Celebrity Death Pool 2011 - Page 3

Spexxvet · 01-04-2011, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhianne

Was there a winner/are there scores for 2010?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scriveyn

AFAIK:
Spexxvet 16
Scriveyn 15
Spudcon 9
Sundae 5
Monster 3

classicman · 01-03-2011, 03:16 PM

And I'll repeat from last year - They're gonna die eventually.

1. Fidel Castro
2. Jerry Lewis
3. Elizabeth Taylor
4. Muhammad Ali
5. Bob Barker
6. Ernest Borgnine
7. Sidney Poitier
8. Lindsey Lohan
9. Peter Faulk
10. Dick Clark

Big Sarge · 01-03-2011, 03:36 PM

Political
1. Obama
2. Dick Cheney
3. Fidel Castro
4. Ayatollah al Khomeini

Other:
1. Muhammad Ali
2. Snookie
3. Dick Clark
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Michael Douglas

monster · 01-03-2011, 03:42 PM

I think Sundae won last year.... not sure, though. I got three points for Michael Foot.

classicman · 01-03-2011, 03:51 PM

Get off my lawn ... err list.

Sheldonrs · 01-03-2011, 04:37 PM

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/a...ncis-dies.html

I Always thought she was a very good actress.

'Forbidden Planet' star Anne Francis dies at age 80
Jan. 3, 2011 08:07 AM
Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES -- Actress Anne Francis, who was the love interest in the 1950s science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and later was sexy private eye in "Honey West" on TV, has died at age 80.

Francis died Sunday at a Santa Barbara nursing home, said Bill Guntle, a funeral director McDermott-Crockett & Associates Mortuary in Santa Barbara.

Francis, who had surgery and chemotherapy after being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007, died of complications of pancreatic cancer, her daughter, Jane Uemura, told the Los Angeles Times.

Francis, a stunningly beautiful blonde with a prominent beauty mark, appeared opposite such stars as Spencer Tracy, Paul Newman, Robert Taylor and Glenn Ford in some of the most popular films of the 1950s. But "Forbidden Planet" and "Honey West" made her reputation.

"Forbidden Planet" was hailed in Leonard Maltin's "2006 Movie Guide" as "one of the most ambitious and intelligent films of its genre."

A science-fiction retelling of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," the 1956 film had Leslie Nielsen and other space travelers visiting a planet where expatriate scientist Walter Pidgeon, his daughter (Francis) and their helper, Robby the Robot, built a settlement.

Before filming began, the actors held a meeting and agreed "to be as serious about this film as we could be," Francis said in a 1999 interview.

"We could have hammed it up, but we wanted to be as sincere as we could," she said.

In "Honey West," which aired from 1965 to 1966, Francis' private detective was a female James Bond, sexy, stylish and as good with martial arts as she was with a gun. She was nominated for an Emmy for the role, which lasted 30 episodes.

"A lot of people speak to me about Honey West," Francis recalled. "The character made young women think there was more they could reach for. It encouraged a lot of people."

After a childhood career in New York radio and television and on the Broadway stage, Francis arrived in Hollywood when she landed a movie contract at MGM. She later went to 20th Century-Fox, then returned to MGM, and the two big studios afforded her the chance to act opposite the biggest male stars of the day.

In "Blackboard Jungle," the landmark 1955 film about an idealistic teacher (Ford) in a violent city school, Francis played his pregnant wife who is targeted for harassment by one of his students.

Among her other films: "Bad Day at Black Rock" with Tracy and Robert Ryan, "Rogue Cop" with Taylor, "The Rack" with Newman, "A Lion Is in the Streets" with James Cagney, and "Hook, Line and Sinker" opposite Jerry Lewis.

When her movie career declined, Francis became active in television, appearing in dozens of series, including "Mission Impossible," ''The Virginian," ''My Three Sons," ''Ironside," ''Gunsmoke," ''The Twilight Zone," ''Charlie's Angels," ''The Golden Girls," ''Home Improvement" and "Nash Bridges."

Her name was Ann Marvak when she was born Sept. 16, 1930, in Ossining, N.Y.

