Celebrity Death Pool 2016

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202

I unashamedly jump on the Joey Feek bandwagon, just so I can increase my lifetime total of correct picks to 2. Chris Brown is the R&B singer/Rihanna’s ex one and this year’s 27 Club nominee. Don King is the boxing promoter one. Some more new ones, some retreads, any similarity to any other list is coincidental if it matters, which it doesn’t.

Joey Feek
Chris Brown
Leah Remini
Roman Polanski
Eddie Van Halen
George H. W. Bush
Prince Philip
Bill Cosby
Don King
Rush Limbaugh
Jerry Sandusky
Tommy Chong
Vivian Campbell

Alternate:
Demi Lovato

203

Alan Young
Hugh Downs
Nancy Reagan
Monty Hall
Fats Domino
Doris Day
Jimmy Carter
Hal Holbrook
Norman Lear
George Kennedy
Larry Storch
Tommy Lasorda
Shecky Greene
Alternatives:
Bob Barker
Henry Kissinger
John Glenn

204

Myrtle, if that’s Maureen O’Hara the actress she died in October this year.

205

It has been brought to my attention that a certain singer, Craig Strickland, is most likely dead following a boating accident. His body has not been found.

This could be a can of worms, I am pre-emptively going to declare him ineligible for selection in this pool, as nobody has yet selected him.

There will be one exception to this. If his body is found and he is declared dead by midnight tomorrow, CST 12/31, then he may be included. But I would strongly advise you have an alternate, because if he’s not found until January 1 his death won’t count for points. It would hardly seem worth the trouble, so do your Death Mistress a favor, huh?

And, speaking of favors, how about some more entries? To encourage you my next post will be my own entry. I usually wait until late on 12/31.

206

I love Japanese monster movies. Each year I attend a small film festival “Godzilla and Friends”. With that in mind I submit the following list.

Katsumi Tezuka 8/31/1912
Known for working inside a number of Toho monster suits

Haruo Nakajima 1/1/1929 Inside the Godzilla suit in several movies, also acted in other films

Sachio Sakai 2/13/1929 newspaper reporter Hagiwara in first Godzilla

Tadao Takashima 7/27/1930
Japanese actor, know for King Kong vs. Godzilla, plus a lot of others

Kyoko Kagawa 12/5/1931 Portrayed a photographer in first Mothra

Kenji Sahara 5/14/1932

Akira Takarada 4/29/1934 A prominent Japanese actor, he’s a star in the original Godzilla, his first role in movies. Dude is still working.

Yosuke Natsuki 2/27/1936
Movie and TV actor, known for kaiju, was in Yojimbo

Yumi Shirakawa 11/21/1936
Starred alongside Kenji Sahara(see above) in the first Rodan movie

Akira Kubo 12/1/1936
Known for kaiju and samurai films, works in movies and TV, was in the Kurosawa film Throne of Blood

Yumi Ito 4/1/1941 The survivor of the first pair of twin fairies in Mothra

Linda Haynes 11/4/1947

Made her movie debut in the incredibly silly movie Latitude Zero, had a middling sort of career

Mari Nakayama 2/1/1948

Katsumi Tezuka
Haruo Nakajima
Sachio Sakai
Tadao Takashima
Kyoko Kagawa
Kenji Sahara
Akira Takarada
Yosuke Natsuki
Yumi Shirakawa
Akira Kubo
Yumi Ito
Linda Haynes
Mari Nakayama

207

Sorry, some of my unique picks were pilfered when I posted a couple of hours early this year. Last minute post for me.

208

I understand, I hope we get a rush today as well though.

209

If you would be kind enough to pretty please post another recap, Baker, I will be happy to post my list today. Thank you ever so very much. :smiley:

210

I like you!:smiley:

Current top thirteen:

Joey Feek 31
George H. W. Bush 27
Jimmy Carter 24
Valerie Harper 24
Fidel Castro 21
Nancy Reagan 15
Kirk Douglas 12
Lindsay Lohan 12
Muhammad Ali 12
Charlie Sheen 11
Glen Campbell 11
Tommy Chong 11
Bashar al-Assad 10

211

Recycling most of my last list, with some changes:

