# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/81 "2010-12-04T01:43:17Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The only real theme my list has is “people who are on Little Nemo’s 2011 Celebrity Deathpool list”. > > Although it would qualify under the “tiny percentage of the population” guideline. Gee, I go for the sarcastic comedy first, and I get my weenie whacked… ---
**Author:** ![Dinah\_Steeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@Dinah\_Steeler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinah_Steeler)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/82 "2010-12-04T03:01:01Z")
Andy Griffith Miley Cyrus Ariel Sharon Caril Ann Fugate Lindsay Lohan George W. Bush Fred Phelps Shirley Phelps-Roper Pat Robertson LeAnn Rimes Nancy Reagan Sarah Palin Kate Middleton Alternates: Priscilla Presley John McCain Sandra Day O’Connor ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/83 "2010-12-04T04:46:46Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > FWIW, MMr.M, since having the addadicktome, Chastity Bono has changed names legally to Chaz. To quote The Partridge Family, I Think I Love You. Picks later. Probably not tonight. ---
**Author:** ![NoiseBomb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/49beb7/32.png) [@NoiseBomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoiseBomb)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/84 "2010-12-04T06:20:36Z")
Fidel Castro. Because a death pool list isn’t complete without him. Dick Clark. Actually died in 1998, but this is the end for Zombie Dick. Lindsay Lohan. One of these interchangable attention whores is sure to kick the bucket, and since Britney had the nerve to survive 2010. Piers Anthony. He’ll make his own pun. Michelle Duggar. The vagina strikes back. David Duke. I can’t think of a witty comment. Axl Rose. Surprised he’s still kicking, actually. Big GNR fan back then myself. Ozzy Osbourne. For the second “how the hell is this guy still alive” pick. Zsa Zsa Gabor. The low-hanging fruit, low-scoring pick. Hugh Hefner. 2010 alternate. Larry Flynt was on the main list. What the hell, Bob Guccione? Billy Graham. Because he’s old and stuff. Mr. T. I had to Google to confirm he was still alive. Chelsea Clinton. The ‘way out in left field’ pick. Alternates Elizabeth Taylor Michael J. Fox Jimmy Carter Plain list: Fidel Castro Dick Clark Lindsay Lohan Piers Anthony Michelle Duggar David Duke Axl Rose Ozzy Osbourne Zsa Zsa Gabor Hugh Hefner Billy Graham Mr. T. Chelsea Clinton Alternates, use in this order if neccessary: Elizabeth Taylor Michael J. Fox Jimmy Carter ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/85 "2010-12-04T13:24:31Z")
**Swamp’s Annual List Of Those Who Shall Live Forever** David Hasselhoff Andrew Lloyd Weber Dick Clark Mohammed Ali Betty Ford Fidel Castro Elizabeth Taylor Charles Manson Ruth Bader Ginsberg Pamela Anderson Bob Newhart Elizabeth Edwards Seve Ballesteros Alternates: Nancy Reagan Lindsay Lohan Robin Williams ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/86 "2010-12-04T14:07:34Z")
Kim Jong Il Amy Winehouse Artie Lange Jerry Lewis Bob Barker Queen Elizabeth II Dick Clark Pope Benedict XVI Hugh Hefner Roger Ebert Charlie Watts Stephen Hawking Kirk Douglas Alternates: Elizabeth Taylor Steve-O Robert Byrd ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/87 "2010-12-04T15:42:54Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > The clean list: > > Connie Newton Needham > Paul Tuttle > George Karl > Mari Hulman George > Adam Yauch > Louis Farrakhan > Michael Douglas > Harlan Ellison > Marcia Strassman > Lindsay Lohan > Theresa Heinz Kerry > Elizabeth Edwards > Andy Whitfield > > Alternates: > > Maggie Smith > George Soros > Michael Moore Official correction of spelling: Paul Teutel ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/88 "2010-12-04T15:43:56Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > Kim Jong Il > Amy Winehouse > Artie Lange > Jerry Lewis > Bob Barker > Queen Elizabeth II > Dick Clark > Pope Benedict XVI > Hugh Hefner > Roger Ebert > Charlie Watts > Stephen Hawking > Kirk Douglas > > Alternates: > Elizabeth Taylor > Steve-O > Robert Byrd Dude, Robert Byrd is already dead… ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/89 "2010-12-04T18:14:51Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > \*\* > Pope Benedict XIV – old Gestapo-eyes Old “[been pushing up the daisies for 252 years](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XIV).” ---
**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 4, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/90 "2010-12-04T19:55:26Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Old “[been pushing up the daisies for 252 years](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XIV).” D’OH! make that Benedict XVI… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/91 "2010-12-04T21:04:43Z")
I suppose next you’re going to tell me that my picks for Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, and Pitt the Elder are invalid too. ---
**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 4, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/92 "2010-12-04T21:44:45Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I suppose next you’re going to tell me that my picks for Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, and Pitt the Elder are invalid too. Never heard of them. This is the _celebrity_ pool, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/93 "2010-12-05T02:22:06Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Never heard of them. This is the _celebrity_ pool, you know. **I think Voltaire gets a pass, you can put him on your list forever and always.** After all : If Voltaire didn’t exist, It would be necessary for Death Pool to create him. ---
**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 5, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/94 "2010-12-05T14:11:44Z")
This post is a word-for-word repeat of last year’s post. In five or so years of doing, this, I’ve had exactly ONE celebrity knock off. Here’s hoping 2011 is my breakout year. WITH COMMENT (Plain-text list to follow): **There’s a bullet (or bomb or shiv or whatever) with their name on it:** 1. Osama bin Laden, b. 1957. 2. Bernie Madoff, b. 1938. 3. Hamid Karzai, b. 1957. **Age and/or illness is bound to catch up with them sooner or later:** 1. Kim Jong-Il, b. 1941. 2. Woody Allen, b. 1935. 3. Bob Barker, b. 1923. 4. Roger Ebert, b. 1942. 5. Jerry Lewis, b. 1926. **May soon hasten the Sweet Release of Death, by their own hand:** 1. Dustin Diamond, b. 1977. 2. Jose Canseco, b. 1964. \*\*The Grim Reaper comes to collect after years of drugs, partying, and living life on the edge: \*\* 11. Lindsey Lohan, b. 1986. 12. Boy George, b. 1961. 13. Pete Doherty, b. 1979. PLAIN LIST Osama bin Laden Bernie Madoff Hamid Karzai Kim Jong-Il Woody Allen Bob Barker Roger Ebert Jerry Lewis Dustin Diamond Jose Canseco Lindsey Lohan Boy George Pete Doherty Alternates Amy Winehouse Jean-Claude Van Damme Barack Obama ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/95 "2010-12-05T14:42:46Z")
Since I have gotten exactly zero points this year – '09 was my year, with the Jackson-Fawcett-Swayze trifecta – I’m going for a theme: \*\*People who share a surname with a [signer of the Declaration of Independence.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence#List_of_signers) \*\* Maud Adams Bonnie Bartlett Toni Braxton Diahann Carroll Sylvia Chase Aretha Franklin Herbie Hancock Harper Lee Stanley Livingston Marion Ross Barbara Rush Bobby Sherman Billy Bob Thornton _Alternates:_ Anthony Hopkins Bill Walton ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/96 "2010-12-05T15:02:18Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > \*\*People who share a surname with a [signer of the Declaration of Independence.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence#List_of_signers) \*\* You getting at me? (I’m English). Seriously, though - nice theme. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/97 "2010-12-05T15:21:06Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > You getting at me? (I’m English). Seriously, though - nice theme. Thanks! It was a fun list to build. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/98 "2010-12-05T15:35:22Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Since I have gotten exactly zero points this year – '09 was my year, with the Jackson-Fawcett-Swayze trifecta – I’m going for a theme: > > \*\*People who share a surname with a [signer of the Declaration of Independence.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence#List_of_signers) \*\* leave it to a puzzle maven to come up with something that good. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/99 "2010-12-05T16:29:07Z")
Eli Wallach Clint Eastwood Maggie Smith Judi Dench 1934 - same month and year as Smith above Sean Connery Betty White Jimmy Carter Keith Richards Barbara Bush Michael Vick (mob hit/animal welfare advocates hit) Bill Wyman Jerry LEE Lewis ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/100 "2010-12-05T16:49:04Z")
I think I’m one short, sorry Vladimir Gorbachev (? the guy who was Russian premier and had the Russian map on his forehead) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=6)