The Celebrity Death Pool 2009

That’s 10; you need 3 more.

Thirteen people folks! Your list should have 13 people, then 3 alternates if you wish.

sorry - I had 14 and didn’t realize

Claude Levi-Strauss
Esther Williams
Hal David
[del]Nanette Fabray[/del]
Edwin Newman
Phyllis Diller
Robert McNamara
Sargent Shriver
Marcia Strassman
Dick Clark
Hugh Downs
Tom Bosley
Annette Funicello
Lou Jacobi

alternates
Julie Newmar
Marty Allen
Nanette Fabray
[del]Mitch Miller[/del]

Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Dick Cheney
John McCain
Ted Kennedy
Barack Obama
Steve Jobs
Jack Kevorkian
Phil Lesh
Peter Falk
Michael Jackson
Michael J. Fox
O. J. Simpson

Alt:
Elizabeth Taylor

REVISED LIST

Bob Novak
Ronnie Biggs
Ariel Sharon
Wendy Richards
Khaled Marshaal
Patrick Swayze
Paul Casciogne
Fidel Castro
Bobby Robson
Dom Deluise
Billy Graham
Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed Al Megrahi
Mohammed Dief

Alternates:
Elizabeth Edwards
Peter O’Toole

Note I’ve replaced Alex Macomber with Dom Deluise.

He is worth zero pointage as he turned 100 in November. FYI. ( I gave up on him ever dying.)

Morgan Freeman
Shia LaBeouf
Aretha Franklin
Bill Clinton
Mickey Rooney
Stan Lee
George H.W. Bush
Angela Lansbury
Patrick Swayze
Shirley Temple Black
Edward M. Kennedy
Wanda Sykes
Winona Ryder

Point taken - okay, here’s the revised revision:

Nanette Fabray
Esther Williams
Hal David
Edwin Newman
Phyllis Diller
Robert McNamara
Sargent Shriver
Marcia Strassman
Dick Clark
Hugh Downs
Tom Bosley
Annette Funicello
Lou Jacobi

alternates
Julie Newmar
Marty Allen
Mitch Miller

With others picking up on my shtick, there’s not much point in this; just preserving my right to drop in on the thread occasionally and be a smartass. . . .

Mitch Miller
Karl Malden
Jack LaLanne
Norman Lloyd
Harry Morgan
Les Paul
Olivia de Haviland
Daniel Schorr
Walter Cronkite
Kirk Douglas
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Robert Byrd
Billy Graham

Alternates (like I need three at this late hour):

Lena Horne
Phyllis Diller
June Foray
(Didn’t I have Mitch Miller all to myself last year?)

Amy Winehouse
Stephen Hawking
Muhammad Ali
Queen Elizabeth
Fidel Castro
Pat Robertson
Michael J. Fox
Jerry Lewis
Jack Kevorkian
Andy Griffith
Fred Phelps
Patrick Swayze
Michael Jackson

Here’s hoping for better than my 9 point list for 2008. Enjoy!

EDIT: Alternate: Tom Lehrer

A revised list.

Ariel Sharon
Billy Graham
Elizabeth Taylor
Farrah Fawcett
Fidel Castro
Kirk Douglas
Richard Quick - Univ of Auburn Coach - brain tumor
Patrick Swayze
Roger Ebert - Cancer
Stephen Hawking
Ted Kennedy
Seve Ballasteros - PGA Golfer - Brain Cancer
Bob Barker

Alternates:

John Goodman
Walter Cronkite

SandyHook, you need to post a plain list with no commentary.

I love the Ghoul Pool!

