# 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:** 5
**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 6, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/81 "2005-12-06T03:37:16Z")
Meanwhile, Wikipedia now lists her year of birth as 1916. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/82 "2005-12-06T04:08:24Z")
> [@Tinkertoy](#): > > 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 I’ll only do this once I swear. Please move Robert Blake and Bea Arthur down to alternates. I forgot to add **Jesse Jackson** and **Al Sharpton** to the list. ---
**Author:** ![Euthanasiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/83 "2005-12-06T05:59:06Z")
Forrest J. Ackerman Ray Bradbury Sandra Day O’Conner Buddy Guy George Carlin Scott Weiland Christopher Lloyd Mary Tyler Moore Ed Asner Donald Sutherland Walter Cronkite Michael J. Fox James Brown ---
**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, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/84 "2005-12-06T13:09:39Z")
Let’s just wait until the (admittedly sad) day LJB dies and then we’ll find out how old she is. I feel like a vulture enough for listing her. Who knows, she may be one of those people who lives to eleventy-one. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/85 "2005-12-06T14:58:21Z")
> [@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 As a football fan I’m glad you didn’t list Reggie Bush! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/86 "2005-12-06T15:07:35Z")
1. Bob Feller, baseball HOFer 2. Yogi Berra, ditto 3. Stan Musial, ditto 4. George Steinbrenner 5. Gerald R. Ford 6. George H.W. Bush 7. James Baker (former US Sec of State) 8. James Brown (He used to feel good) 9. Prince Charles 10. Dan Rather 11. Fidel Castro 12. David Letterman 13. Martha Stewart Alternates 1. Oprah 2. Pope Benedict 3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar (basketball HOFer) ---
**Author:** ![sWitchazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sWitchazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sWitchazel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/87 "2005-12-06T16:20:28Z")
Mix of new and old from 2005: 1. Jesse Helms 2. Fidel Castro 3. Mickey Rooney 4. Maya Angelou 5. Princess Lilian of Sweden 6. Queen Sofia of Spain 7. Dave Chappelle 8. Marie Osmond 9. Garrison Keillor 10. Jeanette Lee, The Black Widow 11. Billy Graham 12. Jackie Chan 13. Loretta Lynn Alternates (in order): Joaquin Phoenix Viggo Mortensen J.K. Rowling ---
**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 6, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/88 "2005-12-06T17:40:01Z")
> [@Glassy](#): > > My first death pool. This is creepily enjoyable. > > 1. Piers Anderson (sf writer) Hey that’s two people - Piers Anthony and Pohl Anderson! 😉 Mine will be posted soon. It’s still too early yet. ---
**Author:** ![2centsworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/43a26b/32.png) [@2centsworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2centsworth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/89 "2005-12-06T18:53:53Z")
I’ll even give you cause of death Magic Johnson - Didn’t think those pills would work forever did you Andy Rooney - Tragic Viagra interaction Charlton Heston - Gunshot wound Keith Richards - Hooks up with Courtney Love - commits suicide Gerald Ford - Falls off bed after being intimate with Betty Phil Knight - Plane crash Dick Cheney - Impacted bowels The Pope - Lightning strike Vladamir Putin - Bad soup Tom DeLay - Prison uprising Dan Rather - Drug overdose Martha Stewart - Murdered by former cell mate Ed McMahon - under investigation ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/90 "2005-12-07T02:45:50Z")
1. Pope Benedictine 2. Peter Boyle 3. Bob Newhart 4. Christopher Lloyd 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Lauren Bacall 7. Dick Cheney 8. Frances Sternhagen 9. David Crosby 10. George Romero 11. Saddam Hussein 12. Tom Wolfe 13. Dennis Farina ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/91 "2005-12-07T04:56:14Z")
1. Gloria Stuart 2. Annette Funicello 3. Kitty Carlisle 4. Ernest Gallo 5. Karl Malden 6. Gerald Ford 7. Muhammed Zahir Shah 8. Les Paul 9. Natasha Lyonne 10. Ramsey Clark 11. Bea Arthur 12. Mickey Rooney 13. John Wooden Reserves: 1. Oscar Niemeyer 2. Marc Lawrence 3. Ricky Williams 4. Ralph Cirella 5. Rosalyn Carter ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/92 "2005-12-08T23:52:38Z")
