OK, I’ll go with “Evil Leaders” for the win!
(nah, not only the same list as 2010, but similar to 2009, 2008…being on my list is the Kiss of Life! 
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Michael Douglas
Margaret Thatcher
Zakk Wylde
Fidel Castro
Butch Patrick
Artie Lange
Michael Vick
David Hasselhoff
Elizabeth Taylor
Morgan Freeman
Bob Barker
Toni Morrison
Alternates:
Kim Jong Il
Abe Vigoda
I don’t know why so many folks have it in for Abe Vigoda. He’s just one Snickers commercial away from a career reboot.
Dick Cheney
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Michael Douglas
Ariel Sharon
Muhammad Ali
Roger Ebert
Fidel Castro
Jerry Ball
Tony Mandarich
William Perry
Gheorge Muresan
Shawn Bradley
Peter Mayhew
Richard Kiel
That would be six consensus-ish picks to try to actually score some points, plus seven from the Big & Tall section of sports & show business.
Because it’s funny. Everyone knows he died after “Fish” was canceled in 1978
Check your list again – you have fourteen names. Which of the first seven should be removed or made an alternate?
Dick Cheney
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Michael Douglas
Ariel Sharon
Muhammad Ali
Roger Ebert
Jerry Ball
Tony Mandarich
William Perry
Gheorge Muresan
Shawn Bradley
Peter Mayhew
Richard Kiel
Alternate:
Fidel Castro
Edited per Sternvogel’s note. Thanks!
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
Zsa Zsa Gabor
alternates
Grace Slick
Lindsay Lohan
Kirk Douglas
Barbara Bush = Former First Lady
Theme Schmeme … I’m done with themes … I’m going for the points this time:
Michael Douglas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Steve Jobs
Connie Newton Needham
Jason Becker
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Ariel Sharon
Jerry Lewis
Peter Tork
Dick Cheney
Elizabeth Edwards
Margaret Thatcher
Elizabeth Taylor
Chris Christie
Aretha Franklin
Roger Ebert
But, I swear, if 13 people who all fucked Amy Winehouse die next year, I’m going to be pissed.
Elizabeth Edwards
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Hugh Hefner
Frank Gifford
Jack Nicholson
Amy Winehouse
Pamela Anderson
Queen Elizabeth II
Ernest Borgnine
Donald Sutherland
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Peter Tork
Alternate:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Terry Bradshaw
Clint Eastwood
I’m aiming for the Quantity, not Quality award next year, since it looks like I’m gonna goose egg this one…
Sorry!!! I promise this will be the last time I post before 2011, but if adjustments are allowed I can’t let Elizabeth Edwards go unclaimed.
So:
Wilford Brimley
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Kim Jong-Un
John Demjanjuk
Randy Quaid
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Elizabeth Edwards
Kathy Bates
Ken Griffey Sr.
FW DeKlerk
Billy Graham
James Best (Roscoe Coltrane of Dukes of Hazzard)
Ellen johnson Sirleaf
Diego Maradona alternate
This is my final list.
fruitbat, you should post a clean list with no commentary next to the names (i.e., remove the parenthetical commentary next to James Best). And AFAIK, you can post updated lists all the way up to the final deadline. Just be clear that you’re posting your official updated list, so amarone knows.
(Pardon me, is it required to have a theme this year? I posted my list first, before such a requirement was imposed.)
Oh, and I want to congratulate all those nominated to the SDMB Death pool for 2011!
No theme is needed.
Correct. There is now an additional award for highest-scoring theme list, but everything else is as before.
Changes are allowed right up to the deadline. Just make sure you say that you are changing the list (as indeed you did, fruitbat), so I don’t accidentally enter your list twice.
The news is saying Elizabeth Edwards’ cancer has taken a turn for the worse.
Updated list:
Mario Batali
Chaz Bono
Elizabeth Edwards
Aretha Franklin
Jonah Hill
Artie Lange
Rosie O’Donnell
Vincent Pastore
William “Refrigerator” Perry
Randy Quaid
Gabourey Sidibe
Sally Struthers
Reuben Studdard
Alternates:
Kirstie Alley
Kevin Smith
Oprah Winfrey
How about everyone waiting a while before changing their lists? It will likely save you (and me) the trouble of having to change it back again.
hmmm. do I destroy my theme for a sure thing? uh, nope. I like my theme and I am already on one bandwagon. Besides, after reading the articles, I’m guessing Elizabeth Edwards does not make it past Christmas.