Howzabout letting the deadline slide but not allowing any entries that include people that have already died this year; e.g. no one can put Ray Walston on their list now. I think your original rules could cover that but maybe not explicitly.
Might mean more work for you though
I’d lie to amend my list, if I may. Victor Borge died to soon to score me any points.
Substitute Jack Klugman for Borge
That should read “I’d like to amend my list.”
According to ESPN Al McGuire dead at 72.
Congratulations to Lamar Mundane, Mullinator.
Wow, tied for first which is already much improved over last year’s debacle.
I’d buy Al McGuire a drink for helping vault me into the lead, but I guess that won’t be happening. Too bad though, he was one of my favorite broadcasters.
Well, I feel weird. Nothing like scoring points in a death pool to make you feel all conflicted.
As the Scots say, “like a chameleon on a tartan plaid”.
Here’s to you, Al.
Bummer. I have pictures of Al bouncing me on his knee, back when I was a wee lad. He was pals with my parents for awhile.
And to think the fellow would show such a discourtesy as to not inform me of his iminent demise! Well, I’ve still got Eminem.
Already we’re off to a better start than last year. As posted above, Al McGuire’s death scores 28 points for Lamar Mundane and Mullinator. Bottle of Smoke came close to scoring 62 points when Steve Irwin was bitten by a crocodile, but apparently the croc was only snacking and let Irwin go after chewing his leg. And Drain Bead is undoubtedly upset over not picking teenaged singer Michael Cuccione who would have given her 84 points this month.
Recent Daisy Pushers:
Virginia O’Brien
Gregory Corso
Leonard F. Woodcock
William R. Hewlett
Bernard J. Geis
Les Brown (My condolances to Ukelele Ike)
William P. Rogers
Ray Walston
In other news, it would appear as if Macaulay Culkin has separated from his wife of two years. Our thoughts, particularly mine, are with him as he enters this bleak and hopeless stretch of loneliness and depression.
Oops. My source for the above is http://www.obits.com
Time for an update…
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (writer/pilot) – Dead. Died Feb 7, 2001. Born Jun 22, 1906.
I think Drain Bead scored a whopping 32 points with the death of former talk show host, Morton Downey Jr. at the age of 68. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/entertainment/DailyNews/downey010313.html
Okay, my bad. Sorry for not posting before.
Current standings:
Drain Bead - 32
Lamar Mundane - 28
Mullinator - 28
Montfort - 6
Shirley Ujest - 6
According to the Dead People Server http://www.dpsinfo.com/dps/2001.shtml,
Mr. Downey was only 67, giving Drain 33 points, no?
Alright, if you are letting us get in late lists (which seems fair, since we actually have worse odds than the people who got them in before the years started because we have less time in the year to play with):
Recent pine boxers:
Phil Berger, sportswriter
Louis Edmonds, actor, All My Children
Henry Lee Lucas, serial killer
Robert Ludlum, author
S. Dillon Ripley, Smithsonian
Michael Smith, drummer, Paul Revere and the Raiders
KC, presumably survived by the Sunshine Band
Also in the news: Sultan of Brunei arrived in Oklahoma City for treatment of an “undisclosed illness.” And the Prime Minister of Japan now refuses to resign in spite of his continuing illness. Macaulay Culkin appears to be quietly suffering through the incurable pain of separation, no doubt thinking that his entire world has irrevocably crashed to the ground about him. We sincerely hope that he does not turn to drugs, especially the hard ones like heroin or barbituates, for solace in his time of need.
SINS, as Mason once observed to Dixon “You gotta draw the line somewhere.” The first week of January I can let slide; mid-March on the other hand would be going too far. So sorry, you’ll just have to wait for the 2002 edition.
Oh alright. But I would have lost anyway.
The KC at obits.com is a woman, not Mr. Harry Casey of the Sunshine Band.
Sir Harry Secombe – dead at 79.
A very funny man, and sadly missed…
…but worth 21 points.