Celebrity Death Pool 2008

1 Mary Kate Olson
2 Joe Namath
3 Charlton Heston
4 Alan Arkin
5 Ian McKellen
6 Rush Limbaugh
7 Donald Rumsfeld
8 Barak Obama
9 George H W Bush
10 Fidel Castro

this is a wish list? that's an awful lot of politicians

Thanks Spexxvet. I forgot to do it. What's the deadline this year? How about Jan 15th?

I seriously want to do it where everyone kicks in 5 or 10 bucks and the winner takes all. That would make it fun.

Since I didn't get any this year, I'll keep my same picks...

1. Abe Vigoda
2. Michael J. Fox
3. Billy Graham
4. Charlton Heston
5. Muhammad Ali
6. Mickey Rooney
7. Peter Falk
8. Peter O'Toole
9. Fidel Castro
10. Andy Griffith

1) Elizabeth Taylor
2) Mr T
3) Lee Trevino
4) Cicely Tyson
5) Alex Trebek

Do we have to have 10?

Are there results for last year?

Shawnee123;421264 wrote:

Are there results for last year?

see last years thread

Oh, ok.

You know, if you just keep posting the same list every year, one year you will get a couple right! ;)

I predict all the known celebrities will die by the year 2299. I win!

Shawnee123;421272 wrote:

I win!

Not yet.

Shawnee123;421264 wrote:

1) Elizabeth Taylor
2) Mr T
3) Lee Trevino
4) Cicely Tyson
5) Alex Trebek

Do we have to have 10?

Are there results for last year?

Yes, it's 10 people, and I think the results for last year are in the Celebrity Death Pool 2007 thread.

1) Amy Winehouse
2) Lindsay Lohan
3) Britney Spears
4) Billy Graham
5) Bill Clinton
6) Michael J Fox
7) Mike Tyson
8) Alan Greenspan
9) Randy Moss
10) PacMan Jones

1. Prince Philip
2. Britney Spears
3. Elizabeth Taylor
4. Dick Cheney
5. Alan Alda
6. Meg White
7. Billy Graham
8. Michael Vicks
9. Ariel Sharon
10. Michael Jackson

no money on this, though.

1 Betty White
2 Dick Clark
3 Kirk Douglas
4 Brittney Spears
5 Billy Graham
6 Charlton Heston
7 Keith Richards (wait, do Zombies count?)
8 Tippi Hedron
9 Christopher Lee
10 Jerry Lewis

Ooh Dick Clark, Kirk Douglas, and Billy Graham are awesome picks. Nice

jester;421498 wrote:

1 Betty White
2 Dick Clark
3 Kirk Douglas
4 Brittney Spears
5 Billy Graham
6 Charlton Heston
7 Keith Richards (wait, do Zombies count?)
8 Tippi Hedron
9 Christopher Lee
10 Jerry Lewis

Double if you can keep them down the second time.

1)Dick Clark
2)Abe Vigoda
3)Jerry Lewis
4)Charlton Heston
5)Muhammad Ali
6)Mickey Rooney
7)Peter Falk
8)Billy Graham
9)Kirk Douglas
10)Andy Rooney

1) Liz Taylor
2) Amy Winehouse
3) Zsa Zsa Gabor
4) Kirk Douglas
5) Jimmy Carter
6) Doris Day
7) J.D. Salinger
8) Britney Spears
9) Ernest Borgnine
10) Jerry Lewis

Wait a minute. Dick Clark is already dead. Did you see him NY eve? It was like watching Senor Wences!

Here's to better luck this year!
Well, some of them I would mourn, but most I would celebrate for the points they give me. I'm glad I'm an atheist and don't fear hell :)

John Mortimer
Fidel Castro
Margaret Thatcher
Patrick Moore
Norman Wisdom
Mickey Rooney
Frank Carson
Zsa Zsa Gabor
General (President) Musharraf
Prince Philip

Sundae Girl;422753 wrote:

Here's to better luck this year!
Well, some of them I would mourn, but most I would celebrate for the points they give me. I'm glad I'm an atheist and don't fear hell :)

John Mortimer

Nooooooo!!!!

Spexxvet;421228 wrote:

5. Ian Mckellen

Wouldn't you know it, I just drew an Ian Mckellan zombie not 3 hours ago.
Kudos!

