The 2011 Off Topic Celebrity Dead Pool

[Wezil]

2011 Leader Board (as of 1-Jan-12)

1. 1217 -Jrabbit (Vicious Rabbits)
2. 969 Robert Plomp (Life Kills)
3. 928 stonesfan
4. 879 Krill (Why Invent the Wheel Twice)
5. 779 Wezil (Canadian Cadaver Dogs)
6. 561 OneFootInTheGrave
7. 523 SlowwHand (Dallas Dead Dwarf Tossers)
8. 487 DaShi (DaShi Pissers)
9. 448 germanos (Into The Great Void)
10. 385 solomwi (Hearse Chasers)
11. 369 MRT144
12. 360 Tuberski (Death's Litterbox)
13. 352 OzzyKP (Charon’s Canoe)
14. 351 Guynemer (Guild of Calamitous Intent)
15. 258 embalmer42 (Embalmer Express)
16. 221 Hauldren Collider (Kaptain Kool-aid)
17. 193 Omni Rex Draconis (New World Order)
18. 050 Ming (Never Say Die)
18. 050 Perfection (Giant Death Robots)




Dead Celebs in 2011

January 18 – Sargent Shriver (95) – -Jrabbit
January 23 - Jack LaLanne (96) - Tuberski, Robert Plomp, SlowwHand
March 4 - Simon van der Meer (85) - germanos
March 23 - Elizabeth Taylor (79) - solomwi, OneFootInTheGrave, stonesfan, Wezil, Robert Plomp
May 2 - Osama Bin Laden (54) - Hauldren Collider, -Jrabbit
May 17 - Harmon Killebrew (74) - -Jrabbit
May 27 - Jeff Conaway (60) - Robert Plomp, stonesfan
June 3 - Jack Kevorkian (83) - solomwi
June 23 - Peter Falk (83) - Wezil, stonesfan
July 8 - Betty Ford (93) - Wezil, OzzyKP, DaShi
July 12 - Sherwood Schwartz (94) - Tuberski
July 23 - Amy Winehouse (27) - embalmer42, germanos
September 11 - Andy Whitfield (39) - Robert Plomp
September 19 - Dolores Hope (102) - -Jrabbit, DaShi
October 2nd - Vasily Aleksanyan (39) - Krill
October 5 - Steve Jobs (56) - -Jrabbit
November 4 - Andy Rooney (92) - MRT144, Guynemer, DaShi, Slowwhand
November 19 - Basil D'Oliveira (80) - Krill
December 7 - Harry Morgan (96) - stonesfan
December 15 - Christopher Hitchens (62) - Wezil
December 17 - Kim Jong-Il (69) - Robert Plomp, stonesfan, SlowwHand, Krill, -Jrabbit, Omni Rex Draconis, MRT144, OneFootInTheGrave, OzzyKP, Guynemer
December 18 - Donald Neilson (75) - Krill



All Time Leader Board (4 seasons)

1. 3511 -Jrabbit (Vicious Rabbits) (18)
2. 2681 Wezil (Canadian Cadaver Dogs) (13)
3. 2285 SlowwHand (Dallas Dead Dwarf Tossers) (12)
4. 1369 Guynemer (Guild of Calamitous Intent) (7)
5. 1136 OzzyKP (Charon's Canoe) (6)
6. 1004 Omni Rex Draconis (5)
7. 990 solomwi (Hearse Chasers) (5)
8. 969 Robert Plomp (5)
9. 943 germanos (Into the Great Void) (4)
10. 929 Krill (4)
11. 928 stonesfan (5)
12. 759 Tuberski (Death's Litterbox) (4)
13. 675 Asmodean (3)
14. 636 OneFootInTheGrave (3)
15. 613 Winston (Something Rotten) (3)
16. 592 The Emperor Fabulous (Next Dead Thing) (3)
17. 570 ColdWizard (Sodalicium Immortalis) (3)
18. 562 LordShiva (3)
19. 522 embalmer42 (Embalmer Express) (2)
20. 487 DaShi (DaShi Pissers) (3)
21. 411 drunkasaskunk (2)
22. 408 flash9286 (2)
23. 393 David Floyd (2)
24. 389 Ming (Never Say Die) (1)
25. 386 LotC (2)
26. 384 Straybow (Straybow's Random Shots) (2)
27. 376 snoopy369 (2)
28. 369 MRT144 (2)
29. 221 Hauldren Collider (Kaptain Kool-aid) (1)
30. 171 Drogue (1)
31. 170 Ricketyclik (1)


The Dead Pool Record Book

Past Grim Reaper Award Winners

2008 - -Jrabbit (5 hits, 991 points)
2009 - SlowwHand (6 hits, 1241 points)
2010 - -Jrabbit (4 hits, 718 points)
2011 - -Jrabbit (6 hits, 1217 points)


Most points awarded: Michael Jackson - 273 points (Wezil)
Fewest points awarded: Jack LaLanne & Dolores Hope - 157 points (Robert Plomp, SlowwHand & DaShi)

Oldest Celeb death: Albert Hoffman & Dolores Hope - 102 (Omni Rex Draconis & -Jrabbit, DaShi)
Youngest Celeb death: Amy Winehouse - 27 (embalmer42, germanos)

Earliest death: Miep Gies - January 11 (-Jrabbit)
Latest death: Harold Pinter - December 24 (Ming, snoopy369, Omni Rex Draconis, LordShiva)

Most Hits - Single Celeb - Kim Jong-Il - 10 players

Longest Dry Spell: 102 days (July 22/08 - October 31/08 - ended by -Jrabbit)



Game Rules (applicable to game play)

10. Points will be awarded for each celebrity that you accurately predicted would die in 2011. Points will be awarded according to the formula in Rule 15.