By age 5 she was working as a model, and by 11 she was appearing on daytime radio serials, winning the nickname the Little Queen of Soap Operas. She also had some small roles on Broadway.

After her first MGM contract, during which she attended studio school with Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Powell and Natalie Wood, she returned to New York. There, she took part in television's Golden Age, acting in such acclaimed dramatic series as "Studio One" and "U.S. Steel Hour" before returning to Hollywood.

Francis' early marriage to actor Bam Price ended in divorce.

In addition to Jane, Francis and her second husband, Robert Abeloff, had another daughter, Maggie, before divorcing. She also is survived by a grandson.

Elspode · 01-03-2011, 11:40 PM

She was also one of the most stunningly gorgeous women ever to grace a screen.

monster · 01-04-2011, 09:54 AM

here's the 2010 thread: http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21736&page=10

Nice work, Spex, surely snatching victory from Scriveyn's claws......

Rhianne · 01-04-2011, 01:33 PM

Thanks for that.

Sheldonrs · 01-04-2011, 04:32 PM

Not to start rumors or anything but does anyone know where Spex was when each of those celebs "died of natural causes"?

Shawnee123 · 01-05-2011, 07:53 AM

What? No one had Gerry Rafferty?

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/...erry.rafferty/

Ahhh, Baker Street. Nice song.

Sundae · 01-05-2011, 02:26 PM

Or Dick King-Smith, 88.
The Reaper's getting in early this year.

Clodfobble · 01-17-2011, 04:35 PM

Is it too late to get in? I always suck at this game, but I feel like Aretha Franklin and Michael Douglas are solid bets this year.

jimhelm · 01-17-2011, 05:30 PM

Sean Connery
John Madden
Betty White
Meatloaf
Regis
Wesley Snipes
Nancy Sinatra
Jacki Chan

i hope i get 0 points

monster · 01-17-2011, 05:51 PM

No not too late, cf, but you can't pick people who already died or lost limbs. Well I guess you can pick her, buy you get one less point 'cause the leg's already gone, I reckon

Hell, I don't care, the more the merrier

Betty White's going to keep on forever I reckon. Unless someone shoots her. /palinmoment

@ pete, funny, but what's the betting it's being pickled and will eventually find it's way onto ebay or the morbid nasty equivalent?

01-03-2011, 03:16 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	And I'll repeat from last year - They're gonna die eventually. 1. Fidel Castro 2. Jerry Lewis 3. Elizabeth Taylor 4. Muhammad Ali 5. Bob Barker 6. Ernest Borgnine 7. Sidney Poitier 8. Lindsey Lohan 9. Peter Faulk 10. Dick Clark __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-03-2011, 03:36 PM	#3
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Political 1. Obama 2. Dick Cheney 3. Fidel Castro 4. Ayatollah al Khomeini Other: 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Snookie 3. Dick Clark 4. Kirk Douglas 5. Michael Douglas __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

