# 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:** 2
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/21 "2010-12-01T19:00:59Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > In case you didn’t noice, my list is Presidents and First Ladies, with one brother for #13 Yep - I awarded you an asterisk. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/22 "2010-12-01T20:01:54Z")
Peter Straub Clive Barker Brian Lumley F. Paul Wilson Stephen King R. L. Stine Dean Koontz Bentley Little Richard Matheson Robert McCammon Ann Rice John Saul Brian Keene Alternates: Thomas Harris Neil Gaiman J. K. Rowling Being on my list guarantees they will make it through the year. I haven’t played in a couple of years because I kept getting nada! Anyway, I have a theme, I call it “ **Scared Stiff** ” ---
**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, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/23 "2010-12-01T20:18:19Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > \*\*2011 Abe Vigoda Corpse Rodeo > Alphabet Roundup: \*\* > > Fred Thompson – zombie politician, tv personality Actually had him in an earlier draft of my list. Have no clue who Elison is. Then again, I had a LOT of names to pick from given my theme, but it only goes so far, so I wanted to spray and pray on my list. Then again, again, I was kinda constrained to my names, and to my timing. I HAD to do this list this year [2011], I felt. ---
**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 1, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/24 "2010-12-01T21:38:33Z")
Gary Busey Mary Kate 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 Henry Kissenger, then Mel Gibson Everyone check my list, since it virtually \*\*guarantees \*\*survival Gary Busey Mary Kate 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:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/25 "2010-12-01T22:59:08Z")
Paul McCartney Ringo Starr George Martin Yoko Ono Julian Lennon Pete Best Sean Lennon Olivia Harrison Cynthia Lennon Jane Asher Patti Boyd Harrison Zak Starkey Stella McCartney Alternates: Mick Jagger Keith Richards Bill Wyman ---
**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, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/26 "2010-12-01T23:29:54Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Someone more creative than I can suggest a name for this new award. But not necessarily a good one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/27 "2010-12-01T23:43:32Z")
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! **Starts working on list. Yeah, I know that I’m screwed if I’m just now starting to work on it.** Love the theme list prize! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/28 "2010-12-02T01:46:39Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Someone more creative than I can suggest a name for this new award. **Death is not as complicated as it Themes.** ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/29 "2010-12-02T02:54:09Z")
Okay, here goes: Fidel Castro Jack T. Chick Michael Douglas Roger Ebert Bill Erwin Zsa Zsa Gabor Richard Griffiths Christopher Hitchens Ed Koch Jerry Lewis Margaret Thatcher Gore Vidal Amy Winehouse alternates Lindsay Lohan Jason Mewes Bill Erwin is a very old English actor. Richards Griffiths is an alarmingly fat English actor who played Uncle Vernon in the _Harry Potter_ movies. Ed Koch used to be mayor of New York. Thank you for doing this, **amarone**. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/30 "2010-12-02T03:59:20Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > **Death is not as complicated as it Themes.** I like that one. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/31 "2010-12-02T06:19:53Z")
Ronnie Biggs Ernest Borgnine Ray Bradbury Fidel Castro Dick Clark Michael Douglas Zsa Zsa Gabor Henry Kissinger Jerry Lewis Ariel Sharon Sherwood Schwartz Margaret Thatcher Peter Tork Alternates: Stephen Hawking Jimmy Carter ---
**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 2, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/32 "2010-12-02T10:28:46Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Everybody sing! > > _It’s the mooooost wonderful tiiiiime…of the year!_ > > 😃 You’re a sick, sick person. I love you in a Macabre Kinda Way.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/33 "2010-12-02T11:11:31Z")
Christopher Hitchens Michael Douglas Zsa Zsa Gabor Bob Barker Elizabeth Taylor Dick Cheney Brett Michaels Ariel Sharon Mohammed Ali Penny Marshall Fidel Castro Andy Rooney Margaret Thatcher Paul Keating Jimmy Carter ---
**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 2, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/34 "2010-12-02T13:22:02Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Thank you for doing this, **amarone**. Ditto ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/35 "2010-12-02T13:36:08Z")
Themes like old times? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/36 "2010-12-02T13:50:35Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Themes like old times? Introduction of the lisping “seems” should open up a lot of possibilities. Death no longer themes so pointless. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/37 "2010-12-02T15:55:39Z")
Subscribing. I’ll be back later tonight to post my list when I have more time. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/38 "2010-12-02T16:24:23Z")
I suggested this as a new rule, but it was shot down. However as a matter of courtesy, please refrain from discussing hot tops on list candidates in this thread while nominations are open. You could be messing up someone’s otherwise unique pick by doing so. FWIW, I consider discussing hot tips in the current game to be fair. ETA: Discussing why you picked some for your list is fine. I’m talking about stuff like “I just read that Atilla the Hun has terminal ass cancer. Let’s all pick him!” ---
**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 2, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/39 "2010-12-02T18:53:50Z")
I’m not quite sure how VinderBob appointed himself the rule-master - particularly since his suggestion was “shot down”, but anyway… \*\*My theme: “Please don’t sit on the Queen Anne!” \*\* Chastity Bono - I Got You Flab Aretha Franklin - Queen of Soul Food Artie Lange - Howard Stern crony Vincent Pastore - Huge Pussy William “Refrigerator” Perry - Aptly-named ex-Chicago Bear Randy Quaid - Cousin Eddie gone wacko Gabourey Sidibe - My Precious! Phyllis Smith - Got into Vance’s refrigerator Sally Struthers - No longer Archie’s Little Goil Reuben Studdard - Named after the sandwich Alternates: Oprah Winfrey - The Big dOnut Kirstie Alley - Used to be hot Kevin Smith - Friend of airlines Vanilla list: Chastity Bono Aretha Franklin Artie Lange Vincent Pastore William “Refrigerator” Perry Randy Quaid Gabourey Sidibe Phyllis Smith Sally Struthers Reuben Studdard Alternates: Oprah Winfrey Kirstie Alley Kevin Smith ---
**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 2, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/40 "2010-12-02T19:06:58Z")
Funeral knells, deep-six bells Ringing all the way Oh what fun it is to play In that ghoulish Doper way –ay Funeral knells, deep-six bells Who to pick today? No more will I add Vigoda To my death array. Hey! mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=3)