Yes, obviously Willie Nelson, thanks for noticing the typo.
Bob Barker
Buzz Aldrin
Dick Cheney
Gordon Lightfoot
Jean Chretien
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Swaggart
Loretta Lynn
Michael Douglas
Olivia Newton John
Queen Elisabeth II
Randy Travis
Willie Nelson
Clint Eastwood
George W. Bush
Kris Kristofferson
Pope Francis
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
Brittany Spears
Harry Reid
Dianne Feinstein
Marlo Thomas
Anna Wintour
Dan Rather
Nicholas Maduro
Bashar al-Assad
Robert De Niro
Anthony Fauci
Ghislaine Maxwell
It wasn’t a win this year but 7th place isn’t too bad. I have to shuffle some things around for this year.
1 Olivia Newton-John- tough Dame who is kicking cancer so far
2 Shannen Doherty- not a Dame but still tough
3 Dick Cheney- It has to happen some time. Right? Right??
4 Tom Parker- singer, The Wanted
5 Steve Gleason- NFL
6 James Whale- radio personality
7 Chris Mortensen- ESPN
8 Don West- late night huckster and radio DJ. Be dialing!
9 Bob Nelson- stand up comic
10 Marion Barber- Dallas Cowboys
11 Terry Funk- wrestling legend
12 Lou Pinella- baseball legend. Loooooooo
13 Tom Hunting- drummer
Alternates
Mark Hoppus- Blink-182
Sandra Day O’Connor- Supremes
Miranda McKeon
Clean list:
Olivia Newton-John
Shannen Doherty
Dick Cheney
Tom Parker
Steve Gleason
James Whale
Chris Mortensen
Don West
Bob Nelson
Marion Barber
Terry Funk
Lou Pinella
Tom Hunting
Alternates
Mark Hoppus
Sandra Day O’Connor
Miranda McKeon
I’m playing for the first time. Here are my picks:
Old or oldish:
Shirley Maclaine
Mel Brooks
Sidney Poitier
Judi Dench
Donald Trump
Mitch McConnell
Dangerous habits:
Courtney Love
Charlie Sheen
Ted Nugent
I’ll be heartbroken if they die:
Jeff Bridges
Benedict Cumberbatch
Jennifer Saunders
Jim Parsons
Alternates:
Tina Louise
Pat Priest
Margaret O’Brien
You should provide a plain text list as well with no categories. Welcome to the game!
Gotcha.
Shirley Maclaine
Mel Brooks
Sidney Poitier
Judi Dench
Donald Trump
Mitch McConnell
Courtney Love
Charlie Sheen
Ted Nugent
Jeff Bridges
Benedict Cumberbatch
Jennifer Saunders
Jim Parsons
Alternates
Tina Louise
Pat Priest
Margaret O’Brien
Welcome aboard. There is plenty of room in the hand basket.
Updating because John Madden died today. I almost had the early bird award.
Updated list:
Tom Parker
Alan Alda
George Perez
Ted Kaczynski
Linda Nolan
Don Wildmon
Jimmy Carter
Nick Bollettieri
Doyle Brunson
Bob Newhart
Henry Kissinger
Sacheen Littlefeather
Mikhail Gorbachev
Alternates:
Melissa Jaffer
Noah Antwiler
I have put Gorbachev in for Madden. Sorry for a second update!
