# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/241 "2005-12-31T17:27:01Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > Just to clarify (for my own list, not referencing anyone else’s picks) “celebrity” doesn’t have to be current, right? I mean, someone famous in the 70s but not active/famous/whatever _now_ counts. Right? Heh. Have you been reading these lists? Has-beens R Us. ---
**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 31, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/242 "2005-12-31T17:35:14Z")
For the most part I am going with my strategery from last year. Mostly young and a lot of points, with some exceptions. It working so well for me before (0 points and counting). 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Scott Hamilton (skater) 3. Paul Prudhomme (famous chef) 4. Colin Farrell (actor) 5. Steve Jobs 6. Dan Fogleberg (musician) 7. Axl Rose (I have no idea what he is doing now) 8. Courtney Love (mother of the year) 9. Steve-O (professional jackass) 10. Pat Summerall (former football player and announcer) 11. Laura Ingram (conservative talk show host) 12. Ariel Sharon 13. Peter O’Toole and one alternate just because it’s New Years Eve: Dick Clarke ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/243 "2005-12-31T17:35:50Z")
I (in collaboration with **Only Mostly Missus** , who I have not yet convinced to pony up a membership fee) am finally going in on my first celebrity death pool: 1. Lou Rawls - Singer, battling lung and brain cancer. My gimme. 2. Wilford Brimley - Actor, maybe he’ll forget to order his diabetes testing supplies. 3. Nancy Reagan - First widow. 4. Gerald Ford - Ex President, and brother of the inspiration for Billy Beer. 5. Stephen Hawking - Physicist and [gangsta rapper](http://www.mchawking.com/). 6. Arnold Palmer - Golfing legend. 7. Estelle Getty - The most golden girl. 8. Ravi Shankar - Sitarist, friend of the Beatles, father of Norah Jones. 9. Eli Wallach - Prolific actor. 10. Carol Channing - Reaeaealy Oalld Wommann. Goodbye Dolly! 11. Jack Klugman - The Odd Couple’s Oscar. 12. Paul Newman - Salad dressing magnate. And race car driver. And thoroughbred owner. I think he might have been in a few movies. 13. Bob Barker - Come on down… Alternate, in the freak chance one of my thirteen dies in the next twelve hours: Dakota Fanning. ---
**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 31, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/244 "2005-12-31T17:37:37Z")
> [@](#): > > It working so well for me before I guess I could pretend that English is my second language. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/245 "2005-12-31T17:38:27Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > 1. Patrick Cranshaw (character actor – Old School, Bubble Boy) [Looks like you’re going to an alternate, Spiff](http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051231/NEWS06/512310484/1012). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/246 "2005-12-31T17:44:38Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > I (in collaboration with **Only Mostly Missus** , who I have not yet convinced to pony up a membership fee) am finally going in on my first celebrity death pool: > Alternate, in the freak chance one of my thirteen dies in the next twelve hours: > Dakota Fanning. Rules state that your picks have to be over 18. I’m glad to see you planning this game **Only Mostly Dead**. You have the name for it. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/247 "2005-12-31T18:04:14Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > 1. Gerald Ford - Ex President, and brother of the inspiration for Billy Beer. No, Jimmy Carter’s brother was that sudsy inspiration. Gerald Ford was adopted (his original name was Leslie King), and may have been an only child. Why do I know these things? ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/248 "2005-12-31T18:35:48Z")
1. Peter Graves-(Actor, brother of James Arness) 2. Gerald Ford-(Former President of the United States) 3. Augusto Pinochet-(Former Chilean dictator) 4. John Glenn-(Former Astronaut and U.S. Senator) 5. B.B. King-(Famous Musician) 6. Walter Cronkite-(Retired Newsman) 7. Margaret Thatcher-(Former British PM) 8. Nancy Reagan-(Former First lady) 9. Monty Hall-(Host, “Let’s Make A Deal”) 10.Michael Moore-(Leftist Film maker) 11.Kim Jong-Il-(Dictator of North Korea) 12.Clinton Eastwood-(Actor) 13.Sean Connery-(James Bond) ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/249 "2005-12-31T18:54:39Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > No, Jimmy Carter’s brother was that sudsy inspiration. Gerald Ford was adopted (his original name was Leslie King), and may have been an only child. > > Why do I know these things? Oops. I knew that too. Was going back and forth between putting Ford or Carter. Chose Ford, then put a tidbit on Carter. And sorry about the rulebreaking, **Annie-Xmas**. At least she was just an alternate. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/250 "2005-12-31T19:02:17Z")
