# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/301 "2006-01-01T05:56:49Z")
Well, my first ever foray into this morbidness: 1. **Dustin Hoffman** – Actor 2. **Russell Johnson** – Gilligan’s Professor 3. **Gloria Henry** – Dennis the Menace’s mom 4. **Conrad Janis** – (Mork &) Mindy’s dad 5. **Tom Poston** – character actor, also from Mork & Mindy 6. **Conrad Bain** – Diff’rent Strokes dad 7. **Max Baer Jr.** – Jethro from Beverly Hillbillies 8. **Lou Rawls** – singer 9. **Harper Lee** – author 10. **Estelle Getty** – Very Golden Girl 11. **Bea Arthur** – Golden Girl 12. **Dick Clark** – last Auld Lang Syne? 13. **Don Ho** – those shirts would kill anyone I love this place. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/302 "2006-01-01T05:59:38Z")
_Mr Gata, **JUMP** _ ---
**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, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/303 "2006-01-01T13:08:25Z")
I woke up at 6am today and my first thought was, " I wonder who has died." I can’t wait to see who wins Opening Kickoff. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/304 "2006-01-01T17:26:56Z")
Damn! I was just four days away from winning the Opening Kickoff Award. My number one pick for \*\*2006 \*\* (see Page 1, post #28) \*\*had the nerve \*\* to die on December 28, **2005**! :smack: So, in place of [Patrick Crenshaw](http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051230-020103-4305r), please promote my first alternate, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. And do I recall a debate earlier on in this thread about the utility of naming alternates? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/305 "2006-01-01T20:48:41Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Just to clarify, you mean the Mike Peters who sang with [The Alarm](http://www.thealarm.com/) as opposed to the [_Mother Goose and Grimm_](http://www.grimmy.com/) cartoonist, correct? Correct. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/306 "2006-01-01T23:58:29Z")
after watching Dick Clark last night, I am sure I made a mistake omitting him from my list… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/307 "2006-01-02T00:31:21Z")
I didn’t see **Rachm Qoch** post a list. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/308 "2006-01-02T00:34:23Z")
> [@Rachm Qoch](#): > > 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**!!! For **Baker**. ---
**Author:** ![Sevo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sevo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/309 "2006-01-02T02:08:18Z")
NNNNOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooo…:eek: I FORGOT TO ENTER MY DEATHPOOL LIST! NNOOOOOOOOO!!! :smack: NOOO! I’m going to plead for mercy from the deathpool court and request a one-day late entry allowance based on the following mitigating factor: I got engaged yesterday! Yaaay! I woke up in the morning and thought, man…I have to remember to enter my deathpool list. That was the last time the thought entered my little mind because I was somewhat preoccupied with the whole giving a ring to my girlfriend thing. So if it pleases the court, this would have been my list: 1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Anna Nicole Smith (this year is her year!) 3. Pete Doherty (if anyone OD’s, it’ll be him) 4. Dana Reeves (Christopher Reeve’s widow) 5. President Gerald Ford (easy money, baby…) 6. Jerry Lewis 7. Micheal Jackson (long shot…but mebbe) 8. Zsa Zsa Gabor (more easy money) 9. Dick Clark 10. Billy Graham 11. Former U.S. Rep. Geraldine Ferraro 12. El Cubano Fidel Castro 13. Queen Elizabeth II To my knowledge, there are still no points on the board and none of these folks is any acutely closer to dying than they were 15 hours ago. My first year out was so much fun I won’t be able to enjoy this year without a DeathPool list! My Fiance (she said yes, thank FSM) says pleaaaasseeee… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/310 "2006-01-02T04:34:09Z")
I’ll be expecting thank you cards from all you folks for installing that bandwagon so early in the month. :smack: ---
**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:** [January 2, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/311 "2006-01-02T17:38:54Z")
Hi, how is everyone doing? Anyone dead yet? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/312 "2006-01-02T19:00:13Z")
[Richard DeAngelis](http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/01/02/DeAngelis-Obit.html) has died. I’m not sure whether anyone had him. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/313 "2006-01-02T19:01:27Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > [Richard DeAngelis](http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/01/02/DeAngelis-Obit.html) has died. I’m not sure whether anyone had him. Well, it would help if I posted his death in the proper year. Teach me to try and post something first without reading the whole thing first. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/314 "2006-01-02T19:59:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Anyone dead yet? No, I’m just pining. ---
**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 2, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/315 "2006-01-02T21:23:17Z")
**Nemo!** quit teasin’ us! I rushed in here to see who popped their DP cherry. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/316 "2006-01-02T21:24:46Z")
I say, for as many deaths as we can, we use the parrot euphamisms as the thread/post titles (at least within the Death Pool thread, because in threads of their own, it may seem tacky and/or offensive) ---
**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:** [January 3, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/317 "2006-01-03T00:32:29Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I rushed in here to see who popped their DP cherry. I would suggest you not google the phrase “DP cherry” :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sevo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sevo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/318 "2006-01-03T01:15:50Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > I would suggest you not google the phrase “DP cherry” :eek: :eek: :eek: \*Can’t…catch…breath… \*Laughter…Tears…streaming down face… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/319 "2006-01-03T05:54:01Z")
Try not to use phrases like “DP cherry” and “streaming down face” in the same post. It confuses the Google monitor. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/320 "2006-01-04T05:22:50Z")
This really is a sick, morbid game. I logged onto my horse-related message board and saw the sad news that Danzig, one of thoroughbred racing’s top sires died, at 29. My first thought was, “Oh, I didn’t even think of picking him for the Celebrity Death Pool.” Of course, then I remembered he was a horse, and horses don’t count. And I could have never picked a great horse like Danzig to die, that would just be plain wrong. But I didn’t have trouble picking 13 people to “ride into the sunset.” I am now wondering if I might be going to hell for participating in this game. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=17)