# The Celebrity Death Pool 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439 "2007-12-01T11:46:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 29, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/181 "2007-12-29T17:25:52Z")
[QUOTE=mikeargo] No comments, just the list: William F. Buckley Pamela Anderson George Steinbrenner Amy Winehouse Bob Guccione Gordie Howe Bill Parcells Stephen Hawking Wilford Brimley John Paul Stephens Alternate: Liza Minelli [/QUOTE] List of 13, not 10 (11 if you count your alt) ---
**Author:** ![mikeargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/182 "2007-12-29T17:40:07Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] List of 13, not 10 (11 if you count your alt) [/QUOTE] Sorry. Add Liza to the list, along with: Queen Elizabeth II Hosni Mubarak New Alternate: Nancy Reagan ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/183 "2007-12-29T17:59:58Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] Damnit, that’s what I get for waking up and posting tired. Scratch Marvin (really, what the hell was I thinking?) and scratch Wallach. Go with Bob Barker. [/QUOTE] I was scratching my head when I read it. “I thought I saw his grave” [Yep.](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1600) Not too far from you (if your location field is right) Alington National Cemetary. ---
**Author:** ![percussion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@percussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percussion)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/184 "2007-12-29T18:23:23Z")
1. Garth Brooks 2. Abe Vigoda 3. Pete Doherty 4. Elliott Carter 5. Claudio Abaddo 6. Kurt Masur 7.Perez Hilton 7. U-God from the Wu Tang Clan 8. John Crosbie 9. James Levine 10. Colin Davis 11. Howie Mandel 12. Regis Philbin Alt: John Dailey ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/185 "2007-12-29T19:32:44Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] Damnit, that’s what I get for waking up and posting tired. Scratch Marvin (really, what the hell was I thinking?) and scratch Wallach. Go with Bob Barker. [/QUOTE] OK. Maybe Lee is just living up to your user name. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/186 "2007-12-29T22:11:50Z")
My Very First Celebrity Death Pool List: Sydney Pollack Lindsay Lohan Fidel Castro Walter Kronkite Billy Graham Tim Conway Andy Griffith Owen Wilson Farrah Fawcett Kirk Douglas Wayne Newton Bob Newhart Elizabeth Taylor Alternates: Dick Cheney Keith Richards I stayed out of the thread to avoid influence up to this point, but I scanned it before I posted. I think I did OK for my first try. I guess we’ll see! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/187 "2007-12-30T18:36:42Z")
Another substitution: scratch Joni Mitchell; add Rudy Boesch. Roger Ebert Pervez Musharraf Geraldine Ferraro Michael J. Fox Rudy Boesch Louis Farrakhan Tony Snow Suzanne Pleshette Farah Fawcett Amy Winehouse Muhammed Ali Elizabeth Edwards Pete Domenici Alternates: Fred Phelps Kim Jong-Il Michael Moore ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/188 "2007-12-30T19:36:49Z")
0 for 13 in 2007 Here’s 2008’s list: Britney Spears Osama Bin Laden Billy Graham Bob Barker Fidel Castro Roger Ebert Lindsay Lohan Robert Downey, Jr. Scott Peterson Tommy Ramone Andy Williams Roger Clemens Michael Vick Alternates: Woody Allen Bilawal Bhutto Dustin Diamond NOTE ON SCOTT PETERSON: My entry assumes that he dies via “extra-judicial” means, and not via state-sanctioned execution. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/189 "2007-12-30T19:58:14Z")
[QUOTE=HeyHomie] 0 for 13 in 2007 Here’s 2008’s list: [/QUOTE] You are the 100th entrant. We have 601 different celebrities to date. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/190 "2007-12-30T20:38:37Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] You are the 100th entrant. We have 601 different celebrities to date. [/QUOTE] Who are the most popular so far? I’m seeing lots of Farrah Fawcetts, lots of Amy Winehouses, lots of Fidel Castros. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/191 "2007-12-30T21:17:38Z")
