Mauno Koivisto
Giulio Andreotti
Pierre Mauroy
Helmut Schmidt
Luis Echeverría
Mário Soares
Kenan Evren
Leo Tindemans
Patricio Aylwin
Jimmy Carter
John Turner
Robert Mugabe
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Okay, first time player. Here’s my picks:
Elizabeth II, QE
Randy Travis
Nick Nolte
Judy Blume
Rev. Billy Graham
Rev. Fred Phelps
Fidel Castro
Barbara Bush (H.W.'s wife)
Lil Wayne
Julian Assange (Wikileaks)
Margaret Thatcher
Don Imus
Aretha Franklin
Alternates:
T.I. or T.I.P (rapper)
Keith Richards
Lindsay Lohan
Only if it comes with an automatic title change. TPTB should change the title under the name to “Golden Casket” for anyone who pulls it off.
I was thinking of that too. Heck, if everyone on my list died, I’d pay cash money to change my title. And I’d probably buy lunch for someone, too. (Note: I count as someone. :D)
There are many men of this name, including several politicians. Based on your “lesser-known but generally aged world leader” theme, however, I assume you mean the guy who was Prime Minister of Canada for a few months in 1984. Is this correct?
Yup thats him
Well, I had two people croak this year. For 2013 I’ll mostly go for the survivors, but with a few tweaks.
Lauren Bacall
Zsa Zsa Gabor - (Can’t be much left)
Ariel Sharon - (Had him for years, can’t give up now)
Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh
Nelson Mandela
Pete Doherty - (Train wreck)
Alan Greenspan
Shane MacGowan
Juan Manuel Santos - (Colombian president)
Hugh Hefner
Aretha Franklin
Courtney Love
Robert Redford
Alts:
Angelina Jolie
Tenzin Gyatso - (The Dalai Lama)
Clean list:
Lauren Bacall
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Ariel Sharon
Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh
Nelson Mandela
Pete Doherty
Alan Greenspan
Shane MacGowan
Juan Manuel Santos
Hugh Hefner
Aretha Franklin
Courtney Love
Robert Redford
Angelina Jolie
Tenzin Gyatso
1)Frankie Muniz (Alas poor Malcolm)
2)Lady Gaga
3)John Goodman
4)Gordon Lightfoot
5)George R.R. Martin
6)Robin Williams
7)Al Pacino
8)Robert DeNiro
9)Bob Dole
10)Brian Mulroney (Former Canadian P.M.)
11)Margaret Thatcher
12)Bob Seger
13)Mr. T.
Alternates
1)Sir Paul McCartney
2)Sir Richard Branson
3)Sir Elton John
1)Frankie Muniz (Alas poor Malcolm)
2)Lady Gaga
3)John Goodman
4)Gordon Lightfoot
5)George R.R. Martin
6)Robin Williams
7)Al Pacino
8)Robert DeNiro
9)Bob Dole
10)Brian Mulroney (Former Canadian P.M.)
11)Margaret Thatcher
12)Bob Seger
13)Billy Connely
Alternates
1)Sir Paul McCartney
2)Sir Richard Branson
3)Sir Elton John
'Nuff said. Sorry about that.
You need a clean list, with no numbers or comments.
Zeke, just to enlarge on the comments, our Death Mistress finds it easier to maintain the spreadsheet if you have no numbers or anything (easier for copying and pasting) . I fell foul of the rule but can see its value.
:smack:Wow, my first double post AND I screwed up my 1st deathpool list at the same time. Sometimes I amaze me:smack:
Thanks for the gentle head’s up folks!
Frankie Muniz
John Goodman
Gordon Lightfoot
George R.R. Martin
Robin Williams
Al Pacino
Robert DeNiro
Bob Dole
Brian Mulroney
Margaret Thatcher
Bob Seger
Billy Connely
Lady Gaga
Alternates
Sir Paul McCartney
Sir Richard Branson
Sir Elton John
- Fidel Castro
- Pope Benedict XVI
- Hugo Chavez
- Stephen Hawkin
- Thai king Bhumibol
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Chris Christie
- Macaulay Culkin
- George H. W. Bush
- Billy Graham
- Bashar al-Assad
- Nancy Reagan
- Robyn Roberts
Please post a clean unnumbered list as per the OP
[QUOTE=the OP and the Rules]
List Format:
There is a spreadsheet that allows me to post updated standings quickly and produce various other statistics. The pain is “loading” the data into the sheet. I can do each list in a single cut and paste if you use the following format and guidelines: present a plain, unnumbered list that contains just the celebrities’ most commonly used names (e.g. use “Al Gore”, not “Albert Gore”), correctly spelled. If anyone is known by initials, include a period and a space after each. And please observe, what I, Baker, refer to as the “Pope” rule, a variation on “the most commonly used name” rule. If a person is known primarily by a titled name, use that. So it wouldn’t be Joseph Ratzinger, it would be Pope Benedict XVI. And don’t put down Elizabeth Windsor, put down Queen Elizabeth II. For all I know there are other celebrities with the plain names. If you do pick Joe or Lizzy, under their lesser known names, I might not notice it, to give you those points if and when they shuffle off this mortal coil.
An example of a plain list follows here:
O. J. Simpson
Ronnie Biggs
Fidel Castro
George W. Bush
Muhammad Ali
Lindsay Lohan
Fred Phelps
Abe Vigoda
Kirk Douglas
Clint Eastwood
Ariel Sharon
Dick Cheney
Bill Gates
[/QUOTE]
2012 started out so good, but none of my picks have dropped dead in many months.
I have the winning entry for 2013 ready but won’t post until December 31. Good luck people.
For those left on my 2012 list, just die already
Long time fan, first time player!
Roll call:
Aretha Franklin
Frankie Muniz
Hugh Hefner
Lindsay Lohan
Hugo Chavez
George H. W. Bush
Jerry Sandusky
Jerry Lewis
Dick Cheney
Paul McCartney
Alternates:
Tony Lommi
Keith Richards
Amanda Bynes
I will not jump on the Frankie Muniz band wagon. I know several people that had similar incidents. 20-30 years ago.
You made the dread 10 selection error. You need 3 more, or use you alternates.
Oops! Derr. Alternates included, and thanks for the correction. 
Aretha Franklin
Frankie Muniz
Hugh Hefner
Lindsay Lohan
Hugo Chavez
George H. W. Bush
Jerry Sandusky
Jerry Lewis
Dick Cheney
Paul McCartney
Tony Lommi
Keith Richards
Amanda Bynes