Celebrity Death Pool 2015

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Hush! Don’t confuse my list with facts!

not as Lisa, but she did appear in at least one, if not more, episodes as Lisa’s sister

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Now I feel less like an idiot.

I’ve only ever seen one episode of Green Acres. All I remember is someone got a dentist chair as a gift. We watched *Bewitched *and I Dream of Jeannie reruns in my house.

Arnold Ziffel, whose Mother tragically committed sooie cide.

My tragic news, although some forty years old, has killed the thread.

Well at least something died.

It is small comfort.
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Here you go. The top thirteen so far are as follows.

Jimmy Carter 8
Muhammad Ali 8
Valerie Harper 8
George H.W. Bush 7
Lindsay Lohan 6
Barbara Bush 5
Charlie Sheen 5
Dick Cheney 5
Fidel Castro 5
Nancy Reagan 5
Sam Simon 5
Abe Vigoda 4
Billy Graham 4

Arnold’s grandmother made her screen debut in Sunrise: A Tale of Two Humans (and One Pig).

OK, I’m jumping in.

  1. Lynne Stewart, activist
  2. Bill Cosby, as long as suicide counts. Or maybe he’ll have a heart attack.
  3. Terry Pratchett. This is the one on my list who I hope doesn’t die.
  4. Larry Kramer. OK, make that two that I hope don’t die.
  5. Steve Strange, singer
  6. Dave Prowse, actor
  7. Sam Simon, producer/director
  8. Lindsay Lohan, just because
  9. Fidel Castro
  10. Randy Travis
  11. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
  12. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  13. Michael Schumacher

Alternates:

  1. Chet Haze, Tom Hanks’s druggie son
  2. Rob Kardashian
  3. Rob Ford, ex-mayor

Could you please do me the favor of posting your list clean, that is, without numbers or commentary? Thanks!:smiley:

Sorry. Clean List:

Lynne Stewart
Bill Cosby
Terry Pratchett
Larry Kramer
Steve Strange
Dave Prowse
Sam Simon
Lindsay Lohan
Fidel Castro
Randy Travis
Prince Philip
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Michael Schumacher

Alternates:
Chet Haze
Rob Kardashian
Rob Ford

Thank you.

Billy Graham is still alive?
Oye!

Both of them are apparently. :smiley:

Jay-jus!
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This.

That conversation is like the dead pool ““challenge coin”” eh?

Seeing Fidel on the list, I Googled him to remind myself of how many points he might be worth (born Aug. 13, 1926), and immediately saw this piece of news from just yesterday:

And yes, that link is to NPR, and not The Onion.

There are times when you have to ask yourself: how the fuck does parody stand a chance, when reality keeps jumping ahead?

50% holdovers from my 2014 list, 50% new:

Rob Ford
Roky Erickson
Andrés Galarraga
Valerie Harper
Peter Criss
Tony Iommi
Joost van der Westhuizen
Sly Stone
Scott Stapp
Pete Rose
Sam Simon
Ginger Baker
Carrie Fisher

Alternates:

Rick Santorum
Dick Cheney

The Dope must be getting kinder and gentler. we are five days behind last year for the count we have now.:frowning: