2006 Celebrity Death Pool

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
So, what is the rule about which time zone applies to say when the year 2005 ends? I mean, if Soupy Sales drops dead before midnite, I win this pup, right?

midnight EST is the year cut-off for purposes of this pool... if someone on your 2006 list kicks it before then, I'll allow a substitution if sent in on New Year's Day.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
midnight EST is the year cut-off for purposes of this pool... if someone on your 2006 list kicks it before then, I'll allow a substitution if sent in on New Year's Day.

What if we don't hear about it for a few days?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
So, what is the rule about which time zone applies to say when the year 2005 ends? I mean, if Soupy Sales drops dead before midnite, I win this pup, right?

Is wonk OK?!!! Tell me wonk is OK.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
What if we don't hear about it for a few days?

then your "celebrity" is not that famous is he/she? maybe you should have picked someone we've heard of before instead of just pulling random names off of a dead or alive website*.




*paigow-inspired post. <sniff>

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Is wonk OK?!!! Tell me wonk is OK.

So I guess he died. Fuck. What a lousy start to the New Year. Now who am I going to pick to take his place? How long do I have again?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
So I guess he died. Fuck. What a lousy start to the New Year. Now who am I going to pick to take his place? How long do I have again?

I can tell you're not used to have fights with Wonk. You always have to wait at least 2 or 3 days for him to respond. I'm not sure if he needs extra time to understand a flame or extra time to dream up his "comeback*" - maybe both- but you just have to wait.

*it's really sad if he puts thought into them, you know?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I can tell you're not used to have fights with Wonk. You always have to wait at least 2 or 3 days for him to respond. I'm not sure if he needs extra time to understand a flame or extra time to dream up his "comeback*" - maybe both- but you just have to wait.

*it's really sad if he puts thought into them, you know?

So I get until the third to submit my substitute pick?

[notcasesensitive]

Flinty [same as last year]
1. Darryl Strawberry
2. Kirk Douglas
3. Ingmar Bergman
4. Marion Suge Knight
5. Pat Robertson
6. Charles "Cold Dead Hands" Heston
7. Yoko Ono
8. Lady Bird Johnson
9. John "Lavin didn't kill me" Wooden
10. Lindsay Lohan

Hank [same as last year]
1. Kirk Douglas
2. Tony Bennett
3. Al Lewis
4. Abe Vigoda
5. Nanette Fabray
6. Pauline Phillips (retired Dear Abby)
7. Jack Lalane
8. Kurt Vonnegut
9. Bob Feller
10. Dennis Rodman

Jack Manfred [same as last year]
1. Wilford Brimley
2. Gerald Ford
3. Hal Holbrook
4. Lena Horne
5. Ann Jillian
6. Jerry Lewis
7. Sydney Pollack
8. Omar Sharif
9. Maureen Stapleton
10. Gavin Newsom

b_n_b
1. Abe Vigoda
2. Kirk Douglas
3. Gerald Ford
4. Lady Bird Johnson
5. Dick Clark
6. Lou Rawls
7. Bob Barker
8. Billy Graham
9. Mohammed Ali
10. Karl Malden

tm diva
1. Karl Malden
2. Kirk Douglas
3. Gerald Ford
4. Lady Bird Johnson
5. Jerry Lewis
6. Brooke Astor
7. Charlton Heston
8. Billy Graham
9. Zsa Zsa Gabor
10. Ricardo Montalban

Aloha
1. Muhammad Ali
2. Boris Yeltsin
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Courtney Love
5. Gerald Ford
6. Kirk Douglas
7. Dr. Jack Kevorkian
8. Elizabeth Taylor
9. Marion 'Suge' Knight
10. Mickey Rooney

taxwonk
1. Charles Bronson
2. Muhhamed Ali
3. Snoop Dogg
4. Charlton Heston
5. Gerald Ford
6. Lady Bird Johnson
7. Willy Mays
8. Billy Graham
9. Kirk Douglas
10. Jerry Lewis

barely_legal a.k.a. Angel of Death 2005
1. Jack Kevorkian
2. Charleton Heston
3. Kirk Douglas
4. Brooke Astor
5. Liz Taylor
6. Lady Bird Johnson
7. Gerald Ford
8. Ian Paisley
9. Margaret Thatcher
10. Billy Graham

