# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/261 "2006-12-27T18:08:18Z")
Oh well might as well participate…My pick for 2007 (in no specific order) 1. Estelle Getty 2. Roger Ebert 3. Carol Channing 4. Fidel Castro 5. Margaret Thatcher 6. King Harold (of Norway) 7. Bob Barker 8. Stephen Hawking 9)Betty Ford 9. Dick Clark 10. Michael Flatley 11. Leonard Nimoy 12. LadyBird Johnson Alternatives 14) Robert Jordan 15) Jack Vance 16) Arthur C. Clarke ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/262 "2006-12-27T19:14:33Z")
[QUOTE=MadTheSwine] My first try at the pool 1.Gerald Ford-Former University of Michigan football star 2.Augusto Pinochet-Chile con carnage 3.Dick Pole-Cincinnati Reds pitching coach 4.John Deacon-Bites the dust 5.Dick Trickle-NASCAR driver 6.Michael Richards-KKKramer 7.Rusty Kuntz-Former MLB player 8.Terrell Owens-Drugstore Cowboy 9.Takeru Kobayashi-Hotdog eater 10.George Steinbrenner-Prod of the Yankees 11.Fidel Castro-Die already 12.Doyle Brunson-Folds 13.Norman Greenbaum-Gone up to the spirit in the sky Alternates 1.Ed Balls-British Politician 2.Amarillo Slim-Antes up 3.Howie Schwab-Stumped [/QUOTE] Spose I better add an alternate or two, bumping Ed Balls and Amarillo Slim up to the active list replacing Pinochet and Ford. New Alternates 1.Howie Schwab 2.Jack kevorkian 3.David Letterman ---
**Author:** ![Labelless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@Labelless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labelless)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/263 "2006-12-27T20:43:27Z")
My picks for 2007 1. James Garner 2. Dick Cheney 3. Lauren Bacall 4. Farah Fawcett 5. Hugo Chavez 6. Abe Vigoda 7. Peter Graves 8. Eddie Van Halen 9. Angie Dickenson 10. Fidel Castro 11. Mike Wallace 12. Larry Hagman 13. Paul Newman My alt. Jimmy Carter ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/264 "2006-12-27T21:13:05Z")
:smack: My new list: 1.Tammy Faye Bakker Messner (former evangelist) 2.Larry Hagman (actor) 3.Billy Graham (evangelist) 4.Estelle Getty (actress) 5.Walter Cronkite (former news anchor) 6.Fidel Castro (dictator) 7.Elizabeth Taylor (actress) 8.Jack Klugman (actor) 9.Kirk Douglas (actor) 10.Roger Ebert (movie critic) 11.Muhammad Ali (boxer) 12.Ariel Sharon (former Prime Minister of Israel) 13.Abe Vigoda (actor) Alternates: 1.Willard Scott (weatherman) 2.Jimmy Carter (former POTUS) 3.George Bush (41st POTUS) ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/265 "2006-12-27T21:27:57Z")
1. John Madden - football announcer 2. Elizabeth Taylor - actor 3. Kirk Douglas - actor 4. Dick Clark - his ball has to drop sometime! 5. Joey Bishop - last surviving Rat Pack member 6. Andy Griffith - actor 7. Michael Jackson - King of Pop 8. Ann B. Davis - actor 9. Fidel Castro - dictator 10. Olivia de Havilland - actor 11. Chuck Berry - musician 12. Tom Poston - actor 13. Lindsey Lohan - actor and my “party girl” pick of the year (Though I did hear recently she hadn’t had a drink in, like, a week!) Alternates, should one of the above drop dead before Dec. 31 at midnight: 1. Mickey Rooney - actor 2. Charlotte Rae - actress 3. Marion “Suge” Knight - music mogul ---
**Author:** ![kurilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kurilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurilla)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/266 "2006-12-27T21:53:44Z")
[QUOTE=kurilla] I waited to submit my picks in case someone on the list died – and they did. RIP, Joe Barbera, formerly #12 on the list. 1. Edward (“Ted”) Kennedy - Massachusetts senator 2. Gerald Ford - former U.S. President 3. Elizabeth II - Queen of England 4. Ray Bradbury - author 5. Noel Neill - actress 6. Fidel Castro - ruler of Cuba 7. Arthur C. Clarke - author 8. Robert Jordan - author 9. John Forsythe - actor 10. Gore Vidal - author 11. Kirk Douglas - actor 12. Macauley Culkin - actor 13. Harry Morgan - actor Alternates: Russell Johnson, actor Bob Barker, game show host [/QUOTE] I’m down to one alternate, so I suppose I should list another one or two. Adding Saddam Hussein would be in poor taste, so… um… Eli Wallach - actor ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/267 "2006-12-27T23:08:35Z")
