Celebrity Death Pool 2016

Mine is going to be heavy on former wrestlers.

Paul Vachon (former wrestler)
General Adnan (Adnan Al-Kaissie, former wrestler)
The Iron Sheik (Hossein Ali Vaziri, former wrestler)
Mr. Fuji (Harry Fujiwara, former wrestler)
Jake “The Snake” Roberts (former wrestler)
Lord Littlebrook (Eric Tovey, foyer wrestler)
Hulk Hogan (Terry Bolea, wrestler)
El Mongol (Raul Molina, former wrestler)
And some non-wrestlers
Joey Feek (I’m on the bandwagon)
Fidel Castro
Pope Benedict XVI
And two death pool classics
Abe Vigoda
Zsa Zsa Gabor

Alternate, picked because I hope he doesn’t die

Leonard Cohen
The clean list

Paul Vachon
General Adnan
The Iron Sheik
Mr. Fuji
Jake “The Snake” Roberts
Lord Littlebrook
Hulk Hogan
El Mongol
Joey Feek
Fidel Castro
Pope Benedict XVI
Abe Vigoda
Zsa Zsa Gabor

Leonard Cohen

  1. Vivian Campbell – Guitarist
  2. Stan Lee – godfather of Marvel
  3. Billy Zoom – Guitarist
  4. Jerry Jones – Cowboys owner
  5. Jerry Gaskill – King’s X drummer
  6. Bart Starr – Football player
  7. Glen Campbell – Country singer
  8. George H.W. Bush – Former president
  9. Joe Jackson – Jackson 5 family patriarch
  10. Tommy Chong – Stoner
  11. Suge Knight – Record producer
  12. Muhammad Ali – Boxer
  13. David Quessenberry - Football player
    First alternate: Reverend Donald Wildmon – Raging Douchebag

Clean:

Vivian Campbell
Stan Lee
Billy Zoom
Jerry Jones
Jerry Gaskill
Bart Starr
Glen Campbell
George H.W. Bush
Joe Jackson
Tommy Chong
Suge Knight
Muhammad Ali
David Quessenberry

My list:

Gary Busey
Artie Lange
George W. Bush, Sr.
Muhammad Ali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Corey Feldman
Linda Ronstadt
Gordie Howe
Dick Cheney
Alex Trebek
Kirk Douglas
Buzz Aldrin
Valerie Harper

Alternates:

Billy Graham
Bob Dole
Nancy Reagan

Happy Birthday Deathmistress!!
& Thank you for all the hard work you have done (&will do) as Deathmistress!

Sucking up done … here is my list:

Bryan Murray (Ottawa Senator’s GM)
Martin Crowe (still hanging in there – NZ cricket legend)
Candye Kane (Blues singer)
Tommy Chong(Treating cancer with pot … on my list you go)
Joey Feek (this year’s bandwagon)
Ken McCray (Drummer for Tilts and Superjam)
The Amazing Johnathan AKA John Edward Szeles
Joost van der Westhuizen (South African Rugby Player)
Louise Plowright, (British stage actress)
Jeff Lowe ( mountain climber)
Mel Stottlemyre Sr. (Baseball legend)
Rob Ford (Toronto’s ex-mayor & crackhead)
René Angélil (Mr Celine Dion)

Clean List:
Bryan Murray
Martin Crowe
Candye Kane
Tommy Chong
Joey Feek
Ken McCray
The Amazing Johnathan
Joost van der Westhuizen
Louise Plowright
Jeff Lowe
Mel Stottlemyre Sr.
Rob Ford
René Angélil

Alternates:
Sharon Jones
Senator Bob Bennett
Clive Derby-Lewis
Helen Fawkes

As of the time I started totaling again we had 117 players. The top thirteen are as follows

Joey Feek 51
Valerie Harper 36
George H. W. Bush 33
Jimmy Carter 30
Fidel Castro 26
Muhammad Ali 21
Glen Campbell 18
Nancy Reagan 18
Martin Crowe 17
Tommy Chong 17
Kirk Douglas 16
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 15
The Amazing Johnathan 14

Sixty people who played last year have not yet played, but we have a lot of folks who didn’t play and some newbies as well.

I’m making one change to my original list. I’m taking off “Boosie Badazz” and putting on Tony Iommi. He even fits in the same slot alphabetically as the guy he’s replacing.

It’s destiny, I tells ya!

So the list is:

Jason Becker
Bonnie Brown
Vivian Campbell
Dick Dale
Pete Doherty
Joey Feek
Tony Iommi
Wilko Johnson
Lee Kerslake
James Murphy
John Prine
Ricki Rockett
Malcolm Young

Alternates:
Wade Hayes
Rick Ross
Delta Goodrem

Gordon Banks
Bonnie Brown
Vivian Campbell
Aaron Carter
Joey Feek
Jared Fogle
Paul Gascoigne
John Hurt
Val Kilmer
Sinead O’Connor
Pavel Srnicek
Joost van der Westhuizen
Malcolm Young

Alternates:
Pat Harrington Jr.
Charlie Sheen
Nicholas Brendan

The anniversary of my first post, the list.