Okay, I have my list ready. I’m even including two alternates just in case one of my picks is unable to fulfill his/her duties which basically is to die in 2006 not before it. They are: Oral Roberts Jerry Lee Lewis Margaret Thatcher Walter Cronkite Tammy Faye Baker Messner Charlton Heston Dick Cheney Richard Pryor Holly Johnson, singer Frankie Goes To Hollywood Nelson Mandela Elizabeth Taylor Gary Glitter Pete Doherty, singer Babyshambles Alternate 1: Peter Falk Alternate 2: Courtney Love ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/93 "2005-12-09T01:00:19Z")
Frankie Lane Osama Bin Laden John Wooden Prince Phillip Merv Griffin Margaret Thatcher Jerry Falwell Keith Richards Dick Cheney Joseph Barbera (the animator) Elizabeth Taylor Liza Minelli Estelle Getty Alts: Oral Roberts Merle Haggard ---
**Author:** ![Grither](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grither/32/425_2.png) [@Grither](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grither)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/94 "2005-12-09T03:32:30Z")
1. George Carlin 2. James Earl Jones 3. Lance Bass 4. Betty White 5. Abe Vigoda 6. William Jefferson Clinton 7. John Irving 8. David Lee Roth 9. Andrew Lloyd Webber 10. William Shatner 11. Marilyn Vos Savant 12. Corey Haim 13. Berke Breathed Alternates: 1. George Takei 2. Hank Williams, Jr. 3. Prince Charles of Wales ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/95 "2005-12-09T08:11:20Z")
1. Anne McCaffrey (science fiction author) 2. Paris Hilton (hugely annoying pseudo-celeb) 3. Meg Ryan (actress) 4. Anne Rice (bad horror writer) 5. Stephen King (good horror writer) 6. Michael Jackson (singer, suspected pedophile) 7. Dick Button (figure skater, sports commentator) 8. Tom Cruise (actor, idiot) 9. Prince Philip (husband of current Queen of England) 10. George Bush (former president) 11. Bill Clinton (former president) 12. Dan Rather (television journalist) 13. Michael Kors (fashion designer) alternates: Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Barbara Bush ---
**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 9, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/96 "2005-12-09T13:07:05Z")
**LavenderBlue** _Meg Ryan_? What an odd choice. Here’s mine. 1. **Pete Doherty** – British rocker and crack addict 2. **Stephen Hawking** – “The Simpson’s” voice over actor and really smart guy 3. **Charlton Heston** – one-time spokesman for God 4. **Don Ho** – world’s most famous Hawaiian 5. **Kurt Vonnegut** – author 6. **Shelley Winters** – 2005 heart attack survivor 7. **Richard Pryor** – crazy African-American 8. **Harold Pinter** – playwright and 2005 Nobel Prize (Literature) winner 9. **Wendy Wasserstein** – another Pulitzer winning playwright 10. **Dana Reeve** – famous widow 11. **Lady Bird Johnson** – former FLOTUS 12. **Tammy Faye Bakker Resner** – former Norfolk VA television personality Alternates: a. **Ed McMahon** – perennial sidekick b. **David Crosby** – surrogate father c. **Tara Reid** – safer bet than Courtney Love ---
**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 9, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/97 "2005-12-09T14:58:58Z")
Never let it be said that the Death Pool is a useless thread. I learn from it. For example, I didn’t know that Kurt Vonnegut was still alive. For some reason I thought he died years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/98 "2005-12-09T23:26:18Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > Reserves: > > 1. Marc Lawrence [Died earlier this week at the age of 95.](http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200512091118.htm) **Sean Factotum** : You skipped from #2 to #4. Do you want to move one of your alternates up, or did you forget to mention somebody? ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/99 "2005-12-10T04:24:46Z")
Annette Funicello Eunice Kennedy Schriver Corretta Scott King Dana Reeve Estelle Getty Tammy Faye Bakker Messner Billy Graham Dan Rather Tom Snyder Gordon B. Hinkley Kylie Minogue Colin McEwan Dan Fogleberg ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/100 "2005-12-10T04:52:17Z")
I’m entertainment-heavy…but here goes again! Andy Griffith, actor Don Knotts, actor Eminem, so-called rapper Glenn Ford, actor Bernard Fox, actor (Dr. Bombay!) Frank Cady, actor (Mr. Drucker on Green Acres) Carol Channing, actress, singer Mike Connors, actor (Mannix) Dr. Jack Kervorkian, Dr. Death Noel Neill, actress Charles Nelson Reilly, D-list actor Annette Funicello, Actress and former Mouseketeer Gordon B. Hinckley, President, LDS Church [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=6)