# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/261 "2012-12-29T23:25:21Z")
Now you only need 69 more, and I’m a first time player as well! 1. Bonnie Franklin, actress 2. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, supreme court justice 3. Sandra Day O’Connor, supreme court justice 4. Kim Novak, actress 5. Jack Van Impe, evangelist 6. James Dobson, evangelist 7. Mike Huckabee, foot-in-mouth specialist 8. Gavin MacLeod, actor 9. Margaret Thatcher, prime minister 10. Sylvia Browne, psychic fraud 11. Harold Camping, end times predictor 12. Fred Phelps, Westboro Baptist Church 13. Ken Hechler, oldest living person to have served in congress Alt: 1. John Paul Hammerschmidt, former US rep from Arkansas 2. Ted Haggard, evangelist 3. Leonard Cohen, musician Clean list: Bonnie Franklin Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sandra Day O’Connor Kim Novak Jack Van Impe James Dobson Mike Huckabee Gavin MacLeod Margaret Thatcher Sylvia Browne Harold Camping Fred Phelps Ken Hechler John Paul Hammerschmidt Ted Haggard Leonard Cohen ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/262 "2012-12-29T23:36:57Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > A little slow this year. So far 102 players have signed up. To meet last year’s total we need at least seventy more. > > Have I failed somehow? 😃 Maybe they’re waiting for a link within [this year’s thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15843427&postcount=2948)? ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/263 "2012-12-29T23:42:18Z")
Time for me to play one of these things: Lindsey Lohan Billy Graham Fidel Castro Muhammed Ali Clint Eastwood Nancy Reagan Judy Blume Jerry Sandusky Jerry Lewis Pat Robertson George H.W Bush Ariel Sharon Margaret Thatcher ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/264 "2012-12-29T23:48:23Z")
Zsa Zsa Gabor Olivia de Havilland Joan Fontaine Kirk Douglas Michael Douglas Charlie Sheen Eli Wallach Ed Asner John Goodman George Wendt Clint Eastwood Peter Fonda Jane Fonda Alternates: Bonnie Franklin Penny Marshall George H.W. Bush ---
**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 30, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/265 "2012-12-30T02:15:55Z")
Allecher, Is there any reason to pick Mike Huckabee, other than he is an ass? ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/266 "2012-12-30T02:57:34Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > My list of immortal actors in classic westerns. > > Clint Eastwood > Eli Wallach > John Bartha > Sergio Mendizábal > Luis Rodríguez > Claudia Cardinale > Gabriele Ferzetti > Franco Nero > Gene Hackman > Vera Miles > Kim Darby > Robert Duvall > Robert Redford > > alternates > George Bush, jr & senior (another kind of cowboys) As a watcher and fan of “old” movies, I give this list a big thumbs up. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/267 "2012-12-30T03:11:08Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Allecher, > Is there any reason to pick Mike Huckabee, other than he is an ass? That has always been sufficient reason in the past. 🙂 ---
**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 30, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/268 "2012-12-30T03:22:53Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > That has always been sufficient reason in the past. 🙂 What, he’s digging his grave with his knife and fork? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/269 "2012-12-30T03:26:08Z")
He made my list because of the re-emergence of his poor eating habits and his tendency to offend large groups of people. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/270 "2012-12-30T03:30:43Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Allecher, > Is there any reason to pick Mike Huckabee, other than he is an ass? a person’s list choices are his or her own and require no justification. and anyway 😛 😛 😛 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/271 "2012-12-30T03:59:46Z")
You know, I’d really like to tell my aunt about Huckabee being a choice. But I won’t, for the sake of family harmony. She’s been a member of his political team, and is so Republican that she believes Ronald Reagan was one of our greatest presidents. ---
