# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/61 "2005-12-03T19:28:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I’m Dreaming of a Bush Death Pool: > > 1.George W. Bush > 2. Barbara Bush (the elder) > 3. George H.W. Bush > 4. Laura Bush > 5. Barbara Bush (the younger) > 6. Jenna Bush > 7. Jeb Bush > 8. Columba Bush > 9. Jebby Bush > 10. Lauren Bush > 11. George P. Bush > 12. Neil Bush > 13. Marvin Bush Wow! I’ll give you any points I earn, in tribute. ---
**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 3, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/62 "2005-12-03T19:35:31Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Now this is person who takes their politics _seriously_. and my Bushes deadly. Thanks **Pagen**. That’s the best offer I’ve had all week. ---
**Author:** ![gaucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@gaucho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaucho)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/63 "2005-12-03T23:34:00Z")
I’m in! 1)Little Richard 2)J.D. Salinger 3)Walter Cronkite 4)Ed Koch 5)Henry Kissinger 6)Norman Mailer 7)Manuel Noriega 8)Archbishop Desmond Tutu 9)Reverend Sun Myung Moon 10)Pete Seeger 11)Phil Spector 12)Marcel Marceau 13)Sirhan Sirhan Alternates: 1)Maggie Thatcher 2)Mikhail Gorbachev ---
**Author:** ![Barely\_Adequate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@Barely\_Adequate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barely_Adequate)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/64 "2005-12-04T01:16:46Z")
> [@Carm6773](#): > > Ok, I’ll play again: > 10. The Queen Elton or Elizabeth? ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/65 "2005-12-04T01:16:58Z")
My picks: 1. Carol Channing (actress) 2. Caroll Spinney (puppeteer) 3. Estelle Getty (actress) 4. Fritz Weaver (actor) 5. Gordon B. Hinckley (cleric) 6. Helmut Schmidt (politician) 7. Jerry Nelson (puppeteer) 8. John Turner (politician) 9. Lloyd Robertson (anchor) 10. Max von Sydow (actor) 11. Ronnie Biggs (robber) 12. Stanislaw Lem (author) 13. William Peter Blatty (author) Alternates: 14. Steven Hill (actor) 15. Peter Graves (actor) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/66 "2005-12-04T02:48:29Z")
> [@Barely Adequate](#): > > Elton or Elizabeth? No, Freddy Mercury. Oh, wait a minute… ---
**Author:** ![Xixox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/13edae/32.png) [@Xixox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xixox)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/67 "2005-12-04T06:07:00Z")
With no particular order or reasoning, my picks for '06: 1 Stephen Hawking 2 Mike Wallace (60 Minutes correspondent) 3 Larry King 4 Karl Rove 5 Pat Robertson 6 Nicole Richie 7 Paul Harvey 8 Don Imus 9 George Lopez 10 Donald Sutherland 11 Kate Moss 12 Wilford Brimley 13 Elizabeth Taylor ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/68 "2005-12-04T07:15:00Z")
So many choices, so few slots…here goes: **My picks** (in alphabetical order by last name) 1. Bob Barker 2. George Carlin 3. Fidel Castro 4. Dick Clark 5. Walter Cronkite 6. Bob Dylan 7. Eminem 8. Gerald Ford 9. Stephen Hawking 10. Michael Jackson 11. Bill Keane 12. Keith Richards 13. Abe Vigoda **Alternates:** 1. Barbara Bush 2. Fred Durst 3. Richard Pryor List subject to change ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/69 "2005-12-04T08:58:26Z")
My first Celebrity Death Pool. 1. Jerry Falwell 2. Pat Robertson 3. Fred Phelps 4. Oral Roberts 5. Billy Graham 6. Jack Chick 7. Gorden B. Hinckley 8. Dali Lama 9. Mickey Rooney 10. Bea Arthur 11. Dick Clark 12. Muhammad Ali 13. Robert Blake Alternates Jerry Lewis Andy Griffith B. B. King ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/70 "2005-12-04T10:04:01Z")
I’m not sure that I’m ready to make my picks yet - although admittedly waiting and sorting through picks probably wouldn’t make any difference for me. Only points I’ve scored in the last three years are for Pope John Paul II this year! Anyway, here goes: 1. Courtney Love (ya know, her lifestyle has -got- to catch up with her sometime soon!!) 2. Elizabeth Taylor - she is -not- in good shape 3. Zsa Zsa Gabor - see above … and she’s had health problems already this year 4. Prince Philip (ya know, I had Prince Rainier on my list -two- years ago … I’m gonna stick with Philip this year) 5. Former President Gerald Ford, who is over 90. 6. Keith Richards (yeah, his lifestyle is going to catch up with him too … ) 7. Jerry Lewis - sadly, he has not looked well for some time now 8. Tammy Faye whatever her name is now, who is admittedly already ill. 9. James Arness - yeah, Matt Dillon - he’s up there and doesn’t look good. ☹ 10. Luciano Pavarotti, hold over from 2005. 11. Osama Bin Laden, also hold over from 2005 12. Joan Kennedy 13. Eunice Kennedy Shriver Alternate: Former President Jimmy Carter ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/71 "2005-12-04T11:31:15Z")
1. [Luciano Pavarotti](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavarotti) - born October 12 1935 2. [Colleen McCullough](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough) - born June 1 1937 3. [Shelley Winters](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Winters) - born August 18 1922 4. [Jerry Lewis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis) - born March 16 1926 5. [Richard Pryor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor) - born December 1 1940 6. [John Goodman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goodman) - born June 20 1952 7. [Elizabeth Taylor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor) - born February 27 1932 8. [Larry Hagman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hagman) - born September 21 1931 9. [Margaret Thatcher](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher) - born October 13 1925 10. [Nancy Reagan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Reagan) - born July 6 1921 11. [Bert Newton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Newton) - born July 23 1938 12. [Belinda Emmett](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda_Emmett) - born April 12 1974 13. [Mark Latham](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Latham) - born February 28 1961 Alternate: [Eunice Kennedy Shriver](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_Kennedy) - born July 10 1921 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/72 "2005-12-05T00:56:34Z")
