The 2011 Dead Pool

GOAL: Predict which notable* figures will die on/between January 1 and December 31, 2011, Eastern Time.

Produce a maximum of 50 names, to be PM'ed to me (NOT posted here) before the ball drops in Times Square (NYC) at midnight on New Years (i.e., 12AM ET Saturday, January 1, 2011). The BB's default timestamp will determine entry time.

*It's assumed that all notable figures will have an entry, or be mentioned in an entry, at Wikipedia or another legit source which you may have to prove.

Rules:

The rules are the same as 2010 since time creeped by too quickly and we never got around to amending them. Next year perhaps!

1) PLEASE alphabetize your list of 50 names by LAST name (regardless of profession), either in the form of FIRSTNAME LASTNAME -or- LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME, in *1* column of names.

2) If it's not obvious who the person is for most people, after the name please add why they're notable. For example: "Douglas Fraser, trade unionist" (Sorry, he's already dead). In addition, you may or may not choose to include the person's current age; for example: "Douglas Fraser, trade unionist (91)"

3) If you submit your list days before Midnight, January 1st, 2011, and someone on your list dies before 2011, you should substitute the person with another and resubmit your list (by the deadline). If you do not resubmit your list, and the person died in 2010, the person will obviously NOT count for 2011.

4) a) Thou Shalt Not Kill (anyone on your list); b) criminals subject to the Death Penalty or anyone kidnapped or held hostage in 2010 won't count -- unless they die of natural causes; c) "Dead" means permanently dead, not later revived, nor put in animated suspension, or any induced or natural coma starting before 2011 begins; d) do not edit Wikipedia with false death information.

Everyone's lists will be updated unofficially throughout the year, but a year-end audit will be performed to determine the final winner sometime shortly after December 31, 2011. YOU are responsible for your own audit at years' end.

Prize: Bragging Rights for 12 months ...and also a cool Godfather poster (if I have any left - I still have to check)

