# The Celebrity Death Pool 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574 "2009-12-01T11:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/221 "2009-12-25T15:09:55Z")
I see Bif Naked has breast cancer. I had no idea. Haven’t heard from here since she was on MTV in the late '90’s or so. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/222 "2009-12-25T16:03:55Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Not anymore.](http://www.zimbio.com/Horatio+Sanz/articles/3/Saturday+Night+Live+SNL+Horatio+Sanz+Loses) Wow, good for him! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/223 "2009-12-25T16:58:40Z")
> [@Fiveroptic](#): > > George Kell Violates the “already dead” rule, unless you’re thinking of someone other than [the former third baseman and broadcaster.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kell) ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/224 "2009-12-25T23:13:54Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > > [@Fiveroptic](#): > > > > George Kell > > Violates the “already dead” rule, unless you’re thinking of someone other than [the former third baseman and broadcaster.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kell) D’oh! I knew that! I meant to put [Ernie Harwell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Harwell) in there, even though he’d only be worth around 9 points. But dammit, in three years I’ve never had a hit, and I gotta try for at least one shoo-in (no offense, Ernie, I’ve loved you since 1980.) Revised list: Linda Ellerby Julia Sweeney Robert Mandan Mary Tyler Moore Ed Asner Ernie Harwell Betty Garrett Helen Reddy Tyne Daly June Lockhart Charlotte Rae Don Pardo Adam West David Spade Dawn Wells Diana Muldaur ---
**Author:** ![andiepandie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@andiepandie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andiepandie)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/225 "2009-12-26T04:42:58Z")
This is also my first attempt at the SDMB Celebrity Death Pool! I don’t know how successful I’ll be, but I’m morbidly excited to give it a try 😛 I think my choices are pretty straightforward, but if there’s any clarification required please let me know. My list: Courtney Love Lindsay Lohan Edward Furlong Amy Winehouse Ruth Bader Ginsburg Daniel Baldwin Boy George Corey Haim Tom Sizemore Pete Doherty Walter Gretzky Seth Binzer Artie Lange Alternates: Glenn Beck Dick Cheney ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/226 "2009-12-26T16:30:09Z")
How many noobs are we this year? What was the issue with “Robbing The Cradle” award? Seems to me that more awards makes the game more fun : Undertaker’s Apprentice : For Noob players who win. I think Robbing the cradle should be back, And, frankly, Annie Xmas needs something for her alliteration, if you ask me. Still can’t over the fact she pulled that off. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/227 "2009-12-26T16:42:06Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > How many noobs are we this year? 75 entries so far. > [@](#): > > What was the issue with “Robbing The Cradle” award? There had not been one for years (if ever), but I did agree to add it early on in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/228 "2009-12-26T16:50:33Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > There had not been one for years (if ever), but I did agree to add it early on in this thread. Ok, I have been back and forth between this one, the inquiry thread I started, and posting to the 09 thread. I had read something somewhere, and couldn’t keep it straight then, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/229 "2009-12-26T22:05:42Z")
I’m in! Simon MacCorkindale Lindsay Lohan Fidel Castro Chris Brown Stephen Hawking Hugh Hefner Jerry Lewis Amy Winehouse Nancy Reagan Courtney Love Kim Jong-Il John Goodman Stan Lee Alternates: Mel Gibson Mary Tyler Moore George H. W. Bush ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/230 "2009-12-27T02:44:02Z")
After much deliberation, here is my list for 2010: David Hasselhoff Jerry Lewis Zsa Zsa Gabor Elizabeth Taylor Jeff Conaway Andy Dick Peter Graves Bob Barker Joan Kennedy Courtney Love Fidel Castro Mavis Leno Prince Phillip Max Weinberg, James Arness A few comments - David Hasselhoff is in a very sad state, unfortunately. I hate putting him on the list, but he’s definitely a train wreck. ☹ Jeff Conaway and Andy Dick are train wrecks waiting to happen as well, imho. Mavis Leno is my very wild card this year. LOL And Max Weinberg, as head of the Tonight Show band now, takes over Kevin Eubanks place on my alternates. James Arness is, of course, brother to Peter Graves, for the sibling touch. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/231 "2009-12-27T03:42:10Z")
