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Thread: 2015 Celebrity Death Pool
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BessLane
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Here's my picks for 2015 in no particular order:
1. Tony Stewart(NASCAR driver)
2. Gordie Howe
3. Lou Holtz
4. Miley Cyrus
5. Bob Dylan
6. Bobby Orr
7. Phil Mickelson
8. Willie Nelson
9. Terry Prachett
10. Alice Walker
11. G. H. W. Bush
12. Taylor Swift
13. Pope Francis
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Sioni Sais
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Originally posted by BessLane:
7. Phil Mickelson
On the 13th, by Tom Watson, with the pitching wedge.
(reference to the 2014 Ryder Cup)
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Tom Day
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Missed out last year, so here we go:
Bruce Forsyth
Tony Blair
Paul Gascoigne
HRH Queen Elizabeth II
Craig Charles
Cliff Richard
Terry Wogan
Kevin Pieterson
Robert Mugabe
Bill Clinton
Vanessa Feltz
John Major
Neil Kinnock
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Schroedinger's cat
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Originally posted by Gwai:
Another one who pushed it too long and missed last year. My ten:
Thirteen is the usual number.....
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Sandemaniac
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Feckin' Nora, it's the 31st again! How did that happen?
In which case, here's last year's squad, as far as I am aware pointless as it were). Should any of them have pre-empted me, I'll add in Jules Bianchi.
1. Aretha Franklin
2. Bashar Al-Assad
3. Rush Limbaugh
4. Sharif Ahmed (Somali President)
5. George H W Bush
6. Jimmy Armfield
7. Michael Douglas
8. Paul Gascoigne
9. Hilary Clinton
10. Alan Stanford
11. Bernie Madoff
12. Tony Blair
13. Jerry Lee Lewis
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Beautiful Dreamer
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Before I submit a list, may I ask a question?
If we see someone commonly mentioned, is it okay if we ask why? Sometimes it's kind of obvious, like somebody who's old, sick or a drug addict. But what if you really don't know, like certain musicians or actors? Then again, I might just be "behind" on my celebrity gossip!
It would just be out of curiosity, nothing else.
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lilBuddha
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ISTM, there are several reasons including wild cards and hope.
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Timothy the Obscure
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Here it is:
1. Dick Cheney
2. Hosni Mubarak
3. George H.W. Bush
4. Fidel Castro
5. Barry Manilow
6. Rush Limbaugh
7. Bill Wyman
8. Abp. Desmond Tutu
9. Malcolm Young
10. Bashar al-Assad
11. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
12. Mary Tyler Moore
13. Valerie Harper
Largely the same as last year, but Robert Mugabe better watch out, 'cause I've dropped him for being too durable, and also for not being worth enough points. That's done in several people over the past few years...
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Auntie Doris
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Carried over from last year because I don't think any of them have died!
1. Ken Dodd
2. Prince Philip
3. Val Doonican
4. Michael J Fox
5. Michael Schumacher
6. Lesley Phillips
7. Fidel Castro
8. George Michael
9. Miley Cyrus
10. Murray Walker
11. Billy Graham
12. Muhammad Ali
13. George Bush Snr
Happy 2015 ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Auntie Doris x
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Amazing Grace
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In under the west coast US wire, as usual. Most of the people on my 2014 list survived!
1) Hosni Mubarak
2) Fidel Castro
3) Bashar al-Assad
4) George HW Bush
5) Mohammed Morsi
6) Michael Schumacher
7) Amanda Bynes
8) Valerie Harper
9) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
10) Rev. Billy Graham
11) Mohammed Ali
12) Jimmy Carter
13) Lindsay Lohan
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An die Freude
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1. Omar Treviño Morales
2. Alexey Navalny
3. Barack Obama
4. Kim Jong-Un
5. Michael Schumacher
6. Justin Bieber
7. Lindsay Lohan
8. Miley Cyrus
9. Bashar Al-Assad
10. Mohammed Morsi
11. "Jihadi John"
12. Mokhtar Belmokhtar
13. Vladimir Putin
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I'm in - first year I've remembered in time to enter! My list:
Clive James
Billy Graham
Robert Mugabe
Bernard Cribbins
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Paul Gascoigne
Fidel Castro
Terry Pratchett
Muhammad Ali
Bruce Forsythe
Honor Blackman
Julie Andrews
Joan Collins
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The Rogue
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quote:
Originally posted by Beautiful Dreamer:
Before I submit a list, may I ask a question?
If we see someone commonly mentioned, is it okay if we ask why? Sometimes it's kind of obvious, like somebody who's old, sick or a drug addict. But what if you really don't know, like certain musicians or actors? Then again, I might just be "behind" on my celebrity gossip!
It would just be out of curiosity, nothing else.
Please feel free to ask about anyone at all although I suspect most of us have more randomness than certainty in our picks.
However, there is only thirty five minutes to post your own list so I would get a move on if I were you.
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The Rogue
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Possibly I should have said there are only thirty five minutes but now time is up anyway.
Thank you to everyone who has put a list up. I will look through them all in the next day or so and see what interesting statistics can be extracted.
Let the excited perusal of the 2015 obituary columns begin!
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Schroedinger's cat
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Rogue - do you have the historical lists? I would be interested in how many entries have been on lists in most years. And who has been saved from the reaper for longest, by being on lists.
