# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/61 "2009-12-05T05:55:46Z")
Kevin McCarthy Jon Voight Sandy Koufax Queen Elizabeth II George H.W. Bush Stanley Kiesel Tom Wolfe Garret Dillahunt Cormac McCarthy Buzz Aldrin ---
**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, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/62 "2009-12-05T06:32:39Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Kevin McCarthy > Jon Voight > Sandy Koufax > Queen Elizabeth II > George H.W. Bush > Stanley Kiesel > Tom Wolfe > Garret Dillahunt > Cormac McCarthy > Buzz Aldrin \*\* Argent Towers\*\*, you need 3 more for your list to be complete. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/63 "2009-12-05T07:51:13Z")
Kevin McCarthy Jon Voight Sandy Koufax Queen Elizabeth II George H.W. Bush Stanley Kiesel Tom Wolfe Garret Dillahunt Cormac McCarthy Buzz Aldrin Alternates: Andy Dick Nelson Mandela Rod Stewart ---
**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 5, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/64 "2009-12-05T08:23:24Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Kevin McCarthy > Jon Voight > Sandy Koufax > Queen Elizabeth II > George H.W. Bush > Stanley Kiesel > Tom Wolfe > Garret Dillahunt > Cormac McCarthy > Buzz Aldrin > > Alternates: > > Andy Dick > Nelson Mandela > Rod Stewart Close. Your list should contain 13 (not ten) people. You may have an unspecified number of alternates. IOW, all those people you posted? That’s your list. Pick alternates if you wish. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/65 "2009-12-05T08:36:53Z")
Kevin McCarthy Jon Voight Sandy Koufax Queen Elizabeth II George H.W. Bush Stanley Kiesel Tom Wolfe Garret Dillahunt Cormac McCarthy Buzz Aldrin Andy Dick Nelson Mandela Rod Stewart Alternates: Clint Eastwood Al Goldstein ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/66 "2009-12-05T23:46:28Z")
> [@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. I like the way you think ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/67 "2009-12-05T23:47:38Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > 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 I don’t know if any one else caught this, swampy, but you have Bob Newhart on both your main and alternate lists ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/68 "2009-12-05T23:53:04Z")
I now present, drum roll please, my 2010 DPL: Marty Allen Barbara Bush Jerry Lewis Muhammed Ali Fidel Castro Bob Barker Olivia de Haviland Andrew Lloyd Weber Abdelbaset Ali Mohammed Al Megrahi Courtney Love Queen Elizabeth II Marcia Strassman Dick Clark alternates Hugh Downs Edwin Newman Julie Newmar Phyllis Diller ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/69 "2009-12-06T02:58:59Z")
Gary Busey Ashley Olsen (switching off each year between sisters) Bob Newhart Ben “Cooter from the Dukes of Hazzard” Jones Dick Tufeld (voice of the robot in “Lost in Space”) Lois Chiles (actress, Bond Girl in Moonraker) Mohammad Ali Jim Nabors Martin Landau Stephen Hawking Ariel Sharon Nick Nolte Kim Jong Il Alternates will be Tom Bosley, then Henry Kissenger Everyone check my list, since it virtually guarantees survival Gary Busey Ashley Olsen Bob Newhart Ben Jones Dick Tufeld Lois Chiles Mohammad Ali Jim Nabors Martin Landau Stephen Hawking Ariel Sharon Nick Nolte Kim Jong Il ---
**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 6, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/70 "2009-12-06T11:43:06Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I don’t know if any one else caught this, swampy, but you have Bob Newhart on both your main and alternate lists Well, dayum! And I called myself proofreading the list three times before submitting. Then again, have I ever claimed to be smart? 😛 I shall therefore correct my list. 