The Celebrity Death Pool 2013

No points. Executed by the state.

Nobody had her anyway.

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/09/jeffersons-actor-ned-wertimer-dies/?hpt=hp_t3

Thank you for posting. I did not know about this barbaric outrage. I wonder if the US government was at all involved in trying to persuade the Saudis to not carry out this sentence, perhaps behind the scenes, or if this situation was ignored.

Indeed - in fact, this is the whole basis of my list for this year :slight_smile:

Wilko Johnson diagnosed with terminal cancer | Wilko Johnson | The Guardian

Will he hold out for the 2014 list? :smiley:

If he is any kind of sport at all he will.

Of course I wouldn’t find this thread until after New Years:smack:
Oh well, got my list for next year started already

I like this:D

Dammit don’t you people know this is competitive? This is serious business.

Our Esteemed, Intelligent, Benevolent and Beloved of G-d Death Mistress, Baker, has a “Lose…”, er, “Late Comers Corner” just to keep track, not for points, so that we may point and say, “Thou are a lose…Late Comer!” I am a mere worm crawling in camel dung, and have no idea of her continuing plans for this class of lose…late comers.

I love the way carnivorousplant is such a suckup! And yes, I have two players in the LateComers corner, with the game still ending 12/31 however. If Sario wants to play against those two folks, they sure can!

Lets give it a try

Total bandwagon list

George H.W. Bush
Hugo Chavez
Lindsay Lohan
Fidel Castro
Bonnie Franklin
Muhammad Ali
Bashar al-Assad
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Margaret Thatcher
Nelson Mandela
Billy Graham
Roger Ebert
Nancy Reagan

Billy G the preacher, and the former first lady

ETA- Any comments on the motto? I’d vote for it

Death Mistress Baker’s cuneiform spreadsheet.

Our Death Mistress determining how many points Michael Jackson was worth.

Players attempting to bribe the Death Mistress with chocolate.

Players submit their lists.

The sound of carnivorousplant sucking up to our peerless Death Mistress. :stuck_out_tongue:

Too late to enter for this year, but you’re welcome to play along at home.

I have told Sario I’m keeping a list of latecomers to play against each other. So far there are three. They won’t be official winners but I don’t mind keeping track of them. And it will keep them coming back to the thread and will help remind them when it’s time to play next year.

As this is my first death pool, I do have one question- Whats up with the 27 club thing?

Wikipedia entry on the 27 club. Basically, there were a few prominent musicians who all died at the age 27, and when someone noticed this, the idea took off and became a thing.

If anyone is interested, Baker generously shared with me the spreadsheet listing the 2013 entries, and I have created a Excel-based “scorekeeper” that automatically updates the rankings when you enter a celebrity death.

If anyone would like a copy, PM me your e-mail. I am out of town, but will be back Sunday and reply on Monday to those requesting a copy.

Aaron Swartz, who helped make RSS and Reddit, hanged himself today. 26 years old.