1. Roger Moore
2. Brittany Spears
3. Dick Clark
4. Paris Hilton
5. Donald Trump
6. Barak Obama
7. Bill Clinton
8. Clint Eastwood
9. Keith Richards
10. Will Ferrell

No one had Sir Edmund Hillary then?

Happy Monkey;422992 wrote:

Nooooooo!!!!

John Mortimer I would sincerely mourn.
In fact the other HM in my life was trying to convince me he was already dead the other night, which was why he was in my head. I knew he wasn't - there's no way that information would have slipped by me.

Wow, I didn't see Bobby Fischer coming. I always felt sorry for him for being harassed by his own government.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/18/fischer.dies.ap/index.html

I am so sad about this one - He was only 64, but I think his brain was well over 100. IMO, The best chess playing human ever, bar none! R.I.P.

Suzanne Pleshette, 70, ‘Newhart’ Actress, Dies

Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced actress who redefined the television sitcom wife in the 1970s, playing the smart, sardonic Emily Hartley on “The Bob Newhart Show,” died Saturday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 70.

Ms. Pleshette died of respiratory failure, her lawyer, Robert Finkelstein, told The Associated Press. Ms. Pleshette had undergone chemotherapy in 2006 for lung cancer.

Radar;425484 wrote:

Wow, I didn't see Bobby Fischer coming. I always felt sorry for him for being harassed by his own government.

He was harassed much more by the Russians than anyone - especially after they criticized his play at 14 and then he went on to beat 3 of the Russian prodigies in a row. The final straw being the world championship when he beat "the unbeatable" Boris Spassky in 1972.

The "harassment" from the U.S. was more his fault than anything else.

His fault? For what? Choosing to play chess again? The United States has zero authority to tell any citizen where they may or may not travel or whom they may or may not play chess with.

Well they had a clip of him on the news the other night saying how the US is evil blah blah blah.

I imagine anyone with international recognition and at that time, access to a country the US was locked in a cold war with, would be subject to a reasonable amount of scrutiny if they went around routinely making statements like that. Rightly so or not.

Not here radar, please? A little respect for the dead, ya know? If you really wanna debate his life with me fine, but make another thread.

Yes, please remember that it is very important to respect the dead in a thread made to gamble on who will die first.

But it's respectful gambling

Clodfobble;426108 wrote:

Yes, please remember that it is very important to respect the dead in a thread made to gamble on who will die first.

monster;426114 wrote:

But it's respectful gambling

lol - I was trying to prevent a major thread drift - ya know how radar and I can get. I was also being more than a little facetious.

I thought I was respecting the man. He was harassed and pushed around by his government, was held captive for it, and eventually renounced his citizenship over it.

He was a legend. And I respect what he said as well as what he did.

You are incorrect on several points - he was never harassed, nor pushed around, nor held captive by the US - that was Japan. Whatever, don't let the facts get in the way of your argument.

Much like every other argument you've attempted to make against me, you are wrong on this one too.

1. He was harassed by the U.S. Government when he told them he would play chess again against Spassky in 1992.

2. He was pushed around when he did it anyway after the government told him not to do it and the government tried to take all of his winnings.

3. He was held captive in Japan because the U.S. Government revoked his passport and told Japan to return him to America.

okie dokie :headshake

Radar;426188 wrote:

Much like every other argument you've attempted to make against me, you are wrong on this one too.

Oh, no. I can't let that lie go without rebuttal either. You were repeatedly proven wrong and your only hope at saving face is to continually deny the reality. That is fine. I offered to "agree to disagree" remember? Let it go.

I have a feeling this will be Britany Spears year to fill the dead pool.
Probably in a drugged or drunken car crash.

She's be worth a crapload of points.

how does the scoring work again?

100 minus the age of the deceased = points

Just found another one:

Allan Melvin had so many roles on so many TV shows over the years that it's hard to know where to begin, but I guess the most logical spot would be The Brady Bunch, where he played Sam The Butcher, the guy Alice dated. He was also a regular on The Phil Silvers Show, played Archie Bunker's friend Barney on All in the Family, and also played Rob's army buddy on The Dick Van Dyke Show. He appeared on dozens of other shows over the years, from the Andy Griffith Show (he always played a crook - that's him on the right in the pic) and Gomer Pyle, USMC to Kung Fu and The Banana Splits (he was Drooper).

Edmund Hillary's funeral is on now as I type this message.

Much respect to one of the worlds great adventurers.

