Celebrity Death Pool 2010
OK, here's my list for 2010, with five returners from 2009:
Prince Phillip
Margaret Thatcher
Dick Cheney
Michael Foot
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Elizabeth Taylor
Liz Dawn
David Hasselhoff
Nelson Mandela
Severiano Ballesteros
I have condemned the following to certain death this year by removing them from my list (I had Jackson in 2008 and removed him....) :lol:
Boy George
Fidel Castro
Woody Allen
Amy Winehouse
Letting it ride again, since all of mine are valiantly clinging to life, as far as I know.
I think I'm going to have to let my 2008 list ride since I went 0 for 10.
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
OK, my list repeated from last year except Karl Mauldin replaced by Jimmy Carter, and Kenny McCormick replaced, under protest by Al Franken.
1.[FONT="] [/FONT]Barbra Streisand
2. Al Franken
3. Matt Lauer
4. J.D. Salinger
5. Ernest Hollings
6. George Beverly Shea
7. Dolores Hope
8. Gloria Stuart
9. Jimmy Carter
10. Risë Stevens
Here's my wish list . . .
Nancy Pelosi
Harry Reid
George Bush
Dick Cheney
Chris Dodd
Rush Limbaugh
Michelle Malkin
Keith Olbermann
Ann Coulter
Chris Matthews
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
No fair using my list twice man....sorta. You beat me with my list this year. I will need a bit to come up with the money as funds are a bit tight.
So the second list is your real one, classic?
oh and wait... last year radar had two lists and classic took the spare BUT castro featured in both, so I reckon that makes the second list null and void as you can't play for two teams..... you should both hit the tip jar with whatever you can afford whenever...
yes Monnie - the first was/is a wish list.
1 Mary Kate Olson
2 Joe Namath
3 Dick Cheney
4 Eve Plumb
5 George Foreman
6 Leslie Nielsen
7 Jean Stapleton
8 Barak Obama
9 Abe Vigoda
10 Fidel Castro
Here's my wish list . . .
Nancy Pelosi
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Rush Limbaugh
I don't think you're allowed to dislike Nancy Pelosi and Rush Limbaugh at the same time. It sets up a kind of disharmonic resonance that could cause a rip in the space time continuum. We're getting too close to 2012 to be risking that kind of shit.
1) Tara Reid
2) Elizabeth Taylor
3) Ann B Davis
4) Garrett Morris
5) Ed Ames
6) Ernest Borgnine
7) Dick Cheney
8) Olivia de Havilland
9) Nick Nolte
10) Mike Tyson
I'm confused. Is this a wish list or a prediction list?
either or. Wishing on your list is a bit morbid but it is allowable.
I'm confused. Is this a wish list or a prediction list?
This is a list of 10 people you think may pass in 2010. IF they do you get points based upon a VERY complicated scoring system (he he he)
I threw in a wish list because, well just because.
My wish list is short, or long depending on how you look at it.
All of the sitting Congress. With Reid and Pelosi at the front of the line. The rest can follow over the cliff like sheep.
It's not really a wish list, so post a list of people who might die in 2010 or shut the fuck up.
Oh yeah, and shut the fuck up.
Oh, and...
(wait for it)
shut the fuck up!
What, you can't find an article to quote so you have no ideas? :lol:
Wait I'll find one for you...
That does me no good, you didn't cut and paste most of it! ;)
Don't forget the charts and graphs, in color please.
ok, so here's my attempt
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924)
Blake Fielder-Civil (born August 1978) (until recently Amy Winehouse's hubby)
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (born 13 October 1925)
Tony Curtis (born June 3, 1925)
Hugh Hefner (born April 9, 1926)
Doris May Lessing (born 22 October 1919)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born 28 October 1956)
Michael Schumacher (born 3 January 1969)
Helmut Kohl (born 3 April 1930)
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3, 1948)
William Shatner
Lindsey Lohan
Tiger Woods
Artie Lang
Courtney Love
Jimmy Carter
Hugh Hefner
Holly Madison
Doug Stanhope
Barack Obama (no worries though, he'll come back to life 3 days later.)
I can't see Artie Lange surviving past summer.
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Barack Obama (no worries though, he'll come back to life 3 days later.)[/QUOTE]
:lol:
I believe the scoring system we've always used is subtract their age from 100 and that's the number of points you get.
