Thread: Circus: 2011 Celebrity Death Pool Board: Limbo / Ship of Fools.


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Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on :
 
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.

Have fun!

[Edited to add]

Here is a link to the score card. iF

[Edited to add rule about fictional people. iF]

[ 12. July 2016, 12:17: Message edited by: Belisarius ]
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Last year one of my list was the first to go - and it was the one person on my list for whom I had massive regard so I've replaced him with someone to whom that does not apply.

1. Murdoch of Twisted News Corp.

2. General Than Shwe, leader of the military government in Burma.

3. L K Advani - Indian politician and promoter of hatred and communal violence.

4. Thatcher, Margaret Hilda the truly appalling.

5. Kim Jong-il of "North" Korea.

6. Jean Marie LePen, French politician and promoter of hatred and communal violence.

7. Robert Mugabe, the ruination of Zimbabwe.

8. Bal Thackeray - another promoter of hatred and communal violence in India, and admirer of Hitler.

9. Pat Robertson - alleged Christian.

10. Ian Paisley - another alleged Christian and promoter of hatred and communal violence in Ireland this time.

11. John McCain - I reckon that the election campaign did nothing to add to his health.

12. Gerry Adams - just to be fair.

13. Philip Mountbatten, of Greece, Denmark and Britain, husband of "Brenda".
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Well, this year I've made some changes. That, unfortunately, means that the persons taken off my list have lost their Kiss of Life™.

1. Rev. Billy Graham
2. Kim Jong-il
3. Lindsay Lohan
4. Michael Douglas (changed from his dad)
5. Penny Marshall
6. Peter Tork
7. Pete Doherty
8. Eddie Van Halen
9. Robert Downey Jr
10. Andrew Lloyd Webber
11. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
12. Aretha Franklin
13. Gordon Murray
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
1. Rev. Billy Graham
2. Kim Jong-il
3. Elizabeth Taylor
4. Michael J. Fox
5. Fidel Castro
6. Jimmy Carter
7. Muhammad Ali
8. Annette Funicello
9. Elton John
10. Andrew Lloyd Webber
11. Donald Trump
12. Rupert Murdoch
13. Rush Limbaugh
 

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Posted by the pilgrim (# 13263) on :
 
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.

[ 12. December 2010, 01:20: Message edited by: the pilgrim ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
I sense a theme...
 

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Posted by Auntie Doris (# 9433) on :
 
My 2011 list....

1. Ken Dodd
2. Jimmy Savile,
3. Val Doonican.
4. Michael J Fox
5. Maggie Thatcher
6. Lesley Phillips
7. Fidel Castro
8. Amy Winehouse
9. Nelson Mandela
10. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
11. Billy Graham
12. Muhammad Ali
13. George Bush Snr

Auntie Doris x
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
1. Billy Graham
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. HM Queen Elizabeth II
4. Kim Jong-il
5. Robert Mugabe
6. Osama Bin Laden
7. Rick Parfitt
8. Bernie Eccleston
9. Patrick Moore
10. Stephen Hawking
11. John McCain
12. Ian Paisley
13. Jimmy Saville

Cut and paste from last year, with minor change - I think I might actually score points with Kim Jong-il this year. Seeing as I haven't scored anything for several years, it might be the thing he needs to survive another year.

I would like to apologise to Billy Idol, who will probably die this year, having been removed from my saved list.
 

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Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on :
 
More or less the same as last year


1 Robert Mugabe
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. Fats Domino
4. Little Richard
5. Jerry Lee Lewis
6. Rabbi Lionel Blue
7. Kim Jong-Il
8. Pete Townsend
9. Roger Daltrey
10. Fidel Castro
11. Alex Ferguson
12. Bruce Forsyth
13. Vince Cable
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 
1. Cher
2. Courtney Love
3. Gene Simmons
4. Richard Simmons
5. the Pope
6. Axl Rose
7. Lindsey Lohan
8. Anthony Bourdain
9. the Queen
10. Johnny Depp
11. Barry Manilow
12. Christopher Walkens
13. Billy Dee Williams
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
My Kiss of Life™ list, conveniently categorised:

Elder Statesmen/women:
1. HM Queen Elizabeth II
2. HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
3. Baroness Thatcher

Scary Dictators:*
4. Fidel Castro
5. Robert Mugabe
6. Kim Jong-il
7. The Rev'd. Ian Paisley

National Treasures:
8. Sir Jimmy Saville
9. Sir David Willcocks

Hollywood A-list:
10. Michael J. Fox
11. Dame Elizabeth Taylor

Self-abusing celebs:
12. Amy Winehouse
13. Pete Doherty

* The editors may wish to move Baroness Thatcher to the "scary dictator" section ...
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
I am getting damn sick of the Kiss of life for Robert Mugabe, but I am too chicken to remove him.

Death List for 2011

1. Billy Graham (an American evangelist)
2. George H, Bush (Satan)
3. James Earl Carter
4. George W. Bush (Spawn of Satan)
5. Robert Mugabe
6. H.R.H The Prince Philip (just because)
7. HM the Queen (her kiss of life from her devoted subject)
8. Knowlton Nash (CBC News Presenter)
9. Margaret Hilda, Baroness Thatcher (the Bloody Baron – isn’t she dead yet?
10. Clifford Olson (May he get his wish and be released into the general Prison population)
11. Stephen Hawking (well he’s a medical miracle, he’s gotta go sometime!)
12.The Countess Mountbatten of Burma (she’s getting a little long in the tooth)
13. The Earl of Harewood (the Queen’s eldest cousin on her father’s side)
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
1. Gough Whitlam, sad

2. Henry Kissinger, inevitable

3. Benedict XVI, scary (and inevitable)

4. Valentino Rossi, living dangerously

5. Hillary Clinton, prominent American and a woman; she is a double target

6. Dali Lama, inevitable and repeated

7. Joe Tripodi, very well fed

8. Joe Biden, just unlucky

9. Phillip Adams, lungs (a great loss and very sad)

10. Peter Jensen, last seen having a stroke

11. Robert Mugabe, deservingly

12. Hugo Chavez, more instability for uncertainty

13. Kim Jong-il, chaos and danger might result
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
Death pool

comet's wish list:

(oh shaddap, I'm already going to hell, why stop now?)

