# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/241 "2006-12-27T06:59:14Z")
[QUOTE=Terminus Est] Got a big fat goose egg so far this year. Since the odds of my winning are low, I decided to go with a theme for next year - all political figures. Here they are: 1. **Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr** (former President of the United States) 2. **George Herbert Walker Bush** (former President of the United States) 3. **Fidel Castro** (President of Cuba) 4. **Ariel Sharon** (former Prime Minister of Israel) 5. Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith ( **Queen Elizabeth II** ) 6. **Kim Jong-Il** (Dear Leader of the People’s Democartic Republic of Korea) 7. Joseph Alois Ratzinger ( **Pope Benedict XVI** ) 8. **Imelda Romualdez Marcos** (former First Lady of the Philippines) 9. **Kurt Josef Waldheim** (former Secretary-General of the UN) 10. **Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud** (King of Saudi Arabia) 11. **Margaret Hilda Thatcher** , Baroness Tatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (former Primer Minister of the United Kingdom) 12. **Lee Kuan Yew** (former Prime Minister of Singapore) 13. Colonel **Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi** [Qadhafi/Qaddafi/Kaddafi - however you want to [spell it](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_264b.html)] (_de facto_ leader of Libya) Curses to **Augusto Pinochet** for being unable to hold on for a few weeks. [/QUOTE] And phooey on Gerald Ford, too. Please substitute **Nouri Kamel al-Maliki** (Primer Minister of Iraq) for Mr Ford. At least I got points for 2006. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/242 "2006-12-27T09:42:25Z")
In alphabetical order: 1 - John Astin 2 - Ralph Bakshi 3 - David Bowie 4 - Phyllis Coates (Lois Lane 50s) 5 - William B. Davis (cigarette man from the X-files) 6 – Bill Keane 7 - Madeleine LeBeau (Casablanca) 8 – Noel Neill (Lois Lane 50s) 9 – Joy Page (Casablanca) 10 – Joyce Randolph (Played Trixie on “The Honeymooners”) 11 – Keith Richards 12 - Nicole Camille Escovedo Richie 13 – Pernell (Parnell?) Roberts (Bonanza) Alternate Robert Carlyle Byrd, Senator Yes, it’s recycled. Looks like a ‘Left Behind’ sort of list, doesn’t it? With one or two that are pure audience pandering. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/243 "2006-12-27T10:14:50Z")
RIP Gerald Ford. Here’s my updated list for 2007. First alternate Dick Clark has been substituted for former President Ford. 1. Dick Clark 2. Dick VanDyke 3. Estelle Getty 4. Oral Roberts 5. Lady Bird Johnson 6. Elizabeth Taylor 7. Courtney Love (She’s gotta go sometime and soon, ya just know it!) 8. Jerry Lewis 9. Charles Manson 10. Yoko Ono 11. Walter Cronkite 12. Mercury Morris 13. Billy Graham Alternates: Eddie Van Halen Bob Newhart Oh and **Baker** as to it being a matter of taste, I’ve always thought Dick Butkus looked kinda tasty. 😛 ---
**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 27, 2006, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/244 "2006-12-27T10:46:57Z")
[QUOTE=Tazmanian Devil] 1. Gerald Ford 2. Fidel Castro 3. Jack Kevorkian 4. Louis Farrakhan 5. Roddy Piper 6. LadyBird Johson 7. Kirk Douglas 8. Walter Cronkite 9. Muhammad Ali 10. Abe Vigoda 11. Muqtada Al-Sadr 12. Elizabeth Taylor 13. Dick Cheney Alternates: 1. Courtney Love 2. Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR) 3. Farrah Fawcett [/QUOTE] Now that Ford has bought the farm, I will move Farrah Fawcett into my list of 13, and add Bob Barker to the list of alternates. Here is my new list: 1. Fidel Castro 2. Jack Kevorkian 3. Louis Farrakhan 4. Roddy Piper 5. LadyBird Johson 6. Kirk Douglas 7. Walter Cronkite 8. Muhammad Ali 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Muqtada Al-Sadr 11. Elizabeth Taylor 12. Dick Cheney 13. Farrah Fawcett Alternates: 1. Courtney Love 2. Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR) 3. Bob Barker ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/245 "2006-12-27T11:35:42Z")
