# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/321 "2009-12-31T06:41:25Z")
Darn, I noticed Sara Payne awhile ago, better put this now before it gets too late. My updated final list. \*\*World leaders department. Captain Moussa Dadis Camara\*\* - Guinean dictator. He is recovering (?) in a military hospital in Morocco after being shot in the neck by the former head of the presidential guard of Guinea. If he comes back then he could start a civil war, it is very likely that someone will shot him again before or after. **Kim Jong-il** - North Korean dictator. - He is so ronely and sick. **Umaru Yar’Adua**. - Christmas celebrations across Nigeria started and ended on Friday without his customary Christmas message from this President that is having several health problems. **Terrorists department.** **Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi** - The Lockerbie bomber. Now it is reported that he is indeed close to death. **Bernie Madoff** – Maker of weapons of financial mass destruction. Recently had to go to the medical area of the jail, the denials that he was not sick are ringing hollow. \*\*Men of letters department: \*\* **Mike Marqusee** – writer, contributor to the Guardian newspaper. Blood cancer. **Philip Carlo** - writer of mafia killer bios, the twist: his killer is a degenerative motor neuron disease. **Christopher Anthony Woodhead** - Chief former Inspector of Schools in England, one of the most controversial figures regarding English education. He will leave the kids alone soon thanks to a degenerative disorder. **Sports department:** **Ron Santo** - Former baseball star. Really serious side effects as a result of not treating his diabetes sooner. **Stefano Borgonovo** – I was going to jump on the Mohammed Ali bandwagon, but the former Italian Soccer player looks worse nowadays. **From the Movies:** **Zelda Rubinstein** - Poltergeist medium, time to go into the light! **The life is unfair department:** **Sara Payne** , the child protection campaigner of Britain, two brain operations and in a coma. **The life is a little fair department:** \*\* Rush Limbaugh\*\*, his recent dramatic weight loss was possibly aided by some drug help and now he is on the ropes. Alternates: (This time needed as some of the choices may even die today: ) \*\* Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read **(born 17 November 1954), is an Australian ex-convict, author, and celebrity. He is also a recording and performance artist. The 2000 film Chopper was based on his life. He killed his liver with his drinking and now refuses to accept a transplant. \*\* Jon Robinson** - Cancer survivor. And most recently, host on WKQC-FM, former voice of the Carolina Panthers, being swallowed by drugs. **Jeff Conaway** - The other driver of the Grease Lighting car in the movie “Grease”. Drugs are killing him, even his doctors are abandoning him. \*\*Terry Pratchett \*\*- This is the one I fear, he is on record of telling people that he will not wait for his degenerative disease to disable him. The clean list: Captain Moussa Dadis Camara Kim Jong-il Umaru Yar’Adua Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi Bernie Madoff Mike Marqusee Philip Carlo Christopher Woodhead Ron Santo Stefano Borgonovo Sara Payne Rush Limbaugh Zelda Rubinstein Alternates: Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read Jon Robinson Jeff Conaway Terry Pratchett ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/322 "2009-12-31T10:44:48Z")
Made a few changes, this is my updated list: Sir Terence Pratchett Bryant Gumbel Ernie Harwell Muhammad Ali Mickey Rooney Maya Angelou Art Linkletter Louie Anderson Art Donovan Fidel Castro J.D. Salinger Ariel Sharon Teresa Heinz Alternates: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Kirk Douglas Ernest Borgnine ---
**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 31, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/323 "2009-12-31T11:23:14Z")
My well cultivated list seems to have no surprises from anyone elses, so I’ll post it early so as not to forget. **Low Hanging Fruit: Nothing Personal** 1.Ernie Harwell, 2.Zelda Rubenstein 3.Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi 4.Ronnie Biggs ( He’s been a holdover for years. He owes me. I’ve given up on Osama Bin Laden.) **May be Immortal:** 1. Ariel Sharon. ( The man who wouldn’t die.) 2. Robert Maudsley. ( He just won’t die.) \*\*Cancer \*\* 7. Pat Burns, Former NHL coach. Cancer 8. Doug Fieger . Cancer 9. Simon MacCorkindale. Cancer 10. Richie Hayward, Little Feat. Cancer. **Total Suckage to have what they have** 11. Orlando Thomas. 12. Jason Becker. 13. [Steve Smith](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Smith_(American_football,_born_1964)) Clean List: Ernie Harwell Zelda Rubenstein Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi Ronnie Biggs Ariel Sharon Robert Maudsley Pat Burns Doug Fieger Simon MacCorkindale Richie Hayward Orlando Thomas Steve Smith Jason Becker Alternates: John Demjanjuk. Rush Limbaugh Raymond Hewlett ( British Pedo.) James Von Brunn Thanks and it seems a little odd to wish Good Luck to the contestants, as their picks would not consider it anything but Bad Luck to be on a list such as this, how about Ghoul Luck? ---
