The 2013 Dead Pool

GOAL: Predict which notable* figures will die on/between January 1 and December 31, 2013, 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 Sunday, January 1, 2013). 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 Google, Wikipedia or another legit source which you may have to prove.

Rules:

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, 2013, and someone on your list dies before 2013, 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 2012, the person will obviously NOT count for 2013.

4) a) Thou Shalt Not Kill (anyone on your list); b) criminals subject to the Death Penalty or anyone kidnapped or held hostage in 2012 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 2013 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, 2013. YOU are responsible for your own audit at years' end.

Prize: Bragging Rights for 12 months.

Check out results from 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008


The next post will contain all participants' lists for easy reference, sometime on Jan 1st

2013 GBB Dead Pool Entries

SC (8) Ali Muhammad Andrews Patty Bacall Lauren Barker Bob Berra Yogi Bush George H W Caesar Sid Castro Fidel Chavez Hugo Clinton Hilary deHavilland Olivia Douglas Kirk Douglas Michael Ebert Roger Fontaine Joan Franklin Aretha Gabor Zsa Zsa Garner James Graham Billy King BB Koop C. Everett LaMotta Jake Lee Harper Lewis Jerry Lom Herbert Mandela Nelson Marie Rose Marshall Penny Mays Willie Michael George Mikasa Prince Molinaro Al Mubarak Hosni Musial Stan Pardo Don Pei I.M. Philip Prince Priebke Erich Rainer Luise Reagan Nancy Rooney Mickey Schmidt Helmut Seeger Pete Sharon Ariel Vigoda Abe Wallach Eli Wapner Judge White Betty Wouk Herman Zimbalist, Jr Efram	JG (8) Muhammad Ali, boxer (70) Mother Angelica, EWTN (89) Ed Asner, actor (83) Bob Barker, game show host (89) Lauren Bacall, actress (88) Chuck Berry, songwriter (86) Ronnie Biggs, Great Train Robber (83) Wilford Brimley, actor (78) George H.W. Bush, 41st Prez (88) Jimmy Carter, 39th president (88) Fidel Castro, Cuban president (86) Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan prez (58) David Crosby, Musician (71) Olivia de Havilland, actress (96) Bob Dole, politician (89) Kirk Douglas, actor (96) Kitty Dukakis, Michael's wife (76) Roger Ebert, film critic (70) Queen Elizabeth II (86) Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress/socialite (95) Leif Garrett, Singer (51) Billy Graham, evangelist (94) Stephen Hawking, physicist (70) Hugh Hefner, Playboy (86) B.B. King, guitarist (87) Larry King, CNN (79) Ed Koch, former NYC mayor (88) Kris Kristofferson, singer (76) C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General (96) Jake Lamotta, boxer (91) Frank Lautenberg, NJ Senator (88) Jerry Lewis, actor (86) Norman Lloyd, actor/producer/director (98) Lindsay Lohan, "actress" (26) Courtney Love, Hole (48) Nelson Mandela, frmr Prez So Africa (94) Charles Manson, murderer (78) Al Molinaro, "Happy Days" Al (93) Gene Gene Patton, the Dancing Machine (80) I.M. Pei, architect (95) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (91) Nancy Reagan, former first lady (91) Mickey Rooney, actor (92) Ariel Sharon, fmr Israeli PM (84) Don Shula, NFL (82) Margaret Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister (87) Abe Vigoda, actor (91) Eli Wallach, actor (97) Lawrence Walsh, frmr Dep Attorney Gen (100) Judge Wapner, TV judge (93)
