The Celebrity Death Pool 2007

[Terminus_Est]

@Terminus Est

Got a big fat goose egg so far this year. Since the odds of my winning are low, I decided to go with a theme for next year - all political figures. Here they are:

1. Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr (former President of the United States)

2. George Herbert Walker Bush (former President of the United States)

3. Fidel Castro (President of Cuba)

4. Ariel Sharon (former Prime Minister of Israel)

5. Elizabeth the Second, 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 (Queen Elizabeth II)

6. Kim Jong-Il (Dear Leader of the People’s Democartic Republic of Korea)

7. Joseph Alois Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)

8. Imelda Romualdez Marcos (former First Lady of the Philippines)

9. Kurt Josef Waldheim (former Secretary-General of the UN)

10. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud (King of Saudi Arabia)

11. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Tatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (former Primer Minister of the United Kingdom)

12. Lee Kuan Yew (former Prime Minister of Singapore)

13. Colonel Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi [Qadhafi/Qaddafi/Kaddafi - however you want to spell it] (de facto leader of Libya)

Curses to Augusto Pinochet for being unable to hold on for a few weeks.

And phooey on Gerald Ford, too. Please substitute Nouri Kamel al-Maliki (Primer Minister of Iraq) for Mr Ford.

At least I got points for 2006.

[Yllaria]

In alphabetical order:

1 - John Astin
2 - Ralph Bakshi
3 - David Bowie
4 - Phyllis Coates (Lois Lane 50s)
5 - William B. Davis (cigarette man from the X-files)
6 – Bill Keane
7 - Madeleine LeBeau (Casablanca)
8 – Noel Neill (Lois Lane 50s)
9 – Joy Page (Casablanca)
10 – Joyce Randolph (Played Trixie on “The Honeymooners”)
11 – Keith Richards
12 - Nicole Camille Escovedo Richie
13 – Pernell (Parnell?) Roberts (Bonanza)

Alternate Robert Carlyle Byrd, Senator

Yes, it’s recycled. Looks like a ‘Left Behind’ sort of list, doesn’t it? With one or two that are pure audience pandering.

[swampbear]

RIP Gerald Ford. Here’s my updated list for 2007. First alternate Dick Clark has been substituted for former President Ford.

1. Dick Clark
2. Dick VanDyke
3. Estelle Getty
4. Oral Roberts
5. Lady Bird Johnson
6. Elizabeth Taylor
7. Courtney Love (She’s gotta go sometime and soon, ya just know it!)
8. Jerry Lewis
9. Charles Manson
10. Yoko Ono
11. Walter Cronkite
12. Mercury Morris
13. Billy Graham

Alternates:
Eddie Van Halen
Bob Newhart

Oh and Baker as to it being a matter of taste, I’ve always thought Dick Butkus looked kinda tasty.

[Tazmanian_Devil]

@Tazmanian Devil

1. Gerald Ford
2. Fidel Castro
3. Jack Kevorkian
4. Louis Farrakhan
5. Roddy Piper
6. LadyBird Johson
7. Kirk Douglas
8. Walter Cronkite
9. Muhammad Ali
10. Abe Vigoda
11. Muqtada Al-Sadr
12. Elizabeth Taylor
13. Dick Cheney

Alternates:

14. Courtney Love
15. Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR)
16. Farrah Fawcett

Now that Ford has bought the farm, I will move Farrah Fawcett into my list of 13, and add Bob Barker to the list of alternates. Here is my new list:

1. Fidel Castro
2. Jack Kevorkian
3. Louis Farrakhan
4. Roddy Piper
5. LadyBird Johson
6. Kirk Douglas
7. Walter Cronkite
8. Muhammad Ali
9. Abe Vigoda
10. Muqtada Al-Sadr
11. Elizabeth Taylor
12. Dick Cheney
13. Farrah Fawcett

Alternates:

14. Courtney Love
15. Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR)
16. Bob Barker

[tarragon918]

@tarragon918

Finally, after much deliberation and in consultation with my 24 yo daughter, here are my picks for the Celebrity Death Pool 2007:

1. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner
2. Former President Gerald Ford
3. Luciano Pavarotti
4. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
5. James Arness
6. Farrah Fawcett
7. Pamela Anderson
8. Joey Bishop (last of the Rat Pack …)
9. Nicole Richie
10. Kevin Federline – tragic accident in the “squared circle”
11. Fidel Castro
12. Anna Nicole Smith, and last but not least …
13. Peter Graves

Alternates: Joan Kennedy, Mary Kate Olsen, Nancy Reagan

In light of former President Ford’s passing, I’d like to substitute Nancy Reagan and then add Bob Barker to my list of alternates, so the new list should read:

1. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner
2. Nancy Reagan
3. Luciano Pavarotti
4. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
5. James Arness
6. Farrah Fawcett
7. Pamela Anderson
8. Joey Bishop (last of the Rat Pack …)
9. Nicole Richie
10. Kevin Federline – tragic accident in the “squared circle”
11. Fidel Castro
12. Anna Nicole Smith, and last but not least …
13. Peter Graves

Alternates: Joan Kennedy, Mary Kate Olsen, Bob Barker

[Walkabout]

Please move Muhammad Ali from my alternates list to substitute for Gerald Ford.

[Catamount]

Cross out Ford on my list and replace him with John Goodman.

stomps off muttering about how now the alternates are going to have to be revamped

[Labtrash]

Please replace Gerald Ford (my #11 pick in post #200) with Jerry Falwell .