11. Celebrity deaths are to be reported by the players in the Dead Pool thread (one report will suffice for all). I don’t have the time or inclination to keep track of everybody’s list. If someone on your list dies it is your duty to claim your points. NOTE: A link to an obit of some kind is required (see Rule 23b). This link must be in English.

12. All deaths are to be reported by 7th January 2012 (to allow for any delay in media reporting). This will be the official closing day for awarding points.

13. I'll update the thread every time someone scores points, and up-date the scoreboard in the thread opening post.

14. At the end of the year the poster with the most points will be declared the winner. Duh.

15. When an eligible celebrity on your list dies points will be awarded according to the following formula:

Points = (171 - Rank) + (100 – age) + Bonus

16. Rank points - The higher a player Ranks their pick the more points that pick will be worth. Be careful to order your list from most likely to least likely to perish sometime in 2010 if you want to make the most of their loss.

17. In addition, bonus points will be awarded when a death meets the following criteria:
a) Unique Pick Award: +25 points if you were the only player to pick that celebrity.
b) Unlucky 13 Award: +10 points for a celebrity who dies on the 13th of any month.
c) Unnatural Causes Award: +20 points for murder, suicide or accident.
d) Party Pooper Award: +25 points for any celebrity rude enough to die on their birthday or Christmas Day.
e) First Blood Award: +25 points for the first celebrity to die in 2010.
f) You Can’t Cheat Death Award: +25 points for the last celebrity to die in 2010.
g) The Daily Double: +50 points awarded to any player who has two celebrities on their roster die on the same day.
h) The Hat Trick: +75 points awarded to any player who has three celebrities on their roster die over the course of one week (any 7-day span).
i) The Grand Slam: +100 points awarded to any player who has four celebrities on their roster die in the same month (any 30-day span).
j) The Empty Casket Award: +50 points awarded at the end of the year to the player who had the longest "dry spell" between deaths.
k) The Killing Spree Award: +50 points awarded at the end of the year to the player who has the most celebrities on their list die in a row. (That is, they score multiple points without anyone else scoring between them). Points divided in the event of a tie.
18. The official date/time of any celebrity death is measured in the time zone that the celebrity is in when they die.

19. In the event of a dead heat on points at the closing of the 2011 Dead Pool, the winner will be selected according to the following criteria, applied in this order:
a) The player with most correctly chosen deceased celebrities.
b) The player with the youngest average age of correct predictions.

20. If a celebrity who has passed on has more than one reported age the following websites will be consulted and the age that the majority says the celebrity was would be the age used.
a) deadoraliveinfo.com
b) wikipedia.org
c) AP.com
d) If there is no clear majority, then the deadoraliveinfo.com site will be the official age recorder.

21. a) You may not go out and “help yourself” win. Basically, you cannot kill someone on your list to give yourself more points. (any list actually). The penalty for violating this rule, in addition to any criminal charges brought upon you by the appropriate authorities, is a lifetime ban from the Off Topic Dead Pool.
b) You may not kill any of the other players (see paragraph a) above)

23. DEFINITIONS:
a) "Celebrity" means someone who, upon their death, gets a written obituary in a major, mainstream media news website. A good rule of thumb is “Celebrity = Name Recognition.” The Judges Panel should be able to look at the name and say “Oh, I know who that is,” without any prompting from the player. The Judges Panel should at least be able to find many references to the individual with a cursory online search.
b) "Obituary" simply means an article that mentions the fact that the person has died. It doesn't have to be the conventional biographical write-up.
c) "Alive" means drawing breath, not decomposing, that kind of thing.
d) “Dead” means dead. No irreversible coma, no vegetables. To qualify as dead, there must be an actual corpse. The death of a career doesn't count.

24. PRIZE: The player with the most points at the end of the year will gain nothing more than the glory and distinction of being the best at reading the tea leaves and determining where Death was most likely to strike in 2011.

