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. I'd rather not allow someone without, for instance, a Wikipedia entry. On a related note, if a Wikipedia search on one of your picks directs to a disambiguation page or to someone else with the same name, please indicate which one you mean by appending the person's profession in parentheses, e.g. "(actress)" or "(football player)."
As usual, points are awarded based on the formula (100 - [age at death]). So picking Quvenzhané_Wallis (age 9) would get you a lot more points than picking Zsa Zsa Gabor (age 95), were both to die.
Please post your lists to this thread by January 9. No lists will be accepted after that date. If someone dies before Jan. 9, 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. 9; 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.
(Feel free, of course, to bump this thread and alert me if I've missed an update. Deaths of British/Australian celebs in particular often pass me by.)
Good luck!
― jaymc, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 18:04 (twelve years ago)
So, the celebs/notable people to be blessed with good and robust health this year are to be:
Jim Moir/Vic ReevesValerie SingletonNaomi CampbellArsene WengerKeith RichardsJimmy TarbuckCliff RichardGregg JamesBarry NormanCraig CharlesKate Middleton's unborn (controv!)Nick LoweEric PicklesPudsey the dogBoy GeorgePrince Philip
(ok, maybe the dog doesn't count)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 18:55 (twelve years ago)
Bashar al-AssadGeorge Bush Sr.Mohamed MorsiBilly GrahamHugo ChavezHosni MubarakKhaled MeshaalFidel CastroMargaret ThatcherAriel SharonFrançois BozizéCheick Modibo DiarraRamadan ShalahJiang ZeminBosco Ntaganda
― Mordy, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 19:45 (twelve years ago)
I'm sorry, can I replace Billy Graham with Nasir al-Wuhayshi?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 19:47 (twelve years ago)
I actually deleted the "Humans only" rule this year but only b/c I figured it no longer needed to be explicitly stated. But, well, I guess it does.
HUMANS ONLY.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 19:49 (twelve years ago)
Kate Middleton's unborn (controv!)
I'm also not sure about this one. My inclination is to allow it but only once the child is actually born. That is, no points for a miscarriage or stillbirth.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 19:53 (twelve years ago)
(that still leaves the door open for abortion!)
*crosses fingers*
― "reading specialist" (Z S), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 19:58 (twelve years ago)
hugo chavezgeorge hw bushfidel castrohosni mubaraknelson mandelamargaret thatcherartie langebashar al-assadlindsay lohanklas ingessoncharlie sheenratko mladicaaron carterkim jong-unchris brown
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:00 (twelve years ago)
who will speak up for the rights of unborn celebs to have wiki pages
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:02 (twelve years ago)
xpost that Chris Brown pic is very along the lines of what I was thinking for my controversial pick.
Kenneth AngerAndy DickRoger EbertZsa Zsa GaborPrince HarrySid HartmanGarrison KeillorNelson MandelaHosni MubarakManoel de Oliveira (does that lose me points if it happens? If so, swap for Fidel Castro)RihannaKarl RoveDavid SiegelCarrot TopMason Wyler
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:12 (twelve years ago)
surely this has to be thatchers year ...