Zombie Fidel Castro: duh Muhammad Ali: down goes Ali Ariel Sharon: see #1 Ron Santo: my favorite baseball player growing up, multiple health problems Mary Kate Olsen: youth, anorexia & alleged coke use make her just too hard to pass up she looks worse than Keith Richards [who BTW will outlive us all] Ronnie Biggs: Great Train robber Zsa Zsa Gabor: famous for being famous (& slugging a cop) Margaret Thatcher Mickey Carroll: famous Munchkin Pete Doherty: English punkie junkie Eunice Kennedy Shriver Amy Winehouse Georgia Frontiere: owner of the St Louis Rams; reportedly on her deathbed. Don’t know if the Rams 0-8 start had anything to do with it. If she or any others on the list jump the gun so to speak: Elizabeth Edwards, won’t that be a soap opera. Fidel Castro Muhammad Ali Ariel Sharon Ron Santo Mary Kate Olsen Ronnie Biggs Zsa Zsa Gabor Margaret Thatcher Mickey Carroll Pete Doherty Eunice Kennedy Shriver Amy Winehouse Georgia Frontiere Elizabeth Edwards ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/192 "2007-12-30T21:18:28Z")
Hey twin **twickster** , Happy Birthday tomorrow! I’ve been keeping track, but I screwed up along the way somewhere because I only counted 99 entries. But what I have must be close. The top numbers, as I have seen them are, drumroll please… Fidel Castro Elizabeth Taylor Farrah Fawcett Ariel Sharon Britney Spears Amy Winehouse Billy Graham Kirk Douglas Dick Cheney Muhammed Ali By my (one list off remember) count Castro has 51 “votes”. Taylor and Fawcett, put together, have that many. Rounding out the top 10, Ali has 15. The next ten celebrities after that go down to Roger Ebert, with 10. He’s the last with at least 10, everyone below that has less. Approximately 69% of the celebrities on the list are unique picks. I’m posting tomorrow morning, with my own list. My only score for 2007 was Benazir Bhutto, and unless someone else hurries up and dies she will also have been the last for 2007. PS I had never heard of this Amy Winehouse person before she started showing up for the Deathpool. ---
**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 30, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/193 "2007-12-30T21:35:25Z")
Some oldies, some new faces, all guaranteed immortality: 1. Peter Camejo, former running mate of Ralph Nader 2. Mark White, former Texas Governor 3. Shelley Morrison, actress (_Will & Grace_) 4. Geraldine Ferraro, former vice-presidential candidate 5. Philip Chevron, guitarist for _The Pogues_ 6. Joe Torre, Los Angeles Dodgers manager 7. Teri Garr, Actress 8. Ken Kercheval, actor (_Dallas_) 9. AQ Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist 10. Tom Hamilton, _Aerosmith bass_ player 11. Steve Jobs, Apple CEO 12. John Daly, PGA golfer 13. Jack Van Impe, televangelist Alternates: 14. Roddy Piper, former professional wrestler 15. Sharon Osbourne, music manager and promoter 16. Johnny Pesky, former Red Sox shortstop Peter Camejo Mark White Shelley Morrison Geraldine Ferraro Philip Chevron Joe Torre Teri Garr Ken Kercheval AQ Khan Tom Hamilton Steve Jobs John Daly Jack Van Impe Alternates: Roddy Piper Sharon Osbourne Johnny Pesky ---
**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 30, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/194 "2007-12-30T23:48:24Z")
Here’s my list. (Note: Mickey Carroll is the one name on the list who’s fame may not be self evident. He’s one of the last surviving Munchkins from the Wizard of Oz) Stan Musial Farrah Fawcett Charles Durning Dick Clark Annette Funicello Zsa Zsa Gabor Joan Rivers Don Rickles David Crosby Cloris Leachman Pat Carroll Mickey Carroll Dave Brubeck Alternates Sally Field Chuck Berry Jerry Lewis ---
