The Celebrity Death Pool 2005

Getting in under the wire

  1. Pope John Paul II
  2. US Chief Justice William Rhenquist
  3. Yogi Berra
  4. Stan “The Man” Musial
  5. Bob “Rapid Robert” Feller
  6. Al Davis, Oakland Raiders president
  7. Art Modell, former owner of Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens aka the most hated man in Cleveland
  8. Gerald R. Ford
  9. Jimmy Carter
  10. Fidel Castro
  11. Johnny Carson
  12. Larry King
  13. Dick Clark

Fidel Castro
Dick Clark
James Doohan
Michael Jackson
Pope John Paul II
Courtney Love
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
George Martin
Liza Minnelli
Yoko Ono
William Rehnquist
Elizabeth Taylor
Boris Yeltsin

Did you mean Ayadh Allawi?

  1. Elton John
  2. Pope John Paul II
  3. Elizabeth Taylor
  4. Michael Jackson
  5. J.D. Salinger
  6. Mary Tyler Moore
  7. Walter Cronkite
  8. Courtney Love
  9. Ben Affleck
  10. Johnny Carson
  11. Jay Leno
  12. Regis Philbin
  13. Dave Coulier

Had to add in some random people there - just in case.

  1. Howard Stern
  2. J Lo
  3. Ben Stiller
  4. Adam Sandler
  5. Courtney Love
  6. Keanu Reeves
  7. Whitney Houston
  8. Bobby Brown
  9. George Clooney
  10. Catherine Zeta-Jones
  11. Dick Cheney
  12. Michael Jackson
  13. Osama Bin Laden

Backups: in order
14. Mick Jagger
15. Fidel Castro

  1. Pope John Paul II
    
  2. Jack Palance
    
  3. James Garner
    
  4. Donald Sutherland
    
  5. James Doohan
    
  6. Al Lewis
    
  7. Abe Vigoda
    
  8. Queen Elizabeth II
    
  9. Viktor Yuschenko
    
  10. Jan-Michael Vincent
  11. Chief Justice William Rehnquist
  12. Rosa Parks
  13. Dick Clark

We’ll see how that does…

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[li]Pope John Paul II[/li][li]William Rehnquist[/li][li]Andy Rooney[/li][li]Viktor Yuschenko[/li][li]Sandra Dee[/li][li]Richard Pryor[/li][li]Mike Tyson[/li][li]Helen Thomas[/li][li]Hunter S. Thompson[/li][li]Ike Turner[/li][li]John Nash[/li][li]Neil Armstrong[/li][li]Kelsey Grammer[/li][/ol]

Backup (not that I’ll need them, but I’ll be able to kick myself for not having put them on the main list if they die):
Dick Clark
Mr T
Courtney Love

I’m just pulling names outta my butt, so I expect to do about as well as last year:

Earnhardt, Jr.
Max Biaggi
Richard Pryor
Wacko Jacko
Snoop Dogg
50 Cent
Rob Zombie
Paris Hilton
Woody Allen
Courtny Love
That 'ho that was married to Billy Bob and played Lara Croft (can’t come up with name!)
Jason White
Lou Holtz
(a couple of these people are “wishful thinking” :smiley: I’m so ashamed :wink: )

  1. Pope John Paul II
  2. Ozzy Osbourne
  3. Stephen Hawking
  4. Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboy’s owner
  5. Bea Arthur
  6. Tom Brokaw
  7. Gerald Ford
  8. Bill Cosby
  9. Warren Beatty
  10. Jimmie Johnson, the race car driver
  11. William Rhenquist
  12. Osama bin Laden
  13. John Wayne Bobbit

Alternate:

  1. Jude Law
  1. Keanu Reeves
  2. Mary Kate Olsen
  3. Ashley Olsen
  4. Paris Hilton
  5. Pope John Paul II
  6. Rush Limbaugh
  7. Ali Hassan al-Majid (Chemical Ali)
  8. Michael Moore
  9. Britney Spears
  10. Madonna
  11. Gil Gerard
  12. Stan Lee (of Marvel Comics Fame)
  13. Jerry Lewis

Do you mean Angelina Jolie?

