2024 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

I sir, am an idiot! :person_facepalming:

Here is my official list of 13 people (added 3 politcal picks):

Bruce Willis
Bam Magera
Celine Dion
Michael J Fox
Shannon Doherty
Val Kilmer
Athony Kiedis
Catherine Wreford
Pete Davidson
Ron Jeremy
Rudy Guliani
Vladimir Putin
Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Here are my alternatives:

Don Cherry
Warren Buffet
William Shatner

I haven;t done that but I still have the spreadsheets for a number of years back, I could take a look at them.

Don’t know whether it matters, but I just realized that the first choice in my last list, #173, is usually spelled with and “y” in English: Ramzan Kadyrov instead of Kadirov. It seems I keep on doing this, sorry for the additional work!

No problem. At this point it’s a unique pick so it would be easy to keep different spellings together.

There were three ways Rosalynn Carter’s first name was spelled. Shannen Doherty has two. And Liza Minnelli has varying numbers of n’s and l’s in her surname.

Reposting my list with one change - subbing in Michael Flatley (who I thought died years ago) for Jimmy Carter (whose point I don’t want).

Clint Eastwood
Andy Taylor
Jerry Sandusky
Bruce Willis
Tim Curry
Shannen Doherty
Sarah Hyland
Linda Ronstadt
Derek Chauvin
Bam Margera
Val Kilmer
Michael Flatley
Jimmy Swaggert

Alts:
Harvey Weinstein
Roman Polanski

Updated list. Switched R Kelly for Lindsay Lohan.

Shannen Doherty
Justin Bieber
Alex Honnold
Vladimir Putin
Kanye West
Stephen King
Woody Allen
Ron Jeremy
Michael J Fox
Rudy Giuliani
Dennis Rader
Bill Cosby
Lindsay Lohan

Alternates

Jackie Chan
R Kelly

Danny Bonaduce (actor)
Billy Connolly (actor)
Tim Curry (actor)
Shannen Doherty (actor)
Jonnie Irwin (TV presenter)
Erik Jensen (actor)
Ron Jeremy (actor)
Bam Margera (jackass)
Linda Nolan (singer/actor)
Vladimir Putin (tyrant)
Michael Schumacher (car racer)
Andy Taylor (Duran Duran guitarist)
Bruce Willis (actor)

Alternate

Mary Lou Retton

Clean List:

Danny Bonaduce
Billy Connolly
Tim Curry
Shannen Doherty
Jonnie Irwin
Erik Jensen
Ron Jeremy
Bam Margera
Linda Nolan
Vladimir Putin
Michael Schumacher
Andy Taylor
Bruce Willis

Alternate

Mary Lou Retton

Please update since Don Wildmon has died.

Tom Baker
Alan Alda
Melissa Jaffer
Linda Nolan
Chris Evert
Bob Newhart
Morgan Freeman
William Shatner
Prunella Scales
Dick Cheney
Denny Mclain
David Attenborough
Shannon Doherty

Alternates:

Mary Lou Retton
Noah Antwiler

Death Pool 2024

Dusty Baker
Bill Belichick
Bruce Boche
Rick Bowness
Pete Carroll
Bob Costas
Marc-Andre Fleury
Tony Francona
Pete Laviolette
Joe Namath
Andy Reid
John Tortorella
Ron Washington

Alternates
Zdeno Chara
Larry Robinson

List with comments (sort of)
Agent Orange
Adolf Twitler
Assaulter-in-Chief
Benedict Donald
Cadet Bone Spurs
Cheeto Benito
Cheeto Faced Shit Gibbon
Comrade Cheetolino
Don-the-Con
DumpsterFire
Groper-in-Chief
John Barron (Baron) (Miller)
Orange Anus

Alt
Short-fingered Vulgarian
The Germinator
Mango Menace

Clean list:

Donald J. Trump
Vladimir Putin
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy
Lachlan Murdoch
Sergey Surovikin
Sergei Shoigu
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov
Viktor Yanukovych
Alexander Lapin
Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov
Ramzan Kadyrov
Boris Johnson
Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko

Alts:
Elon Musk
Joe Rogan
Alex Jones

Hello again, ghouls and sickos! Gosh, it’s nice to be back among you.

Detailed list.
Richard O’Sullivan - I’m kicking off my 2024 list with an immortal who is making his 16th appearance. Before he became a full-time waste of a death pool slot, he was an English actor.
Tim Curry - English actor and singer.
Liza Minelli - American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer.
OJ Simpson - American former football running back, actor, and broadcaster. Ahem.
Ozzy Osbourne - English singer, songwriter, and media personality.
John Farnham - British-born Australian singer and national treasure.
Phil Collins - English singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
Bruce Willis - American retired actor.
Celine Dion - Canadian singer.
Shannen Doherty - American actress, bandwagon.
Matthew Newton - Australian actor, writer, and director.
Nick Cannon - American television host, actor, rapper, and comedian.
Ezra Miller - American actor.

Alts:
Julian Assange - Australian computer programmer, editor, publisher, and activist.
Molly Meldrum - Australian music critic, journalist, record producer and musical entrepreneur.
Kanye West - American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer.

Clean list
Richard O’Sullivan
Tim Curry
Liza Minelli
OJ Simpson
Ozzy Osbourne
John Farnham
Phil Collins
Bruce Willis
Celine Dion
Shannen Doherty
Matthew Newton
Nick Cannon
Ezra Miller

Alts:
Julian Assange
Molly Meldrum
Kanye West

May I add my three alternates?
William Shatner
George Takei
Ian McKellen

Donald Trump
Ray Goff
Peter Dinklage
John Havlicek
Jane Asher
William (refrigerator) Perry
R Kelly
Mel Brooks
Pete Davidson
Mitch McConnell
Harvey Weinstein
Bono
Richard Lewis

Alternates:
Adam Ant
Bill Cosby
Jerry Sandusky

Ray Goff was the University of Georgia football coach from 1989-1995.

I’m getting really nervous that the next days are going to be so very busy. A lot of folks wait until the last minute to post. Well, like me.

34 hours, 42 minutes.

As long as the players get their posts in on time, you can take your good, sweet time compiling the spreadsheet!

Nobody wants to have their unique picks copied, I guess. A feeling I can relate to, from both sides simultaneously.

Sigh, you are right I guess.

I don’t normally wait this long, but I was curious to see who everyone else was picking to either a) cherry pick some from their lists, or b) keep mine secret so nobody stole some goodies. But now I think about it, both those seem a bit petty.

So, having said that, here’s my list. I mixed it up a lot this time, took a lot of mainstays out* and added in a bunch of new names.

*who I bet will all die in January just to spite me

Quentin Blake
Bryan Brown
Ruth Buzzi
Billy Connolly
Phil Collins
Shannen Doherty
Richard Gere
Rhod Gilbert
Kamahl
Miriam Margolyes
Ian McShane
Kate Micucci
Cliff Richard

BACKUPS
Rita Moreno
George Wendt
John Williams

I prefer to think of it as a solid strategy for winning.

Yes, I didn’t mean to sound whiny. It’s never petty. :innocent: