The Celebrity Death Pool 2007

The Game Room
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Look, that’s your fantasy, not mine, ok? :smiley:

Now if Dick Butkus wanted to hunt me down and kick my butt…

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  1. Gerald Ford
  2. Kirk Douglas
  3. Jane Wyman
  4. Eli Wallach
  5. Billy Graham
  6. Muhammad Ali
  7. Mickey Rooney
  8. Andy Rooney
  9. Charlton Heston
  10. Elizabeth Taylor (she didn’t look good on Tonight Show clip last week)
  11. Jimmy Carter (also seemed to be more than frail on recent appearance.)
  12. George Bush Sr.
  13. Morgan Freeman (he seemed a little “off” in a recent interview)

Not that I am particularly hoping any of the above kick it this year - and there are not a lot of points there, as most are well into their 80’s or older.

Alternates:
Estelle Getty, Joan Rivers, Dick Clark

223

Delete my first submission because itwas a feint. My real 2K7 picks:

Sen. Craig Thomas - WY
Fidel Castro
Kim Jong-Il
Jerry Falwell
Muqtada al-Sadr
Louis Farrakhan
Kylie Minogue
Suzanne Pleshette
Farah Fawcett
Oma Abdel-Rahman
Muhammed Ali
Tammie Faye Bakker Messner
Luciano Pavarotti

224

Dick Butkus??? swampy, I thought you had better taste than that!

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Main:
[ol]
[li]Muhammed Ali[/li][li]Bob Barker[/li][li]Barbara Bush[/li][li]Jimmy Carter[/li][li]Fidel Castro[/li][li]Dick Clark[/li][li]Walter Cronkite[/li][li]Tom Cruise[/li][li]Billy Graham[/li][li]Hugh Downs[/li][li]Gerald Ford[/li][li]Bil Keane[/li][li]Keith Richards[/li][/ol]

Alternatives:
[ol]
[li]Michael Jackson[/li][li]Evel Knievel[/li][li]Marshall Mathers (a.k.a. Eminem)[/li][/ol]

226

Last year was a wash, so I’m re-vamping my list:

  1. Natasha Lyonne, actress and long-shot
  2. Gerald Ford, former president
  3. Dennis Netto, aka Dennis Erectus, radio personality
  4. Todd Hillier, aka Fez Whatley, radio personality
  5. “Chicago” Eddie Schwartz, radio personality
  6. Jane Tomlinson, activist
  7. Dick Gregory, author and comedian
  8. Ariel Sharon, former PM of Israel
  9. Chizuo Matsumoto, aka Shoko Asahara, cult leader (I am fully aware of the death penalty rule)
  10. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, former televangelist’s wife
  11. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, leader of Algeria
  12. Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba
  13. Robert Anton Wilson, author

Alternates, in order:
a. Abu Bakar Bashir, cleric and general troublemaker in Indonesia
b. Mike Wallace, former 60 Minutes reporter
c. Don Pardo, SNL announcer

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Last year was a wash, so I’m re-vamping my list:

  1. Natasha Lyonne, actress and long-shot
  2. Gerald Ford, former president
  3. Dennis Netto, aka Dennis Erectus, radio personality
  4. Todd Hillier, aka Fez Whatley, radio personality
  5. “Chicago” Eddie Schwartz, radio personality
  6. Jane Tomlinson, activist
  7. Dick Gregory, author and comedian
  8. Ariel Sharon, former PM of Israel
  9. Chizuo Matsumoto, aka Shoko Asahara, cult leader (I am fully aware of the death penalty rule)
  10. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, former televangelist’s wife
  11. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, leader of Algeria
  12. Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba
  13. Robert Anton Wilson, author

Alternates, in order:
a. Abu Bakar Bashir, cleric and general troublemaker in Indonesia
b. Mike Wallace, former 60 Minutes reporter
c. Don Pardo, SNL announcer

228

A whole lot of alternates are about to come into play.

229

Yes, Captain Lance Murdoch is right - former President Gerald R. Ford passed away today. He was on my list for 2007, but he was also on my list for 2006. I will post later on which alternate will be taking his spot for 2007.

RIP, Gerry - you had a good, long life.

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Link

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In light of the the recent news of Gerald Ford’s death, please substitute Andy Rooney.

232

I’ve going to substitute Ford with his Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger.

233

Please substitute Lady Bird Johnson for Ford on my list. Thanks!

234

Here’s my updated list with Pres. Ford’s death:

  1. Benny Parsons (NASCAR racer and announcer)
  2. Joe Paterno
  3. George Steinbrenner
  4. Peter Graves
  5. Fidel Castro
  6. Lady Bird Johnson
  7. Billy Graham
  8. Mike Wallace
  9. Ravi Shankar
  10. Jim McKay
  11. Darryl Strawberry
  12. Pope Benedict XVI
  13. Tony Bennett
    alternates:
    Stephen Hawking
    Yogi Berra
235

Please substitute J.D. Salinger.

236

Please replace Ford with Tom Cruise.

237

Updated list (substitution made at slot #9):

  1. Billy Graham
  2. Keith Richards
  3. Jimmy Carter
  4. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  5. Terry Jones
  6. Jesse Helms
  7. Lindsay Lohan
  8. Ariel Sharon
  9. Andy Rooney
  10. Farrah Fawcett
  11. Bob Barker
  12. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner
  13. Fred Phelps
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Gerald Ford is gone. I think I had him last year, so I’ll somehow score. Put Kurt Vonnegut in his place.

239

Dang. Well that means my new list is as follows (with a new alternate):

  1. Natasha Lyonne, actress and long-shot
    [del]2. Gerald Ford, former president[/del]
  2. Abu Bakar Bashir, cleric and general troublemaker in Indonesia
  3. Dennis Netto, aka Dennis Erectus, radio personality
  4. Todd Hillier, aka Fez Whatley, radio personality
  5. “Chicago” Eddie Schwartz, radio personality
  6. Jane Tomlinson, activist
  7. Dick Gregory, author and comedian
  8. Ariel Sharon, former PM of Israel
  9. Chizuo Matsumoto, aka Shoko Asahara, cult leader (I am fully aware of the death penalty rule)
  10. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, former televangelist’s wife
  11. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, leader of Algeria
  12. Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba
  13. Robert Anton Wilson, author

Alternates, in order:
a. Mike Wallace, former 60 Minutes reporter
b. Don Pardo, SNL announcer
c. Gene Wilder

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It’s sad to see him go, I do wish he could have stuck around for another week. (does that make me a bad person?)
My updated list:

01 Fidel Castro
02 Billy Graham
03 Elizabeth Taylor
04 Bob Barker
05 Keith Richards
06 Kirk Douglas
07 Tom Arnold
08 Muhammad Ali
09 Tammy Faye Bakker Messner
10 Hugh Heffner
11 Pope Benedict XVI
12 Charlton Heston
13 Jack Klugman

Alternates:

a) Annette Funicello
b) Karl Malden