The 2015 Dead Pool

GOAL: Predict which notable* figures will die on/between January 1 and December 31, 2015, 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, January 1, 2015). 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, 2015, and someone on your list dies before 2015, 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 2014, the person will obviously NOT count for 2015.

4) a) Thou Shalt Not Kill (anyone on your list); b) criminals subject to the Death Penalty or anyone kidnapped or held hostage in 2014 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 2015 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 should be performed to determine the final winner sometime shortly after December 31, 2015. YOU are responsible for your own audit at years' end.

Prize: Bragging Rights for 12 months.

Check out results from 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008


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

2015 GBB Dead Pool Entries

SC (10) Ali, Muhammad Angelica, Mother Barker, Bob Benedict, (ex)Pope Berra, Yogi Bush, George HW Carter, Jimmy Castro, Fidel Channing, Carol Corey, Professor Irwin deHavilland, Olivia DelMonte, William Doerr, Bobby Douglas, Roy Douglas, Kirk Franklin, Aretha Gabor, Zsa Zsa Graham, Billy Hawking, Stephen Havelange, Joao Hefner, Hugh Kahn, Irving King, BB Kissinger, Henry LaMotta, Jake Lee, Christopher Lee, Harper Lewis, Jerry Lloyd, Norman Marie, Rose Mays, Willie Michael, George Mikasa, Prince Molinaro, Al Mubarak, Hosni Newman, Ruth O'hara, Maureen Okawa, Misawo Pei, IM Philip, Prince Reagan, Nancy Reiner, Carl Rickles, Don Rockefeller, David Schmidt, Helmut Vigoda, Abe Wapner, Judge White, Betty Wouk, Herman Young, Alan	JG (5) Muhammad Ali, boxer (72) Marty Allen, comedian (92) Mother Angelica, EWTN (91) Ed Asner, actor (85) Tariq Aziz, frmr Dep PM Iraq (78) Bob Barker, game show host (91) Harry Belafonte, singer/activist (87) Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus (87) Tony Bennett, singer (88) Chuck Berry, songwriter (88) Wilford Brimley, actor (80) Tom Brokaw, journalist (74) Mel Brooks, actor/director (88) Whitey Bulger, murderer (85) George H.W. Bush, 41st Prez (90) Jimmy Carter, 39th president (90) Fidel Castro, Cuban president (88) David Crosby, musician (73) Olivia de Havilland, actress (98) Manoel de Oliveira, director (106) Bob Dole, politician (91) Kirk Douglas, actor (98) Kitty Dukakis, Michael's wife (78) Queen Elizabeth II (88) Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress/socialite (97) Leif Garrett, singer (53) Billy Graham, evangelist (96) Valerie Harper, "Rhoda" (75) Stephen Hawking, physicist (72) Hugh Hefner, Playboy (88) B.B. King, guitarist (89) Larry King, CNN (81) Kris Kristofferson, singer (78) Jake Lamotta, boxer (93) Stan Lee, Marvel Comics (92) Jerry Lewis, actor (88) Norman Lloyd, actor/producer/director (100) Lindsay Lohan, "actress" (28) Courtney Love, Hole (50) Charles Manson, murderer (80) Al Molinaro, "Happy Days" Al (95) Gene Gene Patton, the Dancing Machine (82) I.M. Pei, architect (97) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (93) Nancy Reagan, former first lady (93) Don Rickles, comedian (88) Don Shula, NFL (84) Dick Van Dyke (89) Abe Vigoda, actor (93) Judge Wapner, TV judge (95)
