The Celebrity Death Pool 2012

The Game Room
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  1. Gary Carter – Baseball player
  2. Suanoi Sor Tanapinyo – Boxer
  3. Raven Alexis – Actress
  4. Penny Marshall – Actress/director
  5. Robin Gibb – Singer
  6. Etta James – Singer, Low Hanging Fruit
  7. Joe Paterno – Football coach
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor – Actress
  9. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi – Lockerbie Bomber
  10. Jerry Jones – Cowboys owner
  11. Ethan Zohn – Soccer/reality TV star
  12. Ariel Sharon – Former Israeli Prime Minister
  13. Reverend Donald Wildmon – Raging Douchebag

Alternate 1) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – Iranian President
Alternate 2) Desmond Harrington – Actor
Gary Carter
Suanoi Sor Tanapinyo
Raven Alexis
Penny Marshall
Robin Gibb
Etta James
Joe Paterno
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi
Jerry Jones
Ethan Zohn
Ariel Sharon
Reverend Donald Wildmon

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Hugo Chavez
Kirk Douglas
Michael Douglas
Annette Funicello
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Robin Gibb
Etta James
Jack Klugman
Lindsay Lohan
Michael Lohan
Oliver Sacks
Margaret Thatcher
Otis Williams

Alternates

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Prince Philip
Joan Fontaine

363

I am so uninspired this year. I couldn’t come up with a definative themed list that I could really get behind and cheer them on to the Grim Reaper’s Sickle-palooza.

Robin Gibbs
Gary Carter
Etta James
Fidel Castro
Bobby Doerr
Ariel Sharon
Lindsay Lohan
Ronnie Biggs
Abdelbasel Ali Mohmed Al Megahi ( Lockerbie bomber guy)
Joe Paterno
Jerry Sandusky
Penny Marshall
Billy Graham.

Alternates:
Chayito Valdez
Margaret Thatcher
Fred Phelps.

Bobby Doerr is the oldest living Baseball player.
Lindsay Lohan, this is the first time she’s been on my list, so good luck to her.
Ronnie Biggs hits some kind of anniversary mark with this years appearance, I don’t know what it is, but I’m not giving up on him.
Etta James and** Billy Graham** are all gimmies.
Good luck to everyone playing this year!
Zsa Zsa, if you are reading this, if you croak in the next twenty four hours, you redeem yourself in the eyes of every Dead Pooler out there who has had your name on the list this year.

364

I have him on my 2011 list, but I have been unable to find anything about him, one way or the other, since he went into a coma in August of 2010.

Seen anything recent?

365

Wouldn’t it be a hoot if she’s already kicked but all her “people” are keeping it under wraps until Sunday as one huge middle finger to every Death Pool around the world?

366

I think she’s been reanimated.
I’m torn about taking off one of the low hanging fruits and adding Paul Christoforo, from Ocean Marketing. If you haven’t been following this…

Enjoy watching a train wreck in real time. or maybe something coined at Fark as Schadendouche.

367

We’d still get the points, though.

368

Zombie Fidel Castro: duh
Muhammad Ali: down goes Ali
Zombie Ariel Sharon
Robin Gibb, don’t think he will be stayin alive in 2012
Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs: though I think he has been on his death bed longer than Zombie Ariel Sharon
Jean Kennedy Smith: last of that generation of Kennedys
Etta James
Giuliana Rancic
Roger Ebert, one thumb down I am afraid
Raven Alexis
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi- was waiting for Muammar Gaddafi to go first
Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake: taking a flyer on another pro rassler dying early
Whitney Houston

In case any of the above don’t see the new year:
John McCain
Sarah Palin
Fidel Castro
Muhammad Ali
Ariel Sharon
Robin Gibb
Ronnie Biggs
Jean Kennedy Smith
Etta James
Giuliana Rancic
Roger Ebert
Raven Alexis
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake
Whitney Houston

John McCain
Sarah Palin

Robin Gibb
Giuliana Rancic
Etta James

369

I shall replace John Barrow with Raven Alexis.
Raven Alexis
Hugo Chavez
Andy Williams
Larry Hagman
Vince Flynn
Molli Serrano
Robin Gibbs
Michael Douglas
Etta James

Michael Dokes
Derryn Hinch
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi
William Sanders
Sean Connery

Raven Alexis, porn star

Hugo Chavez, President of Venezula, Cancer

Andy Williams

Larry Hagman

Vince Flynn, author, prostate cancer

Molli Serrano, athlete

Robin Gibbs, Bee Gee

Michael Douglas, throat cancer

Etta James

Michael Dokes, Boxer

Derryn Hinch, Australian radio commentator

Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi

William Sanders, author

Sean Connery, Actor, heart

370

That’s 14 names.

371

Oops, too many. Sean Connery is an alternate.
Raven Alexis
Hugo Chavez
Andy Williams
Larry Hagman
Vince Flynn
Molli Serrano
Robin Gibbs
Michael Douglas
Etta James
Michael Dokes
Derryn Hinch
Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi
William Sanders
Alternate:
Sean Connery

Raven Alexis, porn star

Hugo Chavez, President of Venezula, Cancer

Andy Williams

Larry Hagman

Vince Flynn, author, prostate cancer

Molli Serrano, athlete

Robin Gibbs, Bee Gee

Michael Douglas, throat cancer

Etta James

Michael Dokes, Boxer

Derryn Hinch, Australian radio commentator

Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi

William Sanders, author

Alternate: Sean Connery
TNAI Mrs Plant was annoyed, anyway. :rolleyes:

372

Not a peep. I’m not even certain how I became aware of him, but I had his name on my short list so I looked it up. The only story that seems to be out there is this one. Still, taking a chance on this one.

