I see Bif Naked has breast cancer. I had no idea. Haven’t heard from here since she was on MTV in the late '90’s or so.
Wow, good for him!
Violates the “already dead” rule, unless you’re thinking of someone other than the former third baseman and broadcaster.
D’oh! I knew that! I meant to put Ernie Harwell in there, even though he’d only be worth around 9 points. But dammit, in three years I’ve never had a hit, and I gotta try for at least one shoo-in (no offense, Ernie, I’ve loved you since 1980.)
Revised list:
Linda Ellerby
Julia Sweeney
Robert Mandan
Mary Tyler Moore
Ed Asner
Ernie Harwell
Betty Garrett
Helen Reddy
Tyne Daly
June Lockhart
Charlotte Rae
Don Pardo
Adam West
David Spade
Dawn Wells
Diana Muldaur
This is also my first attempt at the SDMB Celebrity Death Pool! I don’t know how successful I’ll be, but I’m morbidly excited to give it a try 
I think my choices are pretty straightforward, but if there’s any clarification required please let me know.
My list:
Courtney Love
Lindsay Lohan
Edward Furlong
Amy Winehouse
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Daniel Baldwin
Boy George
Corey Haim
Tom Sizemore
Pete Doherty
Walter Gretzky
Seth Binzer
Artie Lange
Alternates:
Glenn Beck
Dick Cheney
How many noobs are we this year?
What was the issue with “Robbing The Cradle” award?
Seems to me that more awards makes the game more fun :
Undertaker’s Apprentice : For Noob players who win.
I think Robbing the cradle should be back,
And, frankly, Annie Xmas needs something for her alliteration, if you ask me.
Still can’t over the fact she pulled that off.
75 entries so far.
There had not been one for years (if ever), but I did agree to add it early on in this thread.
Ok, I have been back and forth between this one, the inquiry thread I started, and posting to the 09 thread. I had read something somewhere, and couldn’t keep it straight then, apparently.
I’m in!
Simon MacCorkindale
Lindsay Lohan
Fidel Castro
Chris Brown
Stephen Hawking
Hugh Hefner
Jerry Lewis
Amy Winehouse
Nancy Reagan
Courtney Love
Kim Jong-Il
John Goodman
Stan Lee
Alternates:
Mel Gibson
Mary Tyler Moore
George H. W. Bush
After much deliberation, here is my list for 2010:
David Hasselhoff
Jerry Lewis
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Elizabeth Taylor
Jeff Conaway
Andy Dick
Peter Graves
Bob Barker
Joan Kennedy
Courtney Love
Fidel Castro
Mavis Leno
Prince Phillip
Max Weinberg, James Arness
A few comments - David Hasselhoff is in a very sad state, unfortunately. I hate putting him on the list, but he’s definitely a train wreck. 
Jeff Conaway and Andy Dick are train wrecks waiting to happen as well, imho. Mavis Leno is my very wild card this year. LOL And Max Weinberg, as head of the Tonight Show band now, takes over Kevin Eubanks place on my alternates. James Arness is, of course, brother to Peter Graves, for the sibling touch.
Okey doke, I’m ready to post.
Jeff Conaway
Roger Ebert
Elizabeth Edwards
Mitzi Gaynor
Bryant Gumbel
David Hasselhoff
Steve Jobs
Wink Martindale
Ron Popeil
Phyllis Schlafly
Maura Tierney
Andrew Lloyd Weber
Robin Williams
Alternates:
Tom Sizemore
Liza Minnelli
I’m going with the herd for nine – people with cancer or serious drug habits. For the other four, I went with holdovers from my '09 list, who I think might be unique picks, just to keep things interesting. The four were chosen because they have funny names
We’ll see how that works out, eh?
The four funny names are currently unique. But when it comes to funny names, Bryant Gumbel and David Hasselhoff are not exactly run-of-the-mill.
OK, I’m going to amend my list and add Urban Meyer. And if he kicks the bucket in 2010, I want extra credit, dammit, for being the first to add him! (I am the first, aren’t I?)
New list:
Kim Jong Il
Fidel Castro
Olivia de Havilland
Ruth Westheimer
Robert Byrd
Amy Winehouse
Elizabeth II
Urban Meyer
Barbara Bush
Elizabeth Edwards
O.J. Simpson
Daniel Schorr
Gerald Freeman
Alternates:
Lance Armstrong
Terry Garr
Maya Angelou
Steve Jobs
Muhammad Ali
Julia Sweeney
Fidel Castro
Vladimir Putin
Ariel Sharon
Nelson Mandela
Dick Clark
Glen Beck
George Steinbrenner
Courtney Love
Amy Winehouse
Keith Richards
Alternate:
Sarah Palin
Sean Hannitty
As none of my picks of last year decided to shuffle off, I will use most of them again this year. Saves me having to think of anyone else.
As usual, I have not made any effort to check and see if they are in fact unwell and on the cusp of death already. They’re just old and famous.
David Attenborough
Mel Brooks
Christopher Lee
Elizabeth Taylor
George H W Bush
Joanne Woodward
Pele
Ronnie Corbett
Peter Sallis
Gary Glitter
Pete Doherty
Terry Pratchett
Tim Conway
Alternatives:
Macaulay Culkin
Kim Jong Il
Fidel Castro
You are.
And with 80 entrants now (up to GuanoLad), we have exactly 500 different celebrities nominated.
Dang it, I wanted to be the only one to have Urban on my list. He was my double secret stealth pick, which wasn’t going to be revealed until NY’s Eve. Well I still have one pick that no one has picked yet.
You hope. There’s no telling how many of us… err, I mean, how many players are waiting stealthily to submit.
I have not been visiting the Dope much lately but I can’t miss the Death Pool. No hits last year but I dropped a few off. So they are dead for sure. Unlike most years I have no read any of the other entries before posting this.
As part of my yearly ritual I would like to point out that I picked Ariel Sharon the year before he went into the coma. I deserve extra points when he finally kicks.
Ariel Sharon
Steve Jobs
Bryant Gumbel
Levon Helm
Paul Prudhomme
Muqtada al-Sadr
Kareem Abdul Jabar
Pat Summerall
Ethan Zohn
George Steinbrenner
Kathryn Joosten
Maura Tierney
Sean Connery
alternates:
Axl Rose
Stephen Glover
Chuck Berry
Dammit I sign in to post my DP list and then realize I put in my work in progress list and not my final list. Here is the final list:
Ariel Sharon
Don Imus
Bryant Gumbel
Levon Helm
Paul Prudhomme
Ronnie James Dio
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Pat Summerall
Ethan Zohn
George Steinbrenner
Kathryn Joosten
Maura Tierney
Sean Connery
Is this thread a lot shorter than last year or is it me? Maybe an announcement in MPSIMS (its former home) to remind people about it. The more the merrier.