Here's my list this year.
1. Abe Vigoda
2. George Steinbrenner
3. Billy Graham
4. Nancy Reagan
5. Kim Jong Il
6. Mickey Rooney
7. Kirk Douglas
8. Peter O'Toole
9. Fidel Castro
10. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
My secondary list, which doesn't count for the game, but which is still very strong is...
1. Andy Griffith
2. Jerry Lewis
3. Elizabeth Taylor
4. Muhammad Ali
5. Bob Barker
6. Ernest Borgnine
7. Sidney Poitier
8. Severiano "Seve" Ballesteros Sota
9. Peter Falk
10. Dick Clark
I'm not taking any bets against my secondary list this year.
I believe the scoring system we've always used is subtract their age from 100 and that's the number of points you get.
Yeh, I was joking about the complicated part.
I'm not taking any bets against my secondary list this year.
Wise decision
Okay, little amended from last year.
Sorry I killed off John Mortimer and Bobby Robson.
It never worked with Thatcher. Maybe third time's the charm, eh?
Ronnie Biggs
Fidel Castro
Margaret Thatcher
Patrick Moore
Norman Wisdom
Mickey Rooney
Clive Dunn
Nancy Reagan
Ariel Sharon
Prince Philip
I debated between Nancy and Betty Ford, but Nancy would get me more points. However I expect a special mention if Betty carks it.
Oh and I promise $50 to the tip jar if we see off Maggie this year. It might not come all at once, but I will honour my promise within 6 months of the joyous event.
Does that count as an incentive to an assassin?
I thought about Betty Ford too and Harry Morgan from Mash, but I didn't go with them.
I thought about Betty Ford too and Harry Morgan from Mash, but I didn't go with them.
Radar, at the end of the year: "I TOLD you I was thinking about picking them...see how smart I am? It's in ONE of my 16 lists!" ;)
My list is every celebrity on earth who is still alive! :p
Shawnee, all I'm saying is I considered Betty Ford. She was on my group of people that I had actually typed up. I had a lot to pick from. That's why I came up with 2 lists.
Only 1 list counts for each of us though. It's the only list that matters. If Betty Ford or Harry Morgan died, I won't say "I told you I thought about them." I'll probably say, "Dammit, I picked the wrong names for the long list of possible choices."
Here're some people who might die next year:
Carrie Underwood
Emma Watson
Keira Knightley
Lindsay Lohan
Mandy Moore
Miley Cyrus
Mischa Barton
Ben Affleck
Tom Cruise
Matt Damon
Ricky Martin
Brad Pitt
Keanu Reeves
Orlando Bloom
Viggo Mortensen
Christina Aguilera
Jessica Simpson
Britney Spears
Faith Hill
Jennifer Lopez
Shania Twain
LeAnn Rimes
Shakira
Aaliyah
Mariah Carey
Madonna
Mandy Moore
Alicia Keys
Kylie Minogue
Gwen Stefani
Toni Braxton
Beyonce Knowles
Pink
Ashanti
Michelle Branch
Avril Lavigne
I kill me! :lol:
Here's some people who might die next year:
Carrie Underwood
Emma Watson
Keira Knightley
Lindsay Lohan
Mandy Moore
Miley Cyrus
Mischa Barton
Ben Affleck
Tom Cruise
Matt Damon
Ricky Martin
Brad Pitt
Keanu Reeves
Orlando Bloom
Viggo Mortensen
Christina Aguilera
Jessica Simpson
Britney Spears
Faith Hill
Jennifer Lopez
Shania Twain
LeAnn Rimes
Shakira
Aaliyah
Mariah Carey
Madonna
Mandy Moore
Alicia Keys
Kylie Minogue
Gwen Stefani
Toni Braxton
Beyonce Knowles
Pink
Ashanti
Michelle Branch
Avril Lavigne
I kill me! :lol:
You Lie! Britney Spears is never gonna die! Just like my Gramma!
In that case, I submit all entries from IMDB.
I guess the morbidity of this thread is open to even a Madman. Here's my... [SIZE="1"]<cough>[/SIZE] unhopefulls.
John Astin
Jean Stapleton
Andy Griffith
Hal Linden
Adam West
David Hasselhoff
Bob Newhart
Kirstie Alley
Michael J. Fox
James Arness
Actually, I hope they are all still alive. They are... 99% sure of it.
