Gary Carter
Fats Domino
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Robin Gibb
João Gilberto
Lindsay Lohan
Charles Manson
Penny Marshall
George Michael
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi
Joe Paterno
Ray Price
Bill Wyman
(Ray Price the old-time country singer)
I want to correct a name: Bashar al-Assad, not Bashir Assad. My corrected list:
George Soros
Louis Farrakhan
Hugo Chavez
Robert Mugabe
Michael Moore
Kim Jong-Il
Bill Moyers
Bashar al-Assad
Maxine Waters
Nancy Pelosi
Harry Reid
Eric Holder
Jon Corzine
The alternates are unchanged.
Thanks for the specification Boxermom. I’d already entered it figuring you meant the guy with the "a’ and not the “i” but I suppose I should have asked you. The spelling of names that weren’t originally written in English, or the “roman” alphabet, can be problematic.
Well, with the month almost half over we have forty-four players so far. It seems there’s usually a lot right at first, then it slows down, and picks up again as the month nears it’s end, with a ton of entries on 12/31.
The top ten celebrities so far are:
Robin Gibb 15
Fidel Castro 12
Michael Douglas 10
Lindsay Lohan 9
Dick Cheney 8
Jerry Lewis 8
Billy Graham-e 7
Hugo Chavez 7
Kim Jong Il 7
Zsa Zsa Gabor 7
THEME: Scandinavian Pop Stars
[ol][li]Sir Stirling Moss, race car driver (9/17/29)[/li][li]Jean-Claude Carrière, French actor/director (9/17/31)[/li][li]Shelby Flint, singer (9/17/39)[/li][li]David Souter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (9/17/39)[/li][li]Reinhold Messner, mountaineer (9/17/44)[/li][li]Phil Jackson, NBA head coach (9/17/45)[/li][li]Rita Rudner, stand-up comic (9/17/56)[/li][li]Richie Ramone, of The Ramones (9/17/57)[/li][li]Baz Luhrmann, director (9/17/62)[/li][li]Bryan Singer, director (9/17/65)[/li][li]Doug E. Fresh, rapper (9/17/66)[/li][li]Rasheed Wallace, NBA player (9/17/74)[/li][li]Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR driver (9/17/75)[/ol][/li]Alt: Mary Mohler, Olympic swimmer (9/17/84)
Stirling Moss
Jean-Claude Carrière
Shelby Flint
David Souter
Reinhold Messner
Phil Jackson
Rita Rudner
Richie Ramone
Baz Luhrmann
Bryan Singer
Doug E. Fresh
Rasheed Wallace
Jimmie Johnson
Lindsay Lohan is only 26. She needs another year before she can join the 27 club.
I don’t know who half the people on my list are, but Google tells me they are celebrities with serious health issues(except Michael Jordan, he’s just a WAG long shot). If any of them die, we can debate whether they’re celebrity “enough”.
Robin Gibb
Marcia Strassman
Christopher Hitchens
Bashar al-Assad
Ethan Zohn
Molly Meldrum
Missy Elliot
Derrick Hall
Giuliana Rancic
Darren Fletcher
Jennifer Saunders
George Michael
Michael Jordan
Finally got around to gathering up my list from this year and making up a list for 2012, in coordination with my daughter - who gave me Anna Nicole Smith a few years back, so I always ask for her input now. At any rate, here we go for 2012:
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Evangelist Billy Graham
Jerry Lewis
Kim Kardashian
Andy Dick
Jimmy Carter
Dick Cheney
Aretha Franklin
Nancy Reagan
Lindsay Lohan
Angelina Jolie
Doctor Oz
Dick Clark
Alternates:
Ron Glass
Fidel Castro
Some are hold-overs from 2011; others are new to the list for 2012 (Kim Kardashian for example LOL perhaps she has been too much in the news for my liking of late …? ;)). She moved Bob Barker off the list this year, so maybe Mr. Barker should be ultra careful after the 1st of January now. Ah well, good luck all!
Baker, can you be sure to replace Christopher Hitchens with my first alternate, Jerry Lewis? Thank you.
