The Off Topic 2008 Celebrity Dead Pool

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by Wezil
Only 5 of our 15 players have scored points.

At least I'm not alone. Sucking by yourself is way less fun than sucking with other people.

[SlowwHand]

I ain't going there, but my luck is as always. If I voted they'd live, they'd be dropping like flies.

[-Jrabbit]

In fact, every single person who has died this year was not on your list.






I'm a little scared.

[SlowwHand]

Sorry, bud. I should have put you on my list.

[-Jrabbit]

Well, technically, I'm not famous enough to qualify. But it's good to know that you have no great desire to see me dead.

[LotC]

At the rate things are going, I'll be happy if one of my picks pays off. Ok, maybe happy isn't the most appropriate word but it's the first one that came to mind.

My second reserve, the US economy, is coming along well. I'm thinking a corpse will show up by the end of Q3 2008.

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Well, technically, I'm not famous enough to qualify. But it's good to know that you have no great desire to see me dead.

I might qualify.

Put me on your list Sloww!

[Wezil]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Well, technically, I'm not famous enough to qualify. But it's good to know that you have no great desire to see me dead.

We're all about caring here at the Dead Pool.

LotC - What form will the corpse take?

Ozzy - Yeah, I've seen you on the TV (and I don't watch TV). I'm not sure you would get the obit press required to be a candidate yet, but you are still young.

[OzzyKP]

Are you saying I'd be worth more points...

[Wezil]

That wasn't what I was saying but I understand how you may have heard it that way.

[embalmer42]

Originally posted by Wezil
Are you kidding? embalmer would be a mad dog on the loose.

Don't worry.....I've been making a list and checking it twice

[LotC]

Originally posted by Wezil

LotC - What form will the corpse take?

Perhaps a large bundle of unread WSJs sitting in a pool of red ink.

[Krill]

[q=BBC]
Second night in hospital for duke
Police guard door of King Edward VII's Hospital

The Duke of Edinburgh is spending a second night in hospital for assessment and treatment for a chest infection.

Prince Philip was taken to the King Edward VII's Hospital in London on Thursday after developing a heavy cold.

The 86-year-old had been forced to cancel engagements, including his attendance at a memorial service for Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary.

Royal officials have emphasised that the hospital stay is a matter of precaution rather than emergency.

Earlier this week, Buckingham Palace said the prince had a "heavy cold" and asked for some engagements to be cancelled.

His last official public role was during French President Nicolas Sarkozy's state visit to Britain on 26 March.

But a spokeswoman said that none of Philip's engagements for next week had been cancelled.

The duke is said to have brought in correspondence and paperwork to occupy himself during the hospital visit.

He is being treated by Professor John Cunningham, whose speciality is general medicine.

The duke is known for his active life-style and robust health.

Most of his previous ailments and injuries have been sports-related and even as an octogenarian he has continued to compete in carriage-driving competitions.

Dr John Moore-Gillan, a lung specialist at St Barts and the Royal London Hospitals, told the BBC: "Whenever people hear that someone has been admitted to hospital, particularly when they're in their mid-80s, it's understandable that they are concerned.

"But the overwhelming majority of people with chest infections are going to make a rapid and complete recovery and that is particularly the case when they are generally fit and healthy for their age." [/q]

...I hope he makes a full recovery. I don't want to have to watch another state funeral on tv.

[-Jrabbit]

Legendary Actor Charlton Heston Dead at 84

Published: April 6, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84.

Heston spokesman Bill Powers says the actor died Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills with his wife Lydia was at his side.

Heston revealed in 2002 that he had symptoms consistent with Alzheimer's disease, saying, "I must reconcile courage and surrender in equal measure."

With his large, muscular build, well-boned face and sonorous voice, Heston proved the ideal star during the period when Hollywood was filling movie screens with panoramas depicting the religious and historical past. "I have a face that belongs in another century," he often remarked.

NY Times story

[Darius871]