[Wezil]

2011 Dead Pool

Players (19)

DaShi (DaShi Pissers) – 1st season
embalmer42 (Embalmer Express) – 4th season
germanos (Into The Great Void) – 3rd season
Guynemer (Guild of Calamitous Intent) – 4th season
Hauldren Collider (Kaptain Kool-aid) – 1st season
-Jrabbit (Vicious Rabbits) – 4th season
Krill (Why Invent The Wheel Twice) – 2nd season
MRT144 – 1st season
Ming (Never Say Die) – 4th season
Omni Rex Draconis (New World Order) – 2nd season
OneFootInTheGrave – 2nd season
OzzyKP (Charon’s Canoe) - 4th season
Perfection (Giant Death Robots) – 2nd season
Robert Plomp (Life Kills) – 1st season
SlowwHand (Dallas Dead Dwarf Tossers) – 4th season
solomwi (Hearse Chasers) – 3rd season
stonesfan – 1st season
Tuberski (Death’s Litterbox) - 3rd season
Wezil (Canadian Cadaver Dogs) – 4th season



Celebrities (218)

Celebrity Profession Birth Date

Abbas, Mahmoud Politics 26-Mar-35
Al Megrahi, Abdelbaset Terrorist 1-Apr-52
Adler, Steven Music 22-Jan-65
Aleksanyan, Vasily Business 15-Dec-72 died 2-Oct-11
Ali, Muhammad Sports 17-Jan-42
Arantes do Nascimento, Edson Sports 23-Oct-40
Armstrong, Neil Astronaut 5-Aug-30
Ash, Leslie Actress 19-Feb-60
Aspel, Michael TV Host 1-Dec-33
Assange, Julian Media 3-Jul-71
Baker, Kenny Actor 24-Aug-34
Barger, Sonny Criminal 8-Oct-38
Barker, Bob TV Host 12-Dec-23
Bell, Andy Music 25-Apr-64
Bennett, Tony Music 3-Aug-26
Berg, Rabbi Philip Religion 20-Aug-29
Berry, Chuck Music 18-Oct-26
Bhumibol, King Politics 5-Dec-27
Biggs, Ronnie Criminal 8-Aug-29
Bin Laden, Osama Criminal 10-Mar-57 died 2-May-11
Blagojevich, Rod Criminal 10-Dec-56
Blaney, Tim Actor 1959
Bloembergen, Nicolaas Scientist 11-Mar-20
Borgnine, Ernest Actor 24-Jan-17
Bouteflika, Abdelaziz Politics 2-Mar-37
Bradbury, Ray Author 22-Aug-20
Brubeck, Dave Music 6-Dec-20
Buffet, Warren Business 30-Aug-30
Burlusconi, Silvio Politics 29-Sep-36
Burnett, Carol Comedy 26-Apr-33
Bush, George H. Politics 12-Jun-24
Bush, George W. Politics 6-Jul-46
Byrd, Harry Jr. Politics 20-Dec-14
Carey, Drew Comedy 23-May-58
Carington, Peter Politics 6-Jun-19
Carter, Jimmy Politics 1-Oct-24
Castro, Fidel Politics 13-Aug-26
Cheney, Dick Politics 30-Jan-41
Chirac, Jacques Politics 29-Nov-32
Chretien, Jean Politics 11-Jan-34
Clark, Dick TV Host 30-Nov-29
Conaway, Jeff Actor 5-Oct-50 died 27-May-11
Connery, Sean Actor 25-Aug-30
Corbett, Ronnie Actor 4-Dec-30
Cosby, Bill Actor 12-Jul-37
Cullen, Peter Actor 28-Jul-41
Cyrus, Miley Music 23-Nov-92
Daniels, Anthony Actor 21-Feb-46
Daniels, William Actor 31-Mar-27
Dawn, Liz Actress 8-Nov-39
D'Oliveira, Basil Sports 4-Oct-31 died 19-Nov-11
De Havilland, Olivia Actress 1-Jul-16
DiMaggio, John Actor 4-Sep-68
Domino, Antoine "Fats" Music 26-Feb-28
Douglas, Kirk Actor 9-Dec-16
Douglas, Michael Actor 25-Sep-44
Eastwood, Clint Actor 31-May-30
Echeverria, Luis Politics 17-Jan-22
Ebert, Roger Media 18-Jun-42
Falk, Peter Actor 16-Sep-27 died 23-Jun-11
Farrakhan, Louis Religion 11-May-33
Fisher, Carrie Actress 21-Oct-56
Ford, Betty First Lady 8-Apr-18 died 8-Jul-11
Fox, Michael J. Actor 6-Sep-61
Franklin, Aretha Music 25-Mar-42
Freeman, Morgan Actor 1-Jun-37
Fry, Hayden Sports 28-Feb-29
Gabor, Zsa Zsa Actress 6-Feb-17
Gbagbo, Laurent Politics 31-May-45
Germanotta, Stefani (Lady GaGA) Music 28-Mar-86
Giap. Vo Nguyin Military 25-Aug-11
Gibson, Bob Sports 9-Nov-35
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader Justice 15-Mar-33
Glenn, John Spaceman 18-Jul-21
Gorbachev, Mikhail Politics 2-Mar-31
Grafton, Sue Author 24-Apr-40
Graham, Billy Religion 7-Nov-18
Graham, Billy Wrestler 7-Jun-43
Greenspan, Alan Economics 6-Mar-26
Hagman, Larry Actor 21-Sep-31
Hamill, Mark Actor 25-Sep-51
Harryhausen, Ray Producer 29-Jun-20
Hartson, John Sports 5-Apr-75
Hauer, Rutger Actor 23-Jan-44
Hawking, Stephen Scientist 8-Jan-42
Hawkins, Ronnie Music 10-Jan-35
Hefner, Hugh Publishing 9-Apr-26
Helfer, Tricia Actress 11-Apr-74
Hilton, Paris Skank 17-Feb-81
Hinch, Derryn Media 9-Feb-44
Hitchens, Christopher Media 13-Apr-49 died 15-Dec-11
Holtz, Lou Sports 6-Jan-37
Hope, Dolores Music 27-May-09 died 19-Sep-11
Hunter, Tommy Music 10-Mar-37
Iacocca, Lido "Lee" Business 15-Oct-24
Inouye, Daniel Politics 7-Sep-24