― mark e, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:14 (twelve years ago)
Manoel de Oliveira (does that lose me points if it happens? If so, swap for Fidel Castro)
Well, it certainly wouldn't gain you any points. I'll swap.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:16 (twelve years ago)
last year i actually worked on this and it didn't help so this year i'm going back to half-baked guesses and longshots:
wilford brimleymichael john burkett aka fat mike (of nofx)seymour casselkrs-oneexene cervenkamagic johnsonronnie spectorphil spectorgene hackmanmick marswilliam 'refrigerator' perrythomas pynchonnick stahlnelson mandelabarry bonds
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:19 (twelve years ago)
I'm gonna do exactly the same one as last year minus phyllis diller
Lindsey LohanFidel CastroGary BuseyAi Wei WeiChuck BerryBob DoleMuhammad AliJerry Lee LewisLauren BacallSteve-OBarbara BushNancy ReaganJustice John Paul StevensJohn LarroquetteChris Brown
― jazbay crostata (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:22 (twelve years ago)
and again, i hope i'm wrong for almost everyone on that list
― jazbay crostata (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:23 (twelve years ago)
Margaret ThatcherNorman TebbitFidel CastroRobert MugabeHoward Henry BakerPhylis SchlaflyBashar al-AssadGary GlitterHugo ChavezOmar Abdel-RahmanAdam Yahiye GadahnEduardo RaveloChris BrownJim DavidsonIan Watkins
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:28 (twelve years ago)
I hope I'm right for pretty much everyone on my list.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:29 (twelve years ago)
Based roughly on last year's lot:
Paul GascoigneMuhammed AliMargaret Thatcher Liz DawnIan BradyIan Huntley Doris DayGlen CampbellRolf HarrisTerry PratchettJulian AssangeEdward FurlongSandy Jardine Hillary ClintonClive James
― ailsa, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:47 (twelve years ago)
Kate Middleton's unborn
if the "person" isn't even born by the stated close of submissions, then it should not be allowed /lapsed catholic
― buzza, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:49 (twelve years ago)
Hosni MubarakJalal TalabaniVan CliburnJohn Edrich"Superstar" Billy GrahamBonnie FranklinGallagherDennis "Fergie" FrederiksenAnne FeeneyHugo ChávezJoseph KonyDraco RosaEthan ZohnRick RossHayley Okines
― abanana, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:03 (twelve years ago)
Vicente ZambadaCharles MansonSuri CruiseRobert IlerLouis FarrakahnHillary Clinton :-(Robert MugabeJohn McAffeeMacauley CulkinTao LinLil ReeseJudge ReinholdJohn EdwardsCharlie SheenSam Shepard
― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:17 (twelve years ago)
somebody with a name in the chicago scene seeming unpleasantly likely
― jazbay crostata (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:29 (twelve years ago)
Tempted to play a wishful thinking list but it always makes me feel faintly guilty, this game.
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:42 (twelve years ago)
Last year I got really into researching people in poor health, and half my ballot was names I hadn't previously known. State senators and local musicians and other folks just barely famous enough to have a Wikipedia page. I won't do it again, though -- it made me feel queasier than just going with my usual crop of celebs and world leaders.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:51 (twelve years ago)
Russell HowardRussell KaneJohn BishopMark WatsonMicky FlanaganGreg DaviesSarah MillicanRhod GilbertJack WhitehallKevin Bridges+Margaret ThatcherGeorge OsborneDavid CameronGeorge W BushDonald Rumsfeld
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:54 (twelve years ago)
I just want Fred Phelps listed by someone. Die, fucker.
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:56 (twelve years ago)
i tried to stick w/ ppl that i'd be happy if they died
― Mordy, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:56 (twelve years ago)
Jay AdamsStephen AdlerRodney BingenheimerSeymour CasselDavid CrosbyJohn DensmorePerry FarrellKim FowleyDavid GeffenLindsay LohanCourtney LoveCharles MansonMick MarsCharlie SheenStephen Speilberg
― how's life, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:58 (twelve years ago)
oh weird, nick. I didn't come up with Seymour Cassel by looking at your list. I was trying to come up with a list of strictly L.A. names and was like "who was the old guy that Slash used to party with before he was in Guns 'n' Roses?"
― how's life, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 23:06 (twelve years ago)
Basher al-AssadBenedict XVIBarbara BushGeorge HW BushFidel CastroDick CheneyBob DylanJames Eagan HolmesKareem Abdul JabbarLindsay LohanCourtney LoveNelson MandelaHosni MubarakJerry SanduskyMargaret Thatcher
― Clay, Thursday, 3 January 2013 00:28 (twelve years ago)
George Herbert Walker BushHilary ClintonFidel CastroHugo ChavezMargaret ThatcherZsa Zsa GaborNelson MandelaBob DoleBilly GrahamGene HackmanNancy ReaganMike DitkaBillie Joe ArmstrongMichael "The Situation" Sorrentino Don Johnson
― joygoat, Thursday, 3 January 2013 00:39 (twelve years ago)
Could only muster people I wouldn't feel entirely guilty about after.
