# The Celebrity Death Pool 2009 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262 "2008-12-01T23:40:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/201 "2008-12-22T15:37:31Z")
1. Dave Clark, of the Dave Clark 5 2. Soulja Boy, overrated rapper 3. Amy Winehouse, singer 4. Lauren Conrad, actress 5. Michael Jackson, singer 6. Ted Kennedy, senator 7. Roger Ebert, journalist 8. Peter Falk, actor 9. Karl Malden, actor 10. Robert McNamara, secretary of defense 11. Sherwood Schwartz, TV producer 12. Paul Harvey, radio personality 13. Tina Louise, actress Dave Clark Soulja Boy Amy Winehouse Lauren Conrad Michael Jackson Ted Kennedy Roger Ebert Peter Falk Karl Malden Robert McNamara Sherwood Schwartz Paul Harvey Tina Louise Alts: Barbara Billingsley Tara Reid Fidel Castro ---
**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 22, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/202 "2008-12-22T15:42:49Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > ANNIE!!! > > You’ve diversified your list! > I’m _SHOCKED!_ I’m shock at people listing Michael Jackson & Peter Falk. News gets around fast on these Boards. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/203 "2008-12-22T16:42:08Z")
Michael Jackson Patrick Swayze Anthony Kiedis Owen Wilson John McCain Augusten Burroughs Nancy Reagan Donald Rumsfeld Lindsay Lohan Ted Kennedy Amy Winehouse Frances Reid T.I. Matthew Fox ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/204 "2008-12-22T16:57:09Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > T.I. Who in hell is T.I. ? ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/205 "2008-12-22T17:08:35Z")
Amy Winehouse - drug related Ted Kennedy - cancer Kim Jong Il - clearly not well Fidel Castro - ditto Michael Jackson - had him on mine before, hope he makes it to January! Peter Falk - looking bad for this guy Kevin Smith - Have you seen how fat he is lately? Macho Man Randy Savage - Wrestlers have a short lifespan and he has health probs. Steve Jobs - wasting away Patrick Swayze - yet more cancer Ariel Sharon - yes he’s still alive Elizabeth Edwards - I’ll be sad, but I see it coming Robert Novak - more cancer Alt: Lindsay Lohan - seems like she’s better but could fall off the wagon again. Plain list: Amy Winehouse Ted Kennedy Kim Jong Il Fidel Castro Michael Jackson Peter Falk Kevin Smith Macho Man Randy Savage Steve Jobs Patrick Swayze Ariel Sharon Elizabeth Edwards Robert Novak Alt: Lindsay Lohan ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/206 "2008-12-22T18:33:20Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Fidel Castro > Clint Eastwood > Patrick Swayze > Jimmy Carter > Lindsay Lohan > Vince Neil > Ted Kennedy > Nancy Reagan > Walter Cronkite > Chuck Berry > Keith Richards > Ann Wilson > Quentin Tarantino > > Alternate: Queen Elizabeth II I need to make an edit. I’m replacing Jimmy Carter with Michael Jackson. My list now looks like this: Fidel Castro Clint Eastwood Patrick Swayze Michael Jackson Lindsay Lohan Vince Neil Ted Kennedy Nancy Reagan Walter Cronkite Chuck Berry Keith Richards Ann Wilson Quentin Tarantino Alternate: Queen Elizabeth II ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/207 "2008-12-22T19:57:48Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Who in hell is T.I. ? A rapper. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/208 "2008-12-22T19:59:18Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > A rapper. I thought this game was limited to celebrities… 😃 ---
**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 22, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/209 "2008-12-22T20:09:40Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I’m shock at people listing Michael Jackson & Peter Falk. > > News gets around fast on these Boards. What would be an appropriate term for prospective dead people whoring? Pseudonecronyphomania? ---
**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 22, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/210 "2008-12-22T20:17:10Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I’m shock at people listing Michael Jackson & Peter Falk. > > News gets around fast on these Boards. Is there some actual news about Michael? I just put him in as a long shot who’s death wouldn’t terribly upset me. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/211 "2008-12-22T20:38:57Z")
He’s on his last leg, er lung. He’s supposed to need a lung transplant and have some internal bleeding that the doctors can’t stop. ---
