The 2012 Off Topic Celebrity Dead Pool

embalmer42 · May 21, 2012, 10:03

Originally Posted by Wezil

2012 has not been a good year for aging disco stars.

I'll sort it out tomorrow morning. GoT awaits...

Some people should really learn to sort out their priorities.

Uncle Sparky · May 22, 2012, 23:32

Eugene Polley died today - he invented the Flash-Matic in the 50s, the 1st TV wireless remote. Couch Potatoes would not exist without this man!

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/n...s-television-r

Ming · May 23, 2012, 08:57

They included that on the FRONT PAGE of the Wall Street Journal this morning... granted, just a sentence, but it was there

-Jrabbit · May 29, 2012, 20:58

Another one of the all-time greats has passed. RIP, Doc...

Doc Watson, Folk Musician, Dies at 89
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Published: May 29, 2012

Doc Watson, the guitarist and folk singer whose flat-picking style elevated the acoustic guitar to solo status in bluegrass and country music, and whose interpretations of traditional American music profoundly influenced generations of folk and rock guitarists, died on Tuesday in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was 89.

Mr. Watson, who had been blind since he was a year old, died in a hospital after recently undergoing abdominal surgery

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/30/ar...ml?_r=1&emc=na

Ming · May 30, 2012, 09:00

The way this year is going, if I had just randomly picked a bunch of musicians, I might have scored my first "death" in years

DaShi · May 30, 2012, 17:41

Question: How many points do you get if you die?

Wezil · May 30, 2012, 17:44

Dying will earn you a 25 point penalty immediately +1 point penalty for every day you continue with the tactic.

Lorizael · May 30, 2012, 17:57

Ah, so that was faded glory's plan.

-Jrabbit · May 30, 2012, 18:48

It's not even June and I'm starting to worry about this year's outcome. Seems I picked all the wrong musicians.

Wezil · May 30, 2012, 19:33

Slump season.

It happens to the best of them.

Ming · May 30, 2012, 19:37

Originally Posted by Wezil

Slump season.

It happens to the best of them.

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA... Some of us have had Slump seasons...

Wezil · May 30, 2012, 19:47

We'd send you to the minors Ming but this is the minors.

Looks like we're stuck with you.

ColdWizard · May 30, 2012, 22:33

My four hits are in my top six, so I'm doing disturbingly well.

Dinner · May 31, 2012, 00:08

Originally Posted by Ming

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA... Some of us have had Slump seasons...

I've only been playing this year but so far my slump season started on Jan 1st.

DaShi · May 31, 2012, 18:31

My memory has me winning last year. This year as well, until I look at the scores again.

-Jrabbit · May 31, 2012, 19:56

Stick with conscious self-deception. You'll feel better about life.
And death.

ColdWizard · June 1, 2012, 18:57

Jack Twyman and Orlando Woolridge have passed away.

-Jrabbit · June 2, 2012, 20:16

Actress Kathryn Joosten, 72, has died from lung cancer.
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RIP, Mrs. Landingham...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/show...ies-at-72.html

Wezil · June 3, 2012, 11:12

PLATO receives his first ever Dead Pool hit.

Survey says...

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.—Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom Hogan’s Heroes and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show Family Feud has died. He was 79.

Dawson, also known to TV fans as the Cockney POW Cpl. Peter Newkirk on Hogan’s Heroes, died Saturday night from complications related to esophageal cancer at Ronald Reagan Memorial hospital, his son Gary said.

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment...ead-at-79?bn=1

A Unique Pick for PLATO (Rank 11)

= (171 - 11) + (100 - 79) + 25
=206 points

Krill · June 4, 2012, 12:17

Prince Philip taken to hospital with bladder infection

The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital with a bladder infection, Buckingham Palace says.

Prince Philip, who is 90, had treatment for a blocked coronary artery in December.

The news comes ahead of a Diamond Jubilee concert due to be held at the palace on Monday evening.

The event will be attended by 12,000 people and will end with the Queen due to light one of 4,500 beacons across the world marking her 60-year reign.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18325522

Prince Phillip is the road runner to Death's Wile E Coyote.

DaShi · June 4, 2012, 18:04

I hope so.

Wezil · June 5, 2012, 15:32

Ozzy may have a hit.

A U.S. drone strike has killed al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, an American official said Tuesday, a significant blow to the terror network that has lost a string of top leaders since the death of Osama bin Laden last year.

Abu Yahya al-Libi was considered a media-savvy, charismatic leader who escaped from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan and helped preside over the transformation of al-Qaeda into a terror movement aimed at winning converts around the world.

Mr. al-Libi was the latest in the dozen-plus senior commanders removed in the clandestine U.S. war against al-Qaeda since Navy SEALs killed Mr. bin Laden.

The American official who confirmed Mr. al-Libi’s death said no one left in al-Qaeda comes close to replacing the expertise the group has just lost. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.

Mr. al-Libi was killed Monday morning. Pakistani officials had previously said that eight militants died in a drone strike in the Pakistani village of Khassu Khel in the North Waziristan tribal area.

Mr. al-Libi, a hero in militant circles for his 2005 escape from an American military prison in Afghanistan, was elevated to al-Qaeda’s No. 2 spot when Ayman al-Zawahri rose to replace Mr. bin Laden shortly after the terror leader was killed on May 2, 2011.

The State Department’s Rewards for Justice program had set a $1-million reward for information leading to Mr. al-Libi, who had filmed numerous propaganda videos urging attacks on U.S. targets.

Militants and residents in the area told Pakistani agents that Mr. al-Libi was in the house when it was hit, Pakistani intelligence officials said. They said the mud and brick house was destroyed in the attack. A vehicle used by Mr. al-Libi was destroyed during the strike, said one of the officials.

A local Taliban chief said earlier Monday that Mr. al-Libi was not present at the house, though his guard and driver were killed in the attack.

The intelligence officials also declined to be identified because they were not authorized to talk to the media. The Taliban chief spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being targeted by the Pakistani army.