Let's do this.
Rules are generally the same as in previous years.
Post in this thread a list of 15 celebrities or other notable people. If you'd rather e-mail me, that's fine, but please post in the thread that you've done so, just so I can keep track.
I'm not going to be a total stickler about notability requirements, but please try to be reasonable. If someone doesn't have a Wikipedia page at the very least, I'll probably ask you to choose someone else. Also: humans only.
As usual, points are awarded based on the formula (100 - [age at death]). So picking Willow Smith (at 10) would get you a lot more points than picking Jack LaLanne (at 96), were both to die.
One new rule for 2011: You must be able to post on this thread to participate. I bow to Dom's peculiar skill at this morbid parlor game, but upon reflection, I think it's only fair to keep the contest to currently active ILXors.
Please post your lists to this thread by January 8. No lists will be accepted after that date. If someone dies before Jan. 8, only the people who have already submitted lists will be able to collect points. You may also revise your list at any time before Jan. 8; after that, you'll be locked in.
Lastly, I will be posting everybody's final picks to this Google spreadsheet and also updating the leaderboard there as the year goes on.
Good luck!
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Sunday, 2 January 2011 04:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I bow to Dom's peculiar skill at this morbid parlor game, but upon reflection, I think it's only fair to keep the contest to currently active ILXors.
I like the sound of this.
― ☜(⌒▽⌒)☞ (jeff), Sunday, 2 January 2011 04:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Seve BallesterosMichael DouglasPenny MarshallElizabeth Taylor Christopher HitchensChopper ReadJeff PalmerGerry RaffertyAretha FranklinAbdelbaset al-MegrahiKim Jong IlHamid KarzaiDick CheneyEleanor MondaleHarmon Killebrew
― a nan, a bal, an anal ― (abanana), Sunday, 2 January 2011 04:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I was laughing at the 2010 thread--I think it's a great idea that I'm too superstitious and/or squeamish to participate in. I was even taken aback earlier today when I heard a psychic on the radio predict that Obabma's children would be kidnapped this year.
― clemenza, Sunday, 2 January 2011 05:10 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't know limbaugh was psychic tbh
― Costco Chapel (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 2 January 2011 05:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Elizabeth TaylorBob NewhartLarry HagmanAndy RooneyChristopher HitchensMichael DouglasJimmy CarterHarmon KillebrewBetty WhiteCharlie SheenBarbara BushDick CheneyBill DailyFrank LautenbergDaniel Inouye
― Pleasant Plains, Sunday, 2 January 2011 05:36 (thirteen years ago) link
This is stupid without Dom
― our man flint flo$$y (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 2 January 2011 05:39 (thirteen years ago) link
new board description obv
― Costco Chapel (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 2 January 2011 05:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Dick CheneyChristopher HitchensAbdelbaset al-MegrahiGerry RaffertyAriel SharonHarlan EllisonMichael DouglasDean SmithAretha FranklinEleanor MondaleJulian AssangeMuhammad AliAnnette FunicelloLindsay LohanKim Jong Il
― Kip Squashbeef (pixel farmer), Sunday, 2 January 2011 06:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Randy QuaidRandy MossRandy TravisAndy GriffithAndy RooneyAndy DickMandy MooreMandy PatinkinMandy MinellaSandy KoufaxSandy DuncanCandy DulferCandy CrowleyCindy McCainCindy Sheeham
― would like a calmer set (Eazy), Sunday, 2 January 2011 06:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Sheehan, that is.
― would like a calmer set (Eazy), Sunday, 2 January 2011 06:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I was even taken aback earlier today when I heard a psychic on the radio predict that Obabma's children would be kidnapped this year.
Psychic's been watching The West Wing, I reckon.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Sunday, 2 January 2011 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Dick CheneyChristopher HitchensAbdelbaset al-MegrahiGerry RaffertyAriel SharonBB KingMichael DouglasDean SmithAretha FranklinEleanor MondaleMickey RooneyMuhammad AliAnnette Funicelloandy rooneyKim Jong Il
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 2 January 2011 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
By the way, I've psychically divined that it's President Obama, and that no such person as President Obabma exists.
― clemenza, Sunday, 2 January 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
try telling that to the Obabma children!
― i probably busted a nut when i was tossing her cookie salad (unregistered), Sunday, 2 January 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Lindsay LohanAretha FranklinKe$haMick KarnMartin KempMichael J FoxSandy DuncanElizabeth TaylorAriel PinkEleanor MondaleMarie FredrikssonArlen SpectorSteve JobsLance ArmstrongMike Tyson
― sarahel, Sunday, 2 January 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Margaret ThatcherJimmy SavileStephen HawkingFidel CastroKim Jong-ilTerry PratchettPrince PhilipSteve JobsBuzz AldrinNelson MandelaKeith RichardsDavid AttenboroughGeorge Bush SnrBruce ForsythPatrick Moore
― krakow, Sunday, 2 January 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Can I pick Maggie Daley? She doesn't have a wikipedia page.
― Jeff, Sunday, 2 January 2011 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Mostly based on last year's list who all survived rather well.
Larry HagmanMichael DouglasAbdelbaset Ali Al-MegrahiAretha FranklinMuhammad AliIan BradyIan HuntleyElizabeth TaylorRonnie BiggsGerry RaffertyGeoffrey HughesDanny BakerLiz DawnPaul GascoigneCharlie Sheen
― ailsa, Sunday, 2 January 2011 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
haha does dom just win this thing every year
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 2 January 2011 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
u should at least let him submit a non competing emeritus ballot
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 2 January 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
he posted his picks on fb a few days ago and it was like meticulously researched and kinda terrifying
― Princess TamTam, Sunday, 2 January 2011 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
can I take Muhammad Ali out of my list and add in Chuck Berry instead please?
― ailsa, Sunday, 2 January 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw that story too, but the fact that he got up off the stretcher once he heard the crowd roaring and came back onstage convinces me that Chuck's never gonna die.
That said, where's Little Richard been lately?
