Celebrity Death Pool
 

Generally this game is played for money ($10) with the winner getting the entire pot, but I suppose we can play for fun. The game plays as follows.

Pick 10 celebrities you think will die in the next calendar year. If someone on your list dies you subtract thier age from 100 and that is the number of points you get. For instance Michael Jackson would earn 53 points. The person with the most points at the end of the year gets the money...or in this case....the recognition?

My list is as follows:

Pope John Paul II
Saddam Hussein
Osama Bin Laden
Nick Nolte
Mickey Rooney
Red Buttons
Robert Downey Jr.
Michael J. Fox
James Brown
Richard Pryor

PJPII
William Rehnquist
Billy Graham
Mickey Rooney
Wilford Brimley
Michael Jackson
Rob Halford
The Stone Temple Pilots guy who sings with Velvet Revolver now and whose name eludes me for some unknown reason
Kirk Douglas
The Olsen twin with anorexia (just because i don't have any females on here)

*ahem* cocaine habit/addiction does not equal anorexia.

Anorexia by pharmaceuticals?

affinity for euphamisms in the entertainment industry, you say?

with the young olson girl it is "anorexia"
with Scott Stapp it was "exhaustion"
but they both end up in drug rehab.

Scott Weiland.

No Schaivo?

:smack: doh.

I didn't put as much thought into my list as I thought. And I've been lax on my Olsen twin research lately. Oh well.

I have this strange feeling that Johnny Cochran will be next. Sometime tonight, even.

I've got five on anally raped to death in his cell ...

[michael jackson singing imitation]"heeeEEEEEE heeeee! WHOOOOO!"[/mjsi]


Yes. I'm going to hell.

Seeing as how it probably first happened to him when he was five or so, I don't know if that will be the thing that kills him. I think he won't be able to handle the dissolution of his elaborate little alternate reality. The man's never spent more than 5 minutes at a time in the world you and I live in. It's really pathetic.

My only choice is Johnny Cochran

Too late for Johnny, but he would have been worth 33 points. Man I wish I named him.

I called Johnny yesterday morning. 33 points for me. ;)

punctuation, huh? :)

I was eating dinner with my parents when I heard that Johnny C had died. We were watching TV, and I go, "Damn, that would've been 33 points". They go O.o


I gotta spend less time in here.


Looks like the pope's a shoe-in. They just put a feeding tube into him. They should take it out -- he and Terri could race. sorry :(

Jerry Falwell's critical, too.

critical of what? ;) :D

Everyone.

I can't believe we don't have more lists. Granted, it's a bit morbid, but it's also fun.

I want to do this, but haven't had the time to give it the consideration that I need to. (which means checking to see if the folks I pick are still alive.)

I know Abe Vigoda's on my list, but haven't given much thought to anyone else.

The Pope is just too darn easy a pick.

ooh ..

Dan Rather

8 to go. I'll be thinking on this.

Mostly long shots
 

1. Alan Alda
2. The Pope
3. Dick Cheney
4. Ariel Sharon
5. Ralph Nader
6. Michael Jackson
7. Ian McKellen
8. Jamie Lee Curtis
9. Liza Minelli
10. Ayad Allawi

Bonus: Generalissmo Francisco Franco.

Shoulda picked Frank Perdue! I was actually surprised to hear that he died. I thought he died years ago.

I got 16 points today!!

My remaining picks:

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (he isn't, I checked dpsinfo.com)
Robert Blake
Ray Bradbury
Harlan Ellison
Arthur C. Clarke (yeah, I think it's going to be a bad year for science fiction fans)
Danny Bonaduce
Macauley Culkin (I think it will be a bad year for no longer cute child stars too.)
Dick Cheney

1. Ed McMahon
2. Courtney Love
3. Elizabeth Taylor
4. Charlton Heston
5. Joan Rivers
6. Michael Jackson
7. Abe Vigoda
8. Jean Stapleton
9. Scott Weiland
10. Jack Palance

Comedian Mitch Hedberg died a few days ago. I hadn't heard of him until now, but he was a Steven Wright-esque one-liner kind of guy, and apparently beloved by many. Google his name and you will find jokes. Damn. I missed out totally.

mitchhedberg.net

an example. shit. how did i not hear of this guy?

edited to add a comprehensive list of his jokes

IMHO, his actual jokes were funny, but his delivery was annoying as all hell. He had this stoner cadence thing going on which made him completely unwatchable for me.

Sadly, I got 35 more points today for Richard Pryor. It's times like this I wish I lost. :(