Not a good year for the faithful:

  1. Pope John Paul II (Holy Father)
  2. Larry David Norman (Godfather of Christian Rock)
  3. Father Barry Ryan (Bad, Bad Father)
  4. Gene Scott (Christian Televangelist)
  5. Tammie Faye Bakker Messner (Christian Televangelist, Surrealist)
  6. Louis Rukeyser (Finacial Televangelist)
  7. Terri Schiavo (Catholic, ACLU Crosshairs)
  8. Yon Hyong Muk (Commie Korean Commander)
  9. Norodom Sihanouk (King of Cambodia)
  10. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (Could-be Iraqi Chief)
  11. William Rehnquist (Chief Justice)
  12. Jack Chalker (SF Writer)
  13. James Doohan (SF Actor)

Alts:
Augusto Pinochet (Despot)
Mohammed Deif (Moslem Militant)
Scott Weiland (Jaded Junky)

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  1. Pope John Paul II
  2. Gerald Ford
  3. Richard Pryor
  4. Liz Taylor
  5. Fidel Castro
  6. Keith Richards
  7. Dick Clark
  8. John Madden
  9. Ted Kennedy
  10. Robert Downey Jr.
  11. Courtney Love
  12. Macauley Culkin
  13. Ron Santo

1- Tammy Fay Messner
2- Anna Nicole Smith
3- Suge Knight
4- Johnny Carson
5- Courtney Love
6- Jerry Lewis
7- Dick Clark
8- Gerald Ford
9- Ted Kennedy
10- Muhammad Ali
11- Charlton Heston
12- Andy Rooney
13- Dr Ruth Westheimer

I think I’ll give this a try this year.

  1. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (One-legged terrorist, square dancing legend)
  2. Abul Aziz al-Hakim (Two-legged Iraqi big shot)
  3. Dan Fogelberg (Leader of the bland)
  4. Sara Brady (Will be gunned down by Charlton Heston)
  5. Umberto Bossi (Founder of Italy’s Northern League, complete ass)
  6. General John Shalikashvili (Former COTJCOS, opponent of war in Iraq)
  7. General Lonsana Conte (Long-time President of Guinea)
  8. Wendie Jo Sperber (Bosom Buddies, Back to the Future)
  9. Ivan Noble (BBC Reporter)
  10. Yves Saint-Laurent (French fashionista)
  11. Ronnie Biggs [Yoda] Train robberies not make one great [/Yoda]
  12. King Nordom Sihanouk (Cambodian monarch)
  13. Deborah Kerr (Six-time Oscar loser)

Alternates:

  1. Pope John Paul 2 (Does anyone have him?)
  2. Maggie Thatcher (This is all your fault Thatcher!)
  3. Charlton Heston (Will commit suicide after shooting Sara Brady. Gun will be pried from his cold, dead hand)
  4. Stephen “Cojo” Cojocaru (Most annoying TV personality in America. Does anyone like this guy?)

I’m now seriously doubting the Pope as a sure thing. Captain Lance Murdoch has bypassed him as a primary pick.

Prob too late but even if just for fun

  1. Kofi Annan (UN sec general)
  2. Ali McGraw ( is she still alive, see alternates below)
  3. Usher (Gangster rap drive by)
  4. Clint Eastwood (an experienced death pooler)
  5. Anna Nicole Smith (drug overdose for sure)
  6. Osama bin laden (Surely he cant hide for ever)
  7. Mugabe (Zimbabwean Dictator)
  8. Bert Newton (Oz tv celebrity)
  9. Farrah Fawcett (will get a nipplet caught in a lift door and be dragged to her death)
  10. Barry Bonds (Steroid abuse)
  11. Camilla Parker Bowles (heart attack after looking in the mirror)
  12. Diego Maradona (cocaine overdose or heart attack)
  13. Tom hanks (stunt accident)

Alternates
A. Ariel Sharon (Israeli/palestinian suicide attack victim)
B. Dame Edna Everidge (actually Barry Humphries)

  1. Dick Cheney, 63 (1.30.41)
  2. Fidel Castro, 78 (8.13.26)
  3. Pope JP II, 84 (5.18.20)
  4. Courtney Love
  5. Stephen Hawking
  6. Muhammed Ali
  7. Andy Dick
  8. Ray Bradbury
  9. Justice William Rehnquist, 80 (10.1.24)
  10. Margaret Thatcher, 79 (10.13.25)
  11. Gerald Ford
  12. Scott Hamilton
  13. Elizabeth Taylor

I didn’t quite finish adding birthdays, but oh well, it’s in before the deadline (hehe)

OK… here’s mine, down to the wire. I didn’t read the thread, so if any are disqualified, so be it. I didn’t want to steal any ideas.

  1. Courtney Love
  2. Pope John Paul II
  3. Osama Bin Laden
  4. Michael Jackson
  5. Gerald Ford
  6. Liz Taylor
  7. Liza Minelli
  8. Mary Kate Olsen
  9. Bill Cosby
  10. John Goodman
  11. Shirley McClain
  12. Andy Rooney
  13. Keith Richards

Augusto Pinochet
Boris Yeltsin
Mary Travers
William H. Rehnquist
Pope John Paul II
Rosa Parks
Fidel Castro
Gerald Ford
Jerry Lewis
Osama bin Laden
Jimmy Carter
Bob Barker
Wilford Brimley