Jobs, Steve Business 24-Feb-55 died 5-Oct-11
Kennedy, George Actor 18-Feb-25
Kevorkian, Jack Criminal 26-May-28 died 3-Jun-11
Khamenei, Ayatollah Religion 17-Jul-39
Khodorkovsky, Mikhail Business 26-Jun-63
Killebrew, Harmon Sports 29-Jun-36 died 17-May-11
Kim, Jong-Il Tyrant 16-Feb-42 died 17-Dec-11
King Abdullah (Saudi) Royalty 1924
King, B.B. Music 16-Sep-25
King, Don Promoter 20-Aug-31
King, Larry TV 19-Nov-33
Kissinger, Henry Criminal 27-May-23
Kohl, Helmut Politics 3-Apr-30
Krige, Alice Actress 28-Jun-54
Lalanne, Jack Sports 26-Sep-14 died 23-Jan-11
Lang, Artie Comedy 11-Oct-67
Leachman, Cloris Actress 30-Apr-26
Lee, Christopher Actor 27-May-22
Kevi-Montalcini, Rita Medicine 22-Apr-09
Lewis, Jerry Actor 16-Mar-26
Lightfoot, Gordon Music 17-Nov-38
Lohan, Lindsay Music 7-Feb-86
Loken, Kristanna Actress 8-Oct-79
Loren, Sophia Actress 20-Sep-34
Love, Courtney Tramp 9-Jul-64
MacPhail, Lee Business 25-Oct-17
MacGowan, Shane Music 25-Dec-57
Madoff, Bernie Criminal 29-Apr-38
Mahathir, bin Mohammed Politics 20-Dec-25
Majors, Lee Actor 23-Apr-39
Mandela, Nelson Politician 18-Jul-18
Marshall, Penny Actress 15-Oct-43
McCain, John Politics 29-Aug-36
McGovern, George Politics 19-Jul-22
Moon, Sun Myung Religion 25-Feb-20
Moore, Patrick Scientist 3-Apr-23
Morgan, Harry Actor 4-Oct-15 died 7-Dec-11
Mubarak, Hosni Politics 4-May-28
Mugabe, Robert Politics 21-Feb-24
Musial, Stan Sports 21-Nov-20
Neilson, Donald Criminal 1-Aug-36 died 18-Dec-11
Nicholson, Jack Actor 22-Apr-37
Niemeyer, Oscar Architect 15-Dec-07
Osbourne, John "Ozzy" Music 12-Mar-48
Ouattara, Alassane Politics 1-Jan-42
Owens, Gary Actor 10-May-36
Paterno, Joe Sports 21-Dec-26
Patrick, Robert Actor 5-Nov-58
Peres, Shimon Politics 2-Aug-23
Perot, Ross Business 27-Jun-30
Phelps, Fred Religion 13-Nov-29
Philbin, Regis Media 25-Aug-31
Phillips, Oail "Bum" Sports 29-Sep-23
Polanski, Roman Criminal 18-Aug-33
Pope Benedict Religion 16-Apr-27
Pratchett, Terry Author 28-Apr-48
Prince Philip Royalty 10-Jun-21
Princess Lilian (Sweden) Royalty 30-Aug-15
Queen Elizabeth II Royalty 21-Apr-26
Rainer, Luise Actress 12-Jan-10
Reagan, Nancy First Lady 6-Jul-21
Rice, Ann Author 4-Oct-41
Richards, Keith Music 18-Dec-43
Roberts, Jake "Snake" Wrestler 30-May-55
Rogers, Robin Music 1-Jul-50
Rose, William "Axl" Music 6-Feb-62
Rooney, Andy Writer 14-Jan-19 died 4-Nov-11
Rooney, Mickey Actor 23-Sep-20
Rove, Karl Politics 25-Dec-50
Rumsfeld, Donald Politics 9-Jul-32
Sanader, Ivo Politics 8-Jun-53
Sanders, Richard Actor 23-Aug-40
Shriver, Sargent Politics 9-Nov-15 died 18-Jan-11
Schwartz, Sherwood Producer 14-Nov-16 died 12-Jul-11
Schwarzenegger, Arnold Actor 30-Jul-47
Seagal, Steven Actor 10-Apr-52
Sharon, Ariel Politics 27-Feb-28
Shamir, Yitzhak Politics 15-Oct-15
Shatner, William Actor 22-Mar-31
Shaw, Run Run Media 31-Oct-07
Shwe, Than Politics 2-Feb-33
Simon, Neil Playwright 4-Jul-27
Sihanouk, King Royalty 31-Oct-22
Spassky, Boris Chess 30-Jan-37
Spears, Britney Music 12-Feb-81
Spiner, Brent Actor 2-Feb-49
Stevens, John Paul Justice 20-Apr-20
Stockwell, Dean Actor 5-Mar-36
Strassman, Marcia Actress 28-Apr-48
Strawberry, Darryl Sports 12-Mar-62
Summerall, George "Pat" Sports 10-May-30
Taylor, Elizabeth Actress 27-Feb-32 died 23-Mar-11
Taylor, Mick Music 17-Jan-49
Thatcher, Margaret Politics 13-Oct-25
Thomas, Helen Media 4-Aug-20
Tittle, Y.A. Sports 24-Oct-26
Tudyk, Alan Actor 16-Mar-71
Tufeld, Dick Actor 11-Dec-26
Tyler, Steven Music 26-Mar-48
van der Meer, Simon Science 24-Nov-25 died 4-Mar-11
Vanderbilt, Gloria Heiress 20-Feb-24
Van Dyke, Dick Actor 13-Dec-25
Vidal, Gore Author 10-Mar-25
Vitale, Dick Media 9-Jun-39
Wallace, Mike Journalist 9-May-18
Wallach, Eli Actor 12-Jul-15
Walters, Barbara Media 25-Sep-29
Watts, Charlie Music 6-Feb-41
Webber, Andrew Lloyd Music 22-Mar-48
Welker, Frank Actor 12-Mar-46
Weller, Peter Actor 24-Jun-47
Weiland, Scott Music 27-Oct-67
Whitfield, Andy Actor 17-Jul-74 died 11-Sep-11
Whitlam, Gough Politics 11-Jul-16
Wilder, Gene Actor 11-Jun-33
Wilders, Geert Politics 6-Sep-63
Winehouse, Amy Music 14-Sep-83 died 23-Jul-11
Wing, Anna Actress 30-Oct-14
Wolfe, Tom Author 2-Mar-30
Wouk, Herman Author 27-May-15
Wylde, Zakk Music 14-Jan-67
Young, Sean Actress 20-Nov-59