Steve Gleason, NFL player
Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
Ryan Buell, paranormal investigator
Randy Travis, singer
Dave Rose, basketball coach
Joost van der Westhuizen, rugby player
Martin Crowe, cricketer
Helen Fawkes, BBC reporter
Joey Feek, country music star and this year’s bandwagon pick
Johnathan Szeles, The Amazing Johnathan
Rob Ford, former mayor of Toronto
Daisy Berkowitz, musician
Lindsay Lohan, trainwreck

Alternate
Miley Cyrus, potential wreck
Clean list:

Steve Gleason
Paul Gascoigne
Ryan Buell
Randy Travis
Dave Rose
Joost van der Westhuizen
Martin Crowe
Helen Fawkes
Joey Feek
Johnathan Szeles
Rob Ford
Daisy Berkowitz
Lindsay Lohan

Alternate
Miley Cyrus

212

An excellent decision. I applaud. :slight_smile:

This part confuses me, though. If he’s on someone’s 2016 list, and he dies in 2015, then he doesn’t count for 2016 Death Pool points, by definition. Am I missing something?

Sure, if his body turns up by midnight tomorrow, he’d count on the 2015 list of anyone who had him, though I doubt anyone even considered putting him on their list at this time last year.

213

:smack:

I’m an idiot, and I don’t blame you for being confused.

Let’s just say Mr. Strickland is ineligible for choosing, based on the fact the Death Mistress is not too bright.

214

2016 Death Pool Red Herring List:

Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, Daesh mouthpiece (b. 1977)
Joey Feek (b. 9/9/75)
Joost van der Westhuizen (b. 2/20/71)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (b. 7/28/71)
Martin Crowe (b. 9/22/62)
Johnathan Szeles (b. 9/9/58)
Bryan Murray (b. 12/5/42)
Helen Fawkes (b. x/x/71)
Gino Odjick (b. 9/7/70)
Maher al-Assad (Bashar’s kid brother) (b. 12/8/67)
Kurtis Haiu (b. 7/14/84)
Tom Libous (b. 4/16/53)
Ali Mamlouk (Assad’s former intelligence chief) (b. 2/19/46)

Alternates:
Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka
Clive James

Most of these will be on my final list. I’ve got a few unique picks I’m holding in reserve, but this way I’ve got a passable list if I fall asleep tomorrow night without posting my ‘real’ list. Plus I’m still debating with myself over a few picks.
Clean list:

Abu Mohammad al-Adnani
Joey Feek
Joost van der Westhuizen
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Martin Crowe
Johnathan Szeles
Bryan Murray
Helen Fawkes
Gino Odjick
Maher al-Assad
Kurtis Haiu
Tom Libous
Ali Mamlouk

Alternates:
Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka
Clive James

215

You’re plenty bright, and we appreciate all that you do to keep this game running!

I’m gonna blame it on your not having had your second cup of coffee by the time you wrote that post.

216

Dropping Lindsay, adding the 'Cos

Charlie Sheen
Muhammad Ali
Jimmy Carter
Keith Richards
Ginger Baker
Bill Cosby
Artie Lange
Betty White
Liza Minelli
Michael J Fox
George H W Bush
OJ Simpson
Mike Tyson

217

Pat Summit
Bret Michaels
Linda Ronstadt
Pat Buchanan
Joey Feek
Angela Lansbury
Larry McMurtry
Jimmy Carter
Glen Campbell
Valerie Harper

Alan Greenspan
Francis Ford Coppola
Warren Buffett

Same list as last year (DAMN YOU ALL!), but took out Rush Limbaugh/Morrisey and replaced them with Joey Feek/Glen Campbell.

I hope I didn’t just kill Morrisey… :wink:

218

I’d better amend my list.

Muhammad Ali
Whitey Bulger
George H.W. Bush
Fidel Castro
Bob Dole
Joey Feek
Valerie Harper
Hugh Hefner
Henry Kissinger
Hosni Mubarak
Mort Sahl
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Barbara Walters

Alternates:
Chuck Yeager
Fats Domino
Dick Van Dyke

219

Pretty funny, BobLibDem!

My list, plus alternate:

Joey Feek
Jerry Lewis
Gene Wilder
Casey Anthony
Malcolm Young
Vivien Campbell
Rikki Rockett
Stephen Hawking
Burt Reynolds
Glenn Frey
Justin Bieber
Bob Barker
Craig Strickland

Ethan Couch

220

Strickland has been declared ineligible by our esteemed Death Mistress. See posts 212 and 204.

221

Does Helen Fawkes fall into the category of being famous for being ill? I know she used to be a BBC journalist.