The Celebrity Death Pool 2008

[amarone]

Here we go for 2008. The rules are exactly as before, but please note my request at the bottom of the post that you submit your list in a specific format.

The Rules:

1. You pick 13 celebrities (that's thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2008. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points minus their age at death. Whoever has the most points at the end of the year wins the undying *snort* admiration of the SDMB.

2. All picks must be time- and date-stamped by midnight Chicago time, Dec. 31st, 2007. (That's U.S. Central time, which is six hours behind Greenwich.)

3. Valid picks are not:

a. already dead
b. a fictional character
c. non-human
d. under age 18 at death
e. a registered member of the SDMB, 'cause that would be weird
f. political prisoners, 'cause we're macabre but not THAT macabre. Please see Rule 7 regarding the likes of Saddam Hussein.

4. You can pick people who are 100 or more years old but you won't score points for them. See the "Quantity Not Quality" award, below.

5. If we are uncertain about the celebrity's age at death, we will go by the higher age (lower score).

6. Your picks must specify a name: listing "anybody from [the cast of your most hated TV show or boy band]" as a pick will be ignored.

7. Persons under sentence of death will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution.

8. Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread is disqualified. It's just a game, people. The only exceptions to this rule would be deaths caused by those posters serving as members of the police or armed forces of any country, in the line of duty.

9. Editing your choices: be careful! You can make changes to your list before the end of the year, but it has to be clear which names are your final choices. You may submit one or more "alternates" with your list in the event that one of your picks dies during December 2007, or submit an alternate after the death of the original pick, as long as this is posted by Dec 31, 2007. If you do not submit a name, I will submit the rest. You can have no more than 13 picks. If you pick more than 13, or if any of your picks is otherwise invalid, I may ask for clarification. Otherwise, I will submit the first 13 names on your list. Do me a favor: check twice, post once.

We have no rule about submissions having to be unique, despite claims of "copying" anyone else's list. Sharing news of celebrities in ill health and whatnot is up to individual posters.

We have no rule about valid SDMB memberships (disqualifying members who have been banned). If you submit a list and then change your username at some point, please post this news on the thread so I know who you are.

We have no rule about what constitutes "celebrity," because it makes our heads hurt to think about this.

Spelling counts! Please try to spell celebrities' names correctly.

Some celebrities have common, identical or similar names. It is helpful to be specific.

Additional awards:

The "Quantity Not Quality" Award: to be awarded to the poster or posters who pick the greatest number of celebrities who died, regardless of their actual point value.

The "Inside Track With the Grim Reaper" Award: to be awarded to the poster or posters who pick a celebrity that no one else picked.

The "Opening Kickoff" Award: to be awarded to the poster or posters who pick the first listed celebrity to die in 2008.

The "Final Hours" Award: to be awarded to the poster or posters who pick the last listed celebrity to die in 2008.

List Format

I have a spreadsheet that will allow me to post updated standings quickly and produce various other statistics. The pain is "loading" the data into the sheet. I can do each list in a single cut and paste if you use the following format and guidelines: present a plain, unnumbered list that contains just the celebrities' most commonly used names (e.g. use "Al Gore", not "Albert Gore"), correctly spelled. So, to use my 2007 list as an example, it would be:

Garry Betty
Ronnie Biggs
Fidel Castro
Farrah Fawcett
Dan Fogelberg
Jane McGrath
Magnus Magnusson
Tammy Faye Messner
Benny Parsons
Suzanne Pleshette
Ariel Sharon
Yuri Shtern
Chuck Strahl


However, I know that many of you like to include commentary within your lists, such as:

George "the younger" Bush
Yogi Berra, baseballer/malaproper, age 81 (82 in May 2007)- because it ain't over till it's over.

That is fine - it adds to the entertainment. But if you do that, please also include the list again in plain format for me to copy & paste.


So - have at it. And many thanks to a35362 for all her hard work in running the game in recent years.

[Secret Volcano Lair]

Fidel Castro
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Pete Doherty
Amy Winehouse
Betty Ford
Farrah Fawcett
Oral Roberts
Billy Graham
Bob Barker
Lawrence Pfohl, AKA Lex Luger (pro wrestler)
Stephen Glover, AKA Steve-O (Jackass)
Ariel Sharon
Charles Manson

I'm trying to start a game like this on another forum, but I'm getting tons of flack for it :(

[Annie-Xmas]

Since the Bush Deathpool seems to make them all immortal, I'm switching sides:

1. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
2. Robert Shriver
3. Maria Shriver Schwarzeneger
4. Timothy Shriver
5. Mark Shriver
6. Anthony Shriver
7. Jean Kennedy Smith
8. William Kennedy Smith
9. Edward Kennedy
10. Edward Kennedy Jr.
11. Kara Kennedy Allen
12. Patrick Kennedy
13. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg

[Shirley Ujest]

Dear Annie Xmas,

Every time I see one of the Bush Family on the TV, I think of you.

Now, when I see a Kennedy, I will laugh even harder.


I hope your 2007 list wins in 2008 and I hope your 2008 list wins too.

[Moirai]

Okay, here's my 2007 list again, unless I change my mind-

1. Shane MacGowan
2. James Garner
3. Olympia Dukakis
4. Peter O'Toole
5. Ariel Sharon
6. Clint Eastwood
7. Sparky Anderson
8. Ernie Banks
9. Kirk Douglas
10. Margaret Thatcher
11. Ruth Bader Ginsberg
12. Eunice Shriver
13. Annette Funicello

I think I'll use Stephen Hawking as my first alternate...

[Annie-Xmas]

Dear Annie Xmas,

Every time I see one of the Bush Family on the TV, I think of you.

Now, when I see a Kennedy, I will laugh even harder.


I hope your 2007 list wins in 2008 and I hope your 2008 list wins too.

Thank You Shirley. Ted, Jean & Eunice are givens, and I don't really wish any of the rest any harm (well, maybe Willie the rapist). But if keeping certain people off the list makes them mortal, more power to the Deathpool.

[amarone]

Okay, here's my 2007 list again, unless I change my mind-

1. Shane MacGowan
2. James Garner
3. Olympia Dukakis
etc.Please don't number them - I have to edit each line to remove the number when I put them into my spreadsheet. See the OP for the format that will make my life easiest.

[Lok]

1. Michael Jackson (Not sure anymore )
2. Clint Eastwood (Actor)
3. Don Williams (Country singer)
4. Margaret Thatcher (Former UK PM)
5. Larry King (TV Show host)
6. Bob Barker (Game Show host)
7. Robin Williams (Comedian/Actor)
8. Dick Francis (Writer)
9. Queen Elizabeth II (Royalty)
10. Newt Gingrich (Politician)
11. Billy Graham (Actor/Evangelist)
12. George Jones (Country Singer)
13. Dan Rather (News Anchor)

Alternate: Fran Tarkenton

Yes, this is the same list I have posted since 2004. The only change was last year my alternate was Gerald Ford, the only one on my list to die. And he didn't even make it out of 2006. :( I am getting tempted to put some people on this years list just to keep them alive.

Michael Jackson
Clint Eastwood
Don Williams
Margaret Thatcher
Larry King
Bob Barker
Robin Williams
Dick Francis
Queen Elizabeth II
Newt Gingrich
Billy Graham
George Jones
Dan Rather

[anyrose]

I'm in, but I am going to think about my '08 list a little more. Besides, I have hopes for a few mid-December "departings" from my 2007 list.

[Hostile Dialect]

Same here--I'll be participating for the first time ever in 2008, but I still have to flesh out my list, and Googling terminal illness patients is getting a little depressing. I'll have to pick it up again later.

[Moirai]

Please don't number them - I have to edit each line to remove the number when I put them into my spreadsheet. See the OP for the format that will make my life easiest.


I'm so sorry! I just cut & pasted from last year's document without fully reading the OP!

Let me post it again, without numbers- you can ignore my first post.

Shane MacGowan
James Garner
Olympia Dukakis
Peter O'Toole
Ariel Sharon
Clint Eastwood
Sparky Anderson
Ernie Banks
Kirk Douglas
Margaret Thatcher
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Eunice Shriver
Annette Funicello

Alternate- Stephen Hawking

[Annie-Xmas]

Since the Bush Deathpool seems to make them all immortal, I'm switching sides:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Robert Shriver
Maria Shriver Schwarzeneger
Timothy Shriver
Mark Shriver
Anthony Shriver
Jean Kennedy Smith
William Kennedy Smith
Edward Kennedy
Edward Kennedy Jr.
Kara Kennedy Allen
Patrick Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg

sans numbers

[BiblioCat]

1. Mary Tyler Moore (diabetic actress)
2. Dan Fogleberg (80s pop singer)
3. Owen Wilson (suicidally-inclined actor)
4. Kirk Douglas (old actor)
5. Prince Phillip of Edinburgh
6. Ryan O'Neal
7. Jerry Lewis
8. Bob Barker (I figure he's got nuttin' to live for now)
9. Eunice Kennedy Shriver (sounds like she's pretty much a given)
10. Joan Kennedy
11. Jim McKay (famed sportscaster)
12. Muhammed Ali
13. Art Donovan (NFL Hall of Famer, 60s Baltimore Colt)


Alternates, in case anyone kicks off before January 1st:
1. Teri Garr
2. Lindsey Lohan
3. Queen Elizabeth



Plain version:
Mary Tyler Moore
Dan Fogleberg
Owen Wilson
Kirk Douglas
Prince Phillip of Edinburgh
Ryan O'Neal
Jerry Lewis
Bob Barker
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Joan Kennedy
Jim McKay
Muhammed Ali
Art Donovan

[Happy Lendervedder]

Britney Spears
Fidel Castro
Ariel Sharon
John Forsythe
Olivia de Havilland
Dick Cheney
Natasha Lyonne
Katie Price
Michael J. Fox
Marianne Faithfull
Russell Watson
Sylvester Stalone
Larry King


Alternates, in case one (or three) of my picks can't ring in the New Year:

Robert Mondavi
Studs Terkel
Betty Ford

[WF Tomba]

Mikhail Gorbachev
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays
Thomas Pynchon
Raul Castro
Ariel Sharon
John Updike
Peter Orlovsky
Sophia Loren
Woody Allen
E.O. Wilson
Sean Connery
Elizabeth Taylor

[swampbear]

Ya know the holiday season or whatever the heck ya wanna call it does not officially begin until it's time for next year's Celebrity Death Pool choices to start showin' up. :D

Mine will be up in a few days as soon as I'm back home from this seemingly endless bidness trip I am in the midst of.

ETA: Thanks to amarone for steppin' in and taking over.

[SSG Schwartz]

After scoring only 11 points over the last 12 months, I will try to do better this year.

Fidel Castro --He's got to go sometime
Bill Cosby --entertained millions, dies and provides more entertainment
Jerry Jeff Walker --Old Outlaw singers never die, they just ride off into the sunset
Merle Haggard -- See above
Jimmy Carter -- Pres who is due
Willie Nelson --Grim Reaper, don't touch my Willie unless I can get points
Pat Robertson --just a wish on my part
"Magic" Earvin Johnson --You know why
Jerry Lee Lewis --If you crossed James Dean with a cat you would have Jerry Lee
Joe Paterno --Papa won't retire, or so he thinks
Moe Bandy --Long shot maybe
Dick Cheney --Bad aim?
Monty Hall --He's really still alive?????????????

My alternates are now

William Bruce "Axl" Rose
Andy Roony

[Baker]

People, don't forget amarone asked for a "plain" list!

[Hostile Dialect]

OK, here we go:

Fidel Castro
Billy Graham
Ariel Sharon
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Doku Umarov
Ali Khamenei
Ned Vukovic
John Mahoney
US Representative Julia Carson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Carson)
Paul Kraus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kraus)
Farrah Fawcett
Orlando Thomas (Minnesota Vikings safety)
Arnold Palmer

Plain format:

Fidel Castro
Billy Graham
Ariel Sharon
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Doku Umarov
Ali Khamenei
Ned Vukovic
John Mahoney
Julia Carson
Paul Kraus
Farrah Fawcett
Orlando Thomas
Arnold Palmer

Here's hoping for a cherry-popper!

[Cluricaun]

Ville Vallo
Ron Santo
Elizabeth Taylor
Tommy Lasorda
Michael J. Fox
Lindsay Lohan
Ozzy Osbourne
Lyndon Larouche
Muhammad Ali
Kirk Douglas
Brittany Spears
BB King
Tony Curtis

ETA: Alternates:

George Clinton
Clint Eastwood
Jimmy Carter
Sean Connery

[dwc1970]

First, the Excel-friendly "plain list":

Bob Barker
Fidel Castro
Walter Cronkite
Tom Cruise
Richard Dawson
Hugh Downs
Fred Durst
James Hetfield
Keith Richards
Axl Rose
Abe Vigoda
Barbara Walters
Scott Weiland

And now, my comments.

Bob Barker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Barker) (born December 12, 1923)- The Price is Right legendary icon. St. Pete one day will call, "Bob Barker, come on up!"
Fidel Castro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro) (born August 13, 1926)- Cuban dictator. He's gotta go sooner or later.
Walter Cronkite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cronkite) (born November 4, 1916)- long-retired CBS news anchor. I had to check Wikipedia just to see if he was still alive.
Tom Cruise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise) (born July 3, 1962)- Actor, hardcore Scientologist. His involvement in Scientology is going to do him in somehow. He's gotten loonier over the years.
Richard Dawson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawson) (born November 20, 1932)- Original Family Feud host. How many people think he's going to kick off this year? Survey says…
Hugh Downs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Downs) (born February 14, 1921)- ABC News corespondent. I had to check Wiki for this one, too.
Fred Durst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Durst) (born August 20, 1970)- a.k.a. Limp Bizkit. He lives such a reckless lifestyle, something's bound to get him sooner or later.
James Hetfield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hetfield) (born 3 August 1963, Downey, California)- Metallica vocalist. Rock stars are always on the Grim Reaper's radar, it seems.
Keith Richards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Richards) (born 18 December 1943)- Rolling Stones fossil. Yeah, I know, he's destined to live forever, but still…
Axl Rose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axl_Rose) (born February 6, 1962)- Guns n' Roses frontman. Like a lot of rock stars, he lives his life in the fast lane a little too much.
Abe Vigoda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Vigoda) (born February 24, 1921)- Actor. Hard to believe he's still with us. Wiki again.
Barbara Walters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters) (born September 25, 1929)- She's getting up in years, too. I need to have at least one woman on my list anyway.
Scott Weiland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Weiland) (born October 27, 1967)- Lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots. Live on the edge for too long and you'll eventually fall off.

As you can see, my list for 2008 is rock-star heavy as they tend to have a shorter longevity due to their extravagant lifestyles. Maybe this strategy will work.

[Secret Volcano Lair]

here's the "clean" version of my list, sorry for not doing this earlier :smack:

Fidel Castro
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Pete Doherty
Amy Winehouse
Betty Ford
Farrah Fawcett
Oral Roberts
Billy Graham
Bob Barker
Lawrence Pfohl
Stephen Glover
Ariel Sharon
Charles Manson

[amarone]

here's the "clean" version of my list, sorry for not doing this earlier :smack:
Thanks.

[Labtrash]

1. Dom DeLuise
2. Ashley Olsen (tried Mary Kate last year - let's see how Ashley does in 2008)
3. John Updike
4. Ben "Cooter from the Dukes of Hazzard" Jones
5. Dick Tufeld (voice of the robot in “Lost in Space”)
6. Lois Chiles (actress, Bond Girl in Moonraker)
7. Mohammad Ali
8. Jim Nabors
9. Martin Landau
10. Stephen Hawking
11. Ariel Sharon
12. Nick Nolte
13. Kim Jong Il

Alternates will be Tom Bosley, then Henry Kissenger

[MsWhatsit]

I'm in.