[ul] [li]Ronnie Biggs[/li][li]Michael Heseltine[/li][li]Ian Brady[/li][li]Kate Moss[/li][li]Manuel Noriega[/li][li]Yoko Ono[/li][li]George Cole[/li][li]Nelson Mandela[/li][li]Mohammed Ali[/li][li]Dennis Norden[/li][li]Chuck Berry[/li][li]Leslie Nielson[/li][li]Ingmar Berman[/ul][/li] Alts:[ul] [li]Etta James[/li][li]Liz Taylor[/li][li]Ian Huntley[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/268 "2006-12-28T00:35:46Z")
[QUOTE=brianjedi] Gerald Ford - clumsy ex-President Bruno Sammartino - first WWF champion George Steinbrenner - destroyer of baseball economics Alan Alda - think he was a doctor or something Bobby Allison - NASCAR legend Chester Bennington - Linkin Park vocalist and frequent hospital patient Todd “Fez Marie Whatley” Hillier - had a heart attack and didn’t even know it Tommy Chong - looks very rough Andy Griffith - Matlock Nigel Mansell - “husky” former F1 champion and current GP Masters competitor Gary Burghoff - Radar Eddie Sutton - disgraced former UK basketball coach & alcoholic Patty Hearst - kidnapping victim and bank robber Alternates: Peter Graves - the Biography guy Frank Caliendo - fat John Madden impersonator Barbara Walters - Baba Wawa [/QUOTE] As my #1 had the audacity to kick off just a few days early, bump Peter Graves on to the list. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/269 "2006-12-28T01:51:09Z")
Re-posting what I said in the 2006 thread by mistake: Now that Gerald Ford has died, I wish to replace him with Roger Ebert. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/270 "2006-12-28T03:20:37Z")
I’m making a few changes - this is my final list, good to go for 2007 1. Hugh Hefner 2. Jimmy Carter 3. Pamela Anderson (whatever her last name is now - the blonde with the hooters) 4. Gordie Howe 5. Elizabeth Taylor 6. Carol Channing 7. Fidel Castro 8. Al Pacino 9. Michael J. Fox 10. Lloyd Robertson (Canadian news guy) 11. Majel Barrett Roddenberry (voice of the Enterprise computer) 12. George Takei 13. Dick Clark Alternate is still Joey Lawrence. ---
**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 28, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/271 "2006-12-28T03:29:48Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] I’m making a few changes - this is my final list, good to go for 2007 [/QUOTE] Damn '353, we can make changes? Right up till New Year’s Eve CST? 🙂 ---
**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 28, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/272 "2006-12-28T06:01:20Z")
New list: 1. Ed McMahon (TV host and sidekick of Johnny Carson) 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. Loretta Lynn (country singer) A2. Keith Richards (guitarist for the Rolling Stones) A3. BB King (blues guitarist) ---
**Author:** ![recordcastle.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c89c15/32.png) [@recordcastle.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/recordcastle.com)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/273 "2006-12-28T07:06:57Z")
1. Curtis Jackson a.k.a. ‘50 cent’ - rap hip-hop wannabe musician - b. 1976 ( yo yo yo: this guy sucks ) 2. Burt Bacharach - composer - b. 1928 ( looks like walking death in a recent tv commercial ) 3. Dick Clark - tv legend - b. 1925 ( one more shot at New Yrs Rockin’ Eve will be his last ) 4. B.B. King - blues music legend - b. 1925 ( don’t wish it on him but he’s about due to meet his maker ) 5. Jim Cramer - stock market guru, host of ‘Mad Money’ on cnbc - b. 1955 ( loud and obnoxious - probable brain aneurysm - booyah ) 6. Andrea McArdle - the original little girl singer in ‘Annie’ - b. 1963 ( just plain hate her voice - hope ‘the sun DOESN’T come out tomorrow’ - annoying bi-otch ) 7. Oprah Winfrey - talk show snob - b. 1954 ( self righteous pig - I predict a stage lighting fixture will fall on her ) 8. Scott Weiland - musician - b. 1967 ( in bands ‘Velvet Revolver’ & ‘Stone Temple Pilots’ - probable overdose candidate ) 9. Lindsay Lohan - actress/party girl - b. 1986 (goin’ for that 80 point long shot) 10. Fidel Castro - cuban dude - b. 1926 ( after he’s gone, I may be able to visit glorious Cuba ) 11. Jack Klugman - actor - b. 1932 ( going going gone ? ) 12. Sarah Jessica Parker - actor - b. 1965 ( another potential 59 points ) 13. Angela Lansbury - actor - b. 1925 ( it’s your time baby ) ALTERNATES - A. Les Paul - music legend/inventor of multi-tracking - b. 1915 ( still plays in Nyc - hopes he lives to 100 …but you never know ) B. George Bush Sr. - head of the N.W.O. - b.1924 ( … ) C. Barbara Streisand - singer - b. 1942 ( it was either her or tony bennett ) almost alternates (you’ll get yours in 2008) : Wilfred Brimley b.1934 Abe Vigoda b.1921 Henry Gibson b.1935 (laugh-in & actor in ‘blues bros’ film) Betty White b.1810 Michael Nesmith b.1942 (thanks for the Monkees reunion, not) Chuck Berry b.1926 Wilson B. Goode - politician ( thanks for the ‘move’ dude ) ---