**Author:** ![Ritter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ritter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ritter)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/195 "2007-12-31T00:28:43Z")
Sadly as Benazir Bhutto has died, I will replace her with Mel Brooks. I am also going to replace ‘Ben Aud’ - it turned out to actually be Richie Benaud but I misheard my boyfriend… another swap of Amy Winehouse for Stephen Stills and I’m done 🙂 So, my list looks like: Helen Gurley Brown (founder of Cosmpolitan magazine) Stephen Stills (singer) Dominick Dunne (Vanity Fair contributor) Jenna Jameson (porn star) Kirk Douglas (actor) Margaret Thatcher (former British PM) Tom Sizemore (actor) Lauren Bacall (actor) Elizabeth Taylor (actor) Bo Diddley (singer) Joan Didion (author) Mel Brooks (comedian) Dick Cheney (VP of USA) ---
**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/196 "2007-12-31T00:45:06Z")
Doris Lessing, October 22, 1919 (88/89) Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Former PM of India, December 25, 1923 (84/85) or 1924 (83/84) (reports say he just turned 84, but most places give his birth as Dec 25, 1924) Fidel Castro, August 13, 1926 (81/82) (I’m going to keep picking him until one of us is dead) Ariel Sharon, February 27, 1928 (79/80) (him, too.) Dan Rather, October 31, 1931, (76/77) Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos, (head of Greek Orthodox Church), January 16, 1939 (68/69) Rudy Giuliani, May 28, 1944 (63/64) Stephen Stills, January 3, 1945 (62/63) Farrah Fawcett, February 2, 1947 (60/61) Gordon Brown, February 20, 1951 (55/56) Tony Snow, June 1, 1955 (52/53) Amy Winehouse, September 14, 1983 (24/25) Marco Andretti, March 13, 1987 (21/22) * * * Doris Lessing Atal Bihari Vajpayee Fidel Castro Ariel Sharon Dan Rather Archbishop Christodoulos Rudy Giuliani Stephen Stills Farrah Fawcett Gordon Brown Tony Snow Amy Winehouse Marco Andretti ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/197 "2007-12-31T00:55:45Z")
Dick Button Dick Clark Bill Cosby Farrah Fawcett Michael J. Fox Zsa Zsa Gabor John Goodman Stan Lee Mary-Kate Olsen Tara Reid Randy Savage Britney Spears Shirley Temple Black ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/198 "2007-12-31T01:00:10Z")
[QUOTE=Ritter] Sadly as Benazir Bhutto has died, I will replace her with Mel Brooks. I am also going to replace ‘Ben Aud’ - it turned out to actually be Richie Benaud but I misheard my boyfriend… another swap of Amy Winehouse for Stephen Stills and I’m done 🙂 So, my list looks like: Helen Gurley Brown (founder of Cosmpolitan magazine) Stephen Stills (singer) Dominick Dunne (Vanity Fair contributor) Jenna Jameson (porn star) Kirk Douglas (actor) Margaret Thatcher (former British PM) Tom Sizemore (actor) Lauren Bacall (actor) Elizabeth Taylor (actor) Bo Diddley (singer) Joan Didion (author) Mel Brooks (comedian) Dick Cheney (VP of USA) [/QUOTE] You need to submit your list without commentary. What you have is fine for humans, but the official submissions are machine read. ---
**Author:** ![PsychoNoddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@PsychoNoddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PsychoNoddy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/199 "2007-12-31T01:32:09Z")
My noms Philip Duke of Edinburgh Mickey Rooney Jimmy Carter Betty Ford Kylie Minogue Hugh Hefner Gough Whitlam Lewis Hamilton Ernest Borgnine Norman Wisdom Heather Mills Vera Lynn Suharto ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/200 "2007-12-31T03:21:17Z")
Fidel Castro Nancy Reagan Dick Cheney Charlton Heston Hamid Karzai Pervez Musharaff Liz Taylor George H W Bush Billy Graham Muhammad Ali Mikhail Kalashnikov Birch Bayh Castro- 'cause he’s dead already. Just a zombie now. Nancy Reagan- Just say yes to walking into the light Dick Cheney- Evil Overlord will die when Dem is elected president Hamid Karzai- Workplace Hazards Pervez Musharaff- haunted to death by the ghost of Bhutto Liz Taylor- final scent to be called “deathbed” George H W Bush- out of shame Billy Graham- We can only hope Muhammad Ali- Obvious reasons. Won’t make jokes, as he could probably still kick my ass. Mikhail Kalashnikov- he’s really really old. Birch Bayh- Defeated for Senate Seat by Quayle. Also old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=11)