Alaska Congressman Don Young
Sarah Palin (c'mon, God!)
Osama bin Laden
George HW Bush 
George W Bush
Teabagging wannabe-senator Joe Miller

Not wish list:
Margaret Thatcher 
Ozzy Osborne
BB King
Aretha Franklin
Michael Douglas
Courtney Love
Amy Winehouse
 

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Posted by Flausa (# 3466) on :
 
I missed this last year, so I'm quickly making a list. I'm not checking it twice - some of these are naughty, some of these are nice. Let's see how many I can help make it through another year.

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

• Christopher Hitchens
• Melanie Griffith
• Roger Ebert

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Originally posted by comet:

Michael Douglas

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Originally posted by Deckhand:
[tangent
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?!
/end tangent]

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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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Posted by 205 (# 206) on :
 
Bob Dylan
A.J. Weberman
Ron Wood
Keith Richards
Aretha Franklin
Leonard Cohen
Muhammad Ali
Fidel Castro
Margaret Thatcher
B.B. King
Michael Douglas
Dick Clark
Clint Eastwood

Off the top of my head - hope none of them are already gone...
 

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Posted by Benny Diction 2 (# 14159) on :
 
1. Margaret Thatcher
2. Michael Douglas
3. Eric Pickles
4. Prince Philip
5. Paul Gascoigne
6. Robert Redford
7. Sean Connery
8. Ian Paisley
9. Tam Dalyell
10. Tony Benn
11. Lauren Bacall
12. Nobby Stiles
13. Richie Benaud
 

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Posted by Tom Day (# 3630) on :
 
Margaret Thatcher
Almost the same as least year. As I don't think any are dead yet.

George Bush snr
Michael Winner
Ronnie Wood
Bobby Charlton
Bruce Forsyth
Dave Swarbrick
Prince Charles
Prince Harry
Jack Tweed
Jason Donovan
Tony Blair
Michael Gambon
 

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Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :
 
1. Amy Winehouse
2. Lindsey Lohan
3. Rev. Billy Graham
4. John McCain
5. Elizabeth Taylor
6. Jerry Lewis
7. Fidel Castro
8. Pope Benedict XVI
9. Michael Douglas
10. ZaZa Gabor
11. Maestro James Lavine
12. Jose Carreras
13. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
 

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Posted by exHirsch (# 16095) on :
 
I was so glad to find this. I thought I was the only one who made a list. Last year I was only 8% accuracy. 2009 was much better. Lets hope 2011 breaks a record.

1 Dick Clark
2 Muhammad Ali
3 Elizabeth Taylor
4 Zsa Zsa Gabor
5 Nancy Regan
6 Jack LaLanne
7 Betty Ford
8 Phyllis Diller
9 John Amos
10 Tracey Morgan
11 Joan Rivers
12 Don Rickles
13 Aretha Franklin


 

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Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on :
 
1. Margaret Thatcher
2. Robert Mugabe
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Bill Clinton
5. George Bush Snr
6. Brad Pitt
7. David Dimbleby
8. Prince Harry
9. Walter Smith (current Rangers manager)
10. Boris Johnson
11. Kanye West
12. Amy Winehouse
13. Pope Benedict XVI
 

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Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
Dick Cheney
Randy Quaid
Peter Tork
Fidel Castro
Margaret Thatcher
Aretha Franklin
Bill Wyman
Christopher Hitchens
Robert Mugabe
Lindsay Lohan
Doris Lessing
Peter Falk
James Garner
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
1.Seve Ballesteros
2. Michael Douglas
3. Michael J Fox
4. Aretha Franklin
5. Dave Gahan
6. Jim Marshall
7. Liza Minnelli
8. Terry Pratchett
9. Leon Russell
10. Phil Spector
11. Elizabeth Taylor
12. Peter Tork
13. Charlie Watts
 

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Posted by Og: Thread Killer (# 3200) on :
 
Peter Salis
Jeff Gutenburg
Kim Jong-Il
Angela Lansbury
Mohamed Al-Fayed
George Bush Sr.
Kenny Stabler
Sylvio Berlusconi
Ian Paisley
Eliot Gould
Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Hoseyni Khamenei
Ian Botham
Don Cherry
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 

• 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

• 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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Posted by Surfing Madness (# 11087) on :
 
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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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 

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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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Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on :
 
A few little tweaks from last year: Here is my list.

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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Ah - I knew there was someone I should have included. Ah well. Maybe I will have to kill one of my other selections.
 

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Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :
 
Virtually the same list as last year, and the year before;

1. Amy Winehouse
2. Tony Blair
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Elizabeth Taylor
5. Prince Phillip
6. Prince Harry
7. Billy Graham
8. Robert Mugabe
9. Ronnie Wood
10. Radovan Karadzic
11. Asif Zardari of Pakistan
12. George H.W. Bush (born 1924)
13. Mswati III of Swaziland.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
First time I've played...

1. Julian Assange [not that I'm a conspiracy theorist...]
2. Alasanne Outtara
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Kim Jong-il
5. Margaret 'this lady's not for turning' Thatcher
6. Sarah Palin
7. Robert Mugabe
8. Fidel Castro
9. Michael Douglas
10. Joan Rivers
11. Lindsay Lohan
12. Terry Pratchett
13. Richard Dawkins
 

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Posted by Apocalypso (# 15405) on :
 
My first time, too (well, duh).

1. Warren Buffett, philanthropist
2. Kim Jong Il, despot
3. Elizabeth II, monarch
4. Linday Lohan, jailbird
5. Elizabeth Taylor, serial wife
6. Jimmy Carter, former US Prez
7. Barbara Bush, former First Lady
8. Ruth Rendell, novelist (though I hope not)
9. Jules Pfeiffer, cartoonist
10. Sandra Day O’Connor, jurist
11. Dick Cheney, in an undisclosed location
12. Patrick Lahey, US Senator (though I hope not)
13. Austin “Jack” DeCoster, habitual violator of FDA food safety standards whose egg farms had to recall millions of eggs in 2010
 

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Posted by Apocalypso (# 15405) on :
 
I didn't read other lists before posting, and now am amazed at the number of people who, like me, have included the youthful Lindsay Lohan on their lists. I wonder if our theories concerning her possible demise match as well?

[ 30. December 2010, 21:50: Message edited by: Apocalypso ]
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 

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Originally posted by Apocalypso:
I didn't read other lists before posting, and now am amazed at the number of people who, like me, have included the youthful Lindsay Lohan on their lists. I wonder if our theories concerning her possible demise match as well?

