# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/401 "2009-01-01T03:37:00Z")
As absolutely no one died last year on my list, they also won’t die again. Apparently, these people are immortal: Muhammed Ali Robert Byrd Fidel Castro Dick Clark Elizabeth Edwards Blake Fielder-Civil Billy Graham Paul Harvey Teddy Kennedy Robert Novak Wendy Richard Ariel Sharon Patrick Swayze Alternate: Bob Barker ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/402 "2009-01-01T03:42:12Z")
Michael Jackson Brittany Spears Michelle Duggar Fred Phelps Nancy Reagan Billy Graham Steve Jobs Mel Brooks Keith Richards Kim Jong Il Kay Yow Barack Obama Ted Kennedy - I would like to add a big “I hope not” for Obama and Kay Yow (NCSU women’s basketball coach). ---
**Author:** ![CowPatty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@CowPatty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CowPatty)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/403 "2009-01-01T03:51:16Z")
Thanks for the hard work and dedication, **amarone**. You rock! [Merle Haggard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard) [Ted Kennedy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy) [Robert Novak](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Novak) [Patrick Swayze](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Swayze) [Susan Atkins](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Atkins) [Nolan Miller](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Miller) [Seve Ballesteros](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severiano_Ballesteros) [Steve Jobs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs) [Farrah Fawcett](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrah_Fawcett) [Amy Winehouse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse) [Wendy Richard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Richard) [Michael Lohberg](http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=155763.html) [Mindy McCready](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindy_McCready) Alternates: [Dominick Dunne](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominick_Dunne) [Elizabeth Edwards](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Edwards) [Jodie Sweetin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodie_Sweetin) And just in case that doesn’t count as a “clean” list: Merle Haggard Ted Kennedy Robert Novak Patrick Swayze Susan Atkins Nolan Miller Seve Ballesteros Steve Jobs Farrah Fawcett Amy Winehouse Wendy Richard Michael Lohberg Mindy McCready Alternates: Dominick Dunne Elizabeth Edwards Jodie Sweetin ---
**Author:** ![cuberdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/404 "2009-01-01T04:11:48Z")
My picks, with the help of SuperBoyfriend (action figure comes with real cape!): Bhumibol Adulyadej Barbara Bush Pete Best Marion Cunningham Al Davis Pete Doherty Michael Jackson Ron Jeremy Track Palin Tara Reid Tom Sizemore Prince Harry Asif Ali Zardari ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/405 "2009-01-01T04:36:14Z")
Revised: Vasily Aleksanyan Fidel Castro Rev. Billy Graham Ted Kennedy Nancy Reagan Patrick Swayze Annette Funicello Dick Clark Elizabeth Edwards Dom Deluise Ronnie Biggs Jon Anderson Hank Cochran Replaced Zsa Zsa with Dick Clark. Did you see him tonight??? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/406 "2009-01-01T04:54:47Z")
One of these years I’m going to actually put some thought into this, but for this year I’ll go with my all-or-nothing list from last year (with one token effort at actually getting some points). Gary Coleman Andy Dick Pete Doherty Artie Lang Ralphie May Chuckie Negron Terrell Owens Darryl Royal Tom Sizemore Darryl Strawberry Eddie Van Halen Amy Winehouse alternate: Danny Bonaduce for an hour. Chuckie Negron is the son of the Three Dog Night singer featured in an episode of A&E’s Intervention. I don’t know if that counts as celebrity or not, but I don’t think it will ultimately make a lot of difference to my standings. ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/407 "2009-01-01T05:24:10Z")
Patrick Swayze Ted Kennedy Amy Winehouse Fidel Castro Michael Jackson Manuel Uribe Elizabeth Taylor Charles Manson Elizabeth Edwards Mindy McCready Farrah Fawcett Susan Atkins Andy Dick Steve-O Muhammed Ali Suge Knight ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/408 "2009-01-01T05:24:57Z")
Well, here goes, and under the influence of the best part of a bottle of my namesake wine: Susan Atkins Stefano Borgonovo Sara Douglass Jade Goody Bill Grant Jang Jin-young Edward Kennedy Don Meyer Robert Muller Robert Novak Wendy Richard Wayne Shelford Patrick Swayze ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/409 "2009-01-01T05:35:05Z")
