The Celebrity Death Pool 2005

The Game Room
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I reserve the right to steal shamelessly from Captain Lance Murdoch, who apparently has a direct line to the Angel o’ Death himself. Itself. Whatever. :smiley:

The Important Folks:

  1. Gerald Ford, he looks very shaky.
  2. Pope John Paul II. It’s traditional by now.
  3. Margaret Thatcher. Couldn’t even speak at Reagan’s funeral.
  4. Pervez Musharaff. Someday the insurgents will get lucky.
  5. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, ne Ahmad Fadil an-Nazal al-Khalaylah, born 1966. Maybe we’ll get lucky.
  6. William Rehnquist

The Theater and TV World:
7) Betty Comden (this year was a bad year for composers and lyricists, and this great lady is one of the best lyricists still with us)
8) Jane Wyatt (has had strokes)
9) James Doohan (ditto, plus the Alzheimer’s diagnosis this year)
10) Walter Cronkite
11) Elizabeth Taylor

Various:
12) Keith Richards
13) Courtney Love

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  1. Pope John Paul 2
  2. Gerald Ford
  3. Johnny Carson
  4. Elizabeth Taylor
  5. Michael Jackson
  6. Lady Bird Johnson
  7. Walter Cronkite
  8. Richard Pryor
  9. James Garner
  10. Nancy Reagan
  11. Tony Danza
  12. Barbara Bush, the elder
  13. Fred Phelps
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  1. Pope John Paul II (pope)
  2. Don Imus (radio personality)
  3. Gary Burghoff (actor)
  4. Inga Swenson (actor)
  5. Billy Graham Sr. (minister)
  6. Carrie Fisher (actor)
  7. Dean Smith (coach)
  8. Charles Nelson Reilly (top row, far right)
  9. William Rehnquist (chief justice)
  10. John Garang (Sudanese rebel leader)
  11. Hubie Brown (coach)
  12. Chuck Colson (ex-con-turned-evangelist)
  13. Jean-Bertrand Aristide (ousted Haitian leader)

Five alternates, in order, should some of the above croak in '04:

a. Kirk Douglas (actor)
b. Richard Pryor (comedian)
c. Chuck D (rapper)
d. Ricky Williams (football player)
e. Jimmy Carter (ex-president)

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  1. Elizabeth Windsor (Queen Elizabeth II)
  2. Charles Mountbatten-Windsor (Prince of Wales)
  3. Karol Józef Wojtyła (ie Pope John Paul II)
  4. Mary-Kate Olsen
  5. Ashley Olsen
  6. Fidel Castro
  7. George W. Bush
  8. George H.W. Bush
  9. Gerald Ford
  10. Nelson Mandela
  11. Don King
  12. Johnny Carson
  13. Bob Barker
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In no particular order:

  1. Pope John Paul II
  2. Margaret Thatcher
  3. Gerald Ford
  4. Fidel Castro
  5. Kim Jong-Il
  6. Stephen Hawking
  7. Lucien Bouchard (Canadian politician/Quebec separatist, so he’d probably hate the Canadian politician designation!)
  8. Walter Cronkite
  9. Nelson Mandela
  10. Barbara Ann Scott (figure skater)
  11. Scott Weiland
  12. Harry Morgan (MASH)
  13. Don Cherry (Canadian hockey commentator/loudmouth)

I’ll come up with alternates if needed - I actually had Pierre Berton on my 2005 list until he died yesterday :eek:

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Willie’s technically been dead for years. :smiley:

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Here goes:

  1. The Pope - (the pope)
  2. Jimmy Carter - (history’s greatest monster)
  3. John Goodman - (fat actor)
  4. Andy ‘Viking’ Fordham - (fat world darts champion)
  5. Frank Oz - (jedi master directing frog)
  6. Vince K McMahon Jr - (WWE owner)
  7. Roger Moore - (eyebrow raising ex-Bond)
  8. Allan ‘Bud’ Selig - (Baseball Commish.)
  9. Margaret Thatcher - (Iron Lady)
  10. Bernard manning - (foul mouthed ‘comedian’)
  11. Ringo Starr - (greatest rock drummer in the world tm)
  12. Kenny Dalgleish - (ex-Scottish international)
  13. John Prescott - (fat politician)
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  1. Melissa Etheridge
  2. Bill Clinton
  3. William Rehnquist
  4. Scott Hamilton
  5. Patty Duke
  6. William H. Rehnquist
  7. Elizabeth Taylor
  8. Osama Bin Laden
  9. Courtney Love
  10. Annette Funicello
  11. Estelle Getty
  12. Richard Pryor
  13. Pope John Paul II
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Oops. I’ve got Rehnquist on there twice. Substitute one Rehnquist with:

Tina Yothers

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I have a new strategy this year. I also am stuck on the last two people on my list since three people I picked last year decided to die for once. But the new strategy is a sure-fire winner…

