# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/401 "2010-12-30T18:03:22Z")
After minutes spent on exhaustive research… Michael Douglas Julian Assange Zsa Zsa Gabor Steve Ballasteros Dick Cheney Roger Ebert Aretha Franklin Owen Wilson Steve Hawking Fidel Castro Doris Day Ashley Olsen Jerry Lewis ---
**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 30, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/402 "2010-12-30T20:24:48Z")
I promised myself I wasn’t going to work so hard on my list this year, but of course I’ve been jiggering it about for months! I even drew names out of a jar at one point, but I couldn’t abide by the results. Now I’m just going to give you my list before I think of any more reasons to change it. Sid Caesar Doris Day Ralphie May Joseph Wapner Billy Gardell Alan Young Richard Adams Gene Wilder Zsa Zsa Gabor Jerry Lewis Dick Clark Phyllis Diller Gerry Rafferty Alternate: Jane Russell That would be Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, should there be any confusion. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/403 "2010-12-30T20:36:04Z")
Ralph Nader Hugh O’Brien Phyllis Diller Hal Holbrook Bob Barker James Arness Robert Conrad Maureen O’Hara Tom Baker Robert Vaughn Doris Day Martin Milner Don Rickles ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/404 "2010-12-30T21:27:35Z")
Ariel Sharon Connor Cosgrove Michael Douglas Aretha Franklin Paul Gascoigne Paul Henderson Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il Brian Lenihan Penny Marshall Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi David Rose Andy Whitfield Alternates: Zsa Zsa Gabor Eddie Montgomery ---
**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 30, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/405 "2010-12-30T22:41:40Z")
Objection. > [@Walkabout](#): > > Connor Cosgrove This is a freshman walk-on football player. [Never](http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/stats?playerId=503218) even played in an actual college game. Probably non-famous, except that he was just diagnosed with leukemia, and the college is now rallying around him. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/406 "2010-12-30T22:54:13Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I promised myself I wasn’t going to work so hard on my list this year, but of course I’ve been jiggering it about for months! I even drew names out of a jar at one point, but I couldn’t abide by the results. Now I’m just going to give you my list before I think of any more reasons to change it. Wow, you take this seriously! Just to make you feel better, I literally spent less than 10 minutes last evening filling out my 10. Mostly by thinking of someone, and doing a search on wikipedia to see if they were still alive (one wasn’t, Gary Coleman. I was on the right track!) I say this only to make you feel better if I score more points than you. If I don’t I will start my list next June. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/407 "2010-12-30T23:22:29Z")
Larry Flynt Ron Jeremy George Wendt Suge Knight Andrew Lloyd Webber Omar Abdel-Rahman Mike Tyson Kim Jong-il Gary Busey Michael Douglas Lindsay Lohan Mike Heimerdinger Roger Ebert ---
**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 31, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/408 "2010-12-31T02:11:14Z")
[Dammit.](http://celebs.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978852176) Dammit [again!](http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20101229/NEWS/101229853/-1/opinion01?Title=TV-journalist-Rainbow-City-native-Edwards-dies-of-cancer-at-34) ---
**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 31, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/409 "2010-12-31T02:17:15Z")
I shall replace Susie Edwards with Kathryn Joosten. dammit ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/410 "2010-12-31T03:11:31Z")
Michael Douglas Owen Wilson Lindsay Lohan Britney Spears Betty White Dick Cheney Rush Limbaugh Steve Jobs Barack Obama Tiger Woods Fidel Castro Amy Winehouse Aretha Franklin ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/411 "2010-12-31T04:23:24Z")
Dick Cheney Nancy Reagan Michael Douglas Lindsay Lohan Aretha Franklin Amy Winehouse Chuck Berry Keith Richards Jimmy Page Steven Seagal John Goodman Justin Bieber Betty White ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/412 "2010-12-31T04:37:36Z")
Thanks for your work on the DP again this year **amarone**. Michael Douglas - actor Dick Cheney - VP Seve Ballesteros - golfer Genaro Hernandez - fighter Vasily Aleksanyan - prisoner Brian Lenihan - politician Aretha Franklin - singer Billy Graham - “Superstar” wrestler Andy Whitfield - actor Mike Heimerdinger - coach Connie Needham – actress Kim Jong-Il - dictator Harmon Killebrew - baseball Michael Douglas Dick Cheney Seve Ballesteros Genaro Hernandez Vasily Aleksanyan Brian Lenihan Aretha Franklin Billy Graham Andy Whitfield Mike Heimerdinger Connie Needham Kim Jong-Il Harmon Killebrew Alternates Stephen Hawking Roger Ebert ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/413 "2010-12-31T04:50:08Z")
I have revised my list: Kim Jong-Il Osama Bin Laden Zsa Zsa Gabor Fidel Castro Aretha Franklin Margaret Thatcher Amy Winehouse George H. W. Bush Ruth Bader Ginsberg Fred Phelps Elizabeth Taylor Nancy Reagan Harmon Killebrew Alternates: Bob Dole Pope Benedict XVI Jimmy Carter Mark Dayton ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/414 "2010-12-31T04:52:32Z")
> [@Critical\_Mass](#): > > Harmon Killebrew - baseball Oh, man, I guess I’m not the only one who heard. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/415 "2010-12-31T04:57:55Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Justin Bieber Ineligible. He’s 16 years old. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/416 "2010-12-31T05:50:51Z")
I haven’t looked at anyone else’s entries, but I just wanted to applaud anyone who chose Jeff Conaway or Gary Busey. Thanks to Dr. Drew, those guys seem to be true trainwrecks. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/417 "2010-12-31T05:53:38Z")
I have to revise my list. Justin Bieber is too young (thanks to **MsWhatsit** for the heads up) Dick Cheney Nancy Reagan Michael Douglas Lindsay Lohan Aretha Franklin Amy Winehouse Chuck Berry Keith Richards Jimmy Page Steven Seagal John Goodman Queen Elizabeth II Betty White ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/418 "2010-12-31T06:45:06Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > I haven’t looked at anyone else’s entries, but I just wanted to applaud anyone who chose Jeff Conaway or Gary Busey. > > Thanks to Dr. Drew, those guys seem to be true trainwrecks. I’m not sure where Dr. Drew came into the picture, but Gary Busey has been a train wreck for years. ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/419 "2010-12-31T06:45:33Z")
1.) Andy Rooney 2.) Elisabeth Taylor 3.) Zsa Zsa Gabor 4.) Nancy Reagan 5.) Muhammad Ali 6.) Julian Assange 7.) Joseph Ratzinger (AKA the Pope) 8.) Michael Douglas 9.) Charlie Sheen 10.) Stephen Hawking 11.) Eddy Van Halen 12.) Eric Roberts 13.) Woody Harrelson ---
**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 31, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/420 "2010-12-31T07:00:43Z")
> [@lexi](#): > > 1.) Andy Rooney > 2.) Elisabeth Taylor > 3.) Zsa Zsa Gabor > 4.) Nancy Reagan > 5.) Muhammad Ali > 6.) Julian Assange > 7.) Joseph Ratzinger (AKA the Pope) > 8.) Michael Douglas > 9.) Charlie Sheen > 10.) Stephen Hawking > 11.) Eddy Van Halen > 12.) Eric Roberts > 13.) Woody Harrelson **lexi** - You need to reformat your list. Check the OP for correct style. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=22)