodom Sihanouk 4. Liz Taylor 5. Lou Rawls 6. Kirk Douglas 7. Saddam Hussein 8. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 9. Annette Funicello 10. Jack Klugman 11. Bowie Kuhn 12. Gordon Lightfoot 13. Ramzan Kadyrov ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/202 "2005-12-30T00:55:00Z")
1 Imelda Marcos 2 Fidel Castro 3 Muhammed Ali 4 Gerald Ford 5 Jack Palance 6 Kurt Vonnegut 7 Margaret Thatcher 8 Boris Yeltsin 9 Ed Koch 10 Dick Clark 11 John Glenn (I’m gonna feel extra guilty if this happens…) 12 Don Knotts 13 Ariel Sharon alternate: Mickey Rooney ---
**Author:** ![bowler\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@bowler\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bowler_girl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/203 "2005-12-30T01:58:46Z")
1. Gerald Ford 2. Billy Graham 3. Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner 4. Estelle Getty 5. Annette Funicello 6. Dana Reeve 7. Billy Joel 8. Don Ho 9. Danny Bonaduce 10. Tara Reid 11. Natasha Lyonne 12. Brad Renfro 13. Lou Rawls Alternates: Ron Santo Dick Button ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/204 "2005-12-30T02:04:08Z")
Art Linkletter Tom Snyder Gerald Ford Muhammed Ali Zsa Zsa Gabor Dick Clark Harry Morgan Elizabeth Taylor Charlton Heston Joey Bishop Lady Bird Johnson Al Lewis Fidel Castro ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/205 "2005-12-30T02:20:55Z")
[ol] [li]Muhammad Ali[/li][li]Fidel Castro[/li][li]Steven Cojocaru (“Entertainment Tonight”)[/li][li]Tippi Hedren[/li][li]Don Ho[/li][li]Courtney Love[/li][li]Tammy Faye Bakker Messner[/li][li]Prince Phillip[/li][li]Harold Pinter[/li][li]Liz Taylor[/li][li]Margaret Thatcher[/li][li]Claus von Bulow[/li][li]Esther Williams[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![CowPatty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@CowPatty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CowPatty)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/206 "2005-12-30T03:37:27Z")
I’m truly ashamed of the amount of time and thought I put into this list. I’m especially ashamed because after all that research I doubt I have any unique picks. Oh, well. At least I convinced my friends and family that I’m more twisted than they had previously suspected. Lou Rawls Ronnie Biggs Don Ho Mindy McCready Tammy Faye Bakker Messner Dana Reeve Charlton Heston Mary-Kate Olsen Billy Graham Jack Kevorkian Stephen Hawking Holly Johnson Annette Funicello alternates: Young Buck Dick Clark Gerald R. Ford _Thanks, a35362!_ ---
**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/207 "2005-12-30T04:35:58Z")
1. Augusto Pinochet 2. Jesse Helms 3. Wojciech Jaruzelski (Poland’s last commie leader) 4. Margaret Thatcher 5. Jim Bunning (US Senator/former Phillies pitcher) 6. Don Cherry (Hockey Night in Canada) 7. Lou Rawls 8. Elizabeth Taylor 9. Muhammed Ali 10. Gary Glitter 11. Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) 12. Rick Wakeman (Yes) 13. Angelina Jolie ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/208 "2005-12-30T16:57:01Z")
> [@zoog](#): > > \*\* > Mullinator\*\*, do you mean [Emmanuel Lewis](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507171/)? Cripes, yes I did. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/209 "2005-12-30T19:20:55Z")
I’m sticking with most of my picks from last year (I know, they didn’t die then, why do I think they’re going to die now??) Muhammed Ali Tammy Faye Baker Messner Fidel Castro Dick Clark Kirk Douglas Zsa Zsa Gabor Billy Graham Lil’ Kim Prince Phillip Augusto Pinochet Lou Rawls John Paul Stevens Jane Wyman ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/210 "2005-12-30T19:57:25Z")
OK, I didn’t get many points this year, so I’d better try again this year. My picks: 1. Margaret Thatcher 2. 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) 3. Gerald Ford 4. Stephen Hawking 5. Elizabeth Taylor 6. Fidel Castro 7. Nick Nolte 8. Tammy Faye Baker 9. John Goodman 10. Annette Funicello 11. Zsa Zsa Gabor 12. Ozzy Osbourne 13. Brad Renfro Alternate - Doris Day ---
**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/211 "2005-12-30T20:31:48Z")
I’ll have a go this year, keeping it quaintly anglocentric for 10: Jimmy Saville (DJ, presenter) Pete Doherty (singer, smackhead) Eddie Large (comedian) Patrick Moore (astronomer, xylophonist) Stephen Hawking (cosmologist) Clive Dunn (Dad’s Army, Granddad) Arthur C Clarke (writer) Margaret Thatcher (PM, bat) Ronnie Biggs (train robber) Claire Rayner (agony aunt) With three Iraqis (the three defendants I’d actually heard of before the trial): Saddam Hussein (evildoer) Barzan al-Tikriti (intelligence head) Taha Yassin Ramadan (vice president) And a subs bench of footballers: Alfredo di Stefano (Real Madrid) Diego Maradona (Argentina) Paul Gascoigne (England) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/212 "2005-12-30T21:02:27Z")
