An arrest has been made in the case.
Also, football player Marlin McKeever has died at the age of 66. McKeever starred on both offense and defense for the University of Southern California before spending thirteen seasons in the NFL.
Red Auerbach passed away and my cousin called me sick when I shouted “He’s on my list!” So I’m no longer a virgin!
And in further news… I remain a death pool virgin. Should I be happy or sad. Talk about yer dilemnas!
I would like to get an advance ruling for 2007. Is there any limit to the number of Iraqi government officials or Saddam defense lawyers that can be on one list?
And a more general question – how famous does someone have to be? Suppose I can dig up the name of the commander of Iraq’s National Police Training School (if there is one) and predict his death. Would he count as a "celebrity?
You can have 13.
To be considered a celebrity, their death has to be able to generate a wire service story, not simply a local obit.
Hamid Karzai would qualify, but his vice-Minister of Paper Clips probably would not qualify, unless assassinated in a spectacular manner…
“Iraq’s Vice-Minister of Paper Clips was killed today in a horrific staple-gun accident…” 
I just figure I’ll get the most possible points if I can \pick a few young and middlw aged people most likely to be murdered. I’m considering a middle-east trifecta with people from Iraq, Palestine (I’m looking at you, Hamas!!), and maybe Jrodan or Syria.
BTW, does anybody know whether Ana Nicole Smith has another kid?
You have to wait till he is 18.
How long a wait? And, really, isn’t someone old enough to die old enough to be worth points?
Now I gotta go find out how old Lindsay Lohan is. My alternate strategy to middle easterners on death lists is rich badly behaving alcoholics/junkies,
I think Lindsay Lohan is 20. Fair game!
And I believe Anna Nicole Smith’s only other child is her weeks-old daughter, who therefore will be eligible in about 18 years.
Boyo Jim, go back and read the first post in this thread - it gives the official answers to most of your questions. Also, I didn’t go back to re-read, but I believe there’s quite a bit of discussion of people’s strategies. Might be helpful to you in compiling your list.
Also, the rich, badly behaving substance abusers strategy has been used unsuccessfully by many. Pete Doherty (I think that’s his name) and Courtney Love are on several lists (and have been for more than a couple years) and are, as of this writing, still with us.
I’m still mulling over whether to play. I started a list last year and probably still have it here somewhere.
GT
Did anyone have William Styron?
I have the firmly held belief the Keith Richards is hanging on just to spite people like us.
True. Much the same might also be said for Abe Vigoda.
Any list containing either or both is fraught with peril and a non-starter at best. :dubious:
I have often said, when the end finally comes, the only thing left will be 1,000,000,000 cockroaches, Keith Richards, and some maraschino cherries my sister buried in the back yard in 1967.
I have often said, when the end finally comes, the only left will be 1,000,000,000 cockroaches, Keith Richards, and some maraschino cherries my sister buried in the back yard in 1967.
And a few cases of Hostess Twinkies…
A few cases? Twinkies are utterly indestructable. When the universe is cooling down and entropy is using the last dregs of energy to be found, Twinkie atoms and sub-Twinkie particles will begin their slow spiral inward to reconstituting the Unitary Twinkie, and ultimately explode to form the next sugery sweet universe.
The oldest living professional baseball player, Silas Simmons, has died at the age of 111. Here’s an article with more of his story.