Laraine Newman
Garrett Morris
Keith Richards
Joe Piscopo
Louie Anderson
Roman Polanski
Lindsey Lohan
Sidney Lumet (had to check wikipedia to make sure he was still alive)
John Waters (ditto)
John Nash (double ditto)
Stephen Hawking
Paula Abdul
Bob McGrath (Bob from Sesame Street)

plain list:
Laraine Newman
Garrett Morris
Keith Richards
Joe Piscopo
Louie Anderson
Roman Polanski
Lindsey Lohan
Sidney Lumet
John Waters
John Nash
Stephen Hawking
Paula Abdul
Bob McGrath

[Ellef]

First timer in the Death Pool here. I never win anything, so the names on the following list are more or less guaranteed to survive 2008, but here goes:

Eric Sykes
Norman Wisdom
Humphrey Lyttelton
Pete Doherty
Nicholas “Fatty” Soames
Dawn French
Amy Winehouse
Jeremy Clarkson
Marion Jones
Patrick Moore
Baroness Thatcher
David Blaine
Norman Painting

Alternate: Clarissa Dickson Wright

Some explanations, as it's a bit Brit-oriented:

Eric Sykes – Comedy actor/writer/icon (old age)
Norman Wisdom – Comedy actor/National hero in Albania, apparently (old age)
Humphrey Lyttelton – Jazz musician/game show host/national treasure (old age)
Pete Doherty – Musician/celeb boyfriend/druggie (his luck’s got to run out some time soon)
Nicholas “Fatty” Soames – MP (autoerotic asphyxiation, found in PVC basque, fishnets, the full works)
Dawn French – Comedienne (can’t be healthy to be that size)
Amy Winehouse – Singer/walking tabloid circus (suicide – v. sad if this comes to pass)
Jeremy Clarkson – TV presenter/loudmouth (failed macho attempt to outdo Richard Hammond)
Marion Jones – disgraced sprinter (steroid use catches up with her)
Patrick Moore – TV astronomer/xylophonist (old age)
Baroness Thatcher – Former UK PM/mad granny in the Conservative Party's attic/haunting presence (massive stroke)
David Blaine – illusionist/attention seeker (botched stunt while attempting to get back into the limelight)
Norman Painting – Leading actor in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers (written out of show due to failing health, followed by RL heart attack)
Clarissa Dickson Wright – TV chef (heart attack)

[Tuckerfan]

Roy Scheider
Neil Armstrong
Mel Brooks
Lindsay Lohan
Raúl Castro
James Watson
Harper Lee
Elizabeth Edwards
Katie Holmes
Robert Clary
Betty White
Nichelle Nichols
Andy Griffith

Alternates: Nancy Reagan, Marget Thatcher, Peter O'Toole

[Lsura]

Ok, here goes:

Willard Scott (he has to go sometime, right)
Britney Spears (the meltdown is continuing. Possibly killed by her sister out of jealousy)
Hank Aaron
Barbara Bush (former first lady)
Fidel Castro
Alan Greenspan
Roger Ebert
James Earl Jones
OJ Simpson
Larry King
John Astin (Gomez Adams)
Chuck Berry
Suzanne Pleshette

Alternates

Bob Barker
Dick Clark
Sally Struthers
(I think all three of these, but especially the first two, are going to live forever. Therefore, just alternates).

Plain list

Willard Scott
Britney Spears
Hank Aaron
Barbara Bush
Fidel Castro
Alan Greenspan
Roger Ebert
James Earl Jones
OJ Simpson
Larry King
John Astin
Chuck Berry
Suzanne Pleshette

Alternates

Bob Barker Dick Clark Sally Struthers




And I may regret this, but I've found the Who's Alive and Who's Dead (http://wa-wd.com/) site to be helpful this year. It's not fancy, but I liked it.

[anyrose]

And I may regret this, but I've found the Who's Alive and Who's Dead (http://wa-wd.com/) site to be helpful this year. It's not fancy, but I liked it.
That was my main source for my 2007 list, and two of my uniques kicked it.

[Andrew 21]

William F. Buckley Jr.
Fidel Castro
Elizabeth Edwards
Betty Ford
Ingemar Johansson
Jack Kevorkian
John Jay O'Connor III
Sandra Day O'Connor
Ariel Sharon
George Steinbrenner
John Paul Stevens
Elizabeth Taylor
Mike Tyson

Alternates:
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Margaret Thatcher
Tony Snow

[Paul in Qatar]

Billy Graham
Kirk Douglas
Charlton Heston
Margaret Thatcher
Elizabeth Taylor
Ronnie Biggs
Harold Pinter
Dick Cheny
Fidel Castro
Shirley Temple
Bob Barker
Ariel Sharon
Billy Graham

Alternate:
Mohammed Ali

This is last years list with new nominees to replace last year's winners. I am pleased to be able to submit this early as I will be busy over the new year.

[amarone]

Billy Graham
Kirk Douglas
Charlton Heston
Margaret Thatcher
Elizabeth Taylor
Ronnie Biggs
Harold Pinter
Dick Cheny
Fidel Castro
Shirley Temple
Bob Barker
Ariel Sharon
Billy Graham

Alternate:
Mohammed Ali

This is last years list with new nominees to replace last year's winners. I am pleased to be able to submit this early as I will be busy over the new year.Billy Graham is in twice. I will replace one with Muhammad Ali.

[Paul in Qatar]

Grumble! Ali will never die. He is on everyone's list. That's what I get for hurrying.

[Sean Factotum]

We have no rule about what constitutes "celebrity," because it makes our heads hurt to think about this.
We've been pretty much saying that if someone's death is reported by two major news reporting agencies (CNN, New York Times, one of the reputable foreign press outlets, etc.) then they're a celebrity. Should we finally make this the rule for defining celebrity?

And thanks, a35362 for your stewardship of The Pool over the last few years. Every now and then I remember your post about when John Paul II dies, and giggle.

[amarone]

We've been pretty much saying that if someone's death is reported by two major news reporting agencies (CNN, New York Times, one of the reputable foreign press outlets, etc.) then they're a celebrity. Should we finally make this the rule for defining celebrity? I'm responding partly to bump this thread - where is everyone? I never thought this thread would go off the first page.

If we want to discuss celebrity rules, there are two other situations that have been mentioned:



people who are merely related to celebrities, not celebrities in their own right
people who are only famous because of their illness

[Fear Itself]

If we want to discuss celebrity rules, there are two other situations that have been mentioned:

people who are merely related to celebrities, not celebrities in their own right
people who are only famous because of their illness
And this is why our heads hurt. Celebrity is not self-evident, so you rule will engender more disagreements, not less.

[Kilvert's Pagan]

Britney Spears
Kevin Federline
J. K. Rowling
Prince Harry
Camilla Parker Bowles
Mel Brooks
Andrew Sullivan
Michael Kinsley
Mary Kate Olsen
Robert Plant
Ringo Starr
Sen. Robert Byrd
Stevie Nicks

[Electrical Storm]

My picks for 2008:

Fidel Castro
Jerry Lewis
Bo Diddley
Oral Roberts
Vanna White
Hulk Hogan
Sean Connery
Pamela Anderson
Phil Spector
Eunice Kennedy
Kirk Douglas
Gary Busey
Billy Graham

alternate
Perez Hilton

[Qwisp]

Might as well post the same list as last year. I wonder if I can get some monetary rewards from these people, seeing as I'm the reason the grim reaper leaves them alone.

Tom Petty
Andy Griffith
Carol Channing
Rob Reiner
Pat Buchanan
Ron Santo
Rip Torn
Phyllis Diller
Farrah Fawcett
Bob Barker
Jerry Stiller
Bob Newhart
Kenan Thompson

[DeVena]

Fidel Castro
Ariel Sharon
Esther Williams
Betty Ford
Annette Funicello
Estelle Getty
Billy Graham
Muhammad Ali
Joe Paterno
Blake Fielder-Civil
Amy Winehouse
Britney Spears
Lindsay Lohan

Alternates:
Larry Hagman
Kevin Federline
Courtney Love

[42fish]

I'm responding partly to bump this thread - where is everyone? I never thought this thread would go off the first page.


Some of us are probably going to keep re-editing our picks until the ball drops on the 31st. (Besides, it ain't easy when people on your short list like Karlheinz Stockhausen insist on leaving this vale of a tears a month too early.)

[vivalostwages]

1. Kirk Douglas
2. Charlton Heston
3. Mickey Rooney
4. Richard Widmark
5. Hal Holbrook
6. Tom Wilkinson
7. Judi Dench
8. Frances Sternhagen
9. Phyllida Law
10. Sumner Redstone
11. Amy Winehouse
12. Courtney Love
13. Pope Benedict

[swampbear]

The squeeze is lookin' over my shoulder as I post this list. He says this is the ickiest and most macabre thing he's ever seen me do. Like I needed another incentive to play! :D

Here be my pics for 2008:

Fidel Castro
Dick Van Dyke
Imelda Marcos
Willie Mays
Wilford Brimley
Elizabeth Taylor
Eartha Kitt
Ruth Wertheimer
Charles Manson
Yoko Ono
Walter Cronkite
Mickey Rooney
Billy Graham

Alternates:
Dick Clark
Muhammad Ali
Bob Newhart


Yes, indeed, I have given up tryin' to off Courtney Love.

[Wallet]

Hamid Karzai
Nestor Kirchner
Hugo Chavez
Pope Benedict XVI
Juan Carlos I
King Abdullah
Vladimir Putin
Felipe Calderon
Kim Jong-il
Ariel Sharon
Donald Rumsfeld
Fidel Castro
Dick Cheney

alt: Osama bin Laden



Same list as last year - I don't *think* anyone kicked off yet... :-)

1. Hamid Karzai (President - Afghanistan)
2. Nestor Kirchner (President - Argentina)
3. Hugo Chavez (President - Venezuela)
4. Pope Benedict XVI
5. Juan Carlos I (King - Spain)
6. King Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)
7. Vladimir Putin (President - Russia)
8. Felipe Calderon (President - Mexico)
9. Kim Jong-il (aka Kim Jong II) (North Korea)
10. Ariel Sharon (former PM - Israel)
11. Donald Rumsfeld
12. Fidel Castro
13. Dick Cheney

alt:Osama bin Laden

[Hostile Dialect]

1. Kirk Douglas
2. Charlton Heston
3. Mickey Rooney
4. Richard Widmark
5. Hal Holbrook
6. Tom Wilkinson
7. Judi Dench
8. Frances Sternhagen
9. Phyllida Law
10. Sumner Redstone
11. Amy Winehouse
12. Courtney Love
13. Pope Benedict

The OP requested plain lists, without numbers.

[Caffeine.addict]

Fidel Castro
Lindsay Lohan
Britney Spears
Amy Winehouse
Blake Fielder-Civil
Jesse Helms
Farrah Fawcett
Pervez Musharraf
Scott Weiland
Dick Clark
Courtney Love
Pope Benedict
Emile Lahoud

[zamboniracer]

Many thanks for running this contest again. My picks

Sid Caesar
Yogi Berra
Stan Musial
Bob Feller
Ernie Banks
Mel Brooks
Ed McMahon
Elizabeth Taylor
Fidel Castro
Tim Conway
Jonathan Winters
Don Rickles
Ernest Borgnine

[Sternvogel]

Ruth Wertheimer

You do mean Dr. Westheimer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer), right?

42fish: Yeah, I begin thinking about the 2008 Death Pool a few months ago, when I saw Norman Mailer was ill. He's since died, as have such worthy candidates as Porter Wagoner, Robert Goulet, and Evel Knievel. I have to replace at least the four people who've scored points for me in 2007, and I have about a half-dozen finalists in mind right now, but the list seems to be changing every other day.

[swampbear]

You do mean Dr. Westheimer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer), right?

42fish: Yeah, I begin thinking about the 2008 Death Pool a few months ago, when I saw Norman Mailer was ill. He's since died, as have such worthy candidates as Porter Wagoner, Robert Goulet, and Evel Knievel. I have to replace at least the four people who've scored points for me in 2007, and I have about a half-dozen finalists in mind right now, but the list seems to be changing every other day.
Ummmmm.... yep...... :o Guess I need to fix that. Once again...

Here be my pics for 2008:

Fidel Castro
Dick Van Dyke
Imelda Marcos
Willie Mays
Wilford Brimley
Elizabeth Taylor
Eartha Kitt
Ruth Westheimer
Charles Manson
Yoko Ono
Walter Cronkite
Mickey Rooney
Billy Graham

Alternates:
Dick Clark
Muhammad Ali
Bob Newhart

[ErinPuff]

Mine are all 80+ except Elizabeth Edwards, Stephen Hawking, and Peter O'Toole.

Pierre Boulez
Dave Brubeck
Jimmy Carter
Fidel Castro
Elizabeth Edwards
Queen Elizabeth II
Stephen Hawking
Henry Kissinger
Peter O'Toole
Fred Phelps
Prince Philip
Margaret Thatcher
Elie Wiesel

Alternate: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

[Tikki]

Since I don't do well at this, I've opted to go mostly for the quantity and not quality method. Maybe one or two oldsters will co-operate with me this time and kick off soon.

Dick Clark
Don Rickles
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Mitch Miller (Anyone remember singing along with him?)
Barbara Billingsley (Beaver's Mom.)
Art Clokey (Gumby's Dad.)
Betty White (Nice lady. Likes animals.)
Sister Wendy Beckett (Nice nun. Likes paintings.)
Jim Nabors. (Go-ol-ly!)
Jimmy Swaggart (Ugh.)
Fred Phelps (Quintuple ugh!)
Charles Manson (Finally gets out of prison.)
Billy Mays (I know he's a long shot but I'd be happy to settle for just his vocal cords kicking the bucket.)

Alternates:

Hugh Downs
Tony Bennett





Dick Clark
Don Rickles
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Mitch Miller
Barbara Billingsley
Art Clokey
Betty White
Sister Wendy Beckett
Jim Nabors
Jimmy Swaggart
Fred Phelps
Charles Manson
Billy Mays

Alternates:

Hugh Downs
Tony Bennett

[Ritter]

Ooh, my first foray into the celebrity death pool!

Helen Gurley Brown (founder of Cosmpolitan magazine)
Amy Winehouse (singer)
Dominick Dunne (Vanity Fair contributor)
Jenna Jameson (porn star)
Kirk Douglas (actor)
Margaret Thatcher (former British PM)
Tom Sizemore (actor)
Lauren Bacall (actor)
Elizabeth Taylor (actor)
Ben Aud (Australian cricket commentator)
Joan Didion (author)
Benazir Bhutto (former PM of Pakistan)
Dick Cheney (VP of USA)

[Fiveroptic]

Oddly, I was just thinking about this yesterday when I discovered Brett Somers had died...three months ago.

Andy Griffith
Wilford Brimley
Dom DeLuise
Bea Arthur
Alex Karras
Jonathan Winters
Phyllis Diller
Angela Lansbury
Grace Slick
Mary Tyler Moore
Larry King
Brian Wilson
Imelda Marcos


Alternates:
Dionne Warwick
Ron Jeremy
Carol Burnett

I'm sure I'll feel terrible if any of the people I've chosen actually dies.



Except Larry King.

[amarone]

Ooh, my first foray into the celebrity death pool!

Helen Gurley Brown (founder of Cosmpolitan magazine)
Amy Winehouse (singer)
Dominick Dunne (Vanity Fair contributor)
Jenna Jameson (porn star)
Kirk Douglas (actor)
Margaret Thatcher (former British PM)
Tom Sizemore (actor)
Lauren Bacall (actor)
Elizabeth Taylor (actor)
Ben Aud (Australian cricket commentator)
Joan Didion (author)
Benazir Bhutto (former PM of Pakistan)
Dick Cheney (VP of USA)Could you also post a plain list please?

[Paul in Qatar]

I do believe Tikki has a fine list.

[Sean Factotum]

Yes, indeed, I have given up tryin' to off Courtney Love.
I've been saying for years that she's her generation's Keith Richards. And one day she was going to hunt down everyone who put her on a Dead Pool.

[Tikki]

I do believe Tikki has a fine list.

Aww, shucks. Thanks!

[yellowval]

1. Amy Winehouse (singer)
2. Britney Spears (singer)
3. Les Paul (guitarist/guitar designer)
4. Billy Graham (evangelist)
5. John Madden (sports commentator)
6. Dick Clark (entertainer)
7. Marion "Suge" Knight (music mogul)
8. Kirk Douglas (actor)
9. Fidel Castro (dictator)
10. Elizabeth Taylor (actor)
11. Walter Cronkite (news anchor)
12. Beverly Cleary (author)
13. J.D. Salinger (author)
Alternate: Charlotte Rae (actor)

Plain format:
Amy Winehouse
Britney Spears
Les Paul
Billy Graham
John Madden
Dick Clark
Marion "Suge" Knight
Kirk Douglas
Fidel Castro
Elizabeth Taylor
Walter Cronkite
Beverly Cleary
J.D. Salinger

[cbawlmer]

My 2008 list:

John Goodman
Fidel Castro
Fyvush Finkel
Kirk Douglas
Ariel Sharon
Mary Travers
Suzanne Pleshette
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Jack Kevorkian
Ray Harryhausen
Eartha Kitt
Zsa Zsa Gabor

Alternates:
William Schallert
Beverly Cleary
Doris Day

[cbawlmer]

I'm sorry, my list was one short and I missed the edit window. Here is the REAL list.

John Goodman
Fidel Castro
Fyvush Finkel
Kirk Douglas
Ariel Sharon
Mary Travers
Suzanne Pleshette
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Jack Kevorkian
Ray Harryhausen
Eartha Kitt
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Jerry Lewis

Alternates:
William Schallert
Beverly Clearly
Doris Day

[Dolores Reborn]

Ok, here's mine:

Jack T. Chick
Muhammed Ali
Charlton Heston
Fidel Castro
Billy Graham
Art Linkletter
Farrah Fawcett
Andy Rooney
Willie Mays
Bum Phillips
Chuck Berry
Betty Ford
Lena Horne

Alternates:

Nelson Mandela
Henry Kissinger
Kitty Wells

:: crosses fingers ::

(You guys know what I mean... ;))

[Sean Factotum]

I'm sure I'll feel terrible if any of the people I've chosen actually dies.
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Yeah, you'd think so. But I rarely do (when I rarely hit.)

[IrreverentTone]

Alan Arkin
Shirley Jones
Rulon Gardner
Peter O’Toole
Roger Ebert
Suzanne Pleshette
Amy Winehouse
Lindsay Lohan
Britney Spears
Farrah Fawcett
Dr. Jack Kevorkian
Elizabeth Edwards
Fidel Castro


alternate Estelle Getty

[tarragon918]

I've been taking my time in composing my list for 2008 and after consultation with my daughter, here it is:

Farrah Fawcett
Nancy Reagan
Liza Minelli
Elizabeth Taylor
Britney Spears
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
John Forsythe
Marie Osmond
Jerry Lewis
Keith Richards
Eddie Van Halen
Brian Wilson
Fidel Castro

Alternates:
James Arness
Joan Kennedy
Nicole Richey

Now, for the reasons:

Farrah Fawcett: on her second go-round with colo-rectal cancer. :(
Nancy Reagan: mourning and missing Ronnie, doesn't look good, probably ready to join him
Liza Minelli: from my daughter (who gave me Anna Nicole!), fainted after concert last night, brought all the way to USA for treatment - not good IMHO
Elizabeth Taylor: another from my daughter - she's not been well for years
Britney Spears: she's on a very self-destructive path, unfortunately
Eunice Kennedy Shriver: recently hospitalized, not doing well
John Forsythe: had colon cancer in 2006
Marie Osmond: after the "fainting" on Dancing with the Stars, she may be sicker than they've told
Jerry Lewis: he still doesn't look well - return appearance on list
Keith Richards: although he may live forever, his number should be up sometime!
Eddie Van Halen: another pick from my daughter - wild card rock star pick
Brian Wilson: unfortunately, suffers from severe depression
Fidel Castro: he is sicker than what's being told ...

Alternates:
James Arness: old, but hanging in there
Joan Kennedy: alcoholic :(
Nicole Richey: in childbirth? (og forgive me, please!)

And I'll join with the others in crossing my fingers ... in most cases! :p

[Spiff]

I just can't wait until Dec. 31 to post my list, because there's too great a chance that I will forget and miss the deadline.

Here are the folks who shouldn't bother making New Year's Resolutions for 2009:

1. Dane Cook (Wanker)
2. Zsa Zsa Gabor (Slapper)
3. Norman Borlaug (“Green Revolution” architect)
4. Mickey Foote (Music producer)
5. Nancy Regan (Rhymes with Witch)
6. John Mayall (Bluesbreaker)
7. Margaretta Large Fitler Murphy Rockefeller (“Happy”)
8. Don Shula (May he sleep with his “fishes”)
9. Darryl Strawberry (Ex-baseball player)
10. Hubert “Geese” Ausbie (Ex-Harlem Globetrotter)
11. Jovanka Budisavljević Broz (Tito’s widow)
12. Lew Lewis (Eddie & the Hot Rods)
13. Caril Ann Fugate (Famous girlfriend)

Alternates:

1. Todd Rundgren (Musico)
2. Martin Gardner (Mathico)

[amarone]

I just can't wait until Dec. 31 to post my list, because there's too great a chance that I will forget and miss the deadline.

Here are the folks who shouldn't bother making New Year's Resolutions for 2009:

1. Dane Cook (Wanker)
2. Zsa Zsa Gabor (Slapper)
3. Norman Borlaug (“Green Revolution” architect)
4. Mickey Foote (Music producer)
5. Nancy Regan (Rhymes with Witch)
6. John Mayall (Bluesbreaker)
7. Margaretta Large Fitler Murphy Rockefeller (“Happy”)
8. Don Shula (May he sleep with his “fishes”)
9. Darryl Strawberry (Ex-baseball player)
10. Hubert “Geese” Ausbie (Ex-Harlem Globetrotter)
11. Jovanka Budisavljević Broz (Tito’s widow)
12. Lew Lewis (Eddie & the Hot Rods)
13. Caril Ann Fugate (Famous girlfriend)

Alternates:

1. Todd Rundgren (Musico)
2. Martin Gardner (Mathico) Any chance you could do a plain format list?

[Mullinator]

These are all former major league baseball players. Some are slightly obscure and won't make headlines, so I'll probably be the one to pop back in and note when they die.

And, they will die.

Wait, that sounds ominous, evil, and potentially planned. It's not, I just think I have a good set of picks.

Walt Masterson
Larry Eschen
Val Heim
Deacon Donahue
Wally Westlake
Bill Werle
Stan Musial
Ray Hamrick
Red Murff
Chuck Kress
Andy Pafko
Ralph Kiner
Harry Perkowski

[BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed]

Fred Phelps, oh please, please let this be the year
Romuald Klim (gold medal hammer, '69)
Ray Bradbury, unfortunately, I don't think it's that far off
Castro
George HW Bush, because I'm just hoping
Salinger
Frank Lucas (ex drug lord)
Ellen Straton (first playmate of the year, 1960)
Anne McCaffrey, looked her up, no idea she was that old
Al Jaffee (MAD magazine)
Roger Moore, the worst Bond
William "beam me up" Shatner
Shirley MacLaine-- those crystals can't help you forever

Alternate: Don DeLillo

clean:
Fred Phelps
Romuald Klim
Ray Bradbury
Castro
George HW Bush
Salinger
Frank Lucas
Ellen Straton
Anne McCaffrey
Al Jaffee
Roger Moore
William Shatner
Shirley MacLaine

Alternate: Don DeLillo

[Paladud]

Ariel Sharon
Ehud Olmert
Gary Kasparov
Fidel Castro
Robert Mugabe
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Hugo Chavez
Kim Jong-Il
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Pervez Musharraf
Hamid Karzai
Jack Chick
Ursula Le Guin

[42fish]

1) Eunice Kennedy Shriver (7/10/21) Special Olympics founder; hospitalized since November
2) Fidel Castro (8/31/26) Cuban dictator; holdover from 07
3) Ariel Sharon (2/27/28) Former Israeli PM; holdover from 07
4) Jack Kevorkian (5/20/28) Euthenasia advocate; holdover from 07
5) Lawrence Eagleburger (8/1/30) Secretary of State for the first President Bush; seen him in person, he doesn't look at all well
6) Dick Cheney (1/30/41) Veep; his recent atrial fibrillation was described as not serious by the White House. Given this administration's relationship with the truth, I figure he's a goner.
7) Farrah Fawcett (2/2/47) Ex-Charlie's Angel. Reccurence of colo-rectal cancer; according to one report has rejected chemo in favor of alternative medicine
8) Elizabeth Edwards (7/3/49) Presidential candidate's wife; metastic breast cancer
9) Benazir Bhutto (6/21/53) Former Pakistani PM; assassination target in 07
10) Randy Pausch (10/23/60) Caregie-Mellon U. professor who's been hitting the talk show circuit since his last lecture
11) Steve Smith (8/30/64) Former Raiders/Seahwaks running back with ALS
12) Jason Becker (7/22/69) Rock guitarist with ALS
13) Pete Doherty (3/12/79) Brit singer and walking train wreck

Plain Jane version:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Fidel Castro
Ariel Sharon
Jack Kevorkian
Lawrence Eagleburger
Dick Cheney
Farrah Fawcett
Elizabeth Edwards
Benazir Bhutto
Randy Pausch
Steve Smith
Jason Becker
Pete Doherty

Alternates
Kirk Douglas
Nancy Reagan

[amarone]

Fidel Castro
Billy Graham
Ariel Sharon
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Doku Umarov
Ali Khamenei
Ned Vukovic
John Mahoney
Julia Carson
Paul Kraus
Farrah Fawcett
Orlando Thomas
Arnold Palmer

Here's hoping for a cherry-popper! You need a substitute for Julia Carson.

[Ms Macphisto]

Nelson Mandela
Jerry Lee Lewis
Liza Minnelli
Jean Chretien
Roger Ebert
Michael J. Fox
Benazir Bhutto
Margaret Thatcher
Barbara Ann Scott
Pete Doherty
Amy Winehouse
Fidel Castro
Terry Pratchett

Alternates:
Jimmy Carter
Muhammad Ali
Kirk Douglas

[gonzomax]

Suzanne Somers
Dick Cheney
Gary Kasparov
Dolly Parton
John Mackey
Farrah Fawcett
Lisa Minelli
Jack Kevorkian
Amy Winehouse
Rudy Giuliani
Tony Snow
John Goodman
George Bush Sr.



Suzanne Somers-sells cadaver on shopping channel
Cheney-heart attacks by the six pack
Kasparov-radiation poisoning
Parton-looked bad in interview
Mackey -fooballer demented and sick
Fawcett-goofyness runs out
Lisa-human test tube of alcohol and drugs
Dr. Jack-they let him out to die,tortured him long enough
Amy-have to reward her hard work
Rudy-cancer survivor
Snow-survivor whose time runs out
Goodman -fat actors die young
Bush-dies of shame after jrs next fiasco

[Hostile Dialect]

You need a substitute for Julia Carson.

Well, shit. I guess that's a good omen, in a creepy way.

Suzanne Pleshette

That's just a quick add, I'll see if I can find a couple more alternates. I didn't think I'd need any. It's a little weird to make your first accurate pick, even if it's a little too accurate.

[Avarie537]

Well, shit. I guess that's a good omen, in a creepy way.

Suzanne Pleshette

That's just a quick add, I'll see if I can find a couple more alternates. I didn't think I'd need any. It's a little weird to make your first accurate pick, even if it's a little too accurate.


Those of us in Indiana are a little flabbergasted. She only announced terminal lung cancer like 3 weeks ago. I guess the crazy guy who wanted to buy a top hat yesterday was right - the funeral home really was calling to make arrangements for her!

[Hostile Dialect]

To be fair, she missed a lot of votes in September while hospitalized. (I know how to pick 'em, don't I? :eek: )

[EddyTeddyFreddy]

Haven't tried this before, but what the hell:

Dick Cheney
Fidel Castro
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Stephen Hawking
Dick Francis
Muhammad Ali
Larry King
Elizabeth Taylor
Jimmy Carter
Walter Cronkite
Mel Brooks
Betty Ford
Barbara Bush


Alternates:

Queen Elizabeth
George H.W. Bush
Dick Clark

[Mona Lott]

Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Jackson
Walter Cronkite
James Garner
Nancy Reagan
Tony Danza
Fred Phelps
Barbara Bush
Muhammed Ali
Loretta Lynn
Fidel Castro
Dick Cheney
Farrah Fawcett

Alternates in order:
Angela Lansbury
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Mary Tyler Moore

Barbara Bush--Mrs. George H. W. Bush

[Randy Seltzer]

I really wanted to do this last year, but didn't. And I know it's traditional to wait as long as possible so people don't copy you too much, but if I don't do it while I'm thinking about it, I'll forget.

1. Claude "I'm going to score Randy ONE point" Levi-Strauss (11-28-08)
2. Oscar "A mother fucking piano player!" Peterson (8-15-25)
3. Fidel "Outlasted 10 presidents" Castro (8-13-26)
4. Mikhail "Naevus Flammeus" Gorbachev (3-2-31)
5. Leonard "Death Grip" Nimoy (3-26-31)
6. Lenny "Super Bowl IV" Dawson (6-20-35)
7. Joe ".605 with New York" Torre (7-18-40)
8. Richard "Shaft" Roundtree (7-9-42)
9. Farrah "The Blonde One" Fawcett (2-2-47)
10. Vladimir "In Soviet Russia, TV watches YOU" Putin (10-7-52)
11. Stanley G. "STS-122 mission specialist" Love (6-8-65)
12. Amy "They tried to make me go to rehab" Winehouse (9-14-83)
13. Jeffrey "I'll make granddad proud" Earnhardt (6-22-89)

Alternates:
14. Queen Elizabeth "Lilibet" the second (4-21-26)
15. Stephen "A Brief History of Time" Hawking (1-8-42)

Claude Levi-Strauss
Oscar Peterson
Fidel Castro
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonard Nimoy
Len Dawson
Joe Torre
Richard Roundtree
Farrah Fawcett
Vladimir Putin
Stanley G. Love
Amy Winehouse
Jeffrey Earnhardt

[Rilchiam]

Some of these are carried over from last year. Last year, BTW, I could have gotten the points for Anna Nicole Smith, but I was honest and reminded the scorekeeper that when Gerald Ford died, I had promoted J.D. Salinger instead of her. So I'm still scoreless.

1. John Goodman
2. Shane McGowan
3. Queen Elizabeth
4. Terry Gilliam
5. J.D. Salinger
6. Cliff Richard
7. Britney Spears
8. Ruth Rendell
9. Michael Jackson
10. William Shatner
11. O.J. Simpson
12. Ann B. Davis
13. Terry Pratchett

Alternates:

Berkley Breathed
Cedric the Entertainer
Keith Richards

[Dinah Steeler]

Rosalyn Carter
Buzz Aldrin
John Glenn
Margaret Truman
Patti LaBelle
Paris Hilton
Ed Koch
Hugh Hefner
Louis Farrakhan
Sun Myung Moon
Edmund Hillary
Eddy Arnold
Priscilla Presley

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

Oooh! Deathpools! We started one in my office last year, but whoever was running it stopped keeping up with it. Out of that list, I only hit on Ingmar Bergman... so I'll throw in Dog the Bounty Hunter and hope for better influence on the Reaper this year.

Bea Arthur
John Madden
Elizabeth Taylor
Gary Busey
Don Rickles
Wilford Brimley
50 Cent
John Updike
Michael J Fox
Dog, the Bounty Hunter


subs:
Danny Bonaduce

[Fear Itself]

Oooh! Deathpools! Your list is short three names. 13, + alternates.

[Boozahol Squid, P.I.]

Your list is short three names. 13, + alternates.