**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 28, 2006, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/274 "2006-12-28T07:42:31Z")
By posting these, I practically guarantee immortality to all named: My 2007 picks: Michael Jackson Gordon B. Hinckley, president, Mormon Church Gene Wilder Suleiman Kerimov, russian billionaire and MP Lady Bird Johnson Bob Barker Rowdy Roddy Piper, WWF legend Fidel Castro Eminem Annette Funicello Bill Walsh, coach Bob Newhart Kevin Federline Alternates: Art Linkletter Elizabeth Taylor Jack LaLanne Dan Fogleberg ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/275 "2006-12-28T08:25:09Z")
[QUOTE=Lok] I guess I can add an alternate for a few hours. Gerald Ford will work. Of course, he will be the only one on this list that actually dies in 2007. Just a note, I have played since Death Pool 2003. There has been once change in this list in that time, Ronald Reagan was originally in the number 10 slot. I have scored a total of 7 points in 4 years. I am starting to think I am not very good at this game. :dubious: [/QUOTE] I was wrong again, my alternate didn’t make it to 2007. Time for the second change in my 2003 list. 😛 Alternates: 1. Fidel Castro 2. Mick Jagger ---
**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 28, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/276 "2006-12-28T13:39:58Z")
1 – Fidel Castro - Dictator 2 – Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman – Blind Muslim Cleric 3 – Rowdy Roddy Piper – Former wrestler 4 - Luciano Pavarotti – Opera Singer 5 – Robert Guillaume - Actor 6 - Prince Saud al-Faisal – Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister 7 - Larry Stewart – Midwestern Secret Santa 8 – Tammy Faye Messner - Hmmm 9 - Ronnie Biggs – Train robber 10 - Jane Tomlinson – Cyclist fundraiser 11 – John Ferguson Sr – NHL Scout 12 - Art Buchwald – Journalist 13 - Curtis Salgado – Blues Brothers inspiration Alternates: 1 – John Goodman – Large actor 2 – Ozzy Osbourne – Aging rocker 3 - Alton Brown – Chef / Motorcycle rider ---
**Author:** ![Euthanasiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/277 "2006-12-28T14:16:11Z")
\*\* Forrest J. Ackerman Ray Bradbury Sandra Day O’Connor Buddy Guy Kate Moss George Carlin Christopher Lloyd Mary Tyler Moore Ed Asner Donald Sutherland Walter Cronkite Gene Wilder B.B. King\*\* Alternates: \*\* Mike Wallace Nancy Reagan Michael J. Fox\*\* ---
**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 28, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/278 "2006-12-28T14:22:21Z")
For the guests posting their lists - don’t forget you have to become a member or you can’t win any of the fabulous prizes (a lovely handbasket) and trips (Hell) if you should win. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/279 "2006-12-28T14:33:18Z")
My new list, with a replacement for Ford: 1. Mary Tyler Moore 2. Dan Fogleberg (80s pop singer) 3. Tammy Faye Baker Messner 4. Kirk Douglas 5. Prince Phillip of Edinburgh 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: 14. Teri Garr 15. Lindsey Lohan 16. Queen Elizabeth ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/280 "2006-12-28T14:56:45Z")
As another person who’d been hoping Ford would hang on another week, my final, last, no-bones-about-it-unless-Lindsay-Lohan-dies-in-the-next-three-days list. 1. Andy Griffith 2. Lindsay Lohan 3. Elizabeth Taylor 4. Nancy Reagan 5. Bea Arthur 6. Hugh Hefner 7. George Clooney 8. Michael J. Fox 9. Robert Jordan 10. John Cleese 11. Sylvester Stallone 12. Dolly Parton 13. Mick Jagger Alternates: Andy Rooney Stan Lee [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=15)