Okey doke, I’m ready to post. Jeff Conaway Roger Ebert Elizabeth Edwards Mitzi Gaynor Bryant Gumbel David Hasselhoff Steve Jobs Wink Martindale Ron Popeil Phyllis Schlafly Maura Tierney Andrew Lloyd Weber Robin Williams Alternates: Tom Sizemore Liza Minnelli I’m going with the herd for nine – people with cancer or serious drug habits. For the other four, I went with holdovers from my '09 list, who I think might be unique picks, just to keep things interesting. The four were chosen because they have funny names We’ll see how that works out, eh? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/232 "2009-12-27T03:58:14Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Okey doke, I’m ready to post. > > Jeff Conaway > Roger Ebert > Elizabeth Edwards > Mitzi Gaynor > Bryant Gumbel > David Hasselhoff > Steve Jobs > Wink Martindale > Ron Popeil > Phyllis Schlafly > Maura Tierney > Andrew Lloyd Weber > Robin Williams > > Alternates: > Tom Sizemore > Liza Minnelli > > I’m going with the herd for nine – people with cancer or serious drug habits. For the other four, I went with holdovers from my '09 list, who I think might be unique picks, just to keep things interesting. The four were chosen because they have funny names > > We’ll see how that works out, eh? The four funny names are currently unique. But when it comes to funny names, Bryant Gumbel and David Hasselhoff are not exactly run-of-the-mill. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/233 "2009-12-27T04:09:00Z")
OK, I’m going to amend my list and add Urban Meyer. And if he kicks the bucket in 2010, I want extra credit, dammit, for being the first to add him! (I am the first, aren’t I?) New list: Kim Jong Il Fidel Castro Olivia de Havilland Ruth Westheimer Robert Byrd Amy Winehouse Elizabeth II Urban Meyer Barbara Bush Elizabeth Edwards O.J. Simpson Daniel Schorr Gerald Freeman Alternates: Lance Armstrong Terry Garr Maya Angelou ---
**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 27, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/234 "2009-12-27T04:21:50Z")
Steve Jobs Muhammad Ali Julia Sweeney Fidel Castro Vladimir Putin Ariel Sharon Nelson Mandela Dick Clark Glen Beck George Steinbrenner Courtney Love Amy Winehouse Keith Richards Alternate: Sarah Palin Sean Hannitty ---
**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 27, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/235 "2009-12-27T08:07:47Z")
As none of my picks of last year decided to shuffle off, I will use most of them again this year. Saves me having to think of anyone else. As usual, I have not made any effort to check and see if they are in fact unwell and on the cusp of death already. They’re just old and famous. David Attenborough Mel Brooks Christopher Lee Elizabeth Taylor George H W Bush Joanne Woodward Pele Ronnie Corbett Peter Sallis Gary Glitter Pete Doherty Terry Pratchett Tim Conway Alternatives: Macaulay Culkin Kim Jong Il Fidel Castro ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/236 "2009-12-27T12:59:28Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > OK, I’m going to amend my list and add Urban Meyer. And if he kicks the bucket in 2010, I want extra credit, dammit, for being the first to add him! (I am the first, aren’t I?) You are. And with 80 entrants now (up to **GuanoLad** ), we have exactly 500 different celebrities nominated. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/237 "2009-12-27T15:22:15Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > OK, I’m going to amend my list and add Urban Meyer. And if he kicks the bucket in 2010, I want extra credit, dammit, for being the first to add him! (I am the first, aren’t I?) Dang it, I wanted to be the only one to have Urban on my list. He was my double secret stealth pick, which wasn’t going to be revealed until NY’s Eve. Well I still have one pick that no one has picked yet. ---
**Author:** ![There\_is\_no\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@There\_is\_no\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/There_is_no_God)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/238 "2009-12-28T00:08:51Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Dang it, I wanted to be the only one to have Urban on my list. He was my double secret stealth pick, which wasn’t going to be revealed until NY’s Eve. Well I still have one pick that no one has picked yet. You hope. There’s no telling how many of us… err, I mean, how many players are waiting stealthily to submit. ---
**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 28, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/239 "2009-12-28T03:47:18Z")
I have not been visiting the Dope much lately but I can’t miss the Death Pool. No hits last year but I dropped a few off. So they are dead for sure. Unlike most years I have no read any of the other entries before posting this. As part of my yearly ritual I would like to point out that I picked Ariel Sharon the year before he went into the coma. I deserve extra points when he finally kicks. Ariel Sharon Steve Jobs Bryant Gumbel Levon Helm Paul Prudhomme Muqtada al-Sadr Kareem Abdul Jabar Pat Summerall Ethan Zohn George Steinbrenner Kathryn Joosten Maura Tierney Sean Connery alternates: Axl Rose Stephen Glover Chuck Berry ---
**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 28, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/240 "2009-12-28T04:35:42Z")
Dammit I sign in to post my DP list and then realize I put in my work in progress list and not my final list. Here is the final list: Ariel Sharon Don Imus Bryant Gumbel Levon Helm Paul Prudhomme Ronnie James Dio Kareem Abdul Jabbar Pat Summerall Ethan Zohn George Steinbrenner Kathryn Joosten Maura Tierney Sean Connery Is this thread a lot shorter than last year or is it me? Maybe an announcement in MPSIMS (its former home) to remind people about it. The more the merrier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=13)