Patrick Swayze
Ted Kennedy
Amy Winehouse
Nancy Reagan
Barbara Bush
Elizabeth Taylor
Tony Danza
Fred Phelps
Muhammed Ali
Loretta Lynn
Fidel Castro
Walter Cronkite
James Garner
Alternates
Mary Tyler Moore
Angela Lansbury
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Barbara Bush–Mrs. George Herbert Walker Bush
I’ve been enjoying reading the thread this year, so I’ll give it a shot. Looks like I only have one unique pick.
Amy Winehouse
Hough Heffner
James Garner
Harry Morgan
Martin Sheen
Kelsey Grammer
Fidel Castro
Ted Kennedy
B. B. King
Clint Eastwood
Queen Elizabeth
George Steinbrenner
Lou Holtz
I don’t see why seven people have put QEII on their list. Sure, she’s in her early eighties, but looks healthy. Her mum lived to be 100. And the queen has something important to live* for*, that is, seeing Charles gets to spend as little time as possible on the throne.
If Elizabeth makes it to 2015, she’ll be the longest reigning monarch in British history. That’s not so far away either.
I make it three, not including Hough Heffner (Sheen, Grammer, Holtz).
I see where you are coming from, but really do not want the admin of trying to work that out.
FYI, if someone had been first to name the top 13 still-alive celebrities in 2008, they would have 441 points and be in the lead, 97 points ahead of Rachm Qoch.
If wonder if Quartz’s intent was to only grant the bonus if that pick actually were to croak?
Subscribing to the thread.
I’ll post picks later.
The people who picked Bettie Page have had her replaced with their first alternate.
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Long Time First Time** - see post 103.
Richard Widmark, Peter Falk, Jackie Cooper, Adam Rich, Danny Bonaduce, etc.
I’m revising my previously submitted list following the death of Bettie Page:
F. Lee Bailey
Pete Doherty
Farrah Fawcett
Mitzi Gaynor
Wink Martindale
Liza Minnelli
Ron Popeil
Vidal Sassoon
Phyllis Schlafley
Boris Spassky
Patrick Swayze
Gore Vidal
Amy Winehouse
Alternates:
Rich Little
Joyce Brothers
Do I get some kind of no-prize for having two people on my list die before the year could start? I’ve revised my list again, so now my list is:
John Goodman
Fidel Castro
Fyvush Finkel
Kirk Douglas
Ariel Sharon
Eartha Kitt
Patrick Swayze
Lex Luger aka Lawrence Wendell Pfohl
Jack Kevorkian
Ray Harryhausen
Ron Silver
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Jerry Lewis
Alternates:
William Schallert
Beverly Clearly
Doris Day
I changed a few of them from last year.
Muhammed Ali
Art Linkletter
Patrick Swayze
Andy Rooney
Farrah Fawcett
Jack T. Chick
Billy Graham
Betty Ford
Ted Kennedy
Amy Winehouse
Roger Ebert
Bum Phillips
Kitty Wells
Kirk Douglas
Billy Graham
Fidel Castro
Amy Winehouse
Blake Fielder-Civil
Pete Doherty
Fidel Castro
Robert Byrd
Nancy Reagan
Michael Moore
Michael Mukasy
Ann Coulter
Pope Benedict XVI
Hutton Gibson (Mel Gibson’s father, and noted wingnut)
Fred Phelps
Dino De Laurentiis
Alternates:
Ted Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Michael Lohan
I have a theory.
That Rahm Qoch whose handle I just got after how many years here? is actually Abe Vigoda in real life.
PSSSST, Twicky Bettie Page just died.
You just got his name? Tell me, I haven’t got it yet.
Yeah, see my revised list a few posts up.
Patrick Swayze
Ted Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Elizabeth Taylor
Bob Barker
Barbara Bush
Joan Kennedy
James Arness
Jerry Lewis
Jay Leno
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Prince Phillip
Farrah Fawcett
Alternates
Peter Graves
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Kevin Eubanks
Okay, Swayze and Senator Ted are probably gimmes … although watch them survive now just to spite me! 
Some of these folks are holdovers … from last year’s list and some from several years ago! Note: the Barbara Bush on the list is Mrs. George Bush, W’s mother, not his daughter. LOL
Yes - I should have been clearer.
That wouldn’t be too hard to work out, albeit it would be a manual process. I put the lists into my spreadsheet in order that they are posted, mostly, so a search from the top will find the first nominator. I may play around as the “season” progresses and see what effect it has.
Kirk Douglas
Annette Funicello
Eunice Shriver
Muhammad Ali
Ted Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Vladimir Putin
Ariel Sharon
Nelson Mandela
Walter Cronkite
Dick Clark
Michael Jackson
Patrick Swayze
Alternate:
Sarah Palin
Sean Hannitty