TIS (4) Allen, Marty Ali, Mohammad Ames, Ed Bader-Ginsburg, Ruth Bardot, Brigette Barker, Bob Berry, Chuck Brimley, Wilford Buchanan, Pat Burns, Edd (Kookie) Bush, George HW Carter, Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Castro, Fidel Connors, Mike Day, Doris Damone, Vic DeHavilland, Olivia Domino, Fats Downs, Hugh Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Michael Eastwood, Clint Franklin, Aretha Gabor, Zsa Zsa Graham, Billy Greene, Shecky Hefner, Hugh Kennedy, George King, BB King, Larry Kissinger, Henry Lansbury, Angela Lee, Christopher Lewis, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lee Loggia, Robert Lynn, Loretta Manson, Charles McCain, John Nelson, Willie O'Hara, Maureen O'Brien, Hugh Perot, Ross Polanski, Roman Reagan, Nancy Reynolds, Burt Richards, Keith Van Dyke, Dick Vigoda, Abe	MIGNON (5) 1. Ali, Mohammud 2. Allen, Marty 3. Asner, Ed 4. Barker, Bob 5. Belafonte, Harry 6. Brimley, Wilford 7. Busey, Gary 8. Bush, Barbara 9. Bush, George Sr. 10. Carter, Jimmy 11. Cary Diana Serra 12. Castro, Fidel 13. Cleary, Beverly 14. Cory, Irwin 15. Culkin, Macaully 16. Day, Doris 17. Dehaviland, Olivia 18. Dickens, Jimmy (Little) 19. Douglas, Kirk 20. Douglas, Michael 21. Franklyn, Aretha 22. Gabor, Zsa Zsa 23. Garrett, Leif 24. Graham, Billy 25. Harper, Valerie 26. Hawking, Stephen 27. Hefner, Hugh 28. King, BB 29. King, Larry 30. Lamatta, Jake 31. Lee, Stan 32. Lewis, Jerry 33. Lloyd, Norman 34. Lohan, Lindsay 35. Lynn, Vera 36. Marshall, Penny 37. Molinaro, Al 38. O'Hara, Maureen 39. Pei, IM 40. Reagan, Nancy 41. Keith Richards 42. Rockefeller, David 43. Schmidt, Helmut 44. Vandike, Dick 45. Vigaoda, Abe 46. Wapner, Joseph 47. White, Betty 48. Wouk, Herman 49. Yeager, Chuck 50. Young. Alan
XDCX (4) 1) Mohamed Al-Fayed (business magnate, 85) 2) Muhammad Ali (retired boxer, 72) 3) Ed Asner (actor, 85) 4) Bob Barker (former game show host, 91) 5) Chuck Berry (musician, 88) 6) Wilford Brimley (actor, 80) 7) Barbara Bush (former First Lady, 89) 8) George H. W. Bush (former POTUS, 90) 9) Amanda Bynes (actress, 28) 10) Glen Campbell (singer, 78) 11) Jimmy Carter (former POTUS, 90) 12) Fidel Castro (former Cuban President, 88) 13) Carol Channing (actress, 93) 14) Bill Cosby (actor/comedian, 77) 15) Danielle Darrieux (actress/singer, 97) 16) Doris Day (actress, 90) 17) Fats Domino (musician, 86) 18) Kirk Douglas (actor, 98) 19) Michael Douglas (actor, 70) 20) Elizabeth II (Queen of England, 88) 21) Bob Eubanks (Rose Parade guy!, 76) 22) Zsa Zsa Gabor (actress, 97) 23) Billy Graham (evangelist, 96) 24) Monty Hall (actor/singer/sportcaster/gameshow host, 93) 25) Olivia de Havilland (actress, 98) 26) B. B. King (musician, 89) 27) Angela Lansbury (actress, 89) 