Geraldine Ferraro, former vice-presidential candidate
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Senator
Robert Novak, columnist and political commentator
Teri Garr, Actress
Ken Kercheval, actor (Dallas)
AQ Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist
Dame Maggie Smith, veteran actress
Steve Jobs, Apple CEO
John Daly, PGA golfer
Jack Van Impe, televangelist
Alternates:
Roddy Piper, former professional wrestler
Sharon Osbourne, music manager and promoter
Johnny Pesky, former Red Sox shortstop
Susan Atkins
Kenechi Udeze
Shelley Morrison
Geraldine Ferraro
Arlen Specter
Robert Novak
Teri Garr
Ken Kercheval
AQ Khan
Maggie Smith
Steve Jobs
John Daly
Jack Van Impe
I have, as promised, revised my list in light of the great nominees so far. I hope this does not cross the line into plagiarism.
1 Billy Graham
2 Kirk Douglas
3 Margaret Thatcher
4 Ronnie Biggs
5 Shirley Temple Black
6 Ariel Sharon
7 Elizabeth Edwards
8 Charlton Heston
9 Fidel Castro
10 Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman
11 Roger Ebert
12 Robert McNamar
13 Paul Harvey
Alternate
None
Clean list
Billy Graham
Kirk Douglas
Margaret Thatcher
Ronnie Biggs
Shirley Temple Black
Ariel Sharon
Elizabeth Edwards
Charlton Heston
Fidel Castro
Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman
Roger Ebert
Robert McNamar
Paul Harvey
Bother! And well spotted! I’ll slide Amy Winehouse to first alternate.
Revised list:
Tara Jones
Tom Buckley
Elizabeth van Sickle
Patrick Swayze
Allister Boyd
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi
Alex Macomber
Pete Doherty
Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim
Steve Phillips
Steve Jobs
Seve Ballesteros
Colin Howe
Alternates:
Amy Winehouse
Ariel Sharon
Robert Mugabe
Kim Jong Il
replacing the already dead heston with Fred Phelps, a weak choice, but hope springs eternal
Billy Graham
Kirk Douglas
Margaret Thatcher
Ronnie Biggs
Shirley Temple Black
Ariel Sharon
Elizabeth Edwards
Fred Phelps
Fidel Castro
Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman
Roger Ebert
Robert McNamar
Paul Harvey
There’s some terrific picking here, (Bobby Robson - Of Course!!) I am sooooo looking forward to this, <steeples fingers>
I just wanted to say a public thankyou to amarone for not only carrying out this gargantuan task but doing it with grace and style and forgiving newbs who may cause him/her extra work.
Gore Vidal
Billy Graham
Dominic Dunne
Burt Bacharach
Maggie Smith
John Olsen
Jack Brabham
Don Burrows
Gough Whitlam
Patrick Swayze
Peter O’Toole
Ariel Sharon
Ted Kennedy
John Olsen is an Australian artist of some note.
In Australia, at any rate.
Don Burrows is an Australian jazz musician.
The rest should be self explanatory. Happy New Year all!)
I’ve never participated in this before…and I only read the first page of this thread, so if my list looks too much like others…sorry!
Patrick Swayze
Steve Jobs
Fidel Castro
George Steinbrenner
Amy Winehouse
Shia LeBoeuf
Pope Benedict XVI
Kim Jong-Il
Sadaharu Oh
Jack Klugman
Richard Kiel
William Shatner
O.J. Simpson
Darnit, I haven’t had time to refine my list so I will just have to narrow it down on the fly. I went with predominantly old people to increase my odds of scoring. I didn’t have time to dig up my old list but I remember Jack Kevorkian was on it and I am going to keep trying with him.