― Pleasant Plains, Sunday, 2 January 2011 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
harry belefonteseymour cassellfidel castroexene cervenkaedwyn collinspeter fondaaretha franklinhugh hefnerchristopher hitchenslydia lunchwilliam 'refrigerator' perry thomas pynchonnancy reaganlou reedkurt russell
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 2 January 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Charlie LouvinAretha FranklinAndy WhitfieldDennis FrederiksenEd Thompson (politician)Dennis FrederiksenHarmon KillebrewRuth Bader GinsburgD.K. HolmKeisuke KuwataGuy David Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of RoxburgheDerryn HinchBrian HawDave Rose (basketball coach)Twiggy
― i probably busted a nut when i was tossing her cookie salad (unregistered), Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
can somebody post doms fb dead pool here so i can read it i wanna drop in conversation obscure australian soapstars who have advanced pancreatic cancer in 2011 it is one of my new years resolutions i made a long list
― plax (ico), Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Christopher HitchensSteve JobsRuth Bader GinsburgMichael DouglasRandy QuaidDennis "Fergie" FrederiksenSidney PoitierPope Benedict XVIMick KarnUrban Meyer IIIAretha FranklinChuck BerryAnnette FunicelloLevi JohnstonElie Wiesel
― kate78, Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
emailed you, jaymc
― ☜(⌒▽⌒)☞ (jeff), Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
annette funicellopeter falkaretha franklingerry raffertylarry hagmanjohn mclaughlin (the tv one)stephen hawkingcarl yastrzemskichristopher hitchensmuhammad alidennis frederiksensultan bin abdul aziz al saudkim jong-ilbob dolemichael douglas
― Auld Future Wolf Lang Syne Them All (donna rouge), Sunday, 2 January 2011 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Justin BieberKurtis BlowHarry Dean StantonJan-Michael VincentDavid CassidyLindsay LohanJulian AssangeLawrence TaylorJean-Claude KillyDenny McLainChristopher HitchensFidel CastroDick GregoryJoe FrazierTuesday Weld
― buzza, Sunday, 2 January 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Stan LeeNancy ReaganMargaret ThatcherMickey RourkeHarry Dean StantonFidel CastroGeorge H.W. BushJulie AndrewsKeith RichardsLittle RichardTony BennettRoger EbertFrank Buckles Aretha FranklinSir Richard AttenboroughChristopher Hitchens
― naus, Sunday, 2 January 2011 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
dom's (non-competing) list, w/his permission:
Kinda annoyed that Avi Cohen couldn't hold on another few days, but them's the breaks I suppose. Anyway, I'm posting this here now so I stop fiddling with it [via masturbation gags]. Think there's some weaknesses there, but I reckon it's a team that's going places. Stefano Borgonovo - Perennial pick over the past few years, but Carlo Ancelotti did an interview a few months back where he was all "yeah, he's actually dying now". Gotta be weird for the people who have to put together his highlight career video packages, as they're basically all the passes that lead to the goals in Roberto Baggio highlight vids. Michael Dokes - If you map the history of the Rocky movies onto real boxing, Michael Dokes is the first heavyweight champion whose reign vanishes. Anyway, he then went and mugged someone at gunpoint or something and now he's got about three months to live via liver cancer. Owned much? Harlan Ellison - It was either him or Dick Dale for this spot, and idk, I kinda fancy the health chances of a teatotal surf rock legend other than this rapey motherfucker.Aretha Franklin (captain) - Her surviving 2011 would only bring heartbreak for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeZsa Zsa Gabor - If she makes it through 2011 I'll give you the money myself.Remember when she turned up in that episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? Yeah, that wasn't funny.“Superstar” Billy Graham - His body is apparently trying to force his liver through his stomach wall, which I didn't know was medically possible. Gonna miss him turning up to "discuss wrestling" on American TV politics shows though.Michelle Harte - Yeah, OK, morally this is kinda iffy. Christopher Hitchens - This is the one that's gonna hurt, but you kinda feel it's "what he would have wanted". Bob Holness - Can I have an RIP please Bob? Mick Karn - Pretty much as close to a 2010 lock as you're going to get. He was the bassist in Japan, who I think were the band that did "Fridays I'm In Love"Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - Dunno. Something to do with Arabs I believe.Brian Lenihan - Actually still pulling in a full work shift despite his terminal illness, very much in the same way that the late Patrick Swayze did. Although whereas Swayze brought us some of the most beloved films of the 80s, Brian Lenihan managed to cost Ireland its sovereignty. I believe his corpse becomes France's personal property.Princess Lilian of Sweden - People who are "really into" European royals are some of the most fucked up cats imaginable.Nat Lofthouse - Bolton Wanderers' second favourite son, who will presumably die in outrage at how poorly Bolton Wanderers #1 son was treated by those Indian chicken guys.Rajo Devi Lohan - World's oldest mother. Should lead to some fantastic Daily Mail "thinkpieces" when she goes.Tom Lubbock - Chief art critic for the Independent who recently found residenc6y a challenging installation of malignant cells in his frontal lobes.Yitzhak Shahmir - Between this one and Sharon, I just feel like Israel is taking the piss with its former leaders' longevities.Audrey Totter - Was in The Postman Rings Twice. Me neither.Eric Tovey - aka 1980s midget pro wrestler Lord Littlebrook. Lost both his legs to diabetes, which when you're 3'11 in the first place just feels like sarcasm.Diana Wynne Jones - Wrote that Takeshi's Howling Castle book that was turned into a movie a few years back.
― Princess TamTam, Sunday, 2 January 2011 21:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Gerry Rafferty (musician)Christopher Hitchens (writer)Johnny Weir (athlete)Rose Marie (actor)Ace Frehley (musician)John Hagee (televangelist)Sam Huff (athlete)Mort Walker (cartoonist)Danny Bonaduce (actor)Bret Michaels (musician)Roxanne Shanté (musician)Tom Monaghan (entrepreneur) Keith Emerson (musician)Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (politician)David Kaufman (actor)
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 2 January 2011 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
post on lenihan needs copied to the irish politics thread
― all i gotta do is akh nachivly (darraghmac), Sunday, 2 January 2011 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
lol dom passantino is like the creepiest person in the world ever omg waht
― plax (ico), Sunday, 2 January 2011 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ lol - this thread is the only reason i know there's a wikipedia page for celebrities with brain tumors -- it included Mark Ruffalo!!! -- i think his was really minor though
― sarahel, Sunday, 2 January 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
omg straight giggles at dom
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 2 January 2011 23:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I won't vote, but, as I suspected, I've become morbidly fascinated with this thread. At least one of you will be glad to hear that Chuck Berry collapsed on stage last night:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/01/chuck-berry-falls-ill-during-chicago-show-1/1
― clemenza, Monday, 3 January 2011 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's why I picked him...
― ailsa, Monday, 3 January 2011 01:54 (thirteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains, Sunday, January 2, 2011 12:39 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 3 January 2011 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Zsa Zsa Gabor - If she makes it through 2011 I'll give you the money myself.
looks like he's right. gangrene and leg amputation imminent.
