Thanks @Little_Nemo, and could honorable Death Master please correct my spelling? Thanks.
I personally would be tempted to award you double points for every one of those who “fell” out of a window. Not that my opinion counts, but there you go.
I agree with Little_Nemo on the subject of multiple lists. One is enough.
My old list, slightly updated because two kicked themselves out:
Theme: German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups
Sigfried Held born 7. August 1942
Franz Anton Beckenbauer born 11. September 1945
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger born 31. März 1939
Willi Schulz born 4. Oktober 1938
Josef Dieter „Sepp“ Maier born 28. Februar 1944
Wolfgang Paul born 25. Januar 1940
Paul Breitner born 5. September 1951
Hans-Georg „Katsche“ Schwarzenbeck born 3. April 1948
Hans-Hubert „Berti“ Vogts born 30. Dezember 1946
Ulrich „Uli“ Hoeneß born 5. Januar 1952
Günter Theodor Netzer born 14. September 1944
Max Lorenz born 19. August 1939
Bernd Hölzenbein born 9. März 1946
Alternates:
Josef „Jupp“ Heynckes born 9. Mai 1945
Rainer Bonhof born 29. März 1952
Wolfgang Overath born 29. September 1943
Sigfried Held
Franz Beckenbauer
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
Willi Schulz
Sepp Maier
Wolfgang Paul
Paul Breitner
Katsche Schwarzenbeck
Berti Vogts
Uli Hoeneß
Günter Netzer
Max Lorenz
Bernd Hölzenbein
Alternates:
Jupp Heynckes
Rainer Bonhof
Wolfgang Overath
Reposting my list from last year with one update for a (literally) pointless death (Nehemiah Persoff).
Guest Stars on the original Twilight Zone
John Astin
Barbara Barrie
Carol Burnett
Veronica Cartwright
Robert Duvall
Mariette Hartley
Earl Holliman
Sherry Jackson
Vera Miles
Julie Newmar
Robert Redford
William Shatner
George Takei
Alternates:
Ron Howard
Billy Mumy
I’m going with horror villains, limiting myself to the best actor for any given character, with one honorable mention who served as the inspiration for the mask rather than wearing it.
Bonnie “The Nun” Aarons
Tobin “Jigsaw” Bell
Doug “Pinhead” Bradley
Jonathan “The Creeper” Breck
Tim “Pennywise” Curry
Warwick “The Leprechaun” Davis
Brad “Chucky” Dourif
Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund
Kane “Jason Voorhees / Victor Crowley” Hodder
William “Michael Myers” Shatner
David Howard “Art The Clown” Thornton
Jennifer “Tiffany” Tilly
Tony “Candyman” Todd
Clean List
Bonnie Aarons
Tobin Bell
Doug Bradley
Jonathan Breck
Tim Curry
Warwick Davis
Brad Dourif
Robert Englund
Kane Hodder
William Shatner
David Howard Thornton
Jennifer Tilly
Tony Todd
THEME: Motorcycle Heros I want to keep alive
Mick Doohan
John Kocinski
Kevin Schwantz
Eddie Lawson
Giacomo Agostini
Wayne Rainey
Freddy Spencer
Randy Mamola
Bubba Shobert
Kenny Roberts
Valentino Rossi
Marc Marquez
Collin Edwards
Alternate: Jeremy McGrath
I also vote for one list per person, if anybody cares
Themed List
Sadly, many holdovers from prior year
Theme: Evil and its Minions (IMHO)
•Donald Trump - orange hued evil incarnate
•Marjorie Taylor Green - can the blue states divorce her?
•Laura Ingraham – spreader of hate speech
•Rudy Giuliani - conspiracy theorist, crooked fixer for Trump, batshit insane
•Tucker Carlson – no end to his evilness
•Brett Kavanaugh - “Sometimes I had too many beers. I liked beer. I still like beer.”
•Ted Cruz – please go back to Cancun – and stay there
•Greg Abbott –per Daily Kos: terrible, horrible, no good, very bad man
•Mitch McConnell - From GQ: “This man has no morals, nor any respect for the rule of law, nor any respect for those who would defy him. For his own personal gain, he permitted Russia to continue manipulating the November election so that his party’s candidate could win—giving us a quivering mound of chili drippings for president.”
