Woo, absolute last-minute entry. Time spend compiling the list, approximately 5 minutes.
George H.W. Bush
Julian Assange
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Lindsay Lohan
David Duke
Fidel Castro
Mike Tyson
Hillary Clinton
Michelle Duggar
Clint Eastwood
Prince Philip
Trey Parker
Mark Zuckerberg
Wow, Baker … that’s the most obscure “Who’s Who” I’ve seen in a long time!
I hope they all live to a ripe, old age (for at least another year, that is.) 
I expect clean sweep, for 633 points:
Dennis Frederiksen
Chris Snider
Bernie Nolan
Dave Wilson
Buddy Cage
Darryl Cotton
Bruce Conte
Martin Crowe
Peter Harvey
Kurtis Haiu
Ryan Buell
Greg Willard
Mark Read
They’re already old. I did a search on birthdates between Jan1, 1913 and Dec. 31, 1918.
Let the games begin, and may the odds be ever in your favor!
I’ll do the final number crunching tomorrow, but I can tell you we have 175 players this year. Last year there were 172. Bush Sr. Hugo Chavez, and Lindsay Lohan are first, second and third, respectively.
Happy New Death Pool Year!
Anyone dead yet?
Former Israeli Stage Director Hy Kalus, 87, Dies in New York - Israeli Culture - Haaretz.com
Announced in Israel on 01 January 2013.
Is 51 minutes the record?
Dang it, I meant Mikhail Gorbachev but had only a couple of minutes to put in my final list and had put Yeltsin as a placeholder to remind myself later to look for old Soviet Leaders as I figured that they were in their 60s twenty years ago. And I didn’t get back to the internet until too late to get your message :smack: Oh well, I guess I’m batting with only 92.3% of a team.
But thanks for trying!
I hate to tell you this but it’s actually 84.6% of a list. Maurice Sendak died in May.
Doesn’t count. Records are based on who had the first listed celebrity.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jan/01/christopher-martin-jenkins-dies-aged-67
I think I am on the board.
ETA: I haven’t seen a date or time of death yet. Just reports that he died this morning.
Final edit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jan/01/christopher-martin-jenkins?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487
Guardian obit says he died 1st Jan
Unfortunately he died on NY time.
Okay, as I said before, we have 175 people playing this year.
There are 871 different celebrities on the list, 611 of which are unique picks.
The top 13 celebrities, whom I’ll list here, have nearly 24% of the total choices.
George H.W. Bush 85
Hugo Chavez 73
Lindsay Lohan 67
Fidel Castro 57
Bonnie Franklin 41
Muhammad Ali 32
Bashar al-Assad 30
Zsa Zsa Gabor 30
Margaret Thatcher 28
Nelson Mandela 28
Billy Graham-e 26
Roger Ebert 23
Nancy Reagan 22
Currently, we are all tied!
I may be wrong, will be checking.
Unfortunately, that 633 points isn’t going to be possible. Darryl Cotton died in July 2012.
Well fellow players, this may indeed be a record.
We have a first listed death on January 1!
Christopher Martin-Jenkins has passed due to cancer.
Taking the early lead will be Cumbrian and Captain Klutz, who both selected him
Fear Itself, Eliahna is indeed correct. Too bad, you posted so close to midnight and didn’t list any alternates. But you can still play with twelve,
D’oh! :smack:
I have to clarify one name on my list. Just looked it up and saw that there is an artist and author named Carol Miller. I didn’t mean her. I mean the NYC radio DJ who apparently slept with half the rock world.
Which of course means the other one (79) is a goner.