# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/281 "2009-12-30T03:00:35Z")
And again, more and more people that I thought had kicked the bucket. Jim J Bullock, from the 80s or so version of Hollywood Squares?! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/282 "2009-12-30T03:07:18Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Jim J Bullock, from the 80s or so version of Hollywood Squares?! And IMO, the underrated _ **Too Close for Comfort** _, as Monroe. Please don’t tell me there is another one! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/283 "2009-12-30T06:13:56Z")
Okay, let’s try this one more time: Ronnie Biggs Pat Burns Fidel Castro Pete Doherty Roger Ebert Elizabeth Edwards Blake Fielder-Civil Whitney Houston Courtney Love Kate Moss Zelda Rubenstein Orlando Thomas Amy Winehouse Alternates (in order) if any of my picks die before 1-1-10 or are otherwise ineligible: Maura Tierney Ariel Sharon David Hasselhoff Angelina Jolie Tiger Woods Nicole Richie In case there’s any questions of identity: Ronnie Biggs (b 8-8-29 - criminal) Pat Burns (b 4-4-52 - hockey coach) Fidel Castro (b 8-13-26 - Cuban dictator) Pete Doherty (b 3-12-79 - musician) Roger Ebert (b 6-18-42 - film critic) Elizabeth Edwards (b 7-3-49 - wife of politician John Edwards) Blake Fielder-Civil (birthdate in dispute - former husband of Amy Winehouse) David Hasselhoff (b 7-17-52 - actor) Whitney Houston (b 8-9-63 - singer) Angelina Jolie (b 6-4-75 - actress) Courtney Love (b 7-9-64 - musician) Kate Moss (b 1-16-74 - model) Nicole Richie (b 9-21-81 - no idea what she does for a living) Zelda Rubenstein (birthdate in dispute - actress) Ariel Sharon (b 2-26-28 - former Israeli Prime Minister) Orlando Thomas (b 11-21-72 - football player) Maura Tierney (b 2-3-65 - actress) Amy Winehouse (b 9-14-83 - singer) Tiger Woods (b 12-30-75 - golfer) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Klutz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captain_klutz/32/4993_2.png) [@Captain\_Klutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Klutz)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/284 "2009-12-30T08:27:36Z")
Time to dust off last year’s list, with a few changes: Orlando Thomas Jeff Conaway Andy Dick Amy Winehouse Paul Gascoigne Owen Wilson Seve Ballasteros David Hasselhoff Lindsay Lohan Steve Jobs Britney Spears Dennis Ferguson Terry Pratchett Alternates OJ Simpson Tiger Woods Notes: [Dennis Ferguson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ferguson) is a convicted paedophile, having difficulty finding a place to live [Paul Gascoigne](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne) is a former England footballer ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/285 "2009-12-30T12:11:14Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > All 13 members of the LOS ANGELES LAKERS in a plane crash in an Iowa corn field. Not sure if that is meant to be a serious entry, but if so, I need names. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/286 "2009-12-30T12:32:53Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I was thinking there are a lot of repeat names – it seems more than last year but I’m just guessing. Either we all did similar research, or we’re all ripping off the same names from the early posters. We are running at 69% of picks are unique. Last year 67% were unique in total, i.e. for the whole year, not just entries up to Dec 29. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/287 "2009-12-30T13:13:41Z")
This post is an almost word-for-word repeat of last year’s post. In four or so years of doing, this, I’ve had exactly ONE celebrity knock off. Here’s hoping 2010 is my breakout year. WITH COMMENT (Plain-text list to follow): **There’s a bullet (or bomb or shiv or whatever) with their name on it:** 1. Osama bin Laden, b. 1957. 2. Bernie Madoff, b. 1938. 3. Hamid Karzai, b. 1957. **Age and/or illness is bound to catch up with them sooner or later:** 1. Kim Jong-Il, b. 1941. 2. Woody Allen, b. 1935. 3. Bob Barker, b. 1923. 4. Roger Ebert, b. 1942. 5. Jerry Lewis, b. 1926. **May soon hasten the Sweet Release of Death, by their own hand:** 1. Dustin Diamond, b. 1977. 2. Jose Canseco, b. 1964. **The Grim Reaper comes to collect after years of drugs, partying, and living life on the edge:** 1. Lindsey Lohan, b. 1986. 2. Boy George, b. 1961. 3. Pete Doherty, b. 1979. PLAIN LIST Osama bin Laden Bernie Madoff Hamid Karzai Kim Jong-Il Woody Allen Bob Barker Roger Ebert Jerry Lewis Dustin Diamond Jose Canseco Lindsey Lohan Boy George Pete Doherty Alternates Amy Winehouse Jean-Claude Van Damme Barack Obama ---
