# The Celebrity Death Pool 2007 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 2, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620 "2006-12-02T22:07:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/201 "2006-12-22T23:19:49Z")
my re-re corrected picks, subbing John Wooden for Paris Hilton. 1. Kirk Douglas 2. Jerry Ford 3. Bob Feller (Baseball HOFer) 4. Stan Musial (Baseball HOFer) 5. Yogi Berra (noted sage) 6. Andy Rooney (CBS crank) 7. Mike Wallace (CBS) 8. Daniel Schorr (ex CBS, now NPR) 9. Liz Taylor 10. John Wooden, ex UCLA hoops coach 11. Walter Cronkite (I have it in for CBS, apparently) 12. Joe Garagiola 13. Bob Cousy (Basketball HOFer) Alternates: 1. OJ Simpson 2. Larry King Reply With Quote ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/202 "2006-12-23T03:52:26Z")
I’m feeling lucky this year. Here goes… 1. Suzanne Pleshette 2. John McCain 3. Nancy Reagan 4. Fidel Castro 5. Marcel Marceau 6. Nicole Ritchie 7. John Wooden 8. Gerald Ford 9. Kirk Douglas 10. Queen Elizabeth II 11. Andy Rooney 12. Wayne Newton 13. Hulk Hogan Alternate: Pope Benedict XVI Don Ho ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/203 "2006-12-25T16:20:29Z")
1. Larry Clark 2. Tammy Messner 3. Damon Dash 4. Pete Doherty 5. Steven Cojocaru 6. Dick Clark 7. Liza Minnelli 8. Suzanne Pleshette 9. Fidel Castro 10. Farrah Fawcett 11. Gus Van Sant 12. 50 Cent 13. Terrell Owens Alternates 1. Mindy McCready 2. Barack Obama 3. Brad Renfro ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/204 "2006-12-25T17:47:41Z")
1 Gerald Ford 2 Elizabeth Taylor 3 Michael Jackson 4 Lady Bird Johnson 5 Walter Cronkite 6 James Garner 7 Nancy Reagan 8 Tony Danza 9 Fred Phelps 10 Barbara Bush (elder) 11 Muhammed Ali 12 Loretta Lynn 13 Tammy Faye Baker Messner Alternates in order: Angela Lansbury Mary Tyler Moore Dick Cheney ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/205 "2006-12-25T19:22:24Z")
Did anybody have James Brown? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/206 "2006-12-25T20:03:38Z")
One person, best I can tell, for _2007_. **Southpaw** had Augusto Pinochet. He died, so the #1 alternate moved up, James Brown. Now Brown is dead, so it’s not looking good for the #2 alternate, Nichelle Nichols. ---
**Author:** ![LemmeOut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f9b8f/32.png) [@LemmeOut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LemmeOut)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/207 "2006-12-25T20:19:53Z")
Of course, the second post of my new Doper membership will be to the Celebrity Death Pool 2007. 1. Ariel Sharon 2. Ted Kennedy 3. Gerald Ford 4. Muhammad Ali 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Osama Bin Laden 7. Fidel Castro 8. Andy Rooney 9. Bob Barker 10. Jerry Lewis 11. Henry Kissinger 12. Kim Jong-Il 13. Muqtada Al Sadr Alternates: 1. Bobby Brown 2. O. J. Simpson 3. Don Ho (Why, yes–we are going for the quantity versus quality. Yes, we are.) ---
**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 26, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/208 "2006-12-26T01:34:42Z")
1. [Angela Lansbury](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Lansbury), actress (b. 1925) 2. [Bruce Ruxton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Ruxton), ex-President of the Victorian RSL, bigot and sometimes rapper (b. 1926) 3. [Colleen McCullough](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough), author (b. 1937) 4. [Deanna Durbin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deanna_Durbin), retired singer/actress (b. 1921) 5. [Elizabeth Taylor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor), actress (b. 1932) 6. [Fidel Castro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_castro), President of Cuba (b. 1926) 7. [John Laws](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laws), radio personality (b. 1935) 8. [Larry Hagman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hagman), actor (b. 1931) 9. [Lee Radziwill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Radziwill), socialite (b. 1933) 10. [Lou Richards](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Richards), former Australian Rules football player, commentator and media personality. (b. 1923) 11. [Peter Falk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Falk), actor (b. 1927) 12. [Richard O’Sullivan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Sullivan), actor (b. 1944) 13. [Stan Zemanek](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Zemanek), radio personality, author (b. 1947) Alternate: [Kirk Douglas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Douglas), actor (b. 1916) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/209 "2006-12-26T02:15:09Z")
Fidel Castro is still maintaining a slight lead over Gerald Ford. Elizabeth Taylor and Tammy Faye have now moved into a tie for third place. Next is a three way tie between Billy Graham, Ariel Sharon, and Kirk Douglas. In fifth place is Mohammed Ali, sixth is Farrah Fawcett, and seventh is Lindsay Lohan. Margaret Thatcher and Nancy Reagan are tied for eighth, followed by Dick Clark and Keith Richards in ninth. ---
