# 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:** 19
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/361 "2009-12-31T18:34:09Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > Gary Coleman as long as Avenue Q is playing somewhere, he’ll be immortal ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/362 "2009-12-31T18:39:59Z")
Hmm. I didn’t double-check my list. I hope they’re all still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/363 "2009-12-31T18:40:43Z")
> [@Moirai](#): > > Chuck Daly He died in May. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/364 "2009-12-31T18:41:35Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > as long as Avenue Q is playing somewhere, he’ll be immortal Pfft. Have you heard the way he talks to his wife?? He’s already dead to me. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/365 "2009-12-31T19:01:16Z")
Count me in - although my list (along with others) guarantees immortality… Jane Fonda Dennis Hopper Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Andrew Lloyd-Webber Diane Allen Simon McCorkindale Dick Clark Tina Louise Betty Ford Julie Andrews Zelda Rubinstein Mary Tyler Moore Rush Limbaugh Alternates: Art Laboe Michael Collins ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/366 "2009-12-31T19:02:16Z")
Steve Jobs Orlando Thomas George Bush, Sr. Kim Jong Il Fidel Castro Steven Hawking Rush Limbaugh Elizabeth Edwards Mickey Rooney Bernard Madoff Elizabeth Taylor Ruth Bader Ginsburg Zelda Rubenstein Bryant Gumbel Andrew Lloyd-Webber Hugh Hefner ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/367 "2009-12-31T20:24:36Z")
Pat Burns - Former NHL coach Ron Wood - Musician Rush Limbaugh - Radio Host Zelda Rubinstein - Actress Peter Falk - Actor Elizabeth Taylor - Actress Johnny Pesky - Red Sox icon Roger Ebert - Film Critic Pete Doherty - Musician Jeff Conaway - Actor Tionne Watkins - Singer Artie Lange - Comedian Kathryn Joosten - Actress Alternates Stephen Hawking - Physicist Captain Beefheart - Musician Clean list Pat Burns Ron Wood Rush Limbaugh Zelda Rubinstein Peter Falk Elizabeth Taylor Johnny Pesky Roger Ebert Pete Doherty Jeff Conaway Tionne Watkins Artie Lange Kathryn Joosten Alternates Stephen Hawking Captain Beefheart ---
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/368 "2009-12-31T20:36:42Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > And a few of us who will point, laugh and bask in our schadenfreude. 😉 > [@anyrose](#): > > in lovely two part harmony, no less > [@anyrose](#): > > as long as Avenue Q is playing somewhere, he’ll be immortal Death pool. Proving the Internet is (not just) for porn. And / Or do I sense a theme here? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/369 "2009-12-31T20:39:40Z")
Well, here we go. I usually like to post a bit closer to the wire, but we’re hosting a NYE party tonight and I don’t want to forget to log back on and post my picks. **Can’t Believe They Didn’t Score in 2009 For Me division** Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi. Seriously; the guy had 3 months to live, like 5 months ago. Steve Jobs. Still looking pretty skinny. Just sayin’. **Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll division** Pete Doherty. Amy Winehouse. **Politicians Whose Time has Come division** Moussa Dadis Camara - president of Guinea. Bhumibol Adulyadej - king of Thailand Umaru Yar-Adua - president of Nigeria. **Schadenfreude division** Rush Limbaugh. **Bandwagon picks** Zelda Rubinstein Ruth Bader Ginsburg **Everyone else** John Nash - brilliant and schizophrenic mathematician. Bobby “The Brain” Heenan - former pro wrestling manager. Pravin Mahajan - Assassin and brother of prominent Indian politician. Clean list: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi John Nash Steve Jobs Pete Doherty Moussa Dadis Camara Bhumibol Adulyadej Umaru Yar’Adua Amy Winehouse Rush Limbaugh Bobby The Brain Heenan Pravin Mahajan Zelda Rubinstein Alternates: David Hasselhoff Roger Ebert ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/370 "2009-12-31T20:57:37Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > **Amarone** \*Goddess of Things Which We Cannot Talk About In Polite Society \* I am a he! > [@](#): > > 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? Sorry, I don’t have the info to work those things out. I only get into the age of celebs when they actually pop off, and I don’t track gender (it would need a lot of research - it is not always obvious from the name). ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/371 "2009-12-31T21:00:34Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > You get 3 alternates. **Amarone** enter only your first 3, but that’s his call. There is no limit on alternates. It is no extra work for me as I ignore alternates unless someone on someone’s list dies before the new year, in which case I just replace that person with the first one on the list of alternates. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/372 "2009-12-31T21:02:52Z")
