# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Stinkum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Stinkum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinkum)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/101 "2005-12-10T05:30:11Z")
\ 1. Kirk Douglas 2. Elizabeth Taylor 3. Jerry Lewis 4. Kurt Vonnegut 5. Ray Bradbury 6. Stephen Hawking 7. Harry Belafonte 8. Margaret Thatcher 9. Dick Cheney 10. Steve Jobs 11. Gerald Ford 12. Mike Ditka 13. Keith Richards ---
**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 10, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/102 "2005-12-10T14:21:32Z")
> [@2centsworth](#): > > I’ll even give you cause of death > > Dan Rather - Drug overdose I think Dan Rather stands an even chance of being killed by a crazed stalker–Here’s the frequency, Kenneth. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/103 "2005-12-10T18:58:56Z")
The Google ads on this thread have been hilarious! Local Crime Scene Clean Up Elizabeth Taylor Perfume Cremation Society of MN And, of course, mementos honoring the Bush family. To think that one got there because of **Annie X-mas’** list is just too funny. ---
**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 10, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/104 "2005-12-10T20:13:39Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > The Google ads on this thread have been hilarious! > > Local Crime Scene Clean Up > > Elizabeth Taylor Perfume > > Cremation Society of MN > > And, of course, mementos honoring the Bush family. To think that one got there because of **Annie X-mas’** list is just too funny. Thank you **Captain**. If I win the DP06, people will be needing some Bush momentos. ---
**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 10, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/105 "2005-12-10T21:36:32Z")
\*[SUB] > [@Barely Adequate](#): > > 1. Iva Toguri (“Tokyo Rose”) > 2. Ray Anthony (Trumpeter, band leader) > 3. Eugene McCarthy (US Senator) > 4. Laraine Day (Actress) > 5. Sammy Baugh (Football) > 6. Alexander Solzhynitzen (Prisoner) > 7. Sunny von Bulow (Victim) > 8. Frankie Laine (Singer) > 9. Bob Feller (Baseball) > 10. Ted Lindsay (Hockey) > 11. Patti Page (Singer) > 12. Curt Gowdy (Sportscaster) > 13. Byron Nelson (Golfer) [/SUB]\* Just saw that (#3) Senator Eugene McCarthy died today. Replace him with \*\* Dr. Jack Kervorkian (Pathologist)\*\* on my list. Other alternates to be used as needed: **1. Judge Joseph Wapner (TV Personality) 2. Celeste Holm (Actress) 3. Hank Jones (Jazz Pianist)** ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/106 "2005-12-10T21:40:58Z")
Gonna be lots of late revisions, now that Richard Pryor has passed away ☹ Farewell to a comic genius. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051210/en\_nm/pryor\_dc\_2](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051210/en_nm/pryor_dc_2) ---
**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/107 "2005-12-10T21:53:35Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > 1. Ramsey Clark I think you may have to use one of your alternates before year’s end. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/108 "2005-12-10T22:17:40Z")
Pope Bendedict XVI Nancy Reagan Gerald Ford Charlton Heston Steve-O Paul Newman Suge Knight Queen Elizabeth II Sandra Day O’Connor Jerry Lee Lewis Fidel Castro Magic Johnson Larry King ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/109 "2005-12-10T22:24:41Z")
Ok, here I go - I checked all actors/actresses through IMDB to make sure they are still alive, so I’m hoping all are correct and still alive. 1. Dick Van Patten (actor, Eight is Enough) 2. Karen Grassle (actress, Little House on the Prairie tv series) 3. Queen Elizabeth II (current queen of England) 4. George Herbert Walker Bush (former president) 5. Barbara Bush (former first lady) 6. Margaret Thatcher (former prime minister of England) 7. Dick Van Dyke (actor) 8. Pope Benedict XVI (current pope) 9. Kate Moss (model) 10. Julie Andrews (actress) 11. Christopher Plummer (actor) 12. Sean Connery (actor) 13. Tom Brokaw (former new anchor, NBC news) Alternates: 1. Alex Trebek (host, Jeopardy!) 