The Celebrity Death Pool 2012

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I do a revision of my list on the last days of December, but usually I post a preliminary one just in case I forget later (to deal with copy cats or new developments too) so:

Mostly from my old list and some bandwagons:
David Hasselhoff, overdoser
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Muhammad Ali**, Sting **by **a bee!

Robin Gibb, Sting by Bee Gees!
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Dennis Frederiksen**, and Toto too!

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, mad bomber.

Penny Marshall, Director.

Ron Smith, Baltimore radio announcer.

Rich Buhler, California Christian radio voice.

Christopher Hitchens, Heathen voice.

Michael Guzman, infamous New Mexico rapist killer.

Pakistan’s Zardari, needs a heart.

Dick Cheney, no heart, no pulse, undead.

Sir Terry Pratchett, the writer. *
Alternates:
Superstar Billy Graham, the wrestler.

Guinea Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanha

William John “Bill” Janklow, former South Dakota governor, bad driver.
Simple list:

David Hasselhoff
Muhammad Ali
Robin Gibb
Dennis Frederiksen
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Penny Marshall
Ron Smith
Rich Buhler
Christopher Hitchens
Michael Guzman
Asif Ali Zardari
Dick Cheney
Sir Terry Pratchett

Superstar Billy Graham
Malam Bacai Sanha
William John “Bill” Janklow

  • most :frowning: entry on my list if it happens.
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Adam West
Burt Ward
Yvonne Craig
Julie Newmar
John Astin
Van Williams
Robert Clary
Richard Dawson
Dick Van Dyke
Ken Berry
Lyle Waggoner
Larry Storch
Ann B Davis

Alternates

Lee Meriwether
Rose Marie

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and unless I missed him somewhere else, this is his first mention. He’s on the list I’m making, and would be my saddest as well…

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Arnold Palmer
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Clint Eastwood
Barbara Bush-mother of GWB
Nancy Reagan
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Liza Minelli
Billy Graham-the Evangelist
Nelson Mandela
Olivia De Havilland
Margaret Thatcher
Kirk Douglas
Michael Douglas

PLAIN LIST

Arnold Palmer
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Clint Eastwood
Barbara Bush
Nancy Reagan
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Liza Minelli
Billy Graham
Nelson Mandela
Olivia De Havilland
Margaret Thatcher
Kirk Douglas
Michael Douglas

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Considering the wonderful events of this year I shall be optimistic.

Kim Jong-Il
Fidel Castro
Bashar Al-Assad
Ayman Al-Zawahiri
Omar Al-Bashir
Ali Khamenei
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Hasan Nasrallah
Hugo Chavez
Evo Morales
Robert Mugabe
Charles Taylor
Alexander Lukashenko

126

I don’t think I ever get a single point in this game, but here’s my 2012 list anyway.

Betty White
Jerry Lewis
Harold Camping
Dick Clark
Fidel Castro
Jean Beliveau
Bob Barker
Robin Gibb
Jimmy Carter
Jacques Parizeau
Clint Eastwood
Aretha Franklin
Charlie Sheen

Alternate: Muhammed Ali

Notes:
Jean Beliveau, retired hockey player.
Jacques Parizeau, Quebec politician and separatist.

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audit1 and I had the same idea! I swear I have been working on this all week!

William Schallert
Jim Nabors
Frank Cady
Marcia Strassman
Robert Guillaume
Richard Dawson
Doris Day
Phyllis Diller
Marjorie Lord
Mary Tyler Moore
Ernest Borgnine
Abe Vigoda
Jack Klugman

Alternates:
Bob Newhart
Andy Griffith
Al Molinaro

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My theme is music:

[ol]
[li]Tony Martin (December 25, 1913)[/li][li]Patty Andrews (February 16, 1918)[/li][li]B. B. King (September 16, 1925)[/li][li]Chuck Berry (October 18, 1926)[/li][li]Fats Domino (February 26, 1928)[/li][li]Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937)[/li][li]Peter Tork (February 13, 1942)[/li][li]Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942)[/li][li]Keith Richards (December 18, 1943)[/li][li]Peter Criss (December 20, 1945)[/li][li]Robin Gibb (December 22, 1949)[/li][li]Adam Ant (November 3, 1954)[/li][li]Justin Bieber (March 1, 1994)[/li][/ol]

Alternates:

[ol]
[li]David Crosby (August 14, 1941)[/li][li]Eric Clapton (March 30, 1945)[/li][li]Charlie Watts (June 2, 1941)[/li][/ol]
Tony Martin
Patty Andrews
B. B. King
Chuck Berry
Fats Domino
Merle Haggard
Peter Tork
Aretha Franklin
Keith Richards
Peter Criss
Robin Gibb
Adam Ant
Justin Bieber

