I don’t recall any rule about submitting more than one list. I think it’s a great idea for all the extra celebs you want to die!
I believe all four people in the 13th-place tie had Gibb, James, Joe Paterno, Gary Carter, and someone else who I forget now (it’s been a while).
ETA - Al-Megrahi.
Dave May, an outfielder who played for five big-league teams during a twelve-year Major League Baseball career, has died at the age of 68. Although he was named to the American League All-Star team as a Milwaukee Brewer in 1973, he was traded following the 1974 season to the Atlanta Braves for then-all-time home run leader Hank Aaron, who was thus allowed to finish his MLB career in Milwaukee, where the Braves had been based when Aaron broke in as a major leaguer.
You get only thirteen names.
Quarter Lane, it turns out I counted George McGovern for you twice. That’s what the extra ten points is. Your total is ninety, for McGovern, Etta James, Robin Gibb and Joe Paterno.
Thank you, Baker.
Now, back to researching for next year’s list.
Baker has my vote for Death Mistress 2013.
I have about 70 names written down to check over and pick from for my 2013 list.
Call the prizes a “Baker’s Dozen.” Now we just have to come up with 12 prize categories.
right. 13 prize categories.
Hmmm…
- Most points
- Least points (but more than 0)
- Most unique picks who die
- Most celebrity deaths from a nonthemed list
- Least celebrity deaths from a nonthemed list
- Opening kickoff
- Latest in the year (I know we have a name for this but it escapes me)
- Youngest celebrity
- Oldest celebrity
- Most celebrity deaths from a themed list
- Least celebrity deaths from a themed list
- Most celebrity deaths by slipping on a banana peel (we may need to work on a category here)
- Most witty, gay, handsome, bearlike contestant from south Georgia (what?)
swamp-that last one is a “Hi, Opal!” suggestion I assume.
I am considering 2, 8, and 9. I have a 95 year old celebrity on my list. She can’t last forever.
But then again, my grandmother is almost 108(her birthday is in December), so that celebrity could last too.
I’m still holding out for the “Derisive Laughter Award” for those that do not score. Mebbe a gentler name (“Better Luck Next Year”?), but still recognition for that group.
The “At Last!” award - for the celebrity who has been on a player’s list for the most consecutive years before finally dying this year. I think the players would have to present evidence to claim this one.
Absolutely! No trolling for cookies involved at all! <insert angelface smiley here>
The “OMG! Did that really happen?” for the most surprising death and/or most ridiculous method of demise (i.e. the owner of the Segue company driving one off a cliff).
Would that be for Fidel or Ariel?
More likely Muhammad Ali or Kirk Douglas.
Thank you for the edition. Just checking to see who caught it.
Zsa-zsa, probably.