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Thread: Circus: 2008 Ship of Fools Celebrity Death Pool
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Queen Mousie
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Just heard Suzanne Pleshette died.
Also TV's Allen Melvin: Played Sam the Butcher on the Brady Bunch,
Archie Bunker's pal on All in the Family Barney Hefner,and Cpl. Henshaw on Sgt. Bilco.
Anybody guess these two celebs?
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Petrified
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Abdul Latif has been taken away
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Ferijen
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Its just being reported that Heath Ledger has died... 28, so very young... (and not on my list)
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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![[Frown]](frown.gif) ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
not on anyone's list, I hope.
He was due to be the Joker in the next Batman film. BBC article
[ 22. January 2008, 21:21: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
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Auntie Doris
Screen Goddess
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quote:
Originally posted by Ferijen:
Its just being reported that Heath Ledger has died... 28, so very young... (and not on my list)
Oh that's sad... but oh so many points!
Auntie Doris x
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Knopwood
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I just found out because a girl ahead of me in lecture was reading about it on her laptop!
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Trudy Scrumptious
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Poor Heath Ledger ... and I didn't even have him on my list of Young Celebrities Worth Many Points.
I thought he was so amazing in Brokeback Mountain.
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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yes I know, but it felt grammatically wrong to say that he IS due to be the joker
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Queen Mousie
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What's with these celebs and their "casual" drug use ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif) They supposedly have it all, yet they feel they must self medicate?what a sad state they really must be in - may their troubled souls find peace ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Why doesn't Ariel Sharon count? I didn't pick him: just wondering.
He has been in a "persistent vegetative state" since January 2006. My comment was mildly jocular, since his death has been reported dozens of times, especially in the first year.
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Queen Mousie
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Christian Brando, son of the late actor Marlon Brando
@ age 49 of Pneumonia in Los Angeles.
who'd have ever guessed?
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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31 points to Eloise for the Archbishop.
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
If Britney pegs it, I will be so annoyed, having chosen her knickerless mate Amy. Maybe Amy has the stronger constitution.
Whatever happened to the sweet innocent Britney? Oh yes, she grew up.
Who the Hell is Amy? Might as well pick Lindsay Lohan and a cocaine overdose! If you google her - no underwear, you may presume she is also high on cocaine, if you interpret the pic as I have.
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Auntie Doris
Screen Goddess
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Didn't expect Jeremy Beadle to go this year.
Auntie Doris x
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marmot
Mountain mammal
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quote:
Originally posted by Queen Mousie:
What's with these celebs and their "casual" drug use They supposedly have it all, yet they feel they must self medicate?what a sad state they really must be in - may their troubled souls find peace
QM
It feels good and they can afford it. Not much mystery there.
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Queen Mousie
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Well gang Britney Spears was carted off to the hospital again by ambulance, with a police escort of motorcycles two cruisers and a helicopter. Maybe this time they will keep that poor girl in detox and get her the mental help she needs.
QM
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The5thMary
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Here's my list:
1. Billy Graham
2. Bob Barker
3. Mickey Rooney
4. Ian Paisley (can't come soon enough for me. Oh, sorry, I know that's not very Christian but...)
5. That dude, the English rocker, drug user...uhh, Pete Doherty, isn't that his name?
6. Dick Cheney
7. David Lee Roth: Has anyone seen him lately? He looks like his skin is yellow parchment! Ugh! The years have not been kind to ol' David
8. Burt Reynolds: Another guy who has done some hard livin'!
That's my list for the moment. I'm cold and need to go find warm things to wear. I'm outta here!
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Joyeux
Ship's Lady of Laughter
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Psst... SpikeyPants... I think that you missed the deadline to play for points.
From the OP:
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...if you do not post it before 11:59 on 31st December 2007 (GMT) you will be unable to take any further part in the contest.
Unless, of course, you don't care about the points, and just want to have fun, watching to see if you (and other shipmates) guessed right.
