This has brought me out of lurking. I’ve always wanted to play, so here goes…
Lindsay Lohan
Prince Philip
George H W Bush
Amanda Bynes
Jimmy Carter
Cloris Leachman
Dick Van Dyke
Buzz Aldrin
Sid Caesar
Bonnie Franklin
Bobbi Kristina Brown
William Shatner
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Updating my list:
Alex Honnold
George H W Bush
Hugo Chavez
Sinead O’Connor
Robin Roberts
Marcia Strassman
Rosie O’Donnell
Desmond Harrington
Orlando Thomas
Ralphie May
Lindsay Lohan
Pete Doherty
J. T. Holmes
For anyone needing clarification:
Alex Honnold - free climber
George H W Bush - former prez
Hugo Chavez - Venezuelan prez
Sinead O’Connor - bald songstress
Robin Roberts - from the morning show
Marcia Strassman - actress
Rosie O’Donnell - has been
Desmond Harrington - actor
Orlando Thomas - former football player
Ralphie May - big fat comic
Lindsay Lohan - trainwreck
Pete Doherty - frontman for Babyshambles
J. T. Holmes - birdman
I almost forgot to do this this year.
Hugo Chavez
Bonnie Franklin
Tony Iommi
Ethan Zohn
Bashar al-Assad
Asma al-Assad
Adnan el Shurkijuman
Adam Gadahan
Nasser Abdul Karim al-Wuhayshi
Billy Graham
Billy Graham
Hosni Mubarak
Orlando Thomas
Both Billy Grahams are on my list.
Alternate: Taylor Swift (I’m betting I won’t need an alternate).
Representing 10th Place in the 2012 Dead Pool:
Bring out your dead:
George H.W. Bush - (June 12, 1924) 41st president
Ray Price - (Jan 12, 1926) Country Music Singer
Buddy Ryan - (February 17, 1931) football coach
Van Cliburn- (July 12, 1934) pianist
Penny Marshall - (October 15, 1942) actress
Superstar Billy Graham - (September 10, 1943) - wrestler
Bonnie Franklin - (January 6, 1944) actress
Hugo Chavez (July 28, 1954) - President of Venezuela
Stefano Borgonovo - (March 17, 1964) Soccer player
Greg Willard - (November 5, 1958) NBA Official
Ethan Zohn - (November 12, 1973) Survivor winner
Frank Chamberlin - (January 2, 1978) former NFL player
Chris Duncan - (May 5, 1981) former MLB player
Alternates:
Ayman al-Zawahiri -(June 19 1951) Al-Qaeda leader
Willie Wood - ( Dec. 23, 1936) ex-football player
Bashar al-Assad (Sept. 11, 1965), Syrian President
Clean list:
George H.W. Bush
Ray Price
Buddy Ryan
Van Cliburn
Penny Marshall
Superstar Billy Graham
Bonnie Franklin
Hugo Chavez
Stefano Borgonovo
Greg Willard
Ethan Zohn
Frank Chamberlin
Chris Duncan
Alternates:
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Willie Wood
Bashar al-Assad
There are two Billy Grahams?
At least two. There’s the religious leader (born in 1918) and the professional wrestler (born in 1943). The wrestler’s real name, however, is Eldridge Coleman.
George H. W. Bush
Meg Whitman
Lindsey Lohan
Casey Anthony
Paula Deen
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Kanye West
Olga Korbut
Bruce Jenner
John McCain
Lief Garrett
Alternates:
Queen Elizabeth II
Bill Gates
James Patterson
George W. Bush (Junior, not Senior)
Paris Hilton
Bobby Doerr (former Red Sox 2B)
Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury)
Enrique Peña Nieto (current Mexican president)
Steve O (born Stephen Gilchrist Glover, of Jackass fame)
Pope Benedict XVI
Maya Angelou
Lou Holtz
Mary-Kate Olsen (of Full House fame)
Marvin Harrison (former Colts WR)
Ian McEwan (author)
Michael Jordan
Alternates:
Mayor Thomas Menino (current Boston mayor)
Morley Safer (60 Minutes, CBS Correspondent)
Hugh Hefner
You need to post a clean list, without the parenthetical commentary.
