# 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:** 21
**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:** [January 1, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/401 "2007-01-01T03:40:29Z")
[QUOTE=Horseflesh] 1. Robert Dieghi, 64 (Italian hostage held by Nigerian seperatists) [/QUOTE] You probably have suffered enough on this issue, but people like Dieghi were the reason the political prisoner rule was put into effect. The rule stems from the Iraq war when it became possible to simply put together a list of hostages and wait for the points to come rolling in. The wording of the rule could probably be a bit better. If that Jeff Tonn guy dies he will likely be the least famous person to ever score points in this game. My kids are off to bed so it’s time to finalize my list! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/402 "2007-01-01T03:59:19Z")
[QUOTE=Horseflesh] 1. [Jeff Tonn](http://www.jefftonn.com), 30 (former intern at the Austin Chronicle, nobody can identify his debilitating disease) [/QUOTE] **a35362** , didn’t there used to be a rule about the selection not being someone who is famous for nothing more than being ill? If that is no longer the case, I’d like to revise my list with the addition of the lame-ass pick of the disputed world’s tallest man, [Leonid Stadnyk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Stadnyk) in the place of Harold Pinter. Could we get a ruling? ---
**Author:** ![SoCalled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@SoCalled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoCalled)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/403 "2007-01-01T03:59:26Z")
1. **Fidel Castro** (Lenin would have looked more hale in that tracksuit.) 2. **Ariel Sharon** (What’s Hebrew for “Pull the plug already?”) 3. **Mickey Rooney** (Thanks to Janet Jackson, obit will not include “bared butt in 2005 Superbowl commercial.”) 4. **Whitey Bulger** (Gets hit by a bus crossing Mass Ave.) 5. **Sylvia Browne** (A problem with the heart. In the chest area. Near water.) 6. **Thomas Friedman** (The next six months will be critical, as will the following six months.) 7. **Farrah Fawcett** (Gets the hell off the lawn, for good.) 8. **Cyd Charisse** (Kicks the bucket, way high.) 9. **Prince Harry** (Insists on serving in Iraq with the rest of his unit.) 10. **Regis Philbin** (Uncanny youth no longer sustainable by draining co-host’s perky juices.) 11. \*\*Ashley Olsen \*\* (Emerges from Mary-Kate’s shadow before it disappears entirely.) 12. **Jeff Gordon** (Gotta respect the lethality of NASCAR.) 13. **Frank McCourt** (Three memoirs are plenty, thanks.) Alternate **Justice John Paul Stevens** ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/404 "2007-01-01T04:07:46Z")
1. Henry Kissinger 2. Bea Arthur 3. Walter Cronkite 4. Jerry Lewis 5. Gene Wilder 6. Fidel Castro 7. Queen Elizabeth II 8. Fats Domino 9. Art Garfunkel 10. Bob Dylan 11. Dick Clark 12. Mary Kate Olsen 13. Michael Jackson (I \* knew\* there was a reason to wait until the last moment… Gerald Ford was the top of my list.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/405 "2007-01-01T04:08:44Z")
This years choices to pass beyond the rim… Albert “Dapper” O’Neil, Boston City Councilor forever POTUS Jimmy Carter—he don’t look too good… Jimmy Kelley, Boston City Councilor known for opposition to bussing Fidel ‘El Jefe’ Castro—it’s a waiting game… Don Kent—Massachusetts weather forecaster, did forecast for Pilgrims on Plymouth landing… Suzanne Pleshette----Actress Dave Maynard—WBZ AM drive show host for about three decades Richard Truax—Rocket Scientist, for real ‘Uncle’ Walter Cronkite----should not check out any long books from the library. Senator Ted Kennedy—who’s liver, like his Olds, will take a long drive off a short bridge… Omar Abdel-Rahman—guest of the justice system Art Buckwald—on borrowed time Ariel Sharon—really on borrowed time ---
**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:** [January 1, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/406 "2007-01-01T04:10:27Z")
1. [Kirk Rundstrom](http://www.splitliprayfield.com/go.html) - Split Lip Rayfield Guitarist 2. [Orlando Thomas](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/3403/) - Minnesota Vikings Safety 3. [Richard Olney](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/01/17/MNG24ARHTM1.DTL) - The irony: ALS researcher becomes his own patient 4. [Doku Umarov](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doku_Umarov) - President of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 5. [Tammy Faye Bakker Messner](http://www.tammyfaye.com/note20061213.htm) - Surrealist 6. [Robert Noortman](http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/08/features/auction.php) - Gazillionaire Art Dealer 7. [Stan Zemanek](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Zemanek) - Australian Radio Personality 8. [Lobby Loyde](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobby_Loyde) - Australian Guitarist 9. [Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei) - The Man Behind the Curtain 10. [John Mahoney](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001498/) - Marty Crane 11. [Yahweh ben Yahweh](http://www.yahwehbenyahweh.com/) - Beheading since before it was trendy 12. [Larry Stewart](http://secretsantausa.com/) - There really is a Santa Clause 13. [Steve Smith](http://www.raiderdrive.com/commitment_to_acceptance1.htm) - Raiders Fullback ALTS: A. [Johnny “Lam” Jones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Jones) - NY Jets Wide Receiver B. [Tommy Makem](http://www.makem.com/tommy/index.html) - Irish Musician C. [Craig Thomas](http://thomas.senate.gov/) - Senator of Wyoming All, Happy New Years! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/407 "2007-01-01T04:11:17Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] **a35362** , didn’t there used to be a rule about the selection not being someone who is famous for nothing more than being ill? If that is no longer the case, I’d like to revise my list with the addition of the lame-ass pick of the disputed world’s tallest man, [Leonid Stadnyk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Stadnyk) in the place of Harold Pinter. Could we get a ruling? [/QUOTE] Hell, Stadnik would count either way in my opinion. Being (possibly) the world’s tallest man would qualify you by itself. His photos have have been widely disseminated throughout the world. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/408 "2007-01-01T04:13:13Z")
Holy crap…I can’t believe I almost forgot to get these in. Good thing John Madden was just rambling on, sounding like he’s got one foot in the box already. If he didn’t remind me, I’d be kicking myself all year. 1. Mark Vaile (Deputy Australian Prime Minister) 2. Aretha Franklin (Singer) 3. Muhammad Ali (Boxer) 4. Louis Farrakhan (Nation of Islam Leader) 5. Art Buchwald (Writer) 6. Jerry Lewis (Comedian) 7. Jerry Lee Lewis (Musician) 8. Benny Parsons (NASCAR Driver) 9. Fidel Castro (Cuban Dictator) 10. Al Davis (Oakland Raiders Owner) 11. John Madden (NFL Commentator) 12. Lobby Loyde (Australian Guitarist) 13. Reverend Donald Wildmon (Raging Douchebag) And just in case someone on here kicks off in the next hour, we’ll call Sally Struthers the backup. ---
**Author:** ![Agonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@Agonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agonist)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/409 "2007-01-01T04:18:48Z")
I’d like to join at the final hour here… I’ve missed signing up two years in a row. I apologize in advance for any spelling or research errors. 1. Dick Cheney, VP 2. Pat Robertson, crazy evangelist 3. Billy Graham, ditto (although not quite so crazy, I hear). 4. Annette Funicello, actress (and my mom’s first “competition”) 5. William Shatner, scenery chewer 6. Raul Castro, dictator’s brother and likely assassin target 7. Osama bin Laden, terrorist-in-exile 8. Stephen Hawking, physicist 9. Britney Spears, drugged up starlet 10. Hugo Chavez, prez of Venezuela 11. Jack Chick, evangelical cartoonist 12. Pope Benedict IV, the “Nazi” pope 13. Mary-Kate Olsen, drugged up starlet Alternates: 14. Mel Gibson, actor 15. Sandra Day O’Connor, former judge 16. Barak Obama, politician who probably get death threats daily Hope I did all that right. Happy New Year, everybody! ---
**Author:** ![Kikas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce73a5/32.png) [@Kikas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kikas)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/410 "2007-01-01T04:19:07Z")
My list: 1. Fidel Castro 2. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner 3. Elizabeth Taylor 4. Annette Funicello 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Farrah Fawcett 7. Lady Bird Johnson 8. Bob Barker 9. Hugh Hefner 10. Muhammed Ali ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/411 "2007-01-01T04:20:09Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Lance Murdoch] Hell, Stadnik would count either way in my opinion. Being (possibly) the world’s tallest man would qualify you by itself. His photos have have been widely disseminated throughout the world. [/QUOTE] It just seems to me that Jeff Tonn opens the door to my wife’s Aunt’s neighbor’s neice, diagnosed and sure to die in the next day or two from an unpublicized ingrown toenail who’s only claim to fame is a blog. It’s taking the Time Man Of the Year thing to an extreme. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/412 "2007-01-01T04:20:17Z")