[Wezil]

The Full Team Rosters


---> Picks marked with an “ * ” are unique picks


DaShi (DaShi Pissers)

1. Fidel Castro
2. Billy Graham
3. Ronnie Biggs
4. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi
5. Kirk Douglas
6. Margaret Thatcher
7. Robert Mugabe
8. Dick Clark
9. Andy Rooney
10. B.B. King
11. Jerry Lewis
12. Dolores Hope
13. Zsa Zsa Gabor
14. Louis Farrakhan
15. Muhammad Ali
16. Nancy Reagan
17. Stephen Hawking
18. Betty Ford
19. Queen Liz II
20. *Hayden Fry



Embalmer42 (Embalmer Express)

1. *Courtney Love
2. *Edison (Edson) Arantes do Nascimento (Pele)
3. *Anne Rice
4. *Tom Wolfe
5. Nancy Reagan
6. Amy Winehouse
7. *Neil Simon
8. *Neil Armstrong
9. *Sue Grafton
10. Jerry Lewis
11. Fidel Castro
12. *Tommy Hunter
13. *Jake "The Snake" Roberts
14. *Sonny Barger
15. Warren Buffett
16. *W. Axl Rose
17. *Jean Chretien
18. *Gordon Lightfoot
19. Queen Elizabeth II
20. George H.W. Bush


germanos (Into the Great Void)

1. B. B. King
2. Fidel Castro
3. Helmut Kohl
4. Robert Mugabe
5. Ariel Sharon
6. Margaret Thatcher
7. *Sophia Loren
8. *Nicolaas Bloembergen
9. Amy Winehouse
10. Sean Connery
11. *John Glenn
12. Hosni Mubarak
13. Clint Eastwood
14. Nelson Mandela
15. *Shimon Peres
16. Queen Elizabeth II
17. *Mahathir bin Mohamad
18. *Simon van der Meer
19. *Jacques Chirac
20. Jack Nicholson


Guynemer (Guild of Calamitous Intent)

1. Zsa Zsa Gabor
2. Michael Douglas
3. Kirk Douglas
4. *Luise Rainer
5. *Rita Levi-Montalcini
6. Margaret Thatcher
7. *Harry Byrd, Jr.
8. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
9. *Lee MacPhail
10. Andy Rooney
11. Billy Graham
12. B.B. King
13. *Joe Paterno
14. Dick Clark
15. Fidel Castro
16. Ernest Borgnine
17. Yitzhak Shamir
18. Chuck Berry
19. Nelson Mandela
20. Kim Jong-Il


Hauldren Collider (Kaptain Kool-aid)

1. *Helen Thomas
2. Jimmy Carter
3. *Miley Cyrus
4. Britney Spears
5. *Paris Hilton
6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
7. Fidel Castro
8. *Daniel Inouye
9. Dick Cheney
10. Julian Assange
11. Lindsey Lohan
12. *Larry King
13. *Carrie Fisher
14. *Mark Hamill
15. *Mikhail Khordokovsky
16. Osama bin Laden
17. *Laurent Gbagbo
18. *Alassane Ouatarra
19. Elizabeth II
20. Pope Benedict XVI


-Jrabbit (Vicious Rabbits)

1. Zsa Zsa Gabor
2. *Dave Brubeck
3. Dolores Hope
4. *Penny Marshall
5. Herman Wouk
6. Vo Nguyen Giap
7. Michael Douglas
8. Kim Jong-il
9. *R. Sargent Shriver
10. *Ray Bradbury
11. Aretha Franklin
12. *Run Run Shaw
13. Kirk Douglas
14. Fidel Castro
15. *George McGovern
16. Steven Jobs
17. Osama bin Laden
18. *Harmon Killebrew
19. B.B. King
20. *Boris Spassky


Krill (Why Invent The Wheel Twice)

1. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Magrahi
2. Ronnie Biggs
3. *Anna Wing
4. Zsa Zsa Gabor
5. Fidel Castro
6. Kim Jong-Il
7. Margaret Thatcher
8. Elizabeth II
9. Prince Phillip Duke of Edinburgh
10. *Fats Domino
11. Nelson Mandela
12. Sir Patrick Moore
13. Yizhak Shamir
14. *Hugh Hefner
15. *Ronnie Corbett
16. *Vasily Aleksanyan
17. *Silvio Burlusconi
18. *Donald Neilson
19. *Basil D'Oliveira
20. *Terry Pratchett


Ming -- Never Say Die

1. *Mickey Rooney
2. *Charlie Watts
3. *Dick Van Dyke
4. Jerry Lewis
5. *Michael Aspel
6. *Rabbi Philip Berg
7. *Shane MacGowan
8. Chuck Berry
9. Ronnie Biggs
10. Fidel Castro
11. *Lesley Ash
12. *Andy Bell
13. Rev. Billy Graham
14. Stephen Hawking
15. *Ozzy Osbourne
16. Jimmy Carter
17. Kirk Douglas
18. *Michael J. Fox
19. *Mahmoud Abbas
20. Larry Hagman


MRT144

1. Dick Cheney
2. *Roger Ebert
3. Andy Rooney
4. BB King
5. Billy Graham
6. Fidel Castro
7. Michael Douglas
8. Kirk Douglas
9. Kim Jong Il
10. *Fred Phelps
11. *Barbara Walters
12. *William Shatner
13. *Regis Philbin
14. *Mikhail Gorbachov
15. *Lou Holtz
16. *Pat Summerall
17. Clint Eastwood
18. *Ross Perot
19. Louis Farrakhan
20. *Gene Wilder


Omni Rex Draconis (New World Order)

1. *King Bhumibol
2. *Luis Echeverría
3. Yitzhak Shamir
4. Margaret Thatcher
5. Fidel Castro
6. Henry Kissinger
7. Prince Philip
8. Dick Cheney
9. Kim Jong-Il
10. Helmut Kohl
11. Jimmy Carter
12. Hosni Mubarak
13. Nguyen Giap
14. *Ayatollah Aki Khamenei
15. Ariel Sharon
16. *Abdelaziz Bouteflika
17. *King Sihanouk
18. *Princess Lilian of Sweden
19. George H. W. Bush
20. *Gough Whitlam


OneFootInTheGrave

1. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
2. Bernard Madoff
3. Henry Kissinger
4. Robert Mugabe
5. *Peter Carington
6. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
7. Julian Assange
8. *Ivo Sanader
9. Dick Cheney
10. *Karl Rove
11. *Donald Rumsfeld
12. Margaret Thatcher
13. Kim Jong Il
14. *Scott Weiland
15. Elizabeth Taylor
16. Pope Benedict XVI
17. *Rod Blagojevich
18. *Alan Greenspan
19. Warren Buffet
20. Steve Jobs


OzzyKP (Charon’s Canoe)

1. Aretha Franklin
2. Oscar Niemeyer
3. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
4. Fidel Castro
5. *Robin Rogers
6. Kirk Douglas
7. Yitzhak Shamir
8. *Billy Graham (wrestler)
9. Margaret Thatcher
10. John Paul Stevens
11. Betty Ford
12. *Keith Richards
13. Ronnie Biggs
14. Muhammad Ali
15. Zsa Zsa Gabor
16. Ariel Sharon
17. Kim Jong-il
18. Michael Douglas
19. *Eli Wallach
20. Herman Wouk



Perfection (Giant Death Robots)