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  1. Ashley Olsen
  2. Mary-Kate Olsen
  3. Charlotte Church (this being the first year all three are eligible)
  4. Ken Jennings
  5. Peter Jennings
  6. Tom Brokaw
  7. Dan Rather
  8. Elizabeth Taylor Wilder Hilton Todd Fisher Burton Burton Warner Fortensky yada yada yada
  9. Ringo Star
  10. Paul McCartney
  11. Keith Richards
  12. Mick Jagger
  13. Ted Kennedy Sr.
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Isn’t he dead already. On second thought, he just looks that way. Herion and tobacco must have amazing properties as preservatives… :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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  1. Tammy Faye Bakker Resner – quasi-celebrity
  2. Jack Palance - actor
  3. Charlton Heston – actor/spokesman for God
  4. James Doohan - actor
  5. Fidel Castro – The Last Communist
  6. His Holiness John Paul II
  7. Richard Pryor – comedian/actor
  8. Lady Bird Johnson – ex-First Lady
  9. Ayad Allawi – Iraqi politico
  10. Elizabeth Taylor (Annie-Xmas beat me to using all her names)
  11. Nancy Reagan – another ex-First Lady
  12. William Rehnquist - jurist
  13. Kurt Busch – drives fast, turns left a lot

I dumped Ms. Love from my list at the last minute. Because if she does live, she’s gonna be pissed at everyone that voted for her, and come looking for you. Mark my words.

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Keith & Beach Boy Brian Wilson could be held as proof that drugs have a link with longevity.

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  1. Pope John Paul II
  2. Michael Jackson
  3. Estelle Getty
  4. James Doohan
  5. Michael J. Fox
  6. Osama Bin Laden
  7. Saddam Hussein
  8. Jack Kevorkian (the infamous “Dr Death” currently in jail for assisted suicide)
  9. Jack Black (famous fat funny guy = death curse)
  10. Stephen Hawking
  11. Margaret Thatcher

and my two odd-ball, Hail Mary, counts:
12. William Fucking Shatner
13. Frankie Muniz (19 years old this month, and has more fast cars than any teenager should).

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Ack. I just reviewed the rules again and saw the political prisoners clause. With that in mind my new list is…

  1. Pope John Paul II
  2. Michael Jackson
  3. Estelle Getty
  4. James Doohan
  5. Michael J. Fox
  6. Osama Bin Laden
  7. Stephen King
  8. Jack Kevorkian (the infamous “Dr Death” currently in jail for assisted suicide)
  9. Jack Black (famous fat funny guy = death curse)
  10. Stephen Hawking
  11. Margaret Thatcher

and my two odd-ball, Hail Mary, counts:
12. William Fucking Shatner
13. Frankie Muniz (19 years old this month, and has more fast cars than any teenager should).

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Well, here goes nothin’ …

  1. Tom Wolfe, auteur
  2. The Rev. Al Sharpton, “It’s all good.”
  3. Yogi Berra, “Déjà vu all over again!”
  4. Ronnie Biggs, train robber
  5. Courtney Love, train wreck
  6. Angela Lansbury, movie star
  7. Liz Taylor, formerly glamorous movie star
  8. Bob Denver, “Gilligan!!!”
  9. Carol Channing, torch singer
  10. George Jones, c/w singer
  11. Andy Dick, reckless actor
  12. Dick Cheney, reckless politico
  13. Jeff Gordon, non-wreckless NASCAR driver

Alternates, in order, in case any of the above croak before 12/31:

  1. Clay Aiken, “Idol” crooner
  2. Jack Nicholson, Lakers fan
  3. Margaret Thatcher, Sir Dennis Thatcher’s widow
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Grr, now I remember someone who should’ve been included from the beginning.

Replace Don King with Margaret Thatcher.

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  1. Pope John Paul II
  2. Bob Barker
  3. Richard Pryor
  4. Johnny Carson
  5. Keith Richards
  6. Bob Dylan
  7. Walter Cronkite
  8. Andy Rooney
  9. Jimmy Carter
  10. Barbara Streisand
  11. Grace Slick
  12. Fidel Castro
  13. Michael Jackson
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My first year playing!

  1. Gordon Hinckley, Mormon leader
  2. Lindsey Lohan, actress and party girl
  3. Robert Dole, former presidential candidate
  4. G. Gordon Liddy, talk-show host and former Watergate figure
  5. Harold Gould, actor
  6. Beatrice Arthur, actress
  7. Nelson Mandela, former South African leader
  8. Joseph Wapner, former California Superior Court and “People’s Court” judge
  9. Conrad Bain, actor
  10. Alexander Haig, former Secretary of State
  11. Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and Great Britian
  12. Robert S. McNamera, former Secretary of Defense
  13. Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister