# 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:** 15
**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, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/281 "2012-12-30T14:08:34Z")
[http://news.msn.com/politics/update-former-president-george-hw-bush-out-of-intensive-care/](http://news.msn.com/politics/update-former-president-george-hw-bush-out-of-intensive-care/) GHW is out of intensive care! ---
**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, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/282 "2012-12-30T14:10:58Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > He made my list because of the re-emergence of his poor eating habits and his tendency to offend large groups of people. Thanks. I was hoping that you knew of something a little more…fatal. 🙂 ---
**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, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/283 "2012-12-30T14:43:01Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Thanks. > I was hoping that you knew of something a little more…fatal. 🙂 But he is, “at risk”, so to speak. A few years ago I was searching for one more name and decided on Benazir Bhutto. Female, president is a male dominated culture, with political unrest. She came through for me just before the end of the year, on 12/27. My only death that year and a unique pick besides, when she was assasinated. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/284 "2012-12-30T16:02:37Z")
Thanks for running the game, Baker! Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh George H.W. Bush Terry Pratchett Stephen Hawking Margaret Thatcher Charlie Sheen Billy Bob Thornton Dick Cheney Demi Moore Mel Gibson Michael Douglas Ruth Bader Ginsburg Roger Ebert ---
**Author:** ![tarfu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tarfu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarfu)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/285 "2012-12-30T16:54:59Z")
OK, 8-year secret lurker here. Wish me luck! George H W Bush Fidel Castro Hugo Chavez Van Cliburn Bob Dole Roger Ebert Zsa Zsa Gabor Billy Graham (evangelist) Stephen Hawking Larry King Lindsay Lohan Nelson Mandela Nancy Reagan Alternates: Muhammad Ali Dick Cheney Jerry Lewis ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/286 "2012-12-30T17:23:46Z")
My usual “I play to play, not to win” list. Same theme as last year – people who share a birthday with me and **Baker**. (Hey, I got a unique score with Donna Summer in 2012!) Barbara Carrera Tim Considine Joe Dalessandro Taylor Hackford Anthony Hopkins Val Kilmer Ben Kingsley Tim Matheson Sarah Miles Bebe Neuwirth Andy Summers Diane von Furstenberg Connie Willis Alternates: PSY Donald Trump Jr. ---
**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 30, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/287 "2012-12-30T17:31:00Z")
Interestin’ list/theme **Twicks**. Would it not be a hoot (or possibly the most ghoulish thing ever) if your entire list actually shuffled off this mortal coil on 12/31? 😃 or :eek: as the case may be. ---
**Author:** ![Dusty\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/288 "2012-12-30T18:20:13Z")
I had so much fun with this last year, I have to do it again! Every time a celeb would kick it, I’d go over my list with excitement - did I have them? How many points? My daughter, who thinks it’s totally creepy that I do this, started texting me after a death: hey, is so-and-so on your dead people list? See? I knew she’d come around. I came in 33rd for last year, pretty respectable for my first time, I think. Even two of my alternates bit it! I had a hard time narrowing down choices for this year; but here’s my guesses for 2013: Pope Benedict XVI Bonnie Franklin Penny Marshall Jerry Lewis Nancy Reagan Marcia Strassman Mary Tyler Moore George H. W. Bush Hugo Chavez Muhammad Ali James Garner Annette Funicello Roger Ebert Alternates Prince Phillip Margaret Thatcher Ray Price ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/289 "2012-12-30T18:24:20Z")
Back in 2005 I heard of a world leader who had a minor stroke. Even though he seemed to recover I thought it would be a good idea to put him on the 2006 list. 2006 he had a major stroke and it seemed like it was a good choice. That man is Ariel Sharon. I’m too stubborn to give up on him now. Coming off my best year had to replace 5. Dropped a few others. Hope I won’t regret that. Ariel Sharon Hugo Chavez Pat Summerall Tony Iommi Jerry Lawler Carol Miller Terry Pratchett Gary Dourdain Mike Ditka Bonnie Franklin Amanda Bynes Nick Stahl Paul Prudhomme Alts Ethan Zohn Gregg Allman Sean Connery ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/290 "2012-12-30T18:29:40Z")
Just FYI, as he is unlikely to be well known on the other side of the Atlantic, but Tony Greig died in the last couple of days. He was one of my picks for 2013, so I’ll need to go to my first alternate. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/291 "2012-12-30T18:33:12Z")
