# The Celebrity Death Pool 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655 "2012-12-01T05:59:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/181 "2012-12-21T01:11:31Z")
Hoping to have some dead unique picks this year. At least one. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/182 "2012-12-21T06:04:26Z")
Fidel Castro Bashar Al-Assad Ayman Al-Zawahiri Omar Al-Bashir Ali Khamenei Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hasan Nasrallah Hugo Chavez Evo Morales Robert Mugabe Joseph Kony Alexander Lukashenko Kim Jong-Un ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/183 "2012-12-22T06:05:25Z")
Sumner Redstone Kirk Douglas Michael Douglas Charlie Sheen Robert Loggia Peter Bogdanovich Frances Sternhagen Fionnula Flanagan Vanessa Redgrave Christopher Lee The Pope (Benny) Richard Jenkins Mickey Rooney ---
**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 22, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/184 "2012-12-22T06:26:57Z")
Olivia de Havalland Jack Vance Frederik Pohl Eli Wallach Fidel Castro Ariel Sharon I.M. Pei Kirk Douglas Walter Mondale Nelson Mandela Beverly Cleary Ray Harryhausen Chuck Yeager Alternates: John Paul Stevens Price Philip Norman Lear ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/185 "2012-12-22T10:55:56Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > The Pope (Benny) Do you mean Pope Benedict XVI? ---
**Author:** ![ftfu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@ftfu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftfu)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/186 "2012-12-22T11:44:41Z")
I’m usually a lurker so I’ve never played this before. Please let me know if I’m doing it wrong. 1. Lindsay Lohan (turning 27 in 2013 among other reasons) 2. Mickey Rooney (I noticed he is 92, no news about him in the past few years) 3. Demi Moore (rumored drug abuse, soon to be divorced) 4. Amanda Bynes (actress in She’s The Man, Easy A, multiple car accidents this year, odd behaviour) 5. Paz de la Huerta (actress in Boardwalk Empire, strange behaviour, rumored drug abuse) 6. Edward Furlong (actor in Terminator 2, drug user) 7. Zsa Zsa Gabor 8. Charlie Sheen 9. Nelson Mandela 10.Lisa Robin Kelly (Laurie from That 70s Show, drug user, got arrested this year, violent behaviour) 11.Hugh Hefner 12.Aretha Franklin 10. Stephen Hawking Alternates Clint Eastwood Muhammed Ali Lauren Bacall Plain list Lindsay Lohan Mickey Rooney Demi Moore Amanda Bynes Paz de la Huerta Edward Furlong Zsa Zsa Gabor Charlie Sheen Nelson Mandela Lisa Robin Kelly Hugh Hefner Aretha Franklin Stephen Hawking ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/187 "2012-12-23T16:01:31Z")
Thaddeus Young Lavoy Allen Kwame Brown Spencer Hawes Jrue Holiday Royal Ivey Arnett Moultrie Jason Richardson Evan Turner Dorell Wright Nick Young Doug Collins Aaron Mckie I either win and raise immediate world wide suspicion or I end up with 0 points. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/188 "2012-12-23T16:59:15Z")
Wow you are really going for… umm… who the hell are those people? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/189 "2012-12-23T18:51:23Z")
> [@Mullinator](#): > > Thaddeus Young > Lavoy Allen > Kwame Brown > Spencer Hawes > Jrue Holiday > Royal Ivey > Arnett Moultrie > Jason Richardson > Evan Turner > Dorell Wright > Nick Young > Doug Collins > Aaron Mckie > > I either win and raise immediate world wide suspicion or I end up with 0 points. You win on that group, and the NBA is gonna be pissed. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/190 "2012-12-24T18:30:52Z")
I have so many hold overs, it’s not funny. Why don’t they just die already?! _stamps feet_ Some new ones, though, and strangely enough not many women this year … hmmm. 🙂 George H.W. Bush Lindsay Lohan Andy Dick Jerry Lewis Kirk Douglas Zsa Zsa Gabor William Shatner Ron Glass Fidel Castro Hugo Chavez Bruce Jenner Lee Majors Lance Armstrong Nancy Reagan Shaun White The last two, Nancy Reagan and Shaun White, are the alternates. Shaun has had several “boys gone wild” incidents. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/191 "2012-12-24T23:33:07Z")
