The Celebrity Death Pool 2010

The Game Room
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  1. Lindsay Lohan
  2. Shane McGowan
  3. Queen Elizabeth
  4. John Cleese
  5. J.D. Salinger
  6. Cliff Richard
  7. Kanye West
  8. Margaret Thatcher
  9. Hugh Hefner
  10. William Shatner
  11. Keith Richards
  12. Ann B. Davis
  13. Terry Pratchett

A1: Dick Cheney
A2: Mike Tyson
A3: John Travolta

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Tony Curtis
Seve Ballesteros
Dalai Lama
Kevin James
Robert Pattinson
Ryan O’Neal
Aretha Franklin
Muhammed Ali
Pat Robertson
Dick Cheney
Margaret Thatcher
Kirk Douglas
Liza Minnelli

Alt:

  1. Fidel Castro
  2. Hugh Hefner (eh, why not)
  3. June Brown (Dot from Eastenders)

Kevin James is a.k.a. Paul Blart, Mall Cop (going for the John Candy/Chris Farley Memorial Fat Dead Comedian Award). Everyone else should be self-evident.

And I have my doubts about putting Dick Cheney and Margaret Thatcher on the list as all evidence suggests that they’re immortal, but what the hey - I could be wrong.

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[double post]

24

Oh ok - “Robbing the Cradle Award”, for picking the youngest celebrity to meet their demise (but don’t forget the minimum age of 18).

25

Can you re-post without the numbers please?

26

What about the Derisive Laughter Award for those who don’t score?

27

I believe we should get some type of monetary compensation from our…what’s the word, “picks”, “clients”?..from our client’s life insurance companies.

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Connie Newton Needham, actress (Eight is Enough)
Tara Subkoff, fashion designer and actress
Rudy Boesch
Roger Ebert
Adam Yauch, of the Beastie Boys
Louis Farrakhan
Penny Marshall
Peter Criss
Len Goodman
Maura Tierny
Maggie Smith
Elizabeth Edwards
Andrew Lloyd Weber

Alternates:

George Soros
Michael Moore
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The clean list:

Connie Newton Needham
Tara Subkoff
Rudy Boesch
Roger Ebert
Adam Yauch
Louis Farrakhan
Penny Marshall
Peter Criss
Len Goodman
Maura Tierny
Maggie Smith
Elizabeth Edwards
Andrew Lloyd Weber

Alternates:

George Soros
Michael Moore
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Well, I do plan to name names in the final standing list rather than just do my usual “=154 27 others 0 points”. Is that good enough? You may provide derisive sound effects if you wish.

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  1. Ronnie Biggs (8/8/29), great train robber
  2. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (3/15/33), Supreme Court justice
  3. Kim Jong-il (2/16/41), North Korean dictator
  4. Rober Ebert (6/18/42), film critic
  5. Darlene Cates (12/13/47), actress (the mother from ‘Gilbert Grape’)
  6. Elizabeth Edwards (7/13/49), wife of Senator John Edwards
  7. Abdelbaset Ali Mohammed Al Megrahi (4/1/52), Lockerbie bomber
  8. Doug Fieger (8/20/52), former lead singer of the Knack
  9. Seve Ballesteros (4/9/57), golfer
  10. Maura Tierney (2/3/65), actress
  11. Jason Becker (7/2/69), metal guitarist
  12. Orlando Thomas (10/21/72), former Vikings defensive back
  13. Pete Doherty (3/12/79), musician

Alternates:

  1. Margaret Thatcher (10/13/25), former British PM
  2. Lawrence Eagleburger (8/1/30), former Secretary of State
  3. Fidel Castro (8/13/26), former Cuban dictator

Plain version:
Ronnie Biggs
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Kim Jong-il
Roger Ebert
Darlene Cates
Elizabeth Edwards
Abdelbaset Ali Mohammed Al Megrahi
Doug Fieger
Seve Ballesteros
Maura Tierney
Jason Becker
Orlando Thomas
Pete Doherty

Alternates:
Margart Thatcher
Lawrence Eagleburger
Fidel Castro

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I am the only one with Obama?

32

So far.

33

I have him in 2009 and will keep him in 2010.
I hope the points we win will be worth being “investigated”.

34

Ha! You’re all too late.

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Ernest Borgnine
Robert Byrd
Frank Cady
Olivia de Havilland
Phyllis Diller
Kirk Douglas
Bill Erwin
Joan Fontaine
Mitch Miller
David Rockefeller
Sargent Shriver
Eli Wallach
Norman Wisdom

Alternate 1: Britney Spears
Alternate 2: Courtney Love

Once again, thank you for doing this, amarone.

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So this is my first time to get in on this after watching and following for a few years.

Nancy Reagan
Hamid Karzai
Orson Bean
Larry Kramer
Elizabeth Edwards
Pete Doherty
Jerry Lewis
Hosni Mubarak
Fidel Castro
Margaret Thatcher
Andy Griffith
Blake Edwards
Harald V of Norway

Alternates:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Robin Williams
Betty White

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I too will be hoarding my picks until the final days of the year. But I’ve been working on it for weeks already.

>evil laugh<

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Rookie :slight_smile:

Some people have already started working on their 2011 list.

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It might be interesting to see who would win using the remanants of their 2009 list. That would certainly handicap those at the top this year.

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Weeks? Ha! Try months.

You know, I used to be normal, and not rush to my computer to add the name of the latest celebrity diagnosed with cancer.

My picks for this year:
Kim Jong Il
Phyllis Diller
Fidel Castro
Hosni Mubarak
David Hasselhoff
Pat Robertson
Ariel Sharon
John Hartson
Ernie Harwell
Dave Rose
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Orlando Thomas
---------- Alts
Robert Byrd
Nancy Reagan
Daniel Shorr

John Hartson - Welsh “Football” player
Ernie Harwell - American Sportscaster
Dave Rose - Basketball Coach for BYU
Bhumibol Adulyadej - King of Thailand
Orlando Thomas - Former Minnesota Viking