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Originally posted by joan knox:

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Originally posted by Apocalypso:
I didn't read other lists before posting, and now am amazed at the number of people who, like me, have included the youthful Lindsay Lohan on their lists. I wonder if our theories concerning her possible demise match as well?

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I'm going down the 'Lohan abducted and dissected by aliens' route.

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Really? I'm going with "injured in fight with cell-mate, wound gets infected in prison infirmary, appropriate Dx & meds arrive too late" theory.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
1. Bob Barker
2. Jimmy Carter
3. Fidel Castro
4. Maggie Daley (wife of the mayor of Chicago)
5. Kirk Douglas
6. Michael Douglas
7. Roger Ebert
8. Aretha Franklin
9. Erika Gandara, police chief of Ciudad Juarez
10. Billy Graham
11. Christopher Hitchens
12. Henry Kissinger
13. Desmond Tutu

[ 31. December 2010, 00:54: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
 

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Posted by Eloise (# 4292) on :
 
1. Ariel Sharon
2. Steve Jobs
3. Dick Clark
4. Dave Davies
5. Russell Watson
6. Ivica Osim
7. Emadeddin Baghi
8. Hamid Karzai
9. Paul Shan Kuo-hsi
10. Kim Jong-il
11. Ruth Bader Ginsberg
12. David Hasselhoff
13. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi
 

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Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :
 
Man, Mamacita's a past winner, and she's got Ebert on her list. And she's from Chicagoland, where I presume there is local scuttlebutt. I think I'll put him back on my list. Might be bad for Michael Douglas, although the only one I've left off who died was Dan Schorr (memory eternal) and he was ninety-plus.

Kim Jong-Il
Muhammad Ali
Seve Ballesteros
Rev. Billy Graham
Aretha Franklin
Margaret Thatcher
Amy Winehouse
Elizabeth Taylor
Robert Mugabe (how long, Lord???)
Roger Ebert
Stephen Hawking
Christopher Hitchens
 

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Posted by Scarlet (# 1738) on :
 
Augie Meyers
Jeffrey MacDonald
Trent Reznor
Micky Dolenz
Philippe Petit
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
Green Gartside
Mamie Van Doren
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Daryl Hall
P J O'Rourke
Cliff Barrows
Mickey Gilley
 

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Posted by fletcher christian (# 13919) on :
 
ok, I'll run with:

Paris Hilton
Britney Spears
Margaret Thatcher
The Pope
Kim Jong Il
Liz Taylor
Ian Paisley
Katherine Jackson
Jennifer Saunders
Dick Cheney
Robert Mugabe
and....
Graham Kendrick
 

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Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :
 
Practically the same list as last year, because I've been far too busy gadding around the shop like a decapitated fowl to actually do any research... though a few minutes on the Beeb website's search facility has given me some subs.

1. Aretha Franklin
2. Hugo Chavez
3. Rush Limbaugh
4. Sharif Ahmed (Somali President)
5. Russell Watson
6. Jimmy Armfield
7. Michael Douglas
8. Paul Gascoigne
9. Annemarie van Kesteren (wife of Man U goalie Edwin Van der Sar - so read the Sun for her...)
10. Alan Stanford
11. Bernie Madoff
12. Tony Blair
13. Jerry Lee Lewis (can you tell that I was getting a bit desperate towards the end...?)

Good luck... to some of them!

AG
 

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Posted by marmot (# 479) on :
 
Pretty much the same as last year.

Rush Limbaugh -- just because
Mary Tyler Moore -- aging diabetic (74)
Dick Cheney -- but the devil never dies
Dick Clark -- waiting for the ball to drop
Elizabeth Taylor
Mickey Rooney -- tiny but toxic
Nancy Reagan
Lauren Bacall -- 84
Kirstie Alley
William Shatner -- red-faced, bloated boozebag
Leonard Nimoy -- looking cadaverous
Rachel Zoe -- caftans can hide an eating disorder only so long.
Lindsay Lohan -- they can't keep her in rehab forever.
 

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Posted by Geneviève (# 9098) on :
 
Here's mine (no particular order) as a newbie in this game:
1. Michael Douglas
2. Elizabeth Taylor
3. Zsa Zsa Gabor
4. Aretha Franklin
5. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
6. Nancy Reagan
7. Fidel Castro
8. Rev. Billy Graham
9. Kim Jung-il
10. Christopher Hitchens
11. Allan Arbus (Dr. Sidney Freeman in M*A*S*H)
12. Andy Rooney
13. Lindsay Lohan (sadly, I think she is on a downward spiral)
 

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Posted by Nunzia (# 4766) on :
 
Daniel arap Moi

Ramblin' Jack Elliot

Hugh Hefner

Bristol Palin

Harold Camping

Peter Max

Barbara Bush

Jack Chick

Stan Lee

Kitty Wells

Liza Minelli

Zaha Hadid

Anna Chapman
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
Courtney Love
Robert Downey Jr
Eddie Van Halen
Mary-Kate Olsen
Julian Assange
Paris Hilton
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
John McCain
Michael Douglas
Margaret Thatcher
Track Palin
Hugh Hefner
Muhammad Ali
 

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Posted by Giac (# 15580) on :
 
Not sure if I even know that many celebrities. But I'll give it a shot.

1. Amy Winehouse.
2. Justin Bieber
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Paris Hilton
5. Bill Oddie
6. Ronnie Corbet
7. Peter Mandelson
8. Prince Charles
9. Robert Mugabe
10. Katie Price
11. Fred Phelps
12. Miley Cyrus
13. Lady Gaga
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Ah, just barely remembered this thread in time.

A similar list as last time, but not the same:


1. Brian Lenihan
2. Michael Douglas
3. Severiano Ballesteros
4. Betty Ford
5. Rush Limbaugh
6. Ronnie Biggs
7. Gerry Rafferty
8. Jeff Conaway
9. Lou Henson
10. Abdulbaset al Megrahi
11. Johnny Hallyday
12. Aretha Franklin
13. Michael Douglas
 

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Posted by Worm in the Grass (# 10999) on :
 
If it's not too late. It's still yesterday in the Americas!!

