Death Pool 2005
 

As if the stubborn refusal to die among the centenarians on ours lists was not enough incentive. Still around and kicking despite their age:

Brooke Astor
Max Schmelling
Princess Alice

I've got some 90+ers on my 2004 list that are going to outlive me, I suppose. Unless I take them off for 2005 and then they will drop on New Year's Day out of sheer spite.

Death Pool 2005
 

Wrong. Score another one for Fugee. Princess Alice passed away on October 30, 2004. Linky Neither one of the celebrity death lists I am on sent an e-mail notification for her.

Death Pool 2005
 

One of the lesser-known drawbacks of not having a last name: difficult to Google.

Death Pool 2005
 

Sadly, that is a score for Lester, not me. I have Max and Brooke who will keep ticking until I get frustrated and take them off my list. They will then drop instantly.

Johnny Oates RIP
 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...x.html?cnn=yes

str8 had him. maybe there is something to this more deaths around Christmas thing. happy freaking holidays.

Johnny Oates RIP
 

You ain't kidding. Anyone have Reggie White, dead of sleep apnea at 43? Or perhaps one of the 11,000 people dead in coastal SE Asia today? Happy freaking holidays, indeed.

Reggie White
 

Former NFL great. He dead.

http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3275634

Maybe the holiday death epidemic only applies to sports figures.

I do have Max Schmeling, so there may be hope for me in the 11th hour. . .

ETA: Damn. You have to get up pretty early to beat Google-boy on one of these announcements.

Susan Sontag
 

RIP Susan Sontag. I'll try and find a link.

ETA: Link

Johnny Oates RIP
 

Um, I had him too.

It feels weird to be asking for acknowledgement that I accurately predicted someone's death.

Anyway, has there been any kind of official tally yet? I know we still have a couple of days, but I'm just curious about who is the best grim reaper on the board.

Jerry Orbach
 

Dead of prostate cancer (reported on CNN, fox news and ABC news websites). This makes me very sad. Even though he shouldn't have put Baby in a corner.

Johnny Oates RIP
 

I'll get the tally up soon. I'm a slacker, I know.

Johnny Oates RIP
 

I'm wrong, never mind.

Fugee is the Angel of Death....
 

and probably this year's winner:

Artie Shaw D-E-D

Fugee:

Remind me to never mess with you.

Fugee is the Angel of Death....
 

Jack/Hank Last place champs! In bowling you get a trophy for this.

Angelic
 

Have any of my picks died?

Maybe I should charge aging celebrities to be on my list.