Margaret ThatcherHosni MubarakFidel CastroGeorge H.W. BushRob Ford (Toronto Mayor)Dick CheneyDonald RumsfeldPope BenedictStephen HarperDavid CameronGeorge OsborneDavid KochGeorge KochDonald TrumpRudy Giuliani
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Thursday, 3 January 2013 01:49 (twelve years ago)
William "Refrigerator" PerryShirley TempleMichael DouglasHugo ChavezQuentin TarantinoGeorge H W BushGinger BakerLindsay LohanEdward FurlongAriel SharonEddie Van HalenDave SwarbrickKim NovakAsma al-AssadRed Grooms
― buzza, Thursday, 3 January 2013 06:25 (twelve years ago)
QT?!, our ni**a, dead?
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 January 2013 12:17 (twelve years ago)
I had more family deaths last year, and I don't want to offend my family, so I'm staying out of this much loved game this year. You guys are being tasteful though (old people, drug abusers, dictators)...
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Italo Night at Some Gay Club (Mount Cleaners), Thursday, 3 January 2013 12:42 (twelve years ago)
my only real criteria this year was "prominent residents of l.a." I don't wish death on any of them. I hope to not even place this year. I specifically didn't go hunting for cancer patients this year. maybe all the dead pool spirit has gone out of me. but I'm still compelled to play.
― how's life, Thursday, 3 January 2013 12:46 (twelve years ago)
jaymc, I did notice that Speilberg spells his first name "Steven".
― how's life, Thursday, 3 January 2013 12:47 (twelve years ago)
hugo chavezgeorge h w bushjimmy carterfidel castrokirk douglasfred phelpswilly maysrobert mugabeBashar al-Assadasma al assadnelson mandelanelson mandelaRefridgerator PerryMaggie ThatcherBuzz Aldrin
― Guy was knee-deep in water (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 3 January 2013 14:59 (twelve years ago)
going for the double nelson?
― Mark G, Thursday, 3 January 2013 15:02 (twelve years ago)
Can I switch my Fidel Castro to Karl Rove and my Mubarak to John McCain? At this point I'm more interested in going for long-shot wishful thinking.
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Thursday, 3 January 2013 16:27 (twelve years ago)
can you remind me what is the website that play this game?
― nostormo, Thursday, 3 January 2013 16:46 (twelve years ago)
got it:http://deadpool.rotten.com/
― nostormo, Thursday, 3 January 2013 16:48 (twelve years ago)
Hugh HefnerKim KardashianRoman Abramovich (Russian billionaire)charlie SheenRonnie WoodNick StahlCourtney LoveChris Brown (wifebeater)Wissam Al Mana (Qatari billionaire)Queen Elizabeth IIJulian SchnabelA.J. McLeanStephen SpielbergJoseph KonySeth Rogen
― sarahell, Thursday, 3 January 2013 16:48 (twelve years ago)
Mark - DOUBLE UP
― Guy was knee-deep in water (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 3 January 2013 16:56 (twelve years ago)
also stiffs.com -- http://stiffs.com/stats/?gameid=51&all=1
― abanana, Thursday, 3 January 2013 21:19 (twelve years ago)
you could have been rich, abanana! (or are you?)
First Place = $3000.002nd Place = $500.003rd Place = $200.004th Place = $100.005th Place = $50.006th Place = $25.00
― nostormo, Thursday, 3 January 2013 21:32 (twelve years ago)
No, I don't enter it, the payoff is much smaller than the money they take in. I would have been somewhere in the 80s with my unpaid list.
