The Celebrity Death Pool 2012

Me either. He was just an alternate for me this year. I do have McGovern, though.

Russell Means, an Oglala Sioux activist is apparently near death in a Rapid City, SD, hospital. Means is 72.

Sorry to hear that. I met him once and worked with his brother Dale to establish a tribal radio station.

Why intransitive? Seems to me the verb should be transitive.

Got laid off Friday, so I now have plenty of time on my hands to take care of some of the people left on my list.

No deaths in many months for me. That is about to change!

Give me and five others the points for George McGovern.

By your command.

Russell Means has died.
Link: Russell Means, American Indian Activist, Dies at 72 - The New York Times

Olympic wrestling gold medalist Jeff Blatnick passes away

Believe he was 55.

Jacques Barzun, who helped invent the field of cultural history during his tenure as a Columbia University professor, has died at the age of 104. A quarter-century after he retired from Columbia, he wrote the improbable bestseller From Dawn to Decadence, which chronicled the world’s progression (and regression) from the Renaissance to the turn of the millennium. Barzun is famous for saying that “[w]hoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.”

Singer/actress Natina Reed has died in a car accident at age 32.

The german composer Hans Werner Henze died on Saturday at age 86.

Soul and jazz singer Terry Callierhas died at age 67.

Margaret Osborne duPont, who won 31 doubles and six singles titles in Grand Slam tennis tournaments, has died at the age of 94. From 1948 to '50, she won three consecutive U.S. National Championship (now U.S. Open) singles crowns.

Letitia Baldrige, etiquette maven and White House social secretary for Jacqueline Kennedy, dead at 86.

Her obit implies she “came out” after her husband died. Anyone know the "Straight"dope?

Assuming no more celebrities die before midnight here are the standings as of the end of October.

1 Registered at Last 356 9 1
2 CAMJAY77 274 7 0
3 Walkabout 242 6 1
4 MsWhatsit 225 6 0
5 Randy Seltzer 214 6 1
6 GIGObuster 211 6 1
7 Nurse Carmen 210 5 1
8 phungi 207 6 1
9 Captain Lance Murdoch 191 5 0
10 Captain Klutz 180 5 1
11 Wheelz 178 5 0
12 zoog 167 4 1
13 Hal Briston 163 5 0
13 Shirley Ujest 163 5 0
13 Squonk 163 5 0
13 Tom Scud 163 5 0
17 Fear Itself 160 4 0
18 5 time champ 157 4 0
19 Loach 152 5 1
20 42fish 148 5 0
21 Jack Batty 139 5 0
22 Baker 137 4 0
23 Tit Whistle 136 4 0
24 Rico 127 5 0
25 It’s Not Rocket Surgery! 123 4 0
25 notfrommensa 123 4 0
27 carnivorousplant 121 4 0
28 Eliahna 120 3 0
28 Mahaloth 120 4 0
30 Tamex 106 5 0
31 anyrose 96 3 0
31 Duckster 96 4 0
33 Sarabellum 93 3 0
34 pohjonen 90 2 0
34 Quarter Lane 90 4 0
36 Sternvogel 88 5 0
37 critter42 85 4 0
38 Dusty Rose 83 3 0
39 appleciders 82 3 0
39 Dolores Reborn 82 3 1
39 Drain Bead 82 3 0
39 Tristan 82 3 0
43 VunderBob 81 2 0
44 cheldie 80 3 0
44 D N T 80 4 0
44 Jeep’s Phoenix 80 3 0
44 J-P L 80 3 0
44 Kitten Mitten 80 3 0
44 Kolak of Twilo 80 3 0
44 kunilou 80 3 0
51 Little Nemo 75 3 0
52 candide 74 3 0
53 BACI 71 2 0
53 cadolphin 71 3 0
55 HappyLendervedder 69 3 1
56 Borborygmi 67 2 0
57 a35362 65 2 0
57 amarinth 65 2 0
57 Andrew 21 65 2 0
57 booklover 65 2 0
57 Boyo Jim 65 2 0
57 Dung Beetle 65 2 0
57 Gleena 65 2 0
57 Monstera deliciosa 65 2 0
57 Mustardseed 65 2 0
57 superbia-acedia 65 2 0
57 swampbear 65 2 0
68 Duke 60 3 0
69 Dr. Girlfriend 58 2 0
70 Antigen 56 2 0
70 imthjckaz 56 2 0
72 clipper 53 2 0
72 Labtrash 53 2 1
74 Tangent 50 3 0
75 malkavia 45 2 0
76 Mean Mr. Mustard 43 1 0
77 Eleanor of Aquitaine 42 2 0
77 The Vorlon 42 2 0
79 Bewildebeest 38 1 0
79 cugel 38 1 0
79 Maus Magill 38 1 0
79 meghan 38 1 0
79 Mona Lott 38 1 0
79 Nefarious Chipmunk 38 1 0
79 rachelellogram 38 1 0
79 SpazCat 38 1 0
87 Spoiler Virgin 37 2 2
87 twickster 37 1 1
89 arnesw 34 2 0
90 Long Time First Time 33 2 0
90 Lsura 33 2 0
92 sigmagirl 30 3 1
93 anactoria 27 1 0
93 Avarie537 27 1 0
93 cardboardbox 27 1 0
93 freckafree 27 1 0
93 lel 27 1 0
93 Small Hen 27 1 0
93 The Librarian 27 1 0
93 tygre 27 1 0
101 etv 26 2 0
102 Johnny L.A. 24 2 0
103 drastic quench 23 2 0
104 audit1 21 1 0
104 Idle Thoughts 21 3 0
106 BornTek 18 1 0
106 missred 18 1 0
106 Paul in Qatar 18 1 0
106 rucciface 18 1 0
106 tarragon 18 1 0
111 Dennis Arthur PERRETT 16 1 0
112 Auntie Pam 15 1 0
112 chizzuk 15 1 0
112 Enuma Elish 15 1 0
112 Hockey Monkey 15 1 0
112 MOIDALIZE 15 1 0
112 not what you’d expect 15 1 0
112 Spiff 15 1 0
119 BobLibDem 14 1 0
119 tim-n-va 14 1 0
121 Premislaus 11 1 1
122 Quarter Lane 10 1 0
123 garygnu 9 1 0
123 Paul Parkhead 9 1 0
125 smithsb 8 1 0
126 zamboniracer 7 1 0
127 Zagalejo 5 1 0

I’m still in the top 50 - I’m impressed

Well, I’m in the top 51.

You know, it’s just a month now until we start entries for the 2013 DeathPool. This was my first year, and I would like to be DeathMistress again. Does anyone have any problems with this?

As I am a baker IRL I’m considering cookies as prizes next year. For, say, the person with the least amount of points, or the player who finished exactly in the middle of the pack. The only problem with the latter idea is that a lot of people might be tied at the middle, like this year. Any other ideas?