TIS (5) Allen, Marty Ali, Mohammad Ames, Ed Barker, Bob Berry, Chuck Brimley, Wilford Buchanan, Pat Burns, Edd (Kookie) Bush, George HW Carter, Jimmy Connors, Mike (Mannix) Davis, Ann B. Day,Doris Damone, Vic DeHavilland, Olivia Domino, Fats Downs, Hugh Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Michael Eastwood, Clint Fontaine, Joan Franklin, Aretha Funicello, Annette Gabor, Zsa Zsa Graham, Billy Green, Shecky Hefner, Hugh Kasem, Casey Kennedy, George King, BB King, Larry Lansbury, Angela Lee, Christopher Lewis, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lee Loggia, Robert Mandela, Nelson Moore, Demi O’Brien Hugh O’Toole, Peter Page, Patti Perot, Ross Polansky, Roman Reagan, Nancy Reynolds, Burt Rooney, Mickey Sharon, Ariel (Politics) Van Dyke, Dick Vigoda, Abe Wallach, Eli	MIGNON (8) 1. Ali, Mohammud 2. Andrews, Patty 3. Asner, Ed 4. Bacall, Lauren 5. Barker, Bob 6. Busey, Gary 7. Bush, George SR. 8. Carter, Jimmy 9. Cary, Diana Serra 10. Castro, Fidel 11. Cleary, Beverley 12. Cory, Irwin 13. Culkin, Macaulay 14. Day, Doris 15. DeHavilland, Olivia 16. Douglas, Kirk 17. Douglas, Michael 18. Ebert, Roger 19. Fontaine, Joan 20. Franklin, Aretha 21. Gabor, Zsa-Zsa 22. Graham, Billy 23. Hope, Delores 24. King, BB 25. King, Larry 26. Koop, Everett C. 27. Lamotta, Jake 28. Lewis, Jerry 29. Lloyd, Norman 30. Lohan, Lindsay 31. Mandela, Nelson 32. Marshall, Penny 33. Muhammad, Ruby 34. O'Hara, Maureen 35. Pardo, Don 36. Reagan, Nancy 37. Richards, Keith 38. Rockefeller, David 39. Rooney, Mickey 40. Sharon, Ariel 41. Shea,George Beverly 42. Stevens, Rise 43. Stewart, Mary 44. Thatcher, Margaret 45. Vigoda, Abe 46. Wallach, Eli 47. Wapner, Joseph 48. White, Betty 49. Wouk, Herman 50. Zimbalist, Efrem Jr
BAM (3) Assad-al, Bashar-47 Baer Jr, Max-75 Baker, Carrol-81 Barker, Bob-89 Bennett, Tony-86 Berra, Yogi-87 Black Temple, Shirley-84 Brooks, Mel-86 Bush H.W, George-88 Caesar, Sid-90 Carter, Jimmy-88 Castro, Fidel-86 Cheney, Dick-71 Chong, Tommy-74 Crosby, David-71 De Havilland, Olivia-96 Dick, Andy-47 Douglas, Kirk-96 Dyke Van, Dick-87 Fontaine, Joan-95 Franklin, Aretha-70 Gabor, Zsa Zsa-95 Gallagher-66 Graham, Billy-94 Harris, Julie-87 Jackson, Joseph-84 Jackson, Katherine-82 Kissinger, Henry-89 LaMotta, Jake-91 Lee, Harper-86 Lewis, Jerry-86 Lockhart, June-87 Lohan, Lindsay-26 Mandela, Nelson-94 Marshall, Penny-70 Molinaro, Al-93 Mondale, Walter-84 Moore Tyler, Mary-76 O'Hara, Maureen-92 Palmer, Betsy-86 Parsons, Estelle-85 Reiner, Carl-90 Reynolds, Debbie-80 Ronney, Mickey-92 Sandusky, Jerry-68 Serra Cary, Diana-94 Uecker, Bob-77 Vigoda, Abe-91 Walker, Clint-85 White, Betty-90	DONTOMASSO (3) Abdullah (King of Saudi Arabia) Assad Bashar Ali Muhammad Barker Bob Biden Joe Brimley Wilfred Carter Jimmy Castro Fidel Chavez Hugo Cooper Anderson Crosby Sidney Coulter Anne Day Doris Douglas Kirk Everone (In Case That Mayan 2012 thing is right) Fabray Nanette Glazier Malcolm Graham Billy Greenspan Alan Hawking Stephen Kissinger Henry LaMotta Jake Lee Stan Levine James Lewis Jerry Lohan Lindsay Love Courtney Mandela Nelson Marshall Penny McCain John Mubarak Hosni Mugabe, (head of Zimbawe) Ono Yoko Nolte Nick Quaid Randy Reagan Nancy Rooney Mickey Sharon Ariel Thatcher Margaret Tyler Stephen Zahawiri Ayman