Hmm, most of my picks were to be the ones who survived my last list(I had five deaders.) But I see that most of them are not unique. Some of them are married though, I might go with the spouses of the married ones, keep the ones who aren’t married, and find five more new “regular” celebrities. Decisions, decisions. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/73 "2005-12-05T01:56:15Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > …Francois Truffaut… You’re about 20 years [too late](http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/truffaut.html) here. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/74 "2005-12-05T20:27:36Z")
Okay, here’s my list. I’ll be gone the last week of December (from Christmas Eve on, with no internet access), so if any of my picks kick off that week, add one of my alternates, in order. Thanks. 1. Gerald Ford (former President) 2. Dan Fogleberg (80s pop singer) 3. Tammy Faye Baker Messner 4. Coretta Scott King 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Ryan O’Neal 7. Jerry Lewis 8. Bob Barker 9. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 10. Joan Kennedy 11. Jim McKay (famed sportscaster) 12. Muhammed Ali 13. Art Donovan (NFL Hall of Famer, 60s Baltimore Colt) Alternates: 1. Steven Cojocaru (People Magazine fashion advisor) 2. Teri Garr 3. Mary Tyler Moore 4. Queen Elizabeth ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/75 "2005-12-05T21:40:14Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > **alterego** , you get two more picks. > > **Electronic Chaos** ’s picks are okay with me. > > **Dolores Reborn** and **yellowval** : do you mean John Madden the football guy or John Madden the film director? Oh, sorry. I mean John Madden the football guy who looks like he’s pickled and only taken out for football season. Either that or he’s made of wax. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/76 "2005-12-05T21:43:27Z")
It’s been tough narrowing these down, but here it is: 1. Mary Travers (of Peter, Paul & Mary) 2. Shelley Winters 3. Fyvush Finkel 4. Mindy McCready 5. Darren McGavin 6. Jack Warden 7. Kurt Vonnegut 8. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner 9. William Schallert 10. Al Lewis (Grandpa Munster) 11. Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake (ex-pro wrestler, real name Ed Leslie) 12. Jake “The Snake” Roberts (ex-pro wrestler, real name Aurelian Smith, Jr.) 13. Lady Bird Johnson In case one of these folks dies before January 1st, substitute these folks in this order: Alternates: 1. Christopher Lee 2. Jimmy Carter 3. Zsa Zsa Gabor ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/77 "2005-12-05T22:48:48Z")
Thanks for doing this **a35362**! I’m proud to add my first-ever entry to the sickest thread on the Dope! My 13 picks: Fidel Castro Lindsay Lohan Stephen Hawking Mickey Rooney Augusto Pinochet Ernest Borgnine Claude Levi-Strauss John Goodman Elizabeth Taylor Caspar Weinberger Pete Best Walter Cronkite Les Paul Alternates (in order): Jack LaLanne Mary Tyler Moore Fats Domino ---
**Author:** ![2centsworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/43a26b/32.png) [@2centsworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2centsworth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/78 "2005-12-05T23:31:03Z")
Hopefully the old fart that lives across the street from me. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/79 "2005-12-06T02:57:27Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Lillian Jackson Braun (b. 1916) [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Jackson_Braun) lists her year of birth as 1912, so you’ll only get six points according to the “fewest points possible if disputes arise” rule. I still haven’t given up on the possibility of a late surge propelling me past the “Pope Only” logjam, so I’ll wait until near the end of the month to post my picks for 2006. It’s interesting (as always) to see everybody’s selections, and I’ve even learned today about some famous people I had never known existed. Another plaudit for **a35362** ’s willingness to do all this work! ---
**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 6, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/80 "2005-12-06T03:34:26Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Jackson_Braun) lists her year of birth as 1912, so you’ll only get six points according to the “fewest points possible if disputes arise” rule. > > I still haven’t given up on the possibility of a late surge propelling me past the “Pope Only” logjam, so I’ll wait until near the end of the month to post my picks for 2006. It’s interesting (as always) to see everybody’s selections, and I’ve even learned today about some famous people I had never known existed. Another plaudit for **a35362** ’s willingness to do all this work! Every book of hers I’ve ever read lists it as 1916, which is also what it is on [Fantastic Fiction](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/lilian-jackson-braun/). Wikipedia’s all right, but I trust it about as far as I can throw it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=5)