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So, it is once again that time of year when our thoughts turn to the future and the natural morbid curiosity which lies within us all idly begins to wonder who's going to kick the bucket in the next twelve months.

And seeing as this is the Circus, we shall make a game out of it . So, I am pleased to announce the 2011 Ship of Fools Celebrity Death Pool.

This OP is largely the same as last year, so if you're an old hand at this game there won't be any surprises. If you've not partaken of this seasonal delight in the past, then please read the introduction and rules below.

For the uninitiated, the gist of it is that you have to pick who is going to die in the next calendar year. If one of your choices does pop their clogs, you are awarded points as explained below. The winner is the person with the most points. The deadline for posting your list is the end of this year (which we shall take to be 23.59 GMT on December 31st, 2010) and if you miss this deadline you will not be able to take any further part.

So, have fun, think carefully, and read the rules below!

1. You must pick 13 well-known people whom you think will shuffle off this mortal coil in 2011. That is, starting from 00.01 GMT on January 1st 2011 and ending at 23.59 GMT on December 31st 2011.
2. The definition of well-known is that their deaths will be reported by at least one major news outlet. Examples outlets include (but are not limited to) The Guardian, CNN, IMDB, or CNNSI.
3. All selections must be real people: No fictional characters, please.
4. Points are awarded according to the following formula: the celebrity's age at the time of death subtracted from 100. For example, if the person you choose dies at the age of 67, you will earn 33 points.
5. You earn 50 bonus points if the death occurs in such a way as to clearly prove the existence of God (for example, if some doofus dies from burns after trying to torch a church).
6. You cannot choose anyone under the age of 18.
7. You can choose an inmate scheduled to be executed, but you only earn points if the person dies by some means other than the state-sponsored execution. For example, a shiv in the stomach counts, lethal injection does not.
8. You are disqualified if you contribute in any way to the death of one of your chosen candidates. The one exception is if you are a police officer or member of the armed services and kill someone in the line of duty.
9. All entries must be submitted on this thread no later than 23.59 GMT on December 31st 2010. No entries will be accepted after this time. You may however make changes to your list up until this time, but only if someone pops their clogs before the beginning of the year or you've put someone in twice.

• This is only a game,
• These are not death "Wish Lists" - You choose who you think might die, not who you want to die.
• The Circus is the place for games, not discussion, so debating the rights and wrongs of what we are doing should be done somewhere else.

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• Andy Dick
• Bill Clinton
• Bret Michaels
• Charlie Sheen
• David Hasselhoff
• Louis Gossett, Jr.
• Penny Marshall
• Pete Doherty
• Rush Limbaugh
• Zsa Zsa Gabor

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• Christopher Hitchens
• Melanie Griffith
• Roger Ebert

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Originally posted by comet:

Michael Douglas

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Originally posted by Deckhand:
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My problem in adding to this thread is that with half the people listed I thought they were dead already - does anyone know of a good internet source of 'not dead yet' information?!
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Originally posted by the pilgrim:
1. the rev. Billy Graham
2. the rev. Benny Hinn
3. the rev. Bishop T.D. Jakes
4. the rev. Ian Paisley
5. the rev. Fred W. Phelps Sr.
6. the rev. Martin Gordon "Pat" Robertson
7. the rev. Bishop V. Gene Robinson
8. the rev. Robert H. Schuller
9. the rev. Bishop John Shelby Spong
10. the rev. Martin Ssempa
11. the rev. Bishop Desmond Tutu
12. the rev. Rick Warren
13. the rev. Jeremiah Wright

A bad year for clergy, good and bad.

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Three of them are Rt Rev!

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"May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing

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• Jaques Chirac
• Val Doonican
• Michael Douglas
• Bruce Forsyth
• Barry Manilow
• Robert Mugabe
• Ennio Morricone
• Ian Paisley
• HRH Prince Philip
• William Roache
• Anne Robinson
• Delia Smith
• Margaret Thatcher

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• Dick Cheney
• Larry Flynt
• Bryant Gumbel
• Michael Douglas
• Aretha Franklin
• Pete Doherty
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi
• Harmid Karzai
• Jalal Talabani
• Bret Michaels
• Stephen Hawking
• Amy Winehouse

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Originally posted by Surfing Madness:
Usually only remember about this in January, so this is my first year of actually playing. Going with a themed list.
1) Tom Baker
2) Peter Davidson
3) Colin Baker
4) Sylvester McCoy
5) Paul McGann
6) Christopher Eccleston
7) David Tennant
8) Matt Smith
9) Carole Ann Ford
10) William Russell
11) Peter Purves
12) Bob Baker
13) Russell T Davies

Also amusaed that this will be post 666 for me on the ship!

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I think the rest of us can go home and revisit this thread early January 2012.

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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"

(Paul Sinha, BBC)

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1. Seve Ballesteros
2. Fidel Castro
3. Jackie Charlton
4. David Frost
5. Nick Griffen
6. Stephen Hawking
7. Hamid Karzai
8. Rupert Murdoch
9. Cecile Richards
10. Margaret Thatcher
11. Mordechai Vanunu
12. Michael Douglas
13. Amy Winehouse

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Originally posted by Jahlove:
1. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi - the "Lockerbie Bomber"

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