28) Christopher Lee (actor, 92) 29) Stan Lee (comic legend, 92) 30) Jerry Lewis (comedian, 88) 31) Vera Lynn (singer, 97) 32) Charles Manson (murderer, 80) 33) Bob Newhart (actor/comedian, 85) 34) Maureen O’Hara (actress, 94) 35) Yoko Ono (musician, 81) 36) Dick Van Patten (actor/comedian, 86) 37) Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh, 93) 38) Christopher Plummer (actor, 85) 39) Joyce Randolph (actress, 90) 40) Nancy Reagan (former First Lady, 93) 41) Carl Reiner (actor/comedian, 92) 42) Keith Richards (musician, 71) 43) Don Rickles (actor/comedian, 88) 44) Eva Marie Saint (actress, 90) 45) O. J. Simpson (retired athlete/criminal, 67) 46) Dick Van Dyke (actor/comedian, 89) 47) Abe Vigoda (actor, 93) 48) Bea Wain (singer, 97) 49) Betty White (actress/comedian, 92) 50) Alan Young (actor, 95)	BAM (5) Ali, Muhammad-73 Assad-al, Bashar-49 Baer Jr, Max-77 Baker, Carrol-83 Barker, Bob-91 Bennett, Tony-88 Berra, Yogi-89 Bieber, Justin-20 Bush H.W, George-90 Bynes, Amanda-28 Carter, Jimmy-90 Castro, Fidel-88 Channing, Carol-93 Checker, Chubby-73 Cheney, Dick-73 Chong, Tommy-76 Cosby, Bill-77 Crosby, David-73 Day, Doris-90 De Havilland, Olivia-98 Dick, Andy-49 Douglas, Kirk-98 Dyke Van, Dick-89 Franklin, Aretha-72 Gabor, Zsa Zsa-97 Graham, Billy-96 Harper, Valerie-75 Jackson, Joseph-86 Kissinger, Henry-91 LaMotta, Jake-93 Lee, Harper-88 Lewis Lee, Jerry-79 Lewis, Jerry-88 Lockhart, June-89 Lohan, Lindsay-28 Molinaro, Al-95 Mondale, Walter-86 Moore Tyler, Mary-78 Newhart, Bob-85 Nimoy, Leonard-83 O'Hara, Maureen-94 Palmer, Betsy-88 Parsons, Estelle-87 Reiner, Carl-92 Reynolds, Debbie-82 Serra Cary, Diana-96 Uecker, Bob-80 Vigoda, Abe-93 Walker, Clint-87 White, Betty-92
DON MARCO (9) 1 Ali Muhammad 2 Barker Bob 3 Berra Yogi 4 Blackman Honor 5 Brooks Mel 6 Bush George H.W. 7 Cardin Pierre 8 Castro Fidel 9 Channing Carol 10 Corey Irwin 11 Darling Jean 12 DeHavilland Olivia 13 Doerr Bobby 14 Dole Robert 15 Domino Fats 16 Douglas Kirk 17 Downs Hugh 18 Gabor Zsa Zsa 19 Glenn John 20 Graham Billy 21 Gregg Forrest 22 Hall Monty 23 Harper Valerie 24 Healy Dennis 25 Irvin Monte 26 LaMotta Jake 27 Lear Norman 28 Lee Christopher 29 Lewis Jerry 30 Lockhart June 31 Lynn Vera 32 Macy Bill 33 Molinaro Al 34 Nimoy Leonard 35 O'Hara Maureen 36 Pei I.M. 37 Philip Prince 38 Reagan Nancy 39 Reiner Carl 40 Rockefeller David 41 Rose Marie 42 Saint Eva Marie 43 Schmidt Helmut 44 Schoendist Red 45 Simon Sam 46 Storch Larry 47 Tittle Y.A. 48 Vigoda Abe 49 Wapner Judge 50 Young Alan	DE NIRO (11) 1 Ali, Muhammad (Boxer) 72 2 Bardot,Briggite (Actress) 81 3 B.B. King (Blues Singer) 89 4 Berry ,Chuck(Guitarist) 88 5 Brady, Ian (Child killer) 76 6 Brooks Mel (Actor) 89 7 Bush Sr , George(Former President) 90 8 Castro, Fidel (Cuban Leader) 88 9 Day, Doris (US Singer) 90 10 Doherty, Pete (British Musician) 35 11 Domino, Fats (US Singer) 86 12 Douglas, Kirk (Actor) 97 13 Eastwood, Clint(Actor) 84 14 Francis,Connie (Singer) 76 15 Franklin, Aretha (US Singer) 72 16 Gabor, Zsa Zsa (Actor) 97 17 