as long as Avenue Q is playing somewhere, he’ll be immortal
Hmm. I didn’t double-check my list. I hope they’re all still alive.
He died in May.
Pfft. Have you heard the way he talks to his wife?? He’s already dead to me.
Count me in - although my list (along with others) guarantees immortality…
Jane Fonda
Dennis Hopper
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Andrew Lloyd-Webber
Diane Allen
Simon McCorkindale
Dick Clark
Tina Louise
Betty Ford
Julie Andrews
Zelda Rubinstein
Mary Tyler Moore
Rush Limbaugh
Alternates:
Art Laboe
Michael Collins
Steve Jobs
Orlando Thomas
George Bush, Sr.
Kim Jong Il
Fidel Castro
Steven Hawking
Rush Limbaugh
Elizabeth Edwards
Mickey Rooney
Bernard Madoff
Elizabeth Taylor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Zelda Rubenstein
Bryant Gumbel
Andrew Lloyd-Webber
Hugh Hefner
Pat Burns - Former NHL coach
Ron Wood - Musician
Rush Limbaugh - Radio Host
Zelda Rubinstein - Actress
Peter Falk - Actor
Elizabeth Taylor - Actress
Johnny Pesky - Red Sox icon
Roger Ebert - Film Critic
Pete Doherty - Musician
Jeff Conaway - Actor
Tionne Watkins - Singer
Artie Lange - Comedian
Kathryn Joosten - Actress
Alternates
Stephen Hawking - Physicist
Captain Beefheart - Musician
Clean list
Pat Burns
Ron Wood
Rush Limbaugh
Zelda Rubinstein
Peter Falk
Elizabeth Taylor
Johnny Pesky
Roger Ebert
Pete Doherty
Jeff Conaway
Tionne Watkins
Artie Lange
Kathryn Joosten
Alternates
Stephen Hawking
Captain Beefheart
Death pool. Proving the Internet is (not just) for porn. And / Or do I sense a theme here?
Well, here we go. I usually like to post a bit closer to the wire, but we’re hosting a NYE party tonight and I don’t want to forget to log back on and post my picks.
Can’t Believe They Didn’t Score in 2009 For Me division
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi. Seriously; the guy had 3 months to live, like 5 months ago.
Steve Jobs. Still looking pretty skinny. Just sayin’.
Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll division
Pete Doherty.
Amy Winehouse.
Politicians Whose Time has Come division
Moussa Dadis Camara - president of Guinea.
Bhumibol Adulyadej - king of Thailand
Umaru Yar-Adua - president of Nigeria.
Schadenfreude division
Rush Limbaugh.
Bandwagon picks
Zelda Rubinstein
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Everyone else
John Nash - brilliant and schizophrenic mathematician.
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan - former pro wrestling manager.
Pravin Mahajan - Assassin and brother of prominent Indian politician.
Clean list:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi
John Nash
Steve Jobs
Pete Doherty
Moussa Dadis Camara
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Umaru Yar’Adua
Amy Winehouse
Rush Limbaugh
Bobby The Brain Heenan
Pravin Mahajan
Zelda Rubinstein
Alternates:
David Hasselhoff
Roger Ebert
I am a he!
Sorry, I don’t have the info to work those things out. I only get into the age of celebs when they actually pop off, and I don’t track gender (it would need a lot of research - it is not always obvious from the name).
There is no limit on alternates. It is no extra work for me as I ignore alternates unless someone on someone’s list dies before the new year, in which case I just replace that person with the first one on the list of alternates.
- Bob Jane - b. 1929. Former race car driver, businessman
- Deanna Durbin - b. 1921. Retired actress
- Amy Winehouse - b. 1983. Junkie who made a record or something.
- Colleen McCullough - b. 1937. Author.
- Peter Falk - b. 1927. Retired actor.
- Elizabeth Taylor - b. 1932. Retired actress
- Ariel Sharon - b. 1928. Former Israeli Prime Minister, current body in a bed.
- Tom Bosley - b. 1927. Actor.
- Richard O’Sullivan - b. 1944. Former actor.
- Lee Radziwill - b. 1933. Socialite.
- Liza Minelli - b. 1946. Actress, singer.
- Alan Jones - b. 1941. Radio broadcaster.
- Dawn French - b. 1957. Comedienne.
Alts.
Gene Wilder - b. 1933. Actor.
Barack Obama - b. 1961. President, USA.
Albert Finney - b. 1936. Actor.
Plain text list:
Bob Jane
Deanna Durbin
Amy Winehouse
Colleen McCullough
Peter Falk
Elizabeth Taylor
Ariel Sharon
Tom Bosley
Richard O’Sullivan
Lee Radziwill
Liza Minelli
Alan Jones
Dawn French
Alts.
Gene Wilder
Barack Obama
Albert Finney
- There is no rule about someone having to be famous enough. The new rule this year excludes people famous only because of their illness/injury, but does not change the previous position that we do not attempt to determine if someone is otherwise famous enough.
- It is all in a spreadsheet.
First time entry
Margaret Thatcher
Michael Foot
Kim Jong Il
Larry King
Betty Driver
Sara Payne
Vera Lynn
Zelda Rubenstein
Fidel Castro
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua
Gary Clitter
Pat Burns
Paul Casgoine
Woody Allen
Amy Winehouse
Bruce Forsyth
Yay! This is the first year I’ve had a list ready in time to compete!
Steve Jobs
Amy Winehouse
Muhammed Ali
Elizabeth Taylor
Stephen Hawking
Lindsay Lohan
Bryant Gumbel
Axl Rose
Hugh Hefner
David Hasselhoff
Zelda Rubinstein
Jeff Conaway
Dick Clark
alts:
Ann Coulter
Rush Limbaugh
Bernie Madoff
Here’s hoping Dick Clark has one more New Year’s Rockin’ Eve! Just one more.
Osama bin Laden
Stephen Hawking
Muhammad Ali
Queen Elizabeth
Fidel Castro
Pat Robertson
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Keith Richards
Jack Kevorkian
Andy Griffith
Fred Phelps
Terrell Owens
Ariel Sharon
Alan Alda
That is a wonderful Freudian slip.
Final version, I promise:
Sir Terence Pratchett
Bryant Gumbel
Ernie Harwell
Muhammad Ali
Maya Angelou
Art Linkletter
Louie Anderson
Art Donovan
Fidel Castro
J.D. Salinger
Ariel Sharon
Teresa Heinz
Zelda Rubinstein
Alternates:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Kirk Douglas
Mickey Rooney
Nancy Pelosi
Duane Chapman
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jack Nicholson
Alex Rodriguez
Madonna
Steve Carell
Kanye West
Seth McFarlane
James Lipton
Chris Rock
Stephen King
Eddie Van Halen
alternatives:
Heidi Klum
Jamie Lee Curtis
Michelle Peiffer
My picks for 2010:
Barbara Bain
Barbara Billingsley
Chevy Chase
Professor Irwin Corey
Charlie Daniels
Ann B. Davis
Ervin ‘Magic’ Johnson
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lewis
Art Linkletter
Jayne Meadows
William Shatner
Larry Storch
Alternates
Alan Alda
Rush Limbaugh