# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/141 "2006-12-13T20:17:50Z")
My adjusted list, updated from post #52 … 1. Gerald Ford 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 Griffith Andy Rooney And just for the sake of the unlikely trifecta, Andy Dick. ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/142 "2006-12-13T22:02:01Z")
\*\*Meat Loaf \*\* (aka Marvin Aday - singer / actor) **Ringo Starr** (ex Beatle) **Stephen Hawking** (physicist and author) **Keith Richards** (ex Rolling Stone) **Gerald Ford** (ex US president) **Ozzy Osbourne** (Prince of Darkness) **John Goodman** (actor) **Yogi Berra** (ex NY Yankee) **Phyllis Dilller** (comedian) **Ed McMahon** (US television personality) **Pete Rose** (ex baseball player) **Charles Manson** (ex cult leader) **JD Salinger** (author) alternate: **Zsa Zsa Gabor** ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/143 "2006-12-13T22:15:56Z")
[QUOTE=Barely Adequate] Here we go again… [2nd] Martha Tilton, Big Band Singer [/QUOTE] She just passed on December 8 (but it was only just [announced](http://www.marthatilton.com/)). ---
**Author:** ![Purple\_Scottie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Purple\_Scottie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purple_Scottie)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/144 "2006-12-14T01:05:37Z")
1. Keith Richards 2. Anna Nicole Smith 3. Natasha Lyonne 4. Stephen Hawking 5. Michael J. Fox 6. Shane McGowan 7. Tammy Faye Messner 8. Roger Ebert 9. John Goodman 10. Evel Knievel 11. Whitney Houston 12. Fidel Castro 13. Larry Flint Alternates: 1. Farrah Fawcett 2. Holly Johnson 3. Michael Jackson ---
**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 14, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/145 "2006-12-14T01:23:59Z")
Why don’t we all just take 20 points and choose someone other than Castro? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/146 "2006-12-14T02:23:36Z")
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 I should note that the first five are hold-overs from last year’s list - some are even two-year hold-overs. Farrah has what might be colorectal cancer. Pamela Anderson has hepatitis that is going to end her life early. Joey, as noted, is (I think) the last of the old Rat Pack. Nicole Richie - do I really need to point out how anorexic she is? Kevin Federline is one of my daughter’s contributions - she thinks he’ll have a tragic accident in the wrestling ring. Fidel, I think, has cancer and it’s bad. Anna Nicole has had tragedy and stress, and Peter Graves I added in a perverse twist as he is the brother of James Arness. The alternates are, of course, just in case someone on the list croaks before the end of the year, but I think they’re probably fairly solid picks for 2007. Well, now they can all be pretty much assured of making it to 2008! ---
**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 14, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/147 "2006-12-14T03:20:09Z")
[QUOTE=tarragon918] A Farrah has what might be colorectal cancer. Pamela Anderson has hepatitis that is going to end her life early. Joey, as noted, is (I think) the last of the old Rat Pack. Nicole Richie - do I really need to point out how anorexic she is? Kevin Federline is one of my daughter’s contributions - she thinks he’ll have a tragic accident in the wrestling ring. Fidel, I think, has cancer and it’s bad. Anna Nicole has had tragedy and stress, and Peter Graves I added in a perverse twist as he is the brother of James Arness. [/QUOTE] Man, you are truly making some serious negative waves. May I submit a list of folks for you to mediatate on? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/148 "2006-12-14T05:27:17Z")
In no particular order (I started out by recycling part of last year’s list…): 1. Billy Graham 2. Keith Richards 3. Jimmy Carter 4. Zsa Zsa Gabor 5. Terry Jones 6. Jesse Helms 7. Lindsay Lohan 8. Ariel Sharon 9. Gerald Ford 10. Farrah Fawcett 11. Bob Barker 12. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner 13. Fred Phelps ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/149 "2006-12-14T10:50:19Z")