**Author:** ![Foma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Foma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foma)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/288 "2009-12-30T14:16:05Z")
First time participant! **Old and/or Enfeebled:** Jimmy Carter (former president) John Paul Stevens (current SCOTUS judge) Red Schoendienst (Former baseball player) Joe Paterno (College football coach) Fidel Castro (lounge singer, dancer, Cuban politician) Stephen Hawking (scientist) **Fat and/or Drugs:** George Wendt (Nooooorm!) Rush Limbaugh (pundit) **Wishful Thinking:** Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie lead; he’s also hogging Zooey Deschanel) Mark Mangino (Former college football coach and renowned tubbo; also, as a Mizzou alum, I was obliged to pick him or Bill Self) **Wildcard:** David Letterman (late night host) Danny Bonaduce (actor) Verne Troyer (actor) **Alternates** John Madden Sandra Day O’Connor John Travolta Plain List: Jimmy Carter John Paul Stevens Red Schoendienst Joe Paterno Fidel Castro Stephen Hawking George Wendt Rush Limbaugh Ben Gibbard Mark Mangino David Letterman Danny Bonaduce Verne Troyer alts: John Madden Sandra Day O’Connor John Travolta ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/289 "2009-12-30T16:21:39Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > And IMO, the underrated _ **Too Close for Comfort** _, as Monroe. > > Please don’t tell me there is another one! Born James Jackson Bullock in Casper, Wyoming, Bullock was raised in Odessa, Texas. He became a notable entertainment figure in the 1980s when he co-starred on sitcom Too Close for Comfort (credited as “Jm J. Bullock”) and was a regular “square” on John Davidson’s updated version of Hollywood Squares (1986-1989), also substituting for Davidson as host on occasion. He later became a semi-regular on ALF (from 1989–1990 as Neal Tanner). And he was also on a Nickelodeon live action show for a while. From 2004 to 2007, he had a recurring role as Mr. Monroe, a teacher at the fictional James K. Polk Middle School on the Nickelodeon live action sitcom Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide. So, there is not another one. Just the first time I heard the name, was on Hollywood Squares. [How I miss when USA network had Game shows, and GSN had better game shows.] ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/290 "2009-12-30T18:43:51Z")
I follow this thread with interest each year but never enter. It has to be said that you guys/gals sure are one morbid bunch 😃 But hey, it’s fun, right? ---
**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/291 "2009-12-30T18:52:21Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Not sure if that is meant to be a serious entry, but if so, I need names. ok, what the hell, it IS the 50th anniversary of the first corn field incident: Ron Artest Shannon Brown Kobe Bryant Andrew Bynum Jordan Farmar Derek Fisher Pau Gasol Didier Ilunga-Mbenga Adam Morrison Lamar Odom Josh Powell Sasha Vujacic Luke Walton Alternates: Julie Nixon Eisenhower Amy Carter Wentzel Dustin Diamond (Screech) ---
**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 30, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/292 "2009-12-30T20:02:19Z")
> [@koufax](#): > > Pau Gasol > Didier Ilunga-Mbenga > Lamar Odom > Sasha Vujacic I think you fell asleep onto your keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/293 "2009-12-30T21:09:07Z")
Lets do this thing: 1. Randy Travis - Singer 2. Paul Allen - Bazillionaire 3. Kathryn Joosten - Actress 4. Ernie Harwell - Sportscaster 5. Teresa Heinz - Heiress, wife of John Kerry 6. Al Davis - Oakland Raiders Owner 7. John Madden - NFL Commentator 8. Courtney Love - Singer, trainwreck 9. Roger Ebert - Film Critic 10. Urban Meyer - Football Coach 11. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi - Lockerbie Bomber 12. Zelda Rubinstein - Actress (and low-hanging fruit) 13. Reverend Donald Wildmon - Raging Douchebag Alternates: 1. Harley Race - Wrestler 2. Muhammad Ali - Boxer * * * Randy Travis Paul Allen Kathryn Joosten Ernie Harwell Teresa Heinz Al Davis John Madden Courtney Love Roger Ebert Urban Meyer Abdel Baset al-Megrahi Zelda Rubinstein Reverend Donald Wildmon Alternates: Harley Race Muhammad Ali ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/294 "2009-12-30T21:13:42Z")
