But it’s just prostate cancer. That’s like the New Jersey Generals of cancer.
Yeah, but I bet the survival rate is high with physicians than hemp oil. 
Hence the parenthetical part of the title. Please note that Kirk Douglas has been on my list almost ever since I started playing. Please note also that he has not dropped off my list.
Actually, there’s a real debate about whether physician-supervised treatment has better outcomes, overall, than doing nothing. Prostate cancer tends to afflict old guys (like 75 year old Tommy Chong), is slow to develop, and we can diagnose it very early; the argument is that if you don’t treat it, the patient is just as likely to die of something else before the prostate cancer can kill him. AFAICT the jury’s still out on this one.
I just picked him as an alternate because he’s going for the weird cancer treatment option. I feel so special. I’ve never submitted a list that prompted discussion before! 
Speaking of, if you have Rev. Billy Graham on your list, you’d better have a good alternate picked out. I live about one county over from him and the vultures are circling. There are news crews arriving, satellite trucks and all.
My Physician, the guy with hands like a catcher’s mitt, has stopped doing the exam, as he explained to me, for the same reason.
Happy to to have done my part.
Mandela was worth 5 points, Graham would be worth 5 points…any other 95 year old celebs on people’s lists? (I see one, sort of: if Helmut Schmidt is alive in another 12 days, he’d be eligible for the 5-point club.)
Bet you didn’t object very strenuously!
Baker-If you could, would you tabulate the uniques?
All singers/musicians except one religious leader and one actress.
Here we go for another fun filled year.
Acker Bilk
Boyd K. Packer
Paul Anka
Frankie Valli
Miley Cyrus
Cher
Claudine Longet
Angie Dickinson
Neil Young
Liza Minelli
Britney Spears
Jim Nabors
Randy Travis
Plain List of Immortals:
Lindsey Lohan
Bob Dole
Prince
Valerie Harper
Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Ron White
Bill Clinton
Kirk Douglas
George HW Bush
Jay Z
Jodi Arias
Michael Douglas
As of now there are 406 different names selected, 330 of which are unique. they may stay that way or they may not. For 2013 there were 610 uniquely picked names.
Wow, would never have guessed 330 uniques!
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Just a few changes from my 2013 list:
Rob Ford
Roky Erickson
Roger Moore
Jenny McCarthy
Orson Scott Card
Tony Iommi
Lenny Dykstra
Sly Stone
Robert “Sgt Slaughter” Remus
Pet Rose
Ed Asner
Abe Vigoda
Carrie Fisher
Alternates:
Grace Slick
Charlie Sheen
On my list would you please drop Cher into alternate position and add Ray Price into primary?
So my list would be:
Acker Bilk
Boyd K. Packer
Paul Anka
Frankie Valli
Miley Cyrus
Ray Price
Claudine Longet
Angie Dickinson
Neil Young
Liza Minelli
Britney Spears
Jim Nabors
Randy Travis
Alternate:
Cher
Many thanks.
Is this Pete Rose?
Just wanted to say thanks, I missed the boat with Ray Price, who fits in to my theme. Gonna have to jump onto that bandwagon.
So my newest rendition of Doomed Country Singers goes like this, switching in Ray Price for Kenny Chesney:
Don Williams
Jim Ed Brown
“Little” Jimmy Dickens
Ray Price
Tanya Tucker
Harold Reid
Phil Balsley
Jimmy Fortune
Don Reid
LeAnn Rimes
Charley Daniels
Juice Newton
Randy Travis
Alts
Kenny Chesney
Kenny Rogers
Charley Pride
Nah, it’s pet rock. But as a fad, it’s been dead for ages. 
truly admire whomever it was that marketed Pet Rocks. If you can get someone to pay money for a packaged rock, well, that’s more clever than selling ice in Siberia.
I never bought one, but I saw the “adoption” papers for one, instructions on introducing your rock to it’s new home. People got PAID to sit around and think up something like that.
OK, I’ve been playing this ferkakte game for almost a decade now, and I’ve had one death. 2014 will be my year!
There’s a bullet (or bomb or shiv or drone or whatever) with their name on it:
- Bernie Madoff, b. 1938.
- Jerry Sandusky, b. 1944
- Kim Jong-Un, b. 1983 or 1984
- Edward Snowden, b. 1983
- Bradley/Chelsea Manning, b. 1987
- Alex Jones, b. 1974
May hasten The Sweet Release of Death, by their own hand:
- José Canseco, b. 1964
- Dustin Diamond, b. 1977
The Grim Reaper comes to collect after years of drugs, partying, and life on the edge:
- Lindsay Lohan, b. 1986
- Boy George, b. 1961
- Pete Doherty, b. 1979
- Charlie Sheen, b. 1965
I need a 13th pick, so I’m picking a random young person with no known drug, behavior, or health issues:
- Dakota Fanning, b. 1994
Plain List:
Bernie Madoff
Jerry Sandusky
Kim Jong-Un
Edward Snowden
Bradley Manning
Alex Jones
José Canseco
Dustin Diamond
Lindsay Lohan
Boy George
Pete Doherty
Charlie Sheen
Dakota Fanning
Alternates:
George HW Bush
Bob Barker
Woody Allen