# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/141 "2009-12-22T18:45:29Z")
> [@Mullinator](#): > > Jessica Breeland - women’s college basketball player For anyone who doesn’t know her story, [here is a column](http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/columns/story?columnist=voepel_mechelle&id=4724537) about Breland ( **amarone** , note correct spelling, just in case anyone else picks Jessica). ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/142 "2009-12-22T19:37:01Z")
Garrison Keillor Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Hawking Amy Winehouse Kelsey Grammer Ariel Sharon Prince Philip of Edinburgh Nancy Reagan Roger Ebert James Earl Jones Kim Jong-il Margaret Thatcher Joe Haldeman Alternates: Hugh Hefner Elizabeth Edwards Wilford Brimley ---
**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 22, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/143 "2009-12-22T20:38:33Z")
Well, I think I’ve got my list all set. Been playing for years, but never do well. I’m making the first major changes to my list in a long time. Here it is: Peter Falk Billy Graham Jiang Zemin Eli Wallach Orlando Thomas Peter Falk Kirk Douglas I.M. Pei C. Everett Koop Harry Morgan Steve Jobs Robert Mugabe Lee Iacoca Alternates: Jack Lalane Richard Atenbourough Bob Barker ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/144 "2009-12-22T21:46:40Z")
> [@arnesw](#): > > James Randi Invalid pick: > [@amarone](#): > > \*\*The Rules: \*\* > […] > 3. Valid picks are not: > […] > e. a registered member of the SDMB, 'cause that would be weird [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=55248](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/145 "2009-12-22T22:01:05Z")
Might as well try. I rarely do well on these…perhaps I should name myself? Kim Jong-Il Stephen Hawking Hamid Karzai Bill Parcells Bobby Bowden Margaret Thatcher Trevor Bailey Robert Mugabe Shirley Temple Black Eleanor Mondale Elizabeth Taylor Leonid Stadnyk Eddie Van Halen Explanations for those who need it: Trevor Bailey: Former English cricketer and commentator. Eleanor Mondale: Daughter of Walter, radio presenter in Minnesota. Leonid Stadnyk: Ukranian who was formerly the world’s tallest man. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/146 "2009-12-22T22:16:06Z")
Is it technically legal to name yourself? I guess as long as you don’t commit suicide, as that would be against the rules. William (Refrigerator) Perry Jerry Ball Tony Mandarich Art Shell Dwight Stephenson Dan Dierdorf David (Deacon) Jones Jim Burt Fred Smerlas Ed Lee (Too Tall) Jones Art Donovan Bill Russell Muhammad Ali All former NFL linemen except Russell and Ali. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/147 "2009-12-22T22:30:51Z")
[ol][li]Amy Winehouse, 9/14/1983 - gimme [_]Jim Dutton, 11/20/1968 - astronaut[_]Candye Kane, 11/13/1965 - Jazz vocalist[_]Lauren Fignon, 8/12/1960 - Tour de France racer[_]Marwan Barghouti, 6/6/1959 - Palestinian leader [_]Steve Jobs, 2/24/1955 - iPod user [_]Paul Allen, 1/21/1953 - Microsoft bigwig[_]Phil Collins, 1/30/1951 - gorilla[_]Isaac Bonewits, 10/1/1949 - modern druid [_]Diane Allen, 3/8/1948 - politician and anchorwoman [_]Kim Jong-Il, 2/16/1942 - broadway triple-threat [_]Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 3/15/1933 - robe model[_]Albert Facchiano, 3/10/1910 - very old mobster[/ol]Alternates:[ol]Dave Rose, 12/19/1957 - Basketball coach[_]Charlie Wilson, 1/29/1953 - Musician[_]John Madden, 4/10/1936 - football sage[/ol][/li] Amy Winehouse Jim Dutton Kim Jong-Il Diane Allen Laurent Fignon Isaac Bonewits Steve Jobs Candye Kane Ruth Bader Ginsburg Albert Facchiano Paul Allen Phil Collins Marwan Barghouti ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/148 "2009-12-22T22:33:49Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Is it technically legal to name yourself? I guess as long as you don’t commit suicide, as that would be against the rules. You’d also need to qualify as a celebrity… ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/149 "2009-12-22T22:43:28Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > but they were all old. Now, in 2010, I will win. I have a new system… > > Ernie Harwell :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/150 "2009-12-22T22:45:30Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **amarone** , note correct spelling. Noted - thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/151 "2009-12-22T22:50:53Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Is it technically legal to name yourself? I guess as long as you don’t commit suicide, as that would be against the rules. > [@Oakminster](#): > > You’d also need to qualify as a celebrity… Come to think, you’d be disqualified under the fellow-Doper rule. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/152 "2009-12-22T22:52:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Well, I think I’ve got my list all set. Been playing for years, but never do well. I’m making the first major changes to my list in a long time. > > Here it is: > > Peter Falk > Billy Graham > Jiang Zemin > Eli Wallach > Orlando Thomas > Peter Falk > Kirk Douglas > I.M. Pei > C. Everett Koop > Harry Morgan > Steve Jobs > Robert Mugabe > Lee Iacoca > > Alternates: > > Jack Lalane > Richard Atenbourough > Bob Barker Peter Falk is in twice. I am using Jack Lalane as the 13th pick until I hear otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/153 "2009-12-22T22:58:40Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Peter Falk is in twice. I am using Jack Lalane as the 13th pick until I hear otherwise. The second time is when he walked back in the door and said, “Hey, just one more thing…” ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/154 "2009-12-22T23:04:31Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > Invalid pick [James Randi]: > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=55248](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Very true. It’s against the letter of the rules but I doubt it is against the spirit (not that I believe in spirits, James). I don’t think the rule was aimed at genuine celebrities who happen to sign up as members. I am inclined to give this one a pass. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/155 "2009-12-23T00:20:31Z")
After much thought and a failed appeal to The People, I’ve decided to go with the same ol’ crowd as usual. Lilian Jackson Braun b. 1913–The Author Who Wouldn’t Die Kirk Douglas b. 1916–Is he Spartacus? Or am I Spartacus? Olivia de Haviland b. 1916–Will she die first or will it be Joan Fontaine b. 1917–I love feuds that will only end with death. Zsa Zsa Gabor b. 1917–Will she find her heavenly Green Acres this year? Billy Graham b. 1918–His passing will be big news here in Hippy Hollow NC. Clarence Thomas b. 1920–His gravestone will be as silent as he is in court. John Glenn b. 1921–He’s listed in my Possible Deathpool list as “astro-senator” Prince Philip b. 1921–Will his gaffes continue after death? Bob Barker b. 1923–Insert your own “spay or neuter” joke here Nadine Gordimer b. 1923–South African author Jimmy Carter b. 1924–Insert peanut or Habitat for Humanity joke here Lee Iaccocca b. 1924–Former Ford CEO Alternates: Barbara Bush b. 1925–Obviously the former First Lady Dick Van Dyke b. 1925–former actor Ariel Sharon b. 1928–Refuses to die Plain List: Lilian Jackson Braun Kirk Douglas Olivia de Haviland Joan Fontaine Zsa Zsa Gabor Billy Graham Clarence Thomas John Glenn Prince Philip Bob Barker Nadine Gordimer Jimmy Carter Lee Iacocca Barbara Bush Dick Van Dyke Ariel Sharon ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/156 "2009-12-23T00:43:59Z")
Ok, here is my Death Team 2010! Amy Winehouse Dick Cheney Kirk Douglas Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elizabeth Edwards Orlando Thomas Dennis Hopper Don Imus Tiger Woods Johnny Hallyday Maura Tierney Bryant Gumbel Shane McGowan Alternates: Britney Spears Keith Richard David Hasselhoff ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/157 "2009-12-23T01:57:49Z")
Let’s pop my Cherry here : Notes follow. Bill Cosby Eminem Larry King John McCain Elizabeth Taylor Regis Philbin Bob Barker Dick Clark Rush Limbaugh Jim Cramer Paula Deen Anne Robinson Jack Black Shia LeBeouf Hugh Downs Michael Cera Eminem == Marshall Mathers P!nk = Pink == Alecia Beth Moore Robinson, The Weakest Link hostess. Sullivan, UK’s answer to Billy Mays. Cramer, Host of Mad Money. Cera, George-Michael Bluth / Paulie Bleeker / any other teen comedy movie Going in to this, I thought that 13 would be way too many to guess. I’m finding it very hard to stop at 13. I have to stop second guessing myself. So many choices here. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/158 "2009-12-23T02:17:27Z")
Apparently, I left my notes section intact from previous itterations. Obviously, I am not going to claim people that I do not name in my list. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/159 "2009-12-23T02:31:24Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > 1. Valid picks are not: > > e. a registered member of the SDMB, 'cause that would be weird So does this mean no Weird Al ? (Have we confirmed that rumor yet?) ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/160 "2009-12-23T03:03:15Z")
Sylvio Berlusconi Ron Wood Amy Winehouse Fidel Castro Britney Spears Lindsey Lohan John Daly Wilford Brimley James Gandolfini Ruth Bader Ginsburg Betty Kennedy Stephen Hawking Richard Kiel (Betty Kennedy wouldn’t be well known outside of Canada - here’s her wikipedia entry: [Betty Kennedy - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Kennedy)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=9)