Firstly, thanks to Baker for doing such a great job running the Death Pool.
I’m hoping to enjoy Idle Thoughts Reign of Terror equally!
I’m from NZ & my dates are written NZ style.
Kang Kek Iew or Comrade Duch 17/11/42
Rolf Harris 30/3/30
Bridgette Bardot 28/9/34
Sinead O’Connor 8/12/66
Phil Judd 20/3/53 Founding member of both The Swingers & highly influential NZ band Split Enz.
CK Stead 17/10/32 New Zealand’s most eminent poet
Keri Hulme 9/3/47
Gordon Lightfoot 17/11/38
Yoko Ono 18/2/33
Marianne Faithfull 29/12/46
Alain Delon 8/11/35
Sir Colin Meads 3/6/36 Hard to believe that cancer could fell “Pinetree”
Kanye West 8/6/77
Alternates
Zayn Malik 12/1/93
Harry Lyon
Ricky Ball
Lyon & Ball are both from NZ band Hello Sailor. They would be around 65. I’ll find out their birthdates if necessary
Clean List
Kang Kek Iew
Rolf Harris
Bridgette Bardot
Sinead O’Connor
Phil Judd
CK Stead
Keri Hulme
Gordon Lightfoot
Yoko Ono
Marianne Faithfull
Alain Delon
Sir Colin Meads
Kanye West
Well, one of my picks died before the game started! R.I.P., Bernard Fox.
This has never happened to me before. Is the protocol for me to submit a new list? If so, here ya go! (What would have happened had I not noticed his passing before year end? Would a random alternate have been chosen for me?)
Bill Dana
Fats Domino
Monty Hall
Larry Storch
Chuck Berry
Pat Carroll
Joyce Randolph
Doris Day
June Lockhart
Rose Marie
Henry Kissinger
Nita Talbot
Roy Clark
alts:
Bill Daily
Kaye Ballard
Sean Penn
Warren Beatty
Dick Cavett
Peter Fonda
Carly Simon
Agnetha Faltskog
Ronnie Spector
Dawn Wells
Stephen Stills
Tito Jackson
Earl Campbell
Willie Mays
Jan Hammer
Alternates:
Stevie Wonder
Bernie Taupin
Jackson Browne
Well another year with no points. So for the third straight year…
Charlie Watts
Bart Starr
Jimmy Carter
George H W Bush
Joe Namath
Don Shula
Bob Uecker
Doc Severinsen
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Doris Day
Cloris Leachman
Betty White
I think I’ve earned two points (not in the same year) in the years I’ve played. Last time was 2015, and I only needed to remove one from that’s year’s list – Harper Lee. But just for fun, I changed it up some anyway.
William Shatner
Valerie Harper
John Hurt
Teri Garr
George H. W. Bush
Kareem Abdul Jabar
Bill Clinton
Sarah Hyland
Bob Newhart
Tommy Chong
Robert Mugabe
Tom Brokaw
Liza Minnelli
Harlan Ellison
Donald Trump
Vince Dooley
Glen Campbell
Peter Dinklage
Warren Buffett
Charlie Munger
Bill Russell
Jerry Lewis
Jane Asher
Tina Fey
Michael J. Fox
Mel Brooks
Petula Clark
Diana Ross
Dionne Warwick
Barbara Pierce Bush
Tony Danza
George H. W. Bush
Valerie Harper
Mary Tyler Moore
Burt Reynolds
Keith Richards
Jim Nabors
Alan Alda
Bill Cosby
Theme: A List of Evilness (IMO, most sadly still around from 2016 list)
*Donald Trump - orange hued evil incarnate
*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
*Charles Taylor - Former President of Liberia
*Casey Anthony - Acquitted of killing her 2 year old daughter
*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
*Bashar al-Assad - President of Syria
Alternate:
Alexander Lukashenko - President of Belarus
Plain List:
Donald Trump
Anders Behring Breivik
Kim Jong-un
Robert Mugabe
Bernard Madoff
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Charles Taylor
Casey Anthony
Omar al-Bashir
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Vladimir Putin
Than Shwe
Bashar al-Assad
Tim Curry
Gord Downie
Bam Margera
Macaulay Culkin
Paris Jackson
Travis Barker
Axl Rose
Keith Richards
Malcolm Young
Kanye West
Shannon Doherty
Sinead O’Connor
William Shatner
Valerie Harper
Larry King
Jimmy Carter
Lindsay Lohan
Katie Couric
Pope Emeritus Benedict
Billy Graham
Charlie Sheen
Betty White
Micheal J. Fox
Kanye West
Tom Brokaw
Hillory Clinton
Swinging for the fences in 2017… uh… Well, this’ll likely be another strikeout year for me
Shannen Doherty (actress perhaps best known as Brenda on Beverly Hills 90210 TV series)
Justin Bieber (singer)
Amanda Bynes (actress)
Natasha Lyonne (actress best known for her role in American Pie)
Edward Furlong (actor most famous for being kid John Connor in Terminator 2)
‘Mama’ June Shannon (reality show star from Here Comes Honey Boo Boo)
Charlie Sheen (actor)
Kylie Jenner (reality show star)
Maurice Clarette (former high profile Ohio State football athlete and NFL draftee)
Ryan Leaf (former NFL athlete)
Johnny Manziel (former NFL athlete)
Lamar Odom (former NBA athlete)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (reported to be ISIL leader)
Alternates
Flava Flav (rapper)
Owen Wilson (actor)
Simplified list for ye ole’ spreadsheet entry…
Shannen Doherty
Justin Bieber
Amanda Bynes
Natasha Lyonne
Edward Furlong
June Shannon
Kylie Jenner
Maurice Clarette
Ryan Leaf
Johnny Manziel
Lamar Odom
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
