2024 [THEMED] Celebrity Death Pool

The Game Room
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O mighty and fragrant Death Shroom, @phungi: Is it possible to have one of my Olde Tymers subbed out, as he went to the Great Dugout in the Sky before the New Year was rung. I’m hoping we can put Enoli Paredes in the place of Larry Miggins.

(I’ve never had someone croak between submitting my list and the end of the year before, are we allowed to move our alts into the main list after Jan. 1? Or am I just SOL?)

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That’s the point of Alts. I had someone die on 12/29 but it wasn’t reported until 12/31 but I posted on 12/30 and found out about it on 1/1. I’m sure the Death Shroom elevated my alternate into the main list. Since Enoli is your first alternate, he would be elevated.

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This isn’t my thread, it’s run by phungi, but that’s how I do it. I think I had one like that this year.

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My worry was that my dude died on Dec. 12, but I didn’t notice until now. :grimacing: I had time to swap him out before the end of the year. Hopefully the Death Shroom, mighty and fragrant, will have mercy on me, lazy sinner that I am.

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Other Hamas leaders killed in the Lebanon attack.
Saleh al-Arouri *
Samir Fandi
Azzam al-Akra
Mahmoud Shahin
Muhammad a-Reis
Muhammad Beshesha
Ahmed Hammoud

*The only one in my pool, darn it. Could have retired this year’s contest in one fell swoop.

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That would have been impressive, but were is the fun in that for the others, just three days into the year?

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Enoli Paredes inserted for Happy_Lendervedder
Saleh al-Arouri gets the first hit for smithsb

All players listed below:

Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) Theme
1 smithsb 43 1(1) Middle East troublemakers
2 Catamount 0 0 Apollo Astronauts
2 Baker 0 0 People born on New Year’s Eve.
2 Biotop 0 0 Dark Shadows
2 commasense 0 0 Destroyers of Democracy
2 Dancer_Flight 0 0 Star Trek VI
2 DesertDog 0 0 2001 Diamondbacks
2 Dr.Girlfriend 0 0 The Lucky 13th Annual All-Star Sports Edition
2 Gatopescado 0 0 Motorcycle Heros I want to keep alive
2 GuanoLad 0 0 UK sitcom actors.
2 Happy_Lendervedder 0 0 Ye Olde Tyme Base-Ball Players
2 Hoopy_Frood 0 0 People who have portrayed Death in Film/TV
2 J-P_L 0 0 Former Race Car Drivers
2 Jegpeg 0 0 Tennis Grand Slam Winners
2 kayT 0 0 Sportsters I admire in some way
2 Kitten_Mitten 0 0 fav singers/musicians
2 Little_Nemo 0 0 Norman Jewison is alive at the age of 97
2 Mahaloth 0 0 MASH again:
2 MarkF2004 0 0 Lowlifes and pond scum
2 Mean_Mr.Mustard 0 0 “Hello, Seattle, I’m Listening…”
2 NotherYinzer 0 0 Close, But No Cigar
2 Pardel-Lux 0 0 German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups
2 penultima_thule 0 0 Oldest surviving “Gold Logie Award” winners (Australian most popular TV personality
2 phungi 0 0 Howard Stern Wack Pack Members
2 Railer13 0 0 Former NFL Head Coaches
2 Rebo 0 0 Still Living Match Game Celebrities
2 RobotDevilDog 0 0 Back to the Future
2 Shoeless 0 0 Guest Stars from the original “Twilight Zone”
2 Stephe96 0 0 Beatles
2 Theme: Philosophers named ‘Peter’ 0 0 Borborygmi
2 Wallet 0 0 Evil and its Minions
2 xizor 0 0 Crooners
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I think you missed a few of the late posters. I was the last post (posted between 11pm and midnight CST). But a few others late on Dec 31st are also missing from your list. I am assuming an oversight. But if we got the time wrong, can you let us play unofficially? I think Dr. Girlfriend’s entry was the last one added to your list. The subsequent ones are not there.