1. *Kenny Baker
2. *Anthony Daniels
3. *William Daniels
4. *Dick Tufeld
5. *Rutger Hauer
6. *Dean Stockwell
7. *Peter Weller
8. *Lee Majors
9. *Sean Young
10. *Brent Spiner
11. *John DiMaggio
12. *Arnold Schwarzenegger
13. *Robert Patrick
14. *Kristanna Loken
15. *Tricia Helfer
16. *Alan Tudyk
17. *Tim Blaney
18. *Alice Krige
19. *Peter Cullen
20. *Frank Welker



Robert Plomp (Life Kills)

1. Kim Jong Il
2. *Geert Wilders
3. Ariel Sharon
4. *Christopher Lee
5. Aretha Franklin
6. Britney Spears
7. *George W. Bush
8. *Morgan Freeman
9. Robert Mugabe
10. *Stefani Germanotta (Lady GaGa)
11. Michael Douglas
12. *Bill Cosby
13. Zsa Zsa Gabor
14. *Andy Whitfield
15. Jeff Conaway
16. *Andrew Lloyd Webber
17. *Steven Tyler
18. Jack Lalanne
19. *Roman Polański
20. Elizabeth Taylor



SlowwHand (Dallas Dead Dwarf Tossers)

1. Zsa Zsa Gabor
2. Fidel Castro
3. Kim Jong Il
4. *Tony Bennett
5. Dick Clark
6. Margaret Thatcher
7. Kirk Douglas
8. Michael Douglas
9. Jack Nicholson
10. Sean Connery
11. *John McCain
12. Andy Rooney
13. Jimmy Carter
14. George H. W. Bush
15. Olivia De Havilland
16. Billy Graham
17. *Mike Wallace
18. Jack LaLanne
19. Stephen Hawking
20. Ernest Borgnine



solomwi (Hearse Chasers)

1. *Artie Lange
2. Billy Graham
3. Muhammad Ali
4. *Rev. Sun Myung Moon
5. Elizabeth Taylor
6. Margaret Thatcher
7. Dick Clark
8. *Ronnie Hawkins
9. John Paul Stevens
10. Nancy Reagan
11. Louis Farrakhan
12. Don King
13. *Than Shwe
14. Oscar Niemeyer
15. *Jack Kevorkian
16. Vo Nguyen Giap
17. *Y. A. Tittle
18. Fidel Castro
19. Larry Hagman
20. *Darryl Strawberry


Stonesfan

1. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
2. Kim Jong-Il
3. Aretha Franklin
4. *King Abdullah (Saudi)
5. Fidel Castro
6. BB King
7. *Marcia Strassman
8. Michael Douglas
9. Bernie Madoff
10. *Steven Adler
11. *Drew Carey
12. Peter Falk
13. Julian Assange
14. *Mick Taylor
15. Lindsay Lohan
16. Elizabeth Taylor
17. *Harry Morgan
18. Jeff Conaway
19. *Zakk Wylde
20. Jerry Lewis


Tuberski (Death's Litterbox)

1. *Steven Seagal
2. *Bum Phillips
3. *Bob Barker
4. *Sherwood Schwartz
5. *George Kennedy
6. Olivia de Havilland
7. Sean Connery
8. *Carol Burnett
9. *Gloria Vanderbilt
10. *Lee Iacocca
11. *Stan Musial
12. *Bob Gibson
13. Jack LaLanne
14. Don King
15. Yitzhak Shamir
16. *Gary Owens
17. *Richard Sanders
18. *Cloris Leachman
19. *Dick Vitale
20. *Ray Harryhausen



Wezil (Canadian Cadaver Dogs)

1. *Christopher Hitchens
2. Ronnie Biggs
3. Abdelbaset Al Megrahi
4. Peter Falk
5. Margaret Thatcher
6. Louis Farrakhan
7. Betty Ford
8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
9. Billy Graham
10. *Derryn Hinch
11. Jerry Lewis
12. *Liz Dawn
13. Michael Douglas
14. Kirk Douglas
15. Fidel Castro
16. Patrick Moore
17. *John Hartson
18. Elizabeth Taylor
19. Nelson Mandela
20. *Gore Vidal

[Wezil]

Top Ten 2011 Picks

(Last Year) Celebrity - Times Chosen

1. (1) Castro, Fidel - 15
2. (-) Kim, Jong-Il - 10
2. (3) Thatcher, Margaret - 10
4. (5) Douglas, Kirk - 8
4. (-) Douglas, Michael - 8
4. (5) Gabor, Zsa Zsa - 8
7. (2) Graham, Billy - 7
8. (10) Al Megrahi, Abdelbaset - 6
8. (10) King, B.B. - 6
8. (-) Shamir, Yitzhak - 6


Celebs who have died for the cause

2008 (13)

January 19 - Suzanne Pleshette (70)
January 27 – Suharto (86)
January 27 – Gordon Hinkley (97)
February 5 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (94)
March 19 – Arthur C. Clarke (90)
April 5 – Charlton Heston (84)
April 29 – Albert Hoffman (102)
July 11 - Dr. Michael DeBakey (99)
July 22 - Estelle Getty (84)
October 31 – Louis “Studs” Terkel (96)
December 17 – Samuel Baugh (94)
December 18 – William Mark Felt Sr. (95)
December 24 – Harold Pinter (78)


