The 2011 Off Topic Celebrity Dead Pool

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Nobody had him... The alpha list of selected people

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Nobody had had Don Kirshner either... RIP

LAS VEGAS – Don Kirshner, a rock promoter and music publisher who helped garner hits for the make-believe groups The Monkees and The Archies and boosted the careers of Billy Joel, Neil Diamond and the Police, has died. He was 76.

Promoter Jack Wishna, a close friend and business associate, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Kirshner, whom Time magazine once dubbed "The Man with the Golden Ear," was in a hospital in Boca Raton being treated for an infection when he died on Monday.

"Donny Kirshner would take a kid off the street ... and turn him into Neil Diamond, Carole King, James Taylor, on and on," Wishna said. "I haven't spoken to anyone in the music business that Donny hasn't either discovered, promoted, or touched in some way.

"I've never seen anybody like this in my life," he said.

The Bronx-born Kirshner started off in the business as a songwriter, penning "My First Love" for Bobby Darin. But he had more success in tapping songwriting talents like Diamond, King and Neil Sedaka.

Kirshner's songwriters were tapped in the 1960s to create music for a group manufactured for TV — The Monkees. They became a huge sensation in both the TV and the rock world and had hits including "I'm a Believer," which Diamond wrote.

Kirshner also was behind the music that made magic for The Archies, based off the comic strip characters, including the classic "Sugar Sugar."

[SlowwHand]

We're on a roll.

[Thorn]

You people are sick, betting on when people will die! You should be ashamed of yourselves, didn't your mothers teach you anything?

[-Jrabbit]

Nobody had him... The alpha list of selected people

Look again -- Wezil had him alpha under Sargent, not Shriver.

9. *R. Sargent Shriver

First blood and unique pick.

[-Jrabbit]

You people are sick, betting on when people will die! You should be ashamed of yourselves, didn't your mothers teach you anything?

No betting is involved. And if you don't like it, stay away.

Warning: If you don't stay away, you'll end up like DaShi.

[Thorn]

Pllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllzzzz i've been like DaShi more times then i can count. All i'm saying its poor taste or lack of manners, the only thing i like about living in the South is manners and people being polite, well until the northerners keep invading that is.

[Thorn]

letme guess the winner gets the title Grimm Reaper?!

[germanos]

You people are sick, betting on when people will die! You should be ashamed of yourselves, didn't your mothers teach you anything?

****, yeah!

[-Jrabbit]

letme guess the winner gets the title Grimm Reaper?!

Yup. See my sig.

[Thorn]

Ok, fine no touching me and i'll leave the thread alone.

[-Jrabbit]

Pllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllzzzz i've been like DaShi more times then i can count. All i'm saying its poor taste or lack of manners, the only thing i like about living in the South is manners and people being polite, well until the northerners keep invading that is.

If you like manners and politeness, WTF are you doing here??

[Hauldren Collider]

I'm still waiting for the Ivory Coast situation to be brought to a violent end...

[Wezil]

Look again -- Wezil had him alpha under Sargent, not Shriver.

Oops.

First blood and unique pick.

Well done.

I'll update everything tomorrow.

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So much for the alpha list