Golden Gophers Football - Oops, can’t pick them. They’ve been dead since 1962. Don Sanderson – Man inadvertently trying to prove that fighting in hockey is idiotic Thomas Buckley – Charity walker Eddie Thompson – Owner of Dundee United Bruce Coppock – Director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Susan Atkins - Murderer Vasily Aleksanyan – VP of Yukos now in jail for tax evasion Patrick Swayze – Doesn’t put baby in the corner Orlando Thomas - Football Johnny “Lam” Jones – Olympics and football Steve Smith – Football (running back, not the receiver) Sir David “Dai” Llewellyn – Welsh Playboy Steve Jobs - Apple Abdeset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi – Libyan terrorist Alternates Genaro Hernandez – World super featherweight boxing champ Alberto Capella Ibarra – Chief of Police in Tijuana, Mexico Don Sanderson Thomas Buckley Eddie Thompson Bruce Coppock Susan Atkins Vasily Aleksanyan Patrick Swayze Orlando Thomas Johnny “Lam” Jones Steve Smith Dai Llewellyn Steve Jobs Abdeset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/410 "2009-01-01T05:48:21Z")
Dusting off last years list and jettisoning the deadwood… This years choices to pass beyond the rim… Jimmy Carter Patrick Swayze Fidel Castro Don Kent Elizabeth Edwards Dave Maynard Robert Byrd Robert Novak Ted Kennedy Omar Abdel-Rahman Amy Winehouse Ariel Sharon Kevin White Wildcards: Harry Morgan Ed McMahon Larry King Of course, now they will live another year. ---
**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/411 "2009-01-01T05:58:48Z")
Here’s my list: Patrick Swayze Michael Jackson Eli Wallach Grace Slick Pauline Friedman Alec Baldwin Liza Minnelli J. D. Salinger Harper Lee Doris Day Tim Conway Robert Guillaume Carol Channing Alternates: Phyllis Diller Joan Fontaine Olivia de Haviland Pauline Friedman is the original Dear Abby (and sister of Ann Landers) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/412 "2009-01-01T06:04:07Z")
AAAAnd were off! Now the only question is how long we have to wait for the kickoff award winner. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/413 "2009-01-01T06:08:59Z")
What’s the longest ever for the kickoff to be awarded? ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/414 "2009-01-01T06:36:25Z")
Someone should check on the Travessers ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/415 "2009-01-01T06:43:33Z")
I share Robert Novak and Ted Kennedy with amarone. Is there hope? 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/416 "2009-01-01T06:50:48Z")
> [@qwest](#): > > Someone should check on the Travessers > [@](#): > > Wayne Bent [AKA Michael Travesser], 67, faces up to 18 years in prison for his felony convictions on Monday on one count of criminal sexual contact of a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. > > … > > Bent says he probably wouldn’t eat if were locked up again. > > “He says he’s finished with his work. … He has nothing more to do here,” Jeff Bent said after the verdict was announced in a courtroom in Taos. > > “He’s told me many times he’s not going to be in prison very long,” the son said. > … > > Jeff Bent said he believed it was the “end of the road for the world” because of his father’s conviction. > > He sidestepped questions about whether the 45 or so church members would fast if Wayne Bent did while he was in prison. Church members had indicated last week that they would. > > He also refused to say what would happen to the sect if Bent were imprisoned. Two weeks before they start dropping like flies. The Angel of Death strikes again. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/417 "2009-01-01T07:19:06Z")
Why are these weirdos often named “Plant”, er, “Wayne”? Who are all the other folks with the same made up last name? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/418 "2009-01-01T07:31:29Z")
plant, they’re members of a religious cult who may be planning suicide. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/419 "2009-01-01T11:25:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Twenty bucks and I’ll replace someone on my list with him. Those lucky few who write books about surviving the big C, or were misdiagnosed in the first place. :rolleyes: 20 bucks to save a low-life barfly? Yeah, he’s my favorite barfly, but not 20 bocks worth of favorite. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/420 "2009-01-01T11:33:36Z")
> [@Rachm\_Qoch](#): > > Michael Travesser > Jeff Bent > Amanah Travesser > Ami Travesser > Anaiah Travesser > Mesha Travesser > Liberty Travesser > Adora Travesser > Christiana Travesser > Timothy Benjamin > Gabriel Travesser > Allasso Travesser > Moriah Travesser > > [The Lord Our Righteousness Church](http://strongcity.info/) So, betting on a cult committing mass suicide, eh? High risk, but very interesting. Have you heard news from the mother ship? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=22)