2. James Earl Jones (actor) 3. Topol (actor) ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/110 "2005-12-11T02:50:53Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > Woo Hoo!! Death Time Again. I’m not known for my patience so here’s my list. This is mostly cut-n-paste from my list last year. > > 1. Courtney Love > [del]2. Richard Pryor[/del] > 2. Elizabeth Taylor > 3. Gerald Ford > 4. Lady Bird Johnson > 5. Estelle Getty > 6. Muhammad Ali > 7. Shelley Winters > 8. Tammy Faye Bakker Resner > 9. Billy Graham > 10. Annette Funicello > 11. Stephen Hawking > > and last, but not least… because she’s due… > > 1. Eunice Kennedy Shriver Please replace Richard Pryor with **Fidel Castro**. And here are three Alternates (so I don’t have to revise again…) A. Fred Phelps B. Sun Myung Moon C. Pope Benedict XVI ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/111 "2005-12-11T03:33:58Z")
Updated list, due to the passing of Richard Pryor: 1. Keith Richards - Musician 2. Elizabeth Taylor - Actress 3. Nancy Reagan - Former First Lady 4. Phyllis Diller - Comedienne 5. Queen Elizabeth II - Um, Queen 6. Sophia Loren - Actress 7. Ted Turner - Mogul/Jerk 8. Margaret Thatcher - Former PM 9. Augusto Pinochet - Chilean Dictator 10. Bea Arthur - Actress 11. John Neville - Actor 12. Kirk Douglas - Actor 13. Mel Brooks - Director Alternate, should another one pass before 1/1/6: Boy George - Professional Freak ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/112 "2005-12-11T04:06:05Z")
Well, with Richard Pryor freeing up another spot on my 2005 list, I have space for three new people on my 2006 list. The other 10 are a year older and thus even more likely to pass in 2006 than they were in 2005! 1. Jack Palance 2. Lady Bird Johnson 3. Gerald Ford 4. Billy Graham 5. (removed 2005 pick) Joey Bishop 6. Art Linkletter 7. Boris Yeltsin 8. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 9. Jerry Lewis 10. Abe Vigoda 11. Herman Wouk 12. Sherwood Schwartz 13. Oral Roberts ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/113 "2005-12-11T05:47:03Z")
> [@Lil' Mahoney](#): > > 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 Move Peter Falk up to my 2006 list and add Keith Richards as my new Alternate #2 pick. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/114 "2005-12-11T08:01:20Z")
Now that Richard Pryor has already passed, please replace my #3 alternate with \*\*Billy Graham,/b]. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/115 "2005-12-11T14:41:03Z")
Since Richard Pryor has been replaced on my list with Olivia de Havilland, my new #3 alternate is Willard Scott. ---
**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 12, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/116 "2005-12-12T13:33:06Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **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? I will resubmit the list. (Especially since Pryor dies this weekend.) I knew it was still too early to post. ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/117 "2005-12-12T14:35:53Z")
1. Elizabeth Taylor 2. Nancy Reagan 3. Mickey Rooney 4. Gerald Ford 5. Gary Glitter 6. Kirk Douglas 7. Courtney Love 8. Walter Cronkite 9. Lady Bird Johnson 10. Mel Brooks 11. Abe Vigoda 12. John Goodman 13. Muhammad Ali Alternate 1. Suge Knight Alternate 2. Tammy Sytch (formerly Sunny in the WWF/E) ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/118 "2005-12-12T14:42:41Z")
1. Ronnie Biggs 2. Abe Vigoda 3. Tammy Faye Bakker 4. Gerald Ford 5. 50 cent 6. Stephen Hawking 7. Elizabeth Taylor 8. Steve O 9. Hosni Mubarak 10. Estelle Getty 11. Kirk Douglas 12. Mike Danton 13. Augusto Pinochet Alternates Bulent Ecevit Keith Richards ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/119 "2005-12-12T15:41:58Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Here we go: > > - Billy Graham > - Jerry Lewis > - Nancy Reagan > - Agusto Pinochet > - Kirk Douglas > - Annette Funicello > - Teri Garr > - Richard Pryor > - Art Linkletter > - IM Pei > - Stan Musial > - Harmon Killebrew > - Maria Tallchief Remove Richard Pryor (how sad, he was a great comedian!), replace with Stephen Hawking. And I suppose I should add alternates just in case: Alternate #1 Elizabeth Taylor Alternate #2 Estelle Getty ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/120 "2005-12-12T17:41:11Z")
Could you please replace Richard Pryor with my #1 alternate, Syd Barrett? Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632.md?page=7)