DON MARCO (8) 1 al-Assad, Bashar 2 Ali,Muhammad 3 Asner,Ed 4 Berra,Yogi 5 Berry,Chuck 6 Bush,George HW 7 Castro,Fidel 8 Channing,Carol 9 Chavez,Hugo 10 Checker,Chubby 11 Cheney,Dick 12 Crosby,David 13 Doerr, Bobby 14 DeHavilland,Olivia 15 Dole, Robert 16 Domino,Fats 17 Douglas,Kirk 18 Ebert,Roger 19 Fontaine,Joan 20 Fox,Michael J. 21 Gabor,Zsa Zsa 22 Graham,Billy 23 Gregg,Forrest 24 Jones,George 25 Kiner, Ralph 26 King,BB 27 King,Larry 28 Klugman,Jack 29 Leachman,Cloris 30 Lewis,Jerry 31 Lohan,Lindsay 32 Mandela,Nelson 33 Moore,Mary Tyler 34 Musial, Stan 35 Pei,I.M. 36 Peres, Shimon 37 Perry,William 38 Ranier, Luise 39 Reagan,Nancy 40 Richards,Keith 41 Reiner,Carl 42 Rooney,Mickey 43 Shoendienst, Red 44 Stapelton,Jean 45 Stookey,Paul (Peter, Paul, and Mary) 46 Thatcher,Margaret 47 Vigoda,Abe 48 Wallach,Eli 49 Wapner,Judge 50 Zimbalist, Jr.,Efrem	DE NIRO (9) 1. Ali, Muhammad (Boxer) 70 2. Andrews,Patty (The Andrews Sisters) 94 3. B.B. King (Blues Singer) 87 4. Berry , Chuck(Guitarist) 86 5. Biggs , Ronnie(Great train robber) 83 6. Brady, Ian ( Child killer) 74 7. Bush Sr , George(Former President) 88 8. Castro, Fidel (Cuban Leader) 86 9. Connery, Sean (Actor) 82 10. Day, Doris (US Singer) 88 11. Doherty, Pete (British Musician) 33 12. Domino, Fats (US Singer) 84 13. Douglas, Kirk (Actor) 95 14. Eastwood, Clint(Actor) 82 15. Francis,Connie Singer 74 16. Franklin, Aretha (US Singer) 70 17. Gabor, Zsa Zsa (Actor) 95 18. Gordan, Norman (South African Cricketer) 101 19. Gordy, Berry (Music Producer) 83 20. Gregg, Harry (Ex footballer) 80 21. Havilland, Olivia de Actress 97 22. Hawking, Stephen (Physicist) 70 23. Heffron, Edward (Band Of Brother, WW2 Veteran) 89 24. HM Queen 86 25. King,Ben E (Singer) 74 26. La Motta, Jake (Boxer) 91 27. Lee, Christopher (Actor)90 28. Lewis,Jerry lee (Singer) 77 29. Lohan, Lindsay (Actor) 26 30. Mandela, Nelson 94 31. Moore , Roger (Actor) 85 32. Mose John Allison, Jr (Blues Singer) 85 33. Perconte, Frank (Band Of Brother, WW2 Veteran) 95 34. Pincher, Chapman Journalist/Investigator 98 35. Priebke, Erich (Nazi) 99 36. Prince Mikasa (Japanese Royal) 97 37. Prince Philip 91 38. Reagan, Nancy (Former First Lady) 91 39. Richards, Keith( Rolling Stone) 68 40. Sheen , Charlie(Actor) 47 41. Sinatra , Nancy(US Singer) 72 42. Starr, Ringo (Former Beatle) 72 43. Stiles, Nobby( Former Footballer) 70 44. Thatcher, Margaret (English PM) 87 45. Thompson Elsie (Supercentenarian) 113 46. Van Dyke, Dick (American Actor) 87 47. Vigode, Abe (Actor) 91 48. Wallach , Eli(Actor) 97 49. Wilson, Brian( Beach Boy) 70 50. Wing, Anna (British Actress) 98
Danito (3) Muhammad Ali Chuck Berry Kurt Biedenkopf (German politician) Elfriede Brüning (German writer) George HW Bush Fidel Castro Dick Cheney Doris Day Fats Domino Kirk Douglas Michael Douglas Clint Eastwood Aretha Franklin Heiner Geißler (German Politician) Billy Graham BB King Helmut Kohl Nelson Mandela Roger Moore Hosni Mubarak Peter O'Toole Barack Obama Christopher Plummer Nancy Reagan Maggie Thatcher Abe Vigoda Eli Wallach

