Celebrity Death Pool 2014

Well, we’ve got a couple of days to see what news emerges about this guy’s condition. But I feel sorry for Baker if half the Deathpoolers add him to their lists on NYE.

Please move Ali to the alternates and put Michael Schumacher in my main 13. kthxbai.

clean list

**anyrose’s revised BandWagon Themed List for 2014

Valerie Harper
George H.W. Bush
Lindsay Lohan
Fidel Castro
Jimmy Carter
Randy Travis
Ariel Sharon
Billy Graham-e
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Dick Cheney
Charlie Sheen
Jerry Lewis
Michael Schumacher

alternates:

Pope Emeritus Benedict
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Mohammed Ali
Bob Newhart

yes, but “horrible ski accidents” are almost always fatal.

I’m already feeling sorry for myself. Entries are lagging behind from last year, and if they do come back I think it will all be on NYE My birthday.

Last year there were 53 entries on NYE, not counting changes.:frowning:

I just noticed that I have Karen Black on my list, and she passed last August! I’ll move Muhammad Ali up and just go with the two alternates. Sorry, Baker!

  1. Fidel Castro
  2. Dan Rather
  3. Bryant Charles Gumbel
  4. Lindsay Lohan
  5. John McCain
  6. Raul Castro (cuban guy)
  7. Tom Cruise (Actor,not the Hoveround inventor)
  8. Fred Phelps
  9. William Shatner
  10. Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei
  11. Bashar al-Assad
  12. Dionne Warwick (and she didn’t see it coming)
  13. Nanette Fabray (low hanging fruit)

Alternates

  1. Warren Miller (the snow skiing guy, although this name makes me uneasy)
  2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran)
  3. H. Ross Perot

Clean list

Fidel Castro
Dan Rather
Bryant Charles Gumbel
Lindsay Lohan
John McCain
Raul Castro
Tom Cruise
Fred Phelps
William Shatner
Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei
Bashar al-Assad
Dionne Warwick
Nanette Fabray

Warren Miller
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
H. Ross Perot

<nitpick>

Hassan Rouhaniis the current President of Iran.

</nitpick>

She has all year to sort it out.
Nonetheless, we should all send chocolate so that she may keep her strength up. :slight_smile:

I better get this posted before the deadline sneaks up on me.

Valerie Harper
Wilko Johnson
Randy Travis
Stuart Scott
Paul Gascoigne
Ralphie May
Orlando Thomas
Ethan Zohn
Lindsay Lohan
Pete Doherty
J. T. Holmes
Alex Honnold
Michael Schumacher

Alternate:
Miley Cyrus

About 49 hours and 45 minutes to go!

Okay, Lets try it again…in the 2014 slot…sigh

Lets hope for a happy new year shall we?

Good afternoon all,
I am a dreadful lasy slob.

I am going to try my list again with a few changes.

Ruth Bader-Ginsburg
Fidel Castro May already be gone
George Bush the elder
William Shatner
Hosni Mubarak
Macaulie Calulkin
Joan Rivers
Jimmy Carter
Bob Dole
Hugh Hefner
Dolly Parton
Pope Benedict
Ringo Star

So many candidates. As father time marches on a disproportionate number of folks that inhabit my consciousness move from the possible column to the probable column…

The list:

Casey Kasem
Ritchie Benaud
Joe Jonas
Maggie Smith
Chuck Berry
Jack Brabbham
Clive James
Gough Whitlam
Doris Day
Roger Moore
Fidel Castro
Richard Attenborough
Rolf Harris
Alternates:
Mickey Rooney
Tom Woolfe
Justin Beiber

Recycling my list from last year:

Paul G. Allen
George H.W. Bush
Fidel Castro
Tommy Chong
Stephen Hawking
Lindsay Lohan
Hosni Mubarak
Robert Mugabe
Vladimir Putin
Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Harry of Wales
Dick van Dyke
Miley Cyrus
Alternates:
Fred Phelps
Donald Trump
Maggie Smith

A revised list for me, in that I’m removing John McVie and Tommy Chong and adding Michael Schumacher (I actually think - and hope - he’ll live but it’d be a shame to lose the points if he doesn’t) and TV chef Mary Berry.

New list:

Valerie Harper
Judy Blume
Frankie Muniz
Randy Travis
Stuart Scott
Warren Buffett
George H.W. Bush
Pope Emeritus Benedict
Sheldon Adelson
Freddie Starr
Sir Bruce Forsyth
Michael Schumacher
Mary Berry.

Alternates:

Aretha Franklin
Harry Belafonte

2014 is the year of my first ever themed list. Woo!

My theme is:

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!

Famous Australians, or Kiwis/Poms/Yanks we claim as our own when they’re at the top of their game and immediately disown when they get the least bit embarrassing (let’s call it The Mel Gibson Effect).

Ben Cousins, footballer
Lou Richards, footballer
Gough Whitlam, politician
Joan Kirner, politician
Anna Bligh, politician
Jeanne Little, entertainer
Kylie Minogue, entertainer
Colleen McCullough, author
Bert Newton, entertainer
Lorrae Desmond, actor
Matthew Newton, actor
Judy Moran, convicted murderer/crime family matriarch
Dawn Fraser, Olympic swimmer

Alts:
John Farnham, singer
John Williamson, singer
Plain text:

Ben Cousins
Lou Richards
Gough Whitlam
Joan Kirner
Anna Bligh
Jeanne Little
Kylie Minogue
Colleen McCullough
Bert Newton
Lorrae Desmond
Matthew Newton
Judy Moran
Dawn Fraser

Alts:
John Farnham
John Williamson

Here we go, carefully avoiding posting on **Baker’s **birthday.
Carryovers from 2013:

Steve Gleason, NFL player
Ketherine Crowe, singer
Marcia Strassman
Penny Marshall, actress
Frankie Muniz, actor
Michael Douglas
Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
Billy Graham, wrestler
Lindsay Lohan

And the replacements:

Ryan Buell, paranormal investigator
Sam Simon, director, producer and writer
Randy Travis, singer
Michael Schumacher, racing driver
Alternates:
Jay Lake, author
Stuart Scott, sportscaster

Clean list:

Steve Gleason
Ketherine Crowe,
Marcia Strassman
Penny Marshall
Frankie Muniz
Michael Douglas
Paul Gascoigne
Billy Graham
Lindsay Lohan
Ryan Buell
Sam Simon
Randy Travis
Michael Schumacher

Alternates:
Jay Lake
Stuart Scott

Can you suck up, or not?

I wish I’d thought of that.
:slight_smile:

Back to back years in the top ten, but I just can’t quite run with the big dogs (hellhounds?). Maybe 2014 will be the year:

Steve Gleason
Ron Jeremy
Wilko Johnson
Suge Knight
Guy Clark
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Mike Tyson
Valerie Harper
Terry Pratchett
Lindsay Lohan
Sam Simon
Michael Schumacher
Tommy Chong

Alternates:

Stuart Scott
Rob Ford

I hope to be posting tomorrow evening. I’m waiting on news of Schumacher…

A pretty random list. I may be too soft for this, the last time I played I felt awful when someone on my list died.

Fidel Castro
Chris Christie
Tom Cruise
Guy Fieri
David Hasselhoff
Elton John
Kim Jong-un
Lindsay Lohan
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Melissa McCarthy
Charles Osgood
Keith Richards
Charlie Sheen