**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 22, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/212 "2008-12-22T20:39:12Z")
Ah, I see your thread about his lung disease. Well, out of the bad, may come some good (points). ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/213 "2008-12-22T21:42:50Z")
Updated list: Queen Elizabeth Billy Graham Muhammed Ali Hugh Hefner Keith Richards Fidel Castro Lauren Bacall Michael Jackson Ted Kennedy Judi Dench Peter Falk Lindsay Lohan John McCain Alternate: Prince Charles ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/214 "2008-12-22T21:55:08Z")
I don’t know; the news about MJ’s supposed genetic disease sounds kind of fishy to me. I’m dubious. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/215 "2008-12-22T23:54:14Z")
Owen Wilson Steve Jobs Patrick Swayze Elizabeth Edwards John Goodman Ron Howard Liza Minnelli Della Reese Mary Travers Jeff Conaway Daniel Baldwin Wil Wheaton Annette Funicello ---
**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 23, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/216 "2008-12-23T02:00:31Z")
I, too shall jump on the bandwagon, but do so in an alliterative manner and replace George Mitchell with Michael Jackson. John Forsythe Elizabeth Edwards Barack Obama Robert Novak Ted Kennedy Michael Jackson Ray Bradbury Ariel Sharon Macaulay Culkin Nancy Reagen Fidel Castro Kirk Douglas Dick Cheney Alternates Carol Burnett Ehud Olmert Koko Taylor ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/217 "2008-12-23T14:31:28Z")
Another revision – I do wish people wouldn’t announce fatal conditions after I’ve submitted my Death Poll list … F. Lee Bailey Pete Doherty Farrah Fawcett Mitzi Gaynor Michael Jackson Wink Martindale Liza Minnelli Ron Popeil Phyllis Schlafley Boris Spassky Patrick Swayze Gore Vidal Amy Winehouse Alternates: Rich Little Joyce Brothers ---
**Author:** ![MarkF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MarkF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/218 "2008-12-23T14:47:43Z")
Here goes then, I have checked for death notices on some of these and couldn’t find any so hopefully, this list will stay ‘clean’, as t’were… Michael Jackson Colin Farrell Jade Goody Kirk Douglas Margaret Thatcher Peter Sallis Aretha Franklin Fidel Castro Eric Sykes Seve Ballesteros Blake Fielder-Civil Mike Yarwood Roman Abramovish Prince Philip Explanations (of a sort) Michael Jackson - Reknowned West Ham Fan (Forever Blowing Bubbles…) Colin Farrell - Next Years Heath Ledger Jade Goody - Instant Karma’s gonna get you! Kirk Douglas - He is rather old Margaret Thatcher - Scotland could use the good news Peter Sallis - Lovely bloke but W&G will become collectables Aretha Franklin - I’ve said a little prayer, she’s not got good health… Fidel Castro - Just seems likely and Cuba will benefit, so… Eric Sykes - Lovely old english comedian Seve Ballesteros - Sadly ill Blake Fielder-Civil - Just as an alternative to freakhouse Mike Yarwood - Been depressed for a long time, old and not v. good impersonator Roman Abramovich - The credit crunch will really bite in '09 Prince Philip - Hasn’t got Liz’s genes. I have to say btw the way I am incredulous that Walter Kronkite is still going… Well there we go, my virgin attempt at the 'pool. Here’s to a healthy 2009 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/219 "2008-12-23T22:06:45Z")
Updated list: (Michael Jackson in, Bum Philips out) Muhammed Ali Art Linkletter Patrick Swayze Andy Rooney Farrah Fawcett Jack T. Chick Billy Graham Betty Ford Ted Kennedy Amy Winehouse Roger Ebert Michael Jackson Kitty Wells Kirk Douglas Billy Graham Fidel Castro ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/220 "2008-12-24T12:15:57Z")
With all these revisions to include Michael Jackson he’s now in the top 13 of celebrity choices, at, _by my non-official count_, 11th place. I plan to ensure the death of all my 2008 choices by going with the top twelve choices of Dopers this year, with Kim Jong-il bumped from(currently) #13 to make room for Fred Phelps. Just in case there are any revisions I’ll post on the 31st. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=12)