# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/341 "2006-12-31T19:36:19Z")
[QUOTE=Juliefoolie] 1. Robert Picton, pig farmer, born 1950. On trial for murder of women from Vancouvers Downtown East Side. [/QUOTE] Just a reminder on Rule 7 in the OP, **Juliefoolie** : 7. Persons under sentence of death will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution. ---
**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 31, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/342 "2006-12-31T20:27:48Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] Just a reminder on Rule 7 in the OP, **Juliefoolie** : 7. Persons under sentence of death will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution. [/QUOTE] Canada doesn’t execute criminals so his death would be by other causes. Nevermind that appeals could take another 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Rachm\_Qoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Rachm\_Qoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachm_Qoch)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/343 "2006-12-31T20:31:52Z")
9 hours, and I can’t make up my mind. I’ve got three lists, and I’m not sure which way to take things. Decisions, decisions… ---
**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 31, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/344 "2006-12-31T20:43:46Z")
[QUOTE=Rachm Qoch] 9 hours, and I can’t make up my mind. I’ve got three lists, and I’m not sure which way to take things. Decisions, decisions… [/QUOTE] Celebrities everywhere are quaking in their boots for fear of being on **Rachm Qoch’s** death pool list. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/345 "2006-12-31T20:51:54Z")
Okay, finally fashioned my list all up and I think it’s a pretty good one. 1. Bill Keane (had him on my list twice already and he’s still holding out) 2. Andy Griffith 3. Mickey Rooney 4. Andy Rooney 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Dick Clark 7. Ed McMahon 8. Carl “Doc” Severinsen 9. Ed Ames 10. Sid Caesar 11. Gene Wilder 12. Betty Ford 13. Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson ---
**Author:** ![Grits\_and\_Hard\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Grits\_and\_Hard\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grits_and_Hard_Toast)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/346 "2006-12-31T21:06:53Z")
I was 2 for 13 in my debut last year. (and one alternate, darn it) Not sure what it says about me, but glancing over my list I seem to have it in for “men of God,” politician/dictators, and boxers. Good luck to all playing, hope the Grim Reaper is very good to you this year! 1. Fidel Castro 2. Louis Farrakhan 3. Jim Baker- televangelist 4. Ariel Sharon 5. Mike Tyson 6. Mohammed Ali 7. Ted Kennedy 8. Billy Graham 9. Al Sharpton 10. Jesse Jackson 11. Jerry Falwell 12. Oral Roberts 13. Pat Robertson Mark Felt ( Deep Throat) John Wooden Dick Francis ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/347 "2006-12-31T21:08:18Z")
Nine hours to get those submissions in, folks. And Happy New Year to our friends in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, India… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/348 "2006-12-31T21:11:36Z")
1. Jimmy Carter 2. Dick Cheney 3. Dick Clark 4. Olivia de Havilland 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Christopher Lee 7. Courtney Love 8. Paul Newman 9. Nancy Reagan 10. Keith Richards 11. Mickey Rooney 12. William Shatner 13. Elizabeth Taylor Alternate: Anna Nicole Smith ---
**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 31, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/349 "2006-12-31T21:15:20Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] Celebrities everywhere are quaking in their boots for fear of being on **Rachm Qoch’s** death pool list. :eek: [/QUOTE] I felt bad about some people I’d considered for my picks and I kept them off my list. On the other hand, I despised one so much that I refused to countenance having him despite hearing from a reliable source that he’s in poor health. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/350 "2006-12-31T21:18:28Z")
Oh, and as always a great big SDMB _Welcome!_ to those of you joining us this year. ---
**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 31, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/351 "2006-12-31T21:49:36Z")
I’m following **Baker’s** lead in giving a big shout out to **a35362** for all the hard work she puts in heading up this creepy, yet fun annual thread. **WOOHOO a35362!!!** ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/352 "2006-12-31T22:02:03Z")
Oh, pshaw. You guys are swell. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/353 "2006-12-31T22:03:50Z")
Oh, and eight hours to go. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/354 "2006-12-31T22:08:27Z")
**The Muckety-Mucks:** 1. Fidel Castro 2. Pervez Musharraf (PM of Pakistan) 3. Ariel Sharon 4. George Steinbrenner **The Publicly Sick:** 5) Tammy Faye Bakker Messner 6) Farrah Fawcett 7) Omar Abdel-Rahman (the blind sheik) 8) Roger Ebert **The Ancients:** 9) Walter Cronkite 10) Julie Wilson (Famed cabaret singer and my unique pick) **The Geez, They’re Still Alive?!** 11) Elizabeth Taylor 12) Whitney Houston 13) Charlton Heston \*\*Alternate: \*\* Norodom Sihanouk Tough to narrow it down this year, so I decided to play for points again; people over 85, like John Forsythe and Margaret Thatcher, were mostly out. If Elizabeth Taylor doesn’t meet her husbands in the afterlife this year, I’m taking her off the list, since she obviously is the Keith Richards of actresses. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/355 "2006-12-31T22:20:15Z")
[QUOTE=Mehitabel] 10) Julie Wilson (Famed cabaret singer and **my unique pick** ) [/quote] (bolding mine) You do realize, having said that, you’re tempting fate and **Rachm Qoch**. There are still people who haven’t posted their lists. I’m not even going to check to see if any of mine are unique until tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/356 "2006-12-31T22:37:52Z")
:smack: Arrrgh! You’re right! Well, I would guess he’s keeping a list anyway, nobody escapes the notice of the **Qoch**. :smack: Anyway, I’m going out soon (to the Big Apple Circus–champagne at midnight!) and won’t be home until 2007. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/357 "2006-12-31T22:40:00Z")
So many to choose from, I had a hard time narrowing it down to just thirteen: [ol] [li]Osama Bin Laden[/li][li]Laura Bush[/li][li]Fidel Castro[/li][li]Chevy Chase[/li][li]Dick Cheney[/li][li]Arthur C. Clarke[/li][li]Roger Ebert[/li][li]Charleton Heston[/li][li]Paris Hilton[/li][li]Lindsay Lohan[/li][li]Kylie Minogue[/li][li]Luciano Pavarotti[/li][li]Britney Spears[/li][/ol] Alternates: [ol] [li]Don Ho[/li][li]Stan Lee[/li][li]Dick Van Patten[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/358 "2006-12-31T23:06:59Z")
It sure looks like a lot of people on these lists are people we _hope_ die soon rather than _expect_ to die soon. Keep hope alive! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/359 "2006-12-31T23:11:52Z")
Squeezing in under the wire here! 1. Lee Iacocca 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Darryl Strawberry 4. Dwight Gooden 5. Liza Minelli 6. Neal Bush 7. George Michael 8. Little Richard 9. Jane Fonda 10. Eli Wallach 11. Michael Collins (Astronaut) 12. Farrah Fawcett 13. Estelle Getty Alternates- Gavin MacLeod Muhammad Ali Michael J. Fox ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/360 "2006-12-31T23:14:02Z")
My picks: 1. John Madden: he’s the living undead of the NFL. 2. Tom Cruise: c’mon, let’s all prove Xenu wrong! It could be a horrible MI:IV accident or something. 3. Dan Rather 4. Tom Brokaw. I have nothing against the previous two gentlemen, it’s just that they’re getting old. 5. Bill Clinton: I think he’s going to die before Jimmy Carter, because Jimmy Carter is invincible. 6. Walter Mondale. 7. Roger Mudd. See point #4 8. Jared the Subway Guy. I saw a Robot Chicken episode today, to which my girlfriend got me faithfully hooked. 9. Gary Busey. 10. Kris Kristofferson. 11. Waylon Jennings: Again, see point #4. These would be two losses I’d feel bad about. 12. Muftada-al-Sadr: Yeah, that guy might just have it coming to him. 13. (First Name) al Zarqaqi: Yeah, I think this guy might have it coming to him too. I would say bin Laden for #13, but personally, I think he’s holed up in a cave and wouldn’t expose himself like that. He’s probably dead already. . . Tripler Them’s my picks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=19)