Milly Del Rubio
Amy Winehouse
Patrick Swayze
Carl Reiner
Jack Chick
Jack Kevorkian
Helen Gurley Brown
Michael Ansara
Dave Brubeck
Nancy Reagan
Jack Klugman
Nanette Fabray
Ed McMahon
Kirk Douglas
Les Paul
JD Salinger
Art Linkletter
Ed Asner
Mitch Miller
Walter Cronkite
Helen Thomas
Ted Kennedy
Soupy Sales
Harry Belafonte
Jimmy Carter
Abe Vigoda
Muhammed Ali (not at all well)
Amy Winehouse (trainwreck)
Pete Doherty (ditto)
Margaret Thatcher (ancient)
HRH Prince Phillip (likewise)
Prof Stephen Hawking (borrowed time)
Kirk Douglas (another oldie)
Patrick Moore (and another)
John Hurt (I hope not, but he has been looking a little fragile lately)
Robert Mugabe (we can but hope)
Peter Falk (old and ill)
George Bush Senior (I’m running out of ideas here)
The Pope (really running out!)
Basic List in no particular order.
Bob Novak
Ronnie Biggs
Ariel Sharon
Wendy Richards
Khaled Marshaal
Patrick Swayze
Paul Casciogne
Fidel Castro
Bobby Robson
Alex Macomber
Billy Graham
Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed Al Megrahi
Mohammed Dief
Alternates:
Dom Deluise
Elizabeth Edwards
Peter O’Toole
And Now, The Demented Reasoning Behind :
The Terrorists:
The hardest thing about picking a terrorist is which one. The hours I’ve spent combing Wiki are countless. I’ve bumped Osama Bin Laden off my list ( on since 2002.) for someone that has been seen lately which means he will die January 1, 2009, just watch.
Kaheld Marshaal Hamas leader . Given the state over there lately, really, just naming 13 people of note, six from each side and one wild card would make for easy pickin’s. ( 1956)
Mohammed Dief
(1960) Random, obscure, critically injured terrorist in a war zone. Not a good combo.
Bob Novak I know zero about politics, but when an old guy runs over someone in his car and doesn’t realize it, that ain’t good. Brain Tumor.(1931)
Robert Maudsley He has made it to my final 20 for the past few years. I short listed him this year. (1953)
Ronnie Biggs (1929) He’s been on my list before and seems to have Keith Richards Longevity Super Powers.
Ariel Sharon. (He could be an easy pick or he could be in cryogenics. Who knows.) The Man Who Just Won’t Die.
Patrick Swayze. Cause everybody is doing it. Pancreatic cancer ain’t nice.
Fidel Castro. 2009 is the end of his reign. Permanently.
Billy Graham. Band wagon. easy points.
Alex Macomber. When I came across this one, I instantly thought it wouldn’t be qualified. *Famous because they are ill and not for something else * and all that. However, it looks like there is a loophole and in I slide. He bumped Dom Deluise down.
Good luck to everyone and **thank you very much AMARONE ** for doing all of this!
I look forward to seeing which of my chosen I have given the Gift of Life too.
Elizabeth Taylor
Patrick Swayze
Michael Jackson
Keith Richards
Bob Dylan
Don Imus
Ed Koch
Brigette Bardot
George Steinbrenner
Mike Francesa
Dick Cheney
Billy Graham
Don Deluise
Alan Greenspan
Ariel Sharon
Boris Spassky
Charlie Watts
Donald Rumsfeld
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Farrah Fawcett
Hugh Hefner
Michael Jackson
Ricardo Montalban
Terry Jones
William Shatner
Woody Allen
I think next year there should be a sub catagory:** Pop Your Cherry.**
Pick who you think will be who dies first on your list and if you are right, you get five extra points.
With respect to “who is a celebrity”, I just inherited the previous rules. Personally, I think there should be some restrictions. I don’t think we should have people who are solely known for their illness - even if they achieve fame through other efforts that are related, e.g. fund-raising activities. I have found several such people in searches, but do not think it right to use them.
I also think we should avoid relatives of celebrities, unless the relative is famous in their own right. For example, I would view Earl Woods as a celebrity, but not Phil Mickelson’s dad.
But the issue with this is that we then need some way of adjudicating. I guess we could have a vote - I would be happy to administer some sort of voting process - I would set a deadline then count the votes and announce the result.
I like this rule and will personally follow it. (I did have one person on my not-yet-submitted list that was known solely for being a cancer patient, but will strike him and replace him with an actual celeb.)