Allan Melvin was also the voice of Magilla Gorilla

Sheldonrs;426195 wrote:

I have a feeling this will be Britany Spears year to fill the dead pool.
Probably in a drugged or drunken car crash.

I read yesterday that AP has pre-written an obit for her, and that they usual only do that for very aged celebrities.

Maybe instead she'll disappear, and 70 years from now, we (or just Ibram and Pierce anyway) will hear of her passing at a mental hospital somewhere.

1. George Steinbrenner
2. Fidel Castro
3. Salman Rushdie
4. Britney Spears, Sean Preston Federline, Jayden James Federline [SIZE="1"](Special trifecta bet)[/SIZE]
5. Michael Vick
6. Queen Elizabeth II
7. Hugo Chavez
8. Brooks Robinson
9. Dick Cheney
10. Tom Cruise

1. Perry Ferrel
2. Lindsay Lohan
3. Barbara Walters
4. Michael Jordan
5. John Popper
6. Jessica Simpson (wishful thinking)
7. Andy Reed's Kid ....either one.... i'll count this as 2
9. John Madden
10. Michael J Fox


meh.

Amy Winehouse looks like a likely candidate as well.

Heath Leger

He was only 28. That's 72 points!

And nobody had him on their list did they. What a shock for the entertainment community, although really, it's never a surprise when an actor or celebrity dies of a drug overdose is it?

If I hurry to the airport and get on a plane to NY, do you think his body will still be warm? ;)

ick lol

Is is too late to start my list?

Radar;426409 wrote:

Heath Leger

He was only 28. That's 72 points!

You have to mention it before the fact. Unless this is a sign of your betting practices. (which I totally agree with)
:p

He wasn't on my list or anyone else's. I was just saying if he were, they'd probably win with just his points.

Yeah I rushed and made a list awhile ago - not even sure who's on it.

I say people should be able to submit original lists up until the end of Jan.
After all we hardly have a great track record with our predictions, so it's not like we need to be stuffy about the rules.

I was gonna put the three celebs that have already died on my list - damn my humor gets lost online - if I had any at all.:headshake

Then this would be the "bet on people who have already died" thread....That's logical. (for the cellar)
:)

Cicero;426608 wrote:

Then this would be the "bet on people who have already died" thread....That's logical. (for the cellar)
:)

Ohhh, then we can argue for 3 days and 34 pages about whether the person is really dead or not.

But does anyone really ever die Lookout?
:D
Grassy knoll grassy knoll. The moon landing...

Sundae Girl;426562 wrote:

I say people should be able to submit original lists up until the end of Jan.
After all we hardly have a great track record with our predictions, so it's not like we need to be stuffy about the rules.

I say just make your list whenever you damn well please -who's going to stop you? If you put the already dead on we'll all laugh and pioint and call you a fucktard. Or something. :D

Damn, I was sure I'd put Chemical Ali on mine. not that he's dead yet, but after execution is ordered, the Iraqis don't hang around do they? [COLOR="LemonChiffon"](groan)[/COLOR]

Cicero;426612 wrote:

But does anyone really ever die Lookout?
:D

Thanks for the setup, Cicero, classicman, and radar: gettin' snarky with a favorite hymn of mine -- verse 4...

I am the resurrection, I am the life
They who believe in me, even if they die
They shall live forever.

And I will raise them up,
And I will raise them up,
And I will raise them up on the last day.

And nobody had William F. Buckley. Well, he did as it were die in harness.

First blood today, eh? I did not have Charlton :(

And Prince Phillip is out of hospital.

monster;444197 wrote:

First blood today, eh? I did not have Charlton :(

Who did? - I must have missed it on the lists. Actually I don't know who I have at this point.

classicman;421592 wrote:

1)Dick Clark
2)Abe Vigoda
3)Jerry Lewis
4)Charlton Heston
5)Muhammad Ali
6)Mickey Rooney
7)Peter Falk
8)Billy Graham
9)Kirk Douglas
10)Andy Rooney

classicman;444314 wrote:

Who did? - I must have missed it on the lists. Actually I don't know who I have at this point.

:lol:

also Spexxvet, radar and jester had him

Woo Hoo - and no that wan't luck at all - I planned it all out like that

[COLOR="White"]{yeah right}[/COLOR]

Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes in the same weekend. Anyone have them?

I'm waiting for the third one. Celebrity deaths always come in threes. Personally I'm betting on Paul Newman.

I hope not, I'd like to see a sequel to Cars.

