# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![NoiseBomb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/49beb7/32.png) [@NoiseBomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoiseBomb)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/401 "2013-01-01T05:54:16Z")
Woo, absolute last-minute entry. Time spend compiling the list, approximately 5 minutes. George H.W. Bush Julian Assange Zsa Zsa Gabor Lindsay Lohan David Duke Fidel Castro Mike Tyson Hillary Clinton Michelle Duggar Clint Eastwood Prince Philip Trey Parker Mark Zuckerberg ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/402 "2013-01-01T05:55:13Z")
Wow, **Baker** … that’s the most obscure “Who’s Who” I’ve seen in a long time! I hope they all live to a ripe, old age (for at least another year, that is.) 😛 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/403 "2013-01-01T05:55:36Z")
I expect clean sweep, for 633 points: 1. Dennis “Fergie” Frederiksen, singer for Toto, 60 2. Chris Snider, Fox affiliate KQDS weatherman, 28 3. Bernie Nolan, Irish singer and actress, 52 4. Dave Wilson, Black Oak Arkansas bassist , 60 5. Buddy Cage, pedal steel player for New Riders of the Purple Sage, 66 6. Darryl Cotton, Australian singer and television presenter , 62 7. Bruce Conte, former Tower of Power guitarist 8. Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricket great, 50, 9. Peter Harvey, Australian television journalist , 65 10. Kurtis Haiu, New Zealand rugby star, 27 11. Ryan Buell, TV actor from Paranormal State, 30 12. Greg Willard, NBA ref, 51 13. Mark ‘‘Chopper’’ Read, Australian criminal and author , 54 Dennis Frederiksen Chris Snider Bernie Nolan Dave Wilson Buddy Cage Darryl Cotton Bruce Conte Martin Crowe Peter Harvey Kurtis Haiu Ryan Buell Greg Willard Mark Read ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/404 "2013-01-01T05:58:36Z")
> [@BobArrgh](#): > > Wow, **Baker** … that’s the most obscure “Who’s Who” I’ve seen in a long time! > > I hope they all live to a ripe, old age (for at least another year, that is.) 😛 They’re already old. I did a search on birthdates between Jan1, 1913 and Dec. 31, 1918. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/405 "2013-01-01T06:01:26Z")
Let the games begin, and may the odds be ever in your favor! I’ll do the final number crunching tomorrow, but I can tell you we have 175 players this year. Last year there were 172. Bush Sr. Hugo Chavez, and Lindsay Lohan are first, second and third, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/406 "2013-01-01T06:02:37Z")
Happy New Death Pool Year! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/407 "2013-01-01T06:38:34Z")
Anyone dead yet? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/408 "2013-01-01T06:51:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Former Israeli stage director Hy Kalus, 87, dies in New York > > Kalus, who was one of the first to direct plays at Tel Aviv’s Cameri Theater, is credited with bringing method acting and American realism to the Israeli theater. [Former Israeli Stage Director Hy Kalus, 87, Dies in New York - Israeli Culture - Haaretz.com](http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/former-israeli-stage-director-hy-kalus-87-dies-in-new-york.premium-1.491129) Announced in Israel on 01 January 2013. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/409 "2013-01-01T07:13:44Z")
Is 51 minutes the record? ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/410 "2013-01-01T08:19:26Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > He died in 2007. Dang it, I meant Mikhail Gorbachev but had only a couple of minutes to put in my final list and had put Yeltsin as a placeholder to remind myself later to look for old Soviet Leaders as I figured that they were in their 60s twenty years ago. And I didn’t get back to the internet until too late to get your message :smack: Oh well, I guess I’m batting with only 92.3% of a team. But thanks for trying! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/411 "2013-01-01T12:05:43Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > Dang it, I meant Mikhail Gorbachev but had only a couple of minutes to put in my final list and had put Yeltsin as a placeholder to remind myself later to look for old Soviet Leaders as I figured that they were in their 60s twenty years ago. And I didn’t get back to the internet until too late to get your message :smack: Oh well, I guess I’m batting with only 92.3% of a team. > > But thanks for trying! I hate to tell you this but it’s actually 84.6% of a list. Maurice Sendak died in May. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/412 "2013-01-01T12:06:46Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Is 51 minutes the record? Doesn’t count. Records are based on who had the first listed celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/413 "2013-01-01T12:14:58Z")
[http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jan/01/christopher-martin-jenkins-dies-aged-67](http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jan/01/christopher-martin-jenkins-dies-aged-67) I think I am on the board. ETA: I haven’t seen a date or time of death yet. Just reports that he died this morning. Final edit: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jan/01/christopher-martin-jenkins?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487](http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jan/01/christopher-martin-jenkins?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487) Guardian obit says he died 1st Jan ---
**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:** [January 1, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/414 "2013-01-01T12:28:13Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [Former Israeli Stage Director Hy Kalus, 87, Dies in New York - Israeli Culture - Haaretz.com](http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/former-israeli-stage-director-hy-kalus-87-dies-in-new-york.premium-1.491129) > > Announced in Israel on 01 January 2013. Unfortunately he died on NY time. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/415 "2013-01-01T12:48:52Z")
Okay, as I said before, we have 175 people playing this year. There are 871 different celebrities on the list, 611 of which are unique picks. The top 13 celebrities, whom I’ll list here, have nearly 24% of the total choices. George H.W. Bush 85 Hugo Chavez 73 Lindsay Lohan 67 Fidel Castro 57 Bonnie Franklin 41 Muhammad Ali 32 Bashar al-Assad 30 Zsa Zsa Gabor 30 Margaret Thatcher 28 Nelson Mandela 28 Billy Graham-e 26 Roger Ebert 23 Nancy Reagan 22 Currently, we are all tied!😛 I may be wrong, will be checking. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/416 "2013-01-01T12:58:00Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I expect clean sweep, for 633 points: > 6. Darryl Cotton, Australian singer and television presenter , 62 Unfortunately, that 633 points isn’t going to be possible. Darryl Cotton died in July 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/417 "2013-01-01T12:59:57Z")
Well fellow players, this may indeed be a record. We have a first listed death on January 1! Christopher Martin-Jenkins has passed due to cancer. Taking the early lead will be **Cumbrian** and **Captain Klutz** , who both selected him ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/418 "2013-01-01T13:14:12Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Unfortunately, that 633 points isn’t going to be possible. Darryl Cotton died in July 2012. **Fear Itself** , **Eliahna** is indeed correct. Too bad, you posted so close to midnight and didn’t list any alternates. But you can still play with twelve, ---
**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:** [January 1, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/419 "2013-01-01T14:25:28Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Unfortunately, that 633 points isn’t going to be possible. Darryl Cotton died in July 2012. D’oh! :smack: ---
**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:** [January 1, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/420 "2013-01-01T17:13:53Z")
I have to clarify one name on my list. Just looked it up and saw that there is an artist and author named Carol Miller. I didn’t mean her. I mean the NYC radio DJ who apparently slept with half the rock world. > **[DJ Carol Miller tells of wild  affair with Steven Tyler in...](https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/dj-carol-miller-tells-wild-affair-steven-tyler-exclusive-book-excerpt-night-article-1.1134598)** > > Carol Miller was a nice girl from Queens who grew up to be a legendary New York DJ. She was the first to broadcast Bruce Springsteen to the city. Recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Miller is now the host of the nationally syndicated, “Get... Which of course means the other one (79) is a goner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=22)