But he is getting old REAL fast.
- Derryn Hinch - b. 1944. Australian media personality.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor - b. 1917. Retired actress
- Miley Cyrus - b. 1992. We should be so lucky.
- Kirk Douglas - b. 1916. Retired actor.
- Michael Douglas - b. 1944. Actor.
- Elizabeth Taylor - b. 1932. Retired actress
- Ariel Sharon - b. 1928. Former Israeli Prime Minister, current body in a bed.
- Aretha Franklin - b. 1942. Singer.
- Richard O’Sullivan - b. 1944. Former actor.
- Lou Richards - b. 1923. Retired Footballer (Australian Rules).
- Ronnie Biggs - b. 1929. Great Train Robber.
- Ben Cousins - b. 1978. Footballer (Australian Rules).
- Julian Assange - b. 1971. Guy playing chicken with the US Government.
Alts. (unchanged from last year)
Gene Wilder - b. 1933. Actor.
Barack Obama - b. 1961. President, USA.
Albert Finney - b. 1936. Actor.
Plain text list:
Derryn Hinch
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Miley Cyrus
Kirk Douglas
Michael Douglas
Elizabeth Taylor
Ariel Sharon
Aretha Franklin
Richard O’Sullivan
Lou Richards
Ronnie Biggs
Ben Cousins
Julian Assange
Alts.
Gene Wilder
Barack Obama
Albert Finney
Barbara Bain
Chevy Chase
Professor Irwin Corey
Charlie Daniels
Ann B. Davis
Aretha Franklin
Ervin ‘Magic’ Johnson
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lewis
Jayne Meadows
Pat Robertson
William Shatner
Larry Storch
Alternates
Alan Alda
Rush Limbaugh
Hey for 2010, I guessed the demise of two celebrities.
Celebrities on my list should no longer feel they have been granted immortality. BWA-HA-HA 
My amended list:
Yao Defen
Paul Gascoigne
Seve Ballesteros
Aretha Franklin
Amy Winehouse
Kim Jong-Il
Larry Flynt
Terry Pratchett
Lindsay Lohan
Robin Williams
Lex Luger
Jeff Conaway
Michael Douglas
I’ve been waiting until the last minute but I have to work late tonight and don’t want to forget so I may as well post now.
Nancy Reagan
Michael Douglas
Pete Doherty
Margaret Thatcher
Aretha Franklin
Andy Griffith
Larry Kramer
Jerry Lewis
Fidel Castro
Rose Marie
LeRoy Neiman
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Harmon Killebrew
In case any of these folks shuffle off in the next few hours here are a couple of
alternates:
Betty Ford
Dick Cheney
And as always, thanks Amarone for doing this!
As usual, I’ve gone with a list of really old composers, politicians, and people I strongly dislike. They’ve got to die one of these years…
Milton Babbitt
George H.W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Christopher Hitchens
Kim Jong-Il
Henry Kissinger
Ennio Morricone
Krzysztof Penderecki
Fred Phelps
Prince Philip
Ned Rorem
Margaret Thatcher
My list of people almost certainly guaranteed to survive till 2012
1- Sarah Palin- This dead fish will go with the flow
2- Christine O’Donnell- Too bad she couldn’t spend more time with her career, which was-- oh never mind.
3- Rand Paul- Dies in a massive ego explosion.
4- Dick Cheney- Finally dies from lack of heart
5- John Boehner- Falls asleep in nuclear tanning bed
6- Jeff Gordon- I pick him every year. Nothing against him, just those NASCAR guys roll the dice every Sunday.
7- Mike Huckabee- Last words: “If I’m saying this just for publicity, may the Lord smite me…”
8- Barry Bonds- Them 'roids finally take their toll
9- Bill Shatner- You’re dead, Jim
10- Charlie Watts- Because everyone always picks Keith Richard
11- Conan O’Brien- My upset special
12- Kelly Ripa- Probably won’t die, but young enough to score loads of points
13- George W. Bush- God finally shows He cares
Plain text:
Sarah Palin
Christine O’Donnell
Rand Paul
Dick Cheney
John Boehner
Jeff Gordon
Mike Huckabee
Barry Bonds
Bill Shatner
Charlie Watts
Conan O’Brien
Kelly Ripa
George W. Bush
A safe list of likely no unique picks, no theme, and I didn’t wait until 31 December for any gameplay, I just haven’t had the time to put a list together. I’m hoping for a little more than just this year’s Zelda.