You're welcome to play Madman. I hope you're wrong about John Astin, Adam West, Bob Newhart, and Michael J. Fox. I really like them.
Personally, I hope I'm wrong too. I like all of them.
Letting it ride again, since all of mine are valiantly clinging to life, as far as I know.
...
3. Dick Clark
...
Which one do you mean? The Senator, the TV/radio presenter, the basketball player or another?
And one more question: If a celeb, born say 1. August 1950, kicks the bucket on 31. July 2010, do we score 41 or 40 points? - In other words, does the plain year of birth count, or do we take into account the number of years (arithmetically) fully lived? :3_eyes:
That would be 41 points unless we have a tie. Then we'd go by fractions of years.
I'm pretty Dick Clark refers to the radio, television, and movie star and producer famous for American Band Stand, TV Bloopers, and New Year's Rockin' Eve.
Richard Wagstaff Clark
November 30, 1929 (1929-11-30) (age 80)
Mount Vernon, New York
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163863
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_ClarkWhich one do you mean? The Senator, the TV/radio presenter, the basketball player or another?
And one more question: If a celeb, born say 1. August 1950, kicks the bucket on 31. July 2010, do we score 41 or 40 points? - In other words, does the plain year of birth count, or do we take into account the number of years (arithmetically) fully lived? :3_eyes:
:lol2:
Radar, who died and made you rule-keeper extraordinaire? Whoever it was, I bet they were on one of my lists!
Even "The Hoff"?
"The Hoff" gives me hope that Ozzie Osbourne will live forever... in a kinda-sorta reality/fantasy show kinda way.
:lol2:
Radar, who died and made you rule-keeper extraordinaire? Whoever it was, I bet they were on one of my lists!
That's just the way we've always done it. I mean if everyone wants to change it for next year, we could try to all hash that out.
I don't really care: I only started playing last year I think.
My memory tells me there were questions about scoring earlier this year, so "this is the way WE'VE always done it" didn't seem to be an option.
Carry on, my deadward sons.
And one more question: If a celeb, born say 1. August 1950, kicks the bucket on 31. July 2010, do we score 41 or 40 points? - In other words, does the plain year of birth count, or do we take into account the number of years (arithmetically) fully lived? :3_eyes:
It's
age. On July 31, 2010, the celeb would be 59. 100 minus 59 equals 41 points.
OK, what if a celeb was born in, say, 1920. Then he dies in 2008. Then he is reincarnated as a Jonas Brother, and dies again in 2010. Which age should we use?
reincarnated in 2008, dies in 2010? - You score a whopping 98 points :eek:
Well, isn't that the proper age range for one of those guys?
(in head: darnit, should've thought that one through a bit more.)
OK, what if a celeb was born in, say, 1920. Then he dies in 2008. Then he is reincarnated as a Jonas Brother, and dies again in 2010. Which age should we use?
No Jonas brother is a celeb. I call.
Well, if John Cletus Seymore Poindexter Clive Marvin Hopplestetter the Turd is a celeb, then a Jonass Brother is a celeb.
I don't think I've ever done a wish list, but I will give it a shot. My true wish list has thousands of names, but I'll try to narrow it down to 10 for the year.
1. George W. Bush
2. Dick Cheney
3. Condoleezza Rice
4. Donald Rumsfield
5. John Ashcroft
6. John Roberts
7. Sam Alito
8. Tony Perkins
9. Glenn Beck
10. Rush Limbaugh
These are among the most disgraceful people ever to sully the name of America and the world would be better off without them.
Dude. UG's girl [COLOR="White"](boy)[/COLOR] friend, the horse? Did you forget her, or did you run out of room?
I didn't forget her. She's just not significant enough to make it into the top 10. The other people are pure evil and what they've done has truly harmed America more than anything Man Coulter is capable of doing.
I can't see Artie Lange surviving past summer.
It's been reported that Lange stabbed himself nine times in a suicide attempt.
I almost got my 58 points there.
Radar, if Peter O'Toole dies this year i will hold you personally responsible!
[eta] I am not doing a list. I never do, becaus I am shit at this game :P But I will match Sundae's $50 donation if Thatch pegs it this year.
Yes, if he dies Dana, it's my fault for putting him in my death pool and not his fault for being a 78 year old heavy drinker.
