# The Celebrity Death Pool 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523 "2010-12-01T09:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/1 "2010-12-01T09:16:51Z")
Here we go for 2011. The rules are as before. Please note my request at the bottom of the post that you submit your list in a specific format. \*\*The Rules: \*\* 1. You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2011. 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, 2010. (That’s U.S. Central time, which is six hours behind Greenwich.) 3. Valid picks are not: a. already dead b. a fictional character c. non-human d. under age 18 at death e. a registered member of the SDMB, 'cause that would be weird f. political prisoners, 'cause we’re macabre but not THAT macabre. g. famous solely as a result of their illness or associated actions/events. 1. You can pick people who are 100 or more years old but you won’t score points for them. See the “Quantity Not Quality” award, below. 2. If we are uncertain about the celebrity’s age at death, we will go by the higher age (lower score). 3. Your picks must specify a name: listing “anybody from [the cast of your most hated TV show or boy band]” as a pick will be ignored. 4. Persons under sentence of death will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution. 5. Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread is disqualified. It’s just a game, people. The only exceptions to this rule would be deaths caused by those posters serving as members of the police or armed forces of any country, in the line of duty. 6. Editing your choices: be careful! You can make changes to your list before the end of the year, but it has to be clear which names are your final choices. You may submit one or more “alternates” with your list in the event that one of your picks dies during December 2010, or submit an alternate after the death of the original pick, as long as this is posted by Dec 31, 2010. If you do not submit a name, I will submit the rest. You can have no more than 13 picks. If you pick more than 13, or if any of your picks is otherwise invalid, I may ask for clarification. Otherwise, I will submit the first 13 names on your list. Do me a favor: check twice, post once. We have no rule about submissions having to be unique, despite claims of “copying” anyone else’s list. We will just turn up our noses at you if you do this. Sharing news of celebrities in ill health and whatnot is up to individual posters. We have no rule about valid SDMB memberships (disqualifying members who have been banned). If you submit a list and then change your username at some point, please post this news on the thread so I know who you are. We have no rule about what constitutes “celebrity,” because it makes our heads hurt to think about this. Spelling counts! Please try to spell celebrities’ names correctly. Some celebrities have common, identical or similar names. It is helpful to be specific. **Additional awards:** The “Quantity Not Quality” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the greatest number of celebrities who died, regardless of their actual point value. The “Inside Track With the Grim Reaper” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who had the most unique picks that died. The “Opening Kickoff” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the first listed celebrity to die in 2011. The “Final Hours” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the last listed celebrity to die in 2011. The “Robbing the Cradle” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the youngest celebrity to die in 2011, but see rule 3.d. **List Format:** I have a spreadsheet that allows me to post updated standings quickly and produce various other statistics. The pain is “loading” the data into the sheet. I can do each list in a single cut and paste if you use the following format and guidelines: present a plain, unnumbered list that contains just the celebrities’ most commonly used names (e.g. use “Al Gore”, not “Albert Gore”), correctly spelled. If anyone is known by initials, include a period and a space after each. So as an example, it would be: O. J. Simpson Ronnie Biggs Fidel Castro George W. Bush Muhammad Ali Lindsay Lohan Elizabeth Taylor Abe Vigoda Kirk Douglas Clint Eastwood Ariel Sharon Dick Cheney Bill Gates However, I know that many of you like to include commentary within your lists, such as: George “the younger” Bush Yogi Berra, baseballer/malaproper, because it ain’t over till it’s over. That is fine - it adds to the entertainment. But if you do that, please also include the list again in plain format for me to copy & paste. Have fun, sickos. ---
**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 1, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2 "2010-12-01T13:08:28Z")
Sweet, I can’t wait. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/3 "2010-12-01T13:20:58Z")
Michael Douglas Zsa Zsa Gabor Margaret Thatcher Elizabeth Taylor Ronnie Biggs Ariel Sharon Dick Clark Mohammed Ali Betty Ford Phyllis Diller Andy Rooney Mel Gibson Henry Kissenger ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/4 "2010-12-01T13:33:00Z")
