It’s 2010 here in the East. Who won 2009?
It ain’t over 'till the Fat Lady Sings, or it is New Year, Central Bloody Time.
Macaulay Culkin…
I like to wait until the last minute, since my people have a habit of dying in the wrong year. Jam yesterday, jam tomorrow, but never jam today. :mad: 
Barbara Bush
Emperor Akihito
Fidel Castro
George HW Bush
Jerry B. Jenkins
Kanye West
Kim Jong-il
OJ Simpson
Queen Elizabeth
Robert Pattinson
Roger Ebert
Rush Limbaugh
Tim LaHaye
Alternates:
Britney Spears
Elizabeth Taylor
Hugh Hefner
This years short list to pass beyond the rim:
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, Bomber
Zelda Rubinstein, about to go into the light
Jimmy Carter, Former POTUS
Greg Louganis, having the virus is not good…
Fidel Castro, but will we ever know?
Don Kent, forcast weather in Boston since the Mayflower arrived
Elizabeth Edwards, Brave wife with vice grips…
Dave Maynard, Boston talk show host for forever
Robert Byrd, and his sheet
Omar Abdel-Rahman, guest of the federal govenment
Amy Winehouse, death by misadventure
Ariel Sharon, just a matter of time
Merlin Olsen, lung cancer
Wildcards:
Kim Jong Il, nasty dictator
Larry King, viagra overdose
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Zelda Rubinstein
Jimmy Carter
Greg Louganis
Fidel Castro
Don Kent
Elizabeth Edwards
Dave Maynard
Robert Byrd
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Amy Winehouse
Ariel Sharon
Merlin Olsen
Wildcards:
Kim Jong Il
Larry King
I think Zelda should get the Lou Rawls award for the most choices.
Jobeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson need food tasters.
I thought it was Chicago time, but I added some old ladies to fill out the list anyway. I mean If Phyllis Diller, Barbara Billingsley and Zsa Zsa Gabor all die, I don’t even think I’ll get 20 points. But it’s all about quantity, not quality to me.
Jon Gosselin
Tiger Woods
Clint Eastwood
Robert Redford
Arlen Specter
Rush Limbaugh
Elizabeth Taylor
Adam Lambert
Taylor Lautner
Lil Wayne
Kate Moss
Oprah Winfrey
Hillary Clinton
Orlando Thomas – MN Viking
Margaret Moth – Fearless news camerawoman once shot in the face covering the war in Bosnia. Lives in MN.
Laurent Fignon – Tour de France champ (and admitted doper - in the bad sense of the word.) Most famous for getting beat by MN resident Greg LeMond.
Bruce Coppock – MN orchestra director
Stefano Borgonovo - Italian soccer player
Brian Lenihan – Irish Minister of Finance
Irwin Barker – Canadian comedian
Sara Payne – Unlucky Brit
Zelda Rubenstein - Paranormalizer
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi - Terrorist
Željko Šturanović – PM of Montenegro
Steve Smith – NFL running back
Johnny “Lam” Jones - Olympian
Alternates: Eydie Gorme – Kitsch legend
Scott LeDoux – MN boxer
Eleanor Mondale – MN personality at large
Kenechi Udeze - MN Viking
Stefano Borgonovo
Brian Lenihan
Margaret Moth
Laurent Fignon
Irwin Barker
Sara Payne
Zelda Rubenstein
Orlando Thomas
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Željko Šturanović
Steve Smith
Johnny “Lam” Jones
Bruce Coppock
I gotta say, even though I jumped on the bandwagon and picker her, I never heard of her until today, which to me almost qualifies her for the “famous for being sick” celebrity exception.
This past year, it broke my heart seeing talented young people such as Britanny Murphy and Chris Henry so tragically and unexpectedly being plucked in the prime of their lives - without a single one of us here partaking of that SWEET DP Action! Hopefully this can, to some degree, be remedied this year. My all-35-and-under team:
Christina Aguilera
Chris Crocker
Jenna Bush
Kayne West
Nichole Richie
Hakimullah Mehsud
Bear Grylls
Tiger Woods
Eric the Midget
Lady Gaga
John Wall
Mischa Barton
Ramzan Kadyrov
And just in case Tiger is in the midst of a fatefull cocaine fueled New Year’s frenzy with Christina, Jenna, Chris, and the dwarf …
Alternates
Jon Gosselin
Amy Winehouse
John Mayer
I take it you havn’t seen Poltergist, Picket Fences, or Sixteen Candles?
And were off!
Let the expireing begin!
I’ve seen all 3, but she apparently didn’t make enough of an impression for me to learn her name.
Happy New Year, Central US! Whoo-hoo!
Please remain seated and keep your hands and feet inside the game at all times. Good luck, everybody! sinister laughter
(Fat lady sings)
I stayed up for this?
It has just been calculated that wolf_meister is now mathematically eliminated from finishing in the Top 10 of the 2010 SDMB Death Pool. 
Darn, another chance goes down the drain again. :smack:
Hey just having a little fun in the early stages of this contest and just think - at the moment we’re all tied !!!
There are flashes of RQ usual level of brilliance and stinging touch of death in this list, but…but…the rest of it seems so…well…pedestrian.
Well, crap- I could have sworn that I checked on Daly’s status, but I guess not. Then, I didn’t re-check the thread last night, so the parade isn’t even on yet and already I’m in the hole… :smack: And of course, I didn’t list my alternates because I was posting my list so late…
Oh, boogers.
He’s letting us play, instead of kicking our asses. Respect the Reaper!