13... sure... of course. You know, for the whole 'bad luck' deal.... :smack:


Bea Arthur
John Madden
Elizabeth Taylor
Gary Busey
Don Rickles
Wilford Brimley
50 Cent
John Updike
Michael J Fox
Dog, the Bounty Hunter
Raul Castro
John Astin
Herman Wouk

Subs:
Bobby Fisher
Danny Bonaduce
Jimmy Carter

[malkavia]

Fidel Castro
Billy Graham
Elizabeth Edwards
Kirk Douglas
Elizabeth Taylor
Amy Winehouse
Stephen Hawking
Suzanne Pleshette
OJ Simpson
Dick Clark
Paul Newman
Britney Spears
Alex Trebek

Alternates:
Owen Wilson
Terrel Owens

[Carm6773]

Fidel Castro
Ariel Sharon
Elizabeth Taylor
Annette Funicello
Olivia de Havilland
Britney Spears
Walter Cronkite
Betty Ford
Oral Roberts
Billy Graham
Ernest Borgnine
Suzanne Pleshette
Amy Winehouse

Backups:
Jack Kevorkian
Jerry Lewis
Kirk Douglas

[Tripler]

My picks:

George Herbert Walker Bush
Ed Koch
Ray Nagin (my 'youthful' vote)
Dick Clark
Ed McMahon
Jimmy Carter
John Glenn (look, this dude's just as geriatric as can be)
Amy Winehouse (I'll second this one)
Al Sharpton (the Reverend, he's getting old too)
Britney Spears (I see a suicide in the future, or at least an attempt)
Ruth Bader-Ginsburg
Michael Vick (I don't wish him death. . . I just, well, it's a long shot)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Tripler
That last one, I just like to say the name. Sounds like something you spread on toast.

[BiblioCat]

One of my picks, Dan Fogleberg, has died. Here is my updated list. I'm replacing him with Teri Garr.


Mary Tyler Moore
Teri Garr
Owen Wilson
Kirk Douglas
Prince Phillip of Edinburgh
Ryan O'Neal
Jerry Lewis
Bob Barker
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Joan Kennedy
Jim McKay
Muhammed Ali
Art Donovan

[carnivorousplant]

Fred Thompson
John Forsythe
Elizabeth Edwards
Tim Johnson
Pete Domenici
Steven Geller
George Mitchell
Bill Nelson
Carole Migden
Arlen Specter
Ehud Olmert
Jenny Oropeza

Alternates:
Fidel Castro
Kirk Douglas
Dick Cheney

[Dinah Steeler]

Rosalyn Carter
Buzz Aldrin
John Glenn
Margaret Truman
Patti LaBelle
Paris Hilton
Ed Koch
Hugh Hefner
Louis Farrakhan
Sun Myung Moon
Edmund Hillary
Eddy Arnold
Priscilla Presley

Just in case any of these bite the dust before 2008, I'm putting Art Modell up as an alternate. I'm sure there are quite a few Clevelanders who will be celebrating when Modell croaks. ;)

[Sternvogel]

Fred Thompson
John Forsythe
Elizabeth Edwards
Tim Johnson
Pete Domenici
Steven Geller
George Mitchell
Bill Nelson
Carole Migden
Arlen Specter
Ehud Olmert
Jenny Oropeza

Alternates:
Fidel Castro
Kirk Douglas
Dick Cheney

You only have 12 names on your main list -- did you leave someone out, or do you wish to move Castro up? Also, I'm curious as to which Tim Johnson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Johnson) you have in mind.

[carnivorousplant]

You only have 12 names on your main list -- did you leave someone out, or do you wish to move Castro up? Also, I'm curious as to which Tim Johnson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Johnson) you have in mind.
There are three kinds of people in this world, those who can count, and those who cannot. But I digress.
Please move Fidel up.
Tim Johnson is the Senator from South Dakota.
Thanks,
CP

PS
Hey, you said name only. I'm not a trouble maker, honest.
dammit, it's just like middle school...

[MsWhatsit]

Laraine Newman
Garrett Morris
Keith Richards
Joe Piscopo
Louie Anderson
Roman Polanski
Lindsey Lohan
Sidney Lumet
John Waters
John Nash
Stephen Hawking
Paula Abdul
Bob McGrath


Here's a couple of alternates in case they are needed:

Queen Elizabeth II
Elton John

[amarone]

My picks:

George Herbert Walker Bush
Ed Koch
Ray Nagin (my 'youthful' vote)
Dick Clark
Ed McMahon
Jimmy Carter
John Glenn (look, this dude's just as geriatric as can be)
Amy Winehouse (I'll second this one)
Al Sharpton (the Reverend, he's getting old too)
Britney Spears (I see a suicide in the future, or at least an attempt)
Ruth Bader-Ginsburg
Michael Vick (I don't wish him death. . . I just, well, it's a long shot)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Tripler
That last one, I just like to say the name. Sounds like something you spread on toast.Any chance you could do a plain format list? And calling Spiff with the same request.

[Borborygmi]

Well, after playing along for the first time in 2007, I guess I'm hooked. I'm so ashamed. Anyway, I wish I had more free time to polish this -– especially to rotate folks I like out and more bastids in –- but here goes (with my thanks to a35362 and amarone):

1. Russell Johnson, actor, 17 pts (16 after November 10)
2. Fidel Castro, Cuban president, 19 pts (18 after April 9)
3. Tom Lehrer, musician, 21 pts (20 after April 9)
4. Burt Bacharach, musician, 21 pts (20 after May 12)
5. George Steinbrenner, businessman, 23 pts (22 after July 4)
6. Mark Russell, political satirist, 25 pts (24 after August 23)
7. Kim Jong-il, Korean dictator, 35 pts (34 after February 15)
8. Roger Ebert, film critic, 35 pts (34 after June 18)
9. John Major, British prime minister, 36 pts (35 after March 29)
10. Dennis Franz, actor, 37 pts (36 after October 28)
11. Tom Arnold, actor, 52 pts (51 after March 6)
12. Suge Knight, rap mogul, 58 pts (57 after April 19)
13. Warren Sapp, athelete, 65 pts (64 after December 19)

alt 1. Neil Armstrong, astronaut, 23 pts (22 after August 5)
alt 2. Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress, 11 pts (10 after February 6)
alt 3. Keith Richards, musician, 36 pts (35 after December 18)

Plain list:

Russell Johnson
Fidel Castro
Tom Lehrer
Burt Bacharach
George Steinbrenner
Mark Russell
Kim Jong-il
Roger Ebert
John Major
Dennis Franz
Tom Arnold
Suge Knight
Warren Sapp

Neil Armstrong
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Keith Richards

[pbbth]

Okay, here is my list:

Bob Barker
Fidel Castro
Ricardo Montalban
Trevor Bannister
Jerry Stiller
Molly Sugden
Lindsey Lohan
Fred Phelps
Britney Spears
Liza Minelli
Ernest Borgnine
Tony Curtis
Queen Elizabeth II

Alternates:

Dustin Hoffman
Nicole Richie

[SpazCat]

After much thinking, health-checking, and finally resorting to The Will of The People, I have revised my list for the new year.


Unformatted
Lilian Jackson Braun
Kirk Douglas
Arthur C. Clarke
Billy Graham
John Glenn
Jesse Helms
Lee Iacocca
Fidel Castro
Ariel Sharon
Elizabeth Taylor
Terry Pratchett
Elizabeth Edwards
Britney Spears

Alternates
Olivia de Haviland
Joan Fontaine

Commented Upon
Lilian Jackson Braun, 1913 (The Author Who Lived Forever, it seems)
Kirk Douglas, 1916 (There's a distinct lack of chiseled features in heaven.)
Arthur C. Clarke, 1917 (I'll be sad to see him go, but let's be realistic: he's 90.)
Billy Graham, 1918 (God loves you and wants you to come home, Billy.)
John Glenn, 1921 (Time to aim for the stars again.)
Jesse Helms, 1921 (Die already you hideous embarassment.)
Lee Iacocca, 1924 (On my list only because he has a cool name. And he's old.)
Fidel Castro, 1926 (Been in the hospital for a real long time now.)
Ariel Sharon, 1928 (In a coma since his stroke last year.)
Elizabeth Taylor, 1932 (Congestive heart failure, brain tumors, osteoporosis, something's got to carry her off.)
Terry Pratchett, 1948 (I know firsthand what Alzheimer's can do.)
Elizabeth Edwards, 1949 (Cancer is similarly unkind.)
Britney Spears, 1981 (Girl's building up to either a spectacular suicide or a Christian rebirth.)

Alternates
Olivia de Haviland
Joan Fontaine (It'll be interesting to see which one decides to die first.)

[Dung Beetle]

Harry Morgan
Phyllis Diller
Shirley Temple Black
Barry Manilow
Ray Bradbury
Gene Wilder
Dick Van Dyke
Angela Lansbury
Betty White
Bea Arthur
Sid Caesar
Billy Graham
Olivia DeHavilland

Alternates:
Sherwood Schwartz
Beverly Cleary
Dolly Parton

Next year, I'm going to pick a lot more people I don't like.

[VunderBob]

Roger Ebert
Pervez Musharraf
Hugo Chavez
Michael J. Fox
Joni Mitchell
Louis Farrakhan
Tony Snow
Suzanne Pleshette
Farah Fawcett
Amy Winehouse
Muhammed Ali
Elizabeth Edwards
George Soros

Alternates:

Fred Phelps
Kim Jong-Il
Michael Moore

The fancy list:

Roger Ebert Low hanging fruit
Pervez Musharraf Has a big ol' bull's eye on his ass, courtesy of Al Qaeda
Hugo Chavez One can hope...
Michael J. Fox LHF, Part Deux
Joni Mitchell Educated longshot
Louis Farrakhan Been picking him for a while
Tony Snow Stage 4 cancer sucks
Farah Fawcett ditto
Suzanne Pleshette LHF 2
Amy Winehouse Self destruction 'R' us
Muhammed Ali Another perennial pick
Elizabeth Edwards The ultimate campaign boost for John
George Soros Go away, please

Alternates:

Fred Phelps Let him find out what God really hates
Kim Jong-Il ditto
Michael Moore Myocardial infarc on 2 legs

[kitemaker_chuck]

Just for the record:

Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps

Alternates:
Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps

[GuanoLad]

Okay, this is the first time I've entered. Be gentle.

Christopher Lee
Elizabeth Taylor
George H W Bush
Britney Spears
Pele
Ronnie Corbett
Robbie Williams
Gary Glitter
Ringo Starr
Terry Pratchett
Bobby McFerrin
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Lachlan Murdoch


Alternatives:
Thelma Barlow
Richard Clayderman

Some of these names you may not recognise, as many are UK celebrities. And one of them is Australian. I've listed them in my personal expectation of the order of likelihood that they'll kick the bucket. I think my chances of getting any points at all are very remote.

[Desert Nomad]

Fidel Castro
Mikheil Saakashvili
Margaret Thatcher
Queen Elizabeth II
Ross Perot
Alan Greenspan
Russell Johnson
Wilford Brimley
James Earl Jones
Dick Van Patten
Bob Barker
Dick Clark
Walter Cronkite

[Hostile Dialect]

Some of these names you may not recognise, as many are UK celebrities. And one of them is Australian. I've listed them in my personal expectation of the order of likelihood that they'll kick the bucket. I think my chances of getting any points at all are very remote.

Yeah, who's Ringo Starr? :confused:




;)

[Sternvogel]

Still hoping to score a few more points this year, but going ahead and posting my 2008 list (subject to revision):

THE HOLDOVERS

Oral Roberts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Roberts) -- This is my fifth year of Celebrity Death Pool participation, and I've pickied Oral each time. Since I have a personal rule to only go for folks who are worth at least ten points each, this is his last appearance on my list regardless of whether God finally calls him home by the end of 2008.

Bob Feller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Feller) -- Made the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot, but now faces his final round of eligibility as far as the Sternvogel standard is concerned.

Art Donovan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Donovan) -- Another of my charter selections. I can't believe the clock hasn't run out on him yet.

Jack Kevorkian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian) -- Apparently "Dr. Death" believes in fighting for his own life, but he's got to lose the battle eventually.

Louis Farrakhan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Farrakhan) -- Will this ex-calypso performer finally belt out his swan song?

Pete Seeger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Seeger) -- Since he sang Turn, Turn, Turn, he knows that there's "a time to die" and (for his fans) "a time to mourn".

Norodom Sihanouk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norodom_Sihanouk) -- One of those guys who's apparently able to carry out his death throes for years, but I just know that the year I drop him will be the year he ascends to a celestial throne.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelaziz_Bouteflika) -- Perhaps he's licked stomach cancer (if he indeed ever had the disease), but I figure Algeria needs some representation in this thread.

Fidel Castro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro) -- El Jefe may indeed already be dead, but I'm figuring that George W. Bush will be the U.S. president who finally "outlasts" the Cuban leader (albeit by as little as a month).

AND NOW, THE NEWCOMERS

After the deaths of 2007 selections Robert Anton Wilson, Art Buchwald, Jerry Falwell, and Joey Bishop, here are my draft picks:

Mort Walker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort_Walker) -- The creator of Beetle Bailey will join such recently-deceased cartooning colleagues as Brant Parker and Johnny Hart.

Ralph Kiner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Kiner) -- Feller's teammate for one year will join (or precede) "Rapid Robert" in the "Field of Dreams".

Kay Yow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Yow) -- Veteran coach of the North Carolina State Wolfpack Women has been battling breast cancer.

Earl Scruggs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Scruggs) -- Just a hunch that he'll be pickin' on Heaven's front porch ere long.

PLAINTEXT ALPHABETIZED LIST

Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Fidel Castro
Art Donovan
Louis Farrakhan
Bob Feller
Jack Kevorkian
Ralph Kiner
Oral Roberts
Earl Scruggs
Pete Seeger
Norodom Sihanouk
Mort Walker
Kay Yow

[Captain Lance Murdoch]

Lachlan Murdoch




For a second there, I was worried.

[Captain Lance Murdoch]

We've been pretty much saying that if someone's death is reported by two major news reporting agencies (CNN, New York Times, one of the reputable foreign press outlets, etc.) then they're a celebrity. Should we finally make this the rule for defining celebrity?

And thanks, a35362 for your stewardship of The Pool over the last few years. Every now and then I remember your post about when John Paul II dies, and giggle.

I requested we have the rule be one major news source to verify celebrity, but even that got shot down. Pretty much anything goes it seems, but I would think that you would have to somehow demonstrate that your guy died. Otherwise I could pick Erbwb "Spanky" Vliknloutisovawicz and just claim he died of spontaneous human combustion at the age of 18 and ask everyone to take my word for it.

On that subject, who is Ritter's pick, Ben Aud? I just googled him and got zero.

[Rico]

Once again, immortality for everyone on my list! (And huge thanks to a35362 for the past years of being Pool Keeper. Shoulda tossed some chlorine in there...)

Here's the 2008 list that will go nowhere, once again, entertainment heavy:


Paul Harvey
Tina Louise
Pete Seeger
William Schallert
Barbara Hale
Mitch Miller
Helen Gurley Brown
Olivia Newton-John
Farrah Fawcett
Amy Winehouse
Kylie Minogue
Brian Bonsall
Ashleigh Brilliant

Alternates:

Gordon B. Hinckley
Eminem

[drm]

Dick Cheney
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Charlton Heston
Britney Spears
Sidney Lumet
Fidel Castro
Nasser El Sonbaty (bodybuilder)
Chavo Guerrero, Jr (wrestler)
Sidney Ray Eudy (Psycho Sid, Sid Vicious, Wrestler)
Mel Brooks
Nicole Richie
Mariusz Pudzianowski (strongman)
Alberto Contador (cyclist)

alt: Michael Jackson

[VunderBob]

Substitution, please.

Drop Hugo Chavez, add Geraldine Ferraro...

