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Thread: Circus: 2011 Celebrity Death Pool
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BessLane
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Harry Morgan , who played Col. Potter on M*A*S*H died today, as did singer Dobie Gray.
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Geneviève
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I loved M*A*S*H, and still think it the best TV show ever. Rest in peace, Col. Potter.
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Niteowl
Hopeless Insomniac
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2 Days ago - Alan Sues of Laugh In fame.
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Wm. Shakespeare
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Schroedinger's cat
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M*A*S*H - was totally original, completely awesome, and hilarious. Col Potter was brilliant, with the fantastic way he interacted with so many of the other characters, and brought them together.
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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Piglet
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Another M*A*S*H fan here - it was one of the very few decent comedies to come from that side of the Pond.
RIP Col. Potter.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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I met him, when I was a baby. he came to our homestead and stayed a week. I don't remember, of course, but my mom remembers him as being lovely. and very willing to dive into hauling water and splitting wood and all that stuff. Helluva actor.
that's the second loss from M*A*S*H this year. director Charlie Dubin died in September.
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Sioni Sais
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Another mention for Harry Morgan. I suspected he played himself as Col. Potter, including that no-nonsense streak that could, when necessary, bring God up with a start.
I'll miss Dobie Gray too. Drift Away was a karaoke favourite of mine.
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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lilBuddha
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quote:
Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
Hubert Sumlin, 1931-2011. ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
Rest in peace and rock in glory.
Came here to post this. Glad I am not the only one to remember him here. Shame those he influenced are better remembered than he.
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Sioni Sais
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Brazilian football legend, doctor and political radical Socrates has died at 57. The headline is sensationalist but it's no surprise he died young.
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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Christopher Hitchens.
gone to the Great Big... oh, wait. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
I think we can pray for his soul anyway. a very good writer.
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Amazing Grace
High Church Protestant
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You beat me to it, Comet! I was just confirming he was on my list. (A cursory read shows that Mamacita and Genevieve also had him.)
A lot of moving tributes coming through my feed on FB and Twitter. One I particularly liked, from a guy who is normally playing "the class clown": "I always saved [his] articles to read later. I wanted to be as smart a reader as he was a writer. RIP."
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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FWIW, I'm hoping to update the list, and initiate the 2012 thread this weekend. Sorry things are a little slow. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Brian Clough
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Sparrow
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Originally posted by comet:
Christopher Hitchens.
gone to the Great Big... oh, wait.
I think we can pray for his soul anyway. a very good writer.
"Good evening, Christopher. I think you and I need to have a little talk."
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Tree Bee
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Russell Hoban has died.
As a family we love his Frances the badger books, and Riddley Walker is a novel I can't forget.
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— Woody Guthrie
http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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Kelly Alves
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The Mouse and His Child was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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LeRoc
Famous Dutch pirate
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This week, the angels in Heaven are singing melancholical songs about fishermen who got lost at sea.
One of the greatest voices of the 20th Century was silenced last Saturday. She stopped singing in September for health reasons; she deserved some more time of rest, but it was not to be.
I am a big fan of her.
Cesária Évora, descanse em paz (rest in peace).
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joan knox
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Vaclav Havel is now writing with the angels...
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Hedgehog
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Joe Simon, co-creator of Captain America, died on December 14. Unlike his hero, it is unlikely that he will be brought back to life any time before the Final Judgement.
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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News just in that Kim Jong Il is dead at age 69.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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The BBC report is here.
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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la vie en rouge
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BUGGER.
Another one who'd been on my list every year. That's three so far.
(OTOH, he's presumably kicked his clogs just to spite me because I didn't get my list in on time, so I credit myself with hastening the demise of a bloody little dictator ![[Cool]](cool.gif) )
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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31 points to me for Kim Jong Il!!
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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I had him too! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Piglet
Islander
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I had Kim Jong-il too - this is easily the highest score I've ever had.
BTW, when I checked whether I had him, I noticed points hadn't been added for Jimmy Saville - can that be put right?
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Oh! Yay! I have some points, finally, here near the close of the year!
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Piglet
Islander
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I couldn't resist passing on the following quote from Ed West in the Daily Telegraph:
quote:
... "Kim Jong-Il joins Osama Bin Laden and Gaddafi at the end of what must be the busiest year for Hell's border authorities since 1945".
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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No longer Kim Jong Il, now he's Kim Jong Dead.
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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Sarasa
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I was just looking at this year's list prior to doing next year's and realised I've actually scored points for the first time ever for Kim Jong-il. Now who to add in his slot for next year?
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
No longer Kim Jong Il, now he's Kim Jong Dead.
Quotes file! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Hedgehog
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quote:
Originally posted by Gussie:
I was just looking at this year's list prior to doing next year's and realised I've actually scored points for the first time ever for Kim Jong-il. Now who to add in his slot for next year?
