Ted Kennedy
Barbara Bush,Sr
Patrick Swaze
Reuben Studdard
Mike Tyson
Fidel Castro
Kim Jong-Il
Bernard Madoff
ZsaZsa Gabor
Elizabeth Taylor
alternates:
Jocelyn Wildenstein
Margo Kidder
Andy Rooney
You need 13 - I will take all your alternates unless I hear otherwise.
Nelson Mandela
Jerry Lee Lewis
Farrah Fawcett
Wendy Richard
Roger Ebert
Michael J. Fox
Patrick Swayze
Margaret Thatcher
Dorothy Hamill
Pete Doherty
Amy Winehouse
Fidel Castro
Terry Pratchett
Alternates:
Jimmy Carter
Muhammad Ali
Kirk Douglas
Based on Macworld announcement, I am swapping Lori Drew for Steve Jobs. Corrected plain list below - I don’t intend any additional changes to this between now and the 31st.
Tom Bosley
Jean Stapleton
Hank Aaron
Florence Henderson
Ann B. Davis
Nancy Reagan
Steve Jobs
Neil Armstrong
Patrick Swayze
O.J. Simpson
Magic Johnson
Bob Dole
Alternates
James Brady
Roman Polanski
Imelda Marcos
Rodney Rogers – Newly paralyzed fromer NBAer
Dave Drevecky – Former pitcher, former two armer
Kieran Culkin – Random child actor death
Patrick Swayze
Eric Shanteau – Olympic swimmer with cancer
John Wooden
Seve Ballesteros
Adam Frey – Former college wrestler with cancer
Mike Tyson
Brian Doyle Murray
Dwight Harrison – Former NFL cornerback
Brandon Jennings – Basketball player in Europe
Martina Hingis
The plain list:
Rodney Rogers
Dave Drevecky
Kieran Culkin
Patrick Swayze
Eric Shanteau
John Wooden
Seve Ballesteros
Adam Frey
Mike Tyson
Brian Doyle Murray
Dwight Harrison
Brandon Jennings
Martina Hingis
Due to my lack of copy/paste skills, I do have to post this once more - I left Bob Newhart out of the last one.
Bob Newhart
Tom Bosley
Jean Stapleton
Hank Aaron
Florence Henderson
Ann B. Davis
Nancy Reagan
Steve Jobs
Neil Armstrong
Patrick Swayze
O.J. Simpson
Magic Johnson
Bob Dole
Alternates
James Brady
Roman Polanski
Imelda Marcos
I like Koko Taylor; my picks live forever. Did I miss the staff meeting about why we are picking 13 immortals?
John Forsythe
Elizabeth Edwards
Barack Obama
Robert Novak
Ted Kennedy
George Mitchell
Ray Bradbury
Ariel Sharon
Macaulay Culkin
Nancy Reagen
Fidel Castro
Kirk Douglas
Dick Cheney
Alternates
Carol Burnett
Ehud Olmert
Koko Taylor
Can we pick Socks the Clinton Cat? Does it count if he is euthanized?
Mut be human.
Rats.
Cats.
Whatever.
I should clarify I mean Barbara Bush the elder, not Barbara Bush the younger.
- Mindy McCready (suicide-prone C/W singer)
- Glen Benton (his scheduled suicide is long overdue…)
- Hubert “Geese” Ausbie (The “Clown Prince of Basketball”)
- Lew Lewis (Eddie & the Hot Rods)
- Orson Bean (To tell the truth, I think he’s a gimme)
- Jovanka Budisavljević Broz (Tito’s widow)
- Eli Wallach (Actor)
- Gary Busey (Eccentric actor)
- Norman Borlaug (“Green Revolution” guy)
- Mel Lastman (former mayor of Toronto)
- Steve Jobs
- Malcolm Scott Carpenter (U.S. Astronaut)
- Joseph Kittinger (Aviation pioneer)
Alternates:
Don Henley (must die, don’t let him get back together with Glen Frey!)
Caril Ann Fugate (Famous girlfriend)
Copy-and-paste-to-Excel format:
Mindy McCready
Glen Benton
Hubert Ausbie
Lew Lewis
Orson Bean
Jovanka Budisavljević Broz
Eli Wallach
Gary Busey
Norman Borlaug
Mel Lastman
Steve Jobs
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Joseph Kittinger
Alternates:
Don Henley
Caril Ann Fugate
Going for the unique picks, Spiff?
In my list I am referring to the elder Barbara Bush.
Clint Eastwood
Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Roger Ebert
Chemical Ali
Dick Clark
Elizabeth Taylor
Wilford Brimley
Steve Jobs
Peter O’Toole
Prince Philip
Elizabeth Edwards
Barack Obama
Alternates:
Barbara Bush
Mary Stewart
Ray Bradbury
This time last year, we had 98 posts in the thread. This year, 176. I continue to predict a sharp increase in turnout.
And so far there are 75 entries. I, like a lot of others, are probably waiting until the last week.
Royalty edition:
- Akihito of Japan - Emperor of Japan
- Naruhito, Prince Hiro - Crown Prince of Japan
- Harald V of Norway - King of Norway
- Princess Ragnhild of Norway, Mrs. Lorentzen - King Harald’s sister
- Elizabeth II - Queen of quite a lot, actually
- Charles - Prince of Wales
- Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
- Margrethe II of Denmark - Queen of Denmark
- Beatrix of the Netherlands - Queen of the Netherlands
- Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- Juan Carlos I of Spain - King of Spain
- Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - King of Sweden
- Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Alternates:
Albert II of Belgium - King of the Belgians
George Tupou V - King of Tonga
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck - Dragon King of Bhutan
Emperor Akihito
Prince Naruhito
King Harald V
Princess Ragnhild
Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Charles
Prince Hans-Adam II
Queen Margrethe II
Queen Beatrix
Grand Duke Henri
King Juan Carlos I
King Carl XVI
Prince Albert II
Alternates:
King Albert II
King George Tupou V
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Although none of my 2008 picks have yet given up the ghost, I’m retiring Bob Feller and Oral Roberts due to their diminishing point values. Replacing them will be Edward Moore Kennedy and Paul Gascoigne. As a nod to some supermarket tabloid headlines I’ve seen, I’m also dropping hunch pick Earl Scruggs and bringing Patrick Swayze into the fold.
Since Pete Seeger is slated to turn 90 in May, 2009 will be his last year on my list whether he makes it to 2010 or not. Wikipedia articles on him and my other “returning favorites” can be found in this post from the Celebrity Death Pool 2008 thread.
Plaintext alphabetized list:
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Fidel Castro
Art Donovan
Louis Farrakhan
Paul Gascoigne
Ted Kennedy
Jack Kevorkian
Ralph Kiner
Pete Seeger
Norodom Sihanouk
Patrick Swayze
Mort Walker
Kay Yow
You’re probably right. I’m doing the same, although it’ll be a lot of repeats from last year.