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monster 12-20-2011 09:04 PM

Celebrity Death Pool 2012
 
Time to start lining up your lists.......

Sundae has lots of vacancies on hers, Wolf has found a new vocation -celebs pay to be on her list......

Anyone kicked off my list is guaranteed to die -I take responsibility for Seve Ballesteros, Michael Jackson and Amy Winehouse.....

List 10 celebs who will die in 2012 -must be important enough that their deaths are reported by the national news sources in your country. Score 111-their age at death points for each hit, amputations will be prorated.

I'm starting with:

1. Maggie Thatcher
2. Zsa Zsa Gabor

rest to follow.....

monster 12-20-2011 09:25 PM

3. Prince Phillip
4. Aretha Franklin
5. Liz Dawn
6. Ronnie Biggs
7. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
8. Nelson Mandela
9. Muhammed Ali
10. Dick Cheney

So this year I have condemed The Hoff and the Dougli

monster 12-20-2011 09:26 PM

oh and, if any you list now die before 2012 starts, or you just change your mind, you can replace them. After new year, once you name your 10, you're set.

classicman 12-20-2011 09:43 PM

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

classicman 12-20-2011 09:51 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

Crap - some of or one of mine died ... Liz Taylor and who else?
Gotta think of some replacements.

Rhianne 12-20-2011 10:00 PM

1. Benedict XVI
2. Ian Brady
3. Fidel Castro
4. Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi
5. Mohammed Ali
6. Aretha Franklin
7. Geoffrey Hughes
8. Patrick Moore
9. Barack Obama
10. Vera Lynn

Elspode 12-20-2011 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman (Post 781814)
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

Crap - some of or one of mine died ... Liz Taylor and who else?
Gotta think of some replacements.

Liz and Falk.

classicman 12-21-2011 12:28 AM

Thanks Pat. For the life of me, I couldn't remember.

classicman 12-21-2011 12:33 AM

Fuggit ... here be mine.

1. Fidel Castro
2. Jerry Lewis
3. Michael Douglas
4. Muhammad Ali
5. Bob Barker
6. Ernest Borgnine
7. Sidney Poitier
8. Lindsey Lohan
9. Etta James
10. Dick Clark

jimhelm 12-21-2011 01:04 AM

1. Joe Paterno
2. John Madden
3. Roseann
4. Adele
5. Steven Tyler
6. Mickey Rourke
7. Samuel L Jackson
8. Emma Thompson
9. Dan Rather
10. Wesley Snipes

Spexxvet 12-21-2011 10:07 AM

1 Mary Kate Olson
2 Joe Namath
3 Dick Cheney
4 Eve Plumb
5 Harrison Ford
6 Ron White
7 Jean Stapleton
8 Bob Woodward
9 Abe Vigoda
10 Chris Christie

footfootfoot 12-21-2011 10:21 AM

I'm revising my strategy this year based on info I gleaned from actuarial tables. As you live longer your life expectancy increases. A 64 y.o. person has a shorter life expectancy than a 75 year old person. A newborn has a shorter life expectancy than a 70 year old.

Last year my strategy was to pack the list with 90 year olds in otherwise good health. This year I am aiming lower in age and going for people with dodgy constitutions.

You can expect Zsa Zsa again and Ali, of course. I need to think a bit before my list is official.

glatt 12-21-2011 10:33 AM

Yes, and no.

A 65 year old is expected to live 17 more years. A 75 year old is expected to live 10 more years.

So if you pick a 75 year old, they are more likely to die in the next year than a 65 year old, but they are also more likely to be an older age when they die, because they already are an older age.

Lamplighter 12-21-2011 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 781902)
I'm revising my strategy this year based on info I gleaned from actuarial tables. As you live longer your life expectancy increases. A 64 y.o. person has a shorter life expectancy than a 75 year old person. A newborn has a shorter life expectancy than a 70 year old.

Last year my strategy was to pack the list with 90 year olds in otherwise good health. This year I am aiming lower in age and going for people with dodgy constitutions.

You can expect Zsa Zsa again and Ali, of course. I need to think a bit before my list is official.

Ft3, your strategy is in the wrong thread... it should be over here... :rolleyes:
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footfootfoot 12-21-2011 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt (Post 781905)
Yes, and no.

A 65 year old is expected to live 17 more years. A 75 year old is expected to live 10 more years.

So if you pick a 75 year old, they are more likely to die in the next year than a 65 year old, but they are also more likely to be an older age when they die, because they already are an older age.

Right, I was thinking that a 65 y.o. in poor health is a better contender than an 85 y.o. who is swimming a few miles a day.

Note how many 90 y.o. on my list are still going strong, whereas...


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