Valarie Harper
Kim Novak
Joan Van Ark
Priscilla Presley
Bobby Rydell
Shelley Fabares
Bill Macy
Barrie Chase
Paul Simon
Prince Phillip
Stephen Hawking
Aretha Franklin
Joey Feek
Alternates:
Pope Benedict
Princess Anne
Burt Reynolds
Updated list. I had no idea who she was (or that she was so close to death) until I heard on the radio today. (Yes I know I’m jumping on a bandwagon here, but it’s easy points).
Yeah - she’s falling faster than I would have liked. I was hoping that she would be out of the news until January.
It’s my usual list. I have had the occasional need to add to the list, but for the most part they just keep hanging on.
I did change the spelling on Hamid Karzai, because when I checked to make sure they were all still alive, I noted that the internet spelled it different.
Keith Richards
Jerry Lewis
Hillary Clinton
MaryKate Olsen
Fidel Castro
Lance Armstrong
Vladimir Putin
Hamid Karzai
Dick Cheney
Nancy Reagan
Billy Graham
Bernie Madoff
Lindsey Lohan
Alternates:
Bernard Cardinal Law
Brittney Spears
Billy Graham is the evangelist
Everyone please check my list, since it virtually guarantees survival
Gary Busey
Ashley Olsen (switching off each year between sisters)
Bob Newhart
Ben “Cooter from the Dukes of Hazzard” Jones
Peter Noone (Herman’s Hermits)
Joey Feek (apparently on everyone’s list this year)
Mohammad Ali
Jim Nabors
Martin Landau
Stephen Hawking
Fidel Castro
Nick Nolte
Leslie Uggamms (played Kizzy on Roots)
plain list
Gary Busey
Ashley Olsen
Bob Newhart
Ben Jones
Peter Noone
Joey Feek
Mohammad Ali
Jim Nabors
Martin Landau
Stephen Hawking
Fidel Castro
Nick Nolte
Leslie Uggamms
Alternates will be Henry Kissenger, then Mel Gibson
This year I got the goose egg with people turning 70. For 2016, I’m going with people turning 80.
Robert Redford
Burt Reynolds
Alan Alda
Bruce Dern
Mary Tyler Moore
Brian Blessed
Walter Koenig
Steve Landesberg
John Madden
John McCain
Glen Campbell
Engelbert Humperdinck
Ursula Andress
…and if Glen or someone else dies before the end of the year:
Alternates:
Ruth Buzzi
Charlie Daniels
Lou Gossett, Jr.
Peter Murphy
Shane MacGowan
Al Jourgensen
Justin Bieber
Russel Crowe
Mel Gibson
Kim Jong-un
Bashar al-Assad
Hillary Clinton
Mickey Rourke
Bill Cosby
Mike Tyson
Dennis Rodman
Alternates:
Dick Cheney
Joe Biden
AFAIAC, the only question is, “do I have 13 better picks than this one?” I sure don’t, so I’ll be jumping on that bandwagon. I’m not proud.
Missed the last two of these games, but only a couple of my picks for 2013 (Van Cliburn and George “The Possum” Jones) scored that year, so I’ll just replace them with Miley Cyrus and Burt Reynolds.
Ed Asner
Harry Belafonte
Tony Bennett
Silvio Berlusconi
Glen Campbell
Miley Cyrus
Berry Gordy
Loretta Lynn
Peter Marshall
Johnny Mathis
Joan Plowright
Burt Reynolds
Jalal Talabani
Bennett is the singer who left his heart in San Francisco. Marshall is the West Virginia-born former Hollywood Squares host once known as Ralph Pierre LaCock.
Clean List:
Fidel Castro
Raul Castro
Queen Elizabeth II
Charles, Prince of Wales
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Vladimir Putin
Alberto Fujimori
George H.W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Bashir Al-Assad
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Jacques Chirac
ALT
Helmut Kohl
Not proud, but its hard to pass up the points. I joined the bandwagon with Zelda Rubinstein as well.
According to Wiki: Steve Landesberg (November 23, 1936 – December 20, 2010)
That’s why he hasn’t returned my calls!
2015 has been my best Death Pool year ever, mostly thanks to Jules Bianchi, so I’m keeping with the sports theme. I had to make a last minute change because I just found out someone on my list died today! Darn you, Hot Rod!
The 5th annual (already?!) “All-Star” Sports Edition
Muhammad Ali
Dick Vitale
Ara Parseghian
Steve Gleason
Gordie Howe
Robert Kubica
Vin Scully
Jerry Kill
Stan Mikita
Pele
Bart Starr
Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka
A.J. Foyt
Alternates
Richard Simmons
Lamar Odom
OOPS!
Revised:
This year I got the goose egg with people turning 70. For 2016, I’m going with people turning 80.
Robert Redford
Burt Reynolds
Alan Alda
Bruce Dern
Mary Tyler Moore
Brian Blessed
Walter Koenig
Charlie Daniels
John Madden
John McCain
Glen Campbell
Engelbert Humperdinck
Ursula Andress
…and if Glen or someone else dies before the end of the year:
Alternates:
Ruth Buzzi
Lou Gossett, Jr.
Jesus Christ, I am old.
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And not willing to wait. 
We’re a little over a third through the month of December, and only thirty two players have signed up so far.
You all are intent on making my last year as Death Mistress just that much more difficult, aren’t you?
I haven’t even started winnowing my long list yet. I promise, first thing…after Christmas.
Don Williams
Kenny Chesney
Tanya Tucker
Harold Reid
Phil Balsley
Jimmy Fortune
Don Reid
LeAnn Rimes
Charley Daniels
Juice Newton
Charley Pride
Kenny Rogers
Joey Feek
Alts
Hank Williams, Jr.
Glen Campbell
Really sorry for the points I’m going to get for Joey Feek, assuming she lasts until the new year. Not sorry enough to leave her off my list though. God, I suck.
I play a Death Pool game on two other boards, for one of them this is my first year there. It’s based in the UK and I thought you all might be amused as to the difference in who they are picking. I’m not the game moderator, but for my own amusement I’ve been totaling up names. The following is a list of their celebrities that have at least three picks.
Prince Philip 8
Queen Elizabeth II 7
Robert Mugabe 7
Donald Trump 5
Bruce Forsyth 4
George H W Bush 4
Pope Emeritus Benedict 4
Alex Ferguson 3
Gerry Adams 3
Jimmy Carter 3
Justin Beiber 3
Michael J Fox 3
Stephen Hawking 3
Now, for those celebrities in this game that have at least three picks.
Joey Feek 12
Jimmy Carter 8
George H. W. Bush 6
Lindsay Lohan 6
Burt Reynolds 5
Charlie Sheen 5
Fidel Castro 5
Glen Campbell 5
Muhammad Ali 5
Bashar al-Assad 4
Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka 4
John Hurt 4
Mary Tyler Moore 4
Queen Elizabeth II 4
Stephen Hawking 4
Valerie Harper 4
Abe Vigoda 3
Dick Cheney 3
Justin Beiber 3
Kirk Douglas 3
Malcolm Young 3
Martin Crowe 3
Prince Philip 3
Tom Brokaw 3
Tommy Chong 3
Valerie harper
Tommy Chong
Charlie Sheen
John Hurt
Shia LaBeouf
Hugh Heffner
Pope Benedict
Burt Reynolds
George HW Bush
Glen Campbell
Prince Philip
Fidel Castro
Abu Muhammad as-Adnani