Nobody picked either Geoffrey Beene or John E. Mack.
Former Pittsburgh Steeler Justin Strzelczyk done blowed himself up.
I’d doubt anybody picked him, but after reading his history, it’s sure possible someone saw something like this coming.
“[Strzelczyk] died Thursday in a fiery head-on collision with a tanker truck after he led state troopers on a 40-mile highway chase during morning rush hour.”
"He was going down the road, flipping off the troopers. He even threw a beer bottle at them,’’
“Nine months after his release by the Steelers, Strzelczyk was arraigned for illegal possession of a gun. Police said he slammed a loaded handgun onto a bar in Pittsburgh when discussing the presidential election with a friend.”
:eek:
I tend to avoid having “friends” who slam loaded handguns down on bars during a political debate.
Nope, nobody picked him either.
Nobody picked photographer Richard Avedon.
I will have the monthly scoreboard update later today. Honest.
John Cerutti, who pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays before becoming a color commentator on the American League team’s broadcasts, was found dead in his hotel room Sunday. Cerutti, 44, had been scheduled to appear on the telecast of the team’s final game of the season. Here is the Canadian Press article.
Janet Leigh has died.
Aged 77, but nobody picked her, I think.
Nobody picked John Cerutti or Janet Leigh.
With that kind of honesty, you could run for POTUS! 
Oh, hush. I left my disk (with the master list on it) at the office over the weekend and then realized the scoreboard is exactly the same as Sep. 1st, excepting your vault into second place. So I ain’t gonna sweat it this month.
And nobody picked Gordo Cooper.
Damn. My first hit on next year’s list…
Me too, vunderbob.
I had him. Eighteen points for me!
Damnit.
Dangerfield’s passing confirms it. I have a new universal truth:
The safest place in the world to be: Hal’s death pool list.
The deadliest place in the world to be: Hal’s short list for next year.
That’s four of 'em in as many months.
Joyce Jillson, the astrologer who claimed she advised the Reagan presidential campaign to select George Herbert Walker Bush as Ronnie’s running mate in 1980, has died at the age of 58. Wonder if she saw it coming…
Maurice Wilkins, joint winner of the Nobel Prize with the much more famous Watson & Crick. I had both W&C on my list, but not Wilkins. Watson must be feeling under pressure from Father Time.
With the death of comic Rodney Dangerfield, we have eleven updates to the scoreboard!
Stephe96 has 49 points and four dead celebrities.
Munch has 47 points.
Santos L Halper has 40 points.
BiblioCat has 34 points.
Max Torque
SpazCat and
tolyri - are tied with 25 points each.
And welcoming to the scoreboard:
DesertGeezer
drm
Mac Guffin and
twickster - tied with 18 points each.
Congratulations, scorers!
Nobody picked Joyce Jillson or Maurice Wilkins.
Anyone have Christopher (Superman) Reeve?
At least one: Diogenes the Cynic. Dunno about anyone else, though; only went through the first page or two because I was curious.
(And the Pope is STILL KICKING! :))