Carrington,Peter Politician 96 18 Gordy, Berry (Music Producer) 85 19 Graham,Billy (Evangelist) 96 20 Gregg, Harry (Ex footballer) 82 21 Havelange, Joao( Ex FIFA President) 98 22 Havilland, Olivia de (Actress) 99 23 Hawking, Stephen (Physicist) 72 24 Healey,Dennis (British Politician) 97 25 La Motta, Jake (Boxer) 93 26 Lansbury, Angela (Actress) 89 27 Lee, Christopher (Actor)92 28 Lee Stan (Producer) 92 29 Lynn,Vera (Singer) 98 30 McGowan Shane (Singer) 57 31 Malarkey,G Donald (Band Of Brother War Veteran) 93 32 Molinaro Al (Actor) 95 33 Mose John Allison, Jr (Blues Singer) 87 34 O'Hara Maureen (Actress) 94 35 Okawa Misao (Supercentenarian) 116 36 Macnee,Patrick (Avenger) 93 37 Prince Mikasa (Japanese Royal) 99 38 Pepping,Edward (Band OF Brother) 92 39 Prince Philip 93 40 Rockefeller,David sr(Banker) 99 41 Reagan, Nancy (Former First Lady) 93 42 Richards, Keith( Rolling Stone) 70 43 Schmidt,Helmut (German Politician) 96 44 Sinatra , Nancy(US Singer) 74 45 Simon,Sam (Simpsons creator) 60 46 Taylor Shaw (TV Presenter) 91 47 Van Dyke, Dick (American Actor) 89 48 Vigode, Abe (Actor) 93 49 Weaver,Gertrude Supercentenarian 116 50 White,Betty (Actress) 92
SIGNOR VITELLI (12) Ali, Muhammad 72 Ames, Ed 87 Asner, Ed 85 Belafonte, Harry 87 Berry, Chuck 88 Bikel, Theodore 90 Brand, Oscar 94 Bush, George H.W. 90 Cary, Diana Serra 96 Cheney, Dick 73 Cuomo, Mario 82 Domino, Fats 86 Douglas, Kirk 98 Ekberg, Anita 83 Farrakhan, Louis 81 Gilbert, Ronnie 88 Hawking, Stephen 72 Holbrook, Hal 89 Hunt, Marsha 97 Jackson, Anne 88 Jeremy, Ron 61 Karen, James 91 Kissinger, Henry 91 LaMotta, Jake 93 Lee, Sir Christopher 92 Lewis, Jerry 88 Lynn, Dame Vera 97 Macnee, Patrick 92 Marie, Rose 91 Meadows, Jayne 95 Michell, Keith 88 Moody, Ron 90 Moore, Dickie 89 Moore, Sir Roger 87 Morison, Patricia 99 Myerson, Bess 90 Neill, Noel 94 O’Hara, Maureen 94 Ono, Yoko 81 Pilbeam, Nova 95 Randolph, Joyce 90 Severinsen, Doc 87 Tovar, Lupita 104 Van Doren, Mamie 83 Verdugo, Elena 89 Vigoda, Abe 93 Walker, Clint 87 Wilmer, Douglas 94 Wiesel, Elie 86 Withers, Jane 88	MIKEY_SUNSET (9) 1. Hank Aaron 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Ginger Baker 4. Harry Belafonti 5. Tony Bennett 6. Yogi Berra 7. Chuck Berry 8. Mel Brooks 9. Vivian Campbell (rock guitarist) 10. Petula Clark 11. Roy Clark 12. Sean Connery 13. Vic Damone 14. Doris Day 15. Kirk Douglas 16. Ellen Albertini Dow 17. Queen Elizabeth II 18. Peter Fonda 19. Zsa Zsa Gabor 20. Hal Holbrook 21. Louis Jourdan 22. Lemmy Kilmister 23. BB King 24. Martin Landau 25. Artie Lange 26. Angela Lansbury 27. Cloris Leachman 28. Stan Lee 29. Jerry Lewis 30. Jerry Lee Lewis 31. Loretta Lynn 32. George Martin (producer) 33. John Mayall 34. Willie McCovey 35. Sir Ian McKellen 36. Al Molinaro 37. Mary Tyler Moore 38. Scotty Moore 39. Joe Namath 40. Maureen O'Hara 41. Little Richard Penniman 42. Christopher Plummer 43. Carl Reiner 44. Burt Reynolds 45. Don Rickles 46. Eva Marie Saint 47. Ken Stabler 48. Dick Van Dyke 49. Abe Vigoda 50. Scott Weiland