2009 (16)

January 14 – Ricardo Montalban (88)
February 28 – Paul Harvey (90)
March 28 – Maurice Jarre (84)
May 7 – Ian Cundy (64)
June 25 – Farrah Fawcett (62)
June 25 – Michael Jackson (50)
July 1 – Karl Malden (97)
July 31 – Bobby Robson (76)
August 11 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver (88)
August 13 – Les Paul (94)
August 18 – Robert Novak (78)
August 25 – Edward “Ted” Kennedy (77)
September 14 – Patrick Swayze (57)
October 30 – Claude Levi-Strauss (100)
November 15 – Patriarch Pavel of Serbia (95)
December 15 – Oral Roberts (91)


2010 (16)

January 11 - Miep Gies (100)
January 19 - Jennifer Lyon (37)
January 27 - JD Salinger (91)
February 9 - Phil Harris (53)
February 14 - Doug Fieger (57)
February 20 - Alexander Haig (85)
March 10 - Michael Foot (96)
May 4 - Ernie Harwell (92)
May 9 - Lena Horne (92)
June 4 - John Wooden (99)
June 28 - Robert Byrd (92)
July 13 - George Steinbrenner (80)
September 29 - Tony Curtis (85)
October 4 - Sir Norman Wisdom (95)
October 14 - Simon MacCorkindale (58)
October 30 - Harry Mulisch (83)

[Wezil]

I declare the 2011 game underway.

[Hauldren Collider]

Hilton, Paris Skank 17-Feb-81

[Tuberski]

Perfection's list is awesome.

Death Robots

ACK!

[Solomwi]

Wezil

[Guynemer]

Indeed, Wezil is the man.

[-Jrabbit]

Wezil

[Perfection]

Wezil

[Wezil]

Thanks everyone. I enjoy running the pool and quite frankly there could be no dead pool without the players. The appreciation runs both ways.


Perfection - Link won't play here.

[Perfection]

You're too good for Canada, GTFO!

[Wezil]

I can't go south. Too fundie and draconian for me. I'd last about two weeks before being arrested.

[Perfection]

There might be another option: Where in Ontario are you?

[SlowwHand]

You'd be safe in Texas. Your association with me would guarantee it. All you have to do is supply the weed.

[Perfection]

Question, since "Apolyton site members, staff and family members are STRICTLY FORBIDDEN as list picks", can I invalidate my opponents' picks by getting celebrities and their family members to post on Apolyton?

[SlowwHand]

Yeah, why don't you do that? You're so much a part of "the in crowd". How about this? It's still a long-shot, but try getting a grip. Now you have a somewhat realistic goal to work towards.

[Perfection]

Yeah, why don't you do that?

Well, that would be unethical and counter to the spirit of the game. Wezil worked vary hard to make this, and I would hate to see it ruined by such dirty underhanded tricks.

[SlowwHand]

You're a swell guy.

[DaShi]

My team should be called the DaShi Pissers.

[Wezil]

Done.

[OzzyKP]

Perfection's list is awesome.

Death Robots

ACK!

[Wezil]

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is hospitalized again and will have part of a leg
amputated, according to her representative.

John Blanchette said cancerous lesions started appearing on one of
Gabor's legs, and gangrene is imminent. Gabor (seen in 1996 above) was being prepared for surgery Sunday night. Her leg will be amputated below the knee, Blanchette said.

Pretty serious stuff for a 93 year old.

[SlowwHand]

Wow. One thing after another.

[Barnabas]

My death list

1-Fidel Castro
2-Pope Benedict
3-Larry King
4-David Bowie
5-Nelson Mandela
6-Margaret Thatcher
7-Stephen Hawking
8-Christopher Hitchens
9-Zsa Zsa Gabor
10-Lauren Bacall
11-Elton John
12-George Michael
13-Berlusconi
14-Hugo Chavez
15-Raul Castro
16-Kim Jong Il
17-Madonna
18-Hu Kintao
19-Amy Winehouse
20-Julio Iglesias

[Wezil]

As much as I'd like to have you join, you are about 3 days late Barnabas. Deadline for entry was New Years.

[Wezil]

You'd be safe in Texas. Your association with me would guarantee it. All you have to do is supply the weed.

That's what would do me in. They have the death penalty for that don't they (the weed possession bit, not the associating with you...)?

[SlowwHand]

They just don't want people driving around or hanging around public parks.

[Wezil]

(CNN) -- Rock and roll icon Chuck Berry collapsed on stage during a Saturday night performance in Chicago after refusing medical attention earlier in the evening, a representative for the musician and the Chicago Fire Department said.

"He collapsed due to exhaustion, he then came back out to the crowd and did his 'duck walk' dance before leaving for the night," Andy Riesmeyer of CMG Worldwide, an agency that represents Berry, said in a statement Sunday.

Berry was unable to complete the show, Riesmeyer said.

Riesmeyer said Sunday that Berry, 84, "is fine" and that he has returned to his home outside St. Louis.

A couple teams picked him but it appears Chuck is too busy for death.