Diane Keaton
1. Elizabeth Taylor
2. Gene Wilder
3. HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
4. Soupy Sales
5. Don Rickles
6. Stephen Hawking
7. Ibrahim Rugova -- President of Kosovo
8. John Travolta
9. Mahmoud al-Zahar - Hamas Chief
10. Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf

Alex de Large
1. Fidel Castro
2. John Wooden
3. Joan Rivers
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Nancy Reagan
6. Nelson Mandela
7. Hank Aaron
8. Kurt Vonnegut
9. Dennis Rodman
10. Margaret Thatcher

c2ed
1. Elizabeth Taylor
2. Petey Pablo
3. John Astin
4. Gerald Ford
5. Annette Funicello
6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
7. Pope Benedict XVI
8. Fidel Castro
9. Boris Yeltsin
10. Danny Bonaduce

Not Bob
1. Lindsay Lohan
2. Gerald Ford
3. Betty Ford
4. Charlton Heston
5. Karl Malden
6. Walter Cronkite
7. Merv Griffin
8. BB King
9. Elizabeth Taylor
10. Jerry Lewis

Captain
1. John Kenneth Galbraith
2. Milton Friedman
3. Eddie Fisher
4. John Warner
5. Michael Jackson
6. Liz Taylor
7. Dick Clark
8. Jerry Lewis
9. Fidel Castro
10. Betty Ford

spookyfish
1. Gerald Ford
2. Robert Altman
3. J.D. Salinger
4. Zsa Zsa Gabor
5. Margaret Thatcher
6. Muhammad Ali
7. Patricia Neal
8. Richard Kiel
9. Stan Musial
10. George Wendt

Spanky
1. Sandra Day O’Conner
2. Arlen Specter
3. Gerald Ford
4. Albert Hoffman
5. John Keneth Galbraith
6. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
7. Eli Wallach
8. Brook Astor
9. General Pinochet
10. Jerry Lewis

Fugee a.k.a. Angel of Death 2004
1. Brooke Astor
2. Phyllis A. Whitney
3. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner
4. Elizabeth Taylor
5. Saddam Hussein
6. Karl Malden
7. Gerald Ford
8. Ryan O'Neal
9. Stephen Hawking
10. Kirk Douglas

str8outtathasportsbook
1. Red Auberbach
2. Joseph Barbera
3. Kirk Douglas
4. Joey Bishop
5. Kitty Carlisle
6. Bo Diddley
7. Gerald Ford
8. Billy Graham
9. Lady Bird Johnson
10. Meadowlark Lemon

Mmm Burger
1. Margaret Thatcher
2. Hal Holbrook
3. Queen Elizabeth
4. Gerald Ford
5. Cassius Clay/Muhammed Ali
6. William F. Buckley
7. Walter Cronkite
8. Dick Clark
9. John Wooden
10. Ricky Williams

Mr. Man
1. Joseph Barbera
2. Dick Clark
3. John Kenneth Galbraith
4. Lady Bird Johnson
5. Jack Kevorkian
6. Stanley Kunitz
7. Charles Lane
8. Claude Levi Strauss
9. General Pinochet
10. Lou Rawls

ncs
1. Muhammad Ali
2. Brooke Astor
3. Walter Cronkite
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Gerald Ford
6. Lady Bird Johnson
7. Karl Malden
8. Lou Rawls
9. Sargent Shriver
10. Billy Graham

That's the lists. 20 participants. Good luck everyone! Special perseverance award to Jack and Hank for playing the same 10 celebrities for the 3rd year in a row.

Edited to remove the already dead guy from barely's list.

[Atticus Grinch]

My apologies for getting this in late. In the unlikely event I win, your seat cushion may be used as a flotation device.

