Hoping to have some dead unique picks this year. At least one.
Fidel Castro
Bashar Al-Assad
Ayman Al-Zawahiri
Omar Al-Bashir
Ali Khamenei
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Hasan Nasrallah
Hugo Chavez
Evo Morales
Robert Mugabe
Joseph Kony
Alexander Lukashenko
Kim Jong-Un
Sumner Redstone
Kirk Douglas
Michael Douglas
Charlie Sheen
Robert Loggia
Peter Bogdanovich
Frances Sternhagen
Fionnula Flanagan
Vanessa Redgrave
Christopher Lee
The Pope (Benny)
Richard Jenkins
Mickey Rooney
Olivia de Havalland
Jack Vance
Frederik Pohl
Eli Wallach
Fidel Castro
Ariel Sharon
I.M. Pei
Kirk Douglas
Walter Mondale
Nelson Mandela
Beverly Cleary
Ray Harryhausen
Chuck Yeager
Alternates:
John Paul Stevens
Price Philip
Norman Lear
Do you mean Pope Benedict XVI?
I’m usually a lurker so I’ve never played this before. Please let me know if I’m doing it wrong.
- Lindsay Lohan (turning 27 in 2013 among other reasons)
- Mickey Rooney (I noticed he is 92, no news about him in the past few years)
- Demi Moore (rumored drug abuse, soon to be divorced)
- Amanda Bynes (actress in She’s The Man, Easy A, multiple car accidents this year, odd behaviour)
- Paz de la Huerta (actress in Boardwalk Empire, strange behaviour, rumored drug abuse)
- Edward Furlong (actor in Terminator 2, drug user)
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Charlie Sheen
- Nelson Mandela
10.Lisa Robin Kelly (Laurie from That 70s Show, drug user, got arrested this year, violent behaviour)
11.Hugh Hefner
12.Aretha Franklin - Stephen Hawking
Alternates
Clint Eastwood
Muhammed Ali
Lauren Bacall
Plain list
Lindsay Lohan
Mickey Rooney
Demi Moore
Amanda Bynes
Paz de la Huerta
Edward Furlong
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Charlie Sheen
Nelson Mandela
Lisa Robin Kelly
Hugh Hefner
Aretha Franklin
Stephen Hawking
Thaddeus Young
Lavoy Allen
Kwame Brown
Spencer Hawes
Jrue Holiday
Royal Ivey
Arnett Moultrie
Jason Richardson
Evan Turner
Dorell Wright
Nick Young
Doug Collins
Aaron Mckie
I either win and raise immediate world wide suspicion or I end up with 0 points.
Wow you are really going for…
umm…
who the hell are those people? 
You win on that group, and the NBA is gonna be pissed.
I have so many hold overs, it’s not funny. Why don’t they just die already?! stamps feet Some new ones, though, and strangely enough not many women this year … hmmm. 
George H.W. Bush
Lindsay Lohan
Andy Dick
Jerry Lewis
Kirk Douglas
Zsa Zsa Gabor
William Shatner
Ron Glass
Fidel Castro
Hugo Chavez
Bruce Jenner
Lee Majors
Lance Armstrong
Nancy Reagan
Shaun White
The last two, Nancy Reagan and Shaun White, are the alternates. Shaun has had several “boys gone wild” incidents.
OK, I scored on my first attempt at this in 2012, let’s have another go.
Nelson Mandela
Margaret Thatcher
Nancy Reagan
Bernard Cribbens (British actor)
Pete Seeger (Folk singer)
Geoffrey Palmer (British actor)
Bashar al-Assad (Candidate for “head mounted on a stake in Damascus”)
Ian Brady (British serial killer, “Moors Murderer”)
Paul Gascoigne (English former soccer player)
Peter Buck (REM guitarist)
Robert Mugabe (Leader of Zimbabwe)
Hamid Karzai (Leader of Afghanistan)
Angela Lansbury (Actress)
Alternates:
Lindsay Lohan
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Plain list:
Nelson Mandela
Margaret Thatcher
Nancy Reagan
Bernard Cribbens
Pete Seeger
Geoffrey Palmer
Bashar al-Assad
Ian Brady
Paul Gascoigne
Peter Buck
Robert Mugabe
Hamid Karzai
Angela Lansbury
Alternates:
Lindsay Lohan
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Ariel Sharon
Terry Prattchett
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Muhammed Ali
Lindsay Lohan
Tito Villanova
Dick Chenney
Charlie Sheen
Nancy Reagan
Pope Benedict XVI
Prince Philip
Stephen Hawking
Aretha Franklin
Nelson Mandela
Mohammed Ali
Orson Bean
George H.W. Bush
Fidel Castro
Dick Dale
Kirk Douglas
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Billy Graham
Stephen Hawking
Harlan Ellison
Prince Philip
Nancy Reagan
Margaret Thatcher
Here you go:
Fidel Castro
Alec Baldwin
Michael Moore
Jerry Lewis
Barack Obama
George H.W. Bush
Robert De Niro
Mohammed Ali
Bobby Bowden
Dean Smith
Sidney Poitier
Nelson Mandela
Margaret Thatcher
Alternate:
Paul Watson
Bob Barker
So…assuming he hangs on for 6 more days, anyone wanna take a stab at the over/under for lists that get updated to add G.H.W. Bush?
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Frankie Avalon
Doris Day
James Garner
Don Rickles
Hal Linden
Dick Butkus
Kenny Rogers
George Jones
Michael J. Pollard
Nichelle Nichols
Angie Dickinson
Yogi Berra
Alternates:
Ned Beatty
Esther Williams
Rosalynn Carter
I seriously thought half your list was already dead.
They’re only mostly dead.
Pretty sure I have not scored a single point for the last three consecutive years. I am the Guardian of Life! (dammit!).
Going with the exact same list I used last year, as they are all still alive so far as I know…
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan–pro wrestling manager
Verne Gagne—pro wrestler
Abdullah the Butcher—pro wrestler
Billy Graham—the preacher, not the wrestler
Ruth Bader Ginsburg----Associate Justice, SCOTUS
Jimmy Carter—former POTUS
George H. W. Bush—former POTUS
Fred Phelps—asshole
Mike Tyson—former boxer, biter of ears
Terry Bradshaw—former football player, current pre game show guy
Meat Loaf—aka Michael Lee Aday, singer
Keith Richards—Rolling Stones guitarist
Bob Dylan—folk singer/songwriter
Alternates:
Dusty Rhodes—The American Dream, pro wrestler
Cowboy Bill Watts—pro wrestler/promoter
Nature Boy Ric Flair—pro wrestler
Plain list:
Bobby Heenan
Verne Gagne
Abdullah the Butcher
Billy Graham
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Jimmy Carter
George H. W. Bush
Fred Phelps
Mike Tyson
Terry Bradshaw
Meat Loaf
Keith Richards
Bob Dylan
Alternates:
Dusty Rhodes
Bill Watts
Ric Flair
Plain list
Lindsay Lohan
Roger Ebert
Charlie Sheen
Ian McKellen
Tom Baker
Michael Douglas
Stephen Hawking
Bernard Cribbins
James Brian Hellwig
Jerry Sandusky
Terry Pratchett
Leonard Nimoy
Edward Furlong
Alternate list:
Colin Baker
Bob Saget
Eric Roberts