― a nan, a bal, an anal ― (abanana), Monday, 3 January 2011 05:51 (thirteen years ago) link
i was totally gonna pick zsa zsa just randomly before I even know any of that stuff and now i feel like i'd be cheating if i did so. or at least cribbing from dom which is basically as close to cheating in this game as you can get.
― lenonsense (Clay), Monday, 3 January 2011 08:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, me too.
― progspeed you! black metallers (aldo), Monday, 3 January 2011 11:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Pete Postlethwaite has died.
― Jeff, Monday, 3 January 2011 12:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I think this is OK.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, 3 January 2011 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Got it.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, 3 January 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
― i probably busted a nut when i was tossing her cookie salad (unregistered), Sunday, January 2, 2011 2:18 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
You've got Dennis Frederiksen twice. Wanna pick another?
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, 3 January 2011 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Kinda want to change a bunch of my own, but they'd mostly be repeats of what others have made and would only cancel out scores. As the 2007 champ, I'll play the odds a bit more loosely.
I think karma's on my side anyway since I took Joni Mitchell off my list.
― http://tinyurl.com/MO-02011 (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 3 January 2011 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I've had Zsa Zsa on mine for the last couple years so I don't feel like I'm a bandwagon jumper. Chuck Berry on the other hand....
Fidel CastroGene HackmanBob BarkerBilly GrahamNancy ReaganErnest BorgnineFats DominoZsa Zsa GaborBob DoleKim Jong IlAretha FranklinLarry HagmanKirk DouglasMichael DouglasChuck Berry
― joygoat, Monday, 3 January 2011 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, January 3, 2011 3:05 PM (1 hour ago)
oh dang, thanks for pointing that out. here's my revised list:
Charlie LouvinAretha FranklinAndy WhitfieldDennis FrederiksenEd Thompson (politician)Brian Lenihan, Jr.Harmon KillebrewRuth Bader GinsburgD.K. HolmKeisuke KuwataGuy David Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of RoxburgheDerryn HinchBrian HawDave Rose (basketball coach)Christopher Hitchens
I switched out Twiggy too because my "sources" tell me that she isn't likely to die this year. keep in mind that this is highly privileged information, and I'd appreciate it no one would repeat it outside of this thread.
― i probably busted a nut when i was tossing her cookie salad (unregistered), Monday, 3 January 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks, suzy.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, 3 January 2011 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
D.K. Holm is one of the most prominent people with my first and last name and he is not really that prominent! I'm astounded that he even showed up here. Sorry unregistered, but I hope you don't get those points.
― kkvgz, Monday, 3 January 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
My 15:
Billy GrahamNancy ReaganRandy QuaidZsa Zsa GaborChristopher HitchensAretha FranklinLarry HagmanKirk DouglasMichael DouglasChuck BerryPenny MarshallGene WilderPeter JenningsGerry RaffertyMargaret Thatcher
― sofatruck, Monday, 3 January 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Let it be known THAT I PICKED CHUCK BERRY WAY BEFORE I READ THIS THREAD OR ABT HIS COLLAPSE. Here is hte list I made a few days ago
Dick ClarkBarbara WaltersAbe VigodaWhitney HoustonAretha FranklinKim Jong-IlAmy WinehouseBetty WhiteMatthew PerryPaula AbdulChuck BerryPrincess Zsa Zsa (Gabor)Queen Elizabeth TaylorCourtney LoveAbdelbaset Ali Al-Megralekahimekahineyho
― cathy opie & anthony (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 3 January 2011 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
sofatruck: Peter Jennings died in 2005.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, 3 January 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
oh dammit.
― sofatruck, Monday, 3 January 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
put in Fidel Castro then.
― sofatruck, Monday, 3 January 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
He died in 2007: Fidel Castro RIP
― http://tinyurl.com/MO-02011 (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 3 January 2011 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link
LAST KNOWN PHOTO OF PETER JENNINGS:
http://img.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/afidel_castro.jpg
― ☜(⌒▽⌒)☞ (jeff), Monday, 3 January 2011 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Richard AttenbroughOskar LafontaineChuck BerryNelson MandelaRonnie BiggsBetty DriverDora BryanDiane AllenDavid ProwseAngela LansburyGeoffrey HughesAretha FranklinZsa Zsa GaborPatrick MooreAriel Sharon
― JTS, Monday, 3 January 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Charly GarciaEvo MoralesMichael J FoxHumberto SuazoCharlotte GainsbourgPope Benedict XVII.C. Rapoport Moshe KatsavEmir KusturicaReba McEntireLinus TorvaldsCondoleezza RiceCristina Fernández de Kirchner
― In the heart of downtown (Solrac), Monday, 3 January 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
which billy graham is everyone putting? because i think superstar is safe.
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 02:33 (thirteen years ago) link
oh wait, i read his wiki page. rip dude.
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Getting saddended seeing Mick Karn listed by so many. Am hoping he'll hang on for some years yet :|
― Ex Loin Tamer (Trayce), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Peter FalkKenneth AngerScotty MooreLeonora CarringtonJoan FontainePhyllis DillerMaurice HerzogJames GarnerJake LaMottaLyndon LaRoucheCarroll ShelbyRay BradburyJack ChickScott CarpenterLawrence Ferlinghetti
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 05:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Aretha FranklinMargaret ThatcherTom LehrerChuck BerryEngelbert HumperdinckBernie EcclestoneTerry JennerDerryn HinchDoug AnthonyBart CummingsLillian FrankRose HancockJohn LawsJeannie LittleRay Illingworth
― Fred Nerk, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 07:20 (thirteen years ago) link
15 peeps... some might die:
Don PardoChristopher HitchensAretha FranklinKenneth AngerLyndon LaRoucheBoz ScaggsTony Bennett Larry HagmanMargaret ThatcherChuck BerryBilly GrahamRichard AttenboroughErnest BorgnineLindsay LohanPeter Jennings
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 08:11 (thirteen years ago) link
shit peter jennings died a few years ago i see from earlier posts... please replace him with:
Ray Bradbury
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 08:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Peter O'TooleFranco ZeffirelliNorman MailerBetty WhiteNancy ReaganAretha FranklinDick CheneyChristopher HitchensRush LimbaughPaul McCartney
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 09:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh wait... 5 more...