1. Gough Whitlam
2. Don Burrows (aus jazz musican)
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Elizabeth Taylor
5. Prince Phillip
6. Dave Brubeck
7. Billy Graham
8. Robert Mugabe
9. Joseph Ratzinger
10. Radovan Karadzic
11. Flo Bjelke-Petersen
12. George H.W. Bush (born 1924)
13. Kirk Douglas

WitG
 

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Posted by jlg (# 98) on :
 

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Originally posted by Jahlove:

7. Cher - looking a bit strange these days

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Originally posted by Giac:
Not sure if I even know that many celebrities. But I'll give it a shot.

2. Justin Bieber

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Erm, Justin Bieber isn't yet 18, so he's exempt.

My defense for knowing about this is that I used to be a youth leader in the city he lived in part-time. Still, I obviously need help.

I am sure you can choose someone else though, if you do it soon

Lib xx
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 

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Originally posted by The Weeder:
Phil Archer
David Blunkett
Jimmy Carter
Ronnie Corbett
Kirk Douglas
Jimmy Hill
Barack Obama
Prince Phillip
The Queen
Eric Sykes
Mrs Thatcher
Lynda Snell

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At least two of the above are fictional (first and last), although some may not realise that. I reckon they are punts for the 'Inside Track' award.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Isn't Phil Archer dead as well as being fictional?

Another year and another "bugger" for missing the deadline.
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 
I've put up the new scoreboard.

If you see an error, let me know.
 

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Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on :
 
For the record, I think we should amend the rules to explicitely say that all picks must be real people. (I'll go and make a change to the OP now.) If anyone has a fictional character, please can you post your replacement as soon as you can. Please don't take advantage of your few extra hours by posting someone who has already died this year. Thanks.

Ditto for anyone who has picked a minor, since the rules do explicitely say that all selections must be over the age of 18. Anyone who has a child in their list has until midnight January 2nd GMT to post their replacement.

iF
 

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Posted by Tom Day (# 3630) on :
 
Pete Poselthwaite has died. I don't think anyone had him.

Tom
 

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Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on :
 
Just heard that Gerry Rafferty is dead.
 

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Posted by East Price Road (# 13846) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
Just heard that Gerry Rafferty is dead.

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quote:

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Originally posted by East Price Road:
And well done Gwai - that was quick!

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January 4 is the earliest hit I recall. Gwai, your points are up.
 

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Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :
 
Dave Nelson, oldest brother of the original television family The Nelson's, featuring Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.

Anyone have his name on their list?
 

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Posted by Light User (# 14254) on :
 
The Bishop of Portsmouth, the Rt Rev Dr Kenneth Stevenson , has died aged 61.

Poor man, I heard him interviewed on Radio 4 early one Sunday morning during the summer. His voice was so tremulous that I decided to put him on my list.
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
Susannah York has died, aged 72.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Nat Lofthouse is now scoring his goals in heaven.

[ 16. January 2011, 21:52: Message edited by: The Rogue ]
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
John Dye passed away. Never would have guessed him.

He was only 47.
 

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Posted by Scarlet (# 1738) on :
 
I'm just noticing in the breaking news as I get online for something else that Sargent Shriver has died.

He was the founding director of the Peace Corp and head of the War on Poverty in the '60's. I think he was married into the Kennedy family (brother-in-law to JFK), but this is just an early brief obit without many details.

He was 95.
 

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Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :
 
The fitness guru Jack Lalane at the age of 96.

Anyone have Jack Lalane on their list?
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 
Only one. 4 points for exHirsch.
 

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Posted by exHirsch (# 16095) on :
 
who's keeping score. i want to know where I stand?
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Considering it's still only January, you are bound to be in the top ten. I believe basso is doing the honors, but it is still probably early to expect a fully running scorecard.
 

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Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on :
 
exHirsch, the scoreboard is here. I don't know how often basso updates it, but your points are there already.
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 
I usually update the scoreboard after I see a post on this thread. Sometimes I'm a day or two behind, but the bulk of the work is getting it set up at the start of the year.
 

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Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on :
 
Admirably fast.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
<tangent>

I thought the frequenters of this thread might find this interesting.

</tangent>
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Pioneer health and fitness guru Jack Lalanne is now doing his pilates along with Pontius.
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 
Amanda, you're about 4 days behind Queen Mousie with the report - but it's funny enough that I'm glad you came in anyway.
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by basso:
Amanda, you're about 4 days behind Queen Mousie with the report - but it's funny enough that I'm glad you came in anyway.

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Sorry -- didn't read that far back in the thread.

I assume, of course, that Jack and Pontius both ended up in the same place.
 

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Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
Charlie Louvin has joined the choir, singing harmony with Ira again.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
John Barry
 

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Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :
 
Here's one I bet no one has on their list: French Actress,
Maria Schneider, age 58. She was only 19 when she acted in
"The Last Tango in Paris" with Brando. The film was quite controversial at the time.

QM
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Did anyone have Gary Moore from Thin Lizzy?
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:
Did anyone have Gary Moore from Thin Lizzy?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Queen Mousie:
J. Paul Getty III, age 54. (Grandson of Billionaire J. Paul Getty)

QM

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quote:

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Originally posted by basso:
Brian Jacques, creator of the Redwall books and inspirer of a shipmate's screen name, has died at 71.

I saw him read at a local bookstore a while back. A funny man and inspiring speaker for kids.

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I remember when my little sister was about 8 she met him. (my father is also an author, so we often met other authors and random semi-celebrities) She called me afterwards and shouted, "Brian Jacques shook my hand!" sounding very much like a school girl meeting Elvis. B was such a huge fan, and for months, maybe years, she told people about meeting Brian Jacques.

My 9 year old just read Redwall and is jonesing for the next books. this is sad.
 

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Posted by jlg (# 98) on :
 
Ken Olsen, co-founder of Digital Electronics Company, maker of the first mini-computers.

I have fond memories (from when I worked for Big Company in a technical training group) of tormenting students with 'bugs' created on the 15inch by 15inch boards in these computers by either cutting a solder run or creating a short-circuit with a bit of solder.

Sadly, my soldering skills have always been really bad, so my 'bugs' didn't always create the intended 'problem'. My students learned to dread my "Oh, that's interesting" reaction when they powered up the mini-computer, but we all learned a lot of troubleshooting skills.
 

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Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :
 
Trevor Bailey, of Essex and England has died.

AG
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
I don't think anybody had them, but:

Chuck Tanner, former baseball player and manager (most famously, manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates) died today (Feb. 11).

