I’m in. Here’s my list, with the plain list down below:
Jim Nabors (actor James Thurston Nabors, b. 12 Jun 1930)
Frank Gifford (NFL football player Francis Newton Gifford, b. 16 Aug 1930)
Brian Dennehy (actor Brian Mannion Dennehy, b. 09 Jul 1938)
Stephen Hawking (theoretical physicist Stephen William Hawking, b. 08 Jan 1942)
Muhammad Ali (The Greatest, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., b. 17 Jan 1942)
Keith Richards (musician, b. 18 Dec 1943)
Jerry Mathers (actor Gerald Patrick Mathers, b. 02 Jun 1948)
John Goodman (actor John Stephen Goodman, b. 20 Jun 1952)
Danny Bonaduce (actor, general knucklehead Dante Daniel Bonaduce, b. 13 Aug 1959)
Jim McMahon (NFL football player James Robert McMahon, Jr., b. 21 Aug 1959)
Edward Furlong (actor Edward Walter Furlong, b. 02 Aug 1977)
Macaulay Culkin (actor Macaulay Carson Culkin, b. 26 Aug 1980)
Justin Bieber (musician Justin Drew Bieber, b. 01 Mar 1994)
Plain List:
Jim Nabors
Frank Gifford
Brian Dennehy
Stephen Hawking
Muhammad Ali
Keith Richards
Jerry Mathers
John Goodman
Danny Bonaduce
Jim McMahon
Edward Furlong
Macaulay Culkin
Justin Bieber
Let the death watch begin.
Jimmy Carter
George H.W Bush
Fidel Castro
Kim Jong-Un
Walter Mondale
Bob Dole
Michael Schumacher
Alana Thompson
Raul Castro
Dick Cheney
Pat Robertson
Fred Phelps
James Randi
I am pretty much copying my list from last year. Don’t feel like doing the research to make up a whole new list. Also, since Mindy McCready was on my 2012 list and I dropped her in favor of the themed list…Oh well. Lessons learned.
2014 Death Pool List. Pretty much the same as 2013… Just Gimmie That Old Time Rock N’ Roll
Chuck Berry
Jerry Lee Lewis
Gary Glitter
Little Richard
Fats Domino
Dean Torrence
Duane Eddy
Michelle Phillips
Carole King
Richard Carpenter
Franny Beecher
Aretha Franklin
Frankie Valli
He started showing Alzheimer’s symptoms way back in 2003, according to what I was reading yesterday. And his ‘battle’ with Alzheimer’s (news reports use that word, but how the hell do you battle Alzheimer’s?) has been public since 2011 or earlier; that year, his daughter testified before a Congressional committee to urge more funding for Alzheimer’s research. (I’m a bit of a Glen Campbell fan from back in the day, so it was more than just Deathpool interest that had me reading all this.) So as best as I can tell from the news reports, his body’s in no obvious hurry to check out, regardless of the state of his mind.
Pat Summit
Bill Cosby
Valerie Harper
Nancy Reagan
Pat Buchanan
Rush Limbaugh
Angela Lansbury
Warren Buffett
Larry McMurtry
Francis Ford Coppola
Justin Bieber
Danny Glover
Chris Christie
Here are all the choices so far that have at least ten picks:
Valerie Harper 46
George H.W. Bush 38
Lindsay Lohan 37
Fidel Castro 34
Randy Travis 22
Billy Graham-e 21
Michael Schumacher 21
Jimmy Carter 19
Ariel Sharon 18
Zsa Zsa Gabor 18
Muhammad Ali 16
Charlie Sheen 14
Dick Cheney 14
Pope Emeritus Benedict 14
Jerry Lewis 13
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 13
Wilko Johnson 13
Nancy Reagan 12
Barbara Bush 11
Frankie Muniz 11
Kirk Douglas 11
Miley Cyrus 11
Clive James 10
John McVie 10
Michael Douglas 10
Alt1. Stephen Hawking, b. January 8, 1942. Physicist.
Alt2. Zsa Zsa Gabor, b. February 6, 1917. Actress.
Alt3. Roy Horn, b. October 3, 1944. Magician.
