# 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:** 14
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/261 "2005-12-31T21:50:38Z")
PS Oh yeah, playing for points this year, so nobody over 90. Lady Bird, Jerry Ford, Jane Wyatt, and DA Morgenthau can breathe easier. 🙂 ---
**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, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/262 "2005-12-31T22:00:31Z")
Eight… ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/263 "2005-12-31T22:14:44Z")
My lame 13: Abu Moussab Al-Zarqawi Jack Snow Lou Rawls Tammy Faye Bakker Ronnie Biggs Harold Pinter Eleanor Mondale Ron Santo Osama Bin Laden Tom Snyder Dana Reeve Margaret Thatcher Stephen Hawking ---
**Author:** ![Grits\_and\_Hard\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Grits\_and\_Hard\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grits_and_Hard_Toast)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/264 "2005-12-31T22:14:45Z")
Here we go: 1. Bob Dylan–singer 2. Fats Domino–singer 3. Ike Turner–singer 4. Jerry Falwell–reverend 5. Jim Mc Kay–sports announcer 6. Kirk Douglas–actor 7. Paul Prudhomme-- TV chef 8. Mark Felt–Deep Throat 9. Earl Woods–Tiger’s dad 10. Ron Turcotte–jockey 11. Roy Chapman–Owner of Kentucky Derby winner Smarty Jones 12. Milton Friedman–economist 13. Phyllis Diller–comedian Alternates: Aretha Franklin–singer Betty Friedan–activist Paul Harvey ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/265 "2005-12-31T22:17:56Z")
1. Fidel Castro 2. J.D Salinger 3. Gerald Ford 4. Keith Richards 5. Mick Mars 6. Dick Cheney 7. Mary-Kate Olsen 8. Arnold Schwarzenegger 9. David Letterman 10. Shirley Temple (Black) 11. Robert Blake 12. Robert Morgenthau 13. Clint Eastwood ---
**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, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/266 "2005-12-31T23:00:44Z")
Seven… ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/267 "2005-12-31T23:01:48Z")
Las Minute Substitutions: [QUOTE=Menocchio] **Holy Men:** 1. Billy Graham 2. Benedict XVI 3. Fred Phelps 4. Jack Chick **Heads of State:** 5. Fidel Castro 6. Gerald Ford 7. Bill Clinton 8. Dick Cheney 9. John Paul Stevens **Game Show Hosts:** 10. Merv Griffin 11. Bob Barker **Musicians:** 12. Lou Rahls 13. Ashlee Simpson Alternates (Hey, a lot can happen in six hours): Jimmy Carter Britney Spears ---
**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, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/268 "2005-12-31T23:48:23Z")
Aretha Franklin is an excellent choice! she’s the size of a parade float. That is never good. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/269 "2006-01-01T00:01:10Z")
Six… ---
**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:** [January 1, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/270 "2006-01-01T00:32:57Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > 2006 Dead Pool Picks: Trying for the Quantity Over Quality Award: > 1. **Gerald Ford** ( Carry over from DP2005) > 2. **Margaret Thatcher.** ( 1925) > 3. **Saddam Hussein** (1937) Assassinated or hangs himself. > 4.\*\*Fidel Castro \*\*(1926) (He could be the Keith Richards of politics.) > 5.\*\*Stephen Hawking \*\*(1942) ( Another Immortal, but worth the shot.) > 6. **Osama Bin Laden** (1957) Worth a shot. > 7. **Tom Snyder.** Former talk show host. Cancer. (WAG as my Opening Kickoff winner. His website is now down.) > 8. **Michael Brecker.** (1949) Musician. > 9. **Carlo Ponti** (1912) Sophia Loren’s husband. Old Age. > 10.\*\*Harper Lee \*\*( 1926) To Kill A Mocking Bird. ( WAG & Icon Writer Pick) > 11. **Alexander Solzhenitsyn** (1918) Writer. Old Age. Obsure Pick. > 12. **Ronnie Biggs** (this year he is going to go and he is on my list finally!) > 13. **Lou Rawls.** (On the bandwagon!) > **Alternates:** > > Claude Levi-Strauss ( 1908) > Arthur Clarke (1917) > Paris Hilton (perferably strangled by Andy Dick) > Andy Dick (who then flames out in a pile of coke.) > Go forth and die! \*\*Please change \*\* #1\* from \* Gerald Ford to \*\* Roy Scheider. \*\* Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/271 "2006-01-01T00:34:29Z")
1. Getty, Estelle 2. Knotts, Don 3. Heston, Charlton 4. Lewis, Jerry 5, Ali, Muhammad 5. Baker, Tammy-Faye 6. Hawking, Stephen 7. Richards, Keith 8. Kidder, Margot 9. Van Halen, Eddie 10. Love, Courtney 11. Dick, Andy 12. Nicole-Smith, Anna Alternate - Iggy Pop Hoping I have a nice mix this year, my 2nd dead pool. ---