**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 31, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/324 "2009-12-31T13:42:12Z")
I keep going to “correct” people’s lists and finding out their celebrities are actually still alive. The biggest surprise was Louie Anderson. I was totally sure he was gone! Ditto Larry Hagman and Jonathan Winters. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/325 "2009-12-31T13:51:55Z")
Revised list: (oops, wrong item on clipboard – that was a spammer I just killed.) Revised list: Jeff Conaway Roger Ebert Elizabeth Edwards Mitzi Gaynor Bryant Gumbel David Hasselhoff Steve Jobs Rush Limbaugh Wink Martindale Ron Popeil Phyllis Schlafly Maura Tierney Robin Williams If it’s easier just to change one thing – I replaced Andrew Lloyd Weber with Rush Limbaugh. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/326 "2009-12-31T13:56:22Z")
Paul Allen Osama bin Laden Rebekah Gibbs Ruth Bader Ginsburg David Hasselhoff Dennis Hopper Don Imus Kim Jong Il Kathryn Joosten Rush Limbaugh Simon MacCorkindale Sara Payne Lisa Ray Alternates: Namrata Singh Gujral Ariel Sharon ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/327 "2009-12-31T14:15:47Z")
My list - with hours to spare: Rush Limbaugh Dick Cheney Fidel Castro Tiger Woods Dick Clark Amy Winehouse Roger Ebert Elizabeth Edwards Maura Tierny Kim Jong Il Bernie Madoff Bryant Gumbel Elizabeth Taylor ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/328 "2009-12-31T14:21:09Z")
Several people I like, many I don’t like, all of them old. About half repeats from last year. Tom Baker George H.W. Bush Jimmy Carter Fidel Castro Ruth Bader Ginsburg Kim Jong-Il Henry Kissinger Rush Limbaugh Rupert Murdoch Krzysztof Penderecki Fred Phelps Prince Philip Margaret Thatcher Alternate: Jacques Chirac ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/329 "2009-12-31T14:29:14Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I keep going to “correct” people’s lists and finding out their celebrities are actually still alive. The biggest surprise was Louie Anderson. I was totally sure he was gone! Ditto Larry Hagman and Jonathan Winters. \*\* Good to know I am not the only one.\*\* [Not on these picks in particular, just the process on “knowing” someone to be dead already, that isn’t.] ---
**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 31, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/330 "2009-12-31T14:30:27Z")
I had the oddest experience the other day: I looked at a DVD with Eddie Murphy on the cover and thought “Isn’t he dead?” ---
**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 31, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/331 "2009-12-31T14:31:02Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Does your theme hint towards your intellect? > > You appear to be well red. > > Not sure who _Scotter_ Libby is though. :dubious: //whacks self// SCOOTER - YOU IDIOT //ends flagelation Theme wise; the All-Despot team was already taken. I could have gone with the bi-partisan de-flowered team (Clinton, Sanford, Spitzer, etc…), the all-sports douchebag team, the R-Batshit crazy team, the Talk-radio team, or the Evangelical nutjob squad. I’m thinking the Neocons will have a conference and Liddy will bring bombs and chomp down on a blasting cap to demonstrate toughness. WIN! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/332 "2009-12-31T14:33:22Z")
I take it, the in spoiler joke wooshed? ---
**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 31, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/333 "2009-12-31T15:03:46Z")
**Amarone** _Keeper of Pointage! Goddess of Things Which We Cannot Talk About In Polite Society Yet Squee Like a Schoolgirl When Someone Famous Buys The Farm._ I humbly prostrate\* myself before you to ask a Macabre Question for a Macabre Hobby. My curious mind is wondering what is the Male to Female ratio for would-be dead people that are picked. It seems to me that overall, men are picked more than women. At least all my lists seem to be. I also suspect a higher ratio of LHF\*\* for quick cherry popping. So, if you have this capacity and geekability ( or someone else has the inclination.) what would be the percentage of each age decade picked. My new favoritist corporate Lingo-speak is " Comparative Analysis". Can you tell? - I almost wrote " Prostate". Which would have hilarity ensue with this crowd. \*\*LHF= Low Hanging Fruit ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/334 "2009-12-31T15:07:14Z")
1. Kirstie Alley 2. Naomi Campbell -supermodel 3. Kate Moss -supermodel 4. Pete Doherty -musician, addict 5.Rick Warren preacher and author 5. Glenn Beck -pundit 6. Laura Ingraham - pundit 7. Sean Hannity of Fox Noise 8. Ann Coulter - author, plagiarist 9. Nick Jonas - squeaky clean musician in car accident 10. Richard Roberts preacher and son of Oral Roberts 11. Megan Fox - actress 12. Benny Hinn “faith healer” Alternates Adam Sandler -comedian Shia Labeouf -actor Joel Osteen preacher , author Hulk Hogan --pro wrestler Brooke Hogan --famous for being Hulk’s daughter , singer Sarah Palin --former VP candidate, author Joe Lieberman -politician, two faced cunt Clean list for 2010 Kirstie Alley Naomi Campbell Kate Moss Pete Doherty Rick Warren Glenn Beck Laura Ingraham Sean Hannity Ann Coulter Nick Jonas Richard Roberts Megan Fox Benny Hinn Alternates Adam Sandler Shia Labeouf Joel Osteen Hulk Hogan Brooke Hogan Sarah Palin Joe Lieberman ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/335 "2009-12-31T15:17:09Z")
