No, he would have died next year, when he was left off the list. I had Ray Charles on my list last year and look at what happened.
Haven’t the three already happened? I count Tony Randal, Ronald Reagan, Ray Charles.
No, because no one here chose Ray Charles. The Pope will make three for us. That’s our little loophole.
With half the year gone, the Death Pool scoreboard stands as follows:
Still in the lead is Captain Lance Murdoch with 75 points.
In second place is notfrommensa with 58 points.
Tied for third are
Angel Heart and
zoog with 48 points.
Caricci and
Mullinator - tied with 41 points.
Sternvogel - 40 points
cadolphin and
Rico - tied with 28 points.
earthpuppy
Lathe of Heaven (the artist formerly known as Nightsky) and
Mudshark - tied with 25 points.
DeVena
gobear and
Skammer - tied with 23 points.
NoGoodNamesLeft and
Santos L Halper - tied with 22 points.
Uvula Donor - 21 points
Saitou and
smam - tied with 18 points.
Single Serving Friend - 13 points
Mr. Babbington - 12 points
Cicada2003 - 10 points
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amarone
Annie-Xmas
BIH Boy
BJMoose
BiblioCat
Brad Pittiful
cbawlmer
CowPatty
Diceman
Diogenes the Cynic
Dr_Xadium
Earthman
eman77
Etherman
Evil One
5 time champ
Flymaster
Frumious Bandersnatch
The Great Zamboni
Gyrate
Hal Briston
Harlow
Horseflesh
Hugh Jass
Idle Thoughts
Infectious Lass
Irreverent Tone
JerH
Kat
katie1341
kka
Krebnar the Magnificent
lel
Little Nemo
Lok
Lsura
Mad Matt
Max Torque
Mehitabel
Miabella
Mikie
mishaa
Mona Lott
Ms Macphisto
Nurse Carmen
Omniscient
plnnr
Royal Nonesuch
SandyHook
Shirley Ujest
SpazCat
Squonk
Stephe96
Stinkum
Sublight
sunfish
swannguy
thumbupmybum
tolyri
vivalostwages
Wicked Blue
WIGGUM
williamweigand
wolf_meister
zamboniracer - tied with 7 points.
ataraxy22 - 3 points
Congratulations, scorers!
I’m in a 67-way tie for 22nd place !!!
Shucks.
Looks like 17 people may be about to score 20 points each. CNN has a breaking headline announcing that Marlon Brando has died at the age of 80.
Aha! We heard it here in CS first!
I didn’t pick him, of course, my octogenarian actor is James Doohan. 
I’m still trying to work out WTF I was thinking when I left Regan off this year.
I did it deliberately, thinking “seven points? pfft!”
Just wait till Claus Von Bulow kicks off, folks! I’ll have the last laugh then!
Marlon Brando is no longer among the living.
Stella?
Who had Marlon Brando?
Well, Maria Schneider for one … 
Well, fine. No sooner do I get the scoreboard updated than somebody has to go and die on me. Fine. Just like him to be difficult. All righty then - with the death of Marlon Brando the scoreboard stands like so:
Captain Lance “Gingerbread Man” Murdoch leaps ahead to 95 points.
earthpuppy and
Mudshark now have 45 points.
smam now has 38 points.
Diceman
Diogenes the Cynic
eman77
Etherman
Harlow
JerH
Krebnar the Magnificent
Mikie
Mona Lott
SandyHook
Stephe96 now have 27 points.
Welcoming to the scoreboard:
Munch
Spiff - tied with 20 points.
Congratulations, scorers!
What Is Captain Lance Murdoch’s secret? Luck, or research? I need to stop guessing and do more work.
I’m guessing there was a pact with Satan involved…
I suppose that’s possible. It’s not against the rules.
Maybe we should make a rule banning that sort of thing in next year’s death pool.
“You may not sell your soul to Satan, or any other supernatural entity, in exchange for the deaths of the people on your list.”
Then again, he can only sell his soul once, so forbidding him from doing it again is kind of a moot point. 
If the Captain gets any more points, I’m afraid I’m going to start demanding autopsy reports and an alibi…
Jeff Smith, TV’s “Frugal Gourmet”, has baked his last biscuit.
Don’t think anyone had him listed, though…
Hope it wasn’t something he ate…