Celebrity Death Pool 2017

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321

He isplaying for Australia.

Damn! :slight_smile:

322

I think most stories on Donald Trump would be about his being elected President, for it is the latest thing to happen to him.

323

He has only 12 valid picks.

324

Clive James
Don Newcombe
Gaston Glock
Leah Bracknell
Huston Smith
Jimmy Snuka
Marie Fredriksson
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Harlan Ellison
Randy Romero
Greg Gilbert
Steve Sumner
Jessi Zazu

325

Leah Bracknell – English Actress
Charles Bradley - American R&B Singer
Glen Campbell – American Country Singer
Errol Christie – English Boxer
Shannen Doherty – American Actress
Gord Downie – Canadian Musician
Greg Gilbert – English Singer (Delays)
Peter Skellern - English Singer-Songwriter
Stefán Karl Stefánsson – Icelandic Actor
Steve Sumner – New Zealand Soccer Player
Joost van der Westhuizen – South African Rugby Player
Marieke Vervoort – Belgian Paralympic Athlete
John Wetton – English Singer (Asia)

Alternates
Jessi “Zazu” Wariner – American Singer (Those Darlins)
John Bain – YouTube Gaming Commentator
Val Kilmer - Actor
John Newman - English Singer

Clean List

Leah Bracknell
Charles Bradley
Glen Campbell
Errol Christie
Shannen Doherty
Gord Downie
Greg Gilbert
Peter Skellern
Stefán Karl Stefánsson
Steve Sumner
Joost van der Westhuizen
Marieke Vervoort
John Wetton

Alternates
Jessi “Zazu” Wariner
John Bain
Val Kilmer
John Newman

326

I think he might be alive after all.

:smiley:

327

My third go at this. I did better this year, and am clinging to a top-10 finish.

On to the lucky contestants:
The Amazing Jonathan (aka Johnathan Szeles, magician)
Glen Campbell (singer)
Rod Carew (baseball player)
Austin Carlile (singer)
Shannen Doherty (actor)
Gord Downie (musician)
Stephen Hawking (scientist)
Mary Tyler Moore (actor)
William “Refrigerator” Perry (football player)
Dave Rosser (musician)
Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka (wrestler)
Mel Stottlemyre Sr. (baseball player/coach)
Melissa Young (model/Trump fan)

Alternate:
Valerie Harper (actor)
PLEASE NOTE: There are both a Mel Stottlemyre Sr. and Jr. alive out there. I believe at least one person just listed “Mel Stottlemyre” on their list, and I want to make sure mine reflects which one I want.
Clean List:

The Amazing Jonathan
Glen Campbell
Rod Carew
Austin Carlile
Shannen Doherty
Gord Downie
Stephen Hawking
Mary Tyler Moore
William “Refrigerator” Perry
Dave Rosser
Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka
Mel Stottlemyre Sr.
Melissa Young

Alternate:
Valerie Harper

328

I included Mel Stottlemyre on my list. I’m not sure if it’s junior or senior that I’m after, but if it helps, I meant the guy with terminal cancer (I’m assuming that would be Sr.).

ETA:
I looked it up – it is inded Sr. with multiple myeloma.

329

This certainly needs to be addressed. It looks to me this is an amateur rugby player and full time glazier who became famous because of his illness. I’m not from New Zealand but that’s what the articles look like.

330

Entirely valid; he’s noted before his illness: http://www.rugbynews.net.au/nrc-team-previews-introducing-the-nsw-country-eagles/

331

Actually, I’m going to retract that. On second thoughts, I think he’s an edge case.

332

My alternate if Suisala is denied is Sharon Laws.
Thanks.

333

Here we go with my list of immortals.

