Here is my list:
1 DOUG LLEWELLYN (of the People’s Court)
2 GARY COLEMAN
3 BOB MCGRATH (of Sesame Street)
4 DONOVAN (he’s still alive, right?)
5 COMMANDER CODY
6 JON BON JOVI
7 ZACHERLE (The original “Cool Ghoul”)
8 PAUL NEWMAN
9 BASHAR ASSAD
10 TOMMY LASORDA
11 SHIRLEY TEMPLE
12 PHIL RIZZUTO
13 PHYLLIS DILLER
Quite possibly the best descriptor to ever grace these boards.
OK, not looking at anyone else’s list this time.
My leftovers…
and I’ll need 3 new ones… let’s see. Let’s go for a theme.
Time to wallow in guilt for a few minutes for even playing this game… then on to the fun!
Thankee kindly. Revised list as follows
My first death pool! I’m excited.
Alternates
Jimmy Carter
Les Paul
Michael J. Fox
2006 dead pool
Lou Rawls December 1, 1935
Lung AND brain Cancer. If there were a DP for January alone, Lou would be on it.
Eleanor Mondale 1960, unclear
Vice Presidential daughter, party animal, E! host, DJ. Before there was Paris, there was Eleanor, famous for nothing but being hot. But Eleanor is way way way hotter than Paris could ever dream to be.
Dana Reeve February 19, 1961
superman’s wife, lung cancer. A tragic end to a life that earned my respect.
Don Ho August 13, 1930
Don went to a third world country to receive experimental treatment on his heart. This is the little known ‘Rock Hudson’ stage of death and dying.
Brian Harvey August 8, 1974
(East 17 band) He managed to run HIMSELF over with his Mercedes. Next attempt succeeds.
Harold Pinter October 10, 1930
He’ll go out blasting Bush.
Tammy faye March 7, 1942
cancer is back.
Darlene Cates December 13, 1947
What’s eating Gilbert Grape Mother. Obesity.
Walid Jumblatt August 7, 1949
You don’t live long when you live in Lebanon and badmouth Syria.
Pete Doherty March 12, 1979
(Libertines) I suspect Pete will again foil doper dreams of a big score, but that point total is just too tempting.
Jon Dalton, (aka Jonny Fairplay) March 11, 1974
Fading fame, substance abuse, and death go together like sugar, spice, and everything nice. In a tragic twist, his grandmother survives him.
Mike Martz May 13, 1951
Coach, Rams. – Endocrititis usually has an underlying cause. That ticker may have suffered too much damage.
Diego Maradana October 30, 1960
Sure, the soccer star is living clean now, but the damage was done and the ego. As always, Maradona follows in the footsteps of Best.
Dammit! I knew I was playing with fire when I was checking my formatting by hitting ‘preview post’. Well, I didn’t intend to post it until the end of the month, but I might as well post it in it’s complete form, with alternatives.
2006 dead pool
Lou Rawls December 1, 1935
Lung AND brain Cancer. If there were a DP for January alone, Lou would be on it.
Eleanor Mondale 1960, unclear
Vice Presidential daughter, party animal, E! host, DJ. Before there was Paris, there was Eleanor, famous for nothing but being hot. But Eleanor is way way way hotter than Paris could ever dream to be.
Dana Reeve February 19, 1961
superman’s wife, lung cancer. A tragic end to a life that earned my respect.
Don Ho August 13, 1930
Don went to a third world country to receive experimental treatment on his heart. This is the little known ‘Rock Hudson’ stage of death and dying.
Brian Harvey August 8, 1974
(East 17 band) He managed to run HIMSELF over with his Mercedes. Next attempt succeeds.
Harold Pinter October 10, 1930
He’ll go out blasting Bush.
Tammy faye March 7, 1942
cancer is back.
Darlene Cates December 13, 1947
What’s eating Gilbert Grape Mother. Obesity.
Walid Jumblatt August 7, 1949
You don’t live long when you live in Lebanon and badmouth Syria.
Pete Doherty March 12, 1979
(Libertines) I suspect Pete will again foil doper dreams of a big score, but that point total is just too tempting.
Jon Dalton, (aka Jonny Fairplay) March 11, 1974
Fading fame, substance abuse, and death go together like sugar, spice, and everything nice. In a tragic twist, his grandmother survives him.
Mike Martz May 13, 1951
Coach, Rams. – Endocrititis usually has an underlying cause. That ticker may have suffered too much damage.
Diego Maradana October 30, 1960
Sure, the soccer star is living clean now, but the damage was done and the ego is big enough that he’ll take risks again. As always, Maradona follows in the footsteps of Best.
Alternates
Allegra Beck Versace 1984?.
A carry over from last year, but Anoerexic as hell and worth the points.
Annette Funicello. October 22, 1942
Another carry over. The extreme lack of news on her condition has me thinking that it is progressing.
Anybody have John Spencer, aka Leo McGarry? Sorry - he’s two weeks too early.
I’m sorry but I can’t resist making this change.
Please add Lou Rawls and make Kylie Minogue an alternate.
Thanks.
Kathy
Very Nice… you might even make second place… 
c’mon Rachm, show your cards. Admit it. My list is a thing of beauty this year.
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the irony. it burns. it burrrrrnns.
My picks:
Hopefully I can get more than just a gimme this year. In two previous years of entering the Death Pool, I believe I’ve only scored on Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II, along with every other Doper out there.
My new list is:
Alternates, in order:
I’d still like to see Scott Peterson and Joseph Smith die in a manner other than humane execution, but they are so protected that that will never happen.
My 2006 list. Carried over a couple from last year
Let the dying begin…
Here is the unoriginal list of a first-timer:
(Internal dialogue: This is harmless fun. I repeat, harmless fun. Simply typing a person’s name into a list can in no way bring about their death. There will be no reason to feel guilty if any of these people actually die next year. Harmless fun.)
Please replace Charles Nelson Reilly with Lou Rawls on my list. Thank you.
Here’s my list for 2006. A lot of old people and a couple of long-shots:
Alternates:
Tammy Faye Bakker Messner (former televangelist)
Philip Jose Farmer (author)
Ariel Sharon (former Israeli prime minister)
Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith
OK, I’m back in. Most of the people on my list are carried over from 2005, but I’m replacing a few who look like bad bets, as well as the guys I scored on.
[ol][li]Fidel Castro (leader of Cuba)[/li][li]Gerald Ford (former president)[/li][li]Bill Clinton (former president)[/li][li]Ted Kennedy (senator)[/li][li]Dick Cheney (vice-president. Yeah, there’s going to be a lot of dead US politicians this year. Of course, I said that last time.)[/li][li]Sandra Day O’Connor (Supreme Court Justice. Those guys always seem to work until their final breath.)[/li][li]“Lady Bird” Johnson (former first lady. Jeez, woman, when you gonna die, already?)[/li][li]Elizabeth Taylor (actress)[/li][li]Courtney Love (Kurt Cobain’s widow, train wreck looking for a place to happen)[/li][li]Jack Kervorkian (assisted suicide activist)[/li][li]Muhammad Ali (boxer)[/li][li]Ariel Sharon (Isreali PM)[/li][li]Abu al-Zarqawi (Iraqi insurgent/terrorist. I’m switching him for Osama bin Laden because I think OBL is already dead.)[/li][/ol]
This is morbid, but what the hell. I’ll only feel guilty if any of them die.
Alt - Dick Cheney
Kristie Alley