[QUOTE=Kikas] My list: 1. Fidel Castro 2. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner 3. Elizabeth Taylor 4. Annette Funicello 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Farrah Fawcett 7. Lady Bird Johnson 8. Bob Barker 9. Hugh Hefner 10. Muhammed Ali [/QUOTE] You need 3 more **Kikas**. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/413 "2007-01-01T04:25:24Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] It just seems to me that Jeff Tonn opens the door to my wife’s Aunt’s neighbor’s neice, diagnosed and sure to die in the next day or two from an unpublicized ingrown toenail who’s only claim to fame is a blog. It’s taking the Time Man Of the Year thing to an extreme. [/QUOTE] My thought as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Shoshana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@Mrs.Shoshana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Shoshana)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/414 "2007-01-01T04:32:58Z")
**Shoshana’s** wife here–the Celebrity Death Pool 2007 has induced me to open a guest membership. Courtney Love Paul McCartney Jimmy Carter Al Sharpton Mohammad Ali Keith Richards John Glenn Joe Jackson Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth Taylor Bette Davis Arthur Fiedler Danny Bonaduce Betty Ford Whitney Houston ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/415 "2007-01-01T04:39:18Z")
Redoing this now that Jerry Ford dropped off a week ahead of schedule 1. Fidel Castro (Cuban dictator; August 13, 1926) 2. Ariel Sharon (former Israeli PM; Feb 27, 1928) 3. Farah Fawcett (Actress; Feb. 2, 1947) 4. Zsa Zsa Gabor (Professional celebrity; Feb 6, 1917?) 5. Yahweh Ben Yahweh (cult leader; Oct. 27, 1935) 6. Gian Carlo Menotti (composer; July 7, 1911) 7. Jean Paul Belmondo (French actor; April 9, 1933) 8. Kirk Douglas (actor; Dec. 9, 1916) 9. Roger Ebert (film critic; June 18, 1942) 10. Charlton Heston (actor; Oct. 4, 1923) 11. Jack Kevorkian (‘Dr. Death’; May 29, 1928) 12. Art Buchwald (columnist; Oct. 20, 1925) 13. Ronnie Biggs (train robber; Aug 8, 1929) Alternates: 1. Earl Butz (Former Secy of Agriculture; July 3, 1909) 2. Luise Rainer (actress; January 12, 1910) 3. Don Ho (singer; Aug 13, 1930) ---
**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:** [January 1, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/416 "2007-01-01T05:03:42Z")
Those of you who picked Evel Kenievel are forgetting one thing. The USA has the highest doctor to daredevil ratio in the entire world. ahem 1. Tammy Faye Messner – Painted lady. 2. Jane Tomlinson – Activist, author & athlete 3. Sylvia Kristel – Actress who starred in such diverse projects as Emanuelle, Emanuelle’s perfume, Emanuelle’s Revenge and Goodbye Emanuelle. 4. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago – Lomg time President of Equatorial Guinea (not to be confused with Guinea, Guinea-Bissau or New Guinea). 5. Leroy Sievers – Journalist, Executive Producer of Nightline, winner of twelve Emmys and two Peabody awards. 6. Lynn Kohlman – Fashion Model, photographer, author and Creative Director at DKNY. 7. Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman – Loser 8. Janez Drnovsek – President of Slovenia 9. Ariel Sharon – Israeli vegetable 10. Lansana Conte – Long time President of Guinea (not to be confused with Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau or New Guinea). 11. Greg Page - World heavyweight boxing champion. Not the yellow Wiggle. 12. Lamar Lundy – Football legend 13. Annette Funicello – Mouseketeer and Beach Blanket Bingoness Alternate Levi Stubbs - Four Tops singer Rack 'em Croak? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/417 "2007-01-01T05:13:54Z")
As to being famous for being ill, that’s all Terry Schiavo was, yet she was on people’s lists a while back. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/418 "2007-01-01T05:13:56Z")
45 minutes! ---
**Author:** ![Zog\_10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c57346/32.png) [@Zog\_10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zog_10)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/419 "2007-01-01T05:19:41Z")
Shamelessly stolen from Rachm Qoch (with some mods): 1. Kirk Rundstrom - Split Lip Rayfield Guitarist 2. Orlando Thomas - Minnesota Vikings Safety 3. Richard Olney - The irony: ALS researcher becomes his own patient 4. Danny Bonnaduce - Patridge 5. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner - Surrealist 6. Robert Noortman - Gazillionaire Art Dealer 7. Stan Zemanek - Australian Radio Personality 8. Lobby Loyde - Australian Guitarist 9. Muhammad Ali - Boxer 10. John Mahoney - Marty Crane 11. James Garner - Maverick 12. Larry Stewart - There really is a Santa Clause 13. Steve Smith - Raiders Fullback ALTS: A. Johnny “Lam” Jones - NY Jets Wide Receiver B. Tommy Makem - Irish Musician C. Craig Thomas - Senator of Wyoming D. Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - The Man Behind the Curtain E. Yahweh ben Yahweh - Beheading since before it was trendy F. Doku Umarov - President of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/420 "2007-01-01T05:22:25Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] As to being famous for being ill, that’s all Terry Schiavo was, yet she was on people’s lists a while back. [/QUOTE] hrrmmm. Good point. But she also had national media attention. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=22)