The Celebrity Death Pool 2007

The Game Room
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[ol]
[li]Augusto Pinochet (November 25, 1915)[/li][li]Art Buchwald (October 20, 1925)[/li][li]Fidel Castro (August 13, 1926)[/li][li]Ariel Sharon (February 27, 1928)[/li][li]Jack Kevorkian (May 26, 1928)[/li][li]Don Ho (August 13, 1930)[/li][li]Hilly Kristal (October 12, 1931)[/li][li]Elizabeth Taylor (February 27, 1932)[/li][li]Tom Snyder (May 12, 1936)[/li][li]Benny Parsons (July 12, 1941)[/li][li]Tammy Faye Bakker Messner (March 7, 1942)[/li][li]Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, “Mrs. Anthrax” (1953)[/li][li]Hassan Nasrallah (August 31, 1960)[/li]
Alternates
[li]Gerald Ford (July 14, 1913)[/li][li]Walid Jumblatt (August 7, 1949)[/li][li]Vaclav Havel (October 5, 1936)[/li][/ol]

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My picks for 2k7, although I reserve the right to change any or all at the last moment.

Ed McMahon
Buzz Aldrin
Queen Elizabeth II
Tom Brokaw
Tom Snyder
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Jimmy Carter
Hugo Chavez
M. Scott Carpenter
Chuck Yeager
Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, al-Zarqawi’s successor
Wally Schirra
Robert Mugabe

63

I forgot my alternates:

George Soros
Michael Moore
Tabitha King

64

Be gentle, this is my first time.

  1. Dick Cheney
  2. Ringo Starr
    3.David Hampton Pryor, Former US Senator from Arkansas.
  3. Fidel Castro
  4. King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
  5. Christopher Lee
  6. Ray Bradbury
  7. Dwayne Hickman
  8. Buzz Aldrin
  9. Neil Armstrong
  10. Ariel Sharon
  11. Stephen Hawking
  12. Gerald R. Ford
65

My first dip in the pool:

Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Charlton Heston
Dick Clark
Nancy Reagan
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Peter O’Toole
Peter Boyle
Dick Van Dyke
Angela Lansbury
Julie Andrews
John le Carré
Christopher Tolkein

Alternates:
James Ivory (of Merchant & Ivory)
Ray Bradbury
Stephen Hawking

66

It was only a matter of time before someone picked Abu Hamza al-Muhajir. This is a troublesome pick because the name is probably fake and there is great debate as to who this person actually is. It might pan out, but it might turn into a real can of worms.

67

We might need a ruling, but I’d claim the points on the basis of my having named the successor of al-Zarqawi as my pick.

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  1. Gerald Ford, former president
  2. Betty Ford, former first lady
  3. Walter Cronkite, former news anchor
  4. Billy Graham, evangelist
  5. Leona Helmsley, famous ex-con
  6. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
  7. Charlie Watts, drummer
  8. William Lucy, Secretary-Treasurer of labor union AFSCME
  9. Natasha Lyonne, actress
  10. Lindsay Lohan, actress
  11. Dwyane Wade, basketball player
  12. Fidel Castro, Cuban leader
  13. Nicole Richie, socialite

Alts:

  1. Les Paul
  2. Michael J. Fox
  3. Aaron Carter
69

Anyone have Emmett Kelly last year?

70

Why is Celebrity Death Beeper blocked by the Saudi Authorities?

71

Wow, I thought a bunch of these people were already dead.

72

Odd, that’s what they were saying about you.

73

Emphasis mine.

FYI, you didn’t have anyone named Scarlett among your 13 picks.

74

Scarlett Johansen was listed as an alternate.

75

Main:
[ol]
[li]Bob Barker[/li][li]Barbara Bush[/li][li]Fidel Castro[/li][li]Dick Clark[/li][li]Walter Cronkite[/li][li]Tom Cruise[/li][li]Gerald Ford[/li][li]Billy Graham[/li][li]Charles Manson[/li][li]Marshall Mathers (a.k.a. Eminem)[/li][li]Willie Nelson[/li][li]Michael Jackson[/li][li]Keith Richards[/li][/ol]
Alternatives:
[ol]
[li]Hugh Downs[/li][li]Bil Keane[/li][li]Evel Knievel[/li][/ol]

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  1. Fidel Castro
  2. Nicole Richie
  3. Bono
  4. Mickey Rooney
  5. Shirley Temple
  6. Jeff Gordon
  7. Dick Cheney
  8. Stan Lee
  9. Mick Jagger
  10. Carol Channing
  11. Dick Clark
  12. Whitney Houston
  13. Jennifer Aniston
77

1). Gerald Ford–former US President
2). Fidel Castro–dictator of Cuba
3). Bill Cosby–actor/commedian (no reason, just think he is a good bet)
4). Ingmar Bergman–filmmaker
5). Merle Haggard–singer/songwriter
6). Phil Lesh–musician
7). Willie Nelson–singer/songwriter/actor (God I hope not, but he is a good bet)
8). Pat Robertson–polititian, evangelist
9). “Magic” Erwin Johnson–athelete, basketball coach
10). Jerry Lee Lewis–singer songwriter
11). Joe Paterno–college football coach
12). Moe Bandy–singer/songwriter
13). Richard B. Cheney–Vice President of the US

Alternates:
Monty Hall–Game Show Host
William Bruce Rose–You know him as Axl of “Guns and Roses”
Andy Rooney–commentator who comments on the human condition

SGT Schwartz

78

Man, I have a lot of repeaters from this year’s list! Here goes nuthin’.

  1. Tammy F.B. Messner

  2. Gerald Ford

  3. Lady Bird Johnson

  4. Dick Clark

  5. Courtney Love

  6. K-Fed

  7. Muhammad Ali

  8. Michael Jackson

  9. Abe Vigoda

10.Billy Graham

  1. Fidel Castro

  2. Charlton Heston

13.Augusto Pinochet
Alternates:

Kirk Douglas

Bob Barker

Osama bin Laden

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  1. Peter Boyle, actor
  2. Richard Widmark, actor
  3. Mickey Rooney, actor
  4. Andy Rooney, 60 Minutes guy
  5. Bob Newhart, actor
  6. Frances Sternhagen, actress
  7. Dick Cheney, V.P.
  8. Kirk Douglas, actor
  9. Charlton Heston, actor
  10. Roger Ebert, film critic
  11. Jimmy Carter, former president
  12. Cloris Leachman, actress
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  1. Arial Sharon
  2. Billy Graham
  3. Dan Fogelberg
  4. Dan Rather
  5. Estelle Getty
  6. Eunice Kennedy Schriver
  7. Farrah Fawcett
  8. Geraldine Ferraro
  9. Gordon B. Hinkley
    10 Pat Burns
    11 Tammy Faye Bakker Messner
    12 Tom Snyder
    13 Zsa Zsa Gabor

Alternates:

  1. Lady Bird Johnson
  2. Eileen Herlie