Yes, if he dies Dana, it's my fault for putting him in my death pool and not his fault for being a 78 year old heavy drinker.
Well done for accepting the blame, I'm proud of you.
I'm nothing if not responsible. :)
Good. So we're all in agreement. If Peter O'Toole dies this year...it's all round to Radar's place with ropes and sticks for a good old fashioned lynching.
Wha!?!? I figured a stern lecture would be enough. Sheese, you're strict!
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
We all missed this one . . . .
Dennis Hopper rushes to divorce wife as he lies on death bed
Bummer. I always thought he was a pretty cool actor. I hope he gets to the lawyer in time.
Good. So we're all in agreement. If Peter O'Toole dies this year...it's all round to Radar's place with ropes and sticks for a good old fashioned lynching.
Who brings sticks to a lynching?!
Merc, don't you think that's a bit mean?
He's been married to her for longer than any of his other wives.
A deathbed divorce is pretty damn petty.
He's only doing it because he knows she's planning on contesting the will after he dies, effectively taking money from his kids (3/4ths of whom are not hers.) If they're divorced, she has no grounds to contest it. He wasn't initially trying to write her out of it, he gave her 1/4 and she didn't think it was enough.
Who brings sticks to a lynching?!
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Northerners.
Just bring your mushy peas and mint, that'll do (or is that a Midlands thing?)
Umm....mushy peas maybe; mint definately not.
We're more yer black peas in vinegar.
He's only doing it because he knows she's planning on contesting the will after he dies, effectively taking money from his kids (3/4ths of whom are not hers.) If they're divorced, she has no grounds to contest it. He wasn't initially trying to write her out of it, he gave her 1/4 and she didn't think it was enough.
All the more reason to divorce her before he dies.
So Hopper's prognosis is terminal? I hadn't heard that. Pity. Been a fan since True Grit.
Dennis Hopper is an icon. I had no idea either. Looking at his body of work on
IMBD, I'd say he's earned some recognition.
I remember seeing true grit when it came out in the theater. I always thought of What's his name though.
Congrats to Monster, Michael Foot has died at the age of 96 :(
The Guardian's obituary5 bonus points for the first correct death?
...it's interesting (to me) that Mr. Foot's deputy leader is now Lord Healy and his successor is now Lord Kinnock (Lord Kinnock!!!11!1!!11!?). Was Michael too scruffy for a peerage?
Poor guy.
Parents, don't let your kids go into show business. I'd like to see an actuarial table for child actors. I should put Lindsey Lohan in this pool.
I did!
[COLOR="Silver"]<lies through teeth and hopes no one checks>[/COLOR]
I should put Lindsey Lohan in this pool.
La Lohan is suing etrade for that commerical where the babygirl asks the babyboy is that "milkaholic Lindsey," was over. As IF she's that important.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/11/reports-merlin-olsen-dies-at-69/
I liked him in Little House on the Prairie and his FTD florist commercials. He seemed like a nice guy.
Just bring your mushy peas and mint, that'll do (or is that a Midlands thing?)
Sorry, this is off-topic, but can somebody please give me a logical reason why Brits prefer to smash their peas before eating them?
Back on topic: I'm hoping Dick Cheney joins the club soon, but given his obvious deal with the devil, he'll probably outlive us all.
HAGGIS!
Glin - it's only the Northeners.
And the ratio of intelligence in the US works the opposite way round in GB.
More Southern = more intelligent here.
And more Western or Eastern = less tolerant
The lower right hand corner is where you find the best people
[COLOR="White"]Disclaimer - although the Mushy Peas comment is fact, the rest was just baiting for our extremely intelligent and tolerant Dweallrs of disperate parts of GB[/COLOR]
Glin - it's only the Northeners.
And the ratio of intelligence in the US works the opposite way round in GB.
More Southern = more intelligent here.
And more Western or Eastern = less tolerant
The lower right hand corner is where you find the best people
[COLOR="White"]Disclaimer - although the Mushy Peas comment is fact, the rest was just baiting for our extremely intelligent and tolerant Dweallrs of disperate parts of GB[/COLOR]
:D
Two dynasty stars in a week:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8608520.stm
Why, oh why didn't I put Joan Collins on my list? What a hattrick that would be for the grim reaper....
Bruce Forsythe. he must be getting close right? 82?