Bill Macy
Norman Lear
Betty White
Bob Barker
Clive James
Hugh Hefner
George HW Bush
Teri Garr
Mary Tyler Moore
Valerie Harper
Penny Marshall
Tommy Chong
Donald Trump

Alternates:
Dick Van Dyke
Keith Richards
Nick Nolte

334
  1. Ross Perot
  2. Dan Rather
  3. Barbra Striesand
  4. Lindsay Lohan
  5. John McCain
  6. Raul Castro (cuban guy)
  7. Tom Cruise (Actor,not the Hoveround inventor)
  8. Donald Trump
  9. William Shatner
  10. Nichelle Nichols
  11. Queen Elizabeth II
  12. Dionne Warwick (and she didn’t see it coming)
  13. Nanette Fabray (low hanging fruit)

Alternates

  1. Warren Miller (the snow skiing guy, although this name makes me uneasy)
  2. Charles Bryant Gumbel

Clean list

Dan Rather
Barbra Striesand
Lindsay Lohan
John McCain
Raul Castro
Tom Cruise
Donald Trump
William Shatner
Nichelle Nichols
Queen Elizabeth II
Dionne Warwick
Nanette Fabray

Warren Miller
Charles Bryant Gumbel

335

I assume Stottlemyre is Mel Stottlemyre Sr?

336

My first ever death pool entry. With gratitude to my mentor, Phungi. This is a list where you can actually root for the people to die. Drone strikes baby, drone strikes.

  1. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - ISIS leader. DOB 7/28/71
  2. Abu Musab al-Barnawi - head of ISIS/West Africa/Nigeria Division aka Boko Haram. DOB 1994
  3. Turki al-Binali - ISIS chief religious advisor and recruiter. DOB 9/3/84
  4. Abu Luqman- chief interrogator and emir (military commander) for ISIS (Raqqah region). DOB 1973
    ​5. ​Sirajuddin Haqqani​ - Deputy leader of Taliban/Haqqani insurgency in Afghanistan.​ ​ DOB 5/14/89
  5. Hafiz Mohammad Saeed - co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and the chief or amir of Jama’at-ud-Da’wah (Pakistani Terrorist Affiliate). DOB 6/5/50
  6. Oussama Atar - ISIS member and mastermind of 2015-2016 Paris and Brussels attacks. DOB 1984
  7. Ayman al-Zawahiri - leader of Al Qaeda. 6/19/51
  8. Qasim al-Raymi - leader of Al Queda in the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen). DOB 6/5/78
  9. Yahya Abu el Hammam - senior leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)—North Africa. DOB 9/5/78
  10. Asim Umar - leader of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)—South Asia. DOB 1975
  11. Ahmad Umar - leader of Al Qaeda/Al-Shabaab—East Africa (Somalia). DOB 1972
  12. Abu Mohammad al-Julani - leader of Al Qaeda/Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS)—Syria. DOB 1977
    Alternate: Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil - senior al-Qaeda facilitator and financier based in Iran. DOB 1982
337

Okay here is my clean list:

  1. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
  2. Abu Musab al-Barnawi
  3. Turki al-Binali
  4. Abu Luqman
    ​5. ​Sirajuddin Haqqani​
  5. Hafiz Mohammad Saeed
  6. Oussama Atar
  7. Ayman al-Zawahiri
  8. Qasim al-Raymi
  9. Yahya Abu el Hammam
  10. Asim Umar
  11. Ahmad Umar
  12. Abu Mohammad al-Julani
    Alternate: Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil
338

This is Mel Sr.

339

That’s being generous. He’s a prospect who hoped to become pro some day. It’s close to the pick we had a few years ago with a AA baseball player who was sick. The media picked up on it because he was young and it’s sad not because they were famous.

Since this is mostly a gentlemans game I would hope you could see that at best you are stretching the definition of celebrity to the breaking point. This type of pick has driven people away from the game. I’ve had quite a few of these types of picks over the years and I’ve always self regulated them.

340

My Mel Stottlemyre is for the Sr. as well (the guy who’s 75 currently). I’m guessing everyone who hasn’t indicated otherwise is referring to him.