Check out results from 2010, 2009, 2008


The next post will contain all participants' lists for easy reference

2011 GBB Dead Pool Entries

SC (9) Ali, Muhammad Andrews, Patty Bacall, Lauren Barzun, Jacques Berra, Yogi Borgnine, Ernest Carter, Jimmy Carter, Elliott Castro, Fidel Clark, Dick deHavilland, Olivia Diller, Phyllis Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Michael Downs, Hugh Ebert, Roger Fontaine, Joan Ford, Betty Franklin, Aretha Gabor, Zsa Zsa Graham, Billy Heesters, Johannes Hefner, Hugh Hope, Dolores Kent, Barbara Killebrew, Harmon Klugman, Jack Koch, Ed Koop, C. Everrett LaLanne, Jack LaMotta, Jake Lewis, Jerry Lom, Herbert Mandela, Nelson Martin, Tony Morgan, Harry Musial, Stan Niemeyer, Oscar Reagan, Nancy Rooney, Mickey Shamir, Yitzhak Sharon, Ariel Shriver, Sargent Taylor, Elizabeth Vigoda, Abe Wallace, Mike Wallach, Eli Watson, Russell Wok, Herman Zimbalist, Jr, Efram	JG (6) Muhammad Ali, boxer (68) Mother Angelica, EWTN (88) Bob Barker, game show host (87) Lauren Bacall, actress (86) Chuck Berry, songwriter (84) Ernest Borgnine, actor (93) Wilford Brimley, actor (76) George H.W. Bush, 41st Prez (86) Jimmy Carter, former president (86) Fidel Castro, Cuban president (84) Dick Clark, TV/radio personality (81) David Crosby, Musician (69) Phyllis Diller, comedienne (93) Kirk Douglas, actor (94) Kitty Dukakis, Michael's wife (74) Roger Ebert, film critic (68) Queen Elizabeth II (85) Betty Ford, Gerald's wife (92) Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress/socialite (93) Leif Garrett, Singer (49) Billy Graham, evangelist (92) Stephen Hawking, physicist (69) Hugh Hefner, Playboy (84) Dolores Hope, Bob's wife (101) Etta James, Singer (72) Jack Kevorkian, Dr Death (83) B.B. King, guitarist (85) Larry King, CNN (77) Ed Koch, former NYC mayor (86) C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General (94) Jack LaLanne, fitness guru (96) Frank Lautenberg, NJ Senator (86) Jerry Lewis, actor (84) Norman Lloyd, actor/producer/director (96) Lindsay Lohan, "actress" (24) Courtney Love, Hole (46) Charles Manson, murderer (76) Tony Martin, crooner/actor (98) I.M. Pei, architect (93) Nancy Reagan, former first lady (89) Andy Rooney, 60 Minutes (92) Mickey Rooney, actor (90) Ariel Sharon, fmr Israeli PM (83) Don Shula, NFL (81) Elizabeth Taylor, actress (78) Margaret Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister (85) Abe Vigoda, actor (89) Eli Wallach, actor (95) Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes (92) Judge Wapner, TV judge (91)
TIS (7) 1. Ali, Mohammud 2. Berry, Chuck 3. Borgnine, Ernest 4. Brown, Chris (Rapper) 5. Bush, George H. 6. Busey, Gary (actor) 7. Carter, Jimmy 8. Clark Dick 9. Crosby, David 10. Cyrus, Miley 11. Davis, Ann B. 12. Day, Doris 13. Douglas, Kirk 14. Michael Douglas 15. Downey, Robert Jr. (actor) 16. Eastwood, Clint 17. Falk, Peter 18. Fontaine, Joan (actress) 19. Ford, Betty 20. Franklin, Aretha 21. Graham, Billy 22. Griffith, Andy 23. Hefner, Hugh 24. Hope, Delores 25. Madoff, Bernoff (Financial jailbird) 26. Klugman, Jack 27. LaLane, Jack (Fitness) 28. Lansbury, Angela 29. Lee, Christopher 30. Lewis, Jerry (actor/comedian) 31. Love, Courtney 32. McCarthy, Kevin (actor) 33. Morgan, Harry (actor) 34. O'Toole, Peter 35. Phoenix, Joaquin (actor) 36. Polanski, Roman 37. Redgrave, Vanessa 38. Richard, Keith 39. Rooney, Mickey 40. Sharon, Ariel (politics) 41. Sapleton, Jean (actress) 42. Simpson, O.J. 43. Taylor, Liz 44. Temple, Shirley 45. Van Dyke, Dick 46. Vigoda, Abe 47. Wallach, Eli 48. Williams, Andy (Singer) 49. Winehouse, Amy 50. Wopner, Joe (Judge)	MIGNON (10) Ali, Mohammud Andrews, Patty Arness, James Bacall, Lauren Barker, Bob Borgnine, Ernest Busey, Gary Cary, Diana Serra Castro, Fidel Clark, Dick Conaway, Jeff Cory, Irwin Day, Doris DeHavilland, Olivia Diller, Phillis Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Michael Fontaine, Joan Ford, Betty Franklin, Aretha Gabor, Zsa-Zsa Gordon, Bruce Graham, Billy Griffith, Andy Hope, Delores King, BB Lalanne, Jack Lamotta, Jake Lewis, Jerry Lohan, Lindsay Mandela, Nelson Martin, Tony Morgan, Harry Muhammad, Ruby Niemeyer, Oscar O'Hara, Maureen Pardo, Don Rainer, Louise Reagan, Nancy Richards, Keith Rooney, Andy Rooney, Mickey Shea,George Beverly Shriver, Sargent Stewart, Mary Vigoda, Abe Wallace, Mike Wallach, Eli White, Betty Winehouse, Amy
BAM (8) Arness, James-87 Baer Jr, Max-73 Baker, Carroll-79 Barker, Bob-87 Bennett, Tony-84 Berra, Yogi-85 Borgnine, Ernest-93 Brooks, Mel-84 Caesar, Sid-88 Carey Jr, Harry-89 Carter, Elliot-102 Carter, Jimmy-86 Castro, Fidel-84 Cheney, Dick-69 Clark, Dick-81 Crosby, David-69 Davis, Al-81 Dick, Andy-45 Diller, Phyllis-93 Douglas, Kirk-94 Falk, Peter-83 Franklin, Aretha-68 Gabor, Zsa Zsa-93 Gordy, Berry-81 Graham, Billy-92 Griffith, Andy-84 Hemsley, Sherman-72 Jabbar-Abdul, Kareem-63 Jackson, Joseph-82 Jackson, Katherine-80 Jong-il, Kim-69 Kevorkian, Jack-82 Kissinger, Henry-87 LaLanne, Jack-96 Lee, Harper-84 Lockhart, June-85 Lohan, Lindsay-24 Mandela, Nelson-92 Mondale, Walter-82 Nabors, Jim-80 Palmer, Betsy-84 Parsons, Estelle-83 Ronney, Mickey-90 Rooney, Andy-91 Serra Carey, Diana-92 Shriver, Sargent-95 Temple, Shirley-82 Uecker, Bob-75 Vigoda, Abe-89 White, Betty-88	DONTOMASSO (5) 1. Ali Muhammed 2. Ballesteros Seve 3. Berry Chuck 4. Bin Laden Osama 5. Bowden Bobby 6. Buffett Warren 7. Chavez Hugo 8. Clinton Bill 9. Douglas Kirk 10. Douglas Michael 11. Duvall Robert 12. Ebert Roger 13. Fabray Nannette 14. Fellini Federico 15. Franklin Aretha 16. Gabor Zsa Zsa 17. Glazier Malcolm 18. Goodman, John 19. Graham , Billy 20. Greenspan, Alan 21. Imus Don 22. Jobs Steve 23. Jong Kim Il 24. Laurent Yves St. 25. La Motta Jake 26. Lewis Jerry 27. Madden John 28. McCain John 29. O' Haviland Olivia 30. Pardo Don 31. Penn Sean 32. Ratsinger (Pope Benedict) 33. Rooney Mickey 34. Shriver Sargent 35. Thatcher Margaret 36. Turner Ted 37. Wallace Mike 38. Wallach Eli
LOVECRAFT (2) Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (King of Saudi Arabia) Bob Barker Pope Benedict XVI Osama Bin Laden Jimmy Carter Fidel Castro Fats Domino Kirk Douglas Michael Douglas Aretha Franklin Rev Billy Graham Otto Van Habsburg (Heir to the Austrian throne) Gene Hackman Shige Hirooka (Oldest Living Person) Kim Jong-Il BB King Larry King Jake Lamotta Jerry Lewis Lindsay Lohan Imelda Marcos (Philippine first lady, Billionaire) Don Rickles Charlie Sheen Derek Walcott (poet)