Prize: Bragging Rights for 12 months. Why so cheapo with the prize? Like I always win this thing.

Btw, I re-sent my list taking off Jack Klugman(on my current list as well as last years) who passed away after I sent it to you and I added another name. Is that ok?




TIS

I guess I have to turn in my crown from winning last year huh?

Yep, and wash off all the possum blood first.

Happy New Year, Mig.

Did you win last year Mig? I think you'll be receiving your Tiffany's gift card soon.



TIS

Yup, I got it


Feel free to send me some more names, Mig - I think I have around 37 for you left from 2012

Would Nelson Mandela be considered too easy?

I love the smell of a new Dead Pool thread before all the stiffs start stinkin' up the jernt.

Since there really aren't any "conditions/rules" (other than the person has to actually be alive at this point) ,doesn't matter if it's an "easy" pick.


TIS

*cough* Zsa Zsa *cough*

Very true Bam.

Happy New year to you SC and BTW that will be squirrel blood...LOL



Thanks alot I have to clean my screen now...LOL That was funny.

Seriously though, she has been on my list for what 3 years now?

Nobody died yet... what a slow year this is going to be.

* Looks like I was the only one to pick Hilary Clinton.

* Good pick for Don Marco - Bobby Doerr (I forgot him).

* Most of us had the four "almost deads" (GHWBush, Kirk Douglas, Zsa Zsa and Nelson Mandela)

* Good pick for Geoff - Ed Koch (former NYC mayor). He LOOKS dead already.

So, is abe vigoda not considered almost dead or already dead right now?

Dont forget Eli Wallach..

He's still alive! I need to remember that one for next year

A few corrections that should be removed from the lists:

SC: Herbert Lom died last year. I posted this in the previous Death Pool thread.

Mignon: Dolores Hope died in 2011.

Don Marco: Jack Klugman is gone, but I'm pretty sure the list was submitted prior to his passing.

Also...

JG: By your own definition, I'm not sure Ariel Sharon belongs on the list, as he's been pretty much in a coma since 2006. I do not take the statements of Sharon's son to the press seriously (see Wikipedia bio).

Just my two cents.


Signor V.

Dang it!! That's what I get for using Dead or Alive. They have Senator Geary (GD Spradlin) still being alive.

WoooHoooo... I got one more from last year!!! (14)



Save the money and buy some balls and play the game already!

Well SC, I turn the squirrel blood covered crown over to you. Congrats!!

You're good at this, you should play!

I guess you're right about Sharon, I didn't realize. I'll disqualify him.

Don Marco did submit his list on Dec 10 because he knew he wouldn't be active for a while; unfortunately for him, Klugman is disqualified.

Not sure how Mig did that.

And finally, I'll credit SC for 2012.

Anything for 2nd place?

Yeah.

TIS also had him on her list.




Nah. I'm just the vulture circling overhead.




Signor V.

So did SC, Mig, and TD...

Since it was my eff-up, should we allow those who had him to use a backup?

IMHO if Sharon is considered "alive" he's alive. That being said, I don't care what you do. It's not like my "win" will be balancing on any one name. So if you wanna scratch him off, go ahead and if you want another name let me know.



TIS

If you take him off our list can we replace the name?

Edit: I have a name to replace Sharon's name. Should I pm you?

Let it stay (Sharon). Ban Vitelli from this thread (if he ain't gonna play).