Woodie Fryman, former baseball pitcher (including 4 seasons with my beloved Philadelphia Phillies--I remember it well), died back on February 4.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
........and Elizabeth Taylor isn't looking too good with COPD and in the hospital.
 

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Posted by duchess (# 2764) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by jedijudy:
John Dye passed away. Never would have guessed him.

He was only 47.

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He was one of my biggest crushes. May he rest in peace. May Erin and him dance in heaven. John Dye tribute
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
Is it just me, or have we have had an unusually high number of dead celebrities this year???
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
It seems to have been a rapid start to the year, perhaps it will all slow down later.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
c.f. a thread re.Congressman Lee over in Purg., I'm wondering if we should set up an accompanying Circus thread along the lines of a celebrity scandal pool... although it might just be a little too predictable.
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by joan knox:
c.f. a thread re.Congressman Lee over in Purg., I'm wondering if we should set up an accompanying Circus thread along the lines of a celebrity scandal pool... although it might just be a little too predictable.

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quote:

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Originally posted by joan knox:
c.f. a thread re.Congressman Lee over in Purg., I'm wondering if we should set up an accompanying Circus thread along the lines of a celebrity scandal pool... although it might just be a little too predictable.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Queen Mousie:
Actor Kenneth Mars, age 75.

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When I heard of Mars's death I checked Google News and came up with a blog post from SoCal.

There's a great pair of links to youtube comparing Mars's inspector in Young Frankenstein to the original in Son of Frankenstein. (I'd never realized there was an original.)

But the real treat on that blog (at the same link) is watching Betty Garrett, who also just died, singing "Baby It's Cold Outside" with Red Skelton. It's a must watch.
 

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Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :
 
ACCORDING TO CNN:
QUOTE:{"Robert Culp, the actor who rose to fame as secret agent Kelly Robinson on the groundbreaking 1960s TV series "I Spy" and later played Ray Romano's father-in-law on "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died. He was 79.

Culp died after falling on a sidewalk near a Los Angeles park, said his publicist, Dick Delson. Delson had no further details."}END QUOTE:


QM
 

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Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :
 
Edit for possible mistake: It seems according to other sites it was March of last year that Mr. Culp died. I apologize for the error on my part. I must have miss-read the information.
QM
 

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Posted by Matt Black (# 2210) on :
 
Anyone have the Brigadier? Five rounds rapid in his honour.
 

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Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
Duke Snider, once one person of New York baseball's holy trinity ("Willie, Mickey, and the Duke") has joined the Heavenly All-Stars...
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Matt Black:
Anyone have the Brigadier? Five rounds rapid in his honour.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
..
And with Duke Snyder passing, it has already been a rough year for former baseball players (with Chuck Tanner and Woodie Fryman already permanently benched this year).

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quote:

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Originally posted by Matt Black:
Anyone have the Brigadier?

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Oh, man, I loved the Brigadier!
 

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Posted by BessHiggs (# 15176) on :
 
Elizabeth Taylor
 

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Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :
 
Not forgetting Fred Titmus.

AG
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by BessHiggs:
Elizabeth Taylor

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I managed to keep "Ooh, I had her!" down to my second thought this time .
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Bugger bugger bugger.

I take full and personal responsibility for Ms Taylor's passing.

I had her for the last three consecutive years, and this time round I didn't get my list in on time before Dec 31st. If I had done, no doubt it would have been the kiss of life for her again .
 

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Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on :
 
I see she died in her sleep, so she might not even know that she's dead. Tricky! Somebody's got to wake her up and tell 'er.

la vie en rouge, praps?
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Dame Liz is my first dead celebrity this year. 21 points to me.
(A sad loss, she had beautiful violet eyes).
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Gwai:
... I managed to keep "Ooh, I had her!" down to my second thought this time ...

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I didn't.

That's more points than I usually score in an entire year.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Darn, I just heard about Liz Taylor.
What a gutsy broad. She was one in a million.
 

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Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:

quote:

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Originally posted by Gwai:
... I managed to keep "Ooh, I had her!" down to my second thought this time ...

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I didn't.

That's more points than I usually score in an entire year.

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I don't think she's on my list (I forget who is, apart from Mrs T ) but must admit my first thought was "that's probably a lot of people with 21 points".

My first thought on hearing the news about Fred Titmus was the legendary song by Half Man Half Biscuit, which I couldn't possibly share on a Christian website
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Though actually, I took her off my list this time, so really that should have kept her alive surely. Sigh.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
Viva la Liz.

Yes, I came right here as soon as I read it.
 

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Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
Yeah. Her entrance in Ivanhoe taught me the meaning of "breathtakingly beautiful." I very literally was gasping like I'd had an asthma attack the first time I saw it. Kinda lame movie, but I'll watch it any time...


 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
My favourite line about Ms Taylor is from the late and much lamented Divine who said:

quote:

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All my life I've wanted to look like Elizabeth Taylor - and now I find she's beginning to look like me.

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quote:

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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Did anyone have Walter Breuning? Apparently he was the world's oldest man. The oldest person (Besse Cooper) is 26 days older.

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The article was fascinating. He was a real, home-grown American.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I'm so amazed that he could remember so much of his life. Now I find myself wondering which order certain events in my life took place. And I'm about half his age.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I shouldn't imagine anyone had him (and points for him would have been in minus-numbers), but a man claiming to be "Britain's oldest worker" has died, possibly aged 104.

Just for tenaciousness, I think he deserves an Honourable Mention; may he rest in peace.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Sorry for the double-post, but I just noticed in the Telegraph that Mr. Lucas has died. That only leaves Captain Peacock - it's getting just like Dad's Army: "He's dead, he's dead ..."
 

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Posted by Og: Thread Killer (# 3200) on :
 
WOW...of them all I thought Captain Peacock would have gone first.

Mr. Rumbold is still alive, BTW.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
My apologies to Mr. Rumbold - he came into the "I thought he'd been dead for years" category ...
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Elizabeth Sladen, part of my childhood Dr Who experience has died. I'm actually quite gutted.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
She was a very special part of Dr Who. She will be sadly missed.
 

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Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :
 
Poly Styrene, of X-Ray Spex fame, has died.

AG
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
David Wilkerson has died. A sad loss.
 