1. [Bob Jane](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jane) - b. 1929. Former race car driver, businessman 2. [Deanna Durbin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deanna_Durbin) - b. 1921. Retired actress 3. [Amy Winehouse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_winehouse) - b. 1983. Junkie who made a record or something. 4. [Colleen McCullough](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough) - b. 1937. Author. 5. [Peter Falk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Falk) - b. 1927. Retired actor. 6. [Elizabeth Taylor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor) - b. 1932. Retired actress 7. [Ariel Sharon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_sharon) - b. 1928. Former Israeli Prime Minister, current body in a bed. 8. [Tom Bosley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_bosley) - b. 1927. Actor. 9. [Richard O’Sullivan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Sullivan) - b. 1944. Former actor. 10. [Lee Radziwill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Radziwill) - b. 1933. Socialite. 11. [Liza Minelli](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Minelli) - b. 1946. Actress, singer. 12. [Alan Jones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jones_%28radio_broadcaster%29) - b. 1941. Radio broadcaster. 13. [Dawn French](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_French) - b. 1957. Comedienne. Alts. [Gene Wilder](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wilder) - b. 1933. Actor. [Barack Obama](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama) - b. 1961. President, USA. [Albert Finney](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Finney) - b. 1936. Actor. Plain text list: Bob Jane Deanna Durbin Amy Winehouse Colleen McCullough Peter Falk Elizabeth Taylor Ariel Sharon Tom Bosley Richard O’Sullivan Lee Radziwill Liza Minelli Alan Jones Dawn French Alts. Gene Wilder Barack Obama Albert Finney ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/373 "2009-12-31T21:10:33Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > quick questions for our leader, Amarone: > > 1. although I am on the bandwagon, is Sara Payne “famous enough” under the new rules? > 2. do you use any special database or system to track the Pool throughout the year? 1. There is no rule about someone having to be famous enough. The new rule this year excludes people famous only because of their illness/injury, but does not change the previous position that we do not attempt to determine if someone is otherwise famous enough. 2. It is all in a spreadsheet. ---
**Author:** ![BlimeyORiley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BlimeyORiley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlimeyORiley)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/374 "2009-12-31T21:22:23Z")
First time entry Margaret Thatcher Michael Foot Kim Jong Il Larry King Betty Driver Sara Payne Vera Lynn Zelda Rubenstein Fidel Castro Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Gary Clitter Pat Burns Paul Casgoine Woody Allen Amy Winehouse Bruce Forsyth ---
**Author:** ![I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19adc/32.png) [@I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Am_The_Lorax)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/375 "2009-12-31T21:33:44Z")
Yay! This is the first year I’ve had a list ready in time to compete! Steve Jobs Amy Winehouse Muhammed Ali Elizabeth Taylor Stephen Hawking Lindsay Lohan Bryant Gumbel Axl Rose Hugh Hefner David Hasselhoff Zelda Rubinstein Jeff Conaway Dick Clark alts: Ann Coulter Rush Limbaugh Bernie Madoff Here’s hoping Dick Clark has one more New Year’s Rockin’ Eve! Just one more. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/376 "2009-12-31T21:42:28Z")
Osama bin Laden Stephen Hawking Muhammad Ali Queen Elizabeth Fidel Castro Pat Robertson Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Keith Richards Jack Kevorkian Andy Griffith Fred Phelps Terrell Owens Ariel Sharon Alan Alda ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/377 "2009-12-31T21:47:27Z")
> [@BlimeyORiley](#): > > Gary Clitter That is a wonderful Freudian slip. ---
**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, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/378 "2009-12-31T21:52:59Z")
Final version, I promise: Sir Terence Pratchett Bryant Gumbel Ernie Harwell Muhammad Ali Maya Angelou Art Linkletter Louie Anderson Art Donovan Fidel Castro J.D. Salinger Ariel Sharon Teresa Heinz Zelda Rubinstein Alternates: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Kirk Douglas Mickey Rooney ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/379 "2009-12-31T22:14:25Z")
Nancy Pelosi Duane Chapman Leonardo DiCaprio Jack Nicholson Alex Rodriguez Madonna Steve Carell Kanye West Seth McFarlane James Lipton Chris Rock Stephen King Eddie Van Halen alternatives: Heidi Klum Jamie Lee Curtis Michelle Peiffer ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/380 "2009-12-31T22:26:36Z")
My picks for 2010: Barbara Bain Barbara Billingsley Chevy Chase Professor Irwin Corey Charlie Daniels Ann B. Davis Ervin ‘Magic’ Johnson Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lewis Art Linkletter Jayne Meadows William Shatner Larry Storch Alternates Alan Alda Rush Limbaugh [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=20)