1 Day 9 Hours to go! I've gotten 3 lists so far, so get working on them!

Sick bastards.

Geoff,

I know you probably already got it covered, but willour lists remained posted on the first page of this thread??? It would be a pain in the ass to have to scan thru lots of pages to see who's got who on whom's (is that grammatically correct?) list.

Anyway, thanks


TIS

Make that 4 Geoff.

Yep, 2nd post of this thread, just like last year

Carol Channing was on the Kennedy Center Honors the other night. She looked dead.

Ten hours into the new year and no lists yet. We should demand an inquest.

Will post shortly, sorry - long night

You guys are hardcore with the 50 people lists.

Glancing over the lists, there are many I didn't think of, a couple I thought were already dead; some seem to have been around forever (God bless them ;and some names of younger people are a surprise, BUT you really never know.








TIS

Two people on the lists have already left the building:

Federico Fellini, 1920-1993

Kevin McCarthy, 1914-2010

Ya gotta do your homework!

Signor V.

Oops!!!! That darn Geoff forgot to double check.

Ok, so does that mean I have one down??

Glad someone is on his toes SV.

TIS

Tough titties, TIS... your list consists of 49 possibles now.

Darn, now I can't get all 50 right. You see I did so well in 2010 that deleting this one person would really make the difference.

I scanned my list again and I "think" it is now correct. I must admit, and not to be a pot stirrer mind you, I thought a couple names on others lists were already dead, but I was wrong.


TIS

Is Brando dead?

Looking over the lists for 08/09/10 I've got the same amount of kills for all 3 years.

I think the folks who picked old Margaret Thatcher could be onto a winner. Not the best use of language there i'm afraid

Article

Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at the age of 64, a spokesman has announced.

Journalist and friend Andrew Richardson said Postlethwaite, who was made an OBE in 2004, died peacefully in hospital in Shropshire after a lengthy illness.

In 1994, he was nominated for an Oscar for In The Name of the Father. He received a best supporting actor nod for his role as Giuseppe Conlon, who was falsely convicted of the IRA's Guildford pub bombings....

I remember reading somewhere that Steven Spielberg considered Postlethwaite the best actor he had ever worked with, which was a pretty big surprise and a very awesome compliment for an actor who was extremely underrated.

Yes, he's still dead.

Like Generalissimo Fransico Franco

Speaking of Franciso, any of you Death Watchers have Anne Francis? When I was a young lad she caught my eye in "Forbidden Planet" swimming in the pool. She starred opposite Leslie Neilsen.

OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT .... GENERALISIMO FRANCISCO FRANCO IS STILL DEAD.








Hard to forget.... she was a major hottie (nobody had picked her).

I didn't see anyone had her on the list, but Anne Francis has passed away from pancreatic cancer. I remember her mostly for Honey West. You guys remember that?


TIS



Anne Francis

SC and BAM, figures you guys have Yogi Berra on your lists, you Yankee haters! (shakes fist in air)

Thanks a lot for scaring me by mentioning that name in this thread!

Don't worry ... it ain't over 'til it's over.

Of course what do I know about these matters, but you mean Yogi Berra is still alive??


TIS

Yeah... he traded places with Kevin McCarthy.