[QUOTE=tarragon918] Finally, after much deliberation and in consultation with my 24 yo daughter, here are my picks for the Celebrity Death Pool 2007: 1. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner 2. Former President Gerald Ford 3. Luciano Pavarotti 4. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 5. James Arness 6. Farrah Fawcett 7. Pamela Anderson 8. Joey Bishop (last of the Rat Pack …) 9. Nicole Richie 10. Kevin Federline – tragic accident in the “squared circle” 11. Fidel Castro 12. Anna Nicole Smith, and last but not least … 13. Peter Graves Alternates: Joan Kennedy, Mary Kate Olsen, Nancy Reagan [/QUOTE] In light of former President Ford’s passing, I’d like to substitute Nancy Reagan and then add Bob Barker to my list of alternates, so the new list should read: 1. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner 2. Nancy Reagan 3. Luciano Pavarotti 4. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 5. James Arness 6. Farrah Fawcett 7. Pamela Anderson 8. Joey Bishop (last of the Rat Pack …) 9. Nicole Richie 10. Kevin Federline – tragic accident in the “squared circle” 11. Fidel Castro 12. Anna Nicole Smith, and last but not least … 13. Peter Graves Alternates: Joan Kennedy, Mary Kate Olsen, Bob Barker ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/246 "2006-12-27T13:00:06Z")
Please move Muhammad Ali from my alternates list to substitute for Gerald Ford. ---
**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 27, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/247 "2006-12-27T13:50:45Z")
Cross out Ford on my list and replace him with John Goodman. _stomps off muttering about how now the alternates are going to have to be revamped_ ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/248 "2006-12-27T15:03:14Z")
Please replace Gerald Ford (my #11 pick in post #200) with Jerry Falwell . Just in case, My alternates are: Henry Kissenger and Tom Bosley ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/249 "2006-12-27T15:08:42Z")
Please replace Gerald Ford on my list with James Garner. My two remaining alternates are Stephen Hawking and Leona Helmsley. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/250 "2006-12-27T15:21:02Z")
Due to the death of Gerald R. Ford, I present my alternates: Michael E. DeBakey, surgeon. Carol Buckley Executive Director/ co-founder The Elephant Sanctuary (They lost a “caregiver” last Summer.) Patricia Neal, actress. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/251 "2006-12-27T15:37:12Z")
Another first-time Death Pool player here. 1. Jerry Lewis 2. Meatloaf 3. Luciano Pavarotti 4. Alan Alda 5. Gene Wilder 6. Ringo Starr 7. Ray Bradbury 8. Bob Barker 9. Julie Andrews 10. John Goodman 11. Bea Arthur 12. Barry Manilow 13. Debbie Harry Alternates: Matthew Broderick, Betty White (I tried so hard to come up with original picks, but apparently we all think The Grim Reaper has his eye on the same people!) ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/252 "2006-12-27T15:37:32Z")
Thanks to the passing of my number 1 pick, My list is now 1). Fidel Castro 2). Bill Cosby 3.) Ingmar Bergman 4.) Merle Haggard 5). Phil Lesh 6) Willie Nelson 7). Pat Robertson 8). “Magic” Earvin Johnson 9.) Jerry Lee Lewis 10.) Joe Paterno 11.) Moe Bandy 12.) Dick Cheney 13.) Monty Hall My alternates are now 14.) William Bruce “Axl” Rose 15.) Andy Roony Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Romola\_Des\_Loups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Romola\_Des\_Loups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romola_Des_Loups)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/253 "2006-12-27T16:43:25Z")