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 09:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Dianne FeinsteinTobias WolffBob Einstein (aka Super Dave)Barbara WaltersAbe Vigoda
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 10:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Paul GascoigneLex LugerBobby HeenanKodjove ObilaleKim Jong ilAlisher UsmanovRick RossGucci ManeStephen FryJohn HartsonJim RossNadja BenaissaAndy BellGreg LouganisMichael Douglas
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 10:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Jimmy SavilleFidel CastroPrince CharlesDick Van DykeThora HirdBen out of Ben and JerryPete DohertyJohn LydonJustin Bieber.
List ends...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 10:28 (thirteen years ago) link
bieber already died iirc there was a thread about it ;_;
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 10:34 (thirteen years ago) link
apparently, he got better.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 10:36 (thirteen years ago) link
TS: "Right Down The Line" vs "Baker Street"
― won't be on this church plan ting (kkvgz), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
a number of people startin 2011 out right!
― won't be on this church plan ting (kkvgz), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Charlie SheenLindsey LohanAretha FranklinClint EastwoodKim Jong IlOzzy OsbourneBob DoleAmy WinehousePete DohertyChristopher HitchensJulian AssangeAriel SharonBushie Sr.Hugh HefnerLouis Gossett Jr
― but it could have happened when i was playing tesla (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
And this is why it pays to submit your list early.
Tied for 1st, with 37 points each:
abananaailsadonna rougeJimmy the ModJohnny Feverpixel farmersofatruck
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
― Mark G, Tuesday, January 4, 2011 4:28 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
You don't want to add six more?
― Ex Loin Tamer (Trayce), Monday, January 3, 2011 8:37 PM (Yesterday)
Sorry Trayce, but I think you jinxed this :(
― mh, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
:-(
That was a shortlived lead then.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
well gerry rafferty died
― but it could have happened when i was playing tesla (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
xp At least no one picked both of them.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought about picking Karn, but changed my mind at the last moment.
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
^this
― i probably busted a nut when i was tossing her cookie salad (unregistered), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, I didn't see the quantity.
OK, six mort
(ha that was a misprint, keeping it!)
Valerie SingletonTinie TempahGoldiePhilip OakeyKeith ChegwinJohnny Wilkinson
There. List really ends.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
So much of this thread is depressing the hell out of me. Phil Oakey? Stephen Fry? Andy Bell?
― goldenarsehat.jpg (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 00:07 (thirteen years ago) link
When Stephen Fry gets depressed the Queen's Guard get called in on suicide watch... nothings going to happen to Mr. National Treasure.
― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I've never done this list before, thinking it hmm a bit morbid.
However, my unsubmitted picks have always had long and prosperous lives subsequently...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 00:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Taylor MomsenAbdelbaset Ali Al-MegrahiMichael DouglasChristopher HitchensDick CheneyIsaiah RiderZsa Zsa GaborAretha FranklinBobby ChaconSteve JobsRoger EbertKim Jong IlJenna JamesonWayne BradyLenny Dykstra
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 00:43 (thirteen years ago) link
jaymc plz replace my Barbara Walters with Michael Douglas
― Jean Hill as Gospel bus hijacker (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 04:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Charly GarciaEvo MoralesMichael J FoxHumberto SuazoCharlotte GainsbourgPope Benedict XVII.C. RapoportMoshe KatsavEmir KusturicaReba McEntireLinus TorvaldsCondoleezza RiceCristina Fernández de Kirchner
― In the heart of downtown (Solrac), Monday, January 3, 2011 4:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
You get two more. I'm sure there are other South Americans that might die this year.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 04:21 (thirteen years ago) link
xp OK, Stevie.
Wow, I've never experienced this hypermorbid feeling of, like, hoping people die for some super arbitrary message board "contest"
It's kind of fucked up!
― Jean Hill as Gospel bus hijacker (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 04:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Can we put ilxors in our list? Or is that just too next-level?
― Jean Hill as Gospel bus hijacker (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 04:27 (thirteen years ago) link
NO
― goldenarsehat.jpg (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 04:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Barbara BushBill WaltonChristopher HitchensCourtney LoveDick CheneyFidel CastroGünther GrassKim Jong-ilLil WayneLindsay LohanMuhammad AliQueen Elizabeth IIRush LimbaughWhitney HoustonZsa Zsa Gabor
― lenonsense (Clay), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 04:29 (thirteen years ago) link
In memory of actual deceased ilxors it would be horribly tasteless and offensive to run a book on which users will die this year, especially if Dom manages to sock-filtrate the pool with whatever macabre research he might be capable of in this regard xp
― goldenarsehat.jpg (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 04:30 (thirteen years ago) link
― I am Woolen Man. The scarf and I are one. (kenan), Tuesday, January 4, 2011 3:53 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Died in 2007.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 04:33 (thirteen years ago) link
xp yes I know I was completely and totally not serious.
― Jean Hill as Gospel bus hijacker (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 04:36 (thirteen years ago) link
oh thank christ, sorry then
― goldenarsehat.jpg (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 04:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean I was sort of just riffing in the fucked up-ness of this whole thing to begin with but yeah, that would be seriously awful to "celebrate" the death of any ILXor at all
― Jean Hill as Gospel bus hijacker (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 04:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I reserve the right to nominate myself eventually.
― http://tinyurl.com/MO-02011 (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 05:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah but what if you're rigging the system and planning to hang yourself?
― Jean Hill as Gospel bus hijacker (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 05:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay sorry I didn't mean that jesus I am staying away from this thread.
*unties rope*
Dammit!
― http://tinyurl.com/MO-02011 (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 05:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Get yourself a Wikipedia page, and then we'll talk.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 05:52 (thirteen years ago) link
stephen fry has lost a mad amount of weight over the past year and then releases his autobiography? dying of aids imo
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 06:01 (thirteen years ago) link
What if the wikipedia page is created after the fact?
― http://tinyurl.com/MO-02011 (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 06:06 (thirteen years ago) link
http://grab.by/8cV8
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 06:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Severiano BallesterosJon Brookes (Charlatans UK)Dick CheneyMichael DouglasAretha FranklinMelanie GriffithChristopher HitchensKen HomKim Jong IlArtie LangeLindsay LohanJeremy LondonJames Mandich Eleanor Mondale Vince Neil
― won't be on this church plan ting (kkvgz), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 13:13 (thirteen years ago) link
― Mark G, Tuesday, January 4, 2011 5:28 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Thora Hird died in 2003.
― won't be on this church plan ting (kkvgz), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 13:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Damn, was going to check.
