That would be the newscaster.
I love how Brian Williams has the sad puppy-dog eyes in the picture that goes with the story.
Okay, back to deathpoolin’. I’m still working on my list. I have several themes and I don’t know which one to go with yet.
It is generally accepted that one lists those people one expects to die, fanfare or not. :rolleyes:
Long-time lurker, first time poster. What better place to jump in?
Jimmy Carter
Queen Elizabeth
Larry King
Mike Tyson
Art Bell
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Britney Spears
G. Gordon Liddy
Elie Wiesel
Ariel Sharon
Fidel Castro
Steve Jobs
Larry Flynt
alternates:
Hugh Hefner
Dick Cheney
Nancy Reagan
Dick Clark
Robert Guillaume
Ariel Sharon
Dick van Dyke
Barbara Bush
Billy Graham
Fidel Castro
Nancy Reagan
Hugh Downs
Muhammad Ali
Harry Morgan
Margaret Thatcher
Ursula K. LeGuin
alternates
Orlando Thomas
Grace Slick
Dick Clark
Barbara Bush = Former First Lady
Yogi Berra
Prince Charles
Sylvester Stallone
Sarah Palin
Charlie Weis
Dick Cheney
Tiger Woods
Sean Hannity
Oprah Winfrey
Matthew Perry
Mark Spitz
Luke Goss
John Boehner
Alternates:
Levi Johnston
Todd Palin
Bill Cosby
Do I detect a certain amount of wishful thinking in that list?
No, I got nothing against Yogi or Chuck or Sly or Perry, Spitz, or Goss. Or Cosby, among the alternates.
Hence the “certain amount”.
amarone,
Have you any special format for making changes this year?
I found my little list. 
Just repost your entire list in plain format. Although I now know that in your case it is an update, if other people are doing this, please just say at the top that it is an updated list so that I know to overwrite your previous one, not add you in again.
Thanks, amarone.
My revised list:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Steve Jobs
Kim Jong Il
Elizabeth Edwards
Barack Obama
David Hasselhoff
Dennis Hopper
Colin Friels
Marilyn Horne
Fidel Castro
Robin Roberts
David Prowse
Carl Kassel
Alternates
Edie Falco
Cokie Roberts
Lance Armstrong
here we are talking about televangelists who haven’t met their maker yet, and the grandaddy of 'em all kicks off…(Oral Roberts for those reading this thread well after the day has passed 
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I follow this thread each year, but have yet to actually enter the fray. Here’s to unfortunate endings…
Iron Mike Tyson - Mauled to death after trying to feast on the ear of his pet tiger.
Tiger Woods - Might not actually die, but I’m thinking he convincingly fakes it to avoid further public scrutiny.
Bryant Gumbel - Lung Cancer. Usually results in a pesky case of death.
Dennis Hopper - See above. Replace ‘lung’ with ‘prostate’.
David Hasselhoff - Gotta happen sooner or later. Here’s to sooner.
Seve Ballesteros - Supposedly ‘very good’ prognosis after chemo and surgery to remove a brain tumor but these things have a nasty habit of turning evil.
Christina Aguilera - Just a hunch. Moved up from the alternate list because my annoyance at her singing is now equally matched by the fact that I can’t seem to correctly spell her last name without looking.
Captain Beefheart - Supposedly in the final stage of MS.
Amy Whinehouse - 'Nuff said.
Owen Wilson - Depression wins. Flawless victory. Fatality.
Mariah Carey - Has a wicked case of the Crazies. May prove terminal.
Kim Jong-il - Had to be done.
Al Davis - Inept Oakland Raiders owner. (I thought I saw Frodo toss him into Mt. Doom a while back, but it turns out that was someone else. Honest mistake.) If he doesn’t old himself to death this year, there’s a good chance he gets repeatedly shanked by the upstanding young citizens of the Raider Nation.
The List
Mike Tyson
Tiger Woods
Bryant Gumbel
Dennis Hopper
David Hasselhoff
Seve Ballesteros
Christina Aguilera
Captain Beefheart
Amy Whinehouse
Owen Wilson
Mariah Carey
Kim Jong-il
Al Davis
Alternates
Roger Ebert
Mandy Moore
Robin Williams
B.B. King
OK. Deep breath:
Mickey Rooney
Jerry Lewis
Dick Clark
Phyllis Diller
Helen Thomas
Gloria Stuart
Luise Rainer
Pinetop Perkins
David “Honeyboy” Edwards
Eva Zeisel
Ernest Borgnine
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Eli Wallach
If that is meant to be a main list plus alternates, you only have ten names in your main list - you need 13. I will use all 13 as your main list, unless you want to add some more.
Oh, sorry. Yes, I’ll amend.
Mickey Rooney
Jerry Lewis
Dick Clark
Phyllis Diller
Helen Thomas
Gloria Stuart
Luise Rainer
Pinetop Perkins
David “Honeyboy” Edwards
Eva Zeisel
Ernest Borgnine
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Eli Wallach
Alternates:
Fidel Castro
Nancy Reagan
Kirk Douglas
We have reached our 40th entrant. We have 289 nominated celebrities, 203 of whom are unique.
The most nominated celebrities are Fidel Castro (15), Muhammad Ali (12) and Kim Jong-Il (11).
I’ve been counting the celebrities too, but I must have made an error somewhere because I have only 288 nominations. But I have counted the same number of unique picks, at 203. And my top three are the same.
Don’t take the exact numbers too seriously at this stage. I may well have some duplicates with slightly different spellings - I will review everything before issuing final numbers. Although for us to have the same number of unique picks, I would need the same misspelling to have been done by more than one person (not impossible - there are several celebrities frequently misspelled, but I am used to the common ones, e.g. Muhammad Ali).