Plain text version:
Russell Johnson
Hosni Mubarak
Valerie Harper
Aretha Franklin
Elwood Edwards
John Edwards
Sam Simon
Darren Daulton
Michael Schumacher
Orlando Thomas
Richard Engel
Lynndie England
Bradley Manning
Alice Munro
William The Refrigerator Perry
Tony Iommi
Bashar al-Assad
Sam Simon
Burt Reynolds
Barbara Walters
Valerie Harper
Teresa Heinz Kerry
Philip Roth
Cormac McCarthy
Thomas Pynchon
Michael Schumacher
And in case Schumacher buys it in the next 12 hours, then I have one alternate:
Ian Watkins
I listed Munro last year and she ended up winning the Nobel, so here’s hoping I can work similar magic for Roth, McCarthy, or Pynchon!
It’s so tempting to jump on the Michael Schumacher bandwagon, but I think I’m going to stick with my original list and not make any last minute changes. (Happy birthday Baker!)
I am curious about something though. I notice several people have Frankie Muniz on their list. Is he sick? In rehab? What’s the story?
I wasn’t going to play this year…but my own mother reminded me and contributed some picks, so here goes:
Angelina Jolie
Valerie Harper
Robert Redford
Sharon Osbourne
Kim Jong Un
Miley Cyrus
Queen Elizabeth II
Michael Schumacher
Randy Travis
Judy Blume
Mary Tyler Moore
Macaulay Culkin
Muhammed Ali
Alternate if anyone dies today: Fidel Castro
I apologize for any misspellings…I have to post from my phone.
Ah, what the hell, here’s my best guesses for who will croak in the coming year*:
Randy Travis
Lindsay Lohan
Sid Caesar
Jerry Lewis
Heather Locklear
Casey Anthony
Gene Wilder
Valerie Harper
John McVie
Michael Schumacher
Brandon Novak
Billy Graham
Paul Allen
Alternate: Charlie Sheen
*Well, not Gene Wilder. He’s been on my lists all along, and I hope it continues to bring him a long happy life.
Slim Dunlap (Aug 14, 1951), replaced Bob Stinson in the Replacements
Sam Simon (June 6, 1955), Simpsons producer
Scott Thorson (Jan. 23, 1959), Liberace’s chauffeur/lover
Daisy Berkowitz (April 28, 1968), former Marilyn Manson member
Michael Schumacher (Jan. 3, 1969), Formula One champ
Ryan Buell (July 8, 1982), paramormal investigator
Lil’ Wayne (Sept. 27, 1982), rapper
Alternate (Just in case something happens in the next 14 hours)
George H.W. Bush (June 12, 1924), former president
Clean List:
Valerie Harper
Lynne Stewart
Superstar Billy Graham
Tom Dempsey
Wilko Johnson
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Slim Dunlap
Sam Simon
Scott Thorson
Daisy Berkowitz
Michael Schumacher
Ryan Buell
Lil’ Wayne
Muhammad Ali
Amanda Bynes
Darren Daulton
Fats Domino
Mike Ilitch
Casey Kasem
Lindsey Lohan
Courtney Love
Charles Manson
Ryan O’Neal
Michael Schumacher
Sam Simon
Bobby Womack
As I mentioned last year, when I started the Frankie Muniz bandwagon, in addition to being prone to strokes, he is a racecar driver and a drummer in a band. He is also currently 27 years old. There’s got to be some points there somewhere.
Well, my 2013 list made it through unscathed. Here’s my list of 2014 survivors (which is nearly identical to 2013):
Sam Simon – co-developer of the Simpsons
Stan Lee – godfather of Marvel
Ryan Buell – “Paranormal researcher”
Jerry Jones – Cowboys owner
Zsa Zsa Gabor – Actress
Penny Marshall – Actress/director
Tony Iommi – Black Sabbath guitarist
George H.W. Bush – Former president
Hosni Mubarak – Former president of Egypt
Tommy Ramone – Sole remaining original Ramone
Robert Mugabe – President of Zimbabwe
Muhammad Ali – Boxer
Reverend Donald Wildmon – Raging Douchebag
Alt 1: Nancy Regan
Alt 2: Bryan Wiedmeier
Sam Simon
Stan Lee
Ryan Buell
Jerry Jones
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Penny Marshall
Tony Iommi
George H.W. Bush
Hosni Mubarak
Tommy Ramone
Robert Mugabe
Muhammad Ali
Reverend Donald Wildmon