•Ron DeSantis – ultimate Florida Man
•Ivanka Kushner - "She [was] not passively complicit in the Trump administration’s policies; she [was] an active architect "
•Kim Jong-un - Supreme Leader of North Korea, and just as deranged as our former Dear Leader
•Vladimir Putin
Alternates:
•Samuel Alito
•Clarence Thomas
Plain List:
Donald Trump
Marjorie Taylor Green
Laura Ingraham
Rudy Giuliani
Tucker Carlson
Brett Kavanaugh
Ted Cruz
Greg Abbott
Mitch McConnell
Ron DeSantis
Ivanka Kushner
Kim Jong-un
Vladimir Putin
Alternates:
Samuel Alito
Clarence Thomas
Since Pele has shuffled off this mortal coil…
The 12th Annual All-Star Sports Edition
Mike Dikta
Michael Schumacher
Dick Vitale
Mario Andretti
Steve McMichael
Bobby Knight
Tony LaRussa
Rod Carew
William “Refrigerator” Perry
Alex Zanardi
Bob Uecker
Willie O’Ree
Steve Gleason
Alternates:
Richard Simmons
Terry Bradshaw
Delete Pele, add Mario Andretti
I am replacing Rene Robert with Tom Hamilton.
The Undead Pool (Celebrities where reports of their deaths were greatly exaggerated.)
Paul McCartney
Tom Cruise
Matt Damon
George Clooney
Beyoncé Knowles
Gene Hackman
James Earl Jones
Russell Crowe
Brad Pitt
Morgan Freeman
Steven Seagal
Jackie Chan
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Alternates:
Dwayne Johnson
Hilary Duff
Hello all!
Last year I played It’s The End Of The World As They Know It; artists who have covered or performed REM’s It’s The End Of The World As We Know It. Sadly, the world ended for none of them.
This year I’m running a new, ego-centric theme. It’s (surviving) Academy Award Winners and Nominees from the year of my birth - because surely there can’t be many years left for this to be a viable theme.
Death Comes For The 48th Academy Awards
Jack Nicholson
Al Pacino
Isabelle Adjani
Ann-Margret
Glenda Jackson
Carol Kane
Brad Dourif
Chris Sarandon
Jack Warden
Lee Grant
Ronee Blakley
Sylvia Miles
Lily Tomlin
Alt:
Brenda Vaccaro
My list for 2023
Henry Kissinger
Ralph Nader
Willie Mays
Ed Kranepool
Pope Benedict XVI
Dick Van Dyke
Mel Brooks
David Crosby
Imelda Marcos
Bob Barker
Willie Nelson
Betty Boothroyd
Michael Gambon
ALTS:
Shannen Doherty
Jack Nicholson
Tim Curry
Star Trek V
For the fifth year running, here is my list of Star Trek Alumni.
Unfortunately the sheilds weren’t strong enough to protect Lt. Uhura
Main List:
Diana Muldaur
William Shatner
Avery Brooks
Brent Spiner
Walter Koenig
Malcolm McDowell
John Larroquette
Scott Bakula
Christopher Lloyd
George Takei
Patrick Stewart
Kate Mulgrew
Nana Visitor
Alternates:
Wil Wheaton
Colm Meaney
Michael Dorn
When I saw phungi’s suggestion of allowing 2 lists, I was excited as I had been looking at my previous lists and had a hard time deciding which one to go with. Then I saw that the vast majority prefer only one list. I scored 0 points this year and as much as I’d like to keep the Old Talented Babes safe, I’m going to go with my favorite movie/favorite expression. I used this list in 2019 & 2021 and only 1 alternate has left this world.
Theme: Shawshank Redemption / “I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.”
Tim Robbins
Morgan Freeman
Bob Gunton
William Sadler
Clancy Brown
Gil Bellows
Mark Rolston
Frank Medrano
Don McManus
David Proval
Gary Lee Davis
Jeffrey DeMunn
Bill Bolender
Alternates:
Paul Kennedy
Dion Anderson
| Tim Robbins | 10/16/58 | Andy Dufresne How can you be so obtuse? | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Freeman | 6/1/37 | Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free. | |
| Bob Gunton | 11/15/45 | Warden Samuel Norton Salvation lies within | |
| William Sadler | 4/13/50 | Heywood The Count of Monte Crisco… …by Alexandree Dumb-ass. And it’s fat ass by a nose! | |
| Clancy Brown | 1/5/59 | Captain Byron Hadley Drink up while it’s cold, ladies. | |
| Gil Bellows | 6/28/67 | Tommy Williams Hey, c’mon, old boys? You’re movin’ like molasses! Makin’ me look bad! | |
| Mark Rolston | 12/7/56 | Bogs Diamond Now I’m going to open my fly……. | |
| Frank Medrano | 5/20/58 | Fat Ass I don’t belong here! I want to go home! I want my mother! | |
| Don McManus | 11/8/59 | Guard Wiley - guard who congratulates Andy on receiving funding for library and then was on toilet when Andy plays Marriage of Figaro | |
| David Proval | 5/20/42 | Snooze Oh, man, Andy came down by me and asked for a rope? | |
| Gary Lee Davis | 1/2/46 | Rooster - one of the 3 sisters whose nose that Andy broke | |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | 4/25/47 | DA who prosecuted Andy And that also is very convenient, isn’t it, Mr. Dufresne? | |
| Bill Bolender | 11/14/40 | Elmo Blatch - real murderer of Andy’s wife & her lover | |
| Alternates: | |||
| Paul Kennedy | 7/1/62 | 1967 Food-Way Manager - told Red he didn’t need to ask permission to take a piss | |
| Dion Anderson | unknown | Head Bull Haig You better be sick or dead in there, I shit you not! | |
| In Memory: | |||
| James Whitmore | 10/1/21 | 2/6/09 | Brooks Hatlen And then Andy says, ‘Mr. Dekins, do you want your sons to go to Harvard… or Yale?’ |
| James Kisicki | 4/14/38 | 11/27/17 | Bank Manager I must say, I’m sorry to be losing your business. I hope you’ll enjoy living abroad. |
| Brian Libby | 4/20/49 | 6/18/21 | Floyd That’s ‘Cristo’ you dumb shit. |
Ok Men, I’m going to get busy living so you are welcome to get busy dying. 