Ok, my first attempt at this: Jimmy Carter Fidel Castro Bettie Page Pope Benedict XVI Pete Doherty Tony Curtis Alain Delon Margaret Thatcher Betty Ford Angela Lansbury Whitney Houston Leonard Cohen Queen Elizabeth II alternates: Stephen King Snoop Doggy Dogg ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/254 "2006-12-27T17:09:14Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Delete my first submission because itwas a feint. My real 2K7 picks: Sen. Craig Thomas - WY Fidel Castro Kim Jong-Il Jerry Falwell Muqtada al-Sadr Louis Farrakhan Kylie Minogue Suzanne Pleshette Farah Fawcett Oma Abdel-Rahman Muhammed Ali Tammie Faye Bakker Messner Luciano Pavarotti [/QUOTE] I forgot alternates: Buzz Aldrin Hugo Chavez Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, al-Zarqawi’s successor ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/255 "2006-12-27T17:15:40Z")
First timer; here goes nuthin’: 1. Dick Cheney 2. Al Haig (former SecState) 3. Arnold Palmer 4. Nicole Richie 5. Kevin Federline 6. Barbara Bush 7. Gary Coleman 8. Darryl Strawberry 9. Louis Farrakhan 10. Peter Marshall 11. Charles Manson 12. Dick Clark 13. Ed McMahon Late in the year, but just in case: Alternates: Evel Knievel Aretha Franklin ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/256 "2006-12-27T17:38:55Z")
my re-e-re corrected picks, subbing Fidel Castro for Jerry Ford. 1. Kirk Douglas 2. Fidel Castro 3. Bob Feller 4. Stan Musial 5. Yogi Berra 6. Andy Rooney 7. Mike Wallace 8. Daniel Schorr 9. Liz Taylor 10. John Wooden 11. Walter Cronkite 12. Joe Garagiola 13. Bob Cousy Alternates: 1. OJ Simpson 2. Larry King ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/257 "2006-12-27T17:44:34Z")
I’m just gonna post a new list rather that c&p: 1. Tammy F.B. Messner 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Lady Bird Johnson 4. Dick Clark 5. Courtney Love 6. Fed-Ex 7. Muhammad Ali 8. Michael Jackson 9. Abe Vigoda 10. Billy GRaham 11. Fidel Castro 12. Charlton Heston 13. Bob Barker New Alternates: Nicole Ritchie Lindsey Lohan Larry Hagman R.I.P Gerald Ford. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/258 "2006-12-27T17:57:37Z")
[QUOTE=sneezy5660] 1. Fed-Ex [/QUOTE] 😕 :dubious: Ken Federline, or the corporation? ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/259 "2006-12-27T17:58:40Z")
The untimely death of the last member of the Warren Commission has forced me to bring one of my alternates forward (and hence, name an alternate alternate). I am also keeping a nervous eye on Castro… So, my revised list for 2007: 1. Fidel Castro 2. Lindsay Lohan 3. John Forsythe (“Charlie’s Angels”) 4. Al Molinaro (“Odd Couple,” “Happy Days”) 5. Jackie Cooper (child actor & “Little Rascal”) 6. Harry Morgan (“M_A_S_H_”) 7. **Margaret Hilda Thatcher** 8. Courtney Love 9. E. Howard Hunt (Watergate co-conspirator) 10. Walter Cronkite 11. June Foray (voice of “Rocky the Squirrel,” amongst others) 12. Gordon Lightfoot 13. Ernest Borgnine Alternates: Paris Hilton, Evangelist Billy Graham ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/260 "2006-12-27T18:04:54Z")
My updated list, and not bothering to renumber: 1. Ursula K. LeGuin 2. Fidel Castro 3. Gene Simmons (I just have a feeling) 4. John McCain (same deal) 5. Gene Shalit 6. Hutton Gibson (Mel’s dad; dunno if he really counts as a celebrity, but he’s been in the news tangentially) 7. Mel Brooks 8. Anne McCaffrey 9. Gene Hackman 10. Sir Stephen Hawking 11. Bill Gates 12. Joe Haldeman 13. Larry Niven alternates: i. Maya Angelou ii. Bob Barker iii. Ray Romano [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=14)