No, but it helps. All nominations of the same person must be identical. I correct differences.
Thanks!
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Sean Factotum
Nawaz Sharif
Pervez Musharraf
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
Ronnie Biggs
Lindsay Lohan
Farrah Fawcett
Walter Payton
James Gammon
Bobby Brown
Amy Winehouse
Roger Ebert
Suzanne Pleshette
Ronald Isley
Alternates:
Harold Pinter
Kylie Minogue
I see no need for a third at this late date
Here’s an all-sports list.
Sammy Baugh
Emile Bouchard
George Chuvalo
Art Donovan
Bob Feller
Raymond Kopa
Jake La Motta
Marvin Miller
Art Modell
Tony Proudfoot
Ron Santo
Tony Trabert
John Wooden
Alternate: Bobby Doerr
Bob Barker
Fidel Castro
Billy Graham
Stephen Hawking
Hugh Hefner
Charlton Heston
James J. Kilpatrick
Imelda Marcos
Debra Paget
Eleanor Parker
Fred Phelps
Ariel Sharon
Vera Lynn
Walter Payton died in 1999
Perfect!
If you mean the ex-Bear, he died in 1999. I will promote Harold Pinter.
1.Russell Watson-Singer
2.Ian Brady-Serial Killer
3.Elizabeth Dawn-Actress
4.Paul O’Grady-Comedian
5.Bobby Robson-Footballer(England)
6.Tyrone Jones-CFL star
7. Lydia Shum-Comedian
8.Tony Snow-Former White House Press Secretary
9.Abdelaziz Bouteflika- President of Algeria
10.Suharto-former Indonesian military and political leader
11.Lou Henson-former NCAA basketball coach
12.Jim J. Bullock-Actor
13.Tim Johnson- Politician(South Dakota)
Alternate-Ferlin Husky
Russell Watson
Ian Brady
Elizabeth Dawn
Paul O’Grady
Bobby Robson
Tyrone Jones
Lydia Shum
Tony Snow
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Suharto
Lou Henson
Jim J. Bullock
Tim Johnson
Alt-Ferlin Husky
If there was a contest to name the people you select in a death pool who don’t die that year, but do die a year later when you’ve taken them off your list…I’d win in a landslide. The folks I predict will no longer be on the earth at this time next year are:
Queen Elizabeth II
Bilamal Bhutto
Kay Yow
Dick Vitale
Jack Kevorkian
Tony Snow
Roger Ebert
John Wooden
Boris Spassky
Colleen Zenk Pinter
Oral Robers
Susan Pleshette
Dick Cheney
Kirk Douglas
Annette Funicello
Eunice Shriver
Muhammad Ali
Britney Spears
Fidel Castro
Dick Clark
Cher
Ariel Sharon
Walter Cronkite
Michael Jackson
Margaret Thatcher
Suzanne Pleshette
Alternate:
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Matt Serra
Darryl Strawberry
Lindsay Lohan
Same list as last year with one change (Muhammad Ali replacing the departed Lady Bird Johnson)
Fidel Castro
Margaret Thatcher
Ariel Sharon
Muhammad Ali
Ronnie Biggs
Gerald Ford
Kirk Douglas
Pete Doherty
Joe Paterno
Ara Parseghian
John Wooden
James Woods
Larry Hagman
You thinking about just copying that list too? Doesn’t seem fair, but I haven’t seen a rule against it.
Psst! Gerald Ford is dead.
Good point…I shouldn’t be doing this at work.
How about…
Fidel Castro
Margaret Thatcher
Ariel Sharon
Muhammad Ali
Ronnie Biggs
Nawaz Sharif
Kirk Douglas
Pete Doherty
Joe Paterno
Ara Parseghian
John Wooden
James Woods
Larry Hagman
I would like to propose a rule. The winner of the previous year gets dispensation to post his list 24 hours later than everybody else, so long as he submits it in private to the moderator before the deadline. This would prevent copying.
Wow, am I late this year. Going to keep most of the stable, despite their poor showing in year(s) gone by.
Liz Taylor
Fidel Castro
Lindsay Lohan
John Forsythe
Al Molinaro
Jackie Cooper
Harry Morgan
June Foray
Gordon Lightfoot
Ernest Borgnine
Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Shane MacGowan
Paris Hilton
…and in the unlikely event any of these snuff it in the next 9 hours or so alternates:
Sean Connery
Stephen Hawking
Henry Kissenger
and major thanks to amarone for all this work!
Ok, my list:
Fidel Castro
Ariel Sharon
Pervez Musharraf
Kirk Douglas
Bob Newhart
Tony Snow
Billy Graham
Axl Rose
Britney Spears
David Letterman
Ed McMahon
Tim Conway
Dan Rather
Here’s mine, same as last year’s:
Bill Cosby
Farrah Fawcett
Joe Piscopo
Kirstie Alley
John Larroquette
Loretta Swit
John Forsythe
James Garner
Al Pacino
Mary Kate Olsen
Charlie Daniels
Merle Haggard
George Jones
I could have sworn I read an article about him earlier this year. And I concur with the promotion (although this will be, what, the third year Pinter’s been sick? I’m guessing he and Dr. Hawking share the same physician.)
List With Commentary
Amy Winehouse - She gonna die after rehab, I say yeah, yeah, yeah
Lindsay Lohan - Tragic cocaine overdoese gives paparazzi single glorious day of pictures, then bankruptcy
Britney Spears - Her meth lab blows up
Mark Mangino - BCS bowl victory induced heart attack
David Blaine - Secrets of levitation fail him over pool of sharks equipped with laser beams
Bono - Tragic incident on a Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Fidel Castro - Excellent Cuban hospital has “tragic accident”
Raul Castro - First up against the wall when the revolution comes
T. Boone Pickens - Drowns while swimming in Scrooge McDuck like pool of crude oil, then donates everything to OSU in his will
Ramzan Kadyrov - Chechnyan president commits suicide by shooting himself in the back numerous times (or polonium, your choice!)
Pervez Musharraf - Confuses waterboarding with wakeboarding… oops!
ALTERNATE: Joseph Kony - Leader of Ugandan Lord Resistance Army wakes up dead after being strangled by children that are actually invisible
No jokes here
Farrah Fawcett - Returning cancer
Ron Springs - Ex-Cowboys player not expected to wake up from coma after kidney transplant
Text Only List
Amy Winehouse
Bono
Britney Spears
David Blaine
Farrah Fawcett
Fidel Castro
Lindsay Lohan
Mark Mangino
Pervez Musharraf
Ramzan Kadyrov
Raul Castro
Ron Springs
T. Boone Pickens
Alternate: Joseph Kony