# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/461 "2010-12-31T23:30:29Z")
> [@Walkabout](#): > > There are web pages devoted to him entirely separate of his illness, eg. this one. I would think think that pretty much any college football player has some degree of fame. What’s the ruling on this? I am away from my computer and will not be able to check this guy out until after the deadline. Make sure you have named an alternate and I will get to it when I can. ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/462 "2011-01-01T00:10:21Z")
Kind of a random assortment, but what the hell: Plain list: Albert Haynesworth Stephen Baldwin Tara Reid Bai Ling Hugh Hefner Whitney Houston Joan Rivers Mel Gibson Hulk Hogan T.I. Shaun Ryder Keith Richards Joan Baez \*T.I.'s real name is Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/463 "2011-01-01T00:42:24Z")
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan Aretha Franklin Harmon Killebrew Cardinal Francis George Sean Connery Kirk Douglas Zsa Zsa Gabor Tommy Lasorda Courtney Love Jeff Conaway Warwick Davis Arnold Palmer Dean Smith ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/464 "2011-01-01T00:55:05Z")
Two closing hour substitutions. My new plain list: Connie Newton Needham James Garner George Karl Mari Hulman George Adam Yauch Louis Farrakhan Michael Douglas Harlan Ellison Marcia Strassman Lindsay Lohan Theresa Heinz Kerry Michael Moore Andy Whitfield Alternates: Maggie Smith George Soros Penny Marshall ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Elk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Anne\_Elk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Elk)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/465 "2011-01-01T01:01:42Z")
Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi Aretha Franklin Roger Ebert Pete Doherty Lindsay Lohan Bret Michaels Amy Winehouse Zsa Zsa Gabor Elizabeth Taylor Harmon Killebrew Robert Conrad Don Rickles Chuck Berry Fred Phelps Jimmy Carter Jerry Lee Lewis ---
**Author:** ![CowPatty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@CowPatty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CowPatty)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/466 "2011-01-01T01:04:27Z")
Michael Douglas Aretha Franklin Fred Phelps Bryant Gumbel Lindsay Lohan Marilyn Horne Ruth Bader Ginsberg Margaret Thatcher Merle Haggard Nolan Miller John Anthony Walker Charlie Louvin Harvey James Alternates: Annette Funicello Charlie Sheen Mel Gibson That’s Nolan Miller the fashion designer, by the way. Not the author. Thanks, **amarone**! ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/467 "2011-01-01T01:13:51Z")
Betty White Lindsay Lohan Owen Wilson Zsa Zsa Gabor Michael Douglas Jimmy Carter Dick Cheney George H. W. Bush Joan Rivers Martin Sheen Michael Moore Paris Hilton Mickey Rourke ---
**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:** [January 1, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/468 "2011-01-01T01:18:57Z")
I wish I could find a way to add the Natalie Menndoza’s replacement in the Broadway version of Spider Man. But they haven’t chosen her yet. I’m tempted to do a Spider Man theme, as the show has ‘death trap’ written all over it. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/469 "2011-01-01T01:19:20Z")
Aretha Franklin Ozzy Osborne Lindsey Lohan Ariel Sharon Ruth Bader Ginsburg Kim Jong Il Dick Cheney Roger Ebert Bill Cosby Mel Gibson OJ Simpson Alex Trebek Daniel Raddcliffe ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/470 "2011-01-01T01:37:27Z")
Meh, mostly last years, er this years, repeated. Almost forgot to post. ``` 1. Zombie Fidel Castro: duh 2. Muhammad Ali: down goes Ali 3. Zombie Ariel Sharon 4. Aretha Franklin 5. Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs: though I think he has been on his death bed longer than Zombie Ariel Sharon 6. Jean Kennedy Smith: last of that generation of Kennedys 7. Famous drug addict-Amy Winehouse 8. Michael Douglas 9. Hall of Fame drug addict: Rush Limbaugh 10. Carly Fiorina 11. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi 12. Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake: taking a flyer on another pro rassler dying early 13. Former St Louis Ram and complete waste of talent Lawrence Phillips. I scored with people from the St Louis Rams organization two years so I thought I would make it a tradition. Phillips is serving a 10-year prison sentence so he may be safer in jail than out in society. Phillips is the archetypical thug ex-football player, surprised he isn't dead already. ``` In case any of the above don’t see the new year: John McCain Sarah Palin Fidel Castro Muhammad Ali Ariel Sharon Aretha Franklin Ronnie Biggs Jean Kennedy Smith Amy Winehouse Michael Douglas Rush Limbaugh Carly Fiorina Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake Lawrence Phillips John McCain Sarah Palin ---
