Hi everyone! The death pool I participated in for years, well, died. Glad to have found this place! My list:
Gena Rowlands, actress
Bob Newhart, actor/comedian
Joe Namath, Pro Football Hall of Famer
Willie Mays, Baseball Hall of Famer
Lily Tomlin, actress/comedienne
Gene Hackman, actor
Jerry Jones, owner, Dallas Cowboys
Lee Majors, actor
Anjelica Huston, actress
Bob Eubanks, game show host (The Newlywed Game)
Veronica Hamel, actress
Meredith Baxter, actress
Hal Linden, actor/singer
Alternates:
George Strait, singer
Johnny Mathis, singer
David Lee Roth, singer
Clean List:
Gena Rowlands
Bob Newhart
Joe Namath
Willie Mays
Lily Tomlin
Gene Hackman
Jerry Jones
Lee Majors
Angelica Huston
Bob Eubanks
Veronica Hamel
Meredith Baxter
Hal Linden
Alternates:
George Strait
Johnny Mathis
David Lee Roth
For those wondering how the wisdom of the crowds will do: Here is my list, shamelessly cribbed from Baker’s posted list of top picks:
Shannen Doherty
Bruce Willis
Donald Trump
Andy Taylor
Rudy Guiliani
Vladimir Putin
Jimmy Carter
Linda Ronstadt
Mitch McConnell
Celine Dion
Bob Newhart
Clint Eastwood
Kanye West
Jean Chrétien
Princess Bajrakitiyabha
Princess Soamsawali
King Albert II of Belgium
King Salman of Saudi Arabia
Yahya Sinwar
Ali Khamenei
Carol Burnett
Katharine, Duchess of Kent
Andy Taylor
Jonnie Irwin
Linda Nolan
Shannen Doherty
Liza Minnelli
Bruce Willis
Bella Thorne
Celine Dion
Simon Cowell
Lukas Haas
Bam Margera
Jeanette Lee
Andy Taylor
Ron Jeremy
Shannen Doherty
Mitch McConnell
David Geffen
Paul Simon
Pete Rose
Robert Redford
Peter Noone
Rosey Grier
Barbara Eden
Sandy Duncan
Bill Cosby
Dyan Cannon
Ruth Buzzi
Judy Blume
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Alan Alda
One the few traditions I keep up as my family and circumstances change. I don’t mind at all that I rarely end up with any points.
Dick Cheney
Dick Van Dyke
Joe Biden
Bruce Willis
William Shatner
Max Baer, Jr
Celine Dion
Carol Burnett
Julie Andrews
Richard Simmons
Roberta Flack
Jane Fonda
Jimmy Carter
Alternates:
Warren Buffet
Donald Southerland
Mel Brooks
Donald Trump
Mitch McConnell
Dick Cheney
Jimmy Carter
Tom Brokaw
Tom Robbins
Keith Richards
John Mayall
Phil Collins
George Takei
William Shatner
Bruce Willis
Bob Newhart
Alternates:
Paul McCartney
Lucinda Williams
Garrett Morris
Only Shane MacGowan gave me points last year, so he gets a replacement plus a few other changes just to shake things up a little.
Vladimir Putin
Jack Nicholson
TJ Duklo
Liza Minnelli
Tom Brokaw
Roberta Flack
Shannen Doherty
Michael Douglas
Jim Kelly
Val Kilmer
Jeff Bridges
Harvey Weinstein
Michael J. Fox
Alternates:
Richard Simmons
Paul Hogan
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Common name clarification: Michael Douglas is the actor (son of Kirk) and Jim Kelly is the former Bills quarterback.
As I was going to sleep last night, I thought of a really good name - possibly a unique pick - and now I can’t remember it. Here’s my list anyway:
Michael Flatley
Alan Alda
Ozzy Osbourne
Bruce Willis
Sam Neill
Mitch McConnell
Pope Francis
Liza Minnelli
Brittany Spears
Celine Dion
Shannen Doherty
Michael J. Fox
Joe Exotic
Bruce Willis
Shannen Doherty
Sam Neill
Linda Nolan
Michael Flatley
Nigel Starmer-Smith
James Whale
Wael Al-Dahdouh
Princess Bajrakitiyabha
Mohammed Omer
Jonnie Irwin
Vivian Campbell
Stephen Darby
Alternates:
Tim Green
Andy Taylor
Erik Jensen
Steve Scalise
Russian oligarchs again – also on the themed list, but I figure I can hit big!
Vladimir Lisin
Vladimir Potanin
Pavel Durov
Leonid Mikhelson
Alexei Mordashov
Mikhail Fridman
Alisher Usmanov
Gennady Timchenko
Andrey Melnichenko
Vagit Alekperov
Mikhail Prokhorov
German Khan
Roman Abramovich
Alternates
Viktor Rashnikov
Dmitry Rybolovlev
Alexey Kuzmichev
Only one of my picks kicked the bucket this year so this is, as always, a cut n’ paste job with minor edits
Roger Corman
Ramona Fradon
Larry Lieber
Floyd Norman
Sal Buscema
Susan Kohner
Chesty Morgan
Wanda Jackson
Jim Steranko
Robert Crumb
The Undertaker
Julian Glover
Dave Davies
Janice Paige 9-16-22
Mike Torrez 8-28-41
Bebe Shopp 1930
Walt Menninger 10-23-31
Debra Paget 8-19-33
Margrethe II of Denmark 4-16-1940
Valentina Tereshkova 3-6-1937
James Harrison 12-27-37
John Stephen Akhwari 1938
Bill Kurtis 9-21-40
Rowan Williams 6-14-1950
Rowan Atkinson 1-6-1955
Denzel Washington 12-28-1954
Atkinson is six days younger than me, Washington is three days older.
As a little girl the lady who cut my hair had pcitures up of Torrez, he was her nephew.
Harrison is a champion blood donor from Australia.
Akhwari was a runner in the 1968 Olympics that I admire. Don’t have his exact birthdate, just the year.
Janice Paige
Mike Torrez
Bebe Shopp
Walt Menninger
Debra Paget
Margrethe II of Denmark
Valentina Tereshkova
James Harrison
John Stephen Akhwari
Bill Kurtis
Rowan Williams
Rowan Atkinson
Denzel Washington
decided to give myself at least a small fighting chance…could you replace Jimmy Carter with Shannon Doherty on my list?
Revised List:
2024 SMDB Celebrity Death Pool submission
Joe Biden
Jane Fonda
George Soros
George Takei
Martina Navratilova
Bob Menendez
Paul Krugman
Michael Moore
Ray Lujan
Christiane Amanpour
Noam Chomsky
Harvey Weinstein
Shannon Doherty
Here’s my list anyway: