Happy New Year, you sick bastards! Here are the lists I have so far. It is not too late to turn one in. There is no money here to fight over, so who cares? Of course, that is easy for me to say, since I usually win. Sometime today I will post the winner for 2013.
The rules are posted somewhere, but it's pretty straightforward. Generally speaking, the winner is the person who guessed the most correct dead celebrities. The top teams and guessers generally have 2 or 3 of their 10 who turn up dead. That is all it takes. If there is a tie breaker, it generally goes to whomever's picks were the youngest. Obviously, it is more impressive to guess someone who is 27 that is going to die versus someone who was 90.
Now, there is this business of an 'alternate'. What that is for is if you sent me your list on Christmas, and one of your picks died between Christmas and New Years, you still get 10 names in. This is the only time an alternate pick is rewarded. Let's look at a real life example. This last year (2013) Roy had Maggie Thatcher as his alternate. She died during 2013, but he gets no credit for it.
Now, if you are a really sick bastard, there are websites that will update you every time a celeb dies. This is one I use. It shoots me an email every time someone of note passes. It's great. They have no spam, and it's totally free.
It should be noted that Abe Vigoda is still alive. Abe Vigoda is the father of celebrity death pools, since he has been incorrectly assumed and reported dead for a good 20 years.
** update as for April 2014 > the bodies are piling up. Most notably, a LOT of you had Mickey Rooney
Julie N
1.
Lindsay Lohan
2.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
3.
Stephen Hawking
5.
Jan Michael Vincent
6.
Fidel Castro
7.
Rose Marie
8.
Jake La Motta
1. Valerie
Harper
Alternate: Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger aka Pope Benedict XVI
Roy
N
1.
George
W H Bush
2.
Prince
Phillip
3.
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
4.
Stephen
Hawking
5.
Nancy
Reagan
6.
Billy
Graham
7.
Lawrence
Walsh
8.
Fidel
Castro
9.
Bob
Dole
1 Helmut Schmidt
Alternate:
Eli Wallach
Kevin L
2.
Sid
Cesar
4.
Zsa
Zsa Gabor *
5.
Lindsay
Lohan
6.
George
Bush Sr
7.
Fidel
Castro
9.
Nancy
Reagan
Alternate Billy Graham
Deron M
1.
Fidel
Castro
2.
Billy
Graham
3.
Fidel
Castro
4.
Jake
LaMotta
5.
Amanda
Bynes
6.
Kirk
Douglas
7.
Mickey
Rooney
8.
Jimmy
Carter
9.
Hugh
Hefner
1 Michael Schumacher
aalternate
1 Joseph Ratzinger
Chris M
1.
Il Papa Benedictus XVI
2.
Alex Trebek
3.
Billy Graham
4.
Olivia de Havilland
5.
Nancy Reagan
6.
Mickey Rooney
7.
Doc Severinsen
8.
Robert Dole
9.
Randy Travis
1 Jahi
McMath
* editors note - Chris has no alternate
Erin M’s list
1.
Beverly
Clearly
2.
Nancy
Reagan
3.
IM
Pei
4.
Maureen
O’Hara
5.
Tom
Lehrer
6.
Fats
Domino
7.
Carl
Reiner
8.
Mel
Brooks
9.
Zsa
Zsa *
10. Kirk Douglas
Alt – Don Pardo
* I am not adding 'Gabor'. I am pretty confident that there is not a melange of Zsa Zsas out there.
Sage
Stan Lee
B B King
Kirk Douglas
Michael Douglas
Billy Graham
Terry Pratchett
Barbara Bush
George Bush Sr
Lindsey Lohan
Zsa Zsa
Jamie
1. James Avery
Sage
Stan Lee
B B King
Kirk Douglas
Michael Douglas
Billy Graham
Terry Pratchett
Barbara Bush
George Bush Sr
Lindsey Lohan
Zsa Zsa
Jamie
That's it... That's all I got.
2. Lance Armstrong... One of the weirdest stories ever.
Still waiting for the movie...
3. Yes I would take a pill if it would make me a better
teacher.
4. Who broke up Wing? (editors note. Allen Klein)
additional editors note. i have reason to believe Jamie's lists consists only of the name 'James Avery'. However, since it is a bit short, I am leaving the entirety of his email reply to me (out of context, of course) in. So... what the hell? Maybe Lance Armstrong will die, and he will win it all. It could certainly happen, I mean... think about it. He is hated and villified, he is dead broke, and he has destroyed his body with roids and cancer.
additional editors note. i have reason to believe Jamie's lists consists only of the name 'James Avery'. However, since it is a bit short, I am leaving the entirety of his email reply to me (out of context, of course) in. So... what the hell? Maybe Lance Armstrong will die, and he will win it all. It could certainly happen, I mean... think about it. He is hated and villified, he is dead broke, and he has destroyed his body with roids and cancer.
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