I think my de-cherrier was Warren Zevon.
I’ll trade you! I had Luciano Pavarotti.
Czech dissident, celebrated author Josef Skvorecky dies in Toronto, Age 87.
None of the deaders so far are selected celebrities. Last year the opening Kickoff was on 1/4.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow, you’re only a day away!
So are any records available of the latest first death on the list?
The record was set in 2000. No one scored until Feb. 12.
This is a clip from a post by amarone in the 2011 thread. None of these years are as late as the post above, but 2010 was into the third week.
2006: Jan 6
2007 - 9: all Jan 2
2010: Jan 21
If nobody dies by tomorrow, I quit.
Can I haz your list?
I can haz death pool?
2010 was Paul Quarringtion, who got my cherry (it was a unique pick to boot!). (thus combining two “when will the kick-off happen?” sub-threads)
Thanky, thanky.
Thank Ghu somebody said something. I was thinking I had lost my bad pun abilities.
But was that after having a really long pre-stroke career? The man was hosting shows when my parents were in high school, and my dad turned 70 last year. :eek:
Okay, for me it’s my JOB, but tell me I’m not the only one checking in here several times a day, wondering if the first picked celebrity has passed away.
I think it would be great if the first one to go was a unique pick. Less work for me, and the glow of a first place lead for the chooser, however temporary that lead might be.
I would so like to make you happy, Death Mistress.
cue Men at Work
Who could it BEEEE now?!
I don’t have any unique picks, so I’m good with the opening kickoff award being shared. 
I feel a little guilty and wonder if I’ll go to Hell…:dubious:.
I seriously doubt anyone had him, because he’s really famous (infamous?) in Kentucky…
Perennial Gubernatorial candidate, hemp/marijuana legalization advocate and all around nice guy Gatewood Galbraith, age 64. I was fortunate enough to meet him a few times, and he had the most infectious personality. He really could have turned Kentucky on its’ ear.
Gene Bartow, who spent two seasons as the immediate successor to legendary UCLA men’s basketball coach John Wooden, has died at the age of 81. Bartow had taken Memphis State to the 1973 national championship game, which he lost to Wooden, two years before replacing the “Wizard of Westwood”. After leaving UCLA under pressure despite a Final Four appearance and an overall 52-9 record, Bartow started the basketball program at Alabama-Birmingham, where he coached the Blazers from 1977 to '96.