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: Yoko Ono Margaret Thatcher Nancy Reagan ---
**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 6, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/71 "2009-12-06T17:53:36Z")
**Annie** , You’ve given up on the Bush Family Massacre? I have pages and pages of names jotted down over the years of potential pointage. Now I have to decide who is worthy of being placed on my 2010 list. I love this time of year!! ---
**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 6, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/72 "2009-12-06T18:04:23Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I love this time of year!! Cue Christmas music. ---
**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 6, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/73 "2009-12-06T18:08:29Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > **Annie** , You’ve given up on the Bush Family Massacre? It was only funny when Dubya was in office (though I did keep Barbara Bush on my 2010 list). Plus, I think Daddy sold his soul to someone for his family’s immortality. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/74 "2009-12-06T18:51:49Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I now present, drum roll please, my 2010 DPL: > > Marty Allen > Barbara Bush > Jerry Lewis > Muhammed Ali > Fidel Castro > Bob Barker > Olivia de Haviland > Andrew Lloyd Weber > Abdelbaset Ali Mohammed Al Megrahi > Courtney Love > Queen Elizabeth II > Marcia Strassman > Dick Clark > alternates > Hugh Downs > Edwin Newman > Julie Newmar > Phyllis Diller I suppose I should clarify - I mean Barbara Bush the Elder, wife of GHWBush ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/75 "2009-12-06T19:02:28Z")
Paul Dooley Kirk Douglas Mickey Rooney Ian Abercrombie Dick Cheney Sumner Redstone Andy Rooney Morley Safer Fionnula Flanagan Mary Beth Peil Frances Sternhagen Sidney Lumet Peter Bogdanovich ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/76 "2009-12-07T23:39:31Z")
_bump_ ---
**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 8, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/77 "2009-12-08T01:14:57Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > _bump_ I can’t find my “Pancreatic Cancer List”, OK? I need some time here… Sheesh. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/78 "2009-12-08T12:21:20Z")
Huh…that time of year again. While it wasn’t stellar, thanks to Mr. Swayze I didn’t goose egg my rookie year. So, here’s hoping I don’t suffer a “sophomore slump” (I’m looking at you, Hef…): Blake Edwards Tiger Woods Mackenzie Phillips Eddie Van Halen Amy Winehouse Kerry Livgren Florence Henderson Hugh Hefner Al Roker Charlie Watts Christopher Lee Steve Jobs Roger Ebert Alternates: Carrie Fisher Melvin Van Peebles Morgan Freeman Kind of a random mix of low-hanging fruit (Edwards, Hef), troubled Celebs (Tiger, Amy), sick Celebs (Jobs, Ebert) and just a couple of random picks (Roker, Livgren) For those Dopers under 30, Livgren was one of the founders and prime movers of the band Kansas ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/79 "2009-12-08T12:57:11Z")
\*\*Amarone \*\*- you should have a mod fix up your boilerplate rules: > [@OP](#): > > 1. You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2009. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points minus their age at death. Whoever has the most points at the end of the year wins the undying _snort_ admiration of the SDMB. > > 2. All picks must be time- and date-stamped by midnight Chicago time, Dec. 31st, 2008. (That’s U.S. Central time, which is six hours behind Greenwich.) Here’s my list: Steve Jobs Roger Ebert Amy Winehouse Andy Rooney Muhammed Ali Darrell Royal Billy Graham Jimmy Carter Fidel Castro Phyllis Diller Peaches Geldof Betty Ford Andrew Lloyd Webber Stephanie Pratt Lindsay Lohan Willie Mays ---
**Author:** ![meghan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@meghan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meghan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/80 "2009-12-08T18:30:51Z")
OK, so last year’s list needs just a little dusting. And a replacement for Ted Kennedy. Keith Richards Amy Winehouse Jerry Lewis Kim Jong-il Bill Clinton MaryKate Olsen Brittney Spears Fidel Castro Dick Cheney Lance Armstrong Vladimir Putin Hamid Karzai Billy Graham Alternate: Nancy Reagan Queen Elizabeth II [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=5)