# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/221 "2007-12-31T14:17:55Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Rules clarification: Do we have to spell the name correctly? 🙂 [/QUOTE] No, but it helps. All nominations of the same person must be identical. I correct differences. ---
**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 31, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/222 "2007-12-31T15:07:15Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] No, but it helps. All nominations of the same person must be identical. I correct differences. [/QUOTE] Thanks! ---
**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 31, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/223 "2007-12-31T15:08:44Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] Maybe next year I will request the person’s name at the head of the list, followed by a blank line, then the list. Then I will need to type nothing. [/QUOTE] Like this? Sean Factotum Nawaz Sharif Pervez Musharraf Manto Tshabalala-Msimang Ronnie Biggs Lindsay Lohan Farrah Fawcett Walter Payton James Gammon Bobby Brown Amy Winehouse Roger Ebert Suzanne Pleshette Ronald Isley Alternates: Harold Pinter Kylie Minogue I see no need for a third at this late date ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/224 "2007-12-31T15:19:21Z")
Here’s an all-sports list. Sammy Baugh Emile Bouchard George Chuvalo Art Donovan Bob Feller Raymond Kopa Jake La Motta Marvin Miller Art Modell Tony Proudfoot Ron Santo Tony Trabert John Wooden Alternate: Bobby Doerr ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/225 "2007-12-31T15:43:18Z")
Bob Barker Fidel Castro Billy Graham Stephen Hawking Hugh Hefner Charlton Heston James J. Kilpatrick Imelda Marcos Debra Paget Eleanor Parker Fred Phelps Ariel Sharon Vera Lynn ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/226 "2007-12-31T15:45:16Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Like this? Sean Factotum Nawaz Sharif Pervez Musharraf Manto Tshabalala-Msimang Ronnie Biggs Lindsay Lohan Farrah Fawcett Walter Payton James Gammon Bobby Brown Amy Winehouse Roger Ebert Suzanne Pleshette Ronald Isley Alternates: Harold Pinter Kylie Minogue I see no need for a third at this late date [/QUOTE] Walter Payton died in 1999 ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/227 "2007-12-31T15:47:06Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Like this? [/quote] Perfect! [QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Walter Payton [/QUOTE] If you mean the ex-Bear, he died in 1999. I will promote Harold Pinter. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/228 "2007-12-31T16:10:28Z")
1.Russell Watson-Singer 2.Ian Brady-Serial Killer 3.Elizabeth Dawn-Actress 4.Paul O’Grady-Comedian 5.Bobby Robson-Footballer(England) 6.Tyrone Jones-CFL star 7. Lydia Shum-Comedian 8.Tony Snow-Former White House Press Secretary 9.Abdelaziz Bouteflika- President of Algeria 10.Suharto-former Indonesian military and political leader 11.Lou Henson-former NCAA basketball coach 12.Jim J. Bullock-Actor 13.Tim Johnson- Politician(South Dakota) Alternate-Ferlin Husky Russell Watson Ian Brady Elizabeth Dawn Paul O’Grady Bobby Robson Tyrone Jones Lydia Shum Tony Snow Abdelaziz Bouteflika Suharto Lou Henson Jim J. Bullock Tim Johnson Alt-Ferlin Husky ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/229 "2007-12-31T16:30:59Z")
If there was a contest to name the people you select in a death pool who don’t die that year, but do die a year later when you’ve taken them off your list…I’d win in a landslide. The folks I predict will no longer be on the earth at this time next year are: Queen Elizabeth II Bilamal Bhutto Kay Yow Dick Vitale Jack Kevorkian Tony Snow Roger Ebert John Wooden Boris Spassky Colleen Zenk Pinter Oral Robers Susan Pleshette Dick Cheney ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/230 "2007-12-31T16:35:24Z")
Kirk Douglas Annette Funicello Eunice Shriver Muhammad Ali Britney Spears Fidel Castro Dick Clark Cher Ariel Sharon Walter Cronkite Michael Jackson Margaret Thatcher Suzanne Pleshette Alternate: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Matt Serra Darryl Strawberry Lindsay Lohan ---
**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, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/231 "2007-12-31T16:49:08Z")
Same list as last year with one change (Muhammad Ali replacing the departed Lady Bird Johnson) Fidel Castro Margaret Thatcher Ariel Sharon Muhammad Ali Ronnie Biggs Gerald Ford Kirk Douglas Pete Doherty Joe Paterno Ara Parseghian John Wooden James Woods Larry Hagman ---
