# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/41 "2009-12-04T03:36:40Z")
Here is an update, mostly to keep this thread on the front page. With 14 entries (and waiting for \*\*Rilchiam \*\*to repost a plain list), we have 129 different celebrities. Maybe people are being cagey, but we are well down on last year - we had 31 entrants by this time. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/42 "2009-12-04T03:39:02Z")
I feel like there were more “shoo-in” picks last year. I don’t know if that has anything to do with it, though. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/43 "2009-12-04T03:49:54Z")
Terry Pratchett Kim Jong-Il Fidel Castro Sargent Shriver Osama Bin Laden Ayman al-Zawahiri Charles Manson Sirhan Sirhan Hosni Mubarak Robert Byrd Magic Johnson Robert Mugabe Hugo Chavez Alternates: Raul Castro Vladimir Putin Kim Jong-Nam ---
**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 4, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/44 "2009-12-04T04:29:37Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Maybe people are being cagey, . Christ on a crutch, how difficult is it to Google “pancreatic cancer”? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/45 "2009-12-04T04:40:36Z")
**amarone** ’s like a guy throwing a party, and everybody’s decided to be fashionably late. Relax, guy! If you build it, they will come. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/46 "2009-12-04T04:49:14Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Terry Pratchett > Kim Jong-Il > Fidel Castro > Sargent Shriver > Osama Bin Laden > Ayman al-Zawahiri > Charles Manson > Sirhan Sirhan > Hosni Mubarak > Robert Byrd > Magic Johnson > Robert Mugabe > Hugo Chavez > > Alternates: > > Raul Castro > Vladimir Putin > Kim Jong-Nam Osama is dead. At least a lot of people think he is ,so you ,what, get half points. [http://www.examiner.com/x-23316-Madison-Independent-Examiner~y2009m11d30-Is-Osama-bin-Laden-dead](http://www.examiner.com/x-23316-Madison-Independent-Examiner~y2009m11d30-Is-Osama-bin-Laden-dead) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/47 "2009-12-04T10:44:20Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Christ on a crutch, how difficult is it to Google “pancreatic cancer”? :rolleyes: Well, if that’s the extent of your research, you might as well post now. ---
**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 4, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/48 "2009-12-04T14:11:23Z")
Alan Alda Barbara Bush (the elder) Courtney Cox Donna Dixon Emilo Estavez Fannie Flagg Gloria Gaynor Hugh Hefner Janet Jackson Kristin Kreuk Lyndsey Lohan Marilyn Manson Nick Nolte Alternates: Ozzy Osbourne Paula Poundstone Ray Romano Sylvester Stallone ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/49 "2009-12-04T14:35:19Z")
I’ve tried picking all Mikes. I’ve tried picking people who share my birthday. I’ve tried picking people’s who’s last names were all Johnson. Nothing is working so far. So this year, I’m going total leech. I’m picking the first name chosen for each of the first 13 posters in this thread and no one can stop me from doing it so there. O. J. Simpson Muhammed Ali Russell Johnson Pat Burns Kurt Angle Seve Ballesteros Dennis Hopper Vernon Baker Lindsay Lohan Tony Curtis Connie Newton Needham Ronnie Biggs Ernest Borgnine How can I lose? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/50 "2009-12-04T14:42:35Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’ve tried picking all Mikes. I’ve tried picking people who share my birthday. I’ve tried picking people’s who’s last names were all Johnson. Nothing is working so far. At the risk of giving away a trade secret, have you tried picking sick people? Or is that too boring? ---
**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 4, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/51 "2009-12-04T15:25:36Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Well, if that’s the extent of your research, you might as well post now. I need to get a couple of lists together at the same PC is all…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/52 "2009-12-04T15:30:27Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Maybe people are being cagey… I’m posting early on the grounds that if anyone steals my picks, they deserve to go down with me in a blaze of mediocrity. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/53 "2009-12-04T15:38:32Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > I’m posting early on the grounds that if anyone steals my picks, they deserve to go down with me in a blaze of mediocrity. Given up on the centenarians this year? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/54 "2009-12-04T15:39:20Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > At the risk of giving away a trade secret, have you tried picking sick people? Or is that too boring? Yeah. It takes away from the game for me. I go for the unexpected deaths, for the most part; the big splashes. Which is why it pains me so that my little method has netted so many old people. ---
**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 4, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/55 "2009-12-04T20:32:23Z")
This looks morbid. I’ll be posting my list later this month. ---
**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 4, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/56 "2009-12-04T21:11:54Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Maybe people are being cagey, but we are well down on last year - we had 31 entrants by this time. I’m THINKING! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/57 "2009-12-04T23:09:15Z")
After much consideration, forethought and blatant stealing from other Death Poolers, I present 2010’s Most Immortal Celebrities! David Hasselhoff Andrew Lloyd Weber Robin Williams Mohammed Ali Betty Ford Fidel Castro Elizabeth Taylor Charles Manson Ruth Bader Ginsberg Pamela Anderson Bob Newhart Elizabeth Edwards Seve Ballesteros Alternates: Bob Newhart Margaret Thatcher Nancy Reagan ---
**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 5, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/58 "2009-12-05T02:44:58Z")
This year I decided to post the list I prepared months ago early, but I will this time make one final correction on December 31st This time I made an effort to look for the naughty, not nice. **Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi** - The Lockerbie bomber. **Bernie Madoff** - I hope the denials that the Ponzi schemer was sick are wrong. **Rush Limbaugh** - His extreme recent weight loss puts his history of drug abuse back in the spotlight. \*\* Hamid Karzai\*\* - Now that he demonstrated to be corrupt, I see the same future as Diem had in Vietnam. **Kim Jong-il** - He is so ronely. \*\*Charles Taylor \*\*- Ex Liberian president, will not be executed for his crimes but he may croak soon in jail. **Elizabeth Taylor** - not related, this is the Hollywood star. \*\* Nate Dogg\*\* - Snoop Dogg relative and singer and songwriter on his own, double chances: could die in a hail of bullets or by a new stroke. **Ron Santo** - Former baseball star. **Eddie Van Halen** - fading fast. **Tatum O’Neal** - dealing with cocaine. **Jeff Conaway** - The other driver of the grease lighting in the movie “Grease” drugs, even his doctors are abandoning him. **Edward Michael Grylls**. - Daredevil, similar to “crikey!” Steve Irwin. Alternates: **David Hasselhoff Courtney Love Dimitrius Underwood** Clean list: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi Bernie Madoff Rush Limbaugh Hamid Karzai Kim Jong-il Charles Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Nate Dogg Ron Santo Eddie Van Halen Tatum O’Neal Jeff Conaway Edward Michael Grylls Alternates: David Hasselhoff Courtney Love Dimitrius Underwood ---
**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 5, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/59 "2009-12-05T03:49:33Z")
Darn, regarding Madoff, I meant to say that: I hope the jailers saying that the Ponzi schemer was \*\*not \*\*sick are wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/60 "2009-12-05T05:38:00Z")
First time playing, so I’ll just throw these out. (Two I put on the list in preparation for this year’s pool have been replaced, since they died too early.) Frank Borman Ray Bradbury Scott Carpenter Freeman Dyson Bernard Fox (actor) Stephen Hawking Bob Hoover Kim Jong Il Steve Jobs Jerry Lewis Shane MacGowan Jim McDivitt Thomas Noguchi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=4)