Celebrity Death Pool 2018

I knew his time in the Navy was basically well after Korea and before Vietnam but for some reason I wanted to put him closer to 80. He just had that old look down so damn well.

Another (somewhat less) notable golfer died today.

Five time PGATour winner, Phil Rodgers died today at age 80. No citation yet but I doubt if anyone picked him.

He won the 1962 Los Angeles Open. That tournament was Jack Nicklaus’s professional debut. He later coached Jack Nicklaus in the short game.

The 2017 Rules stipulated:

emphasis mine

I guess the 2018 rules changed.

The body of Roosevelt Rene was fund in the house of Janoris Jenkins, NY Giants player. Rene was a music producer, going by the name of Trypps Beatz and described himself as “a multi-talented” hip-hop producer and artist."

Story here

unintentional, and I expect that will be corrected for 2019…

TMZ is reporting that Joe Jackson will not be down for breakfast.

And here is a link for Joe Jackson, 89. Although I will note that no official announcement has been made at this time.

The Straight Dope-gone at age 45.

Harlan Ellison DEAD AT 84

SHIT!

GhodmotherfuckingDAMNit!

Damn.

A former girl friend named her son Harlan.

He is on my list…but I don’t want those points, phungi.

Looks like three players had him?

Yeah, same here.

(I’ll take czarcasms points if he doesn’t want them, though. :wink: )

I will also make a supreme sacrifice and accept the points of anyone who does not want them.

I never had the guts to write or email Ellison about his *City on the Edge of Forever Script. * I can’t remember the character’s name, a WWI vet amputee who saves Kirk. He has a begging sign, “I fought at Verdun!”. The battle of Verdun was in 1916, before the United States entered the war. He would have ripped my liver out and eaten it in front of me.

He might have been a member of the Lafayette Escadrille, which formed in 1916 and did participate in the Battle of Verdun. So he would have been *right *to rip out your live and eat it in front of you! :wink:

The other excuse us that fighting continued in the general area of Verdun after the USA arrived on the scene.

Harlan Ellison: 16 points for ataraxy22, 16 unwanted points for Czarcasm, and first points of the year for JohnT:


Rank	Player      	Score	Picks(Unique)
1	jeezums        	227	4(1)
2	CAMJAY77	212	4
3	basset hound	135	2
4	Registered@Last	133	3(1)
5	Team Dirt	108	2
6	phungi        	97	2
7	RTFirefly	92	2
8	GIGObuster	71	1
9	Hoopy Frood	70	2
10	ataraxy22	66	4(2)
11	candide        	64	1
11	carnivorousp	64	1
11	Martonio	64	1
14	Loach        	57	2(1)
15	bowler girl	39	1
15	FavreCo        	39	1
17	bowler guy	37	1
17	zoog        	37	1
19	Oakminster	32	2
20	Jacquernagy	28	2(2)
21	1b3bz18c9ed…	25	2
21	computergeek	25	2
21	critter42	25	2
24	Dr. Girlfriend	24	1
24	Grits&HardToast	24	1
24	kayT        	24	1
24	krondys        	24	1
24	Labtrash	24	1
24	Maus Magill	24	1
24	tangent        	24	1
31	Biotop        	23	1(1)
32	Czarcasm	16	1
32	JohnT        	16	1
34	Old Wench	13	1(1)
34	The Vorlon	13	1(1)
36	Rico        	10	1(1)
37	Clothahump	8	1
37	J-P-L        	8	1
37	PaulParkhead	8	1
37	peedin        	8	1
37	picker        	8	1
42	amarinth	1	1
42	Catamount	1	1
42	Jeep's Phoenix	1	1
42	Spiff        	1	1

And I’m still cruising along at zero points!

you can just step right through here and fetch him back, then