― abanana, Thursday, 3 January 2013 21:41 (twelve years ago)
bashar al assadfidel castrohosney mubarakhugo chavezgeorge martingunter grasslou reednelson mandelaclint eastwoodhuge hefnerroger ebertgabriel garcia marquezjean luc godardJacques Rivettemacaulay culkin
― nostormo, Thursday, 3 January 2013 22:00 (twelve years ago)
Hugo ChavezFidel CastroGeorge MichaelJames GarnerAnita EkbergKenneth AngerScott CarpenterLindsay Lohan Jack T. ChickLyndon LaRoucheGlen Campbell Margaret ThatcherAnnette FunicelloSteve DitkoTony Iommi
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 4 January 2013 05:51 (twelve years ago)
Chasey LainLindsay LohanMuhammad AliRicardo MayorgaNick Stahl Hugo ChavezLyndon LaRoucheRoger EbertJerry SanduskyJoe Rogan
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 4 January 2013 07:25 (twelve years ago)
CHAVEZ
― Mordy, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 22:00 (twelve years ago)
did i put him on my list this year? let's see..
― nostormo, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 22:03 (twelve years ago)
Boom.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 22:09 (twelve years ago)
did abanana won the 2012 dead pool?
― nostormo, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 22:13 (twelve years ago)
it's getting suspicious...lol
― nostormo, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 22:14 (twelve years ago)
http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/funny/2/big-dancing-banana-smiley-emoticon.gif http://www.nonstopgifs.com/animated-gifs/halloween/halloween-animated-gif-005.gif http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/funny/2/big-dancing-banana-smiley-emoticon.gif
― pplains, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 22:26 (twelve years ago)
cancer, cancer, cancer.
― abanana, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 22:29 (twelve years ago)
15-way tie for 2nd.
― kate78, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 22:59 (twelve years ago)
how did it not occur to me to list this dude
http://www.tmz.com/2013/04/01/shain-gandee-buckwild-dead-dies-mtv-star/
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 13:12 (twelve years ago)
Roger Ebert RIP
― nostormo, Thursday, 4 April 2013 21:18 (twelve years ago)
didn't pick him here, but i'm now first in another dead pool
― abanana, Thursday, 4 April 2013 21:21 (twelve years ago)
Now updated. Matt Armstrong and nostormo move into a tie for 2nd.
― jaymc, Thursday, 4 April 2013 22:15 (twelve years ago)
bump!
― Mordy, Monday, 8 April 2013 12:55 (twelve years ago)
suggest triple points for anybody who backed this pig
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M (Noodle Vague), Monday, 8 April 2013 12:56 (twelve years ago)
Rollover points for each year we've been backing her.
― ailsa, Monday, 8 April 2013 13:02 (twelve years ago)
Now updated. (I think this is the first year in several that I *didn't* pick her.)
― jaymc, Monday, 8 April 2013 13:10 (twelve years ago)
as if today wasn't wonderful enough already. :')
― a similar stunt failed to work with a cow (Merdeyeux), Monday, 8 April 2013 13:35 (twelve years ago)
it's like when they told you frozen yogurt was also fat-free and everything
― red shoe obituaries (darraghmac), Monday, 8 April 2013 13:38 (twelve years ago)
And now updated for Annette Funicello as well.
Here's the top of the leaderboard:
1. abanana (Cliburn, Franklin, Chavez)2. Elvis Telecom (Chavez, Thatcher, Funicello--. kate78 (")4. Matt Armstrong (Chavez, Ebert)--. nostormo (")
(Then a bunch of people tied for 6th with the Hugo/Maggie twofer.)
― jaymc, Monday, 8 April 2013 17:28 (twelve years ago)
I hope you know, I only did not add Thatcher to my list this year as it seems that everyone I put on my list last year, survived...