Another substitution. Move Len Goodman out of the main list altogether, and replace with Zelda. Promote Maggie Smith to the top of my alternates. Changes are bolded. Connie Newton Needham Tara Subkoff Rudy Boesch Roger Ebert Adam Yauch Louis Farrakhan Penny Marshall Peter Criss **Zelda Rubinstein** Maura Tierny Theresa Heinz Kerry Elizabeth Edwards Andrew Lloyd Weber Alternates: **Maggie Smith** George Soros Michael Moore ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/336 "2009-12-31T15:20:27Z")
> [@anya\_marie](#): > > 1. Kirstie Alley > 2. Naomi Campbell -supermodel > 3. Kate Moss -supermodel > 4. Pete Doherty -musician, addict > 5.Rick Warren preacher and author > 5. Glenn Beck -pundit > 6. Laura Ingraham - pundit > 7. Sean Hannity of Fox Noise > 8. Ann Coulter - author, plagiarist > 9. Nick Jonas - squeaky clean musician in car accident > 10. Richard Roberts preacher and son of Oral Roberts > 11. Megan Fox - actress > 12. Benny Hinn “faith healer” > > Alternates > Adam Sandler -comedian > Shia Labeouf -actor > Joel Osteen preacher , author > Hulk Hogan --pro wrestler > Brooke Hogan --famous for being Hulk’s daughter , singer > Sarah Palin --former VP candidate, author > Joe Lieberman -politician, two faced cunt > > Clean list for 2010 > > Kirstie Alley > Naomi Campbell > Kate Moss > Pete Doherty > Rick Warren > Glenn Beck > Laura Ingraham > Sean Hannity > Ann Coulter > Nick Jonas > Richard Roberts > Megan Fox > Benny Hinn > > Alternates > Adam Sandler > Shia Labeouf > Joel Osteen > Hulk Hogan > Brooke Hogan > Sarah Palin > Joe Lieberman You get 3 alternates. **Amarone** enter only your first 3, but that’s his call. ---
**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 31, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/337 "2009-12-31T15:33:50Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I take it, the in spoiler joke wooshed? Nah - I was on it. Surprisingly, some of these guys were liberal, Demos in younger days. They came from good families, middle-to-upper class, had all the benefits of a good life. Yet something was wrong; possibly loneliness, lack of a cause. Then came radicalization in a group … _ **Wait, now hold on a doggone minute Steve. Your talking terrorism recruitment process here and these fellows are all patriots, uber-patriots, I tell ya!** _ ---
**Author:** ![BomTek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bomtek/32/21364_2.png) [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/338 "2009-12-31T15:35:29Z")
First time entrant here. I went with pairs in random categories, but everyone here is someone I respect, so it’ll kinda suck if I end up “profiting” in some way from their deaths. No idea how many unique picks or potential points I’ve got or anything, but I’ve followed the Death Pool for a couple years now and decided to just jump in. Automotive designers: Carroll Shelby Bob Lutz Sports legends: Muhammad Ali Dean Smith Indianapolis 500 drivers: Johnny Rutherford Janet Guthrie Tinseltown greats: John Williams Elizabeth Taylor 1st and last men on the Moon: Neil Armstrong Eugene Cernan Country gold: Loretta Lynn George Jones Wildcard (the most recent living individual to be Wikipedia’s featured article): Eric Bana Plain list: Carroll Shelby Bob Lutz Muhammad Ali Dean Smith Johnny Rutherford Janet Guthrie John Williams Elizabeth Taylor Neil Armstrong Eugene Cernan Loretta Lynn George Jones Eric Bana ---
**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 31, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/339 "2009-12-31T15:39:33Z")
Updated list. I know I’m sniping this one in, but I hope that is ok. I’m dropping Lee Iacoca for Zelda Rubinstein: Peter Falk Billy Graham Jiang Zemin Eli Wallach Orlando Thomas Kirk Douglas I.M. Pei C. Everett Koop Harry Morgan Steve Jobs Robert Mugabe Jack Lalane Zelda Rubinstein Alternates: Richard Atenbourough Bob Barker ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/340 "2009-12-31T15:40:34Z")
Here is my 2010 list, eerily similar to every one of my lists since 2006… 😉 Shane MacGowan James Garner Natalie Cole Peter O’Toole Ariel Sharon Bryant Gumbel Chuck Daly Merlin Olsen Kirk Douglas Margaret Thatcher Ruth Bader Ginsberg Orlando Thomas Annette Funicello Shane MacGowan, Irish poet & musician, lifestyle choices James Garner, actor, cigarettes & red meat Natalie Cole, singer, hep C Peter O’Toole, actor, lifestyle choices Ariel Sharon, Israeli politician, vegetable Bryant Gumbel, sportscaster, cancer Chuck Daly, former NBA coach, cancer Merlin Olsen, former NFL player, mesothelioma Kirk Douglas, actor, old age Margaret Thatcher, politician, old age Ruth Bader Ginsberg, US Supreme Court justice, cancer Orlando Thomas, former NFL player, ALS Annette Funicello, Disney Mouseketeer, various ailments Woo hoo! Let’s go! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=18)