- Rush Limbaugh (12 Jan 51)
- Aretha Franklin (25 March 42)
- Peter Falk (16 Sep 27)
- Pete Doherty (12 Mar 79)
- Jeff Conaway (5 October 50)
- Artie Lange (11 Oct 67)
- Abdel Baset al-Megrahi (1 Apr 52)
- William “Fridge” Perry (16 Dec 62)
- Ralph “Fridge” Friedgen (4 Apr 47)
- Dick Clark (30 Nov 29)
- Lindsay Lohan (2 Jul 86)
- Fred Phelps (13 Nov 29)
- Andy Rooney (14 January 19)
Alternate (for the next 14 hours or so):
Tom Sizemore (29 Nov 61)
Plaintext:
Rush Limbaugh
Aretha Franklin
Peter Falk
Pete Doherty
Jeff Conaway
Artie Lange
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi
William Perry
Ralph Friedgen
Dick Clark
Lindsay Lohan
Fred Phelps
Andy Rooney
Alt:
Tom Sizemore
Evidently I cannot count to thirteen. :smack:
My revised list:
David Hasselhoff
Andrew Lloyd Weber
Dick Clark
Mohammed Ali
Aretha Franklin
Fidel Castro
Elizabeth Taylor
Charles Manson
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Pamela Anderson
Bob Newhart
Seve Ballesteros
Betty Ford
Alternates:
Nancy Reagan
Lindsay Lohan
Robin Williams
Whoop, forgot my alternate. Ok, just in case someone shuffles off today, I’ll put Amy Winehouse on the bench.
Aretha Franklin - Singer
Ethan Zohn - Survivor Africa winner
Christopher Hitchens – Author & journalist
Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi – Lockerbie bomber
Tony Gwynn – Former Baseball Player
Eleanor Mondale – Daughter of former VP
Michael Douglas - Actor
Seve Ballasteros – former Golfer
Scott LeDoux – former Boxer
Orlando Thomas – Former football Player
Steve Smith – Former football Player
Willie Wood – Former football player
Paul Gascoigne – Former English Soccer Player
Aretha Franklin
Ethan Zohn
Christopher Hitchens
Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi
Tony Gwynn
Eleanor Mondale
Michael Douglas
Seve Ballasteros
Scott LeDoux
Orlando Thomas
Steve Smith
Willie Wood
Paul Gascoigne
Alt:
Amy Winehouse
Pete Doherty
Danny Bonadouche
New poster here. Here is my list. It’s a mixture of old folks and young people who would get me a high score if they did die.
Dick Cheney
Jimmy Carter
Lindsey Lohan
Richard Dawson (former Family Feud host)
Kim Jong-il
Ariel Sharon
50 cent (Curtis James Jackson III)
Michael Douglas
Aretha Franklin
David Hasselfoff
Margaret Thatcher
Whitney Houston
Anne Rice
Here it is sans numbers…
Andy Rooney
Elisabeth Taylor
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Nancy Reagan
Muhammad Ali
Julian Assange
Joseph Ratzinger (AKA the Pope)
Michael Douglas
Charlie Sheen
Stephen Hawking
Eddy Van Halen
Eric Roberts
Woody Harrelson
Welcome to the dark side, FliktheBlue!
This year, I have waited, let other more organized posters do all the work, and then sneaked in and poached as shamelessly as an ivory hunter in a Tanzanian national park. I guess my theme is “Mehitabel is a Lazy, Lazy Kitty”.
Entertainers Who Will Graciously Bow Out:
- William Shatner (80 years of The Shat!)
- Aretha Franklin (That cancer is nasty, poor lady)
Two Dicks are always better:
3) Dick Cheney (heartless before it was literal)
4) Andy Dick (now watch, he’ll end up being the Keith Richards of Comedy)
Muckety-Mucks
5) Margaret Thatcher (Baroness whose death will mean awkwardness at BILLY ELLIOT shows in theaters around the world)
6) George H.W. Bush (notice he’s stopped jumping out of planes on his birthdays)
7) Christopher Hitchens (he’ll know soon enough if he was right about God, poor guy)
If Christoper’s Wrong About God Existing, These Deaths Will Prove it:
8) Kim Jong-il (evil North Korean dictator bastard)
9) Than Shwe (evil Burmese dictator bastard)
10) Robert Mugabe (evil Zimbabwean dictator bastard)
Alternates:
11) Ruth Bader Ginsburg (I know she’s sick, but I haven’t heard about any dramatic swings one way or the other)
12) Fidel Castro (see Ginsburg)
13) Mikhail Khodorkovsky (sitting in jail in Siberia with Putin mad at you /= continued good health)
Plain vanilla, no sprinkles please:
William Shatner
Aretha Franklin
Dick Cheney
Andy Dick
Margaret Thatcher
George H.W. Bush
Christoper Hitchens
Kim Jong-il
Than Shwe
Robert Mugabe
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Fidel Castro
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Madonna
Jack Black
Jon Bon Jovi
Clint Eastwood
Daniel Craig
Oksana Grigorieva
Reggie Bush
Jessica Biel
Mike Sorrentino
Nicole Polizzi
Kanye West
Jennifer Lopez
Donny Osmond
Mike & Nicole are “the situation” and “snooki” from The Jersey Shore reality TV show.
Mostly my 2010 list, since none of them had the decency to die during the year. Come on folks! Don’t hang in there!