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Posted by Matt Black (# 2210) on :
 
[Tangent] Tribute thread in AS started by moi*[/tangent]

*Me
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Henry Cooper is now boxing with angels.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
It appears that Osama bin Laden is about to meet the 70,000 nuns with machine-guns.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
It was bound to happen this year, because I had taken OBL off my list.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I didn't have him either, Mamacita; does that mean that we killed him?
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
We'll e-mail Obama the details to put you on the Medal of Honor list.
 

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Posted by Uriel (# 2248) on :
 
In the saturation news coverage of OBLs death, you could easily miss "Whispering" Ted Lowe of snooker commentary fame, aged 90. Also, Professor Richard Holmes, an excellent military historian and broadcaster, aged 65.

[ 02. May 2011, 10:19: Message edited by: Uriel ]
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Richard Holmes gave a talk on the Duke of Wellington in our town only last week. So it was a shock to many of us to hear of his death.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:
... does that mean that we killed him?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
We'll e-mail Obama the details to put you on the Medal of Honor list.

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That's very kind, Kelly, but I suspect my birth certificate might Leave Something To Be Desired ...
 

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Posted by ken (# 2460) on :
 
Joanna Russ, RIP. Worth a read. And a thought. In fact a whole thinking, not just a thought.

[Code tweak. iF]

[ 04. May 2011, 13:55: Message edited by: Imaginary Friend ]
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by ken:
Joanna Russ, RIP. Worth a read. And a thought. In fact a whole thinking, not just a thought.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Japes:
Seve Ballesteros has died, aged 54.

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Sorry about this, but 46 points for me.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I have a feeling that, like the late and completely unlamented Ossie, Senor Ballasteros may once have been on my list but wasn't this year, so nul points to me.
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
John Walker of the Walker Brothers has died.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Host fez ON!
The Exalted Whatsit speaks!
"All Circus posters are reminded to observe the Rules put in place by the H&A's. Any deviation shall result in Unmentionable Acts of a Smiting Nature."
Host fez off.

"We would also like to mention that we wear a fez now, but reserve the right to a Stetson. Stetsons are cool."
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
The host walks up to the thread, takes a good look at it, and says "I think there's actually a place where we put dead things around here. Begone with ye!"
A good strong kick, and it's off to Dead Horses with you!
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Okay, I think we need a rules decision here: If some of the people on my list get raptured tomorrow, does that count as a "death" for the Death Pool?
 

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Posted by Surfing Madness (# 11087) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
Okay, I think we need a rules decision here: If some of the people on my list get raptured tomorrow, does that count as a "death" for the Death Pool?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Surfing Madness:

quote:

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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
Okay, I think we need a rules decision here: If some of the people on my list get raptured tomorrow, does that count as a "death" for the Death Pool?

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If they are raptured I think that technically speaking they are not dead.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Japes:
Jeff Conaway has died, aged 60.

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Another 40 points for Gwai.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I doubt that anyone had her, but I think Janet Brown, who kept us all amused as Mrs. Thatcher to Mike Yarwood's Harold Wilson and Denis Healey and has died aged 87, deserves an Honourable Mention.

Or maybe an Honourable Member ...
 

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Posted by Niteowl2 (# 15841) on :
 
Clarice Taylor, better known as Dr. Huxtable's mother on the Cosby show.
 

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Posted by BessHiggs (# 15176) on :
 
Dr Jack Kevorkian has died. Is it ironic that he passed from natural causes?
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
James Arness has died. Loved watching him on "Gunsmoke".

He was 88.
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by jedijudy:
James Arness has died. Loved watching him on "Gunsmoke".

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He was on your list in '07.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I guess it's my fault that he lost the Kiss of Life™ then.
 

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Posted by Og: Thread Killer (# 3200) on :
 
Andrew Gold is not a lonely boy anymore.
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Og: Thread Killer:
Andrew Gold is not a lonely boy anymore.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Og: Thread Killer:
Andrew Gold is not a lonely boy anymore.

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He's more well known here in the U.S. for the theme song to the show Golden Girls. I doubt many, including me, knew he was responsible for the singles recorded by other artists.

ETA: The Golden Girls has had one cast member die every year since 2008. I wonder if Andrew Gold will buy some time for Betty White, the last remaining cast member.

[ 07. June 2011, 09:07: Message edited by: Niteowl2 ]
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
No more Q and Koko.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by jedijudy:
No more Q and Koko.

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Mum and I alternate(d) in buying those books.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
I read some of the cat who books. Really enjoyed them.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Donald Hewlett, another one to file in the "I thought he'd been dead for years" category. Before he became known as a screen and TV actor, he was a founder member of Kirkwall Arts Club in Orkney, and I remember him turning up to make a speech after the club's 40th anniversary production of The Importance of Being Earnest.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
Clarence Clemens has died. The Angel
Gabriel is now concerned about job security.

[ 19. June 2011, 02:45: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
(Sorry-- Clemons.)
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
Peter Falk.

Once apon a time a little girl saw Colombo and decided she was going to be an actor, too. He was so good.
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Peter Falk has died. Although I am half expecting Columbo to turn around as he reaches the gates of Heaven to "just ask one last question."

[ETA: cross-posted with comet.]

[ 24. June 2011, 18:36: Message edited by: Hedgehog ]
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Hope he wasn't one of my "regulars" that I decide migh last another year
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 
He was still on your list this year.

Deckhand, Timothy the Obscure, and Cottontail also had him.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
Very sad. There will never be another like Columbo. Falks portrayal of him was awesome, and part of folklore.
 

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Posted by Cottontail (# 12234) on :
 
A sad way to break my duck. He always came across as gentle and wise, and I loved his turn in The Princess Bride.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Rest in peace, Mr. Falk.
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Rest in peace, Mr. Falk.

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quote:

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Originally posted by basso:
The scorecard is here.

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I didn't realize I had points! yay! thank you Osama Bin Laden. er... well. heh.

(woot!)
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I'm quite convinced that Ossie's removal from planet Earth was due in part to my forgetting to put him on my list ...
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 
Lord Harewood has died at 88.
12 points to PeteC, and a nod to him for persistence. Harewood was one of his picks for at least the past 5 years.
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
Googie Withers has died, aged 94.
 

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Posted by Auntie Doris (# 9433) on :
 
Apparently Amy Winehouse has been found dead.

As PaulW said, it's very sad, but point-tastic for me in this competition. She was only 27 years old.