\*\*2011 Abe Vigoda Corpse Rodeo Alphabet Roundup: \*\* Abe Vigoda – famous immortal Chuck Yeager – fly boy jet man E. L. Doctorow- forgotten writer Fred Thompson – zombie politician, tv personality Gavin MacLeod – sunken actor Irwin Winkler - Rocky producer Kevin Smith - fanboy fatman or fatman fanboy? Nancy Reagan – wife of “Bedtime for Bonzo” star Orin Hatch – Utah lizard and DC toad Pope Benedict XIV – old Gestapo-eyes Quincy Jones – band leader mogul Ursula LeGuin – sci fi lady Zbigniew Brzezinski - Jimmy’s good pal, the walking typo \*\*13 names, 26 letters of the alphabet represented by their initials. The Pope is a cheat, but screw it, I needed the ” X” in there somehow. No easy task, but Death is worth the effort. \*\* \*\*Score Listing: \*\* Abe Vigoda Chuck Yeager E. L. Doctorow Fred Thompson Gavin MacLeod Irwin Winkler Kevin Smith Nancy Reagan Orin Hatch Pope Benedict XIV Quincy Jones Ursula LeGuin Zbigniew Brzezinski \*\*Alternates ruin the whole thing but: \*\* Yaphet Kotto Anthony Zerbe Gore Vidal Harlan Ellison Calvin Trillin ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/5 "2010-12-01T14:57:56Z")
1. Zsa Zsa Gabor (2/16/17), actress/low hanging fruit 2. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (3/15/33), Supreme Court justice 3. Roger Ebert (6/18/42), film critic 4. Michael Douglas (9/25/44), actor 5. Aung San Suu Kyi (6/19/45), Nobel Peace Prize laureate 6. Christopher Hitchens (4/13/49), commentator/author/gadfly 7. Rush Limbaugh (1/12/51), radio personality 8. Gene Weingarten (10/2/51), Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist 9. Steve Jobs (2/24/55), Apple honcho 10. Connie Newton Needham (12/5/59), ‘Eight Is Enough’ actress 11. Jason Becker (7/2/69), heavy metal guitarist 12. Orlando Thomas (10/21/72), former NFL player 13. Pete Doherty (3/12/79), musician, ex-Libertines Plain version: Zsa Zsa Gabor Ruth Bader Ginsburg Roger Ebert Michael Douglas Aung San Suu Kyi Christopher Hitchens Rush Limbaugh Gene Weingarten Steve Jobs Connie Newton Needham Jason Becker Orlando Thomas Pete Doherty Alternates: Darlene Cates Seve Ballesteros Pope Benedict XIV ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/6 "2010-12-01T15:03:28Z")
Everybody sing! _It’s the mooooost wonderful tiiiiime…of the year!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/7 "2010-12-01T15:11:55Z")
Andy Griffith. Joan Rivers Andy Rooney Osama Bin Laden Jack LaLanne ---
**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 1, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/8 "2010-12-01T15:13:14Z")
Ojay–new improved version to the tune of “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas” It’s time to do the Death Pool. It’s the Straight Dope’s sickest thread. If you’re a drama queen Make a list of thirteen of the folks that you wish dead. It’s time to do the Death Pool, And if you think it’s grim. When you hear someone’s dead First thought in your head: Well, who pciked her or him? And though you wish them dead Killing them is lame. You’ll be disqualified Folks, it’s just a game. It’s time to do the Deathpool. Great fun to be had by all. Even if you don’t win You’ll be wearing a grin. It’s more fun than Calvinball. This year I’m political: 1. Barrack Obama 2. Michelle Obama 3. George W. Bush 4. Laura Bush 5. Bill Clinton 6. Hillary Clinton 7. George H. W. Bush 8. Barbara Bush (the elder) 9. Nancy Reagen 10. Jimmy Carter 11. Rosalyn Carter 12. Betty Ford 13. Jeb Bush ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/9 "2010-12-01T15:22:15Z")
Alec Baldwin Don Rickles Rosalynn Carter Harry Morgan Conrad Bain Esther Williams G. Gordon Liddy Prince Philip Arnold Palmer David Crosby Jerry Lewis Jane Russell John Madden Alternates: Wilford Brimley Ruth Buzzi ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/10 "2010-12-01T15:43:08Z")
It would seem that the the Themes are already up and running. :: **Clears Throat** :: This will be my second year playing Death Pool. I guess you could call it my second time. I guess you _could_ call it a Sequel. I will call it : **THE SON OF DEATH POOL** 1.Jack Nichol **SON** Here’s Johnny! … and he’s dead Jim. 2.Sam Donald **SON** Old News Anchor type person 3.Pat Robert **SON** This guy has been wishing for the end times since before I was born. He wants to go, I will oblige him. 4.Doyle Brun **SON** Professional Poker Player. You can’t spend 5 minutes playing poker with out someone mentioning Doyle, or his Super System, the “Bible” of Hold 'Em 5.Antoine Dod **SON** Bed Intruder “Singer” **Run and Tell That** , Homeboy Home Home Homeboy! 6. Emma Wat **SON**. - who has spent the last 10 years or so of her life as Hermione Granger. 7.Woody Harel **SON** Douche. 8.Owen Wil **SON** Douche Plus 9.Sir Richard Bran **SON** Sir D … Dude that has a lot of money to do risky things. 10.Arte John **SON** TV Personality and former Match Game Panelist 11.Richard Daw **SON** Match Game Panelist and Family Feud Host 12.Anne Robin **SON** She is the Deadest Link, Goodbye. 