1. Red Buttons
2. Augosto Pinochet
3. Studs Terkel
4. Gerald Ford
5. Muhammad Ali
6. Walter Cronkite
7. Mark Felt
8. Billy Graham
9. Brooke Astor
10. Horatio Sanz

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Flinty [same as last year]
1. Darryl Strawberry
2. Kirk Douglas
3. Ingmar Bergman
4. Marion Suge Knight
5. Pat Robertson
6. Charles "Cold Dead Hands" Heston
7. Yoko Ono
8. Lady Bird Johnson
9. John "Lavin didn't kill me" Wooden
10. Lindsay Lohan

Hank [same as last year]
1. Kirk Douglas
2. Tony Bennett
3. Al Lewis
4. Abe Vigoda
5. Nanette Fabray
6. Pauline Phillips (retired Dear Abby)
7. Jack Lalane
8. Kurt Vonnegut
9. Bob Feller
10. Dennis Rodman

Jack Manfred [same as last year]
1. Wilford Brimley
2. Gerald Ford
3. Hal Holbrook
4. Lena Horne
5. Ann Jillian
6. Jerry Lewis
7. Sydney Pollack
8. Omar Sharif
9. Maureen Stapleton
10. Gavin Newsom

b_n_b
1. Abe Vigoda
2. Kirk Douglas
3. Gerald Ford
4. Lady Bird Johnson
5. Dick Clark
6. Lou Rawls
7. Bob Barker
8. Billy Graham
9. Mohammed Ali
10. Karl Malden

tm diva
1. Karl Malden
2. Kirk Douglas
3. Gerald Ford
4. Lady Bird Johnson
5. Jerry Lewis
6. Brooke Astor
7. Charlton Heston
8. Billy Graham
9. Zsa Zsa Gabor
10. Ricardo Montalban

Aloha
1. Muhammad Ali
2. Boris Yeltsin
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Courtney Love
5. Gerald Ford
6. Kirk Douglas
7. Dr. Jack Kevorkian
8. Elizabeth Taylor
9. Marion 'Suge' Knight
10. Mickey Rooney

taxwonk
1. Charles Bronson
2. Muhhamed Ali
3. Snoop Dogg
4. Charlton Heston
5. Gerald Ford
6. Lady Bird Johnson
7. Willy Mays
8. Billy Graham
9. Kirk Douglas
10. Jerry Lewis

barely_legal a.k.a. Angel of Death 2005
1. Jack Kevorkian
2. Charleton Heston
3. Kirk Douglas
4. Brooke Astor
5. Liz Taylor
6. Lady Bird Johnson
7. Gerald Ford
8. Ian Paisley
9. Eddie Albert
10. Billy Graham

Diane Keaton
1. Elizabeth Taylor
2. Gene Wilder
3. HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
4. Soupy Sales
5. Don Rickles
6. Stephen Hawking
7. Ibrahim Rugova -- President of Kosovo
8. John Travolta
9. Mahmoud al-Zahar - Hamas Chief
10. Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf

Alex de Large
1. Fidel Castro
2. John Wooden
3. Joan Rivers
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Nancy Reagan
6. Nelson Mandela
7. Hank Aaron
8. Kurt Vonnegut
9. Dennis Rodman
10. Margaret Thatcher

c2ed
1. Elizabeth Taylor
2. Petey Pablo
3. John Astin
4. Gerald Ford
5. Annette Funicello
6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
7. Pope Benedict XVI
8. Fidel Castro
9. Boris Yeltsin
10. Danny Bonaduce

Not Bob
1. Lindsay Lohan
2. Gerald Ford
3. Betty Ford
4. Charlton Heston
5. Karl Malden
6. Walter Cronkite
7. Merv Griffin
8. BB King
9. Elizabeth Taylor
10. Jerry Lewis