Darryl Strawberry - Former Baseball player
Patrick Swayze - Actor
Bob Dole - former presidential candidate
Farrah Fawcett - Actress
Frances Bay - Actress (Happy Gilmore Grandmother)
Richard Keil (actor, James Bond movies)
Pat Robertson (televangelist)
Severiano Ballesteros (Pro Golfer)
Larry Hagman (JR Ewing)
George Kennedy (Actor, Dallas,
Earvin Magic Johnson (Former Basketball Player
Michael Jackson (Pop Star)
Sammy Case (Gay porn actor, rumored to have Aids)
1st Alternate - Liz Taylor (actress)
2nd Alternate - Betty Ford (former first Lady)
3rd Alternate - John Daly (PGA Golf pro, potential train wreck in the making)
Darryl Strawberry
Patrick Swayze
Bob Dole
Farrah Fawcett
Frances Bay
Richard Keil
Pat Robertson
Severiano Ballesteros
Larry Hagman
George Kennedy
Earvin Magic Johnson
Michael Jackson
Sammy Case

Alternates

Liz Taylor
Betty Ford
John Daly

Heres my list

Farrah Fawcett
Sarah Brady
Fidel Castro
Amy Winehouse
Randa Bin Ladin
Patrick Deuel
Elizabeth Edwards
John Glenn
Mary Tyler Moore
Patrick Swayze
Jeff Conway
Jason Becker
Steve Jobs

Alt
Dick Cheney
Nick Nolte
Sarah Brady, Jim Brady’s wife
Patrick Deuel - 1/2 ton man
Randa Bin Ladin - Osama’s sister
Jason Becker - musician

I guess I need three more:

Pete Best
Yasmine Bleeth
Pamela Lee Anderson

That makes the whole list:

George Wendt
Daniel Pinkwater
Ron Jeremy
Jack Black
John Goodman
Amanda Vanstone
Edie McClurg
Ian McKellen
Stephen Colbert
Pete Best
Yasmine Bleeth
Pamela Lee Anderson

Alternate: Dick Clark

Once again, the joint list of SpoilerVirgin and psychobunny (same as 2008, since we were 0 for 13):

Ruben Studdard
Courtney Love
Nolan Miller
Elizabeth Taylor
Judith Krantz
Fidel Castro
Vidal Sassoon
Liza Minelli
John McLaughlin
Gina Lollabridgida
Chuck Norris
Soupy Sales
Annette Funicello

Alternate:
Dick Clark

Please, not Normie, my favorite bayfly ever!

LIVE, Norm, live!

Ted Kennedy
Patrick Swayze
Ed McMahon
Amy Winehouse
Fidel Castro
Billy Graham
Charles Manson
Annette Funicello
Jimmy Carter
Farrah Fawcett
Ariel Sharon
Nancy Reagan
Elizabeth Taylor

Huh, I see Patrick Swayze got taken off my list. Obviously that guy is going to die in a bizaar accident with a belt sander and a magnet very soon so I need to make sure he is on my list.
Patrick Swayze
George Wendt
Daniel Pinkwater
Ron Jeremy
Jack Black
John Goodman
Amanda Vanstone
Edie McClurg
Ian McKellen
Stephen Colbert
Pete Best
Yasmine Bleeth
Pamela Lee Anderson

Alternate: Dick Clark

Okay, my first time in the death pool.
First, people I won’t shed any tears over:

  1. Robert ‘Dolly’ Dunn Child molester. In jail, in protective custody.
  2. Dennis Ferguson Another child molester, currently out of jail at a secret location.
  3. Robert Mugabe
  4. Fidel Castro

And now some sick or whacked out celebrities:

  1. Paul Gascoigne (English footballer)
  2. Patrick Swayze
  3. Amy Winehouse
  4. Owen Wilson
  5. Terry Pratchett
  6. Mary-Kate Olsen
  7. Larry Flynt
  8. Wendy Richards (Are You Being Served actress)
  9. Seve Ballasteros

Alternate
Britney Spears
Plain list:

Robert ‘Dolly’ Dunn
Dennis Ferguson
Robert Mugabe
Fidel Castro
Paul Gascoigne
Patrick Swayze
Amy Winehouse
Owen Wilson
Terry Pratchett
Mary-Kate Olsen
Larry Flynt
Wendy Richards
Seve Ballasteros

Alternate
Britney Spears