You get 13 picks, not ten.
Holy cow – one day to go!
Abner Mikva
Mario M. Cuomo
Gordie Howe
George Shultz
Lee Iacocca
Marty Allen
Christopher Lee
Henry Kissinger
Jerry Lee Lewis
Dan Walker
Hal Holbrook
John Glenn
Olivia de Havilland
Stig has been dead for ages honestly. 
OK, here’s my list:
Muhammad Ali
George H.W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Valerie Harper
Rob Ford
Sam Simon
Stuart Scott
Steve Byrnes
Wilko Johnson
Clive James
Bill Gallagher
Bret Michaels
Brittany Daniel
Alternates:
Kim Jong-Un
Amanda Bynes
Daisy Berkowitz
Notes:
Bill Gallagher is the chair of the Montana Public Service Commission.
Stuart Scott and Steve Byrnes are TV sports announcers.
Bret Michaels was the frontman for the rock group Poison.
Brittany Daniel is the actress (Sweet Valley High, The Game).
I have to put Gene Wilder on my list because he’s been on it for years and I’m too superstitious to take him off. I would gladly forfeit any points or Death Pool glory to keep Mr. Wilder alive.
An excellent point, Sir.
You have may most sincere apologies.
I’m not a “sir”, I’m a “ma’am”!
Well, no I’m not, but I’m a lady.
Well, no I’m not, but…well, you get the picture! 
They ARE macadamia nuts!
George H. W. Bush (12 June 1924)
Valeria Harper (22 August 1939)
Fidel Castro (13 August 1926)
Sam Simon (6 June 1955)
Jimmy Carter (1 October 1924)
Muhammad Ali (17 January 1942)
Nancy Reagan (6 July 1921)
Dick Cheney (30 January 1941)
Lindsay Lohan (2 July 1986)
Billy Graham - e (November 7, 1918)
Jerry Lewis (16 March 1926)
Pope Emeritus Benedict (16 April 1927)
Mary Tyler Moore (29 December 1936)
—Alt
Rob Ford (28 May 1969)
Clean list:
George H. W. Bush
Valeria Harper
Fidel Castro
Sam Simon
Jimmy Carter
Muhammad Ali
Nancy Reagan
Dick Cheney
Lindsay Lohan
Billy Graham - e
Jerry Lewis
Pope Emeritu
Mary Tyler Moore
—Alt
Rob Ford
I will say I’m still seeing lists of 13 and 3’s, ala RTFirefly, etc.
Anyway, to be clear, here’s my final list of 13:
Pat Summit
Bill Cosby
Bret Michaels
Linda Ronstadt
Pat Buchanan
Rush Limbaugh
Angela Lansbury
Warren Buffett
Larry McMurtry
Francis Ford Coppola
Morrisey
Danny Glover
Valerie Harper
Jimmy Carter
Joan Lunden
Alan Greenspan
Yes, Ma’am.
Again I apologize, Ma’am.
Proofreading is a lost art.
Resubmitting the clean list.
George H. W. Bush
Valeria Harper
Fidel Castro
Sam Simon
Jimmy Carter
Muhammad Ali
Nancy Reagan
Dick Cheney
Lindsay Lohan
Billy Graham - e
Jerry Lewis
Pope Emeritus Benedict
Mary Tyler Moore
—Alt
Rob Ford
Sorry about the double work, Baker.
Given her high profile position in the Episcopal Church as the Bishop Suffragan of Baltimore and her apparent raging alcoholism, I suspect Heather Cook will come down with a bad case of suicide after she dries out and realizes she faces vehicular homicide charges for hitting (and running from the scene) a cyclist over the weekend.
Please drop Judy Blume from my list, and add Heather Cook. Clean list:
Heather Cook
Tony Iommi
Lynne Stewart
Beau Biden
Valerie Harper
Jim Kelly
Tom Brokaw
Rob Ford
Steve Byrnes
Al Sharpton
Phil Specter
Sam Simon
Ian McKellan
Alternates:
Randy Travis
Mari Hulman George
Note: in case previous post was missed, Jim Kelly refers to the QB.