**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:** [January 1, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/471 "2011-01-01T01:38:32Z")
My last minute changes: Michael Douglas Muhammed Ali Willie Mays Paula Deen Andy Rooney Jimmy Carter Zsa Zsa Gabor Merle Haggard Willie Nelson Lindsay Lohan Guy Fieri Aretha Franklin Dick Clark Billy Graham BB King Phyllis Diller ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/472 "2011-01-01T02:02:16Z")
Amy Winehouse Courtney Love Dick Cheney Fidel Castro George H.W. Bush Jerry B. Jenkins Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Un Raúl Castro Robert Pattinson Roger Ebert Rush Limbaugh Tim LaHaye Alternates: Britney Spears Elizabeth Taylor Hugh Hefner ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/473 "2011-01-01T02:16:05Z")
Yao Defen Zac Efron Aretha Franklin Billy Graham Christopher Hitchens Daniel Inouye Etta James Faye Kellerman George Lazenby Harry Morgan Ingrid Newkirk John Oates Katherine Paterson Alternate: Queen Latifah (which doesn’t quite work - but Qs are hard) ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/474 "2011-01-01T02:18:31Z")
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan Aretha Franklin Harmon Killebrew Cardinal Francis George Sean Connery Kirk Douglas Michael Douglas Roger Ebert Tommy Lasorda Courtney Love Jeff Conaway Warwick Davis Zsa Zsa Gabor Alternates: Arnold Palmer Dean Smith ---
**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:** [January 1, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/475 "2011-01-01T02:21:57Z")
[Susie Edwards](http://www.healthkey.com/health/whnt-susie-and-georgina-pic,0,5591508.photo) is still dead. dammit ---
**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:** [January 1, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/476 "2011-01-01T02:43:16Z")
Here is my Clean List: Aretha Franklin Harmon Killebrew Billy Graham, the preacher Billy Graham, the wrestler Abdelbasel Ali Mohmed Al Megahi Zsa Zsa Gabor Christopher HItchens Ronnie Biggs Margeret Thatcher Bumibol Adulyadej Ruth Bader Ginsberg Jason Becker James Randi Alternates: Paul Casciogne Fred Phelps Nancy Reagan **(Is** Randi\*\* still allowed as he is a registered doper?)\*\* If not, bump up **Paul Casciogne** to the Gift of Life list. Thank you, Amarone! You simply ROCK! ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/477 "2011-01-01T02:48:22Z")
Margaret Thatcher Lindsay Lohan Elizabeth Taylor Michael Douglas Mickey Rooney Andy Whitfield Bobby Brown Dick Van Dyke Courtney Love Pete Doherty Mel Gibson Charlie Sheen Miley Cyrus ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/478 "2011-01-01T02:58:11Z")
Margaret Thatcher Fidel Castro Pope Benedict XVI Ronnie Biggs Harmon Killebrew Kim Jong-il Muhammad Ali Seve Ballesteros Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi George H. W. Bush John Daly Paul Gascoigne Amy Winehouse ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/479 "2011-01-01T03:04:44Z")
Wilford Brimley Brett Michaels Christopher Hitchins Elizabeth Taylor Paul McCartney Queen Elizabeth Hugh Hefner Wesley Snipes David Letterman Tara Reid Val Kilmer Lindsay Lohan William Shatner Alternate if one of the above should die within the next hour and fifty-six minutes: Phyllis Diller ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/480 "2011-01-01T03:07:59Z")
This year’s candidates for the Green Banana Club: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, Bomber Kim Jong Il, nasty dictator Aretha Franklin, singer Zsa Zsa Gabor, plenty of room in this handbasket, why? Fidel Castro, but will we ever know? Dick Cheney, Bionics will someday fail… Hugh Hefner, Drinking the blood of young blonds will only work for so long…. Dave Maynard, Boston talk show host for forever Penny Marshal, director/actress Michael Douglas, stage IV means no green bananas Lindsey Lohan, death by misadventure, can’t cure stupid Ariel Sharon, just a matter of time Gordon Murray, author/banker Clean list: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi Kim Jong Il Aretha Franklin Zsa Zsa Gabor Fidel Castro Dick Cheney Hugh Hefner Dave Maynard Penny Marshal Michael Douglas Lindsey Lohan Ariel Sharon Gordon Murray Wildcard: Jimmy Carter [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=25)