OK, I scored on my first attempt at this in 2012, let’s have another go. Nelson Mandela Margaret Thatcher Nancy Reagan Bernard Cribbens (British actor) Pete Seeger (Folk singer) Geoffrey Palmer (British actor) Bashar al-Assad (Candidate for “head mounted on a stake in Damascus”) Ian Brady (British serial killer, “Moors Murderer”) Paul Gascoigne (English former soccer player) Peter Buck (REM guitarist) Robert Mugabe (Leader of Zimbabwe) Hamid Karzai (Leader of Afghanistan) Angela Lansbury (Actress) Alternates: Lindsay Lohan Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Plain list: Nelson Mandela Margaret Thatcher Nancy Reagan Bernard Cribbens Pete Seeger Geoffrey Palmer Bashar al-Assad Ian Brady Paul Gascoigne Peter Buck Robert Mugabe Hamid Karzai Angela Lansbury Alternates: Lindsay Lohan Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/192 "2012-12-25T06:01:11Z")
Zsa Zsa Gabor Ariel Sharon Terry Prattchett Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Muhammed Ali Lindsay Lohan Tito Villanova Dick Chenney Charlie Sheen Nancy Reagan Pope Benedict XVI Prince Philip Stephen Hawking Aretha Franklin Nelson Mandela ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/193 "2012-12-25T16:34:36Z")
Mohammed Ali Orson Bean George H.W. Bush Fidel Castro Dick Dale Kirk Douglas Zsa Zsa Gabor Billy Graham Stephen Hawking Harlan Ellison Prince Philip Nancy Reagan Margaret Thatcher ---
**Author:** ![basset\_hound](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/basset_hound/32/1432_2.png) [@basset\_hound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/basset_hound)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/194 "2012-12-25T20:32:18Z")
Here you go: Fidel Castro Alec Baldwin Michael Moore Jerry Lewis Barack Obama George H.W. Bush Robert De Niro Mohammed Ali Bobby Bowden Dean Smith Sidney Poitier Nelson Mandela Margaret Thatcher Alternate: Paul Watson Bob Barker ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/195 "2012-12-26T01:45:10Z")
So…assuming he hangs on for 6 more days, anyone wanna take a stab at the over/under for lists that get updated to add G.H.W. Bush? ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/196 "2012-12-26T03:20:56Z")
Mikhail Baryshnikov Frankie Avalon Doris Day James Garner Don Rickles Hal Linden Dick Butkus Kenny Rogers George Jones Michael J. Pollard Nichelle Nichols Angie Dickinson Yogi Berra Alternates: Ned Beatty Esther Williams Rosalynn Carter ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/197 "2012-12-26T03:52:10Z")
I seriously thought half your list was already dead. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/198 "2012-12-26T04:12:51Z")
They’re only mostly dead. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/199 "2012-12-26T04:42:35Z")
Pretty sure I have not scored a single point for the last three consecutive years. I am the Guardian of Life! (dammit!). Going with the exact same list I used last year, as they are all still alive so far as I know… Bobby “The Brain” Heenan–pro wrestling manager Verne Gagne—pro wrestler Abdullah the Butcher—pro wrestler Billy Graham—the preacher, not the wrestler Ruth Bader Ginsburg----Associate Justice, SCOTUS Jimmy Carter—former POTUS George H. W. Bush—former POTUS Fred Phelps—asshole Mike Tyson—former boxer, biter of ears Terry Bradshaw—former football player, current pre game show guy Meat Loaf—aka Michael Lee Aday, singer Keith Richards—Rolling Stones guitarist Bob Dylan—folk singer/songwriter Alternates: Dusty Rhodes—The American Dream, pro wrestler Cowboy Bill Watts—pro wrestler/promoter Nature Boy Ric Flair—pro wrestler Plain list: Bobby Heenan Verne Gagne Abdullah the Butcher Billy Graham Ruth Bader Ginsburg Jimmy Carter George H. W. Bush Fred Phelps Mike Tyson Terry Bradshaw Meat Loaf Keith Richards Bob Dylan Alternates: Dusty Rhodes Bill Watts Ric Flair ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/200 "2012-12-26T05:03:26Z")
Plain list Lindsay Lohan Roger Ebert Charlie Sheen Ian McKellen Tom Baker Michael Douglas Stephen Hawking Bernard Cribbins James Brian Hellwig Jerry Sandusky Terry Pratchett Leonard Nimoy Edward Furlong Alternate list: Colin Baker Bob Saget Eric Roberts [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=11)