:eek: You leave Peter Tork out of this! That goes for Micky, Mike, and Davey as well! How dare you! That’s almost as bad as picking Ringo or Sir Paul!
Osama bin Laden
Stephen Hawking
Muhammad Ali
Queen Elizabeth
Fidel Castro
Pat Robertson
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Aretha Franklin
Jack Kevorkian
Andy Griffith
Fred Phelps
Terrell Owens
Ariel Sharon
Alan Alda
This is the first time I have looked at the dead pool since I entered last year.
A few days into 2010 I lost a good friend who was only 38 years old and I kind of lost heart in the whole thing and stopped making notes to myself of who was ill.
So for this year I’m just taking the left overs from last year and slapping in replacements where they are needed.
Harmon Killebrew – MN Twin
Scott LeDoux – MN boxer
Eleanor Mondale – MN personality at large
Orlando Thomas – MN Viking
Bruce Coppock – MN orchestra director
Stefano Borgonovo - Italian soccer player
Brian Lenihan – Irish Minister of Finance
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi - Terrorist
Steve Smith – NFL running back
Johnny “Lam” Jones – Olympian
Billy Graham – wrestler
Aretha Franklin
Shelley Morrison - Will and Grace
alternate - Eydie Gorme
Harmon Killebrew
Scott LeDoux
Eleanor Mondale
Orlando Thomas
Bruce Coppock
Stefano Borgonovo
Brian Lenihan
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Steve Smith
Johnny “Lam” Jones
Billy Graham
Aretha Franklin
Shelley Morrison
Margaret Thatcher, 10/13/25, Former British PM
George Melvin Heathcote, 5/27/27. former coach of NCAA 1979 Champion Michigan State aka Jud
Ariel Sharon, 2/26/28, former Israeli Prime Minister
Harmon Killebrew, 6/29/36, former baseball player
Aretha Franklin, 3/25/42, Singer
Penny Marshall, 10/15/42, actress-Laverne & Shirley/director
Billy Graham, 6/7/43, wrestler, not preacher
Michael Douglas, 9/25/44, actor
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, 4/1/52, Lockerbie bomber
Julian Assange, 7/3/71, Wikileaks guy
Zsa Zsa Gabor, 2/6/17, former actress
Fidel Castro, 8/13/26, former Cuban dictator
Orlando Thomas, 10/21/72, former Vikings defensive back
Alternates (just in case someone above kicks in the next 10 hrs):
Kirk Douglas, 1916
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 1924
Dick Clark, 11/30/29
Clean list:
Margaret Thatcher
George Melvin Heathcote
Ariel Sharon
Harmon Killebrew
Aretha Franklin
Penny Marshall
Billy Graham
Michael Douglas
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Julian Assange
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Fidel Castro
Orlando Thomas
Alternates:
Kirk Douglas
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Dick Clark
Reviewing the rules it occurs to me that we don’t have an actual definition of “dead”. Since Dick Cheney has no heartbeat, could he be considered already dead?
Bewildebeest
Concerning celebrities’ designation as a living individual, wouldn’t Keith Richard be the most questionable?
The 2011 Death Pool Sells Out
Snickers:
Aretha Franklin
Liza Minnelli
Betty White
Abe Vigoda
Geico:
Andres Cantor
Charlie Daniels
Ed “Too Tall” Jones
Randy Johnson
Wonderful Pistachios:
Rod Blagojevich
Chad Ochocinco
Nicole Polizzi (a.k.a. Snooki)
R. Lee Ermey (bonus)
Logitech Revue:
Kevin Bacon
Alternates/Old Spice:
Ray Lewis
Isaiah Mustafa
Plaintext:
Aretha Franklin
Liza Minnelli
Betty White
Abe Vigoda
Andres Cantor
Charlie Daniels
Ed Jones
Randy Johnson
Rod Blagojevich
Chad Ochocinco
Nicole Polizzi
R. Lee Ermey
Kevin Bacon
Alternates:
Ray Lewis
Isaiah Mustafa
My List, in no particular order: I don’t think I have any major surprises.