Geraldine Ferraro
Pervez Musharraf
Michael J. Fox
Joni Mitchell
Louis Farrakhan
Tony Snow
Suzanne Pleshette
Farah Fawcett
Amy Winehouse
Muhammed Ali
Elizabeth Edwards
George Soros

Alternates:

Fred Phelps
Kim Jong-Il
Michael Moore

[Avarie537]

I missed last year, and am jumping in now for 2008!

Fidel Castro
Bob Barker
John Madden
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Rush Limbaugh
Elizabeth Taylor
Dick Cheney
Curtis Jackson (50 Cent)
Elizabeth Edwards
Billy Graham
Owen Wilson
Muhammad Ali
Stephen Hawking

Alternates:

Abigail Van Buren
Paul Harvey

[Spiff]

Any chance you could do a plain format list?Sorry.

Here ye be:

Dane Cook
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Norman Borlaug
Mickey Foote
Nancy Regan
John Mayall
Margaretta Large Fitler Murphy "Happy" Rockefeller
Don Shula
Darryl Strawberry
Hubert “Geese” Ausbie
Jovanka Budisavljević Broz
Lew Lewis
Caril Ann Fugate

Alternates:

Todd Rundgren
Martin Gardner

[Sternvogel]

Substitution, please.

Drop Hugo Chavez, add Geraldine Ferraro...

Geraldine Ferraro
Pervez Musharraf
Michael J. Fox
Joni Mitchell
Louis Farrakhan
Tony Snow
Suzanne Pleshette
Farah Fawcett
Amy Winehouse
Muhammed Ali
Elizabeth Edwards
George Soros

Alternates:

Fred Phelps
Kim Jong-Il
Michael Moore

You only have twelve names on the main list -- did you inadvertently drop someone, or do you want to move Phelps up?

[amarone]

You only have twelve names on the main list -- did you inadvertently drop someone, or do you want to move Phelps up? You [VunderBob] had Roger Ebert on your original list. I will keep Ebert and replace Chavez with Ferraro.

[amarone]

Sorry.

Here ye be:

Dane Cook
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Norman Borlaug
Mickey Foote
Nancy Regan
John Mayall
Margaretta Large Fitler Murphy "Happy" Rockefeller
Don Shula
Darryl Strawberry
Hubert “Geese” Ausbie
Jovanka Budisavljević Broz
Lew Lewis
Caril Ann Fugate

Alternates:

Todd Rundgren
Martin GardnerThanks.

[Hostile Dialect]

Dane Cook

Wishful thinking, eh?

[Little Nemo]

I had my best year in 2007 and I'm hoping to do better in 2008...ummm...I mean I'm wishing everyone on my list a long and healthy life....yeah, that's it

Lauren Bacall
Fidel Castro
Walter Cronkite
Gulistan Dugan
Farrah Fawcett
Billy Graham
Larry Hagman
Henry Kissinger
Jerry Lewis
Robert Mugabe
Ariel Sharon
Than Shwe
Elizabeth Taylor

[amarone]

Nancy Regan
The former FIrst Lady (Nancy Reagan) or Nancy Regan (http://www.asb.nb.ca/NancyRegan.htm)? I am going with Reagan unless I hear otherwise.

[Justin Credible]

Well, this will be my first foray into the realm of celebrity death prognostication. I haven't read all the lists, just glanced over most of them, so I hope I don't copy anybody's too closely. And I can't believe all the Amy Winehouse picks. When I saw the first one, I thought it was a joke, but I noticed her name popped up a few more times. Is she really that self-destructive? Well, here goes...

Bea Arthur
Rue McClanahan
Betty White
Estelle Ghetty
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
Yoko Ono
Tony Danza
John Glenn
Stephen Hawking
Mindy McCready
Judd Hirsch
Judd Nelson

Hey, might as well have some fun with it right? :)

Oh, and for an alternate, how about...Nichele Nichols, for a little racial diversity. Plus she's old.

[FarmerChick]

Here's my list

Farrah Fawcett
Liza Minelli
Eddie Van Halen
Fidel Castro
Amy Winehouse
Tom Sizemore
Dick Cheney
Elizabeth Edwards
John Goodman
Gary Busey
Danny Bonaduce
John Glenn
Mary Tyler Moore

alternates

Gene Wilder
Dick Van Dyke

[Walkabout]

My list for 2008:

Muhammad Ali
Fidel Castro
Farrah Fawcett
John Forsythe
Adam Pacman Jones
Annette Funicello
Suzanne Pleshette
Ariel Sharon
Leroy Sievers
Tony Snow
Elizabeth Taylor
Margaret Thatcher
Amy Winehouse

Alternates:
Dick Cheney
Bobby Brown

[bannerrefugee]

Betty Ford
Charlton Heston
Jack Kevorkian
Daniel Schorr
Pope Benedict
James Watson
Billy Graham
Jerry Lewis
Kirk Douglas
Courtney Love
Micheal Jackson
Lewis Farrakhan
Elizabeth Taylor

Alternates
Bob Weir
Ariel Sharon

[a35362]

Jimmy Carter
Dick Cheney
Dick Clark
Olivia de Havilland
Kirk Douglas
Lindsay Lohan
Courtney Love
Liza Minnelli
Paul Newman
Keith Richards
Mickey Rooney
Britney Spears
Elizabeth Taylor

Alternate: Paris Hilton

Thanks, amarone! You're swell!

[Dung Beetle]

Harry Morgan
Phyllis Diller
Shirley Temple Black
Barry Manilow
Ray Bradbury
Gene Wilder
Dick Van Dyke
Angela Lansbury
Betty White
Bea Arthur
Sid Caesar
Billy Graham
Olivia DeHavilland

Alternates:
Sherwood Schwartz
Beverly Cleary
Dolly Parton
Please replace my Barry Manilow with Bo Diddley. Final list:

Harry Morgan
Phyllis Diller
Shirley Temple Black
Bo Diddley
Ray Bradbury
Gene Wilder
Dick Van Dyke
Angela Lansbury
Betty White
Bea Arthur
Sid Caesar
Billy Graham
Olivia DeHavilland

Alternates:
Sherwood Schwartz
Beverly Cleary
Dolly Parton

[zamboniracer]

Many thanks for running this contest again. My picks

Sid Caesar
Yogi Berra
Stan Musial
Bob Feller
Ernie Banks
Mel Brooks
Ed McMahon
Elizabeth Taylor
Fidel Castro
Tim Conway
Jonathan Winters
Don Rickles
Ernest Borgnine


I need to amend my list, to add 90 year old Lena Horne and delete Don Rickles. He's active, out selling his book after all.

[Jeep's Phoenix]

Lindsay Lohan
Michelle Duggar
Fred Phelps
Jesse Helms
Jimmy Carter
Farrah Fawcett
Mary Kate Olsen
Brittany Spears
Bob Barker
Andy Griffith
Ariel Sharon
Billy Graham
Annette Funicello

[Carm6773]

Michelle Duggar
Death during childbirth, maybe?

Duggar Website (http://www.duggarfamily.com/)

[Sattua]

Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Bob Barker
Dick Clark
Peter O'Toole
Farrah Fawcett
Paul Newman
Elizabeth Taylor
Kirk Douglas
Miss Manners
Owen Wilson
Stephen Hawking
Liza Minelli

Alternate: PD James

[Jeep's Phoenix]

Death during childbirth, maybe?

Duggar Website (http://www.duggarfamily.com/)
That thing's gonna fall out sooner or later.

[vraskin]

Anthony Lewis
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Harold Pinter
Antonia Fraser
John Paul Justice Stevens
Monica Vitti
Shimon Peres
Daniel Shorr
Margaret Thatcher
Eldar Ryazanov
Johannes Heesters
Doris Lessing
Nelson Mandela

[Tazmanian Devil]

George Jones
Louis Farrakhan
Farrah Fawcett
Annette Funicello
Kirk Douglas
Ernest Borgnine
Eartha Kitt
Fidel Castro
Muhammad Ali
Art Modell
Don Rickles
Nancy Reagan
Henry Kissinger

Alternates
Suge Knight
Bob Feller

[racer72]

John Astin
Yogi Berra
George Blanda
Fidel Castro
Sid Ceasar
Chris Economaki
Larry Hagman
Ingemar Johansson
Greg Louganis
Karl Malden
Rose Marie
Allen Melvin
Dionne Warwick

[Key Lime Guy]

Going with an All-NFL theme, including the 3 remaining members of the Fearsome Foursome.

Larry Czonka
Bud Grant
Rosey Grier
Bob Griese
Franco Harris
Deacon Jones
Marv Levy
Joe Namath
Merlin Olsen
Alan Page
Bill Parcells
Bart Starr
Roger Staubach

[Loach]

Does the list seem to be going slower this year? Maybe it's just me. I got my list but I'm checking it twice.

[katie1341]

1. Kurt Angle

2. Linsay Lohan

3. Van Morrison

4. Charles van Doren

5. Brittney Spears

6. Amy Winehouse

7. Dick Cheney

8. Dick Clark

9. Walter Cronkite

10. Albert Finney

11. Farrah Fawcett

12. Joe Pesci

13. Alex Trebek

[amarone]

Does the list seem to be going slower this year? Maybe it's just me. I got my list but I'm checking it twice. You are correct. I don't know if people are being coy with their lists this year and waiting until closer to the deadline, but to date we have had 78 lists. At this time last year we had 99 lists.

[amarone]

I really wanted to do this last year, but didn't. And I know it's traditional to wait as long as possible so people don't copy you too much, but if I don't do it while I'm thinking about it, I'll forget.

1. Claude "I'm going to score Randy ONE point" Levi-Strauss (11-28-08)
2. Oscar "A mother fucking piano player!" Peterson (8-15-25)
3. Fidel "Outlasted 10 presidents" Castro (8-13-26)
4. Mikhail "Naevus Flammeus" Gorbachev (3-2-31)
5. Leonard "Death Grip" Nimoy (3-26-31)
6. Lenny "Super Bowl IV" Dawson (6-20-35)
7. Joe ".605 with New York" Torre (7-18-40)
8. Richard "Shaft" Roundtree (7-9-42)
9. Farrah "The Blonde One" Fawcett (2-2-47)
10. Vladimir "In Soviet Russia, TV watches YOU" Putin (10-7-52)
11. Stanley G. "STS-122 mission specialist" Love (6-8-65)
12. Amy "They tried to make me go to rehab" Winehouse (9-14-83)
13. Jeffrey "I'll make granddad proud" Earnhardt (6-22-89)

Alternates:
14. Queen Elizabeth "Lilibet" the second (4-21-26)
15. Stephen "A Brief History of Time" Hawking (1-8-42)

Claude Levi-Strauss
Oscar Peterson
Fidel Castro
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonard Nimoy
Len Dawson
Joe Torre
Richard Roundtree
Farrah Fawcett
Vladimir Putin
Stanley G. Love
Amy Winehouse
Jeffrey Earnhardt Inserting QE II as your alternate for Oscar Peterson.

[Tripler]

Any chance you could do a plain format list? And calling Spiff with the same request.

Um . . . didn't I? amarone, I don't think I understand. Want me to PM you my list?

Tripler
:confused:

[Randy Seltzer]

Inserting QE II as your alternate for Oscar Peterson.Thanks much.

::Sigh:: Oh Oscar. Why couldn't you have waited another eight days?

[GuanoLad]

Um . . . didn't I? amarone, I don't think I understand. Want me to PM you my list?
A plain format list is one without the commentary in amongst it. As requested in the OP.

[Tripler]

My picks:

George Herbert Walker Bush
Ed Koch
Ray Nagin
Dick Clark
Ed McMahon
Jimmy Carter
John Glenn
Amy Winehouse
Al Sharpton
Britney Spears
Ruth Bader-Ginsburg
Michael Vick
Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Sorry about the confusion. Here's my simple list!

Tripler
I still think I'm going to make some Boutros Boutros-Ghali on toast for Christmas morning.

[Baker]

but to date we have had 78 lists. At this time last year we had 99 lists.

I think people are being coy. Last year one poster waited and copied almost the entire list of one of the most "lucky" posters. I'm still a virgin this year, but I plan on waiting until 12/31.

It is my birthday. Maybe this time I'll have better results.

[amarone]

Sorry about the confusion. Here's my simple list!

Thanks.

[drewbert]

It's that mooost wonderful tiiime of the yeeear....

Fidel Castro
Adam Pacman Jones
Dick van Dyke
Dick Clark
Sid Caesar
Daniel Schorr
Walter Cronkite
John Glenn
Benazir Bhutto
Pervez Musharraf
Ed Koch
Ariel Sharon
Fred Phelps

alternates:
Angela Lansbury
Billy Graham

I've known for months that Pacman was going to be on my list this year. I was holding out for a unique pick but WVmom beat me to it :D

[VunderBob]

You [VunderBob] had Roger Ebert on your original list. I will keep Ebert and replace Chavez with Ferraro.
Ebert should be there; Ferraro replaces Chavez.

However, another substitution. As much as I'd like to see that old bastard kick the bucket, George Soros is replaced by Pete Domenici.

New list:

Roger Ebert
Pervez Musharraf
Geraldine Ferraro
Michael J. Fox
Joni Mitchell
Louis Farrakhan
Tony Snow
Suzanne Pleshette
Farah Fawcett
Amy Winehouse
Muhammed Ali
Elizabeth Edwards
Pete Domenici

Alternates:

Fred Phelps
Kim Jong-Il
Michael Moore

[BACI]

Britney Spears
Elizabeth Taylor
Liza Minelli
Mary-Kate Olsen
Gough Whitlam
Keith Richards
James Garner
Nick Nolte
Margaret Thatcher
Ronnie Corbett

Alternates:

Stephen Hawking
Harry Belafonte
Don Rickles

[Fear Itself]

Britney Spears
Elizabeth Taylor
Liza Minelli
Mary-Kate Olsen
Gough Whitlam
Keith Richards
James Garner
Nick Nolte
Margaret Thatcher
Ronnie Corbett

Alternates:

Stephen Hawking
Harry Belafonte
Don RicklesYou only have ten names. You need 13.

[BACI]

You only have ten names. You need 13.

A thousand apologies - slight malinterpretation of the rules.

Our list, no alternates at this time:

Britney Spears
Elizabeth Taylor
Liza Minelli
Mary-Kate Olsen
Gough Whitlam
Keith Richards
James Garner
Nick Nolte
Margaret Thatcher
Ronnie Corbett
Stephen Hawking
Harry Belafonte
Don Rickles

[Sublight]

Russell Watson
Elizabeth Edwards
Eleanor Mondale
Shuntaro Torigoe
Grant Achatz
Tony Snow
Philip Chevron
Kris Carr
Matt Cappotelli
Lynn Kohlman
Bobby Murcer
Jack Kevorkian
Donald Hall

[alternates]
Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Keith Richards

I swear on a stack of death certificates, and on my honor as a very morbid and disturbed individual, that I have not looked at any other player's list, other than amarone's first post.

I managed to finish in the top 10 (at least of Christmas) for 2007 with three picks, let's see if I do any better this year. None of my picks from last year are on this year's list, save for Ariel and Fidel as alternates.

1. Russell Watson, opera singer
2. Elizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential candidate John Edwards
3. Eleanor Mondale, radio personality and TV host, daughter of former VP Walter Mondale
4. Shuntaro Torigoe, TV journalist
5. Grant Achatz, celebrity chef
6. Tony Snow, former White House spokesman
7. Philip Chevron, lead guitarist for The Pogues
8. Kris Carr, filmmaker, director of Crazy Sexy Cancer
9. Matt Cappotelli, professional wrestler
10. Lynn Kohlman, fashion model and photographer
11. Bobby Murcer, former NY Yankee
12. Jack Kevorkian, Dr. Death
13. Donald Hall, U.S. poet laureate (Not Donald J. Hall, Prez of Hallmark Cards)

[GuanoLad]

I thought the word should be alternatives, not alternates. But I looked it up, and typically, it's considered acceptable, though of course it's Americans bastardising the English language once again.

