# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/121 "2007-12-21T19:11:32Z")
Betty Ford Charlton Heston Jack Kevorkian Daniel Schorr Pope Benedict James Watson Billy Graham Jerry Lewis Kirk Douglas Courtney Love Micheal Jackson Lewis Farrakhan Elizabeth Taylor Alternates Bob Weir Ariel Sharon ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/122 "2007-12-21T19:34:53Z")
Jimmy Carter Dick Cheney Dick Clark Olivia de Havilland Kirk Douglas Lindsay Lohan Courtney Love Liza Minnelli Paul Newman Keith Richards Mickey Rooney Britney Spears Elizabeth Taylor Alternate: Paris Hilton Thanks, **amarone**! You’re _swell!_ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/123 "2007-12-21T19:56:51Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] Harry Morgan Phyllis Diller Shirley Temple Black Barry Manilow Ray Bradbury Gene Wilder Dick Van Dyke Angela Lansbury Betty White Bea Arthur Sid Caesar Billy Graham Olivia DeHavilland Alternates: Sherwood Schwartz Beverly Cleary Dolly Parton [/QUOTE] Please replace my Barry Manilow with Bo Diddley. Final list: Harry Morgan Phyllis Diller Shirley Temple Black Bo Diddley Ray Bradbury Gene Wilder Dick Van Dyke Angela Lansbury Betty White Bea Arthur Sid Caesar Billy Graham Olivia DeHavilland Alternates: Sherwood Schwartz Beverly Cleary Dolly Parton ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/124 "2007-12-22T15:08:17Z")
[QUOTE=zamboniracer] Many thanks for running this contest again. My picks Sid Caesar Yogi Berra Stan Musial Bob Feller Ernie Banks Mel Brooks Ed McMahon Elizabeth Taylor Fidel Castro Tim Conway Jonathan Winters Don Rickles Ernest Borgnine [/QUOTE] I need to amend my list, to add 90 year old Lena Horne and delete Don Rickles. He’s active, out selling his book after all. ---
**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 23, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/125 "2007-12-23T06:09:18Z")
Lindsay Lohan Michelle Duggar Fred Phelps Jesse Helms Jimmy Carter Farrah Fawcett Mary Kate Olsen Brittany Spears Bob Barker Andy Griffith Ariel Sharon Billy Graham Annette Funicello ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/126 "2007-12-23T14:11:36Z")
[QUOTE=Jeep’s Phoenix] Michelle Duggar [/QUOTE] Death during childbirth, maybe? [Duggar Website](http://www.duggarfamily.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/127 "2007-12-23T20:15:37Z")
Ariel Sharon Fidel Castro Bob Barker Dick Clark Peter O’Toole Farrah Fawcett Paul Newman Elizabeth Taylor Kirk Douglas Miss Manners Owen Wilson Stephen Hawking Liza Minelli Alternate: PD James ---
**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 24, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/128 "2007-12-24T00:19:42Z")
[QUOTE=Carm6773] Death during childbirth, maybe? [Duggar Website](http://www.duggarfamily.com/) [/QUOTE] That thing’s gonna fall out sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![vraskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/edb3f5/32.png) [@vraskin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vraskin)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/129 "2007-12-24T05:08:19Z")
Anthony Lewis Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Harold Pinter Antonia Fraser John Paul Justice Stevens Monica Vitti Shimon Peres Daniel Shorr Margaret Thatcher Eldar Ryazanov Johannes Heesters Doris Lessing Nelson Mandela ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/130 "2007-12-24T06:50:09Z")
George Jones Louis Farrakhan Farrah Fawcett Annette Funicello Kirk Douglas Ernest Borgnine Eartha Kitt Fidel Castro Muhammad Ali Art Modell Don Rickles Nancy Reagan Henry Kissinger Alternates Suge Knight Bob Feller ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/131 "2007-12-24T13:48:27Z")
John Astin Yogi Berra George Blanda Fidel Castro Sid Ceasar Chris Economaki Larry Hagman Ingemar Johansson Greg Louganis Karl Malden Rose Marie Allen Melvin Dionne Warwick ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/132 "2007-12-24T17:09:33Z")
Going with an All-NFL theme, including the 3 remaining members of the Fearsome Foursome. Larry Czonka Bud Grant Rosey Grier Bob Griese Franco Harris Deacon Jones Marv Levy Joe Namath Merlin Olsen Alan Page Bill Parcells Bart Starr Roger Staubach ---
**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 24, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/133 "2007-12-24T20:12:07Z")
Does the list seem to be going slower this year? Maybe it’s just me. I got my list but I’m checking it twice. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/134 "2007-12-25T02:11:21Z")
1. Kurt Angle 2. Linsay Lohan 3. Van Morrison 4. Charles van Doren 5. Brittney Spears 6. Amy Winehouse 7. Dick Cheney 8. Dick Clark 9. Walter Cronkite 10. Albert Finney 11. Farrah Fawcett 12. Joe Pesci 13. Alex Trebek ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/135 "2007-12-25T04:16:40Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] Does the list seem to be going slower this year? Maybe it’s just me. I got my list but I’m checking it twice. [/QUOTE] You are correct. I don’t know if people are being coy with their lists this year and waiting until closer to the deadline, but to date we have had 78 lists. At this time last year we had 99 lists. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/136 "2007-12-25T04:18:28Z")
[QUOTE=Randy Seltzer] I really wanted to do this last year, but didn’t. And I know it’s traditional to wait as long as possible so people don’t copy you too much, but if I don’t do it while I’m thinking about it, I’ll forget. 1. Claude “I’m going to score **Randy** ONE point” Levi-Strauss (11-28-08) 2. Oscar “A mother fucking piano player!” Peterson (8-15-25) 3. Fidel “Outlasted 10 presidents” Castro (8-13-26) 4. Mikhail “Naevus Flammeus” Gorbachev (3-2-31) 5. Leonard “Death Grip” Nimoy (3-26-31) 6. Lenny “Super Bowl IV” Dawson (6-20-35) 7. Joe “.605 with New York” Torre (7-18-40) 8. Richard “Shaft” Roundtree (7-9-42) 9. Farrah “The Blonde One” Fawcett (2-2-47) 10. Vladimir “In Soviet Russia, TV watches YOU” Putin (10-7-52) 11. Stanley G. “STS-122 mission specialist” Love (6-8-65) 12. Amy “They tried to make me go to rehab” Winehouse (9-14-83) 13. Jeffrey “I’ll make granddad proud” Earnhardt (6-22-89) Alternates: 14. Queen Elizabeth “Lilibet” the second (4-21-26) 15. Stephen “A Brief History of Time” Hawking (1-8-42) Claude Levi-Strauss Oscar Peterson Fidel Castro Mikhail Gorbachev Leonard Nimoy Len Dawson Joe Torre Richard Roundtree Farrah Fawcett Vladimir Putin Stanley G. Love Amy Winehouse Jeffrey Earnhardt [/QUOTE] Inserting QE II as your alternate for Oscar Peterson. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/137 "2007-12-25T05:09:31Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] Any chance you could do a plain format list? And calling **Spiff** with the same request. [/QUOTE] Um . . . didn’t I? **amarone** , I don’t think I understand. Want me to PM you my list? Tripler 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/138 "2007-12-25T08:57:34Z")
[QUOTE=amarone] Inserting QE II as your alternate for Oscar Peterson. [/QUOTE] Thanks much. ::Sigh:: Oh Oscar. Why couldn’t you have waited another eight days? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/139 "2007-12-25T10:34:06Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] Um . . . didn’t I? **amarone** , I don’t think I understand. Want me to PM you my list? [/QUOTE] A plain format list is one without the commentary in amongst it. As requested in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439/140 "2007-12-25T13:51:49Z")
My picks: George Herbert Walker Bush Ed Koch Ray Nagin Dick Clark Ed McMahon Jimmy Carter John Glenn Amy Winehouse Al Sharpton Britney Spears Ruth Bader-Ginsburg Michael Vick Boutros Boutros-Ghali Sorry about the confusion. Here’s my simple list! Tripler I still think I’m going to make some Boutros Boutros-Ghali on toast for Christmas morning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2008/428439.md?page=8)