Auntie Doris x
 

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Posted by Surfing Madness (# 11087) on :
 
My second thought on hearing the news after, isn't that sad, was wonder if anyone had in the death pool.
 

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Posted by Auntie Doris (# 9433) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Surfing Madness:
My second thought on hearing the news after, isn't that sad, was wonder if anyone had in the death pool.

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Tragically, it was close to my first thought!

I am so wrong sometimes.

Auntie Doris x
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 


My first thought was "I know she's on quite a few people's lists."

I think I should've stuck to the decorating today, instead of reading too much news.
 

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Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Auntie Doris:
Apparently Amy Winehouse has been found dead.

As PaulW said, it's very sad, but point-tastic for me in this competition.

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Yeah, one of my FB pals posted it, and it took me a while to confirm it (while, ironically, I'm listening to the news ... hasn't made the "top of the hour"/breaking headlines).

What. A. Tragic. Waste.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
It's entirely my fault for taking her off my list. But seriously, Amazing Grace is right. A waste. A tragic waste.
 

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Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :
 
Well, if I hadn't left Betty off my list, I'd be tied with Gwai for Leader

(I know this sounds bad. As the full horror of the Norwegian tragedy unfolds, I'm working overtime to compensate. And I'm also yelling HEROIN SUCKS.)
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
It is very sad. She was off my list this year ( sadly for my points ), because I thought she was getting her life together again.

The fact that is is somewhat expected does not detract from the sadness of it. She had real talent, but could not handle the fame.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
one of the best voices of this generation. but I'm not surprised. I kept her on my list because I sort of expected it. A great loss.
 

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Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on :
 
My first thought was "death pool" and I'm not even taking part!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Piglet fesses up ...

My first thought, too, was blimey, 73 points.

May she rest in peace; it seems she didn't have much peace in her earthly life.


 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
I noticed that noone mentioned Lucien Freud who died a few days ago. I don't think anyone had him, but I feel his passing should be marked here too.
 

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Posted by Sparrow (# 2458) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Amazing Grace:

quote:

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Originally posted by Auntie Doris:
Apparently Amy Winehouse has been found dead.

As PaulW said, it's very sad, but point-tastic for me in this competition.

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Yeah, one of my FB pals posted it, and it took me a while to confirm it (while, ironically, I'm listening to the news ... hasn't made the "top of the hour"/breaking headlines).

What. A. Tragic. Waste.

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Not the slightest bit surprised. I had her on my list last year but never got round to doing one this year.

[ 23. July 2011, 21:26: Message edited by: Sparrow ]
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I suppose she'd have been Top News Story if it hadn't been for the events in Norway.


 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I confess, my first thought was that if I was play.. oops - had a list, Amy Winehouse would have been on it. Sadly, one of the reasons I didn't was that a couple of people I know / knew personally who have wikipedia pages are really ill, and it felt like cheating to name them (one died in February). (And 48 points from someone you served on committees with / used to go out drinking with really is in bad taste.)
 

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Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
I have to confess that when I heard, my first thought was "Damn--I took her off my list..."
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
(sigh)

OK, I was holding back because I felt it was too soon, but due to the fact that she was nominated several times each year every year since I started paying attention, I think Amy Winehouse needs to be named the Special Patron Saint of the Death Pool. We love you, girl.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Very sad, but not much of a surprise really. I'd have had her on my list if I'd bothered to compile one this year. 27 is too young for anyone, though, regardless of how 'alternative' a lifestyle they lived.
 

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Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
But 27 years puts her in the company of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Kurt Cobain, and Robert Johnson.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 

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Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
But 27 years puts her in the company of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Kurt Cobain, and Robert Johnson.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:

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Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
But 27 years puts her in the company of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Kurt Cobain, and Robert Johnson.

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Which is an interesting aspect that seems to be making some good column inches. I suspect there are two reasons behind this being a common date for them to die:

1. There is a limit - probably around 10 years - of abusing a body before it gives up.

2. 25+ is when people seem to grow up. I suspect the shock of this would be enough to kill some of these.

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quote:

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Originally posted by East Price Road:
Stan Barstow has died. I should have though of him for my list, he's from "round here". A very influential novelist.

RIP.

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His novel, 'A Kind of Loving' was certainly very influential to my teenage self - it weaned me off science fiction and onto 'working-class boy made good' novels.
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
Bubba Smith, Moses Hightower in the Police Academy movies and Superbowl winner has died at 66.
 

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Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
Honeyboy Edwards, the last of the original generation of Delta bluesmen, and a great player. It really is then end of an era.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Cliff Robertson has died. Can't quite figure if he was 88 or 86.
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
David Croft has died, aged 89.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 

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Originally posted by Japes:
David Croft has died, aged 89.

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Dads Army, Hi-de-hi, Allo Allo, Are you being served, It ain't half hot mum. That is an awesome list of productions - to have been involved in a couple of these are would be special, but to have been involved in writing all of them is something very special.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Anwar al-Awlaki was killed today, giving somebody 60 points, but not me, because I took him off my list this year. I'm batting a thousand.
 

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Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :
 
Bert Jansch at 67, and Graham Dilley out for 52.

A sad day.

AG
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
No. 13 on my list, The Earl of Harewood died on July 11th, 2011.

I claim 12 points


 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Number ten on my list Clifford Olson died September 30.

I claim 29 points!

My running total of 41 points is a lifetime high!


 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Steve Jobs has clicked File - Exit for the last time.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

 

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Posted by Light User (# 14254) on :
 
Archbishop Philip Hannam has died at the age of 98. He gave a homily at the funeral of John F Kennedy and delivered a graveside eulogy before the burial of JFK's brother Robert. He was one of my picks.
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
So that's...ummm...2 points for you? Woo hoo!
 

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Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :
 
Our Cryptkeeper is out of pocket, for how long I don't know. I'll see if I can pull the page and put it up on my own webspace for updating. In the meantime keep track of your own scores.
 

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Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :
 
Gadhafi has been killed


QM
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Another Evil Scary Dictator™ bites the dust - must have been something to do with my forgetting to put him on my list ...


 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 

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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
So that's...ummm...2 points for you? Woo hoo!

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quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:
Another Evil Scary Dictator™ bites the dust - must have been something to do with my forgetting to put him on my list ...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Amazing Grace:
Our Cryptkeeper is out of pocket, for how long I don't know. I'll see if I can pull the page and put it up on my own webspace for updating. In the meantime keep track of your own scores.