Once again, my theme is people who refuse to die:
Dana Carvey
Fidel Castro
Michael Douglas
Richard Dreyfuss
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Judith Krantz
Robert Loggia
Gina Lollobrigida
John McLaughlin
Gerald McRaney
Frankie Muniz
John Paul Stevens
Brian Wilson
Note that John McLaughlin is the host of The McLaughlin Group, and Brian Wilson is the Beach Boy.
Alternates:
Liza Minelli
George H.W. Bush
Oh wise and powerful Baker. Any chance of a recap of the top picks sometime later today? I thank thee graciously in advance. 
It’s “Thee”, suckup breath.
:dubious:
These are the top thirteen, as it stands while I type this.
George H.W. Bush 33
Valerie Harper 28
Fidel Castro 26
Sam Simon 20
Muhammad Ali 18
Jimmy Carter 17
Dick Cheney 15
Lindsay Lohan 14
Billy Graham-e 13
Nancy Reagan 12
Mary Tyler Moore 11
Rob Ford 10
Stephen Hawking 10
Thank you, oh wise and beautiful Deathmistress
OK, my first time out. No particular theme, although there are only a few I’d be sad to see go:
Orson Scott Card
Fidel Castro
Michele Bachmann
Glen Campbell
Pat Boone
Randy Quaid
Dick Cheney
Keith Richards
Jerry Lewis
Rush Limbaugh
Pope Emeritus Benedict
Jerry Springer
Timothy Loehmann
(Loehmann is the police officer who shot Tamir Rice in Cleveland. According to news reports, he’s 26, but I didn’t find a birthdate.)
No alternates – I had a hard enough time coming up with this list and I’ve probably guaranteed them all at least one more year.
I was going to hold out till the last minute but I know I would probably forget.
Last year’s themed list was slightly clever but was a total bust. This year is a mixture from old lists and some new picks. Copy at your own peril since past performance proves I suck at this game.
[ol]
[li]Stuart Scott ESPN personality[/li][li]Jim Kelly NFL great[/li][li]Amy Robach GMA host[/li][li]Miguel Ferrer actor/Clooney cousin[/li][li]Jerry Lawler ex-wrestler[/li][li]Gary Dourdan CSI actor[/li][li]Jake “The Snake” Roberts ex-wrestler (but probably wrestling somewhere)[/li][li]Lemmy Kilmister Motorhead singer[/li][li]Hal Moore retired general/author hold over from themed list[/li][li]Scott Stapp loopy singer[/li][li]Bart Starr NFL great[/li][li]Nick Stahl actor[/li][li]Henning Mankell Wallander author[/li][/ol]
Alts in case three kick the bucket before tomorrow night.
Rob Ford
Sean Connery
Roger Moore
Clean list
Stuart Scott
Jim Kelly
Amy Robach
Miguel Ferrer
Jerry Lawler
Gary Dourdan
Jake “The Snake” Roberts
Lemmy Kilmister
Hal Moore
Scott Stapp
Bart Starr
Nick Stahl
Henning Mankell
Rob Ford
Sean Connery
Roger Moore
I had two solid years in a row, top ten finish in both 2012 and 2013. But I got totally shut out this year unless one of my picks drops dead in the next 33 hours. Death is a fickle mistress…
Some recycled from my 2014 list, and a few replacements:
Steve Gleason
Ron Jeremy
Rick Ross
Suge Knight
Guy Clark
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Mike Tyson
Valerie Harper
Terry Pratchett
Hulk Hogan
Sam Simon
Bryan Murray
Stuart Scott
In case one of those drops before the ball tomorrow night, an alternate:
Rob Ford
Which one? Freeway Rick Ross the (in)famous criminal or the rapper Rick Ross who took his name but is actually William Leonard Roberts II?