If I’ve kept track correctly we now have 72 lists posted. Of the top 13 selected so far, Fidel Castro leads with 39 selections, just edging out Gerald Ford, who has 36. Keith Richards has moved into the top 13, finishing it out at 10 selections, in a three way tie with Margaret Thatcher and Dick Clark. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/150 "2006-12-14T11:54:07Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] If I’ve kept track correctly we now have 72 lists posted. Of the top 13 selected so far, Fidel Castro leads with 39 selections, just edging out Gerald Ford, who has 36. Keith Richards has moved into the top 13, finishing it out at 10 selections, in a three way tie with Margaret Thatcher and Dick Clark. [/QUOTE] It will be interesting to keep track of how the most popular choices actually fair in the final outcome. I am betting we as a group are terrible at guessing who shuffles off the mortal coil each year. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/151 "2006-12-14T12:14:33Z")
Well, one person in the 2006 thread seems to have been dead-on-balls accurate (to quote Marisa Tomei in “My Cousin Vinny”) ---
**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 14, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/152 "2006-12-14T12:27:43Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] If I’ve kept track correctly we now have 72 lists posted. Of the top 13 selected so far, Fidel Castro leads with 39 selections, just edging out Gerald Ford, who has 36. Keith Richards has moved into the top 13, finishing it out at 10 selections, in a three way tie with Margaret Thatcher and Dick Clark. [/QUOTE] **Baker** , sweetie, I cannot believe you are actually keeping track of this. How morbid! How sick! How, well, just weird! Sigh, if it weren’t for the gay thing on my part I think I’d start stalking you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/153 "2006-12-14T12:34:55Z")
1. Fidel Castro 2. Lindsay Lohan 3. Prince Charles 4. Stephen Hawking 5. Kurt Vonnegut 6. Mickey Rooney 7. Jerry Lewis 8. Casey Kasem 9. Vic Damone 10. Suzanne Pleshette 11. Tom Poston 12. Pete Doherty 13. Bobby Brown A1 Elizabeth Taylor A2 Nancy Reagan ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/154 "2006-12-14T19:07:12Z")
These are my picks. 1. Liza Minelli 2. Farrah Fawcett 3. Annette Funicello 4. Charles Durning 5. Chubby Checker 6. Robert Blake 7. Joey Bishop 8. Keith Richards 9. Diana Ross 10. Stan Musial 11. Cloris Leachman 12. Zsa Zsa Gabor 13. Tom Bosley alternates Sally Field Chuck Berry Jerry Lewis ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/155 "2006-12-14T19:18:45Z")
I’m imaging Keith Richards in a three way with Margaret Thatcher and Dick Clark…Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/156 "2006-12-14T21:10:27Z")
[QUOTE=tarragon918] Joey [Bishop], as noted, is (I think) the last of the old Rat Pack. [/QUOTE] Depends how specifically you define the term. Bishop is the last survivor of the [five-man core](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Pack), but of the “female participants”, Shirley MacLaine and Lauren Bacall are still around, as is “mascot” Angie Dickinson. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/157 "2006-12-14T21:30:32Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I’m imaging Keith Richards in a three way with Margaret Thatcher and Dick Clark…Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! :eek: [/QUOTE] It gets more bizarre. With the latest two lists, Keith has moved ahead of Thatcher and Clark, and is now in a tie with Dick Cheney. ---
**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 14, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/158 "2006-12-14T22:27:02Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] I’m imaging Keith Richards in a three way with Margaret Thatcher and Dick Clark…Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! :eek: [/QUOTE] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! Make it stop!!! Bleach! I need bleach! Geez **Annie**! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/159 "2006-12-14T22:31:20Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Man, you are truly making some serious negative waves. May I submit a list of folks for you to mediatate on? 🙂 [/QUOTE] Haha…thanks for the suggestion, **CP**! It’s a good idea, actually. It is kind of morbid to be pondering on the demise of these people, I do admit to that. BUT…as I noted in the last paragraph, since they’re on my list and I’ve only had one person in the last three years (Pope John Paul II, no less!), that pretty much assures that they will make it to 2008. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620/160 "2006-12-15T02:41:06Z")
1. Tom Petty 2. Andy Griffith 3.Carol Channing 4.Rob Reiner 5.Pat Buchanan 3. Ron Santo 7.Rip Torn 4. Phyllis Diller 9.Farrah Fawcett 10.Bob Barker 11.Jerry Stiller 12.Bob Newhart 5. Kenan Thompson Now that I’ve added my picks, I’ve assured that they will all escape the grim reaper for another year [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2007/382620.md?page=9)