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Were you able to retrieve it?
 

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Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :
 
Our esteemed host, Imaginary Friend, has agreed to act as scorekeeper. I'd sorted out the updates (yes, Pete, all your points!), but not the hosting issue. So we should have a more current page soon.

In the meantime please keep basso in your prayers.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Jimmy Saville now has to clunk clip for his final trip.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
Wooo - points for me.

And it is sad - he was a real character.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
He was. Jim'll Fix It was part of my childhood and I think he was quite instrumental in developping the concept of DJing and helping to bring music into people's lives. And don't forget his charity work. All in all he spent his life changing other peoples' lives.
 

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Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on :
 
Okay, here it is, (a week late, for which I apologize): your updated death pool scorecard.

If you can see any mistakes, please don't hesitate to PM me and I'll correct them.

Thanks.

iF

Edited to add: I've also put this link in the OP so that it can be found easily in the future.

[ 29. October 2011, 16:28: Message edited by: Imaginary Friend ]
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 
first time in 3 years I left Amy Winehouse off

Come on, Mugabe!
 

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Posted by Og: Thread Killer (# 3200) on :
 
Is it a good thing you have 0 points, or a bad thing?

[ 29. October 2011, 18:35: Message edited by: Og: Thread Killer ]
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 

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Originally posted by Og: Thread Killer:
Is it a good thing you have 0 points, or a bad thing?

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quote:

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Originally posted by The Rogue:

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Originally posted by Og: Thread Killer:
Is it a good thing you have 0 points, or a bad thing?

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Does it matter? This is only a game: it's not as if it's as important as life or death ...

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That's deep man.....really deep.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Sir Jimmy Savile has put me into sixth place (and pushed my score over 100) for the first time.

May he rest in peace.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
DAMN. Another one I'd had on my list every single year (missed the deadline last December). I blame myself.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Matty Alou

He was a Pirate in the years when Pittsburgh had a good team.
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 

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Originally posted by jedijudy:
He was a Pirate in the years when Pittsburgh had a good team.

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For curmudgeonly old guys who write with an old-fashioned typewriter and complain about this or that every week, we give thanks, O God.

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
I'm not sure whether to feel strangely cheered that I have successfully ensured the prolonged lives of my lot....
 

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Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
I'm really curious about what he finds annoying in Heaven...
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Probably that he is left in holy silence.

RIP
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
Joe Frazier has taken his last blow.

Glad he and Ali made their peace recently: they were bitter rivals (and great boxers) in the ring and no friends outside it for a long time.
 

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Posted by Og: Thread Killer (# 3200) on :
 
Bill Keane has gone to a larger family circus.
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
Basil D'Oliveira has died, aged 80.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Maggie Daley, wife of the mayor of Chicago, died today at the age of 68. She had been fighting cancer for almost a decade. Say what you like about the mayors Daley, but Maggie was a beautiful, classy woman who kept pretty much out of the limelight and worked behind the scenes for children's education and the arts. So that's my first points for this year, I think.
 

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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 
Anyone have Anne McCaffery? Her final dragon flight was 21 November.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 

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Originally posted by Mamacita:
Maggie Daley, wife of the mayor of Chicago, died today at the age of 68. She had been fighting cancer for almost a decade. Say what you like about the mayors Daley, but Maggie was a beautiful, classy woman who kept pretty much out of the limelight and worked behind the scenes for children's education and the arts. So that's my first points for this year, I think.

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Sorry: should say "wife of the former mayor." That's what having a dynasty will do for you.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
Anne McCaffrey. a personal hero.


 

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Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
Anyone have Anne McCaffery? Her final dragon flight was 21 November.

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quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
Anne McCaffrey. a personal hero.

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Only found out when Dad spotted it in today's Times obituary pages.
Time to re-read Restoree, and then some of the Dragon... tales methinks.
 

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Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :
 
Obviously no-one had Gary Speed...

Lana Peters, Stalin's daughter, has died aged 85. I was briefly at school with her daughter, and hope that the world has treated her well because she was nice. Bit of a corny sentiment, but there.

AG
 

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Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :
 
Hubert Sumlin, 1931-2011.

Rest in peace and rock in glory.
 

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Posted by BessHiggs (# 15176) on :
 
Harry Morgan , who played Col. Potter on M*A*S*H died today, as did singer Dobie Gray.
 

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Posted by Geneviève (# 9098) on :
 
I loved M*A*S*H, and still think it the best TV show ever. Rest in peace, Col. Potter.
 

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Posted by Niteowl2 (# 15841) on :
 
2 Days ago - Alan Sues of Laugh In fame.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
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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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
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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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
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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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 

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Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
Hubert Sumlin, 1931-2011.

Rest in peace and rock in glory.

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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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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
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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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
Christopher Hitchens.

gone to the Great Big... oh, wait.

I think we can pray for his soul anyway. a very good writer.
 

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Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :
 
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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Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on :
 
FWIW, I'm hoping to update the list, and initiate the 2012 thread this weekend. Sorry things are a little slow.
 

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Posted by Sparrow (# 2458) on :
 

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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.

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"Good evening, Christopher. I think you and I need to have a little talk."
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
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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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
The Mouse and His Child was one of my favorite books when I was a kid.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
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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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
Vaclav Havel is now writing with the angels...
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
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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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
News just in that Kim Jong Il is dead at age 69.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The BBC report is here.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
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 )
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
31 points to me for Kim Jong Il!!
 

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Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
I had him too!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Oh! Yay! I have some points, finally, here near the close of the year!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I couldn't resist passing on the following quote from Ed West in the Daily Telegraph:

quote:

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... "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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quote:

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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
No longer Kim Jong Il, now he's Kim Jong Dead.

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Quotes file!
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 

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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?

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Kim Jong-un?
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
Have you got a link ot a specific report?
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
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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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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.


 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
I feel slightly bad for only noticing Brian Lenihan's death when I looked him up to check on whether I wanted him to stay on my deathpool list for next year! I guess that's what I get for including other country's politicians without closely following their politics! (link)
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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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Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on :
 
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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Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :
 
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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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
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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Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on :
 
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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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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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Posted by Geneviève (# 9098) on :
 
Wow, I managed the top 10! Guess I should have entered for this year.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
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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Posted by Jigsaw (# 11433) on :
 

quote:

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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.

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quote:

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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!

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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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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Nicely done, all!
 

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