The 2013 Off Topic Celebrity Dead Pool

[embalmer42]

So Todd Bridges outlives them all? It's a very strange world...

Makes one think, does it not?

[-Jrabbit]

Makes me think, "You're next..."

[Guynemer]

3) Selfish reason - I would lose a Unique Pick were Guy's 21st choice moved up now. I lost a Unique Pick (or two) last year with the addition of the late submission rules and don't particularly want to see it happen again this year with another after the fact rule change.

Man, I don't even remember who #21 was for me.


EDIT: Nevermind, just checked your list. I see who it is.

[Guynemer]

Appreciated.

Also should say that, no, it is I (are, really, we) who appreciate all of your work on this. Don't appreciate me for anything; I'm a raging *******.

[embalmer42]

Also should say that, no, it is I (are, really, we) who appreciate all of your work on this. Don't appreciate me for anything; I'm a raging *******.

Maybe you two should get a room.....

[ColdWizard]

Looks like PLATO and Jr hit on Stan Musial.

St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - Stan Musial, "baseball's perfect knight," has died. The beloved Cardinals legend and Hall of Famer passed away Saturday. He was 92.

Stan "The Man" was born Stanislaw Franciszek Musial on November 21, 1920, in the rural town of Donora, Pennsylvania, located 20 miles south of Pittsburgh.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Musial to their Class D affiliate in Pennsylvania in 1937. They intended the 17-year-old Musial to be a pitcher. Musial rose through the Cardinals' affiliate teams in West Virginia, Dayton Beach, Columbus and Springfield over the next few years. He made his Major League debut on September 17, 1941 at Sportsman's Park.

Just a few years into his Major League career, Musial took time away to answer the call to military service during World War II. He missed the entire 1945 season while serving with the U.S. Navy.

Stan Musial returned from military service the following year and continued to be an all-around threat on the diamond. His hitting prowess was as respected as it was feared by opposing teams and fans.

"Perhaps the most talented ballplayer I ever had the privilege of seeing," former Cardinals broadcaster Harry Caray once said. "And talent, not only because he could hit the ball, he could run like the devil, he was great defensively, he didn't have the greatest throwing arm in the world, but as he got older his arm got stronger...He was close to the epitome of overall baseball skill."

Musial earned his famous nickname during a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the summer of 1946. As the story goes, a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch overheard Dodger fans hollering at Musial whenever he'd approach the batter's box. The reporter later asked a Dodgers team official what the fans were saying. "Here comes 'The Man'," the team official said. The reporter used the nickname in a story about Musial, and it stuck.

Former Cardinals player and current television broadcaster Mike Shannon recalls a nationwide poll was run in the early 1960s--while President Kennedy was still in office--asking people to name the most trusted man in America. Despite the presence of generals, noted political leaders, members of the clergy, etc., Shannon says Stan Musial trumped them all.

Musial is an "unbelievably perfect person," according to Shannon, and forever remained "a true gentleman."

Stan Musial retired September 29, 1963. The Cardinals franchise immediately retired his number '6' jersey. Stan "The Man" held or shared numerous records at the time of his retirement: 17 major league records, 29 National League records and nine All-Star Game records. An enduring testament to his character both on and off the field, Musial was never ejected in 3,026 games.

Musial was a first ballot entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.

When Major League Baseball sought to name its All-Century Team in 1999, an expert panel named Musial as one of its 100 nominees for the team. An online fan vote confirmed Musial's place as one of the 30 players selected for the All-Century Team.

After being inducted into the Hall of Famous Missiourians in 2000, a bronze bust of Stan Musial was placed on display at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.

President Barack Obama presented Stan Musial with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on February 15, 2011, the highest honor that can be bestowed on a civilian.

Stan Musial met his wife, Lillian Labash, as a teenager living in Donora. They married in Florida in May 1940. Lillian Musial died May 3, 2012 at 91. The couple was married for 71 years

[Guynemer]

Holy **** I had no idea Stan the Man was even still alive.

[-Jrabbit]

The personification of what everyone wishes our sports stars were like - a worthy role model.
Amazing player, no scandals, and a true gentleman.

Only got to see him once. He was 40+ and obviously the best player on the field.

RIP, Stan.

[embalmer42]

RIP

[Krill]

Michael Winner: Death Wish director dies aged 77

Film director and newspaper columnist Michael Winner has died, aged 77, his wife Geraldine has confirmed.

Born in Hampstead, London in 1935, he directed films including Scorpio and Death Wish.

He was also famous for his barbed restaurant reviews, written for The Sunday Times under the banner "Winner's Dinners".

Winner had been ill for some time. Last summer, he said liver specialists had given him 18 months to live.

Paying tribute to her husband, Mrs Winner said in a statement: "Michael was a wonderful man, brilliant, funny and generous.

"A light has gone out in my life."

Winner began his career as a journalist and film critic before joining Motion Pictures Limited as a writer and editor in 1956.

His first work as a director was satirical but he became more well known for his action films, especially the violent Death Wish series, starring Charles Bronson.

In later years, he also directed a series of commercials for an insurance company featuring the catchphrase "calm, down dear!"

Two years ago, Prime Minister David Cameron was criticised for addressing the line to a female colleague in the House Of Commons during a debate on the NHS.

For his entry in the 2012 edition of Who's Who, the director listed his interests as "eating, being difficult, making table mats, washing silk shirts" and "doing Pilates badly".

Hit for Bugs (Top of his list FFS) and Coldwizard

[PLATO]

Thanks Stan for a great career and helping to make baseball the U.S. "national passtime".

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

The news reports on Michael Winner don't mention suicide or assisted suicide, so it looks like he went out via natural causes after all.

[Krill]

TBH I'd have thought he would have gone in the summer if he didn't go now

[Wezil]

The news reports on Michael Winner don't mention suicide or assisted suicide, so it looks like he went out via natural causes after all.

I'll give it a couple days. The next DP update will (hopefully) be this weekend.

[Wezil]

Stan Musial was 92 and a pick of two players:

PLATO (13) = (171 - 13) + (100 - 92) = 166 points
-Jrabbit (19) = 160 points


Michael Winner was 77 and a choice of two players:

Bugs ****ing Bunny (1) = (171 - 1) + (100 - 77) = 193 points
ColdWizard (12) = 182 points



5 players are now on the points board but the embalmer still holds the lead.


Good start guys.