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Of more import than Anna Nicole (at least in my opinion): Antonio Pierro, world’s oldest living WWI (that’s one) veteran died today.QUOTE]
I wonder who is the oldest living survivor of Anna Nicole Smith? I understand she was quite the man killer.
Well here’s the first scoreboard for the 2007 game and it looks like it’s going to be an exciting year. Welcome, everyone and right outta the box like Seabiscuit we got:
amarone taking the lead with four dead celebrities, three unique picks and 152 points already. Garry Betty*, Magnus Magnusson*, Benny Parsons, and Yuri Stern*. Well done, amarone!
CowPatty is in second place with 87 points. Robert Anton Wilson and Anna Nicole Smith.
Blalron
clipper
DfrntBreign
KayElCee
Kuizelemartz
qwest
Rilchiam and
tarragon918 are tied for third with 61 points each. Everybody but qwest picked Anna Nicole Smith; qwest picked Larry Stewart and Art Buchwald. Also, Rilchiam picked Smith as an alternate.
Andrew 21 and
Hal Briston have 54 points each; both picked Benny Parsons and Art Buchwald.
Little Nemo and
Sternvogel have 45 points each; both picked Robert Anton Wilson and Art Buchwald.
Rachm Qoch, a name you may remember from last year’s game and
Zog_10 have 42 points each for Larry Stewart.
gonzomax has 38 points for Molly Ivins*.
bowler girl
if6was9
NurseCarmen and
Squonk have 35 points each for Benny Parsons.
Loach and
Sublight have 26 points each for Robert Anton Wilson.
42fish has 24 points for Gian Carlo Menotti* and Art Buchwald.
Eleanor of Aquitaine
5 time champ
Paul in Saudi
Sean Factotum and
Stinkum have 19 points each for Art Buchwald.
Rodd Hill has 12 points for E. Howard Hunt*.
anyrose has 7 points for Frankie Laine*.
amarone claims the Opening Kickoff award.
And nobody picked Momofuku Ando, Tige Andrews, Hank Bauer, Julie Winnefred Bertrand, Marcheline Bertrand, Bam Bam Bigelow, L.M. Boyd, Michael Brecker, Lew Burdette, Frank Campanella (who died in 2006 in any case), Ron Carey, Alice Coltrane, Darlene Conley, Mario Danelo, Yvonne De Carlo, Emiliano Mercado Del Toro, Denny Doherty, Bobby Hamilton, Billy Henderson, Stu Inman, James Kelly, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Alan MacDiarmid, Eleanor McGovern, Paek Nam-sun, Abbe Pierre, Antonio Pierro, Carlo Ponti, Del Reeves, Vincent Sardi, Jr., Sidney Sheldon, George Smathers, Iwao Takamoto, Emma Tillman, or Darrent Williams.
Congratulations, scorers!
severus and appleciders: I’m sorry, you kids are outta luck. Rules is rules. You had a WHOLE MONTH to get your picks in!
a35362, I thank you, but I don’t get points for Anna Nicole. She was an alternate when I first submitted the list, and when Jerry Ford died, I moved up J.D. Salinger instead. So no official pick of ANS.
Unless alternates count at all times, in which case I cheerfully accept.
I got forgotten agan, with 53 points and a unique pick…
Come on Fidel, so we can ALL score!
Uh, you might want to rephrase that. . . .
Yeah, I’d say it was at least in the upper 20s.
So Close I’m not sure how I feel about a possible breaking of my DP cherry with someone from Al Queda, however, the pointage will get me through the squickyness.
Why, why, why did I not take Brittney in the Death Pool?
pops popcorn and drags up a chair to watch the trainwreck
How do you think I feel? I picked 9 young(ish) women who do drugs and I missed Brittany Spears. Come on Courtney Love!
What did I miss? Shaving your head counts as croaking? 
I don’t know what’s going on with Britney Spears - it does seem like a cry for help though - but my daughter (the one who suggested Anna Nicole to me for the 2007 death list) thinks it’s either: 1) she’s coming out of the closet or 2) she may have cancer or some other illness that treatment would make her hair come out and she shaved her head in advance.
Poor kid, imho she does need to get into rehab, but it won’t do any good unless she’s really willing.
To get back to topic … it would seem that the Grim Reaper <tm> has taken a bit of a holiday. I’m sure GR will be back on the job shortly.
I’ve never had any rule defining celebrity. It hurts my head.
All righty then…Rilchiam comes off the board for not having picked Anna Nicole Smith. But she gets a gold star for Citizenship.
And I’m so sorry, Mr. The Vorlon for having missed you not once but twice. You do indeed have 53 points, with 34 points for the unique pick of James Kelly plus 19 points for Art Buchwald. Remember, spelling counts! 
Maybe the Grim Reaper lives in upstate New York?
No, no, no… just busy harvesting in NON-celebrity killing fields. Less glamour, but higher volume. Iraq is very productive this year.
Author Elizabeth Jolley has died, aged 83
Basketball great Dennis Johnson dead at 52
Damn. I usually have a bunch of smartass comments but not this time. An athlete of his caliber going out at 52. It’s a damn shame.