# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/261 "2007-12-31T22:32:53Z")
Okay: I was, I believe 0/13 last year. You would think a palliative care nurse such as myself could do better than this but its more that I dont get hourly reports of peoples health. So some of it is repeats with a few fresh/elderly faces. 1. George W. Bush, current president of USA 2. Nancy Reagan 3. Margaret Thatcher 4. Henry Kissinger 5. Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead bassist) 6. Stan Lee (Spiderman!) 7. Fidel Castro 8. Joyce Randolph, (Trixie Norton on Honeymooners) 9. Steven Hawking, scientist 10. Mario Lemeiux, legendary NHL Penguin. 11. Pat Burns, NHL coach, last of NJ Devils 12. William Bill Davis, former premier of Ontario. 13. Robert Picton, pig farmer, born 1950. Convicted of murder of women from Vancouvers Downtown East Side. Alternates: Melanie Safka, What have they done to my song? Bill Murray, Comedic actor juliefoolie George W. Bush, Nancy Reagan Margaret Thatcher Henry Kissinger Phil Lesh Stan Lee Fidel Castro Joyce Randolph Steven Hawking Mario Lemeiux Pat Burns William Davis Robert Picton Melanie Safka Bill Murray ---
**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, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/262 "2007-12-31T22:33:55Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] **amarone** thanks for the update and for bein’ our host (hostess?) [/QUOTE] Thank you - and I’m a he. ---
**Author:** ![CowPatty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@CowPatty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CowPatty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/263 "2007-12-31T22:36:58Z")
I dunno. I thought I was ready to post my list and then I saw in the news that Mindy McCready got out of jail over the weekend. Hmmmm. I might need to move her up from alternate status. Clearly I must give this more thought. I’m wildly paranoid that I’ll somehow miss the posting deadline though (I did that one year and I’m still filled with grrrr over it) so I’ll go ahead, post what I have, and reserve the right for a few last minute tweaks if needed. Farrah Fawcett Suzanne Pleshette Eunice Kennedy Shriver Fidel Castro Tony Snow Jack Kevorkian Suge Knight Amy Winehouse Robert Mugabe Annette Funicello Louis Farrakhan Ronnie Biggs Pacman Jones Alternates: Fred Phelps Mindy McCready ---
**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 31, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/264 "2007-12-31T22:37:53Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] So, when is **Rachm Qoch** going to post his master list? 😃 [/QUOTE] I hope he’s playing it close to the vest and didn’t forget. Even though his list is usually filled with celebrities that I never heard of like the prime minister of East Bumfuqistan. I still admire his research technique. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/265 "2007-12-31T22:41:58Z")
Oh and before anyone comments, \*\*Robert Picton \*\* is convicted in Canada, and he won’t recieve the death penalty. It was mentioned last year too. I am thinking that a)he might not be the healthiest person arround, (what with eating all that pig meat, and his partying with women of interesting occupations) and b) there might be a few people not too pleased with him. So yes, convicted murderer, death by other means. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/266 "2007-12-31T22:48:14Z")
Rachm Qoch, IIRC, usually posts at the very last minute. ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/267 "2007-12-31T22:54:51Z")
**anyrose** , you have 14 on your list. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/268 "2007-12-31T22:57:30Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Rachm Qoch, IIRC, usually posts at the very last minute. [/QUOTE] Given his track record, if he posted any earlier we’d all copy his list! ---
**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, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/269 "2007-12-31T23:01:29Z")
[QUOTE=BJMoose] Given his track record, if he posted any earlier we’d all copy his list! [/QUOTE] I like to think he is cribbing from all of us. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/270 "2007-12-31T23:06:53Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] I like to think he is cribbing from all of us. [/QUOTE] And doing it better than we do. 😃 ---