Just sent mine. Kinda hope I DON'T win.

Have a happy and safe New Year everyone!!

It's 12:05 a.m. Anyone die yet?

A couple lists I got will be added tomorrow -- I'll even give DV or anyone else until Thurs afternoon to join in, if they have the balls....

FiOS is back up -- after 14+ hours. Apparently some "tree rats" (squirrels) chewed up the wires on the pole. Will be back after church to post the lists!

Awright, you win... I'm sending you my list.

As far as cojones, you should see the emoticons I can't post here...


Signor V.

Nobody has died as yet..

I'm in this year!

Cool, the more the merrier..

Lists have been posted above -- welcome to the new players!

Ok, so did I win yet?

(Happy New Year to my BB friends)





TIS


Hey Vitelli's in? Yea!!!!

Good night nurse, Vitelli is in!

I was looking through the past years' lists and thought it notable that everyone had picked Kirk Douglas for their list when we started this game eight years ago. Now, eight years later, everyone still has picked him for their list.

Only a matter of time SC..

How long has Zsa Zsa been going?

Damn! Forgot to put her on my list. Personally, I think she'll never die!


Signor V.

We used to have trouble with squirrels chewing on copper wires. It was usually mice chewing on Fiber and they only liked the ones with light going through them, not the dead ones.

That's what people said about Eli Wallach..

Former NY governor, Mario Cuomo is the first to die on this year's watch. He was 82 and had been hospitalized last November just as his son and current governor, Andrew, was re-elected. Today, his son was re-inaugurated.

Cuomo was one of the best orators I've ever heard.

Only one of us had picked Cuomo on a list.... Signor Vitelli. Who invited this pissant to play??

Be careful what you wish for.

Actually, I realized too late that besides Zsa Zsa, there was one other person I had wanted to put on my list, but forgot: French actress Michèle Morgan (age 94).

Perhaps next year...


Signor V.

GBB Resident Ghoul

Ha ha!! Beginners luck? Don't let it go to your head now Vitelli.


Had Cuomo been sick? I was surprised/sorry to hear of his passing.



TIS

Since November I believe. I don't remember if there was any reports or anything since being admitted.

TIS, His son Andrew had been re-elected to office in November and Mario celebrated with his family at the campaign headquarters when the election was won by his son. I believe it was the day following the election that Mario was admitted to the hospital with heart related issues. He had been released from the hospital for awhile but had to be readmitted in December. Here's a picture of him with his son, Andrew, following the election. You can see he looks somewhat frail.

SV is off too a flyer, i will put it down to beginners luck..

Congrats on your first kill. Love the zombie icon.

I just read that Donna Douglas who played Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies has passed away at the age of 81.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment...ticle-1.2063988

R.I.P.

Oh no. I'm sorry to hear that. I have not seen her in years but remember her well.



TIS

Last time I seen her on tv was years ago on "The Nanny"

RIP Elly May Clampett

With Donna's death, that leaves Max Baer Jr as the last surviving member of the main cast.

RIP

Well a third passing in two days now. Little Jimmy Dickens who has been apart of the Grand Ole Opry since 1948 has passed away at the age of 94. RIP

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/jimmy-dickens-oldest-opry-member-dies-94-27970694