[amarone]

I managed to finish in the top 10 (at least of Christmas) for 2007 with three picks I'm not the official scorer for 2007, but I have you at 12th.

Rachm Qoch 283
Zog_10 254
amarone 231
qwest 214
CowPatty 175
Andrew 21 167
tarragon918 136
clipper 127
NurseCarmen 127
Blalron 125
Captain Lance Murdoch 121
Sublight 118

And if someone can tell me how to stop VB from stripping out the blanks between the name and score, I would be grateful. I had all the scores aligned in a column.

[Sublight]

Darn. I noticed right after I posted that NurseCarmen had flown past me on Evel Kneivel's rocket casket, I guess two more must have as well.

Still, it's better than I've ever done before, and the first time I scored with celebs who weren't picked by 50 other people as well.

[BJMoose]

* * *
And if someone can tell me how to stop VB from stripping out the blanks between the name and score, I would be grateful. I had all the scores aligned in a column.
I think the only thing you can do is wrap the whole thing with code tags (the # on the "tool bar").

Test:


BJMoose 1201
PosterWithIdioticallyLongUsername 43
Amarone 7

Bit of a pain in the patoot. You can't use tabs, but the defalt font is monospaced, so at least the right margin won't be ragged.



Looks like I still have a unique pick or two, so I'll hold off publishing my list. (Almost forgot one year and had to recreate a list from memory at the last minute!)

[Hostile Dialect]

I thought the word should be alternatives, not alternates. But I looked it up, and typically, it's considered acceptable, though of course it's Americans bastardising the English language once again.

Typical prescriptivist bullshit. We could just as easily call "boot" a bastardization of "trunk"; there isn't an ounce of logic to support either position, though.

[anyrose]

You are correct. I don't know if people are being coy with their lists this year and waiting until closer to the deadline, but to date we have had 78 lists. At this time last year we had 99 lists.
I am waiting - I'll post mine over the weekend when I've had time to review my choices one last time

[zoog]

A bunch of repeats from last year's list, but I did have 3 stiffs that had to be replaced. I ditched a couple of others because the point value is too low and/or they're on too many lists.

Lou Albano
Ron Jeremy
Gary Busey
Suge Knight
Bobby Robson
Paul Prudhomme
William Perry
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Mike Tyson
James Watt
J.R. Richard
George Wendt
James Cotton

[GuanoLad]

Typical prescriptivist bullshit. We could just as easily call "boot" a bastardization of "trunk"; there isn't an ounce of logic to support either position, though.
Well, there's quite a lot of difference between having two separate words meaning the same thing (especially for something that is a relatively recent invention), and using an existing word incorrectly until it's so common it becomes accepted. Of course, that's the nature of language, but the Americans seem to stubbornly take pride in it.

Anyway, I am hijacking. My apologies.

[Shamozzle]

Jimmy Carter
Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Kirk Douglas
Liza Minnelli
George H. W. Bush
Betty Ford
Lauren Bacall
Angela Lansbury
Paul Newman
Sidney Poitier
Nelson Mandela
Peter Falk

Alternate:
Robert Duvall

[mobo85]

Valid picks are not:
a. already dead...
Please see Rule 7 regarding the likes of Saddam Hussein

Okay...

Also, thank you for quoting me in your OP. Anyway, my list, in alphabetical order:

Ralph Baer
Tony Bennett*
Yogi Berra
Osama bin Laden
Shirley Temple Black
Jimmy Carter
Sean Connery
Roger Ebert
June Foray
Barry Manilow*
Bill Melendez
Robert Mugabe
Carroll Spinney

*These picks sponsored in part by Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A.

[appleciders]

Arthur C. Clarke
Stephen Hawking
Muhammad Ali
Queen Elizabeth
Fidel Castro
Pat Robertson
Michael J. Fox
Jerry Lewis
Jack Kevorkian
Andy Griffith
Fred Phelps
Christopher Lloyd
Tom Lehrer

And on time, this year!

Alternate: Pope Benedict XVI

[BobLibDem]

George HW Bush
Dick Cheney
Danica Patrick
George Steinbrenner
Roger Ebert
Glen Campbell
Englebert Humperdinck
Walter Mondale
John Paul Stevens
Willie Mays
Joe Namath
Max Baer, Jr
Pernell Roberts

[amarone]

With the demise of Benazir Butto, I am using the alternates for drewbert (Angela Lansbury), Ms Macphisto (Jimmy Carter) and 42fish (Kirk Douglas).

Ritter - you need to declare a replacement.

[Baker]

I had Bhutto in 2007! Finally got some points for the year. Unique pick too.

[Hostile Dialect]

Well, there's quite a lot of difference between having two separate words meaning the same thing (especially for something that is a relatively recent invention), and using an existing word incorrectly until it's so common it becomes accepted.

There's nothing incorrect about it. It's a meaning of the word. If older words are inherently better than newer words, that means you shun "yours" in favor of "thine", right?

No?

Then kindly stuff it.

the Americans seem to stubbornly take pride in it.

Ah, so you're an expert on American attitudes toward language now. Except--funny thing--you have no idea what you're talking about. Schoolmarm prescriptivism has just as much of a foothold here as in the UK--if not, possibly, more--and it doesn't make a lick of sense here either. Of course, here, the prescriptivists replace "Americans" with "black people", "young people", "foreigners", "Californians", etc.

No, no, you're right, totally different.

Do me a favor and go get yourself a clue before you come back.

[amarone]

There's nothing incorrect about it. It's a meaning of the word. If older words are inherently better than newer words, that means you shun "yours" in favor of "thine", right?

No?

Then kindly stuff it.



Ah, so you're an expert on American attitudes toward language now. Except--funny thing--you have no idea what you're talking about. Schoolmarm prescriptivism has just as much of a foothold here as in the UK--if not, possibly, more--and it doesn't make a lick of sense here either. Of course, here, the prescriptivists replace "Americans" with "black people", "young people", "foreigners", "Californians", etc.

No, no, you're right, totally different.

Do me a favor and go get yourself a clue before you come back. Maybe this is the one thread where I can be some sort of moderator. Can we please focus on the task of predicting deadness. If you two guys want to take it further, please go out to the car park/parking lot. Or the pit.

[Wargamer]

Fidel Castro
Woody Allen
James Garner
Adam 'Pacman' Jones
Courtney Love
Chuck Yeager
Charles Manson
Billy Graham
Steven Hawking
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
BB King
Paul Newman
Robert Mugabe

Alternates
Mary Tyler Moore
Queen Elizabeth II
Vladimir Putin

[SkipMagic]

Hostile Dialect and GuanoLad, please take the debate over language usage to Great Debates (if you wanna have a discussion) or the Pit (if you wanna just yell at each other).

Telling others to 'stuff it,' Hostile Dialect, is inappropriate in MPSIMS. And, GuanoLad, I appreciate you recognizing the hijack, but taking a dig at Americans--or any other group of people--on the way out isn't the best way to end the hijack; it's bound to stir up a response.

So, you know, hijack over. Back to the thread.

[phungi]

Ariel Sharon
Albert Hofmann
Claude Levi-Strauss
Abe Vigoda
Kirk Douglas
Micky Rooney
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Roger Ebert
Henry Kissinger
Betty Ford
Adam Bernard "Pacman" Jones
Roman Gabriel (former NFL QB)
Danny Bonaduce

[Mahaloth]

Paul Wilson
Billy Graham
Harry Morgan
Jiang Zemin
Art Linkletter
Paul Wight
Eli Wallach
Peter Falk
Abe Vigoda
Les Paul
C. Everett Koop
Glen Benton
Michelle Trachtenburg

Well, last year I had Pavarotti and Lady Bird Johnson, so I had some points for a change. I've kept the same list as before, only replacing those who actually died.

1. Paul Willson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Willson) He's quite overweight, so it's quite possible.

2. Billy Graham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_graham) - Sad to seem him go, but he's 89 already.

3. Harry Morgan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Morgan) - I love Col. Potter and will really feel bad about this one.

4. 江泽民 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Zemin) Unlikely, but it could happen and is worth 20-21 points.

5. Art Linkletter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Linkletter) I actually doubt this one, but it could definitely happen.

6. Paul Wight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Show) - Big Man = Big Points.

7. Eli Wallach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Wallach) - Had him 3 years ago. I figure he's got to go.

8. Peter Falk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Falk) - He smokes like a fish. Whatever that means.

9. Abe Vigoda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_vigoda) I can't believe I didn't have him in previous years.

10. Les Paul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul) - Time to switch to electric harp, Les.

11. C. Everett Koop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Everett_Koop) Hey, had you smoked, you would not have made it this far.

12. Glen Benton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Benton) I thought you were going to off yourself at age 33?

And finally, my annual pick that I go with every single year for big points.

13. Michelle Trachtenberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Trachtenberg) - I don't want her dead. I just like the idea of getting big points off a random pick

[Hostile Dialect]

FTR, Michelle Trachtenberg can put her pick on my big points any time she wants to.

[Eleanor of Aquitaine]

Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Prince Phillip of Edinburgh
Muhammed Ali
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Dick Cheney
John Goodman
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Farah Fawcett
Stephen Hawking
Anne McCaffrey
James Earl Jones
Elizabeth Edwards

Alternates:
Margaret Thatcher
Elizabeth Taylor

[Monstera deliciosa]

My list:

Bobby Brown
Sylvia Browne
Hugo Chavez
Roger Ebert
Elizabeth Edwards
Farrah Fawcett
Estelle Getty
Andy Griffith
Jack Klugman
Pauline Phillips
Suzanne Pleshette
Joan Van Ark
Eddie Van Halen

Alternates in order of preference:

Fidel Castro
William Schallert
Britney Spears

By Bobby Brown, I mean the singer formerly married to Whitney Houston, not the makeup professional. Pauline Phillips is the original Dear Abby.

[SpoilerVirgin]

The joint list of SpoilerVirgin and psychobunny:

Ruben Studdard
Courtney Love
Nolan Miller
Elizabeth Taylor
Judith Krantz
Fidel Castro
Vidal Sassoon
Liza Minelli
John McLaughlin
Gina Lollabridgida
Chuck Norris
Soupy Sales
Annette Funicello

Alternate:
Dick Clark

[Critical Mass]

I'd like to wait until a little closer to new year's eve, but I'm going to be off-line for the next week.

Thanks for picking up the torch amarone

Happy New Year - Good luck in 08


Tyrone Jones – CFL linebacker

Robin Roberts – ABC News

Farrah Fawcett

Amy Winehouse

Jerry Lewis

Randy Pausch

Don Wittman - CBC

Charlton Heston

Stephen Stills

Archbishop Christodoulos

Fidel Castro

Ronnie Biggs

Queen Elizabeth

Alternates

Dick Cheney

John Goodman

Ozzy Osbourne





Tyrone Jones
Robin Roberts
Farrah Fawcett
Amy Winehouse
Jerry Lewis
Randy Pausch
Don Wittman
Charlton Heston
Stephen Stills
Archbishop Christodoulos
Fidel Castro
Ronnie Biggs
Queen Elizabeth

Alternates
Dick Cheney
John Goodman
Ozzy Osbourne

[twickster]

Here's mine:

Pete Doherty
Farrah Fawcett
Mitzi Gaynor
Wink Martindale
Liza Minnelli
Jaye P. Morgan
Bettie Page
Ron Popeil
William Safire
Vidal Sassoon
Phyllis Schlafley
Paul Verhoeven
Amy Winehouse


Alternate: Joyce Brothers

[Only Mostly Dead]

Plaintext List:

Edmund Hillary
Elizabeth Taylor
Muhammad Ali
Arnold Palmer
Mandy Patinkin
Mel Brooks
Britney Spears
Earl Scruggs
John Madden
Eli Wallach
Mickey Rooney
Jalal Talabani
Pervez Musharraf

Alt:
Bob Barker
R. Lee Ermey



Fancy List:

1. Edmund Hillary - First to top Everest (July 1919)
2. Elizabeth Taylor - Perfumer and Queen of Ancient Egypt (February 1932)
3. Muhammad Ali (aka Cassius Clay) - Legendary Boxer (January 1942)
4. Arnold Palmer - Golfer and refreshing beverage namesake (September 1929)
5. Mandy Patinkin - His name was Inigo Montoya (November 1952)
6. Mel Brooks - I really hope the 2000 Year Old Man doesn't get me any points (June 1926)
7. Britney Spears - World's Greatest Mother and candid crotch shot enthusiast (December 1981)
8. Earl Scruggs - Bluegrass musician (January 1924)
9. John Madden - Senile old parody of a football commentator, who goes on long rants about how much he enjoys pulled pork sandwiches during prime time network broadcasts. Mmm, pulled pork sandwiches. Y'know, Al, I love coming to Carolina Panthers home games because there are more restaurants serving really good pulled pork sandwiches in the two blocks around the stadium than there are in the rest of the country combined. I like mine with a nice, tangy barbecue sauce and a soft roll that has a bit of a tough crust. That way, it's still possible to pick it up and eat. Oh, hey, one of the teams just scored a touchdown on a double end-around. Anyway, a great side dish for a pulled pork sandwich is... (April 1936)
10. Lee Marvin - Actor and Marine vet (I can't make a joke at Lee Marvin's expense, or he might kick my ass) (February 1924)
11. Mickey Rooney - Former child actor, current crotchety old man (September 1920)
12. Jalal Talabani - President of Iraq (November 1933)
13. Pervez Musharraf - President of Pakistan (August 1943)

Alternates:
A1. Bob Barker - Come on down, you're the next contestant on Celebrity Death Pool! (December 1923)
A2. R. Lee Ermey - Who am I kidding? The only way he's dying is something cool like an airplane explosion or knife fight (March 1944)

[El Perro Fumando]

No comments this year, just the list.

Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Nancy Reagan
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Britney Spears
Sid Caesar
Gene Wilder
Teri Garr
Pat Summerall
Jose Carreras
Terry Jones
Richard Dawson
Bob Barker

Alternates:
Eli Wallach
Judi Dench

(ETA: Terry Jones was one of the Monty Python boys - name seems kinda generic, so I thought I'd clear it up)

[amarone]

10. Lee Marvin - Actor and Marine vet (I can't make a joke at Lee Marvin's expense, or he might kick my ass) (February 1924))Lee is in no position to kick anyone's ass. I will use Eli Wallach from your plain list.

[Fear Itself]

Lee is in no position to kick anyone's ass. That was weird. Has he made a comeback since 1987?

[Only Mostly Dead]

Lee is in no position to kick anyone's ass. I will use Eli Wallach from your plain list.
Damnit, that's what I get for waking up and posting tired. Scratch Marvin (really, what the hell was I thinking?) and scratch Wallach. Go with Bob Barker.

[mikeargo]

No comments, just the list:

William F. Buckley
Pamela Anderson
George Steinbrenner
Amy Winehouse
Bob Guccione
Gordie Howe
Bill Parcells
Stephen Hawking
Wilford Brimley
John Paul Stephens

Alternate: Liza Minelli

[Only Mostly Dead]

No comments, just the list:

William F. Buckley
Pamela Anderson
George Steinbrenner
Amy Winehouse
Bob Guccione
Gordie Howe
Bill Parcells
Stephen Hawking
Wilford Brimley
John Paul Stephens

Alternate: Liza Minelli
List of 13, not 10 (11 if you count your alt)

[mikeargo]

List of 13, not 10 (11 if you count your alt)

Sorry.

Add Liza to the list, along with:

Queen Elizabeth II
Hosni Mubarak

New Alternate:

Nancy Reagan

[Loach]

Damnit, that's what I get for waking up and posting tired. Scratch Marvin (really, what the hell was I thinking?) and scratch Wallach. Go with Bob Barker.

I was scratching my head when I read it. "I thought I saw his grave" Yep. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1600) Not too far from you (if your location field is right) Alington National Cemetary.