Strep throat has kept me off the streets tonight. Literally, if I was feeling better I’d be out in a bar toasting the New Year and then blowing an annoying vuvuzela-like horn in the streets of Manhattan. Silver lining, I can put in my picks on time!
I bestowed the gift of life on all my 2012 picks (although I think a couple didn’t really want it) so here with just a few tweaks is 2013.
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Trio of Evil Dictator Bastards (Fidel’s back in the gang!)**
Robert Mugabe (killer of Zimbabweans)
Fidel Castro (killer of Cubans and the Zsa Zsa Gabor of strongmen)
Bashar al-Assad (current killer of Syrians)
Second-Tier Powermongers
Hugo Chavez (conspiracy theorist in “delicate health”)
Omar al-Bashir (Sudanese dictator, author of Darfur genocide)
The Octogenarian Tories
Margaret Thatcher
George H.W. Bush
Nancy Reagan
Self-Destruct Sequence Started
Lindsay Lohan (one toke over the line)
Andy Dick (the blond Keith Richards)
Damn You, Pancreatic Cancer
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Venerable New York Institutions
Jimmy Breslin (Famous dead-tree newspaper columnist)
Ed Koch (How’m I doing? Ehhh, not so good)
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Alternates, proofs against science**
Ariel Sharon
Keith Richards
Vanilla:
Robert Mugabe
Fidel Castro
Bashar al-Assad
Hugo Chavez
Omar al-Bashir
Margaret Thatcher
George H.W. Bush
Nancy Reagan
Lindsay Lohan
Andy Dick
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Jimmy Breslin
Ed Koch
Alternates
Ariel Sharon
Keith Richards
Updated List
Time for the usual second guessing and bandwagon climbing
George H.W. Bush (b. June 12, 1924), former US President
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933), Supreme Court justice
Ronnie Hawkins (Jan. 10, 1935), rockabilly singer
Mike Ditka (Oct. 18, 1939), da Bears coach
Bonnie Franklin (Jan. 6, 1944), actress
Rush Limbaugh (Jan. 12, 1951), radio talk show host
Slim Dunlap (Aug. 14, 1951), replacement in the Replacements
Hugo Chavez (July 28, 1954), President of Venezuela
Scott Thorson (1958), Liberace’s driver/lover
Robin Roberts (Nov. 23, 1960), Good Morning America newscaster
Bashar al-Assad (Sept. 11, 1965), Syrian President
Steve-O (June 13, 1974), ‘Jackass’ daredevil
Lindsay Lohan (July 2, 1986), actress
Alternate (Just in case):
Roger Ebert
Plain vanilla list:
George H.W. Bush
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ronnie Hawkins
Mike Ditka
Bonnie Franklin
Rush Limbaugh
Slim Dunlap
Hugo Chavez
Scott Thorson
Robin Roberts
Bashar al-Assad
Steve-O
Lindsay Lohan
Alternate:
Roger Ebert
Cleaned:
George W. Bush
Paris Hilton
Bobby Doerr
Garry Trudeau
Enrique Peña Nieto
Steve O
Pope Benedict XVI
Maya Angelou
Lou Holtz
Mary-Kate Olsen
Marvin Harrison
Ian McEwan
Michael Jordan
Alternates:
Mayor Thomas Menino
Morley Safer
Hugh Hefner
Last minute change!
Think I’ll take out Philip Roth and sub in Alice Munro.
New list:
George H. W. Bush
Hugo Chavez
Roger Ebert
Bashar al-Assad
Fidel Castro
Tony Iommi
Michael Douglas
William The Refrigerator Perry
Alice Munro
Clint Eastwood
Kim Jong Un
Hillary Clinton
Kendrick Lamar
I’ll probably regret it.