OK, Wanda Jackson then.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Got it. In general, please do try to check -- I only noticed Jennings and Mailer because I had remembered their deaths, but there are plenty of people picked with whom I'm unfamiliar.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Christopher HitchensKim Jong IlArtie LangeBret MichaelsVerne TroyerRush LimbaughTrick DaddySeve BallesterosYogi BerraLarry FlyntRalphie MayAretha FranklinBarbara BushMahmoud AhmadinejadOzzy Osbourne
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 6 January 2011 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh shit, Ralphie May. I'd forgotten about him. Not a bad idea.
― won't be on this church plan ting (kkvgz), Thursday, 6 January 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Yo, if anyone else wants in, I'm gonna extend the deadline to midnight CST tomorrow. (Mostly b/c I haven't picked my own list yet.)
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Saturday, 8 January 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Great
― Jeff, Saturday, 8 January 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
jaymc, I got a question re: notability. If someone does not say have a wikipedia or nndb entry themselves, but is the spouse of someone who does, are they notable enough for inclusion in the pool?
― kkvgz, Saturday, 8 January 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
it would probably be beyond the pale if I were to remove Levi Johnston and add Gabby Giffords to my list so I won't do it.
― kate78, Saturday, 8 January 2011 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
what the fuck?
― kkvgz, Saturday, 8 January 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
uh, I said wasn't going to do it; I don't think anybody should, but since the deadline's been extended, somebody might.
― kate78, Saturday, 8 January 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
If someone dies before Jan. 8, only the people who have already submitted lists will be able to collect points.
― positive reflection is the key (harbl), Saturday, 8 January 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I had the thought too, immediately squelched it. xp
― earnest goes to camp, ironic goes to ilm (pixel farmer), Saturday, 8 January 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
classitup indeed
― buzza, Saturday, 8 January 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
never felt so completely justified hitting that sb
― balls, Saturday, 8 January 2011 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Earlier I told Jeff that Maggie Daley -- who's in the same situation -- was OK. Upon reflection, however, I'm going to nix that. I think it's better if the same eligibility rules apply across the board. So no, you can't pick Lura Lynn Ryan.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Saturday, 8 January 2011 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
As far as Giffords, to be perfectly honest I don't see a reason why she wouldn't be allowed. It's on your conscience, though.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Saturday, 8 January 2011 23:35 (thirteen years ago) link
itt deadpoolers get sanctimonious
― Sgt's Laughter (Sgt. Biscuits), Saturday, 8 January 2011 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah really, does class have any place in a dead pool?
― positive reflection is the key (harbl), Saturday, 8 January 2011 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I draw the line at publishing a NYTimes bestseller of violent, inflammatory rhetoric aimed at regarding people on my Dead Pool list.
― Kerm, Saturday, 8 January 2011 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
yah i remember the year i did this and i literally just pulled it out of my ass and also got patrick swayze bc everybody got patrick swayze. it was bittersweet scoring points off merce cunningham.
― plax (ico), Saturday, 8 January 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.fancydress99.co.uk/f-5/wid6852T/Skull-Mask-W-Velvet-Top-Hat-Hair---Halloween-.jpg
― buzza, Saturday, 8 January 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
jaymc, I was going to pick someone way more longshot than that, but ok.
― kkvgz, Saturday, 8 January 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
gonna go for a Dead Pool classics list, ostensibly to show how poor how such classic choices were (i.e. the blood is not on my hands, i.e. the most cowardly of deadpooling).
Courtney LovePete DohertyLindsay LohanBritney SpearsAmy WinhouseKerry KatonaDrew Barrymore
um I don't know who else. So some wrestlers too
Jake 'The Snake' RobertsTriple HHulk HoganThe Ultimate WarriorBig Show
and a few randoms
Tom CruiseHugo ChavezTaylor Momsen
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 9 January 2011 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Deadpool ethics 101
― all i gotta do is akh nachivly (darraghmac), Sunday, 9 January 2011 00:14 (thirteen years ago) link
2 momsen votes already!
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 9 January 2011 00:15 (thirteen years ago) link
ultimate warrior is ded right
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 January 2011 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Pretty sure Warrior will never die, and is therefore a wasted Dead Pool pick.
― Kerm, Sunday, 9 January 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
ha, didn't notice that there'd been a Momsen before me. It is inevitable.
Eventually there'll be a time when the only things walking this land are cockroaches, Jake 'The Snake', and Ultimate Warrior.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 9 January 2011 01:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Warrior's in p good health. As is all those wrestlers bar Jake Roberts. But if there is a God, Warrior (his actual name now btw) would be raped, mutilated and murdered.
― "jobs" (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 9 January 2011 08:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Daniel RadcliffeRupert GrintEmma WatsonRobert PattinsonKristen StewartTaylor LautnerKaya ScodelarioLisa BackwellMerveille LukebaMiley CyrusLindsay LohanMatthew NewtonBrendan FevolaBen CousinsRicky Ponting
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 9 January 2011 08:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, nice use of the dp-curse there.
― Ex Loin Tamer (Trayce), Sunday, 9 January 2011 09:55 (thirteen years ago) link
dp-curse?
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 9 January 2011 10:04 (thirteen years ago) link
deadpool curse.
― Ex Loin Tamer (Trayce), Sunday, 9 January 2011 10:14 (thirteen years ago) link
3s? That wasn't the plan but I'll go with it.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 9 January 2011 10:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Er? I just meant "voting for someone is like jinxing them" as you'd listed a bunch of twats is all.
― Ex Loin Tamer (Trayce), Sunday, 9 January 2011 10:33 (thirteen years ago) link
ahahahahaha okay, I'm just going for points tbh
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 9 January 2011 10:36 (thirteen years ago) link
as in, y'know, teen heartthrob dies, I get 82 points
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 9 January 2011 10:37 (thirteen years ago) link
yah u just need a stewart pattinson car crash and uv made the list
― plax (ico), Sunday, 9 January 2011 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
jaymc, I would like to substitute Adam Yauch for Ken Hom. Thank you.
― kkvgz, Sunday, 9 January 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's my list:
King Bhumibol Adulyadej Tariq AzizFidel Castro Aretha Franklin Zsa Zsa Gabor Christopher Hitchens Etta JamesKim Jong Il Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Helmut KohlHosni MubarakJonathan PollardAriel Sharon Elizabeth Taylor Margaret Thatcher
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Sunday, 9 January 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
do you know what kim jong il wants his epitaph to be "I told you I was kim jong il" big spike milligan fan
― conrad, Sunday, 9 January 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
looool
― "jobs" (a hoy hoy), Monday, 10 January 2011 10:36 (thirteen years ago) link
All right, I think everything is finalized, with the exception of a couple people who filed incomplete lists. (I've e-mailed them.)
35 participants this year, which is pretty good.