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Second place, not bad!

mmm

70

Exactly what I was thinking!

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Thanks for checking, definitely made an error there:

Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) Theme
1 smithsb 43 1(1) Middle East troublemakers
2 2nd_Law 0 0 Russian oligarchs/billionaires
2 Baker 0 0 People born on New Year’s Eve.
2 Bayaker 0 0 The Mary Tyler Moore Show universe:
2 Biotop 0 0 Dark Shadows
2 Borborygmi 0 0 Philosophers named ‘Peter’
2 Catamount 0 0 13 Apollo astronauts still living
2 Cazzle 0 0 Herman’s Dead
2 commasense 0 0 Destroyers of Democracy
2 Dancer_Flight 0 0 Star Trek VI
2 DesertDog 0 0 2001 Diamondbacks
2 Dr.Girlfriend 0 0 The Lucky 13th Annual All-Star Sports Edition
2 Gatopescado 0 0 Motorcycle Heros I want to keep alive
2 GIGObuster 0 0 Russian evildoers and enablers:
2 GuanoLad 0 0 UK sitcom actors.
2 Happy_Lendervedder 0 0 Ye Olde Tyme Base-Ball Players
2 Hoopy_Frood 0 0 People who have portrayed Death in Film/TV
2 J-P_L 0 0 Former Race Car Drivers
2 Jegpeg 0 0 Tennis Grand Slam Winners
2 kayT 0 0 Sportsters I admire in some way
2 Kitten_Mitten 0 0 fav singers/musicians
2 Little_Nemo 0 0 Norman Jewison is alive at the age of 97
2 Mahaloth 0 0 MASH again:
2 MarkF2004 0 0 Lowlifes and pond scum
2 Mean_Mr.Mustard 0 0 “Hello, Seattle, I’m Listening…”
2 NotherYinzer 0 0 Close, But No Cigar
2 Pardel-Lux 0 0 German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups
2 penultima_thule 0 0 Oldest surviving “Gold Logie Award” winners (Australian most popular TV personality
2 phungi 0 0 Howard Stern Wack Pack Members
2 Queen_Anne_s_Lace 0 0 Shawshank Redemption
2 Railer13 0 0 Former NFL Head Coaches
2 Rebo 0 0 Still Living Match Game Celebrities
2 Registered_at_Last 0 0 The Canadians
2 RobotDevilDog 0 0 Back to the Future
2 Shoeless 0 0 Guest Stars from the original “Twilight Zone”
2 SpoilerVirgin 0 0 Born in 1963
2 Stephe96 0 0 Beatles
2 Wallet 0 0 Evil and its Minions
2 xizor 0 0 Crooners
2 zadscmc 0 0 NY Mets
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Franz Beckenbauer kicks no more:

That is 22 points for me. Not enough for first place, but still good.

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Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) Theme
1 smithsb 43 1(1) Middle East troublemakers
2 Pardel-Lux 22 1(1) German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups
74

I’m in.

Norman Jewison has died at age 97.

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Talk about “calling it with the Theme name”:

Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) Theme
1 smithsb 43 1(1) Middle East troublemakers
2 Pardel-Lux 22 1(1) German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups
3 Little_Nemo 3 1(1) Norman Jewison is alive at the age of 97
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I appreciate you posting the update while I’m still in third place. I feel it’s inevitable I will drop down in the rankings.

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It’s not often I get to update here, but I gots me some points.

UK sitcom star Ian Lavender, who was the last stalwart from elderly WWII sitcom Dad’s Army, has died aged 77.

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Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) Theme
1 smithsb 43 1(1) Middle East troublemakers
2 GuanoLad 23 1(1) UK sitcom actors.
3 Pardel-Lux 22 1(1) German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups
4 Little_Nemo 3 1(1) Norman Jewison is alive at the age of 97
79

I had a good run.

80

Toby Keith should put my on the board in 2nd place with 38 points (and a unique pick?).

https://apnews.com/article/toby-keith-country-singer-dies-6c01efcdb59f4481f5290d6334f107e6