Top 10 again in 2012. Always the brides maid, never the groom. So I’m going theme this year baby. ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!! (American and European). Sorry for aa Klunky post. From my phone. Heading out of cell phone range Jack Pardee [Jack Pardee - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Pardee) Orlando Thomas [Orlando Thomas - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Thomas) John Hartson [John Hartson - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hartson) Paul Gascoigne [Paul Gascoigne - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne) Chuck Pagano [Chuck Pagano - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Pagano) Mark Mangino [Mark Mangino - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mangino) Dimitrius Underwood [Dimitrius Underwood - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrius_Underwood) Diego Maradona [Diego Maradona - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maradona) Kenechi Udeze [Kenechi Udeze - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenechi_Udeze) William Perry [William Perry (American football) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Perry_(American_football)) Pele [Pelé - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele) Mike Ditka [Mike Ditka - Wikipedia](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ditka) Ethan Zohn [Ethan Zohn - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Zohn) Mark Mangino Chuck Pagano Paul Gascoigne John Hartson Orlando Thomas Jack Pardee Dimitrius Underwood Diego Maradona William Perry Kenechi udeze Ethan Zohn Mike ditka Pele Alt Steve Gleason ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/292 "2012-12-30T22:09:48Z")
> [@Dusty\_Rose](#): > > …My daughter, who thinks it’s totally creepy that I do this, started texting me after a death: hey, is so-and-so on your dead people list?.. I think everybody who plays this game has somebody like that, both the attitude and the response. For me it’s my supervisor at work! 😃 ---
**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 31, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/293 "2012-12-31T00:39:13Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > I think everybody who plays this game has somebody like that, both the attitude and the response. For me it’s my supervisor at work! And when they ask me “Who’s the sick mind who thought of this game?” I tell them “It started a long time ago and we don’t remember whose idea it was.” ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/294 "2012-12-31T01:34:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was hospitalized Sunday after doctors discovered a blood clot during a follow-up exam related to [a concussion she suffered this month](http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/27/politics/clinton-back-to-work/index.html), her spokesman said. > > She is expected to remain at New York Presbyterian Hospital for the next 48 hours so doctors can monitor her condition and treat her with anti-coagulants, said Philippe Reines, deputy assistant secretary of state. [http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/politics/hillary-clinton-hospitalized/index.html?hpt=hp\_t1](http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/politics/hillary-clinton-hospitalized/index.html?hpt=hp_t1) There is still time to update your 2013 list. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/295 "2012-12-31T02:11:36Z")
Hugo Chavez Bashir Al Assad George HW Bush Fidel Castro Robert Mugabe Nelson Mandela Rev Billy Graham Rush Limbaugh Hugh Heflner Lindsay Lohan Alternates David Koch Clint Eastwood ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/296 "2012-12-31T02:12:30Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/politics/hillary-clinton-hospitalized/index.html?hpt=hp\_t1](http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/politics/hillary-clinton-hospitalized/index.html?hpt=hp_t1) > > There is still time to update your 2013 list. That was my first thought when I read the news. Which just shows how far gone I am. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/297 "2012-12-31T02:17:43Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > That was my first thought when I read the news. Which just shows how far gone I am. You and me both. Kind of a toss-up, though. Do I keep Bush I on my submitted list (he’s out of ICU now) or revise my list and replace Bush with Clinton? If I plotted this on an X/Y graph, I’m not sure I’ve hit the sweet spot yet. ---
**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/298 "2012-12-31T02:44:06Z")
George HW Bush Fidel Castro Ariel Sharon Sheldon Adelson Glen Campbell Jacques Rogge Omar al-Bashir Bonnie Franklin Hillary Clinton George Wendt Hugo Chavez Shaun White Princess Kako same list with different format for ghwb: George H.W. Bush Fidel Castro Ariel Sharon Sheldon Adelson Glen Campbell Jacques Rogge Omar al-Bashir Bonnie Franklin Hillary Clinton George Wendt Hugo Chavez Shaun White Princess Kako Birthdates/Info: George H.W. Bush - July, 12, 1924 Fidel Castro - August 13, 1926 Ariel Sharon - February 26, 1928 Sheldon Adelson - August 4, 1933 Glen Campbell - April 22, 1936 Jacques Rogge - May 2, 1942 (President, Int’l Olympic Committee) Omar al-Bashir - January 1, 1944 (President of Sudan) Bonnie Franklin - January 6, 1944 (Actress) Hillary Clinton - October 26, 1947 George Wendt - October 17, 1948 Hugo Chavez - July 28, 1954 Shaun White - September 3, 1986 (Snowboarder, Olympic Medalist) Princess Kako - December 29, 1994 (of Akishino of Japan. The youngest person I could find who was eligible for the entire year.) This list was created without reading the thread, so I predict a very low point total. ---
**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 31, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/299 "2012-12-31T03:10:24Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Hugo Chavez > Bashir Al Assad > George HW Bush > Fidel Castro > Robert Mugabe > Nelson Mandela > Rev Billy Graham > Rush Limbaugh > Hugh Heflner > Lindsay Lohan > Alternates > > David Koch > Clint Eastwood You get thirteen picks. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/300 "2012-12-31T03:19:06Z")
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