Alternates:

David Crosby
Eric Clapton
Charlie Watts

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Ratko Mladic (12 March 1943) - Balkan dictators have a very short life span in The Hague.
Casey Anthony (19 March 1985) - It’s a matter of time before someone “gets justice.”
Robin Gibb (22 December 1949) - The big C
Keira Knightley (26 March 1985) - 27 Club
Kim Jong Il (16 February 1941) - tick tick tick
Christopher Hitchens (13 April 1949) - The big C, frankly, I’m surprised he hasn’t gone yet.
Stephen Hawking (8 January 1942) - He’s been in the hospital a couple of times of pneumonia.
Dick Cheney (January 30, 1941) - No heart… literally, now.
Hosni Mubarak (4 May 1928) - The big C
Ariel Sharon (26 February 1928) - He’s got to go sometime, right? Right?
King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (5 December 1927) - The big C
Terry Pratchett (28 April 1948) - Sad. No comment.
Billy Graham (November 7, 1918) - tick tick tick
—ALt
Julian Assange (3 July 1971) - Look, if you piss off every intelligence agency in the world, don’t be surprised when you get the ricen umbrella treatment.

Plain list:

Ratko Mladic
Casey Anthony
Robin Gibb
Keira Knightley
Kim Jong Il
Christopher Hitchens
Stephen Hawking
Dick Cheney
Hosni Mubarak
Ariel Sharon
King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
Terry Pratchett
Billy Graham
—ALt
Julian Assange

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I feel like someone should point out that per rule 3(d), you’ll get no points if he dies before March 1.

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I’m assuming they are risking it. If you going to put him, it’s worth the risk.

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Gary Busey
Ashley Olsen (switching off each year between sisters)
Bob Newhart
Ben “Cooter from the Dukes of Hazzard” Jones
Dick Tufeld (voice of the robot in “Lost in Space”)
Lois Chiles (actress, Bond Girl in Moonraker)
Mohammad Ali
Jim Nabors
Martin Landau
Stephen Hawking
Ariel Sharon
Nick Nolte
Robin Gibb

Alternates will be Henry Kissenger, then Mel Gibson

Everyone check my list, since it virtually guarantees survival

plain list

Gary Busey
Ashley Olsen
Bob Newhart
Ben Jones
Dick Tufeld
Lois Chiles
Mohammad Ali
Jim Nabors
Martin Landau
Stephen Hawking
Ariel Sharon
Nick Nolte
Robin Gibb

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Muhammad.

He floats like a butterfly, he stings like a bee, he spells his name with a u.

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Note that I changed the spelling in my list just for you abunchanumbers. :smiley:

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Greetings. here is my death list virginity being popped

Margaret Thatcher - Milk Snatcher/former British prime minister
Muhammed Ali - Former Boxer
Dick van Dyke - Actor with no sense of accent geography
Pope Benedict XVI - Scary eyed religious leader
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Bat shit crazy Iranian leader
Dickie Bird - yorkshire legend and former cricket umpire
Charlie Sheen - winning for much longer?
LeBron James - 27 club candidate?
Dolph Lundgren - if he slurs anymore he’s basically Sly
Paul Gascoigne - former crying footballer and general crazy mother fucker
Terry Pratchett - Discworld author
Joe Biden - Vice President
David Frost - once went toe to toe with Nixon and won.

My subs
Fidel Castro
John Madden
Freda Payne

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You don’t lose that virginity until you score. And you won’t score until you submit a second edition of your list showing just the names like your alternates.

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Hey, don’t do it for me. Do it for the champ. He’s the greatest. :slight_smile:

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As your friendly DeathMistress for this game I do request that you submit a simple list. It’s back somewhere in that mess of rules I call an OP.

Welcome to the SDMB!

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Here it is for 2012 , hoping for early points on the board most of them have a foot in the grave already , minus the alternates .

Fidel Castro
Jerry Lewis
Angela Lansbury
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Billy Graham
Nancy Reagan
James Lipton
William Shatner
Clint Eastwood
Sean Connery
Joan Rivers
Barbra Bush
Yoko Ono

alts

Tim Tebow
Joe Paterno
Burt Reynolds

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Penny Marshall
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Michael Douglas
Andy Williams
Giuliana Rancic
Marcia Strassman
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Robin Gibbs
Kathryn Joosten
Muhammed Ali
Venus Williams
Roger Ebert
Jerry Lewis

Bob Schieffer
Willie Nelson
Billy Graham

(Billy Graham the preacher)