Mind you he looked fit as a fiddle and was still tapdancing on the Comedy Roast the other night ... must be all those Tibetan exercises he does every day ...
So yeah. I'm saying Brucy babes is for the chop this year.
anyone have
Lynn Redgrave?
anyone have Lynn Redgrave?
Ewww.
58 points going begging
I was just browsing the Montreal gazette for the articles, honest!
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, a fixture in Hollywood for six decades, asked that a priest read her the last rites on Sunday, following hospitalization two days earlier due to complications from hip surgery.
The 93-year-old Gabor, whose string of movies, television shows and wealthy husbands dates to the 1950s, was visited by a priest at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, her husband Frederick Prinz von Anhalt, told Reuters.
Gabor was able to speak "very little," though she was conscious, he said.
Gabor was admitted on Friday to the hospital to treat two blood clots, only two days after being released for hip replacement surgery. Gabor broke her hip on July 17 when she fell out of bed while watching the television game show "Jeopardy," said her publicist John Blanchette.
I nominate Mel Gibson. He's been trying pretty hard to get himself killed lately.
Did anyone see Harold Dow's death coming?
I certainly didn't. I don't know what he died of - just that he died "suddenly," at age 62 at his home.
Harold seemed like a really nice man - AND he rocked the Freedom 'Fro back in the day.
RIP, Harold.
Did anyone see Harold Dow's death coming?
I certainly didn't. I don't know what he died of - just that he died "suddenly," at age 62 at his home.
Harold seemed like a really nice man - AND he rocked the Freedom 'Fro back in the day.
RIP, Harold.
Ahh, yes. They did a piece on him on all the Sunday Morning Shows. Everyone respected him.
RIP Harold.
If he lived in L.A. I can guess why he died suddenly.
He lived in New Jersey...
Jack Horkheimer, the Star Hustler, died on Friday.
Bummer :( I liked watching his stuff...
We're not doing very well, are we? Anyone have Tony Curtis?
oh dear, spudcon had gloria stuart. but as she was 100 when she died, we need to find a different scoring system from the traditional to get him some points for that
ok, so here's my attempt
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924)
Blake Fielder-Civil (born August 1978) (until recently Amy Winehouse's hubby)
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (born 13 October 1925)
Tony Curtis (born June 3, 1925)
Hugh Hefner (born April 9, 1926)
Doris May Lessing (born 22 October 1919)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born 28 October 1956)
Michael Schumacher (born 3 January 1969)
Helmut Kohl (born 3 April 1930)
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3, 1948)
OK, my list repeated from last year except Karl Mauldin replaced by Jimmy Carter, and Kenny McCormick replaced, under protest by Al Franken.
1.[FONT="] [/FONT]Barbra Streisand
2. Al Franken
3. Matt Lauer
4. J.D. Salinger
5. Ernest Hollings
6. George Beverly Shea
7. Dolores Hope
8. Gloria Stuart
9. Jimmy Carter
10. Risë Stevens
Spud's doing pretty well..... although if George or Dolores die, does he lose points? -they are both 101! He's only got 9 points to lose as he picked all the oldies.
Spud's doing pretty well..... although if George or Dolores die, does he lose points?
Yes. He chose ............ poorly.
wow - greg giraldo died yesterday.
I certainly didn't see that one coming.
Seems it was a prescription drug od at a party at this hotel...another one gone to drugs.
RIP Greg. You were a bright ray.
Spud's doing pretty well..... although if George or Dolores die, does he lose points? -they are both 101! He's only got 9 points to lose as he picked all the oldies.
He can get the "other prize" for most correct deaths or whatever.
Same as we did last year for ummm ... somebody.
wow - greg giraldo died yesterday.
I certainly didn't see that one coming.
Seems it was a prescription drug od at a party at this hotel...another one gone to drugs.
RIP Greg. You were a bright ray.
Yeh - what a shame - Another young comedian/actor dying from drugs/drinking.
Sad to hear about Tony Curtis, even if I had him on the radar.
R.I.P. Daphne
(Rename attachment to .ods , i.e. Open Office Spreadsheet)
Scriveyn, i'm sure you did something wonderful there, but I'm not sure what ....can you share it as an image somehow?
It's just a spreadsheet with all the data required to calculate the scores.