Dark Shadows cast members, recycled.
This silly bizarre awesome show was very influencial in my life, and the themed list is meant as a tribute to those who made it.
Theme: Dark Shadows
- Kathy Cody: Hallie Stokes
- Katheryn Leigh Scott: Maggie Evans/Josette
- Alexandra Isles: Victoria Winters
- Nancy Barrett: Carolyn Stoddard
- Marie Wallace: Eve
- Kate Jackson: Daphne Harridge
- Jerry Lacy: The Reverend Trask
- Lara Parker: Angelique Collins
- Roger Davis: Peter Bradford
- David Selby: Quentin Collins
- Terry Crawford: Beth Chavez
- Jim Storm: Gerard Stiles
- David Henesey: David Collins
Alts:
14. Donna Wandrey: Roxanne Drew
15. Sharon Smyth: Sarah Collins
Clean list:
Kathy Cody
Katheryn Leigh Scott
Alexandra Isles
Nancy Barrett
Marie Wallace
Kate Jackson
Jerry Lacy
Lara Parker
Roger Davis
David Selby
Terry Crawford
Jim Storm
David Henesy
Alternates:
Donna Wandrey
Sharon Smyth
My all Russian Oligarch list:
Leonid Mikhelson
Mikhail Fridman
Alisher Usmanov
Gennady Timchenko
Andrey Melnichenko
Vagit Alekperov
German Khan
Alexey Kuzmichev
Leonid Fedun
Petr Aven
Arkady Rotenberg
Nikolai Buinov
Mikhail Gutseriev
My all Russian Oligarch list:
Leonid Mikhelson
Mikhail Fridman
Alisher Usmanov
Gennady Timchenko
Andrey Melnichenko
Vagit Alekperov
German Khan
Alexey Kuzmichev
Leonid Fedun
Petr Aven
Arkady Rotenberg
Nikolai Buinov
Mikhail Gutseriev
Alternates:
Yury Slyusar
Petr Fradkov
Kirill Shamalov
@zadscmc what is the theme for your list? Or did you mean to post that in the regular Death Pool thread?
I meant to put this in the regular pool. I will post accordingly. You can remove my themeless themed list from the themed pool.
Thank you!
I’m continuing my theme one more year, but since the main actors have all given me points in previous years, those left become increasingly obscure.
Maybe I’ll do a baseball roster for 2024
The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe:
Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom, Phyllis’ daughter)
Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter, Murray’s wife on TMTMS )
John Amos (Gordy the weather man on TMTMS )
Ray Buktenica (Benny Goodwin, sometime boyfriend of Brenda on Rhoda )
Richard Masur (Nick Lobo – accordionist boyfriend of Brenda on Rhoda )
Michael Delano (Johnny Venture, Rhoda’s boyfriend on Rhoda )
Garn Stephens (Harriett Hastings, Phyllis’ co-worker & friend on Phyllis )
Craig Wasson (Mark Valenti, married Bess on Phyllis )
Liz Torres (Julie Erskine on Phyllis )
John Lawlor (Supervisor Leonard Marsh on Phyllis )
Daryl Anderson (Dennis “The Animal” Price, photographer on Lou Grant )
Robert Walden (Joe Rossi, reporter on Lou Grant )
Linda Kelsey (Crusading reporter Billie Newman on Lou Grant )
Alternate:
Julie Kavner (Rhoda’s sister, now better known as Marge Simpson)
Clean List:
The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe
Lisa Gerritsen
Joyce Bulifant
John Amos
Ray Buktenica
Richard Masur
Michael Delano
Garn Stephens
Craig Wasson
Liz Torres
John Lawlor
Daryl Anderson
Robert Walden
Linda Kelsey
Alternate:
Julie Kavner
James L. Brooks is still alive.