1 Aretha Franklin
2. Harmon Killebrew
3. Billy Graham ( Preacher)
4. Billy Graham (Wrestler)
5. Abdelbasel Ali Mohmed Al Megahi ( Locherbie Bomber )
6. James Randi
7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
8. Christopher Hitchens
9. Ronnie Biggs
10. Margeret Thatcher
11. Bumibol Adulyadej
12. Ruth Bader Ginsberg
13. Jason Becker
Alternates:
Paul Gasciogne
Fred Phelps
Nancy Reagan
I swear if Ronnie Biggs and the Locherbie Bomber Dude don’t freakin’ die in 2011, I am sooooo taking them off my DP12 list.
Missed edit window: I never read the thread before posting my list. There’s an award for themes this year? Awesome!
In case it’s not obvious, my theme is “celebrities featured in commercials in 2010”.
As always, amarone, thanks for running the show!
Michael Douglas
Harmon Killebrew
Rob Long
Sheryl Crow
Christopher Hitchens
Shirley Temple Black
Owen Wilson
Terrell Owens
Lindsay Lohan
Annette Funicello
Sandra Day O’Connor
Amy Winehouse
Shia LaBeouf
Alternates:
Nancy Reagan
Abe Vigoda
Rob Long is the punter for Syracuse.
If my pattern holds true in 2011, two of these people will die before March 1, and the rest will live forever.
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi -Convicted Lockerbie bomber
Aretha Franklin - Singer
Arial Sharon - Former Prime Minister of Israel
Betty Ford - Widow of Gerald Ford
Dick Cheney - Former Vice President
Harmon Killebrew - Retired baseball Player
Jeff Conaway - Actor
Julian Assange - Wikileaker
Kim Jong-Il - North Korean strongman
Kirk Douglas - Actor
Michael Douglas - Actor. My first-ever parent-child daily double
Ray Davies - Musician
Zsa Zsa Gabor - All purpose celebrity
Plain List
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Aretha Franklin
Arial Sharon
Betty Ford
Dick Cheney
Harmon Killebrew
Jeff Conaway
Julian Assange
Kim Jong-Il
Kirk Douglas
Michael Douglas
Ray Davies
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Alternate: Annette Funicello
Dick Cheney
Kirk Douglas
Michael Douglas
Aretha Franklin
Annette Funicello
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Christophen Hitchens
Jack Klugman
Harry Morgan
Pauline Phillips
James Randi
Amy Winehouse
Alternates:
Andy Griffith
Joan Fontaine
Olivia deHaviland
I was going to wait until later to post this but I’m going to be at a party and it would probably be rude to go hide in a corner while updating my Dead Pool list from my cell phone. Posting without commentary this year due to time constraints:
Aretha Franklin
Ronnie Biggs
Mick Karn
Jim Stynes
Mike Heimerdinger
Sinan Samil Sam
John Nash
Michael Douglas
Margaret Thatcher
Billy Graham
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi
Charlie Louvin
Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
(The Billy Graham is “Superstar” Billy Graham, the wrestler.)
Alternate:
Gerry Rafferty
In honor of this pick, I present my favorite commercial parody of 2010.
Well, due to Tony Proudfootnot hanging on for TWO MORE DAYS … I am switching him out for
Sinan Samil “Bull From Bosporus” Sam - Turkish Boxer (Former European Champ) 23 June 1974
So please replace Sinan Samil Sam for Tony Proudfoot on my list.
Happy New Year (please let the remaining 13 hang on for 8 more hours)
No particular theme here…
Harry Smith
Larry King
I. M. Pei
Steve Jobs
Mel Brooks
Aretha Franklin
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Michael Douglas
Nancy Reagan
Billy Graham
Lindsay Lohan
Michelle Duggar
Fred Phelps
Alternates:
Keith Richards
Dick Clark
Sarah Palin
You should probably re-submit it without the numbers and parentheticals.
Objection. I was overruled on this last year, but I think it’s still valid.
Violates rule 3(e) for being a registered member of the SDMB.
Hal Holbrook
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Andy Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Michael Douglas
Kirk Douglas
Jane Russell
Charlie Sheen
Bret Michaels
Nancy Reagan
Mel Gibson
Larry King
Corey Feldman
There are web pages devoted to him entirely separate of his illness, eg. this one. I would think think that pretty much any college football player has some degree of fame. What’s the ruling on this?