**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, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/232 "2007-12-31T16:51:22Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] So, when is **Rachm Qoch** going to post his master list? 😃 [/QUOTE] You thinking about just copying that list too? Doesn’t seem fair, but I haven’t seen a rule against it. ---
**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, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/233 "2007-12-31T16:52:53Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Same list as last year with one change (Muhammad Ali replacing the departed Lady Bird Johnson) Fidel Castro Margaret Thatcher Ariel Sharon Muhammad Ali Ronnie Biggs Gerald Ford Kirk Douglas Pete Doherty Joe Paterno Ara Parseghian John Wooden James Woods Larry Hagman [/QUOTE] Psst! Gerald Ford is dead. ---
**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, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/234 "2007-12-31T16:54:45Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Psst! Gerald Ford is dead. [/QUOTE] Good point…I shouldn’t be doing this at work. How about… Fidel Castro Margaret Thatcher Ariel Sharon Muhammad Ali Ronnie Biggs Nawaz Sharif Kirk Douglas Pete Doherty Joe Paterno Ara Parseghian John Wooden James Woods Larry Hagman ---
**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 31, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/235 "2007-12-31T16:57:45Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] You thinking about just copying that list too? Doesn’t seem fair, but I haven’t seen a rule against it. [/QUOTE] I would like to propose a rule. The winner of the previous year gets dispensation to post his list 24 hours later than everybody else, so long as he submits it in private to the moderator before the deadline. This would prevent copying. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/236 "2007-12-31T17:04:23Z")
Wow, am I late this year. Going to keep most of the stable, despite their poor showing in year(s) gone by. Liz Taylor Fidel Castro Lindsay Lohan John Forsythe Al Molinaro Jackie Cooper Harry Morgan June Foray Gordon Lightfoot Ernest Borgnine Farrah Fawcett-Majors Shane MacGowan Paris Hilton …and in the unlikely event any of these snuff it in the next 9 hours or so alternates: Sean Connery Stephen Hawking Henry Kissenger and major thanks to **amarone** for all this work! ---
**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, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/237 "2007-12-31T17:12:24Z")
Ok, my list: Fidel Castro Ariel Sharon Pervez Musharraf Kirk Douglas Bob Newhart Tony Snow Billy Graham Axl Rose Britney Spears David Letterman Ed McMahon Tim Conway Dan Rather ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/238 "2007-12-31T17:15:42Z")
Here’s mine, same as last year’s: Bill Cosby Farrah Fawcett Joe Piscopo Kirstie Alley John Larroquette Loretta Swit John Forsythe James Garner Al Pacino Mary Kate Olsen Charlie Daniels Merle Haggard George Jones ---
**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 31, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/239 "2007-12-31T18:18:12Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] Perfect! If you mean the ex-Bear, he died in 1999. I will promote Harold Pinter. [/QUOTE] I could have sworn I read an article about him earlier this year. And I concur with the promotion (although this will be, what, the third year Pinter’s been sick? I’m guessing he and Dr. Hawking share the same physician.) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/240 "2007-12-31T18:27:28Z")
**List With Commentary** Amy Winehouse - She gonna die after rehab, I say yeah, yeah, yeah Lindsay Lohan - Tragic cocaine overdoese gives paparazzi single glorious day of pictures, then bankruptcy Britney Spears - Her meth lab blows up Mark Mangino - BCS bowl victory induced heart attack David Blaine - Secrets of levitation fail him over pool of sharks equipped with laser beams Bono - Tragic incident on a Sunday, Bloody Sunday Fidel Castro - Excellent Cuban hospital has “tragic accident” Raul Castro - First up against the wall when the revolution comes T. Boone Pickens - Drowns while swimming in Scrooge McDuck like pool of crude oil, then donates everything to OSU in his will Ramzan Kadyrov - Chechnyan president commits suicide by shooting himself in the back numerous times (or polonium, your choice!) Pervez Musharraf - Confuses waterboarding with wakeboarding… oops! ALTERNATE: Joseph Kony - Leader of Ugandan Lord Resistance Army wakes up dead after being strangled by children that are actually invisible **No jokes here** Farrah Fawcett - Returning cancer Ron Springs - Ex-Cowboys player not expected to wake up from coma after kidney transplant **Text Only List** Amy Winehouse Bono Britney Spears David Blaine Farrah Fawcett Fidel Castro Lindsay Lohan Mark Mangino Pervez Musharraf Ramzan Kadyrov Raul Castro Ron Springs T. Boone Pickens Alternate: Joseph Kony [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=13)