12 of 13 are from 2015 (I suck at this)

Hope full gimmies are; Zsa Zsa, George 41, Gordie Howe & John Hurt.

Abu (drones are circling) ISIS Baghdadi

One prime rib away from BAM! Is Emeril and Steve Christy

Small planes are bad for Han Solo and John Travolta.

Drugs are bad M’kay? Courtney Love, Charlie Sheen and Edward Furlong will prove.

Last but not least for the sake of humanity The Donald.

Zsa Zsa Gabor
George H W Bush
John Hurt
Gordie Howe
Abu Baker al-Baghdadi
Steve Christy
Emeril Lagasse
John Travolta
Harrison Ford
Courtney Love
Edward Furlong
Charlie Sheen
Donald Trump

Dammit I forgot to invoke the blessing of our patron Saint:

All hail Abe Vigoda.

We’ll see you here in 2116…

King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Barbara Bush
Jimmy Carter
Fidel Castro
Olivia De Havilland
Joey Feek
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Billy Graham
Valerie Harper
Orrin Hatch
Empress Michiko
Prince Philip
Gloria Vanderbilt

He’s already dead

List for 2016 after 2 years off .

Charlie Sheen
Amanda Bynes
Burt Renyolds
George H.W. Bush
Clint Eastwood
Paula Deen
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Josh Duggar
Hugh Heffner
Bill Cosby
Bobby Brown
Dick Cheney
Joseph Ratzinger

alts

Betty White
Justin Bieber
Suge Knight

Theme list this year. Unfortunately, there are only twelve people currently living who fit my theme. Bonus internet points for figuring out the theme!

Christopher Plummer - 13 December 1929
Ellen Burstyn - 7 December 1932
Quincy Jones - 14 March 1933
Tony Walton - 24 October 1934
Maggie Smith - 28 December 1934
Vanessa Redgrave - 30 July 1937
Al Pacino - 25 April 1940
Helen Mirren - 26 Juy 1945
Liza Minnelli - 12 March 1946
Jeremy Irons - 19 September 1948
Geoffrey Rush - 6 July 1951
Frances McDormand - 23 June 1957


Christopher Plummer
Ellen Burstyn
Quincy Jones
Tony Walton
Maggie Smith
Vanessa Redgrave
Al Pacino
Helen Mirren
Liza Minnelli
Jeremy Irons
Geoffrey Rush
Frances McDormand

Theme: A List of Evilness (IMO, most sadly still around from 2015 list)

*Anders Behring Breivik - Norwegian mass murderer
*Kim Jong-un - Supreme Leader of North Korea
*Robert Mugabe - President of Zimbabwe
*Bernard Madoff - disgraced financier

  • Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - putative leader of ISIS
  • Abu Muhammad al-Adnani - ISIS director of external operations
    *Charles Taylor - Former President of Liberia
    *Casey Anthony - Acquitted of killing her 2 year old daughter
    *Pedro Lopez - Columbian serial killer
    *Omar al-Bashir - President of Sudan
    *Mengistu Haile Mariam - - Ethiopian politician, responsible for millions of deaths
    *Vladimir Putin - President of Russia
    *Than Shwe - Senior General of Burma

Plain List:
Anders Behring Breivik
Kim Jong-un
Robert Mugabe
Bernard Madoff
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Abu Muhammad al-Adnani
Charles Taylor
Casey Anthony
Pedro Lopez
Omar al-Bashir
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Vladimir Putin
Than Shwe

I missed last year and it has been a hole in my black, black heart. I don’t have any theme.

Without further adieu:

George Zimmerman
Gary Sandusky
Ethan Couch
Martin Crowe
Cliven Bundy
Warren Jeffs
Abu Bakr-Al Baghaddi
Joey Feek
Malcolm Young
Jason Becker
Bahar Al Assad
Fernando Ricksen
Fidel Castro

Good luck to all and to all a Happy Year of Reaping!

No theme just a list

Kirk Douglas
Muhammad Ali
Kim Jong-un
Vladimir Putin
Rush Limbaugh
Michelle Malkin
George Soros
Pope Emirates Benedict XVI
Rahm Emanuel
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman

Alt
Jimmy Carter
Enrique Iglesias

Reep, you get 13 picks.

Thank you – it will teach me to read the instructions:

Michael J. Fox
Kirk Douglas
Muhammad Ali
Kim Jong-un
Vladimir Putin
Rush Limbaugh
Michelle Malkin
George Soros
Pope Emirates Benedict XVI
Rahm Emanuel
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman
Jimmy Carter
Enrique Iglesias

Just to clarify, the former Bills QB.

If anyone has Wayne Rogers, you better switch. He just died at the last moment.