The King guy? Because I transliterate by ear too much I suppose. I simply do not spell Arabic in any normal way. Still, I got his points, right?
I put together an Excel file that automatically calculates the scores. Those who are interested are welcome to take a look.
This was a mammoth task and I worked on it for over 15 hours over a four day period. As hard as I tried to keep it accurate, I’m sure some errors have slipped in. If you find any, please let me know and I’ll fix them. The easiest way to check your own entry is to use the Auto Filter function and on your name, selected “Non-Blanks”.
I worked out points using Wikipedia as a reference. While it’s possible that I’ve made mistakes, I took a lot of care to try to make sure they were right. If you think I’ve put the wrong number of points against an individual, could you please provide a link to a source with the correct age at death information. Typos do tend to slip in when you’re not looking.
I hope this is useful to some.
Mainly of interest to Brit dopers I expect, but George Best (legendary football/soccer player) has been admitted to intensive care. Again.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4304964.stm
He’s on my list.
And thanks to cazzle’s wonderful spreadsheet, we know that three other Dopers have also picked ol’ Georgie to visit the Great Football Pitch in the Sky this year.
cazzle: Very good show, mate!
Playwright August Wilson, who was diagnosed with liver cancer three months ago, has died.
Sissy couldn’t have held on for four more months? I was going to sneak him into my 2006. Oh well.
I be one of the others. BBC says his doctor has him as ‘serious but improving, with the emphasis on improving’.
cazzle, you rock. Very nice.
damn. I thought I was in third. Fifth? FIFTH? Oh well, it’s close.
Nipsey Russell has died, although it appears that no one had him.
His age is also in dispute, according to the above link.
Well I am relieved to see that I have 35 Dopers accompanying me in the “I Refused to Pick The Pope” pool…
I’ve never heard of her but a co-worker who knew her informs me that Constance Baker Motley died Friday at the age of 84, and led quite an amazing life.
Here is a very quick update, and I will update the scoreboard soon.
NurseCarmen adds 68 points for Matthew McGrory, a unique pick.
Happy Lendervedder adds 40 points for John Garang, a unique pick.
Annie-Xmas adds 33 points for Peter Jennings, a unique pick.
Hugh Jass
RumMunkey and
Spiff add 30 points for Bob Denver.
(deep breath)
Agent Foxtrot
amarone
Anni
a35362
BiblioCat
booklover
bowler girl
brianjedi
cadolphin
Cinnamon Girl
CowPatty
De Vena
Diceman
drewbert
E. Thorp
Earthman
eman77
Etherman
Freddy the Pig
fruitbat
gonzoron
hammos1
Happy Lendervedder
Hugh Jass
IrreverentTone
Jaade
Kat
katie1341
Lamar Mundane
Lathe of Heaven
LilyoftheValley
Lucretia
Lvgeogeek
Max Torque
Mehitabel
melondeca
Menocchio
middleman
mikeargo
NurseCarmen
Paul in Saudi
Rachm Qoch
Rico
SandyHook
Sean Factotum
Sevo
Squonk
Stage Manager
Suburban Plankton
TeaElle
Tenar
Terminus Est
Thunder
Time Like Tears
uglybeech
VunderBob
Wallflower
WIGGUM
WVmom
yellowval
zamboniracer and
Zog_10 add 20 points for William H. Rehnquist.
Baker adds 19 points for James Stockdale, a unique pick.
cazzle adds 18 points for Don Adams, a unique pick.
Rico adds 18 points for Barbara Bel Geddes, a unique pick.
edwino and
Paul in Saudi add 16 points for King Fahd.
(another big breath)
amarone
Anni
Anonymous Coward
a35362
Baker
brianjedi
DeVena
drewbert
E. Thorp
Earthman
5 time champ
Freddy the Pig
fruitbat
gonzoron
The Great Zamboni
IrreverentTone
Jamlad
Jeep’s Phoenix
jsgoddess
labtrash
Mehitabel
Miabella
MissTake
Munch
NurseCarmen
Rachm Qoch
Rico
Sean Factotum
Sevo
Sir Dirx
Squonk
Stage Manager
Suburban Plankton
TeaElle
Uvula Donor
Wallflower and
Zog_10 add 15 points for James Doohan.
owlstretchingtime and
Rodd Hill add 11 points for Sir Edward Heath.
And finally
pohjonen adds 8 points for Geraldine Fitzgerald, a unique pick.
And nobody picked George Archer, Robert Baker, “Obie” Benson, Tommy Bond, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, R. L. Burnside, Robin Cook, James Dougherty, Paul Duke, Ibrahim Ferrer, Robert W. Funk, Alexander Gomelsky, Sue Gunter, Al Held, Abe Hirschfeld, Evan Hunter, Jerry Juhl, Philip J. Klass, Gavin Lambert, David Lange, Rev. Leon Lowry, Sid Luft, Gene Mauch, Pat McCormick, Robert A. Moog, Constance Baker Motley, M. Scott Peck, Brock Peters, Shawntinice Polk, Ford Rainey, Joe Ranft, Eugene Record, Judith Rossner, Nipsey Russell, Chris Schenkel, Michael Sheard, Danny Simon, Hank Stram, John Tyndall, Gen. William Westmoreland, Simon Wiesenthal, August Wilson, Robert Wise, or Catherine Woolley.
I can’t wait to start making my picks for next year!
Great work, cazzle and a35362!
I suck!
Leave your personal life out of this… :rolleyes:
I had Rehnquist too; although I think I misspelled his name on my list.
I believe I had Rehnquist, too, although it has been a long time since I have seen my list.
Just as an alternate Zamboni.