The 2013 Off Topic Celebrity Dead Pool

[Wezil]

3 unique hits -

Damon Harris was 62 and a ColdWizard (9) pick - 225 points

C Everett Koop was 96 and a -Jrabbit (18) pick - 182 points

Van Cliburn was 78 and a ColdWizard (4) pick - 214 points

[Wezil]

Indeed. And there's a week-long window open for a grand slam award.

The next celeb death also has a 50 point bonus for the 100th Memorial.


In fact, this would be a good time for players to check their obscure celebs to ensure we haven't already reached the 100th milestone...

[ColdWizard]

Well, barring any previously unreported obscure celebs, Bonnie Franklin is the 100th memorial, having passed away at 69 from pancreatic cancer. Hit for myself and Wezil.

[PLATO]

Well, barring any previously unreported obscure celebs, Bonnie Franklin is the 100th memorial, having passed away at 69 from pancreatic cancer. Hit for myself and Wezil.

Is this a grand slam for you?

[Wezil]

Is this a grand slam for you?

It is.

It should also be a record breaker for points.

[Krill]

Can we start a new game please? This one seems to be over.

[Uncle Sparky]

We should also contact the rest of ColdWizard's pics and warn them.

[ColdWizard]

We should also contact the rest of ColdWizard's pics and warn them.

I'm sure most of them have already been duly informed by their medical professional(s).

[Wezil]

Bonnie Franklin was 69 and a pick of Wezil (5) and ColdWizard (5).

Wezil: (171 - 5) + (100 - 69) + 50 (100th Memorial) = 247 points

ColdWizard: 247 + 100 (Grand Slam) = 347 points

[Wezil]

Can we start a new game please? This one seems to be over.

The rest of us are playing for second barring some sort of death rampage of our own. He's forcing us to up our game.


Bonnie Franklin was the 6th hit for the Derby leader. ColdWizard should consider going pro...

[ColdWizard]

Bonnie Franklin was the 6th hit for the Derby leader. ColdWizard should consider going pro...

Perhaps, though I think your ranked scoring makes a better system.

[Wezil]

The CanPol picks were pretty much for no other reason than I thought they stood a higher chance of being unique than American politicians. I thought I had read about MacEachen being hospitalized so I threw him in (also he is like 90 or something).

You picked the wrong old Liberal.

AMHERSTBURG, Ont. - A funeral service on Saturday remembered Eugene Whelan for the colourful former federal agriculture minister's trademark green Stetson hat and his strong ties to the farming community.

Whelan died at the age of 88 on Tuesday night from complications from a stroke.

[molly bloom]

Robin Sachs:

British actor Robin Sachs, best known for his role in the hit TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, has died at the age of 61.

His villainous character Ethan Rayne was the arch enemy of regular character Giles, played by Anthony Head.

The London-born actor also played the evil General Sarris opposite Tim Allen in Galaxy Quest.

His ex-wife Casey Defranco called him "a wonderful person, extraordinarily talented as an actor."

Staff on his official website wrote: "Please join us in raising a glass to Robin - goodbye, dear friend. Thank you for all the laughter and the cookies. We will miss you so very much."

Sachs' first role was with the British Hammer film studio, in the movie Vampire Circus.

He went on to play Adam Carrington in the 1991 miniseries Dynasty: The Reunion when the original actor Gordon Thomson was unavailable.


Sachs was closely associated with science fiction Sachs worked on several sci-fi shows, with appearances in Babylon 5, Star Trek: Voyager and Torchwood: Miracle Day.

His stage work included touring productions of Hamlet and Twelfth Night.

In 1999, he appeared heavily disguised under layers of heavy make-up as the baddie Sarris in the satirical comedy Galaxy Quest, which co-starred Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman.

Later in his career, Sachs provided voices for several video games including Mass Effect 2 and 3 and Resident Evil Damnation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21343137

I watched 'Galaxy Quest' with great enjoyment only last week...

[Wezil]

Perhaps, though I think your ranked scoring makes a better system.

I shamelessly stole my favourite bits from several DP's in designing the Poly version.


Derby has no "rank" so points are entirely based upon celeb age and bonuses. It makes the scoring closer but you still need many hits to be a contender. I usually submit the same team to both Derby and Poly yet despite placing well here most years my best Derby finish is 91st (iirc). It's a tough pool.

[Uncle Sparky]

Bobby Rogers of 'The Miracles' died.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Bobby Rogers, a founding member of the Motown group The Miracles and a collaborator with Smokey Robinson, has died. He was 73.
Motown Museum board member Allen Rawls says Rogers died Sunday morning at his home.
Rogers had been ill for several years. He lived in the Detroit suburb of Southfield.
Rogers formed the group in 1956 with cousin Claudette Rogers, Pete Moore, Ronnie White and Robinson. Their hits included "I Second That Emotion" and "The Tears of a Clown." Rogers and The Miracles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
He shared songwriting credits with Robinson on The Temptations' "The Way You o the Things You Do," The Contours' "First I Look at the Purse" and The Miracles' "Going to a Go-Go."