**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 31, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/271 "2007-12-31T23:09:47Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Rachm Qoch, IIRC, usually posts at the very last minute. [/QUOTE] Last year he posted at 11pm eastern but he was active in the tread before he posted his final list. I’m worried. If he doesn’t post then _no one will die next year_! You know what that means. Zombies. Lots of zombies. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/272 "2007-12-31T23:13:06Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] **anyrose** , you have 14 on your list. [/QUOTE] omg! thank you ok revised list: Claude Levi-Strauss Esther Williams Hal David Nanette Fabray Edwin Newman Phyllis Diller Robert McNamara Sargent Shriver Robert Mondavi William F Buckley Hugh Downs Tom Bosley Annette Funicello alternates Lou Jacobi Julie Newmar Marty Allen Mitch Miller easily solved - I just moved one down to my alternates list eta: and given my track record, he’ll be the first to kick in '08 ---
**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, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/273 "2007-12-31T23:24:32Z")
Ariel Sharon Fidel Castro Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman Ronnie Biggs Billy Graham Mohammed Ali Sydney Pollack Orlando Thomas Nelson Mandela Farah Fawcett Steve Smith Eunice Kennedy Shriver Alternates: John Wooden Osama Bin Laden Louis Farrakhan Thanks for doing this amarone! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/274 "2007-12-31T23:25:38Z")
[ul] Elizabeth Taylor Charlton Heston Nancy Reagan Frank Cady Pete Doherty Amy Winehouse Britney Spears Dale Earnhardt Jr. Snoop Dogg Michael J. Fox Tom Cruise Paul Stanley Osama Bin Laden [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/275 "2007-12-31T23:59:09Z")
Plain List: 1. Osama bin Laden 2. Harper Lee 3. Chayito Valdez 4. Ariel Sharon 5. Tony Snow 6. Vice Vukov 7. Fidel Castro 8. Pope Benedict 9. Muqtada al Sadr 10. Abuc Ayyub Al Masri 11. Britney Spears 12. Christopher Tolkien 13. J.D. Salinger Alternates: Andy Dick Farley Granger ---
**Author:** ![bowler\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@bowler\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bowler_girl)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/276 "2008-01-01T00:24:09Z")
Estelle Getty Amy Winehouse Annette Funicello Pete Doherty Britney Spears Farrah Fawcett Patty Andrews Dick Button Tony Snow Elizabeth Edwards Fidel Castro Ariel Sharon Tara Reid Alternates: Jack Klugman Lindsay Lohan ---
**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:** [January 1, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/277 "2008-01-01T00:54:15Z")
5 hours left… ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/278 "2008-01-01T01:03:20Z")
amarone Farrah Fawcett Fidel Castro Suzanne Pleshette Abdul Al-Hakim Danny Federici Bobby Murcer Tony Proudfoot Wayne Shelford Steve Smith Orlando Thomas Russell Watson Charlie Wedermeyer Don Wittman Alternates: Tony Snow, Ariel Sharon. ---
**Author:** ![CowPatty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@CowPatty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CowPatty)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/279 "2008-01-01T01:22:52Z")
I’m sorry for the bother but I did some minor tweaking. I upgraded Mindy McCready and moved Pacman Jones to alternate. Here’s the final version: \*\* Farrah Fawcett Suzanne Pleshette Eunice Kennedy Shriver Fidel Castro Tony Snow Jack Kevorkian Suge Knight Amy Winehouse Robert Mugabe Annette Funicello Louis Farrakhan Ronnie Biggs Mindy McCready Alternates: Fred Phelps Pacman Jones\*\* By the way, if placing Amy Winehouse on your list just isn’t enough for you, you might want to try this site: [When Will Amy Winehouse Die?](http://www.whenwillamywinehousedie.com/) You might win an iPod Touch! ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/280 "2008-01-01T01:45:12Z")
Kirk Douglas Wilfred Brimley Dick Clark Dudley Moore Andy Rooney Jack Kevorkian Oliver Sacks Soupy Sales Jesse Helms Abe Vigoda Don Rickles Sidney Poitier Nelson Mandela Alternates Dom DeLuise Stephen Colbert That’s my list! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=15)