**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 26, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/210 "2006-12-26T14:02:06Z")
Okay, here it goes. 1. Art Buchwald – US columnist/humorist 2. Dr. Jack Kevorkian – controversial US physician 3. Fidel Castro – Cuban 4. Yahweh Ben Yahweh – Cult leader, convicted conspirator 5. Ariel Sharon – former Israeli Prime Minister 6. Yegor Gaidar – former Russian Prime Minister 7. Ronald Isley – former member of The Isley Bros 8. Roger Ebert – noted US film critic 9. Tammy Faye Bakker Resner – former Norfolk VA television personality 10. Suzanne Pleshette – US television and film actress 11. Harold Pinter – playwright and 2005 Nobel Prize (Literature) winner 12. Charlton Heston – one-time spokesman for God 13. Curtis James Jackson III – aka rapper 50Cent Alternates A. Johnny Winter – US blues guitarist B. Robert Jordan – long-winded SciFi author C. George Michael – former Wham!-er, current all-around screw-up ---
**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:** [December 26, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/211 "2006-12-26T14:28:13Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] 9. Tammy Faye Bakker Resner [/QUOTE] It’s Messner, not Resner. That is, if you meant to have the PTL Club mascara queen as your #9 pick. ---
**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 26, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/212 "2006-12-26T14:33:59Z")
[QUOTE=Spiff] It’s Messner, not Resner. That is, if you meant to have the PTL Club mascara queen as your #9 pick. [/QUOTE] Hmm, that means I had her name wrong on last year’s list too, 'cause I just cut and pasted her name this time. Yes, that’s who I mean. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/213 "2006-12-26T15:09:40Z")
1. Dick Cheney- Veep 2. Tim Johnson- Senator, SD 3. Bill Graham- Evangelist 4. Bill Cosby- Funnyman 5. Gerald Ford- 38th US President 6. William Shatner- “Astronaut” 7. Dan Rather- Contributor, HDNET 8. Andy Dick- “Comedian” 9. Kate Moss- Model 10. Louie Anderson- Comedian 11. Burt Reynolds- Former Actor 12. O.J. Simpson- Pro Football Hall of Famer/Unconvicted Murderer 13. Pervez Musharraf- President, Pakistan A1- Bill Russell- NBA Hall of Famer A2- Stan Musel- MLB Hall of Famer A3- Jim Brown- NFL Hall of Famer ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/214 "2006-12-26T15:41:34Z")
Because they’re old: 1. Cloris Leachman 2. Bob Barker 3. Nancy Regan 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Sherman Hemsley 6. Bob Newhart Young with issues: 7. Lindsay Lohan (recent OD) 8. Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode - serial suicide attempter) 9. Nicole Ritchie (painfully thin and recent DWI) Long illnesses: 10. David Lander (Squiggy) 11. Tammy Faye Messner 12. Fidel Castro 13. Jerry Lewis Alternates: 14. Gerald Ford 15. Kirk Douglas 16. Carol Channing ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/215 "2006-12-26T17:28:16Z")
Antigen’s picks for the Celebrity Death Pool: 1. Bob Barker 2. Jimmy Carter 3. Pamela Anderson (whatever her last name is now - the blonde with the hooters) 4. Paris Hilton 5. Elizabeth Taylor 6. Carol Channing 7. Fidel Castro 8. Al Pacino 9. Michael J. Fox 10. George Takei 11. Majel Barrett Roddenberry (voice of the Enterprise computer) 12. Steven Tyler (of Aerosmith) 13. Dick Clark Alternate: Joey Lawrence. Why not. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/216 "2006-12-26T17:53:22Z")
[ol] [li]Fidel Castro[/li][li]Margaret Thatcher[/li][li]Ariel Sharon[/li][li]Lady Bird Johnson[/li][li]Ronnie Biggs[/li][li]Gerald Ford[/li][li]Kirk Douglas[/li][li]Pete Doherty[/li][li]Joe Paterno[/li][li]Ara Parseghian[/li][li]John Wooden[/li][li]James Woods[/li][li]Larry Hagman[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/217 "2006-12-26T19:06:11Z")
Okey, dokie, I’ll give it a shot. Problem is, I really have no idea of the status of any celebs. I couldn’t tell you who most of the folks listed so far are. Those I have heard of, I couldn’t tell you whether or not they are alive. Ask me about plants, dogs or nature, and I’m a fount of information - celebs, I’m a flop. That said - please let me know if any of these people are dead - I’ll just list the first names I can think of that it wouldn’t depress me to think of as dead. 1. Michael Jackson 2. Bruce Springsteen 3. George W. Bush 4. Anne Coulter (oh, shoot - I can’t think of any other names… let me check the newspaper) (double shoot - most of the newspaper got used to wrap things…) 1. Trick Daddy (Hip-hop?) 2. Julia Roberts 3. Barry Lopez (author) 4. Barbra Streisand 5. Bob Dylan 6. Mel Gibson 7. Bob Knight (Texas Tech coach) 8. Yao Ming 9. Jane Goodall Alternates? It was almost impossible to come up with that many! a. Bob Seger b. Bob Saget c. Bob Barker Phew!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/218 "2006-12-26T19:44:26Z")
Ok, maybe I’ll have better luck this year! (Sorry, celebs… ;)) 1. Gerald Ford (ex-president) 2. Muhammed Ali (boxer) 3. Kirk Douglas (actor) 4. Charleton Heston (actor) 5. Fidel Castro (leader of Cuba) 6. Billy Graham (evangelist) 7. Art Linkletter (TV host) 8. Piper Laurie (actor) 9. Darrell Royal (ex UT football coach) 10. Farrah Fawcett (actor) 11. Terry Jones (Monty Python actor) 12. John Forsythe (actor) 13. Keira Knightley (actor) A1. Ed McMahon (TV host and sidekick of Johnny Carson) A2. Loretta Lynn (country singer) A3. Keith Richards (guitarist for the Rolling Stones) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/219 "2006-12-26T19:47:17Z")
All of you Keith Richards and Courtney Love people are going to be disappointed again this year. I’m telling you, those two will outlive us all! ---
**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 26, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/220 "2006-12-26T20:27:53Z")
Not only that, but Courtney’s gonna track down each and every last one of you and kick your butts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=12)