Captain
1. John Kenneth Galbraith
2. Milton Friedman
3. Eddie Fisher
4. John Warner
5. Michael Jackson
6. Liz Taylor
7. Dick Clark
8. Jerry Lewis
9. Fidel Castro
10. Betty Ford

spookyfish
1. Gerald Ford
2. Robert Altman
3. J.D. Salinger
4. Zsa Zsa Gabor
5. Margaret Thatcher
6. Muhammad Ali
7. Patricia Neal
8. Richard Kiel
9. Stan Musial
10. George Wendt

Spanky
1. Sandra Day O’Conner
2. Arlen Specter
3. Gerald Ford
4. Albert Hoffman
5. John Keneth Galbraith
6. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
7. Eli Wallach
8. Brook Astor
9. General Pinochet
10. Jerry Lewis

Fugee a.k.a. Angel of Death 2004
1. Brooke Astor
2. Phyllis A. Whitney
3. Tammy Faye Bakker Messner
4. Elizabeth Taylor
5. Saddam Hussein
6. Karl Malden
7. Gerald Ford
8. Ryan O'Neal
9. Stephen Hawking
10. Kirk Douglas

str8outtathasportsbook
1. Red Auberbach
2. Joseph Barbera
3. Kirk Douglas
4. Joey Bishop
5. Kitty Carlisle
6. Bo Diddley
7. Gerald Ford
8. Billy Graham
9. Lady Bird Johnson
10. Meadowlark Lemon

Mmm Burger
1. Margaret Thatcher
2. Hal Holbrook
3. Queen Elizabeth
4. Gerald Ford
5. Cassius Clay/Muhammed Ali
6. William F. Buckley
7. Walter Cronkite
8. Dick Clark
9. John Wooden
10. Ricky Williams

Mr. Man
1. Joseph Barbera
2. Dick Clark
3. John Kenneth Galbraith
4. Lady Bird Johnson
5. Jack Kevorkian
6. Stanley Kunitz
7. Charles Lane
8. Claude Levi Strauss
9. General Pinochet
10. Lou Rawls

ncs
1. Muhammad Ali
2. Brooke Astor
3. Walter Cronkite
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Gerald Ford
6. Lady Bird Johnson
7. Karl Malden
8. Lou Rawls
9. Sargent Shriver
10. Billy Graham

That's the lists. 20 participants. Good luck everyone! Special perseverance award to Jack and Hank for playing the same 10 celebrities for the 3rd year in a row.

I thought Betty Ford was dead already.

edit: she's alive- but did give up intoxicants- same dif.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
My apologies for getting this in late. In the unlikely event I win, your seat cushion may be used as a flotation device.

21!

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive

barely_legal a.k.a. Angel of Death 2005
1. Jack Kevorkian
2. Charleton Heston
3. Kirk Douglas
4. Brooke Astor
5. Liz Taylor
6. Lady Bird Johnson
7. Gerald Ford
8. Ian Paisley
9. Eddie Albert
10. Billy Graham

She's not doing much to defend her title (or maybe she is). #9 is dead already.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by spookyfish
She's not doing much to defend her title (or maybe she is). #9 is dead already.

Yeah, he was one of the two people on my 2005 list to check out.

The year has barely started and I already have regrets about my picks.

As I was flipping the channels just before midnight on New Year's Eve* I had instant regret for not putting Dick Clark on my list. Whatever deal he made with the devil to keep looking young(ish) for so long apparently has ended. He looked and sounded like death warmed over.

Also, I took Gloria Stuart, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Luise Ranier, Lady Bird Johnson, Vaclav Havel and Fidel Castro off my list from 2005. After my Pope fiasco**, I suspect this pretty much seals the fate of those six .


*I'm not completely pathetic, I went out earlier and went home before the amateur drinkers and drivers hit the road.

**On my list in 2004 took him off for 2005.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by spookyfish
She's not doing much to defend her title (or maybe she is). #9 is dead already.

Dude, Richard Kiel is an inspired choice, I salute you.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
Dude, Richard Kiel is an inspired choice, I salute you.

I was picking Kirk Douglas on my DP back when you were still sucking at your mama's titty.