Just in case, My alternates are:
Henry Kissenger
and
Tom Bosley

[Moirai]

Please replace Gerald Ford on my list with James Garner. My two remaining alternates are Stephen Hawking and Leona Helmsley.

[carnivorousplant]

Due to the death of Gerald R. Ford, I present my alternates:

Michael E. DeBakey, surgeon.

Carol Buckley Executive Director/ co-founder The Elephant Sanctuary
(They lost a “caregiver” last Summer.)

Patricia Neal, actress.

[Dung_Beetle]

Another first-time Death Pool player here.

1. Jerry Lewis
2. Meatloaf
3. Luciano Pavarotti
4. Alan Alda
5. Gene Wilder
6. Ringo Starr
7. Ray Bradbury
8. Bob Barker
9. Julie Andrews
10. John Goodman
11. Bea Arthur
12. Barry Manilow
13. Debbie Harry

Alternates: Matthew Broderick, Betty White

(I tried so hard to come up with original picks, but apparently we all think The Grim Reaper has his eye on the same people!)

[SSG_Schwartz]

Thanks to the passing of my number 1 pick,

My list is now

1). Fidel Castro
2). Bill Cosby
3.) Ingmar Bergman
4.) Merle Haggard
5). Phil Lesh
6) Willie Nelson
7). Pat Robertson
8). “Magic” Earvin Johnson
9.) Jerry Lee Lewis
10.) Joe Paterno
11.) Moe Bandy
12.) Dick Cheney
13.) Monty Hall

My alternates are now

14.) William Bruce “Axl” Rose
15.) Andy Roony
Sgt Schwartz

[Romola_Des_Loups]

Ok, my first attempt at this:

Jimmy Carter

Fidel Castro

Bettie Page

Pope Benedict XVI

Pete Doherty

Tony Curtis

Alain Delon

Margaret Thatcher

Betty Ford

Angela Lansbury

Whitney Houston

Leonard Cohen

Queen Elizabeth II
alternates:

Stephen King

Snoop Doggy Dogg

[VunderBob]

@VunderBob

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

I forgot alternates:

Buzz Aldrin
Hugo Chavez
Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, al-Zarqawi’s successor

[want2know]

First timer; here goes nuthin’:

1. Dick Cheney

2. Al Haig (former SecState)

3. Arnold Palmer

4. Nicole Richie

5. Kevin Federline

6. Barbara Bush

7. Gary Coleman

8. Darryl Strawberry

9. Louis Farrakhan

10. Peter Marshall

11. Charles Manson

12. Dick Clark

13. Ed McMahon

Late in the year, but just in case:

Alternates:

Evel Knievel
Aretha Franklin

[zamboniracer]

my re-e-re corrected picks, subbing Fidel Castro for Jerry Ford.

1. Kirk Douglas
2. Fidel Castro
3. Bob Feller
4. Stan Musial
5. Yogi Berra
6. Andy Rooney
7. Mike Wallace
8. Daniel Schorr
9. Liz Taylor
10. John Wooden
11. Walter Cronkite
12. Joe Garagiola
13. Bob Cousy

Alternates:

1. OJ Simpson
2. Larry King

[sneezy5660]

I’m just gonna post a new list rather that c&p:

1. Tammy F.B. Messner

2. Kirk Douglas

3. Lady Bird Johnson

4. Dick Clark

5. Courtney Love

6. Fed-Ex

7. Muhammad Ali

8. Michael Jackson

9. Abe Vigoda

10. Billy GRaham

11. Fidel Castro

12. Charlton Heston

13. Bob Barker

New Alternates:

Nicole Ritchie
Lindsey Lohan
Larry Hagman

R.I.P Gerald Ford.

[VunderBob]

@sneezy5660

6. Fed-Ex

:dubious:

Ken Federline, or the corporation?

[Rodd_Hill]

The untimely death of the last member of the Warren Commission has forced me to bring one of my alternates forward (and hence, name an alternate alternate). I am also keeping a nervous eye on Castro…

So, my revised list for 2007:

1. Fidel Castro
2. Lindsay Lohan
3. John Forsythe (“Charlie’s Angels”)
4. Al Molinaro (“Odd Couple,” “Happy Days”)
5. Jackie Cooper (child actor & “Little Rascal”)
6. Harry Morgan (“MASH”)
7. Margaret Hilda Thatcher
8. Courtney Love
9. E. Howard Hunt (Watergate co-conspirator)
10. Walter Cronkite
11. June Foray (voice of “Rocky the Squirrel,” amongst others)
12. Gordon Lightfoot
13. Ernest Borgnine

Alternates: Paris Hilton, Evangelist Billy Graham

[Captain_Carrot]

My updated list, and not bothering to renumber:

1. Ursula K. LeGuin
2. Fidel Castro
3. Gene Simmons (I just have a feeling)
4. John McCain (same deal)
5. Gene Shalit
6. Hutton Gibson (Mel’s dad; dunno if he really counts as a celebrity, but he’s been in the news tangentially)
7. Mel Brooks
8. Anne McCaffrey
9. Gene Hackman
10. Sir Stephen Hawking
11. Bill Gates
12. Joe Haldeman
13. Larry Niven

alternates:
i. Maya Angelou
ii. Bob Barker
iii. Ray Romano