Here are the top picks:
23Aretha Franklin
19 Christopher Hitchens
14Kim Jong Il
13Michael Douglas
9Dick CheneyFidel CastroLindsay Lohan
8Chuck BerryGerry Rafferty
7Zsa Zsa Gabor
6Larry HagmanElizabeth TaylorMargaret Thatcher
5Annette FunicelloEleanor MondaleNancy ReaganAriel Sharon
4Muhammad AliDennis FrederiksenSteve JobsHarmon Killebrew
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, 10 January 2011 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, I've tried to be meticulous, but please let me know if you see an error on the spreadsheet.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, 10 January 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Queen of Soul gets last laugh on ILX
― http://tinyurl.com/MO-02011 (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 10 January 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I am only on the spreadsheet 12x...?
― lamey g. curtis (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 10 January 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
You're right -- thanks for catching that.
Actually, it looks like a few names at the beginning of the alphabet were accidentally deleted:
Abdelbaset Ali al-MegrahiAbe VigodaAmy Winehouse
(You just happened to pick all three of them.)
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, 10 January 2011 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
This also means that Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi should've appeared on the "most-picked" list, with six players selecting him.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, 10 January 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Dag, missed the deadline again.
― Jeff, Monday, 10 January 2011 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
A few others as well. But I think I've got it all back to normal now.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, 10 January 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Cheers jaymc.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 10 January 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/10/michael-douglas-on-today-ive-got-cancer-beat/
― a nan, a bal, an anal ― (abanana), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
My immediate reaction was "arrrgh FUCK!" followed by a pretty instantaneous and much greater "Holy shit, dude, how could you think that?"
is this what ILX DP does to you?
― lamey g. curtis (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Huh. I thought it was at stage IV, which indicates that it had metastacized. Shit, I'll be happy as hell if Michael Douglas doesn't die this year. I just thought he was a sure thing.
― kkvgz, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 10:10 (thirteen years ago) link
metastasized
Just found out Cloris Leachman is not dead! Oh my god I am so happy.
― Suppositori Spelling (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 10:24 (thirteen years ago) link
he may make it into next year or even 2013, but it's rare to really "cure" stage 4 cancer.
― kate78, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
David Nelson. All members of the Ozzie & Harriett family are now gone.
― you think you're cool, but you read ick (Phil D.), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Since that's not strictly Dead Pool content (it doesn't look like anyone picked him), I've started a new thread:
Rolling RIP/obituary thread - 2011 edition
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
You know who I hope makes it through this year so i can remember to pick him next year? Eddie Furlong.
― kkvgz, Thursday, 13 January 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
A bunch of people are about to get 6 points.
― kkvgz, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
?
― Tyler/Perry's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (jaymc), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, I'm just guessing, but zsa zsa was rushed to the hospital spitting blood.
― kkvgz, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh. Would be 7 points, at any rate. (Her birthday's on Sunday.)
― Tyler/Perry's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (jaymc), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Jobs dying again
― na pohybel juno roxas (Schlafsack), Thursday, 17 February 2011 00:13 (thirteen years ago) link
And sarahel takes the lead...
― Joseph Beuys II Men (jaymc), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
can't believe that Taylor Momsen is still alive.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, why didn't I pick Elizabeth Taylor? No one knows.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link
seriously none of you death geniuses picked osama?
― 69, Monday, 2 May 2011 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
roffles
― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Monday, 2 May 2011 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
DOM PASSANTINO: ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
― J0rdan S., Monday, 2 May 2011 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
130th most popular choice on stiffs.com
― jay lenonononono (abanana), Monday, 2 May 2011 04:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I think this is the first year I didn't pick Osama!
― Clay, Monday, 2 May 2011 04:33 (thirteen years ago) link
YOU FUCKED UP
― J0rdan S., Monday, 2 May 2011 04:43 (thirteen years ago) link
mission not accomplished ;_;
― tInA-yOtHeRs (donna rouge), Monday, 2 May 2011 04:44 (thirteen years ago) link
dead pool dead losses
― estela, Monday, 2 May 2011 05:03 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry everybody didn't mean to ruin this proud moment for america ;_;
― Clay, Monday, 2 May 2011 05:14 (thirteen years ago) link
lololol
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Monday, 2 May 2011 05:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Osama rules, Lindsay drools
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Monday, 2 May 2011 05:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Is it cheating if we personally have ppl um "taken care of"?
I mean, who wants Matthew Perry around, anyway?
― jj n° fad (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 2 May 2011 06:18 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP Jackie Cooper
― Dziękuję bardzo panie robocie (Eisbaer), Thursday, 5 May 2011 10:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Seve Ballesteros is dead. RIP.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/13311206.stm
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Saturday, 7 May 2011 08:23 (thirteen years ago) link
It doesn't look like anyone had Cooper...?
Ballesteros now puts abanana in sole command of the lead.
― jaymc, Saturday, 7 May 2011 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't seem to get this stuff right -- had Ballesteros on last year's list, dropped him this year; had bin Laden on my list for several years until this year.
― Stomp! in the name of love (WmC), Saturday, 7 May 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
your list is the holy grail imo
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Sunday, 8 May 2011 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I may actually score soon. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/baseball/mlb/05/13/killebrew.cancer.ap/index.html?eref=sihp
― Jeff, Saturday, 14 May 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
― that's when i reach for my ︻╦╤─* (suzy), Saturday, 14 May 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/blogs/122004529.html
Killebrew no longer alive.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I have Charlie Louvin (still bummed out about this) and Harmon Killebrew for a total of 43 points.
― every time you touch me (I get hives) (unregistered), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
abanana is still killing it itt.
― every time you touch me (I get hives) (unregistered), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
brewing it, even
― every time you touch me (I get hives) (unregistered), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
Updated. (Thx for alerting me about Louvin.)
― jaymc, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
Zsa Zsa is bleeding like a fountain, in a little coma.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/05/18/zsa.zsa.gabor.health/index.html?hpt=T2
― nuclear-powered, jet-propulsion, radar, laser beams, cordless phone (abanana), Thursday, 19 May 2011 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
Really, of all the wrestlers Merdeyeux and jeff picked…
― naus, Friday, 20 May 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
pffft and to think jim ross is getting healthier.
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Friday, 20 May 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I was surprised no one had him.
― jaymc, Saturday, 21 May 2011 04:42 (twelve years ago) link
well this was p unexpected, at least on a 'most likely former crack smoking wrestler' list. like you always assume that the next one to go will be either 1) anyone who was in ecw like new jack or someone who is still most probably still attached to their pipe or 2) the iron sheik
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 21 May 2011 07:15 (twelve years ago) link
6 points for Elvis Telecom for Leonora Carrington.
