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  • The 2011 Off Topic Celebrity Dead Pool

    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.
    Last edited by Wezil; January 1, 2012, 13:46.
    "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
    "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

  • #2
    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 ****, 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
    Last edited by Wezil; December 19, 2011, 14:34.
    "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
    "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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    • #3
      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 ****
      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
      Last edited by Wezil; December 19, 2011, 14:30.
      "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
      "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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      • #4
        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)
        Last edited by Wezil; January 13, 2011, 22:14.
        "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
        "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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        • #5
          I declare the 2011 game underway.
          "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
          "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Wezil View Post
            Hilton, Paris Skank 17-Feb-81
            If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
            ){ :|:& };:

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            • #7
              Perfection's list is awesome.

              Death Robots

              ACK!
              Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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              • #8
                Wezil
                Solomwi is very wise. - Imran Siddiqui

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                • #9
                  Indeed, Wezil is the man.
                  "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
                  "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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                  • #10
                    Wezil
                    Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
                    RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms

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                    • #11
                      Wezil
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                      • #12
                        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.
                        "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
                        "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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                        • #13
                          You're too good for Canada, GTFO!
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                          • #14
                            I can't go south. Too fundie and draconian for me. I'd last about two weeks before being arrested.
                            "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
                            "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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                            • #15
                              There might be another option: Where in Ontario are you?
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