I am protecting him for the second year 
May your skivvies be permanently lined with poison ivy and icy/hot !! 
So much for trying to hide that pick under the radar.
C’mon Saudi King Abdullah, one more day please!
Okay, for 2015, a few tweaks seem in order. The last two I have added are both writers, a novelist and a playwright, respectively. So here’s my list:
John McVie
Hopalong Cassaday
Randy Travis
Sam Simon
Glenn Campbell
Doris Day
Darren Daulton
Carolyn McCarthy
Dana Rinehart
Stuart Scott
Morissey
Jim Harrison
Larry Kramer
and if alternates are necessary at this late posting date, I’ll take
Abe Vigoda
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Stuart Scott
George H. W. Bush
Glen Campbell
Joan Lunden
Sam Simon
Valerie Harper
Robin Roberts
Gordie Howe
Burt Bacharach
Bernie Madoff
Aretha Franklin
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Bob Newhart
Haven’t looked at the other entries so any similarity to any other list is purely coincidental. As if it matters.
Dana Carvey
Hope Solo
Bob Dole
Valerie Harper
George H. W. Bush
Leah Remini
Boris Spassky
Gloria Steinem
Ross Perot
Rihanna
Maury Povich
Tippi Hedren
Judy Blume
Ronnie Galyon
Gordie Howe
Valerie Harper
Jim Kelly
Jerry Kill
George H W Bush
King Abdullah
Tom Baker
Darren Wilson
Donnie Galyon
Tom Baker
Stuart Scott
Muhammad Ali
Louis Farrakhan
Billy Graham
Pat Robertson
Muhammad Ali
Kirk Douglas
Ron Turcotte
Paul Prudhomme
Fats Domino
King Abdullah
Roman Polanski
Ted Turner
Cokie Roberts
Hank Aaron
Sam Simon - DOH!
Charlie Sheen - OD’s on tiger blood
Joost Van Der Westhuizen - one last scrum
50 cent (aka Curtis James Jackson III) the new Tupac?
Bill Clinton - heart gives out on the campaign trail…while snorting cheeseburgers off a naked campaign aide
Valerie Harper
Fidel Castro - the shadow elite want more than normalized relations
Pamela Anderson - her “airbags” aren’t enough to save her in the motorcycle crash
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - Voted most likely to die by Hellfire
Bashar al-Assad - don’t keep your enemies quite that close
Meat Loaf - He can see paradise by the dashboard light
Vladimir “The Crimean Impaler” Putin - reemergence of the old Soviet “flu?!?”
Paula Deen- ODs on gravy
Alt - Larry Flynt
Clean List:
Sam Simon
Charlie Sheen
Joost Van Der Westhuizen
50 cent
Bill Clinton
Valerie Harper
Fidel Castro
Pamela Anderson
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Bashar al-Assad
Meat Loaf
Vladimir Putin
Paula Deen
Alt - Larry Flynt
Thanks again, Baker! Good luck :dubious: everyone!
Rob Ford
Valerie Harper
Stuart Scott
George H.W. Bush
Leonard Nimoy
Larry Kramer
Billy Graham
George Zimmerman
Jan Michael Vincent
Terry Pratchett
Hosni Mubarek
Joseph Ratzinger
Sam Simon
Alternates
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Nancy Reagan
I know he might regenerate, but you have Tom Baker on twice.
Well, I was going to wait until the last possible moment because I was sure that one of my picks, a shoe-in btw, was a unique pick. But as of about 3 hours ago, it’s no longer unique, so here’s my list.
A bit of the Bandwagon, a bit of Other
Bob Barker
Bobby Doerr
Dick Cheney
Fidel Castro
George H.W. Bush
Helmut Schmidt
Jimmy Carter
The Amazing Johnathan
Joseph Wapner
Marty Allen
Nancy Reagan
Nanette Fabray
Zsa Zsa Gabor
alternates:
I. M. Pei
Mary Tyler Moore
Stephen Hawking
Currently in first place for 2014 and hoping for a repeat in 2015! You all should know that if my (extremely narrow) lead holds out for seven more hours, I’ll be donating $8 to the board to celebrate.
Just like last year, this year is a theme list, once again with the theme of Scandinavian folk dancers.
[ol]
[li]Valerie Harper (8/22/1939) - American Actress[/li][li]Bob Benmosche (5/29/1944) - American CEO[/li][li]Sam Simon (6/6/1955) - American TV creator[/li][li]Dave Benton (c. 1963) - American newscaster[/li][li]Gino Odjick (9/7/1970) - Canadian hockey player[/li][li]Joost van deer Westhuizen (2/20/1971) - South African rugby player[/li][li]Oren Miller (c. 1973) - American parenting blogger[/li][li]Sirajuddin Haqqani (c. 1973) - Afghan militant[/li][li]Kjell Lindgren (1/23/1973) - American astronaut[/li][li]Omar Treviño Morales (1/26/1974) - Mexican druglord[/li][li]Pete Doherty (3/12/1979) - English musician [/li][li]Pete Frates (12/28/1984) - American viral fundraiser[/li][li]Lauren Hill - (c. 1995) - American Division III athlete*[/li][/ol]
Alternates:
Sally Waters - civil rights plaintiff
George H.W. Bush - ex pres
Abe Vigoda - why not?
Clean list:
Valerie Harper
Bob Benmosche
Sam Simon
Dave Benton
Gino Odjick
Joost van deer Westhuizen
Oren Miller
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Kjell Lindgren
Omar Treviño Morales
Pete Doherty
Pete Frates
Lauren Hill
*I found her a couple of days ago, and discarded her since she’s really only famous for her illness. But after noticing her in three or four other lists, I figured any challenge I might mount would probably be yelled down. So hey, if you can’t beat 'em.
Mailing it in this year.
Valerie Harper
Muhammad Ali
Lindsay Lohan
Fidel Castro
Scott Hall
Scott Stapp
Amanda Bynes
George H. W. Bush
Brittney Spears
Courtney Love
Michael Douglas
Keith Richards
Miley Cyrus
Alternate:
Sarah Palin
Kate Gosselin
Paul Tuetel Sr
Also, Mad, please check your PM’s ASAP.
How very generous of you!:dubious:
The Game be damned, I want Lauren Hill to live forever!
Same list, year 4. Good luck, everyone.
Danica Patrick
Rush Limbaugh
Bryant Gumbel
Eddie Van Halen
George Michael
Sandra Day O’Connor
Julie Andrews
Nick Nolte
Gary Busey
Rosalyn Carter
Drew Brees
Boy George
Rex Ryan
Alternates:
Elton John
Paul McCartney
Cher
Doesn’t Lauren Hill fall under the ‘famous for being terminally ill’ rule?
Had to replace 2 who shuffled off the mortal coil in 2014 but for the most part, this is a copy and paste of my 2014 list, although Dame Maggie is looking pretty darn good so I replaced her with another Downton Abbey actor, Jim Carter, who plays Mr. Carson the butler.
George Herbert Walker Bush
George Melvin Heathcote
Gordie Howe
Mike Ilitch
Glen Campbell
Clive James
Jim Carter
Tony Dorsett
Sam Simon
Vivian Campbell
Suge Knight
Stuart Scott
Paul John Gascoigne
Doubt that anyone will bite it in the next 6 hrs 10 minutes but just in case my alternate will be
Billy Graham - e
Thanks very much for running this Baker! Except for our paltry expression of thanks, I’m sure it’s a hard and pretty thankless job. Kudos to you! Also Happy Birthday and Happy New Year!
Also sorry about the lateness of my entry; meant to post over the weekend but I’ve been very sick.