As absolutely no one died last year on my list, they also won’t die again. Apparently, these people are immortal:
Muhammed Ali
Robert Byrd
Fidel Castro
Dick Clark
Elizabeth Edwards
Blake Fielder-Civil
Billy Graham
Paul Harvey
Teddy Kennedy
Robert Novak
Wendy Richard
Ariel Sharon
Patrick Swayze
Alternate:
Bob Barker
Michael Jackson
Brittany Spears
Michelle Duggar
Fred Phelps
Nancy Reagan
Billy Graham
Steve Jobs
Mel Brooks
Keith Richards
Kim Jong Il
Kay Yow
Barack Obama
Ted Kennedy
- I would like to add a big “I hope not” for Obama and Kay Yow (NCSU women’s basketball coach).
Thanks for the hard work and dedication, amarone. You rock!
Merle Haggard
Ted Kennedy
Robert Novak
Patrick Swayze
Susan Atkins
Nolan Miller
Seve Ballesteros
Steve Jobs
Farrah Fawcett
Amy Winehouse
Wendy Richard
Michael Lohberg
Mindy McCready
Alternates:
Dominick Dunne
Elizabeth Edwards
Jodie Sweetin
And just in case that doesn’t count as a “clean” list:
Merle Haggard
Ted Kennedy
Robert Novak
Patrick Swayze
Susan Atkins
Nolan Miller
Seve Ballesteros
Steve Jobs
Farrah Fawcett
Amy Winehouse
Wendy Richard
Michael Lohberg
Mindy McCready
Alternates:
Dominick Dunne
Elizabeth Edwards
Jodie Sweetin
My picks, with the help of SuperBoyfriend (action figure comes with real cape!):
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Barbara Bush
Pete Best
Marion Cunningham
Al Davis
Pete Doherty
Michael Jackson
Ron Jeremy
Track Palin
Tara Reid
Tom Sizemore
Prince Harry
Asif Ali Zardari
Revised:
Vasily Aleksanyan
Fidel Castro
Rev. Billy Graham
Ted Kennedy
Nancy Reagan
Patrick Swayze
Annette Funicello
Dick Clark
Elizabeth Edwards
Dom Deluise
Ronnie Biggs
Jon Anderson
Hank Cochran
Replaced Zsa Zsa with Dick Clark. Did you see him tonight??? :eek:
One of these years I’m going to actually put some thought into this, but for this year I’ll go with my all-or-nothing list from last year (with one token effort at actually getting some points).
Gary Coleman
Andy Dick
Pete Doherty
Artie Lang
Ralphie May
Chuckie Negron
Terrell Owens
Darryl Royal
Tom Sizemore
Darryl Strawberry
Eddie Van Halen
Amy Winehouse
alternate: Danny Bonaduce
for an hour.
Chuckie Negron is the son of the Three Dog Night singer featured in an episode of A&E’s Intervention. I don’t know if that counts as celebrity or not, but I don’t think it will ultimately make a lot of difference to my standings.
Patrick Swayze
Ted Kennedy
Amy Winehouse
Fidel Castro
Michael Jackson
Manuel Uribe
Elizabeth Taylor
Charles Manson
Elizabeth Edwards
Mindy McCready
Farrah Fawcett
Susan Atkins
Andy Dick
Steve-O
Muhammed Ali
Suge Knight
Well, here goes, and under the influence of the best part of a bottle of my namesake wine:
Susan Atkins
Stefano Borgonovo
Sara Douglass
Jade Goody
Bill Grant
Jang Jin-young
Edward Kennedy
Don Meyer
Robert Muller
Robert Novak
Wendy Richard
Wayne Shelford
Patrick Swayze
Golden Gophers Football - Oops, can’t pick them. They’ve been dead since 1962.
Don Sanderson – Man inadvertently trying to prove that fighting in hockey is idiotic
Thomas Buckley – Charity walker
Eddie Thompson – Owner of Dundee United
Bruce Coppock – Director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Susan Atkins - Murderer
Vasily Aleksanyan – VP of Yukos now in jail for tax evasion
Patrick Swayze – Doesn’t put baby in the corner
Orlando Thomas - Football
Johnny “Lam” Jones – Olympics and football
Steve Smith – Football (running back, not the receiver)
Sir David “Dai” Llewellyn – Welsh Playboy
Steve Jobs - Apple
Abdeset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi – Libyan terrorist
Alternates
Genaro Hernandez – World super featherweight boxing champ
Alberto Capella Ibarra – Chief of Police in Tijuana, Mexico
Don Sanderson
Thomas Buckley
Eddie Thompson
Bruce Coppock
Susan Atkins
Vasily Aleksanyan
Patrick Swayze
Orlando Thomas
Johnny “Lam” Jones
Steve Smith
Dai Llewellyn
Steve Jobs
Abdeset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Dusting off last years list and jettisoning the deadwood…
This years choices to pass beyond the rim…
Jimmy Carter
Patrick Swayze
Fidel Castro
Don Kent
Elizabeth Edwards
Dave Maynard
Robert Byrd
Robert Novak
Ted Kennedy
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Amy Winehouse
Ariel Sharon
Kevin White
Wildcards:
Harry Morgan
Ed McMahon
Larry King
Of course, now they will live another year.
Here’s my list:
Patrick Swayze
Michael Jackson
Eli Wallach
Grace Slick
Pauline Friedman
Alec Baldwin
Liza Minnelli
J. D. Salinger
Harper Lee
Doris Day
Tim Conway
Robert Guillaume
Carol Channing
Alternates:
Phyllis Diller
Joan Fontaine
Olivia de Haviland
Pauline Friedman is the original Dear Abby (and sister of Ann Landers)
AAAAnd were off!
Now the only question is how long we have to wait for the kickoff award winner.
What’s the longest ever for the kickoff to be awarded?
Someone should check on the Travessers
I share Robert Novak and Ted Kennedy with amarone. Is there hope?
Two weeks before they start dropping like flies. The Angel of Death strikes again.
Why are these weirdos often named “Plant”, er, “Wayne”?
Who are all the other folks with the same made up last name?
plant, they’re members of a religious cult who may be planning suicide.
20 bucks to save a low-life barfly? Yeah, he’s my favorite barfly, but not 20 bocks worth of favorite.
So, betting on a cult committing mass suicide, eh? High risk, but very interesting. Have you heard news from the mother ship?