Jack Pardee - Football Coach and player
Ryan O’Neal - Actor
Superstar Billy Graham - Retire Pro Wrestler
Bonnie Franklin - Actress
Robert Dennerly - Former Plymouth Argyle Director (English Football)
Doug Finley - Ontario, Canada Senator
Wayne Fleming - NHL Coach
Damon Harris - Singer formerly with The Temptations
Hugo Chavez - President of Venezuela
Greg Willard - NBA Referee
Bernadette “Bernie” Nolan - Singer, Actress, TV personality
Michael Weiner - Executive Director of MLB Players Association
Katherine Crowe - Singer
Clean list:
Jack Pardee
Ryan O’Neal
Superstar Billy Graham
Bonnie Franklin
Robert Dennerly
Doug Finley
Wayne Fleming
Damon Harris
Hugo Chavez
Greg Willard
Bernie Nolan
Michael Weiner
Katherine Crowe
Alternates just in case:
Masao Yoshida - Nuclear engineer
Hosni Mubarek
I was thinking about Ryan…but I’m standing firm.
Dammit.
Wow, there really was a last minute rush to get names in. I think Baker will be happy, as happy as a Death Mistress can be.
My Final list for 2013, I decided to get into some Bandwagons but I keep a few from my previous list.
Former strong men and total dicks:
Hosni Mubarak
Jalal Talabani
Dick Cheney
Sportmen
Superstar Billy Graham - The wrestler, not the preacher.
NFL great Jack Pardee
Sad to see go:
Sir Terry Pratchett
Annette Funicello
Roger Ebert
Chespirito (Roberto Gomez Bolanos)- famous comedian from mexico, the inspiration of the Simpson’s Bumble Bee Man.
The young/hail marys:
Ryan Buell
Lindsay Lohan
Ethan Zohn
British Singer:
Katherine Crowe
Alternates:
Charlie Sheen
Hugo Chavez - Yes, he is very tempting, and I have him on the list in the Giraffe boards, but the latest is that he is in stable condition, not in a
critical one, if he gets over the complications, he is bound to be around for a few years more, I don’t see him finishing his 6 year term though.
Lyndon LaRouche
Clean list:
Hosni Mubarak
Jalal Talabani
Dick Cheney
Superstar Billy Graham
Jack Pardee
Sir Terry Pratchett
Annette Funicello
Roger Ebert
Chespirito
Ethan Zohn
Ryan Buell
Lindsay Lohan
Katherine Crowe
Charlie Sheen
Hugo Chavez
Lyndon LaRouch
Incidentally this list is almost the same as the one I posted early at the Giraffe boards, and I can see that someone got one of my obscure choices already. :dubious:
George H. W. Bush
Fidel Castro
Nelson Mandela
Bashar al-Assad
John Madden
Pat Sumerall
Charlie Watts
Lady Gaga
Don Rickles
Abe Vigoda
Stan Lee
Leonard Nemoy
Beverly Cleary
Ryan Beull
George H.W. Bush
Hugo Chavez
Bonnie Franklin
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Kim Young-Ae
Jon Polito
Robin Roberts
Marcia Strassman
Orlando Thomas
Joost van der Westhuizen
Greg Willard
Ethan Zohn
Alternate: Tamara Grigsby
This list is my attempt to win the “Inside Track With the Grim Reaper” award this year. Not many points here.
Douglas Slocombe, photojournalist, cinematographer, he worked the first three Indy Jones movies.
Rise Stevens, one of the great voices of the Metropolitan Opera, plus movie roles
Ellen Albertini Dow, actress
Anna Wing, British actress, awarded the MBE, appeared in many, many TV shows and movies
Norman Lloyd, actor, seen on St. Elsewhere as Dr. Auschlander, and in many other TV and movie roles
Alicia Rhett, actress(one film) and accomplished artist, remembered for her role as India Wilkes, in Gone With the Wind
Renee Asherson, British actress, she is retired but acted into her eighties.
Don Keefer, he ran afoul of Billy Mumy and got sent to the cornfield, lots of other TV and movies
George Gaynes, his doctor character in Tootsie had the hots for Dustin Hoffman
Marsha Hunt, actress, movies and TV
Earl Cameron, British actor, awarded the CBE(Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr., actor, I remember him on “The FBI” when I was a kid
Nehemiah Persoff, the ultimate TV guest star
Clean List:
Douglas Slocombe
Rise Stevens
Ellen Albertini Dow
Anna Wing
Norman Lloyd
Alicia Rhett
Renee Asherson
Don Keefer
George Gaynes
Marsha Hunt
Earl Camerson
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Nehemiah Persoff