With respect to Saddam and his cronies, won’t they be excluded and thus invalid by having been sentenced to death? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/213 "2005-12-30T21:21:00Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > With respect to Saddam and his cronies, won’t they be excluded and thus invalid by having been sentenced to death? according to the OP: > [@](#): > > \ > 3.f. political prisoners, 'cause we’re macabre but not THAT macabre. This applies only to, well, “civilian,” unknown individuals, such as hostages. Someone like Saddam Hussein might be considered a political prisoner but he’s fair game. > \ > 7. Persons under sentence of death will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution. So if Saddam has a heart attack - he’s valid ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/214 "2005-12-30T21:38:46Z")
Have they been sentenced? Isn’t the trial still going on? ---
**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 30, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/215 "2005-12-30T21:41:38Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > So if Saddam has a heart attack - he’s valid And isn’t it sad that this is probably be the only validation that this man receives ever again. Good luck everyone. I hope all of you won’t mind being far behind me in points this time next year! Oh please don’t let me look foolish. Oh please don’t let me look foolish. ---
**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/216 "2005-12-30T22:45:10Z")
1. [Lou Rawls](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Rawls) 2. [Natasha Lyonne](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Lyonne) 3. [Scott Weiland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Weiland) 4. [Larry Clark](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Clark) 5. [Brad Renfro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Renfro) 6. [Tammy Messner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Faye_Messner) 7. [Gary Busey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Busey) 8. [Damon Dash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Dash) 9. [Pete Doherty](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Doherty) 10. [Mindy McCready](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindy_McCready) 11. [Barack Obama](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama) 12. [Steven Cojocaru](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Cojocaru) 13. [Dick Clark](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Clark_%28entertainer%29) Alternates 14. [David LaChapelle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_lachapelle) 15. [Liza Minnelli](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Minnelli) I am hoping that drugs kill in 2006. ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/217 "2005-12-31T01:25:01Z")
OK, I’m in! 1. Eminem, recording artist. 2. Willie Nelson, singer/songwriter. 3. Oral Roberts, God’s own embarrassment. 4. Lou Rawls, heart and soul. 5. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, caricature. 6. Pete Seeger, voice of the people. 7. Robert Hunter, musician and poet, 8. Elizabeth Taylor, beauty and philanthropist. 9. Dean Ellis, American artist. 10. Michael Jackson, what’s-it. 11. Ariel Sharon, Israeli leader. 12. Guy Clark, musician and poet. 13. Howard Stern, free speaker. Alternates: Gerald Ford, former President. David Weber, science fiction author. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/218 "2005-12-31T02:44:06Z")
1. Gerald Ford 2. Billy Graham 3. Tammy Fay Messner 4. Katie Holmes 5. The Pope 6. John Madden 7. David Letterman 8. Nancy Reagan 9. Barbara Bush 10. Bob Dole 11. Fred Phelps 12. Donald Sutherland 13. John Goodman Alts: 1. Ozzy Osborne 2. Keith Richards 3. Dick Clark ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/219 "2005-12-31T02:48:55Z")
1. John Goodman 2. Bob Saget 3. Kobe Bryant 4. Jerry Lewis 5. Dustin Hoffman 6. Tom Lehrer 7. Gene Hackman 8. Nathan Lane 9. Christine Baranski 10. Warren Beatty 11. Bobby Fischer 12. Sir Mix-A-Lot (Anthony Ray) 13. Mary Ann Mobley Same as last year. I like most of these people anyhow. ---
**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, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/220 "2005-12-31T02:55:48Z")
Mostly last years with one timely addition, and took off **50 cent** since he got rich. 1. **Gerald Ford** : second last living Republican ex-president 2. \*\* George Bush \*\*_peres_ : last living Republican ex-president 3. **Joey Bishop** : last living Brat Packer 4. **Lady Bird Johnson** : former First Lady 5. **Glenn Ford** : brilliant performance as Adm. Ray Spruance in _Midway_ 6. \*\* Ron Santo\*\*: my favorite baseball player when I was a kid, multiple health problems 7. \*\* Mary-Kate Olsen\*\*: youth, anorexia and alleged coke use make her just too hard to pass up; she looks worse than Keith Richards 8. **Ronnie Biggs** : Great Train Robber 9. **Kitty Carlisle Hart** : famous for being famous 10. **Zsa Zsa Gabor** : famous for being famous (& slugging a cop) 11. **Don Ho** 12. Quite literally munchkin **Mickey Carroll** 13. Former Los Angeles Ram football player & St Louis Ram broadcaster **Jack Snow**. Jack is hospitalized in critical condition with a staph infection. Jack may not make it through Saturday so. . . Alternate 14. **Dick Clark** : world’s oldest dead teenager [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=12)