― jaymc, Friday, 27 May 2011 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
James Mandich died in April.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Mandich
― kkvgz, Saturday, 28 May 2011 11:09 (twelve years ago) link
Brian Lenihan is dead. 48 points to me plz and props to Dom P.
― gtforia estfufan (unregistered), Sunday, 12 June 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
here's to at least two of us celebrating it then
― ♪♫ hey there lamp post, feelin' whiney ♪♫ (darraghmac), Sunday, 12 June 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
Aretha FranklinMargaret ThatcherTom LehrerChuck BerryEngelbert HumperdinckBernie EcclestoneTerry Jenner (died 25 May)Derryn HinchDoug AnthonyBart CummingsLillian FrankRose HancockJohn LawsJeannie LittleRay Illingworth
― Fred Nerk
Finally I break my duck. Up till now being in my dead pool kept you alive better than Lourdes water or Benny Hinn.
― Fred Nerk, Monday, 13 June 2011 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
Now updated for Mandich, Lenihan, Jenner, and Peter Falk.
― Don Rickles on the Dime (jaymc), Friday, 24 June 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
Don't forget Peter Jennings.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 24 June 2011 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
Good point. I think Jon Williams, Casuistry, and Emilymv had him.
― Don Rickles on the Dime (jaymc), Friday, 24 June 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 24 June 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
Charlie LouvinAretha FranklinAndy WhitfieldDennis FrederiksenEd Thompson (politician)Brian Lenihan, Jr.Harmon KillebrewRuth Bader GinsburgD.K. HolmKeisuke KuwataGuy David Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of RoxburgheDerryn HinchBrian Haw (died June 18, age 62)Dave Rose (basketball coach)Christopher Hitchens
― i probably busted a nut when i was tossing her cookie salad (unregistered), Monday, January 3, 2011 11:34 AM (5 months ago)
― gtforia estfufan (unregistered), Saturday, 25 June 2011 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
Christ, I can't keep track of all these Britishers.
― Don Rickles on the Dime (jaymc), Saturday, 25 June 2011 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
Oooh, that puts you a mere point behind abanana on the leaderboard, though.
― Don Rickles on the Dime (jaymc), Saturday, 25 June 2011 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
Big points coming for a few of you...
― kate78, Saturday, 23 July 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
Yup, got 'em. Stevie D now in 3rd, Merdeyeux and chrisv2010 now in 5th/6th. (Neither of the latter two were even on the board before this.)
― jaymc, Saturday, 23 July 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
She was on my tentative list, but I went with Aretha instead. Worked out well.
― naus, Saturday, 23 July 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
... i feel bad about myself. :'(
― Sir Chips Keswick (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 23 July 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
IIRC Winehouse ties Jade Goody for the greatest number of points conferred for a single death.
― jaymc, Saturday, 23 July 2011 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
(That was worded confusingly: I just mean that she and Goody were both 27 when they died, and no other Dead Pool picks have been younger than that during the jaymc regime.)
― jaymc, Saturday, 23 July 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
Andy Whitfield. I'm moving up.
― Jeff, Monday, 12 September 2011 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
Never forget.
― *ter jacket (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2011 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
And with this, unregistered takes the lead.
― *ter jacket (jaymc), Monday, 12 September 2011 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
You moved the wrong jeff up.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
Good God, you're right. Thanks for catching it. Now fixed.
― *ter jacket (jaymc), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/09/17/eleanor-mondale-dies-at-51/?hpt=hp_t2
― rustic italian flatbread, Saturday, 17 September 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
think unregistered is still in the lead tho
― sarahel, Saturday, 17 September 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
Yup, got it.
― jaymc, Sunday, 18 September 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
Steve Jobs RIP 1955-2011 [Started by max in October 2011, last updated 1 minute ago by Clay on I Love Everything] 33 new answers
― sarahel, Thursday, 6 October 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
tactful!
― remy bean, Thursday, 6 October 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
he hadn't even finished logging out yet
― at-zing-two-boards (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 October 2011 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
Did I have him on my list?
― (╯° □≗)╯︵ ┻━ןɐıɔǝds━ʇɥbıן━pǝɹ━┻ (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 6 October 2011 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
44 points for sarahel (now in 3rd place), krakow, kate78, and Matt Armstrong.
― jaymc, Thursday, 6 October 2011 03:49 (twelve years ago) link
Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud has died.
Sources vary on his age, but it looks like official Saudi sources are reporting 1928, so I'll award 18 points to donna rouge. (Sources that dispute this date generally think he was older.)
― A Lip in the Blandscape (jaymc), Saturday, 22 October 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
Why aren't my people dying!!!!
― Jeff, Saturday, 22 October 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
I mean Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has got to kick it any day now.
I've been waiting years for him. He won't die, ever.
― ailsa, Saturday, 22 October 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
noone have the col gaddy?
― Ravaging Rick Rude (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 22 October 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Nope.
― A Lip in the Blandscape (jaymc), Saturday, 22 October 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
I'm kind of ashamed of how much regret i have over picking jani lane and jeff conaway last year and leaving them off this year.
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 22 October 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
Updated for J. Savile. (Welcome to the leaderboard, Mark G.)
― A Lip in the Blandscape (jaymc), Saturday, 29 October 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
Ed Thompson RIP
+34 points for me, plz
― axolotl rose (unregistered), Saturday, 29 October 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
Ooh, that could prove significant.
Updated for Andy Rooney as well.
― A Lip in the Blandscape (jaymc), Monday, 7 November 2011 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
And, with Joe Frazier's death, buzza debuts on the leaderboard.
― A Lip in the Blandscape (jaymc), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 04:58 (twelve years ago) link
Where am I ranked now?
― Parker Posey as herself dancing to house music in NYC in 1995 (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
You're 6th. (There's a link in the opening post of the thread.)
― A Lip in the Blandscape (jaymc), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
I
― Parker Posey as herself dancing to house music in NYC in 1995 (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
Erm, is it considered cheating if we, you know, move some things along for ourselves?
No, that's initiative.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
you're planning a trip to North Korea?