Newman has always held his private life pretty close to the vest. He's a pretty class act, and I wish he could live another 100 years. One of the last of the truly great actors.

I think this is Elizabeth Taylors' year. She's been at the edge of death so often, she has to fall over it sometime.

monster;436218 wrote:

Damn, I was sure I'd put Chemical Ali on mine. not that he's dead yet, but after execution is ordered, the Iraqis don't hang around do they? [COLOR="LemonChiffon"](groan)[/COLOR]

Well, one of them does ... unless the rope was too long ...

Cicero;426612 wrote:

But does anyone really ever die Lookout?
:D
Grassy knoll grassy knoll. The moon landing...

Completely Off Topic, but saw the grassy knoll yesterday and Houston Space center today. About 15 minutes in total..... :lol:

/speed tourists

Clodfobble;475521 wrote:

I'm waiting for the third one. Celebrity deaths always come in threes. Personally I'm betting on Paul Newman.

My theory is that it was supposed to be Morgan Freeman but he got off with a broken arm.

Chocolatl;475634 wrote:

My theory is that it was supposed to be Morgan Freeman but he got off with a broken arm.

No, he got off with the lady he was with BEFORE the arm broke. :-)

Clodfobble;475521 wrote:

I'm waiting for the third one. Celebrity deaths always come in threes. Personally I'm betting on Paul Newman.

Robert Hazard died August 5, 2008. He's riding on the escalator of death. RIP.

Jerry Wexler anyone? The day the music died?

Not in mine, but a great loss and another who shaped the music world that the next generation or ten will probably never even know existed.

Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun...without these guys, who knows what rock and roll would have been? Clive Davis is getting up there, too. Hopefully he won't fall off a stage.

So how's the death pool scoring going? I got nuttin' :(

looks like a tie 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

Spexx had Charlton Heston....

so did you and jester and radar....

I'm experiencing a little deja vu here.... :lol:

who? me too. Must've been the wine

classicman;477149 wrote:

Must've been the whine

Nah, Ali's not here right now....


[this meow moment sponsored by Whiskas]

Gene Upshaw dead at 63.

The death of Gene Upshaw, a Hall of Fame guard and pillar of the NFL Players Association, came as a shock to almost everyone.

Upshaw died this morning of pancreatic cancer, the NFLPA confirmed. He was 63.

Nobody had Paul Newman. I'm sad to see him gone.

Seconded - what a great man he was, especially later i his life when he gave so much back to so many charities...

Has Amy Winehouse survived Saturday?

I'm getting my Mum and Dad to help this year. Mum is great at pointing out people who are going to die. Not in an Angel of Death way, I hasten to mention. Just lucky (?)

Much better than HM. He predicted so many people in the time I lived with him - based mainly on them gaining or losing weight, or simply being a member of his family. Yup, all still alive! Okay, his Dad is ill, and I'm sorry for that, but he predicted his death a good few years ago now (sparking death fears in me about my Dad) And his bro is a healthy young man - due to die of liver failure any day now apparently (although I went to alcohol counselling with a man who drank a bottle of vodka a day and was in his early 60s with no liver damage). He does drink and smoke to much, but it's so horrible to hear him say to virtual strangers that his brother will be dead in five years tops.

Okay, I'm rubbish about predicting too, but at least I don't believe Alan Parker will be dead within 6 months because he's put on weight.

Oh and if you think consulting with my parents is cheating... piss off.

Well, I sure didn't have Forrest J. Ackerman. Did anybody?

Never heard of him

Anyone have Van Johnson?

Urbane Guerrilla;511953 wrote:

Well, I sure didn't have Forrest J. Ackerman. Did anybody?

Wow, I missed this.

Scifi's Number One Fan ... he was famous for not being famous.

I would love to have even a small percentage of his collection. Talk about Doodads!

Are they going to shoot his cremains into space or anything?

Pop Culture's dropping like flies. Any Bettie Page fans in here?

gee lemme see - maybe you should look in the thread dedicated to her?

Eartha Kitt and Harold Pinter slip in before the end of the year.
Not on anyone's list as far as I can see.

How come Zsa Zsa is still alive...?

I liked Eartha Kitt. Her "St. Louis Blues" is my favorite.

Sundae Girl;516685 wrote:

Eartha Kitt and Harold Pinter slip in before the end of the year.
Not on anyone's list as far as I can see.

How come Zsa Zsa is still alive...?

Why was she ever alive?

To establish a threshold for crass, maybe.