The Celebrity Death Pool 2006

The Game Room
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PS Oh yeah, playing for points this year, so nobody over 90. Lady Bird, Jerry Ford, Jane Wyatt, and DA Morgenthau can breathe easier. :slight_smile:

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Eight…

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My lame 13:

Abu Moussab Al-Zarqawi
Jack Snow
Lou Rawls
Tammy Faye Bakker
Ronnie Biggs
Harold Pinter
Eleanor Mondale
Ron Santo
Osama Bin Laden
Tom Snyder
Dana Reeve
Margaret Thatcher
Stephen Hawking

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Here we go:

  1. Bob Dylan–singer

  2. Fats Domino–singer

  3. Ike Turner–singer

  4. Jerry Falwell–reverend

  5. Jim Mc Kay–sports announcer

  6. Kirk Douglas–actor

  7. Paul Prudhomme-- TV chef

  8. Mark Felt–Deep Throat

  9. Earl Woods–Tiger’s dad

  10. Ron Turcotte–jockey

  11. Roy Chapman–Owner of Kentucky Derby winner Smarty Jones

  12. Milton Friedman–economist

  13. Phyllis Diller–comedian
    Alternates:
    Aretha Franklin–singer
    Betty Friedan–activist
    Paul Harvey

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  1. Fidel Castro
  2. J.D Salinger
  3. Gerald Ford
  4. Keith Richards
  5. Mick Mars
  6. Dick Cheney
  7. Mary-Kate Olsen
  8. Arnold Schwarzenegger
  9. David Letterman
  10. Shirley Temple (Black)
  11. Robert Blake
  12. Robert Morgenthau
  13. Clint Eastwood
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Seven…

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Las Minute Substitutions:

[QUOTE=Menocchio]
Holy Men:

  1. Billy Graham
  2. Benedict XVI
  3. Fred Phelps
  4. Jack Chick

Heads of State:
5. Fidel Castro
6. Gerald Ford
7. Bill Clinton
8. Dick Cheney
9. John Paul Stevens

Game Show Hosts:
10. Merv Griffin
11. Bob Barker

Musicians:
12. Lou Rahls
13. Ashlee Simpson

Alternates (Hey, a lot can happen in six hours):
Jimmy Carter
Britney Spears

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Aretha Franklin is an excellent choice! she’s the size of a parade float. That is never good.

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Six…

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**Please change **

#1* from * Gerald Ford to ** Roy Scheider. **
Thank you!

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  1. Getty, Estelle
  2. Knotts, Don
  3. Heston, Charlton
  4. Lewis, Jerry
    5, Ali, Muhammad
  5. Baker, Tammy-Faye
  6. Hawking, Stephen
  7. Richards, Keith
  8. Kidder, Margot
  9. Van Halen, Eddie
  10. Love, Courtney
  11. Dick, Andy
  12. Nicole-Smith, Anna

Alternate - Iggy Pop
Hoping I have a nice mix this year, my 2nd dead pool.

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  1. Michael J. Fox
  2. Muhammad Ali
  3. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner
  4. Dana Reeve
  5. Lou Rawls
  6. Don Ho
  7. Danny Bonnaduce
  8. Jack Black
  9. Steven Cojocaru
  10. Ozzy Osbourne
  11. Jack Palance
  12. James Garner
  13. Kenny Rogers
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Five…

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Ahh, heck with it. I can´t shuffle these names around any more. Here goes nothing…

  1. Dick Cheney
  2. Kirk Douglas
  3. Elizabeth Edwards
  4. Gerald Ford
  5. Michael J. Fox
  6. John Kenneth Galbraith
  7. Courtney Love
  8. Liza Minnelli
  9. Paul Newman
  10. Buck O´Neil
  11. Dana Reeve
  12. Elizabeth Taylor
  13. Shelley Winters

Alternate…Anna Nicole Smith

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I just guessed randomly, from the people I think are celebrities to the ones I am pretty sure are. As far as I know, none have died - yet.

Zsa Zsa Gabor
Carroll Baker
Dan Haggerty
Paul Newman
Joan Collins
Fats Domino
Buzz Aldrin
Arthur C. Clark
John Glenn
James D. Watson
Kurt Vonnegut
Ingmar Bergman
Robert Altman

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Hugh Hefner - Playboy, Viagra abuser
Artie Lang - Stern show wise guy
Mike Tyson - Boxer\rapist
John Travolta - Actor, pilot
Harrison Ford - Actor, pilot
Jimmy Buffett - Singer, pilot
Angelina Jolie - Actress, pilot
Kurt Russell - Actor, pilot
Pete Doherty - Singer, super addict
Courtney Love - Singer, addict
Lex Luger - Wrassler (sports entertainment)
Don Ho - Singer
Lou Rawls - Singer

and my alternates, all “holy men”

Fred Phelps
Jerry Falwell
Pat Robertson

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Okay folks, I´m outta here for tonight. Please don´t wait until the very last minute to submit your names…I´d really hate to disqualify anyone if, say, the board locks up under the pressure or something. Be careful on the roads tonight. Happy New Year.

:smiley:

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Alright, I’ve made my list and checked it twice. Let’s see if I can’t do better in 2006 than I did in 2005:

  1. Johnny “Lam” Jones – Football Player & Olympic Gold Medalist
  2. Ross Davidson – Eastender
  3. Paul Hunter – Snooker Champ
  4. David Chatters – Conservative Canadian MP
  5. Michael Brecker – Jazz Saxophonist
  6. Lou Rawls – Mr. Colonial Penn
  7. Ibrahim Rugova – President of Kosovo
  8. Wendy Wasserstein – Playwright
  9. Art Bell – SDMB becomes part of The Conspiracy
  10. John Spencer – Snooker Champ
  11. Oriana Fallaci – Muslim Hater
  12. Ramsan Kadyrov – Acting Prime Minister of Chechnya
  13. Susan Butcher – Iditarod Champion

Alternates: Three of a Kind

  1. Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi – Two of Hearts
  2. Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti – Five of Clubs
  3. Muhammed Ali – The Greatest

And many thanks to a35362!!!

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I meant to say Imad Abu Diab. I’m sure everyone caught that little faux pas.

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I have a question
Will all deaths be posted here, or are we to spend the next 12 months reading the obits?