Kim Jong-un?
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Alert for HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Only 10 points potentially, but nearly everyone would have to change their 2012 list
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Japes
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![[Eek!]](eek.gif) I took Prince Philip off my list for 2012 only hours before his health scare! Only alteration I made, as well!
News of his hospitalisation is here.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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From the ridiculous to the sublime (and I know that non-humans don't get a mention in Death Pools), Cheetah died a week ago. He was a genuine movie star and an icon of my childhood afternoons in movie matinees.
![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
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Piglet
Islander
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Blimey - it said in Cheetah's obituary that he was 80 years old. Not that I know anything about these things, but isn't that very old for a chimpanzee?
RIP.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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An article I read because I was curious about that very point says that chimps in captivity usually survive to 60 years. Cheetah lived a very pampered existence I gather. Like the QM surviving well into her 102nd year.
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Piglet
Islander
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I don't know if anyone had Rob Buckman, but as he wrote Out of Practice, which is one of the funniest books I've ever read, I think he deserves an Honourable Mention.
RIP.
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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Okay, any final deaths to report from last year. Given that I probably won't have time to complete the results for a few days, you do have a bit of time to get them in, but not too long.
Watch this space for the final results!
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Brian Clough
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Amazing Grace
High Church Protestant
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Sometimes it takes a couple of days for the reports to filter out, even when deliberate obfuscation (e.g. Kim Jong-Il) is not the goal. I'd say that if nobody hears reports in the next day of people who died Dec 30/31, it should be a wrap.
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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On December 30, Ronald Searle died. No foul play is suspected. All the students of St. Trinian's have adequate alibis.
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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Okay, so I've added up the final scores. The link is here.
There were late surges by several people who picked Hitchens and Kim Jong-Il, but we have a runaway winner (with 209 points!), take a bow Amazing Grace!
Also the Inside Track With The Grim Reaper award goes to Gwai, who scored the first hit of the year on January 4. Very well done.
And finally, the Quantity Not Quality Award happens to be shared between the two highest points scorers, Gwai and Amazing Grace who both predicted an impressive 5 deaths.
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Piglet
Islander
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My best performance by a long way - having never previously had more than one victim (sorry, correct prediction ), I'm in third place.
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Geneviève
Mother-Hatting Cat Lover
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Wow, I managed the top 10! Guess I should have entered for this year.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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tied for fourth! fantastic! I usually get zero. broke that streak two years ago. didn't put much time in this year, though, so I'm not holding my breath.
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Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Jigsaw
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
I don't know if anyone had Rob Buckman, but as he wrote Out of Practice, which is one of the funniest books I've ever read, I think he deserves an Honourable Mention.
RIP.
A bit late with this, but, for Piglet - he was a brilliant, compassionate cancer doctor, despite being very ill himself for a lot of the time, and wrote books about how to listen to people affected by cancer, such as "I Don't Know What To Say".
Oh, and he also wrote, produced and performed in the Royal Marsden Hospital's Christmas Show for a few years- I remember a sketch where a hapless occupational therapist attempted to teach him, as Superman in full costume, how to make a cup of tea "Tea? Tea? But I can leap tall buildings in a single bound"
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Cottontail
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Ah, I have fallen by 11 places. A very mediocre showing. But I have much faith in this year's list.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Congratulations to Amazing Grace and Gwai! And thank you, IF for all the tallying!
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Amazing Grace
High Church Protestant
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quote:
Originally posted by Imaginary Friend:
Okay, so I've added up the final scores. The link is here.
There were late surges by several people who picked Hitchens and Kim Jong-Il, but we have a runaway winner (with 209 points!), take a bow Amazing Grace!
But they couldn't catch up because I had Hitch and CrazyDictatorMan on MY list! Mwuhahahaha!
It wasn't as spectacular a DP double-hit as the day that both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson died, but it was enough to keep me on the top of the board.
<INSERT VICTORY LAP HERE>
I've usually done respectably on the leader board since I discovered where the former multiple deadpool champion of a Usenet group I knew of in the old days was posting her lists. Basically, if someone was alive on her list at the end of the year, I put that person on *mine*. She now posts on The Deadpool as "MCB With Bars" (MCB stands for "Most Cynical Bastard", the title the group used to give). I'm a little apprehensive about my chances for 2012 because she's got Hugo Chavez and Penny Marshall on her list and I removed them from mine in draft. Oh well. Those are the breaks!
Congrats to past Ship champion Gwai for getting the Inside Track award and being my co-champ in # of deaths predicted! I'd also like to thank her for not picking La Winehouse, allowing me to surge ahead on points.
Huge thanks to basso for his work, and iF for stepping in as scorekeeper when b. got sidelined.
It was a high scoring year for a lot of people. Multiple scores close to or over 100 and at least two people were right behind me and Gwai with four picks. Well done!
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