My humble submissions for 2010: Ozzy Osbourne Bill Wyman Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.–aka “Lil’ Wayne” Amy Winehouse Jack Nicholson Bernie Madoff Jimmy Carter Mary Carey–porn star Queen Elizabeth II Offer “Vince” Shlomi–aka “the Sham Wow guy” Joe Francis–of Girls Gone Wild fame John McCain Marshall Mathers–aka Eminem Ozzy Osbourne Bill Wyman Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. Amy Winehouse Jack Nicholson Bernie Madoff Jimmy Carter Mary Carey Queen Elizabeth II Offer Shlomi Joe Francis John McCain Marshall Mathers Alternates Katie Holmes Hugh Hefner ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/295 "2009-12-30T21:51:31Z")
Right, here we go for another round! Gough Whitlam – former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke - former Australian Prime Minister Hazel Hawke – Ex-wife of former Australian Prime Minister Lauren Bacall – Screen legend Pete Doherty – Babyshambolic train wreck Amy Winehouse – Shambolic train wreck Sheila Scotter – Ex editor of Vogue Magazine and notable Australian socialite Jim Steynes – Australian Rules football legend Eddie Van Halen – Smokin’ guitar Og Ernest Borgnine – Screen Legend Kirk Douglas – Screen Legend Robert Mugabe – Can’t say it. Too rude. Rhymes with “punt” Fidel Castro – Cuban Clean list: Gough Whitlam Bob Hawke Hazel Hawke Lauren Bacall Pete Doherty Amy Winehouse Sheila Scotter Jim Steynes Eddie Van Halen Ernest Borgnine Kirk Douglas Robert Mugabe Fidel Castro Alternates: Courtney Love Elizabeth Taylor ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/296 "2009-12-30T22:25:15Z")
Most of mine are repeats from last year (I mean, some of these guys gotta go sometime!). Billy Graham Fidel Castro Kim Jong-Il Muhammad Ali\* Elizabeth Taylor Nancy Reagan Harry Morgan Merle Haggard Ralph Stanley Hugo Chavez Michael Moore Elizabeth Edwards Steve Jobs Alternates: Dick Cheney Rush Limbaugh Dick Clark - the boxer formerly known as Cassius Clay ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/297 "2009-12-30T22:44:24Z")
Here we go - should need no intoduction to this selection. Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Dick Cheney **…must….start……again……** Dick Cheney Karl Rove Karl Rove **…blast…reboot……reboot** Main List: Dick Cheney Karl Rove G. Gordon Liddy Lewis “Scotter” Libby Douglas J. Feith Richard Perle John R. Bolton Donald Rumsfeld Oliver North Paul Wolfowitz John Ashcroft Alberto Gonzales Henry Kissinger Mark Sanford John Ensign Saxby Chambliss ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/298 "2009-12-30T23:50:48Z")
> [@chowder](#): > > I follow this thread with interest each year but never enter. > > It has to be said that you guys/gals sure are one morbid bunch 😃 > > But hey, it’s fun, right? But who is more morbid, the ones that play or those that sit on the sideline and cheer? :dubious: 😃 > [@smithsb](#): > > Here we go - should need no intoduction to this selection. > > Dick Cheney > Dick Cheney > Dick Cheney > **…must….start…..again…..** > Dick Cheney > Karl Rove > Karl Rove > **…blast…reboot…..reboot** > > Main List: > > Dick Cheney > Karl Rove > G. Gordon Liddy > Lewis “Scotter” Libby > Douglas J. Feith > Richard Perle > John R. Bolton > Donald Rumsfeld > Oliver North > Paul Wolfowitz > John Ashcroft > Alberto Gonzales > Henry Kissinger > > Mark Sanford > John Ensign > Saxby Chambliss I think I detect a certain amountof wishful thinking here. The good news for those gentlemen is, you don’t get points if you do anything that helps them along. 😃 OTOH, if you ran into them hanging off the side of a cliff, nothing in the rules says you have to actually help them to safety. 😃 ---
**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 31, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/299 "2009-12-31T00:20:39Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > But who is more morbid, the ones that play or those that sit on the sideline and cheer? Where is that quote from, _Julius Caesar? Richard III?_ ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/300 "2009-12-31T01:03:41Z")
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