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Cusanus
Ship's Schoolmaster
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In case it hasn't made the Northern Hemisphere news, Alfredo Reinado has been shot dead, while trying to assassinate East Timor president and Nobel Laureate Jose Ramos-Horta. According to Wikipedia, that's 59 points for me.
And for President ramos-Horta and the people of Timor L'Este (partly to assuage my guilt at thinking of the points first).
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Did anyone have Roy Scheider?
RIP
All That Jazz is among my favorite movies. ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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Originally posted by Cusanus:
In case it hasn't made the Northern Hemisphere news, Alfredo Reinado has been shot dead, while trying to assassinate East Timor president and Nobel Laureate Jose Ramos-Horta. According to Wikipedia, that's 59 points for me.
We heard about it - it was extensively covered on NPR this morning.
But I didn't think to check the deathpool! I've updated the scoreboard.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Originally posted by Queen Mousie:
Well gang Britney Spears was carted off to the hospital again by ambulance, with a police escort of motorcycles two cruisers and a helicopter.
She must have excellent health insurance to pay for all that! ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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The5thMary
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quote:
Originally posted by Joyeux:
Psst... SpikeyPants... I think that you missed the deadline to play for points.
From the OP:
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...if you do not post it before 11:59 on 31st December 2007 (GMT) you will be unable to take any further part in the contest.
Unless, of course, you don't care about the points, and just want to have fun, watching to see if you (and other shipmates) guessed right.
Oooops! Yes, I saw the deadline AFTER I'd already posted. I thought to myself, "Oh, someone is going to hand me my head on a platter or call me a moron for not reading the stuff about the deadline! I'm glad you didn't do either. Hey, I'm forty years old and my mind seems to be going. This old girl had a brain fart.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Did anyone have David Groh? May he rest in peace and rise in Glory!
Thirty-two points!
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Schroedinger's cat
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# 64
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From the all saints thread, Larry Norman should get a mention, although I don't think anyone had him.
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maleveque
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# 132
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William F. Buckley has died. story here.
Anne L.
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Sandemaniac
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Breaking news on the BBC website - still on the scrolling news bar, so no link yet - is that Porn Baron and property magnate Paul Raymond has died.
That link is work-safe. Googling for it was interesting, though...
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Sandemaniac
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It's a good day for shuffling off - Jeff Healey has the blues no more.
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basso
Ship’s Crypt Keeper
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I didn't recognize either of the last two names. (Nobody had either one.)
Also unselected was Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons and Dragons. I knew his name even though I've never played the game. He died today at the age of 69.
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Uriel
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Alas, Gary Gygax, has failed his saving throw. Geeks across the world (myself included) are in mourning.
Cheers,
Uriel.
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Lowly Worm
Ship's Annelid
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"Nobody puts baby in a corner!"
Patrick Swayze apparently has cancer. However, don't get overexcited just yet, because he seems to be responding to treatment. (did anyone pick him?)
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maleveque
Shipmate
# 132
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The article said it's pancreatic cancer - that's pretty much a death sentence, Lowly. How sad.
He's a distant cousin of Firstborn Son's - paternal grandmother's second cousin or something.
Anne L.
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Sandemaniac
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The BBC's scrolling bar reads "English Patient director Anthony Mingella dies - more soon".
No article yet, hence no link...
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Sandemaniac
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Here we go.
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Sandemaniac
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Can you tell it's a quiet day at work?
RIP John Hewer - the face that launched a thousand dodgy codpiece gags.
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Sandemaniac
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I'll stop after this one, I promise. One for the Aussies - Bill Brown last surviving pre-war Australian cricketer, and Invincible.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
# 64
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The BBC is having a bad time ATM, as there is a typo in the Cap'n Birdseye story.
No-one has mentioned Carol Barnes, I don't think. I am fairly sure no-one had her either, but she deserves a mention.
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