373

I’ve been going by his bio on boxrec.com , which doesn’t show a date of death. They do show a date of death for other recently deceased boxers, like Joe Frazier.

374

Top 13:

Robin Gibb
Muhammod Ali
Larry Hagman
Michael Douglas
Billy Graham
Joe Paterno
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Penny Marshall
Nelson Mandela
Andy Williams
Etta James
Marcia Strassman
Lindsey Lohan

(That’s Rev. Billy Graham)

Alternates:

Connie Newton Needham
Molly Meldrum
Giuliana Rancic
Aretha Franklin
(All subject to last-minutes changes.)

375

Baker, is it a problem for you if someone misspells a name? I mean, how do you find all the people who picked, say, Muhammad Ali if there are four different spellings of his name submitted?

376

Yay, the most evilest time of the year! Two of my picks died within a few days of each other this month, and while Hitchens was a great loss Kim Jong-il was one-third of my Trilogy of Evil Dictator Bastards. I’m going with a theme of Power Players since they’ve been dropping like flies this year. Also daredevils and Venerable New York Institutions for sheer randomness. No alternates, too lazy, although I thought of adding poor Ethan Zohn, but Jenna Morasca is so nice to me on Twitter…

Trio of Evil Dictator Bastards (with One New Member!)
Robert Mugabe (killer of Zimbabweans)
Than Shwe (killer of Burmese and superstitious weirdo)
Bashar al-Assad (current killer of Syrians)

Second-Tier Powermongers
Hugo Chavez (conspiracy theorist)
Ayman al-Zawahiri (dour ruthless head of al-Qaeda)

Octogenarian Tories
Margaret Thatcher
George H.W. Bush
Nancy Reagan

Livin’ on the Edge
Julian Assange (Someday the Swedish woman will have a knife)
Charlie Sheen (tigers are going extinct)
Richard Branson (adventure goes wrong)

Venerable New York Institutions
Jimmy Breslin (Famous dead-tree newspaper columnist)
Ed Koch (How’m I doing? Ehhh, not so good)

Plain Vanilla List

Robert Mugabe
Than Shwe
Bashar al-Assad
Hugo Chavez
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Margaret Thatcher
George HW Bush
Nancy Reagan
Julian Assange
Charlie Sheen
Richard Branson
Jimmy Breslin
Ed Koch

377

I have two spreadsheets, one that totals choices made, and one that displays what each poster picks. I know most of the ones to look out for, like Ali, and when I sort the former sheet, I doublecheck certain names. I did miss one, and found it today, Mary-Kate Olsen as compared to Mary Kate Olsen. The hyphen separated the choice of names. Or Linds(a)(e)y Lohan.

I also found one poster who listed Baroness Thatcher. In my count sheet I changed it to Margaret Thatcher. There is a rule to list a celebrity by their most common name, but I didn’t make an issue of it. The same person also listed “The Duke of Edinburgh” and I changed that one as well.

378

I’m finally remembering to make a list and submit it on time after not doing so for I don’t know how many years. All choices were made without looking at any other list in the thread and are completely random. Any remarkable similarity to an existing list is purely coincidence and we should think about playing the lottery.

Dana Carvey
Hulk Hogan
Gloria Steinem
Joe Namath
George H. W. Bush
Sophia Loren
Maury Povich
Avril Lavigne
Mick Mars
Jeff Gordon
Rush Limbaugh
Ed Koch
Eddie Van Halen

379

Well, with the deaths of two of my original choices I post my changed list to get on some bandwagons.
William John “Bill” Janklow, former South Dakota governor, bad driver.

Muhammad Ali, Sting **by **a bee!

Robin Gibb, Sting by Bee Gees!

Dennis Frederiksen, and Toto too!

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, mad bomber.

Penny Marshall, Director.

Rich Buhler, California Christian radio voice.

Dick Cheney, no heart, no pulse, undead.

Sir Terry Pratchett, the writer. :frowning:

Stefano Borgonovo, Italian Soccer player Diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2008. I think he will score the last goal soon.

Susan Clark, rare cancer has overtaken her vital organs, she is a former host of the KBLL radio show Coffee Break in Montana.

Etta James and

Raven Alexis, are my bandwagon picks.
Alternates:
Tila Tequila, likely young trainwreck.

Superstar Billy Graham, the wrestler.

Simple list:

William John “Bill” Janklow
Muhammad Ali
Robin Gibb
Dennis Frederiksen
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Penny Marshall
Rich Buhler
Stefano Borgonovo
Susan Clark
Dick Cheney
Sir Terry Pratchett
Etta James
Raven Alexis

Alternates:
Tila Tequila
Superstar Billy Graham

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As of this posting there are 130 valid entries. Two posters have entries which don’t qualify unless they post a plain list as required by the rules. They have been notified both by PM and in this thread. One poster has just twelve names, but since they are posted plainly his shorted list still counts.

For 2011 there were 153 entries. So I hope there’s a late surge here.