13.O.J. Simp **SON** Infamous Football Player ## A. Louie Ander **SON** Double Douche and a Family Feud Host to boot. B. Rowan Atkin **SON** Bean, Blackadder, nothing worth noting in the US. c. Bill Watter **SON** Calvin and Hobbes. If he dies with the Calvinball, it’s worth double. Jack Nicholson Sam Donaldson Pat Robertson Doyle Brunson Antoine Dodson Emma Watson Woody Harelson Owen Wilson Sir Richard Branson Arte Johnson Richard Dawson Anne Robinson O.J. Simpson Louie Anderson Rowan Atkinson Bill Watterson ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/11 "2010-12-01T16:32:15Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Andy Griffith. > Joan Rivers > Andy Rooney > Osama Bin Laden > Jack LaLanne our lists contain 13 with up to 3 alternates (in case someone on your list dies before 00:00:01 1/1/11). You need 8 more. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/12 "2010-12-01T16:38:42Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > 1. Barrack Obama > 2. Michelle Obama > 3. George W. Bush > 4. Laura Bush > 5. Bill Clinton > 6. Hillary Clinton > 7. George H. W. Bush > 8. Barbara Bush (the elder) > 9. Nancy Reagen > 10. Jimmy Carter > 11. Rosalyn Carter > 12. Betty Ford > 13. Jeb Bush Can you repost without numbers pls? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/13 "2010-12-01T17:12:29Z")
In no particular order… George H. W. Bush Barbara Bush Lindsay Lohan Joan Fontaine Olivia de Havilland Jimmy Carter Sam Elliot Burt Reynolds Johnny Depp Tom Selleck Bill Clinton William Shatner Leonard Nimoy Alternates: Alex Trebek Chuck Norris Hillary Clinton Pope Benedict XIV Suggested modification to the rules: One “pity point” awarded if someone on your alternate list dies. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/14 "2010-12-01T17:13:05Z")
I was suddenly and inexplicably inspired to post an all _Laugh-In_ list, and since Our Lady Of The Bandwagon appeared as a guest 9 times, I can ride along: Alan Sues Artie Johnson Chelsea Brown Dave Madden Gary Owens Goldie Hawn Jill St. John Jo Anne Worley Judy Carne Lily Tomlin Ruth Buzzi Willie Tyler Zsa Zsa Gabor alternates: Carol Channing Rich Little Richard Dawson ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/15 "2010-12-01T17:15:17Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Suggested modification to the rules: > > One “pity point” awarded if someone on your alternate list dies. How about instead we just mock you for being so close, yet so far? ---
**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 1, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/16 "2010-12-01T17:52:37Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Can you repost without numbers pls? Barrack Obama Michelle Obama George W. Bush Laura Bush Bill Clinton Hillary Clinton George H. W. Bush Barbara Bush (the elder) Nancy Reagen Jimmy Carter Rosalyn Carter Betty Ford Jeb Bush ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/17 "2010-12-01T18:10:35Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > It would seem that the the Themes are already up and running. And in recognition, I announce a new award for the themed list that gets the highest score. If your list has a theme, please declare it when posting your list. And no, “old and sick people” is not going to count as a theme. Someone more creative than I can suggest a name for this new award. When I publish standings, players with an asterisk at the end of their name have a themed list. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/18 "2010-12-01T18:20:58Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > And in recognition, I announce a new award for the themed list that gets the highest score. If your list has a theme, please declare it when posting your list. And no, “old and sick people” is not going to count as a theme. > > Someone more creative than I can suggest a name for this new award. “Theme Dirge” (y’know - like in theme song? fine, it was the best I could come up with on 2 hours sleep) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/19 "2010-12-01T18:24:10Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Someone more creative than I can suggest a name for this new award. How about: Death Entertains Me in More Ways than One Award? Or: The Boot Hill Theme Park Ride Award. ---
**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 1, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/20 "2010-12-01T18:28:33Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > And in recognition, I announce a new award for the themed list that gets the highest score. If your list has a theme, please declare it when posting your list. And no, “old and sick people” is not going to count as a theme. > > Someone more creative than I can suggest a name for this new award. > > When I publish standings, players with an asterisk at the end of their name have a themed list. My first themed list was “I’m dreaming of a Bush Deathpool.” What about “I’m dreaming of a themed deathpool?” ETA: In case you didn’t noice, my list is Presidents and First Ladies, with one brother for #13 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=2)