― sarahel, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
do i have any points yet? went w/ the rong wrestlers
― GOIT BUZZ TOYS (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
hi
― buzza, Monday, 2 January 2012 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
Erm, is it considered cheating if we, you know, move some things along for ourselves?― Parker Posey as herself dancing to house music in NYC in 1995 (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, November 8, 2011you're planning a trip to North Korea?― sarahel, Tuesday, November 8, 2011
you're planning a trip to North Korea?― sarahel, Tuesday, November 8, 2011
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 January 2012 05:20 (twelve years ago) link
OK SO ARE WE DOING 2012? AND CAN ONE OF MY ANSWERS BE 'EVERYONE (VIA END OF THE WORLD)'?
― I am Newgod (a hoy hoy), Monday, 2 January 2012 06:24 (twelve years ago) link
OR YOU COULD JUST PLAY BY THE RULES AND PUT 15 CELEBRITY KIDS ON YOUR BALLOT. PICK THEM AT RANDOM IT DOESN'T MATTER THEY'LL ALL DIE ANYWAYS (VIA END OF THE WORLD) AND YOU'LL DIE TOO WITH LIKE 1300 POINTS.
― cher's missing (unregistered), Monday, 2 January 2012 06:48 (twelve years ago) link
unregistered otm
― sarahel, Monday, 2 January 2012 06:50 (twelve years ago) link
th real reason you guys banned dom is because he was the best at this
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 2 January 2012 07:34 (twelve years ago) link
― our man flint flo$$y (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, January 2, 2011 12:39 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Costco Chapel (Noodle Vague), Sunday, January 2, 2011 12:42 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
hope this formats right, but damn, not a single bin laden!
unregistered 262 Charlie Louvin Harmon Killebrew Brian Lenihan Jr. Brian Haw Andy Whitfield Ed Thompson Christopher Hitchensabanana 250 Gerry Rafferty Elizabeth Taylor Seve Ballesteros Harmon Killebrew Eleanor Mondale Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il kkvgz 204 Seve Ballesteros Jim Mandich Eleanor Mondale Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il Jimmy the Mod 165 Gerry Rafferty Eleanor Mondale Andy Rooney Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il sarahel 164 Mick Karn Elizabeth Taylor Eleanor Mondale Steve Jobs pixel farmer 157 Gerry Rafferty Eleanor Mondale Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il chrisv2010 142 Amy Winehouse Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il donna rouge 141 Gerry Rafferty Peter Falk Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il kate78 130 Mick Karn Steve Jobs Christopher Hitchens Stevie D 125 Elizabeth Taylor Amy Winehouse Kim Jong Il johnny crunch 115 Seve Ballesteros Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il Matt Armstrong 113 Steve Jobs Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il Pleasant Plains 93 Elizabeth Taylor Harmon Killebrew Andy Rooney Christopher Hitchens krakow 91 Steve Jobs Jimmy Savile Kim Jong Il jaymc 90 Elizabeth Taylor Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il Jeff 87 Harmon Killebrew Andy Whitfield sofatruck 75 Gerry Rafferty Christopher Hitchens Johnny Fever 75 Gerry Rafferty Christopher Hitchens Merdeyeux 73 Amy Winehouse buzza 71 Joe Frazier Christopher Hitchens Clay 69 Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il jeff 63 Gerry Rafferty Harmon Killebrew ailsa 58 Gerry Rafferty Elizabeth Taylor Viceroy 38 Christopher Hitchens naus 38 Christopher Hitchens n/a 38 Christopher Hitchens Kenan 38 Christopher Hitchens Fred Nerk 34 Terry Jenner joygoat 31 Kim Jong Il a hoy hoy 31 Kim Jong Il Elvis Telecom 23 Leonora Carrington Peter Falk Mark G 16 Jimmy Savile Eazy 8 Andy Rooney
unregistered 262 Charlie Louvin Harmon Killebrew Brian Lenihan Jr. Brian Haw Andy Whitfield Ed Thompson Christopher Hitchens
abanana 250 Gerry Rafferty Elizabeth Taylor Seve Ballesteros Harmon Killebrew Eleanor Mondale Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il kkvgz 204 Seve Ballesteros Jim Mandich Eleanor Mondale Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il
Jimmy the Mod 165 Gerry Rafferty Eleanor Mondale Andy Rooney Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il
sarahel 164 Mick Karn Elizabeth Taylor Eleanor Mondale Steve Jobs
pixel farmer 157 Gerry Rafferty Eleanor Mondale Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il
chrisv2010 142 Amy Winehouse Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il
donna rouge 141 Gerry Rafferty Peter Falk Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il
kate78 130 Mick Karn Steve Jobs Christopher Hitchens
Stevie D 125 Elizabeth Taylor Amy Winehouse Kim Jong Il
johnny crunch 115 Seve Ballesteros Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il
Matt Armstrong 113 Steve Jobs Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il
Pleasant Plains 93 Elizabeth Taylor Harmon Killebrew Andy Rooney Christopher Hitchens
krakow 91 Steve Jobs Jimmy Savile Kim Jong Il
jaymc 90 Elizabeth Taylor Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il
Jeff 87 Harmon Killebrew Andy Whitfield
sofatruck 75 Gerry Rafferty Christopher Hitchens
Johnny Fever 75 Gerry Rafferty Christopher Hitchens
Merdeyeux 73 Amy Winehouse
buzza 71 Joe Frazier Christopher Hitchens
Clay 69 Christopher Hitchens Kim Jong Il
jeff 63 Gerry Rafferty Harmon Killebrew
ailsa 58 Gerry Rafferty Elizabeth Taylor
Viceroy 38 Christopher Hitchens
naus 38 Christopher Hitchens
n/a 38 Christopher Hitchens
Kenan 38 Christopher Hitchens
Fred Nerk 34 Terry Jenner
joygoat 31 Kim Jong Il
a hoy hoy 31 Kim Jong Il
Elvis Telecom 23 Leonora Carrington Peter Falk
Mark G 16 Jimmy Savile
Eazy 8 Andy Rooney
― LIVE MEGA DOPPLER 7000 HD (naus), Monday, 2 January 2012 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
ty kim jong il yr death was a happy occasion
― I am Newgod (a hoy hoy), Monday, 2 January 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
a lot of ppl died last year huh
― johnny crunch, Monday, 2 January 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.ppc.bz/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pour-one-out.jpg
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 2 January 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
I actually just did one last check for everyone's picks, and there should be one more row on that leaderboard:
JTS: 9 (Betty Driver)
No other changes, though.
Congrats to unregistered!
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Monday, 2 January 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
Dom was obv quite good at Dead Pool, but I gotta say: 7/15 is mighty impressive. Congrats, too, to abanana, who made it close.
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Monday, 2 January 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
2012
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Monday, 2 January 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
Good game, good game. Well done all!
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 09:18 (twelve years ago) link