Edit the red column from 0 to 1 when the respective celeb has departed - and hey presto, the scores are re-calculated automatically ;o)
I do love the spreadsheet approach, but am not entirely sure I get it - I appear to be showing zero points..?
Thats cuz you're still alive, silly.
... and so are your
ten targets.
(things ain't what they used to be with the introduction of minimum wages for assassins)
... but am not entirely sure I get it - I appear to be showing zero points..?
SG, you were quick on that one: Norman Wisdom on Monday evening
Lookout123 - 0
Scriveyn - 15
Wolf - 0
Spudcon - 9
Classicman - 0
Spexxvet - 0
Shawnee123 - 0
Radar - 0
Sundae - 5
Madman - 0
Monster - 3
You know what, I was convinced I'd had a death this year.
I think I thought I had Michael Foot.
But yes - can I confirm I was in no way responsible for Norman Wisdom's death and asking for points to be allocated before the death was officially announced is in no way sinister...
...and now they're dropping like flies!
No. But many have seen her Beaver.
Not everyone remembers
this!
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I actually liked the series "Manimal":
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9ISNT581&show_article=1
Simon MacCorkindale, star of'' Manimal'' and BBC's'' Casualty,'' dies of cancer at...
LONDON (AP) - British actor Simon MacCorkindale, who starred in the BBC series "Casualty" and the U.S. soap opera "Falcon Crest," has died of cancer at age 58.
Publicist Max Clifford said MacCorkindale died Thursday of bowel cancer in a London clinic.
MacCorkindale appeared in 59 episodes of "Falcon Crest" from 1984 to 1986 as womanizing lawyer Greg Reardon, and took the lead in the short-lived U.S. drama series "Manimal." In Britain, he appeared in the long-running hospital drama "Casualty" as consultant Harry Harper from 2002 to 2007.
He played Capt. Georg von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" on stage in London in 2008-2009.
MacCorkindale's first marriage to Fiona Fullerton ended in divorce. He is survived by his second wife and fellow actor, Susan George. He had no children.
Anybody have Tom Bosley on their list?
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/10/19/happy-days-dad-mr-cunningham-tom-bosley-dies/
I liked him. I saw him on Broadway as Belle's father in "Beauty and the Beast".
I don't know if anyone had him but I know when I was a kid I wanted to!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/arts/20sheffield.html?_r=1&hpw
Johnny Sheffield, ‘Boy’ in Tarzan Movies, Dies at 79
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 20, 2010
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Johnny Sheffield, who played the character Boy in the Tarzan movies of the 1930s and ’40s, died on Friday at his home here. He was 79.
More Arts News
The cause was a heart attack several hours after he fell off a ladder while pruning a palm tree, his wife, Patty, told The Los Angeles Times.
Mr. Sheffield beat out more than 300 youngsters for the role of Boy in the 1939 movie “Tarzan Finds a Son!” and went on to co-star with Johnny Weissmuller in seven more Tarzan films.
He later played another jungle boy, Bomba, in a dozen low-budget movies but quit the business after the last one 1955. He went on to earn a business degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, and worked for various companies and in contracting and real estate.
Mr. Sheffield was born on April 11, 1931, in Pasadena, Calif. His father, Reginald Sheffield, was an actor.
Besides his wife, The Los Angeles Times reported, Mr. Sheffield is survived by two sons, Patrick and Stewart; a daughter, Regina; a brother, William; and a grandson.
Damn, the monkey outlived him.
Bob Guccione, founder of Penthouse magazine, has died at age 79.
Prince Phillip
Margaret Thatcher
Dick Cheney
Michael Foot
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Elizabeth Taylor
Liz Dawn
David Hasselhoff
Nelson Mandela
Severiano Ballesteros
Maggie's in hospital with flu....
Somebody better tell Sundae to get her dancin' shoes on! ;)
I think she knows, that's why she hasn't been here for a while, she's waiting at the undertaker's door with her tap shoes, top hat and cane......
I don't get points for a near miss, do I?
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1 Mary Kate Olson
2 Joe Namath
3 Dick Cheney
4 Eve Plumb
5 George Foreman
6 Leslie Nielsen
7 Jean Stapleton
8 Barak Obama
9 Abe Vigoda
10 Fidel Castro
AFAIK:
Spexxvet 16
Scriveyn 15
Spudcon 9
Sundae 5
Monster 3