[percussion]

1. Garth Brooks
2. Abe Vigoda
3. Pete Doherty
4. Elliott Carter
5. Claudio Abaddo
6. Kurt Masur
7.Perez Hilton
8. U-God from the Wu Tang Clan
9. John Crosbie
10. James Levine
11. Colin Davis
12. Howie Mandel
13. Regis Philbin

Alt: John Dailey

[amarone]

Damnit, that's what I get for waking up and posting tired. Scratch Marvin (really, what the hell was I thinking?) and scratch Wallach. Go with Bob Barker. OK. Maybe Lee is just living up to your user name.

[Hockey Monkey]

My Very First Celebrity Death Pool List:

Sydney Pollack
Lindsay Lohan
Fidel Castro
Walter Kronkite
Billy Graham
Tim Conway
Andy Griffith
Owen Wilson
Farrah Fawcett
Kirk Douglas
Wayne Newton
Bob Newhart
Elizabeth Taylor

Alternates:
Dick Cheney
Keith Richards

I stayed out of the thread to avoid influence up to this point, but I scanned it before I posted. I think I did OK for my first try. I guess we'll see! ;)

[VunderBob]

Another substitution: scratch Joni Mitchell; add Rudy Boesch.

Roger Ebert
Pervez Musharraf
Geraldine Ferraro
Michael J. Fox
Rudy Boesch
Louis Farrakhan
Tony Snow
Suzanne Pleshette
Farah Fawcett
Amy Winehouse
Muhammed Ali
Elizabeth Edwards
Pete Domenici

Alternates:

Fred Phelps
Kim Jong-Il
Michael Moore

[HeyHomie]

0 for 13 in 2007

Here's 2008's list:

Britney Spears
Osama Bin Laden
Billy Graham
Bob Barker
Fidel Castro
Roger Ebert
Lindsay Lohan
Robert Downey, Jr.
Scott Peterson
Tommy Ramone
Andy Williams
Roger Clemens
Michael Vick

Alternates:

Woody Allen
Bilawal Bhutto
Dustin Diamond

NOTE ON SCOTT PETERSON: My entry assumes that he dies via "extra-judicial" means, and not via state-sanctioned execution.

[amarone]

0 for 13 in 2007

Here's 2008's list: You are the 100th entrant. We have 601 different celebrities to date.

[twickster]

You are the 100th entrant. We have 601 different celebrities to date.
Who are the most popular so far? I'm seeing lots of Farrah Fawcetts, lots of Amy Winehouses, lots of Fidel Castros.

[5 time champ]

Zombie Fidel Castro: duh
Muhammad Ali: down goes Ali
Ariel Sharon: see #1
Ron Santo: my favorite baseball player growing up, multiple health problems
Mary Kate Olsen: youth, anorexia & alleged coke use make her just too hard to pass up she looks worse than Keith Richards [who BTW will outlive us all]
Ronnie Biggs: Great Train robber
Zsa Zsa Gabor: famous for being famous (& slugging a cop)
Margaret Thatcher
Mickey Carroll: famous Munchkin
Pete Doherty: English punkie junkie
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Amy Winehouse
Georgia Frontiere: owner of the St Louis Rams; reportedly on her deathbed. Don’t know if the Rams 0-8 start had anything to do with it. If she or any others on the list jump the gun so to speak:

Elizabeth Edwards, won’t that be a soap opera.

Fidel Castro
Muhammad Ali
Ariel Sharon
Ron Santo
Mary Kate Olsen
Ronnie Biggs
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Margaret Thatcher
Mickey Carroll
Pete Doherty
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Amy Winehouse
Georgia Frontiere

Elizabeth Edwards

[Baker]

Hey twin twickster, Happy Birthday tomorrow!

I've been keeping track, but I screwed up along the way somewhere because I only counted 99 entries. But what I have must be close. The top numbers, as I have seen them are, drumroll please...

Fidel Castro
Elizabeth Taylor
Farrah Fawcett
Ariel Sharon
Britney Spears
Amy Winehouse
Billy Graham
Kirk Douglas
Dick Cheney
Muhammed Ali

By my (one list off remember) count Castro has 51 "votes". Taylor and Fawcett, put together, have that many. Rounding out the top 10, Ali has 15.

The next ten celebrities after that go down to Roger Ebert, with 10. He's the last with at least 10, everyone below that has less.

Approximately 69% of the celebrities on the list are unique picks.

I'm posting tomorrow morning, with my own list. My only score for 2007 was Benazir Bhutto, and unless someone else hurries up and dies she will also have been the last for 2007.

PS I had never heard of this Amy Winehouse person before she started showing up for the Deathpool.

[Fear Itself]

Some oldies, some new faces, all guaranteed immortality:

1. Peter Camejo, former running mate of Ralph Nader

2. Mark White, former Texas Governor

3. Shelley Morrison, actress (Will & Grace)

4. Geraldine Ferraro, former vice-presidential candidate

5. Philip Chevron, guitarist for The Pogues

6. Joe Torre, Los Angeles Dodgers manager

7. Teri Garr, Actress

8. Ken Kercheval, actor (Dallas)

9. AQ Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist

10. Tom Hamilton, Aerosmith bass player

11. Steve Jobs, Apple CEO

12. John Daly, PGA golfer

13. Jack Van Impe, televangelist


Alternates:

1. Roddy Piper, former professional wrestler

2. Sharon Osbourne, music manager and promoter

3. Johnny Pesky, former Red Sox shortstop



Peter Camejo
Mark White
Shelley Morrison
Geraldine Ferraro
Philip Chevron
Joe Torre
Teri Garr
Ken Kercheval
AQ Khan
Tom Hamilton
Steve Jobs
John Daly
Jack Van Impe

Alternates:

Roddy Piper
Sharon Osbourne
Johnny Pesky

[Ferd Burfel]

Here's my list. (Note: Mickey Carroll is the one name on the list who's fame may not be self evident. He's one of the last surviving Munchkins from the Wizard of Oz)

Stan Musial
Farrah Fawcett
Charles Durning
Dick Clark
Annette Funicello
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Joan Rivers
Don Rickles
David Crosby
Cloris Leachman
Pat Carroll
Mickey Carroll
Dave Brubeck

Alternates
Sally Field
Chuck Berry
Jerry Lewis

[Ritter]

Sadly as Benazir Bhutto has died, I will replace her with Mel Brooks. I am also going to replace 'Ben Aud' - it turned out to actually be Richie Benaud but I misheard my boyfriend... another swap of Amy Winehouse for Stephen Stills and I'm done :)

So, my list looks like:

Helen Gurley Brown (founder of Cosmpolitan magazine)
Stephen Stills (singer)
Dominick Dunne (Vanity Fair contributor)
Jenna Jameson (porn star)
Kirk Douglas (actor)
Margaret Thatcher (former British PM)
Tom Sizemore (actor)
Lauren Bacall (actor)
Elizabeth Taylor (actor)
Bo Diddley (singer)
Joan Didion (author)
Mel Brooks (comedian)
Dick Cheney (VP of USA)

[Squonk]

Doris Lessing, October 22, 1919 (88/89)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Former PM of India, December 25, 1923 (84/85) or 1924 (83/84) (reports say he just turned 84, but most places give his birth as Dec 25, 1924)

Fidel Castro, August 13, 1926 (81/82) (I'm going to keep picking him until one of us is dead)

Ariel Sharon, February 27, 1928 (79/80) (him, too.)

Dan Rather, October 31, 1931, (76/77)

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos, (head of Greek Orthodox Church), January 16, 1939 (68/69)

Rudy Giuliani, May 28, 1944 (63/64)

Stephen Stills, January 3, 1945 (62/63)

Farrah Fawcett, February 2, 1947 (60/61)

Gordon Brown, February 20, 1951 (55/56)

Tony Snow, June 1, 1955 (52/53)

Amy Winehouse, September 14, 1983 (24/25)

Marco Andretti, March 13, 1987 (21/22)

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Doris Lessing
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Fidel Castro
Ariel Sharon
Dan Rather
Archbishop Christodoulos
Rudy Giuliani
Stephen Stills
Farrah Fawcett
Gordon Brown
Tony Snow
Amy Winehouse
Marco Andretti

[ladybug]

Dick Button
Dick Clark
Bill Cosby
Farrah Fawcett
Michael J. Fox
Zsa Zsa Gabor
John Goodman
Stan Lee
Mary-Kate Olsen
Tara Reid
Randy Savage
Britney Spears
Shirley Temple Black

[VunderBob]

Sadly as Benazir Bhutto has died, I will replace her with Mel Brooks. I am also going to replace 'Ben Aud' - it turned out to actually be Richie Benaud but I misheard my boyfriend... another swap of Amy Winehouse for Stephen Stills and I'm done :)

So, my list looks like:

Helen Gurley Brown (founder of Cosmpolitan magazine)
Stephen Stills (singer)
Dominick Dunne (Vanity Fair contributor)
Jenna Jameson (porn star)
Kirk Douglas (actor)
Margaret Thatcher (former British PM)
Tom Sizemore (actor)
Lauren Bacall (actor)
Elizabeth Taylor (actor)
Bo Diddley (singer)
Joan Didion (author)
Mel Brooks (comedian)
Dick Cheney (VP of USA)


You need to submit your list without commentary. What you have is fine for humans, but the official submissions are machine read.

[PsychoNoddy]

My noms


Philip Duke of Edinburgh
Mickey Rooney
Jimmy Carter
Betty Ford
Kylie Minogue
Hugh Hefner
Gough Whitlam
Lewis Hamilton
Ernest Borgnine
Norman Wisdom
Heather Mills
Vera Lynn
Suharto

[Tristan]

Fidel Castro
Nancy Reagan
Dick Cheney
Charlton Heston
Hamid Karzai
Pervez Musharaff
Liz Taylor
George H W Bush
Billy Graham
Muhammad Ali
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Birch Bayh



Castro- 'cause he's dead already. Just a zombie now.
Nancy Reagan- Just say yes to walking into the light
Dick Cheney- Evil Overlord will die when Dem is elected president
Hamid Karzai- Workplace Hazards
Pervez Musharaff- haunted to death by the ghost of Bhutto
Liz Taylor- final scent to be called "deathbed"
George H W Bush- out of shame
Billy Graham- We can only hope
Muhammad Ali- Obvious reasons. Won't make jokes, as he could probably still kick my ass.
Mikhail Kalashnikov- he's really really old.
Birch Bayh- Defeated for Senate Seat by Quayle. Also old.

[carnivorousplant]

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Rules clarification: Do we have to spell the name correctly?
:)

[Loach]

Ariel Sharon
Axl Rose
Steve Jobs
Levon Helm
Bobby Murcer
Paul Prudhomme
Muqtada al-Sadr
Roderick Toombs
Stephen Glover
Pat Summerall
George Steinbrenner
Sean Connery
Chuck Berry

my alternative alternates

Peter O'toole
Colin Farrell
Courtney Love

Here is where I bitch about Ariel Sharon again. I had him two years ago, before he went into a coma. I think I should get extra points for that.

My list is mostly the same as last year. Had to replace Dan Fogelberg and Robert Anton Wilson.

[snowblindfrog]

Gee, I guess I'm a bit of a late comer to this thread. 1 day before it closes and here is my noms:

Stephen Fry
Hugh Hefner
Dom DeLuise
Artie Lange
Abe Vigoda
Tara Reid
Amy Winehouse
Scott Weiland
Kirk Douglas
George Carlin
Gore Vidal
Tom Wolfe
Rip Torn

[Sine Nomine]

Ed Allen
Julie Andrews
George W. Bush
Fidel Castro
Prince Charles
Tony Dow
Andy Griffith
Jane Fonda
Joe Montana
Fred Phelps
Ariel Sharon
Britney Spears
Steven Spielberg

[Andrew 21]

[QUOTE=Tristan]
Fidel Castro
Nancy Reagan
Dick Cheney
Charlton Heston
Hamid Karzai
Pervez Musharaff
Liz Taylor
George H W Bush
Billy Graham
Muhammad Ali
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Birch Bayh
QUOTE]

You have only 12 names.

[DfrntBreign]

Gary Coleman
Ann Coulter
Andy Dick
Pete Doherty
Gary Kasparov
Artie Lang
Ralphie May
Kate Moss
Mary-Kate Olsen
Terrell Owens
Nicole Richie
Tom Sizemore
Darryl Strawberry

Alternate:
Amy Winehouse

Does it mean anything that the oldest person on my list is four years younger than I am?

[Tristan]

Woop! And as for my good friend carniverousplant, I assure you that despite we pronounce it "Kalishnikov, it is spelled Kalashnikov. :D

That being said, my corrected list:
Fidel Castro
Nancy Reagan
Dick Cheney
Charlton Heston
Hamid Karzai
Pervez Musharaff
Liz Taylor
George H W Bush
Billy Graham
Muhammad Ali
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Birch Bayh
Kirk Douglas

[Freddy the Pig]

Muhammad Ali
Fidel Castro
Roger Ebert
Farrah Fawcett
Ramzan Kadyrov
Jack Klugman
Suzanne Pleshette
Andy Griffith
Khieu Samphan
Ariel Sharon
Shenuda III (Coptic Pope)
Margaret Thatcher
Lou Henson

[8675309]

Scott Weiland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Weiland )
Orlando Thomas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Thomas )
John Goodman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goodman )
Eunice Kennedy Shriver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_Kennedy )
Steven Anthony Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Smith_%28running_back%29)
Darlene Cates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlene_Cates )
Farrah Fawcett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrah_Fawcett )
Suzanne Pleshette (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Pleshette )
Mindy McCready (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindy_McCready )
Pete Doherty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Doherty )
Leonid Stadnyk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Stadnik )
John Wesley Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Jones )
Darryl Strawberry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_Strawberry )


Alternates
Larry Clark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Clark )
Amy Winehouse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_winehouse )
Brad Renfro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Renfro)

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Scott Weiland
Orlando Thomas
John Goodman
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Steven Anthony Smith
Darlene Cates
Farrah Fawcett
Suzanne Pleshette
Mindy McCready
Pete Doherty
Leonid Stadnyk
John Wesley Jones
Darryl Strawberry

Alternates
Larry Clark
Amy Winehouse
Brad Renfro

[Ragiel]

Fidel Castro
Ariel Sharon
Oral Roberts
Sandra Day O'Connor
Nancy Reagan
Jack Kevorkian
Mohammed Ali
Britney Spears
Eddie Van Halen
Elizabeth Edwards
Chuck Berry
Farrah Fawcett
Liza Minelli
Elizabeth Taylor


Alt:

Bo Diddley

[Baker]

Ragiel, you have 14 names on your list.

[Quartz]

Tony Snow
Russell Watson
Robert Mugabe
Erick Wujcik
Fidel Castro
Elizabeth Edwards
Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim
Colin Howe
Locker Madden
Amy Winehouse
Pete Doherty
Stephen Hawking
Ariel Sharon

Alternates:

Raul Castro
Margaret Thatcher
Prince Philip (husband of Queen Elizabeth 2)


Fancy List:

1. Tony Snow (52). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Snow

2. Russell Watson (41) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7061320.stm

3. Robert Mugabe

4. Erick Wujcik (56) - http://www.erickwujcik.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Wujcik

5. Fidel Castro

6. Elizabeth Edwards (58) Wife of John Edwards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Edwards

7. Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim (57) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel-Aziz_al-Hakim

8. Colin Howe (47) http://www.colinhowe.org/ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article2600052.ece

9. Lt Cdr Professor Locker Madden (??), poet and academic http://www.friendsofanchor.org/index.php?id=248 http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~com119/dir/careers/staff.hti

10. Amy Winehouse (24) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_winehouse

11. Pete Doherty (28) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Doherty

12. Stephen Hawking

13. Ariel Sharon

[GIGObuster]

Linda Ronstadt
Liza Minnelli
Suzanne Pleshette
Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth taylor
Pervez Musharraf
Henry Kissinger
Bob Guccione
Hugh Hefner
Larry Flint
Hamid Karzai
Fidel Castro
Margaret Thatcher


Alt:
Kalashnikov, Mikhail


Will post the fancy list later or with changes.