**Author:** ![Zog\_10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c57346/32.png) [@Zog\_10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zog_10)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/272 "2006-01-01T00:58:09Z")
1. Michael J. Fox 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner 4. Dana Reeve 5. Lou Rawls 6. Don Ho 7. Danny Bonnaduce 8. Jack Black 9. Steven Cojocaru 10. Ozzy Osbourne 11. Jack Palance 12. James Garner 13. Kenny Rogers ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/273 "2006-01-01T01:00:37Z")
Five… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/274 "2006-01-01T01:24:28Z")
Ahh, heck with it. I can´t shuffle these names around any more. Here goes nothing… 1. Dick Cheney 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Elizabeth Edwards 4. Gerald Ford 5. Michael J. Fox 6. John Kenneth Galbraith 7. Courtney Love 8. Liza Minnelli 9. Paul Newman 10. Buck O´Neil 11. Dana Reeve 12. Elizabeth Taylor 13. Shelley Winters Alternate…Anna Nicole Smith ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/275 "2006-01-01T01:30:02Z")
I just guessed randomly, from the people I think are celebrities to the ones I am pretty sure are. As far as I know, none have died - yet. Zsa Zsa Gabor Carroll Baker Dan Haggerty Paul Newman Joan Collins Fats Domino Buzz Aldrin Arthur C. Clark John Glenn James D. Watson Kurt Vonnegut Ingmar Bergman Robert Altman ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Elk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Anne\_Elk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Elk)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/276 "2006-01-01T01:50:28Z")
Hugh Hefner - Playboy, Viagra abuser Artie Lang - Stern show wise guy Mike Tyson - Boxer\rapist John Travolta - Actor, pilot Harrison Ford - Actor, pilot Jimmy Buffett - Singer, pilot Angelina Jolie - Actress, pilot Kurt Russell - Actor, pilot Pete Doherty - Singer, super addict Courtney Love - Singer, addict Lex Luger - Wrassler (sports entertainment) Don Ho - Singer Lou Rawls - Singer and my alternates, all “holy men” Fred Phelps Jerry Falwell Pat Robertson ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/277 "2006-01-01T01:51:44Z")
Okay folks, I´m outta here for tonight. Please don´t wait until the very last minute to submit your names…I´d really hate to disqualify anyone if, say, the board locks up under the pressure or something. Be careful on the roads tonight. Happy New Year. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rachm\_Qoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Rachm\_Qoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachm_Qoch)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/278 "2006-01-01T02:22:55Z")
Alright, I’ve made my list and checked it twice. Let’s see if I can’t do better in 2006 than I did in 2005: 1. Johnny “Lam” Jones – Football Player & Olympic Gold Medalist 2. Ross Davidson – Eastender 3. Paul Hunter – Snooker Champ 4. David Chatters – Conservative Canadian MP 5. Michael Brecker – Jazz Saxophonist 6. Lou Rawls – Mr. Colonial Penn 7. Ibrahim Rugova – President of Kosovo 8. Wendy Wasserstein – Playwright 9. Art Bell – SDMB becomes part of The Conspiracy 10. John Spencer – Snooker Champ 11. Oriana Fallaci – Muslim Hater 12. Ramsan Kadyrov – Acting Prime Minister of Chechnya 13. Susan Butcher – Iditarod Champion Alternates: Three of a Kind 1. Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi – Two of Hearts 2. Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti – Five of Clubs 3. Muhammed Ali – The Greatest And many thanks to **a35362**!!! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/279 "2006-01-01T02:23:44Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > Imad al Diab > Islamic Jihad leader. Israelis once [pimped his ride.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1380000/images/_1383878_explodedcarap150.jpg) I meant to say Imad _Abu_ Diab. I’m sure everyone caught that little faux pas. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/280 "2006-01-01T02:39:28Z")
I have a question Will all deaths be posted here, or are we to spend the next 12 months reading the obits? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=15)