01-03-2011, 03:42 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I think Sundae won last year.... not sure, though. I got three points for Michael Foot. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-03-2011, 03:51 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Get off my lawn ... err list. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-03-2011, 04:37 PM	#6
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/a...ncis-dies.html I Always thought she was a very good actress. 'Forbidden Planet' star Anne Francis dies at age 80 Jan. 3, 2011 08:07 AM Associated Press . LOS ANGELES -- Actress Anne Francis, who was the love interest in the 1950s science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and later was sexy private eye in "Honey West" on TV, has died at age 80. Francis died Sunday at a Santa Barbara nursing home, said Bill Guntle, a funeral director McDermott-Crockett & Associates Mortuary in Santa Barbara. Francis, who had surgery and chemotherapy after being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007, died of complications of pancreatic cancer, her daughter, Jane Uemura, told the Los Angeles Times. Francis, a stunningly beautiful blonde with a prominent beauty mark, appeared opposite such stars as Spencer Tracy, Paul Newman, Robert Taylor and Glenn Ford in some of the most popular films of the 1950s. But "Forbidden Planet" and "Honey West" made her reputation. "Forbidden Planet" was hailed in Leonard Maltin's "2006 Movie Guide" as "one of the most ambitious and intelligent films of its genre." A science-fiction retelling of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," the 1956 film had Leslie Nielsen and other space travelers visiting a planet where expatriate scientist Walter Pidgeon, his daughter (Francis) and their helper, Robby the Robot, built a settlement. Before filming began, the actors held a meeting and agreed "to be as serious about this film as we could be," Francis said in a 1999 interview. "We could have hammed it up, but we wanted to be as sincere as we could," she said. In "Honey West," which aired from 1965 to 1966, Francis' private detective was a female James Bond, sexy, stylish and as good with martial arts as she was with a gun. She was nominated for an Emmy for the role, which lasted 30 episodes. "A lot of people speak to me about Honey West," Francis recalled. "The character made young women think there was more they could reach for. It encouraged a lot of people." After a childhood career in New York radio and television and on the Broadway stage, Francis arrived in Hollywood when she landed a movie contract at MGM. She later went to 20th Century-Fox, then returned to MGM, and the two big studios afforded her the chance to act opposite the biggest male stars of the day. In "Blackboard Jungle," the landmark 1955 film about an idealistic teacher (Ford) in a violent city school, Francis played his pregnant wife who is targeted for harassment by one of his students. Among her other films: "Bad Day at Black Rock" with Tracy and Robert Ryan, "Rogue Cop" with Taylor, "The Rack" with Newman, "A Lion Is in the Streets" with James Cagney, and "Hook, Line and Sinker" opposite Jerry Lewis. When her movie career declined, Francis became active in television, appearing in dozens of series, including "Mission Impossible," ''The Virginian," ''My Three Sons," ''Ironside," ''Gunsmoke," ''The Twilight Zone," ''Charlie's Angels," ''The Golden Girls," ''Home Improvement" and "Nash Bridges." Her name was Ann Marvak when she was born Sept. 16, 1930, in Ossining, N.Y. By age 5 she was working as a model, and by 11 she was appearing on daytime radio serials, winning the nickname the Little Queen of Soap Operas. She also had some small roles on Broadway. After her first MGM contract, during which she attended studio school with Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Powell and Natalie Wood, she returned to New York. There, she took part in television's Golden Age, acting in such acclaimed dramatic series as "Studio One" and "U.S. Steel Hour" before returning to Hollywood. Francis' early marriage to actor Bam Price ended in divorce. In addition to Jane, Francis and her second husband, Robert Abeloff, had another daughter, Maggie, before divorcing. She also is survived by a grandson. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

01-03-2011, 11:40 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	She was also one of the most stunningly gorgeous women ever to grace a screen. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-04-2011, 09:54 AM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	here's the 2010 thread: http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?t=21736&page=10 Nice work, Spex, surely snatching victory from Scriveyn's claws...... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-04-2011, 01:33 PM	#9
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Thanks for that.

01-04-2011, 04:32 PM	#10
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Not to start rumors or anything but does anyone know where Spex was when each of those celebs "died of natural causes"? __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

01-05-2011, 07:53 AM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	What? No one had Gerry Rafferty? http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/...erry.rafferty/ Ahhh, Baker Street. Nice song. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-05-2011, 02:26 PM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Or Dick King-Smith, 88. The Reaper's getting in early this year. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-17-2011, 04:35 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Is it too late to get in? I always suck at this game, but I feel like Aretha Franklin and Michael Douglas are solid bets this year. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-17-2011, 05:30 PM	#14
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Sean Connery John Madden Betty White Meatloaf Regis Wesley Snipes Nancy Sinatra Jacki Chan i hope i get 0 points __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

01-17-2011, 05:51 PM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	No not too late, cf, but you can't pick people who already died or lost limbs. Well I guess you can pick her, buy you get one less point 'cause the leg's already gone, I reckon Hell, I don't care, the more the merrier Betty White's going to keep on forever I reckon. Unless someone shoots her. /palinmoment @ pete, funny, but what's the betting it's being pickled and will eventually find it's way onto ebay or the morbid nasty equivalent? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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