Today´s the day, folks. Eleven hours to go. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/251 "2005-12-31T19:04:29Z")
Trying to minimize duplications with what’s already out there: 1. Earl Butz (Former Secretary of Agriculture) (b. 1909) 2. Luis Rainer (Actress, two-time Oscar winner) (1910) 3. Gian Carlo Menotti (composer, “Amahl and the Night Visitors”) (1911) 4. Eddie Robinson (former football coach, Grambling) (1919) 5. Dick Francis (jockey turned author) (1920) 6. Maila ‘Vampira’ Nurmi (horror show hostess/_Plan 9_ actress) (1921) 7. Abe Rosenthal (former \*NY Times \* editor/columnist) (1922) 8. Levi Stubbs (Four Tops lead singer) (1936) 9. Ian Brady (Moors murderer) (1938) 10. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (President of Liberia) (1938) 11. Richard Kiel (Jaws in the James Bond films) (1939) 12. John Sununu (chief of staff in the first Bush White House) (1939) 13. Tommy Morrison (IBC heavywieght champ/_Rocky V_ opponent) (1969) Alternates for anyone who dies in the next 12 hours and/or anyone who is already dead but whose Wikipedia bio wasn’t up to date: 1. Ike Turner (musician/wife-beater) (1931) 2. Helmut Kohl (former German chancellor) (1918) 3. Joe Rosenthal (Iwo Jima photographer) (1911) ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/252 "2005-12-31T19:50:17Z")
Well, this is easy. I haven’t read any of the posts. Just C&P my 2005 list. ☹ 1. Michael Jackson (Not sure anymore :dubious: ) 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) I guess I can add an alternate for a few hours. Gerald Ford will work. Of course, he will be the only one on this list that actually dies in 2006. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/253 "2005-12-31T20:00:10Z")
Ten… ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/254 "2005-12-31T20:03:49Z")
Laura Ingram ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/255 "2005-12-31T20:05:00Z")
Ignore that; hit submit by accident ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/256 "2005-12-31T20:14:50Z")
Here is what I like to call “The List of People Who Will Probably Live” (Wow, I actually got 3 right last year): 1. Bill Cosby 2. Steve Irwin 3. Joe Piscopo 4. Kirstie Alley 5. John Larroquette 6. Loretta Swit 7. Jack Palance 8. James Garner 9. Al Pacino 10. Mary Kate Olsen 11. Charlie Daniels 12. Merle Haggard 13. George Jones ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/257 "2005-12-31T21:00:18Z")
Nine… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/258 "2005-12-31T21:20:46Z")
Ok, I actually did kinda decent last year. Certainly my best year to date. Let’s see if I can’t improve on that (apologies in advance to most of the people on my list): 1. Coretta Scott King (Widow of MLK) 2. Orlando Thomas (Former Minnesota Vikings safety) 3. Aretha Franklin (Singer) 4. Roy Scheider (Actor) 5. Jack Snow (St. Louis Rams broadcaster) 6. Walter Cronkite (Newscaster) 7. Zsa Zsa Gabor (Actress) 8. Neil Armstrong (Astronaut) 9. Dana Reeve (Widow of Christopher Reeve) 10. Muhammad Ali (Boxer) 11. Rudy Tomjanovich (Former L.A. Lakers coach) 12. Mark Vaile (Deputy Australian Prime Minister) 13. Reverend Donald Wildmon (Raging douchebag) As always, compiled without reading other people’s submissions. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/259 "2005-12-31T21:49:05Z")
I know, I know, I had to bide my time and wait, because everybody here was holding their breath to ssssee when the uncanny, #8 ranked **Mehitabel** was possssting. I waited and waited and now, half an hour before I leave for my New Yearssss fesssstiviessss, here’s my lisssst, my precioussss, precioussss lisssst: The Muckety-Mucks: 1. **George HW Bush** 2. **Fidel Castro** 3. **Margaret Thatcher** 4)\*\* Nancy Reagan \*\* 5)\*\* Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, \*\*ne Ahmad Fadil an-Nazal al-Khalaylah 4. **Pervez Musharraf** The Theater and TV World: 7) \*\*Betty Comden \*\* 8) \*\*Wendy Wasserstein \*\* 9) **Dick Clark** 10) \*\*Walter Cronkite \*\* 11) \*\*Elizabeth Taylor \*\* Various: 12)\*\* Michael Jackson\*\* 13)\*\* Kirk Douglas\*\* Alternates: **Tammie Faye Bakker Messner** **Dana Reeve** Happy New Year to all those on my list. 😉 :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/260 "2005-12-31T21:49:46Z")
Once again, this list is a joint effort of **SpoilerVirgin** and **Psychobunny**. 1. Ruben Studdard 2. Courtney Love 3. Gary Coleman 4. Elizabeth Taylor 5. Tammy Faye Messner 6. Fidel Castro 7. Dick Clark 8. Liza Minelli 9. Dana Carvey 10. Bea Arthur 11. Allyn Ann McLerie 12. Soupy Sales 13. Annette Funicello Probably don’t need any alternates at this point, but just in case: Gerald Ford [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=14)