[Eliahna]

Elizabeth Taylor
Larry Hagman
Deanna Durbin
Colleen McCullough
Britney Spears
Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Amy Winehouse
Dom DeLuise
Richard O'Sullivan
Lee Radziwill
John Laws
Peter Falk

Alt
Angela Lansbury

And once again, with identifying information!
Elizabeth Taylor (b. 1932); oft-married actress
Larry Hagman (b. 1931); transplant-recipient actor
Deanna Durbin (b. 1921); retired former American sweetheart
Colleen McCullough (b. 1937); aging Australian author
Britney Spears (b. 1981); drug-taking, child-losing, head-shaving songstress
Ariel Sharon (b. 1928); former Israeli Prime Minister and ongoing coma patient
Fidel Castro (b. 1926); President of Cuba
Amy Winehouse (b. 1983); self-destructive singer
Dom DeLuise (b. 1933); rotund comedian of advancing years
Richard O'Sullivan (b. 1944); British comedian
Lee Radziwill (b. 1933); socialite
John Laws (b. 1935); recently retired Australian radio personality
Peter Falk (b. 1927); Columbo

Alt
Angela Lansbury (b. 1925); actress

[susan]

My 2007 list, and I'm sticking to it:

Lou Reed
Lindsay Lohan
Paul Simon (singer)
Michael J. Fox
Arlen Specter
Kate Moss
Fred Phelps
Queen Elizabeth II
Edward (Ted) Kennedy
Harvey Fierstein
Joe Lieberman
Leonard Nimoy
Paris Hilton

Alternates:
Scott Thompson (Carrot Top, not Kids in the Hall)
Fidel Castro
Mary Kate Olsen


Plain text:
Lou Reed
Lindsay Lohan
Paul Simon
Michael J. Fox
Arlen Specter
Kate Moss
Fred Phelps
Queen Elizabeth II
Ted Kennedy
Harvey Fierstein
Joe Lieberman
Leonard Nimoy
Paris Hilton

Alternates:
Scott Thompson
Fidel Castro
Mary Kate Olsen

[Ragiel]

Ragiel, you have 14 names on your list.
Oh, crumbs. Please move Taylor down to the alternates, then. Sorry, Liz. One less Reaper-seeking bullet for you.

[VunderBob]

Rules clarification: Do we have to spell the name correctly?
:)

Yes. That means you have to do him in Cyrillic...





:D

[Southpaw]

Ernie Banks
Barbara Billingsley
Fidel Castro
Olivia de Havilland
Joan Fontaine
Annette Funicello
Billy Graham
Andy Griffith
Eunice Kenney Shriver
Art Linkletter
Mitch Miller
Prince Phillip
Ariel Sharon

Alternates:
Owen Wilson
Amy Winehouse
Britney Spears

[Quartz]

So, when is Rachm Qoch going to post his master list? :D

[amarone]

You need to submit your list without commentary. What you have is fine for humans, but the official submissions are machine read.Thanks for helping, but when it comes to changes I end up doing those manually anyway.

Thank you to everyone for being great about using unformatted lists. Up until last night when activity greatly increased, I was able to keep up. With an unformatted list I can do everything with copy/paste and mouse-clicks apart from entering the poster's name, which I type. Maybe next year I will request the person's name at the head of the list, followed by a blank line, then the list. Then I will need to type nothing.

[amarone]

Rules clarification: Do we have to spell the name correctly?
:)No, but it helps. All nominations of the same person must be identical. I correct differences.

[carnivorousplant]

No, but it helps. All nominations of the same person must be identical. I correct differences.
Thanks!

[Sean Factotum]

Maybe next year I will request the person's name at the head of the list, followed by a blank line, then the list. Then I will need to type nothing.
Like this?

Sean Factotum

Nawaz Sharif
Pervez Musharraf
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
Ronnie Biggs
Lindsay Lohan
Farrah Fawcett
Walter Payton
James Gammon
Bobby Brown
Amy Winehouse
Roger Ebert
Suzanne Pleshette
Ronald Isley

Alternates:
Harold Pinter
Kylie Minogue
I see no need for a third at this late date

[Intelligently Designed]

Here's an all-sports list.

Sammy Baugh
Emile Bouchard
George Chuvalo
Art Donovan
Bob Feller
Raymond Kopa
Jake La Motta
Marvin Miller
Art Modell
Tony Proudfoot
Ron Santo
Tony Trabert
John Wooden

Alternate: Bobby Doerr

[Baker]

Bob Barker
Fidel Castro
Billy Graham
Stephen Hawking
Hugh Hefner
Charlton Heston
James J. Kilpatrick
Imelda Marcos
Debra Paget
Eleanor Parker
Fred Phelps
Ariel Sharon
Vera Lynn

[MadTheSwine]

Like this?

Sean Factotum

Nawaz Sharif
Pervez Musharraf
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
Ronnie Biggs
Lindsay Lohan
Farrah Fawcett
Walter Payton
James Gammon
Bobby Brown
Amy Winehouse
Roger Ebert
Suzanne Pleshette
Ronald Isley

Alternates:
Harold Pinter
Kylie Minogue
I see no need for a third at this late date

Walter Payton died in 1999

[amarone]

Like this? Perfect!

Walter Payton
If you mean the ex-Bear, he died in 1999. I will promote Harold Pinter.

[MadTheSwine]

1.Russell Watson-Singer
2.Ian Brady-Serial Killer
3.Elizabeth Dawn-Actress
4.Paul O'Grady-Comedian
5.Bobby Robson-Footballer(England)
6.Tyrone Jones-CFL star
7. Lydia Shum-Comedian
8.Tony Snow-Former White House Press Secretary
9.Abdelaziz Bouteflika- President of Algeria
10.Suharto-former Indonesian military and political leader
11.Lou Henson-former NCAA basketball coach
12.Jim J. Bullock-Actor
13.Tim Johnson- Politician(South Dakota)

Alternate-Ferlin Husky

Russell Watson
Ian Brady
Elizabeth Dawn
Paul O'Grady
Bobby Robson
Tyrone Jones
Lydia Shum
Tony Snow
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Suharto
Lou Henson
Jim J. Bullock
Tim Johnson

Alt-Ferlin Husky

[Long Time First Time]

If there was a contest to name the people you select in a death pool who don't die that year, but do die a year later when you've taken them off your list......I'd win in a landslide. The folks I predict will no longer be on the earth at this time next year are:

Queen Elizabeth II
Bilamal Bhutto
Kay Yow
Dick Vitale
Jack Kevorkian
Tony Snow
Roger Ebert
John Wooden
Boris Spassky
Colleen Zenk Pinter
Oral Robers
Susan Pleshette
Dick Cheney

[imthjckaz]

Kirk Douglas
Annette Funicello
Eunice Shriver
Muhammad Ali
Britney Spears
Fidel Castro
Dick Clark
Cher
Ariel Sharon
Walter Cronkite
Michael Jackson
Margaret Thatcher
Suzanne Pleshette


Alternate:
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Matt Serra
Darryl Strawberry
Lindsay Lohan

[Kid_A]

Same list as last year with one change (Muhammad Ali replacing the departed Lady Bird Johnson)

Fidel Castro
Margaret Thatcher
Ariel Sharon
Muhammad Ali
Ronnie Biggs
Gerald Ford
Kirk Douglas
Pete Doherty
Joe Paterno
Ara Parseghian
John Wooden
James Woods
Larry Hagman

[Boyo Jim]

So, when is Rachm Qoch going to post his master list? :D

You thinking about just copying that list too? Doesn't seem fair, but I haven't seen a rule against it.

[Boyo Jim]

Same list as last year with one change (Muhammad Ali replacing the departed Lady Bird Johnson)

Fidel Castro
Margaret Thatcher
Ariel Sharon
Muhammad Ali
Ronnie Biggs
Gerald Ford
Kirk Douglas
Pete Doherty
Joe Paterno
Ara Parseghian
John Wooden
James Woods
Larry Hagman

Psst! Gerald Ford is dead.

[Kid_A]

Psst! Gerald Ford is dead.
Good point...I shouldn't be doing this at work.

How about....

Fidel Castro
Margaret Thatcher
Ariel Sharon
Muhammad Ali
Ronnie Biggs
Nawaz Sharif
Kirk Douglas
Pete Doherty
Joe Paterno
Ara Parseghian
John Wooden
James Woods
Larry Hagman

[Fear Itself]

You thinking about just copying that list too? Doesn't seem fair, but I haven't seen a rule against it.I would like to propose a rule. The winner of the previous year gets dispensation to post his list 24 hours later than everybody else, so long as he submits it in private to the moderator before the deadline. This would prevent copying.

[Rodd Hill]

Wow, am I late this year. Going to keep most of the stable, despite their poor showing in year(s) gone by.

Liz Taylor
Fidel Castro
Lindsay Lohan
John Forsythe
Al Molinaro
Jackie Cooper
Harry Morgan
June Foray
Gordon Lightfoot
Ernest Borgnine
Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Shane MacGowan
Paris Hilton

...and in the unlikely event any of these snuff it in the next 9 hours or so alternates:

Sean Connery
Stephen Hawking
Henry Kissenger


and major thanks to amarone for all this work!

[Boyo Jim]

Ok, my list:
Fidel Castro
Ariel Sharon
Pervez Musharraf
Kirk Douglas
Bob Newhart
Tony Snow
Billy Graham
Axl Rose
Britney Spears
David Letterman
Ed McMahon
Tim Conway
Dan Rather

[Kat]

Here's mine, same as last year's:

Bill Cosby
Farrah Fawcett
Joe Piscopo
Kirstie Alley
John Larroquette
Loretta Swit
John Forsythe
James Garner
Al Pacino
Mary Kate Olsen
Charlie Daniels
Merle Haggard
George Jones

[Sean Factotum]

Perfect!

If you mean the ex-Bear, he died in 1999. I will promote Harold Pinter.
I could have sworn I read an article about him earlier this year. And I concur with the promotion (although this will be, what, the third year Pinter's been sick? I'm guessing he and Dr. Hawking share the same physician.)

[Darth Sensitive]

List With Commentary
Amy Winehouse - She gonna die after rehab, I say yeah, yeah, yeah
Lindsay Lohan - Tragic cocaine overdoese gives paparazzi single glorious day of pictures, then bankruptcy
Britney Spears - Her meth lab blows up
Mark Mangino - BCS bowl victory induced heart attack
David Blaine - Secrets of levitation fail him over pool of sharks equipped with laser beams
Bono - Tragic incident on a Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Fidel Castro - Excellent Cuban hospital has "tragic accident"
Raul Castro - First up against the wall when the revolution comes
T. Boone Pickens - Drowns while swimming in Scrooge McDuck like pool of crude oil, then donates everything to OSU in his will
Ramzan Kadyrov - Chechnyan president commits suicide by shooting himself in the back numerous times (or polonium, your choice!)
Pervez Musharraf - Confuses waterboarding with wakeboarding... oops!
ALTERNATE: Joseph Kony - Leader of Ugandan Lord Resistance Army wakes up dead after being strangled by children that are actually invisible

No jokes here
Farrah Fawcett - Returning cancer
Ron Springs - Ex-Cowboys player not expected to wake up from coma after kidney transplant


Text Only List
Amy Winehouse
Bono
Britney Spears
David Blaine
Farrah Fawcett
Fidel Castro
Lindsay Lohan
Mark Mangino
Pervez Musharraf
Ramzan Kadyrov
Raul Castro
Ron Springs
T. Boone Pickens

Alternate: Joseph Kony

[Nutty Bunny]

Amy Winehouse
Britney Spears
Lindsay Lohan
Bob Barker
Dick Clark
Andy Griffith
Abe Vigoda
Kirk Douglas
Jerry Lewis
Fidel Castro
Conrad Bain
Carl Reiner
Estelle Getty

Alternate:
Andy Rooney

[amarinth]

This year's list:

Muhammed Ali
Robert Byrd
Fidel Castro
Dick Clark
Kirk Douglas
Roger Ebert
Elizabeth Edwards
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Billy Graham
Ralph Hall
Paul Harvey
Ariel Sharon
Owen Wilson

Alternates:
Bob Barker
Ernest Borgnine

[Yllaria]

List in:

1 - John Astin
2 - Ralph Bakshi
3 - David Bowie
4 - Robert Carlyle Byrd, Senator
5 - Phyllis Coates (Lois Lane 50s)
6 - William B. Davis (cigarette man from the X-files)
7 – Bill Keane
8 - Madeleine LeBeau (Casablanca)
9 – Noel Neill (Lois Lane 50s)
10 – Joy Page (Casablanca)
11 – Joyce Randolph (Played Trixie on "The Honeymooners")
12 – Keith Richards
13 – Pernell Roberts (Bonanza)

Only one change from last year, cause I'm lazy.

[VunderBob]

Yet another substitution: scratch Amy Winehouse; add Mary Tyler Moore.

Roger Ebert
Pervez Musharraf
Geraldine Ferraro
Michael J. Fox
Rudy Boesch
Louis Farrakhan
Tony Snow
Suzanne Pleshette
Farah Fawcett
Mary Tyler Moore
Muhammed Ali
Elizabeth Edwards
Pete Domenici

Alternates:

Fred Phelps
Kim Jong-Il
Michael Moore

[amarone]

I would like to propose a rule. The winner of the previous year gets dispensation to post his list 24 hours later than everybody else, so long as he submits it in private to the moderator before the deadline. This would prevent copying.The rules do mention copying: We have no rule about submissions having to be unique, despite claims of "copying" anyone else's list. If you want to copy, go ahead - but what's the point? You can win half the prize money :confused:

Copying someone else's list sounds about as enjoyable as transcribing a crossword someone else has filled in into a new grid.

As for your suggestion, while it has merit, the current position in 2007 is that RQ is in first, ahead of someone who largely copied his list, followed by me. I am not sure RQ would want to give me a sneak preview of his list.

[Enfant Terrible]

Donald Rumsfeld
Dick Cheney
Andy Griffith
Raul Castro
Fidel Castro
Ed McMahon
Tommy LaSorda
Jerry Lewis
Pervez Musharraf
Ariel Sharon
Barack Obama
Nancy Reagan
Abe Vigoda

Alternates:

Queen Elizabeth II
Donny Most

[Sir Dirx]

I'm still fuming that I missed Phil Brown (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114436/) by 40 days the last time I entered. He was a unique pick, too.

This year's list:

James MacArthur
Norman Alden
Pernell Roberts
Brian Bedford
Monica Evans
Carole Shelley
George Lindsey
Michael Anderson
Milo O'Shea
Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr.
George S. Irving
Leslie H. Martinson

[Sean Factotum]

amarone my friend, I hate to do this, but I've made a change to my list - specifically my number two pick. (While it's true that no one has ever stopped running things in Pakistan voluntarily, that doesn't mean he or she has to die to leave office.)


Sean Factotum

Nawaz Sharif
Elizabeth Edwards
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
Ronnie Biggs
Lindsay Lohan
Farrah Fawcett
James Gammon
Bobby Brown
Amy Winehouse
Roger Ebert
Suzanne Pleshette
Ronald Isley
Harold Pinter

Alternate:
Kylie Minogue

[Santos L Halper]

OK, here's my list. Hopefully I do a heck of a lot better than I did for 2007:

Fidel Castro - Cuban President
Cher - Actress, Singer
Farrah Fawcett - Actress
Maury Povich - Talk Show Host
Terry Pratchett - Author
Stuart Scott - ESPN Sportscaster
Ariel Sharon - Former Israeli Prime Minister
Britney Spears - Singer
Stephen Stills - Singer, Songwriter
Alex Trebek - Game Show Host
Russell Watson - Singer
Leslie West - Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter
Amy Winehouse - Singer, Songwriter

Alternates:

Yoko Ono - Artist, Singer
Sergio Aragones - Cartoonist
Bob Barker - Game Show Host
Arthur C Clarke - Writer

[Sean Factotum]

Hey folks, this close to the deadline, how about y'all make it easier by reposting plain lists?