Lauren Bacall
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Ariel Sharon
Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh
Nelson Mandela
Steve Jobs
Alan Greenspan
Michael Douglas
Mike Wallace
Hugh Hefner
Aretha Franklin
Courtney Love
Robert Redford
Since I’m an idiot, please put my three alternates in the main list so I have 13, thanks!
William Shatner
Aretha Franklin
Dick Cheney
Andy Dick
Margaret Thatcher
George H.W. Bush
Christoper Hitchens
Kim Jong-il
Than Shwe
Robert Mugabe
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Fidel Castro
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
I knew Mike had a name, but this is the first I’ve learned of Snooki’s given name
My revised list as the deadline approaches:
World misleaders:
Kim Jong-il - He will be less “ronery” in hell.
Dick Cheney - No heart, No pulse, undead.
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo - Ivory Coast president, now a dictator as it refuses to acknowledge he lost the recent election, civil war looming.
Singers:
Areta Franklin - Musical band wagon pick
Amy Winehouse - Slurry speech in last Russian concert points to another (final?) drug meltdown.
Gerry Rafferty - What disease he doesn’t have? It is a wonder that he made it to 2011.
Anne Feeney - Political activist, folk musician and singer-songwriter, very nasty kind of lung cancer
Actors:
Michael Douglas - This time the acting bandwagon pick.
Pro wrestlers:
Superstar Billy Graham - His wrestling crusade will end soon thanks to third stage liver disease.
Raymond Louis Heenan - Bobby the Brain Heenan, pile dived not by brain cancer, throat cancer.
Other:
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi - Bomber
Christopher Hitchens - Writer
Rich Buhler - Radio preacher
Clean list:
Kim Jong-il
Areta Franklin
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo
Dick Cheney
Amy Winehouse
Michael Douglas
Christopher Hitchens
Rich Buhler
Anne Feeney
Gerry Rafferty
Superstar Billy Graham
Raymond Louis Heenan
Alternates:
Mike Marqusee
Muhammad Ali
Looks like a big ol’ goose egg for me in 2010, my first year in the Pool. Not gonna let that happen again! (No theme.)
- Pro golfer **Seve Ballesteros **(53).
Supposedly responding well to treatment for a brain tumor. Still – a brain tumor! Come on! - Often rumored-dead but still-breathing Cuban dictator **Fidel Castro **(84).
Fidel’s been on his death bed since about 1998. One of these years it’ll take. - Ex- Vice President and multiple heart-attack survivor **Dick Cheney **(69).
To quote Obi-wan Kenobi: “He’s more machine than man, now.” But machines wear out too… Right? - **Maggie Daley **(67), wife of longtime Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Breast cancer, now spread to her bones and organs. Richie is stepping down as Mayor in 2011 to be at her side. - Actor **Michael Douglas **(66).
Throat cancer. He could beat it, but if he doesn’t, I suspect he’ll go fast. - **Aretha Franklin **(68), the one and only Queen of Soul.
Pancreatic cancer is some nasty shit. I wish her the best, but I’ll be surprised if she sees 2012. - **Zsa Zsa Gabor **(93).
Yeah, yeah, a bandwagon pick and scant points, I know. But like I said, I don’t want to get shut out two years in a row. - News/sportscaster and former Today Show host **Bryant Gumbel **(62).
Haven’t heard much about his health lately, but lung cancer doesn’t just go away. - Funnyman/MDA advocate **Jerry Lewis **(84).
The more I read about his myriad health issues, the more I marvel that he’s made it this long. Laaaady Luck is bound to run out on him soon. - University of Florida football coach **Urban Meyer **(46).
Just a hunch. He retired suddenly a year ago after a heart scare. He quickly un-retired, but has now re-retired. He may know something he’s not telling. - **Eleanor Mondale **(50), daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale.
Eleanor, gee, I think you’re swell,
But I’ve heard that you’re not well,
So you’re going on my list here.
I picked you last time, you survived,
Though it’s nice you’re still alive,
Maybe you can help me this year? - **Lura Lynn Ryan **(76), former First Lady of Illinois.
Hubby George is currently in the pokey for his corrupt ways as Secretary of State and Governor, and was recently denied early release to be with his ailing wife, who is said to be near death. - Former British Prime Minister **Margaret Thatcher **(85).
Sounds like Maggie’s been sliding steadily downhill for some time now.
As unlikely as it is that any of these folks (let alone three of them!) will kick the bucket in the next 11 or so hours, here are my alternates (in preferred order of use):
- Ex-Monkee **Peter Tork **(68)
- Supreme Court Justice **Ruth Bader Ginsburg **(77)
- Poison frontman and reality TV sleaze **Bret Michaels **(47)
Seve Ballesteros
Fidel Castro
Dick Cheney
Maggie Daley
Michael Douglas
Aretha Franklin
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Bryant Gumbel
Jerry Lewis
Urban Meyer
Eleanor Mondale
Lura Lynn Ryan
Margaret Thatcher
Peter Tork
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Bret Michaels