I too have to update my 2022 list thanks to John Madden not waiting 4 more days. Final list (hopefully) below. (moving Kanye into Madden’s slot on the main list of 13 and shorting myself an alternate)
CLEAN LIST
Shannen Doherty
Michael Schumacher
Eddie Murphy
John Travolta
Harvey Weinstein
Ozzy Osbourne
Dick Wolf
Kanye West
Bill Cosby
Berry Gordy
Ted Turner
Carl Bernstein
Robert Smith
Alternates:
Kim Jong-un
Julian Assange
ANNOTATED LIST:
Shannen Doherty (American actress)
Michael Schumacher (retired German F1 racecar driver)
Eddie Murphy (American actor/comedian)
John Travolta (American actor/Scientology advocate)
Harvey Weinstein (American former film producer and general scumbag)
Ozzy Osbourne (British rock musician)
Dick Wolf (American television producer)
Kanye West (American hip hop musician)
Bill Cosby (American comedian, former television personality, and another scumbag)
Berry Gordy (American music executive)
Ted Turner (American television executive)
Carl Bernstein (American journalist)
Robert Smith (British rock musician)
Alternates:
Kim Jong-un (North Korean dictator)
Julian Assange (Australian activist)
Updating and correcting, because Harry Reid has died and my first alternate, Mikhail Gorbachev, was already on my list. SO Subbing in Noam Chomsky:
A.J. Foyt
Edward Packard
Harry Reid
Henry Kissinger
Larry Niven
Mikhail Gorbachev
Pope Benedict XVI
Robert Silverberg
Roman Polanski
Shannen Doherty
Timothy J. Keller
Tom Parker
Warren Buffett
Noam Chomsky
Alternatives:
Rosalynn Carter
Newt Gingrich
Bob Uecker
If two celebrities have the same name, like Tina Louise, do you get points if they both die? Or do you have to specify which one you mean? To me, Tina Louise will always be Ginger Grant, movie star.
Henry Kissinger
Ralph Nader
Willie Mays
Ed Kranepool
Pope Benedict XVI
Ciriaco Di Mita
Dick Van Dyke
Mel Brooks
David Crosby:
Betty White
Larry Storch
Bob Barker
June Brown
ALTS:
Imelda Marcos
Willie Nelson
Betty Boothroyd
We had a lot of that with people picking “George Bush” without specifying which one (this was back before 2018).
I always include a birthdate for this reason.
I am amending my list by dropping Cyrah Harris and adding Sacheen Littlefeather (aka Marie Louise Cruz - born November 14, 1946).
clean list:
La La Anthony
Steve Gleason
Ron Jeremy
Kwon Mina
Sacheen Littlefeather
Ghislaine Maxwell
Miranda McKeon
Jerry Messing
Olivia Newton John
Linda Nolan
Tom Parker
Manoj Patil
George Perez
You always need to specify.
It also helps to add clarification if someone has more than one name they can be addressed by (e.g. someone whose stage name and real name are both commonly used depending on the situation).
But you should pick only one those names for the clean list. The Death Shroom will make sure that both names are considered for the points.
Cool, good to know. Thanks!
Updated List since Senator Reid passed away:
Pope Francis
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
Brittany Spears
Mikhail Gorbachev
Dianne Feinstein
Marlo Thomas
Anna Wintour
Dan Rather
Nicholas Maduro
Bashar al-Assad
Robert De Niro
Anthony Fauci
Ghislaine Maxwell
I think you meant to delete Harry Reid, as you have 14:
A.J. Foyt
Edward Packard
Harry Reid
Henry Kissinger
Larry Niven
Mikhail Gorbachev
Pope Benedict XVI
Robert Silverberg
Roman Polanski
Shannen Doherty
Timothy J. Keller
Tom Parker
Warren Buffett
Noam Chomsky
Alternatives:
Rosalynn Carter
Newt Gingrich
Bob Uecker
Okay here is my list (mostly retreaded from last years list)
Barbara Walters
Bill Murray
Don Cherry
Michael J Fox
Harvey Weinstein
James Woods
Keith Richards
Pete Davidson
Pope Benedict
Tina Turner
Tom Cruise
Val Kilmer
Warren Buffet
Alternates:
Donald Trump
Mitch McConnell
Ted Cruz
Ok, here goes…I’m skipping the themed list this year.
Ghislaine Maxwell
Ted Kaczynski
Roy Williams
Robert Durst
Nichelle Nichols
Tony Bennett
Joe Exotic
Mikhail Gorbachev
Harvey Weinstein
Willie Nelson
Shannon Doherty
Michael J. Fox
Tom Parker
Alt:
Donald Trump
Sig Hansen
Jeanette “The Black Widow” Lee