― Mark G, Monday, 15 April 2013 10:07 (twelve years ago)
RIP Pat Summerall; welcome to the leaderboard, johnny crunch.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 23:02 (twelve years ago)
aw, i'm unhappy to hear that
― H-E-double-s1ockisticks (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 23:05 (twelve years ago)
oh wait, i thought you meant pat summitt.
― H-E-double-s1ockisticks (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 23:06 (twelve years ago)
Let the record show that I waited a week before bumping.
― pplains, Friday, 3 May 2013 13:20 (twelve years ago)
Bernadette Nolan RIP
― kate78, Monday, 8 July 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago)
Thought I should check in on this thread. Points added for pplains and kate78, who is now in the lead.
I don't see any other obvious ones I've missed, but do let me know if I have. (I think I'll bookmark this thread.)
― jaymc, Monday, 22 July 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago)
RIP lou reed
― nostormo, Sunday, 27 October 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago)
WINNER!!!
― Pete, Monday, 28 October 2013 00:47 (eleven years ago)
Got it -- movin' on up!
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Monday, 28 October 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago)
Anyone have Peter O' Toole?
― gyac, Sunday, 15 December 2013 18:10 (eleven years ago)
I need a revised score too (had Scott Carpenter)
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 14:18 (eleven years ago)
I see my list of people who will have good health and survive has bode well for Alan Vega, Valerie Singleton et al.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago)
Now updated for Mandela and Carpenter.
No one had O'Toole or Fontaine. Was surprised that ailsa didn't have Ronnie Biggs.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 14:31 (eleven years ago)
I was surprised too! I've had him a few times in the past. I think at the time I forgot he didn't actually die at any time after he was released from jail four years ago to die at home (my reason for keeping included Al Megrahi)
― ailsa, Thursday, 19 December 2013 01:08 (eleven years ago)
Barring any last-minute surprises, the final standings for 2013 appear to be set:
1. kate78 (133 points: Hugo Chavez, Margaret Thatcher, Annette Funicello, Bernadette Nolan)2. nostormo (106: Chavez, Roger Ebert, Lou Reed, Nelson Mandela)3. Elvis Telecom (97: Chavez, Thatcher, Funicello, Scott Carpenter)4. abanana (95: Van Cliburn, Bonnie Franklin, Chavez)5. Matt Armstrong (72: Chavez, Ebert)
Congrats to kate78!
― jaymc, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 01:14 (eleven years ago)
Btw, I've decided not to run an ILX Dead Pool for 2014, though if anyone else would like to take over, I'll gladly participate.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 01:19 (eleven years ago)
Betty Davis lives another year. In other news: Lyndon LaRouche will never die.
― Viceroy, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 01:20 (eleven years ago)
And all my guesses had a healthy year.
Did not nom Thatcher for that very reason.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 01:23 (eleven years ago)
Jack T. Chick will never die either.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 01:27 (eleven years ago)
Congrats kate78!
I take solace in winning real world money this year.
― zanarkand bozo (abanana), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 02:19 (eleven years ago)
lotta survivors this year
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 07:52 (eleven years ago)
Bump for the hungover.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 16:05 (eleven years ago)
If no other volunteers step forward, I'll do it this year.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 16:14 (eleven years ago)
I volunteered by private message, but you go ahead.
― zanarkand bozo (abanana), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 16:27 (eleven years ago)
can i kill someone in order to win?
― nostormo, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 16:33 (eleven years ago)
(it's my 2nd place frustration)
― nostormo, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 16:34 (eleven years ago)
Up to you, abanana, if you're happy to do it, be my guest!
― ailsa, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 16:59 (eleven years ago)
is Ariel Sharon a sure bet now?
― nostormo, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 17:01 (eleven years ago)
Very likely. Enter before he dies!Dead Pool 2014
― zanarkand bozo (abanana), Thursday, 2 January 2014 19:05 (eleven years ago)
I am here to gloat and revel in my win! Gloat and revel! Good luck in 2014, everyone!
― kate78, Thursday, 2 January 2014 19:43 (eleven years ago)