OK, I guess it’s about that time before I forget completely.
Goose egg this year. If I go 0-fer next year with THIS list, I’m just going to go with a list of the world’s oldest people next year and damn the points! 
Zsa Zsa Gabor - that other leg has GOT to give out finally…BEFORE Feb 6 so we all get that extra point
Robin Gibb - bad enough off he may kick off before the end of this year, otherwise, yay me
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Mickey Rooney - he’s old and did The Muppets cameo - that’s gotta be some kinda goodbye, right?
Andy Griffith - he’s old too.
T-Pain - he’ll be 27 this year. His eulogy will be autotuned.
James Randi - hero to skeptics everywhere
Sylvia Browne - ooooh, the irony if she and Randi both go the same year
Dick Clark - this may be the last time his ball drops…
George Michael - a friend is reporting “he’s getting better” - ALWAYS a red flag
Joe Paterno - two hip fractures AND a career-killing scandal? There’s only one place this can end…
Terry Pratchett - 
Mindy McCready - seems like a classic “death spiral”-type story
Clean list:
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Robin Gibb
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Mickey Rooney
Andy Griffith
T-Pain
James Randi
Sylvia Browne
Dick Clark
George Michael
Joe Paterno
Terry Pratchett
Mindy McCready
Walternates:
Fidel Castro
Elton John
With the senseless (AKA unscoreable) death of Christopher Hitchens, I must revert to my original list.
Ted V. Mikels
Joe Paterno
Steven Adler
Scott Stapp
Martin Kemp
Andrés Galarraga
Margaret Thatcher
Phil Collins
Al Roker
Dorothy Hamill
Courtney Love
Jenny McCarthy
Tom Delay
Alternates:
Mario Lemieux
Mister T
Stephen Hawking
Magic Johnson
Michael Douglas
Tom Baker
Leonard Nimoy
Lindsay Lohan
Mary Kate Olsen
John Goodman
Bernard Cribbins
Betty White
Charlie Sheen
James Hellwig
Alternates:
Stephen Fry
William Shatner
Hulk Hogan
Hellwig is a batshit insane wrestler better known as The Ultimate Warrior.
Can I replace Magic Johnson with Roger Ebert? I meant to put him on and forgot.
You can submit edited lists all the way up to 11:59:59 CST December 31st. We must make sure this happens so that Baker can celebrate her birthday wallowin’ in death. 
ETA: Baker’s birthday is December 31st.
I wont let her down. On her birthday, she will have both cake and death!*
Stephen Hawking
Roger Ebert
Michael Douglas
Tom Baker
Leonard Nimoy
Lindsay Lohan
Mary Kate Olsen
John Goodman
Bernard Cribbins
Betty White
Charlie Sheen
James Hellwig
Alternates:
Stephen Fry
William Shatner
Hulk Hogan
Hellwig is a batshit insane wrestler better known as The Ultimate Warrior.
*I apologize for my lame joke.
Resubmitting my list to add Etta James (replacing Michael Douglas)
Barbara Bush (Sr)
Nancy Reagan
Fred Phelps
Dick Clark
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Etta James
Hugo Chavez
Billy Graham (preacher)
Jerry Lewis
Michael Lohan
Kate Major
Brooke Mueller
Warren Jeffs
Alternates:
William Shatner
Axl Rose
Anyone else have to do a double take with “I thought he just died”? I always get Mickey & Andy mixed up and you had to put ANOTHER Andy in the list right after Mickey. Harumph.
Small Hen, you have only twelve on your list. Do you want to add your first alternate? Unless I hear otherwise that’s how I’ll be doing it.
Wow. I suck at this. Hang on:
Stephen Hawking
Magic Johnson
Roger Ebert
Michael Douglas
Tom Baker
Leonard Nimoy
Lindsay Lohan
Mary Kate Olsen
John Goodman
Bernard Cribbins
Betty White
Charlie Sheen
James Hellwig
Alternates:
Stephen Fry
William Shatner
Hulk Hogan