Just out of idle curiosity.
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Og: Thread Killer
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Because of this game, or just morbid fascination with the figures of the world of my life dying while I still breather, I go to Wikipedia's recent death pages every week or so to see if I missed somebody.
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Timothy the Obscure
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So did anybody have Mario Cuomo?
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Sandemaniac
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Ellie-May Clampett has taken her last dip in the ce-ment pond. ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
AG
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The Rogue
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This year there are forty four entrants. One person only put forward twelve candidates for re-location to other realms so we have got 571 nominations in total. We were most generous to Prince Philip who attracted the attention of sixteen of us. Next most popular was George HW Bush with fourteen votes and then twelve each to Pope Benedict, Queen Elizabeth and Robert Mugabe.
Our oldest nominee was Zsa Zsa Gabor who would yield three points to one person if she died today. At the other end of the age range is Justin Bieber who would be worth eighty points to nine people. However, Jihadi John might claim either of these extremes if he/she is ever identified.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
Ex-Miss America, New York City politician Bess Myerson is dead at 90.
I just noticed that she died on 14 December 2014 -- but I doubt that anyone had her on their lists, so it shouldn't affect the scores.
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Sandemaniac
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Bernard Jordan has died, aged 90. Who he? I hear you ask... well, obviously a chap with admirable get up and go!
AG
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Piglet
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Absolutely, Sandemaniac - when I read about his exploits to get to the anniversary celebrations, I thought, "good for him".
May he rest in peace (or excitement, if that's what he'd prefer). ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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Piglet
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Not at all, Zappa - he only retired from presenting Strictly Come Dancing in 2013.
86, very much still alive and kicking.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Originally posted by Piglet:
Not at all, Zappa - he only retired from presenting Strictly Come Dancing in 2013.
86, very much still alive and kicking.
I took him off my list this year as he looked so spritely on the Christmas special.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Rod Taylor has departed to the Twilight Zone, along with unlikely companion, comedy actor, Lance Percival .
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Piglet
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Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet:
... comedy actor, Lance Percival .
He would have been on my "been dead for years" list, although he was only 81. He was one of those actors who seems to have been there for ever.
RIP.
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Schroedinger's cat
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He was on TW3, so he must have started very early - many of those involved are dead now, so it always seems like anyone involved in that must also be.
He was a great performer RIP.
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St. Gwladys
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No-one's mentioned Richard Meade, 3 day eventer?
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Schroedinger's cat
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I've been seeing this for a few days, but keep forgetting to post that Andrae Crouch has died.
I can't honestly call myself a fan, but I know he did a lot to popularise gospel music amongst white people.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Anita Ekberg is living la dolce post-vita.
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Kyzyl
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Taylor Negron, character actor and comedian...
TMZ Taylor Negron
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Sandemaniac
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Brian Clemens, screenwriter for The Avengers* (amongst others), has died aged 83.
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*the British one, not the Marvel one! A bloke in a bowler hat is so much more satisfying than a bunch of superheroes.
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Piglet
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In the photograph in the BBC link, why is Steed's umbrella growing out of Purdey's head?
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Sioni Sais
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Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
Brian Clemens, screenwriter for The Avengers* (amongst others), has died aged 83.
AG
*the British one, not the Marvel one! A bloke in a bowler hat is so much more satisfying than a bunch of superheroes.
You rang?
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Sandemaniac
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Originally posted by Piglet:
In the photograph in the BBC link, why is Steed's umbrella growing out of Purdey's head?
Maybe it's a very, very large hairpin?
AG
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Lyda*Rose
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Originally posted by Piglet:
In the photograph in the BBC link, why is Steed's umbrella growing out of Purdey's head?
She looks like Mary Lou Who.
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Welease Woderwick
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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
]She looks like Mary Lou Who.
For a minute there I thought it was my brother on the right!
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Sandemaniac
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At risk of sounding dreadfully facetious, Dozy is dead.
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Stetson
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Trevor Ward-Davies, best known as Dozy from the 60s pop group Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, has died at the age of 70.
They couldn't have had much profile outside of the UK, since I don't think I've ever seen or heard them referenced once. And I think I'd remember a name like that.
It musta been hell for DJs to have to say that every time they played one of their songs.
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Uncle Pete
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Charlie Farquharson is dead. ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif) .
He was one of the few actors who could make me cry with laughter in his shows and in print. When I return to Canada, I will re-read him.
[ 18. January 2015, 06:49: Message edited by: Uncle Pete ]
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Piglet
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I don't know if she was on anyone's list, but Anne Kirkbride, better known as Deirdre Barlow from Coronation Street has died.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Those of us of a certain age will remember the influence of The Swingle Singers, founded by Ward Swingle, on people's understanding and appreciation of Bach in the late 1960s. Ward Swingle is now doo-wopping with the Master himself.
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Stetson
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Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
Charlie Farquharson is dead. .
He was one of the few actors who could make me cry with laughter in his shows and in print. When I return to Canada, I will re-read him.
You ever seen his "KORN Almanac" parody of the Farmer's Almanac? Some of the jokes in there were pretty risque.
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jedijudy
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We did a Swingle piece when I was a junior in high school. Great fun!
Doo Doo bee doobedoobedoo, doobedoobe...
A sad loss.
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