**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 30, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/272 "2012-12-30T04:32:47Z")
Bashar al-Assad (b 11 September 1965) Syrian President Maher al-Assad (b 8 December 1967) Syrian Army Commander Hugo Chavez (b 28 July 1954) Venezuelan President Roger Ebert (b 18 June 1942) film critic Steve Gleason (b 19 March 1977) football player Hugh Hefner (b 9 April 1926) publisher John McAfee (b 18 September 1945 - disputed) software developer Jerry Sandusky (b 26 January 1944) former coach, convict Katherine Crowe (b 1975) singer Tila Tequila aka Tila Nguyen (b 24 October 1981) reality show star Eddie Van Halen (b 26 January 1955) musician Micah “Katt” Williams (b 2 September 1969) comedian, actor Ethan Zohn (b 12 November 1973) reality show star Clean list Bashar al-Assad Maher al-Assad Hugo Chavez Roger Ebert Steve Gleason Hugh Hefner John McAfee Jerry Sandusky Katherine Crowe Tila Tequila Eddie Van Halen Katt Williams Ethan Zohn Alternates Fidel Castro Tommy Chong Muhammad Ali ---
**Author:** ![Boxermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Boxermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boxermom)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/273 "2012-12-30T04:48:04Z")
My list of leftist moonbats and loathsome dictators, all destined to live another year: George Soros Louis Farrakhan Hugo Chavez Robert Mugabe Michael Moore Kim Jong-un Diane Feinstein Bashar al-Assad Maxine Waters Nancy Pelosi Harry Reid Eric Holder Francois Hollande Alternates: Joy Behar Bill Ayers Rahm Emanuel ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/274 "2012-12-30T06:37:18Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > You know, I’d really like to tell my aunt about Huckabee being a choice. But I won’t, for the sake of family harmony. She’s been a member of his political team, and is so Republican that she believes Ronald Reagan was one of our greatest presidents. She does realize that Reagan was far too liberal to make it in today’s GOP doesn’t she? And I say this as someone who voted for him once. (What can I say, I was young.) ---
**Author:** ![mehgs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@mehgs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mehgs)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/275 "2012-12-30T06:48:22Z")
Dennis Rodman Courtney Love Bai Ling Sinead O’Connor Seth Binzer Nick Stahl Tila Tequila Kari Ann Peniche Lindsay Lohan Amanda Bynes Demi Lovato Andy Dick Eddie Van Halen Alternates: Roger Ebert Ethan Zohn Macauly Kulkin ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/276 "2012-12-30T09:35:12Z")
Theme: A List of Evilness (IMO, sadly still around from 2012 list) Omar al-Bashir - President of Sudan Kim Jong-Un - Supreme Leader of N.Korea Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - President of Iran Hu Jintao - Paramount Leader People’s Republic of China King Abdullah - King Saudi Arabia Raul Castro - President of the Council of State of Cuba Robert Mugabe - President Zimbabwe Islam Karimov - President of Uzbekistan Bashar al-Assad - President Syrian Arab Republic Hugo Chavez - President Venezuela Isayas Afewerki - leader Eritrea Yoweri Museveni - President of Uganda Teodoro Obiang Nguema - leader Equatorial Guinea Alternates: Dick Cheney Fidel Castro Plain List: Omar al-Bashir Kim Jong-Un Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hu Jintao King Abdullah Raul Castro Robert Mugabe Islam Karimov Bashar al-Assad Hugo Chavez Isayas Afewerki Yoweri Museveni Teodoro Obiang Nguema Alternates: Dick Cheney Fidel Castro ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/277 "2012-12-30T10:58:18Z")
Having forgotten to enter for 2012, here’s my themed list for 2013 Margaret Thatcher Fidel Castro Raul Castro Hugo Chavez Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Mikhail Gorbachev GHW Bush J Carter Pope Benedict Bashar Al Assad Jacques Chirac Valéry Giscard d’Estaing Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Co-Prince of Andorra Alternates: Robert Mugabe King Bhumibol Adulyadej ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/278 "2012-12-30T12:01:08Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Having forgotten to enter for 2012, here’s my themed list for 2013Raul Castro Former governor of Arizona, or brother of Fidel? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/279 "2012-12-30T12:56:27Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Former governor of Arizona, or brother of Fidel? Never heard of the former. It’s supposed to be the brother of Fidel. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/280 "2012-12-30T13:19:57Z")
It’s kind of like the two different Billy Grahams. And one player already does have the former gov for 2013, so I had to ask. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=15)