The 2016 Dead Pool

GOAL: Predict which notable* figures will die on/between January 1 and December 31, 2016, 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, 2016). 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, 2016, and someone on your list dies before 2016, 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 2015, the person will obviously NOT count for 2016.

4) a) Thou Shalt Not Kill (anyone on your list); b) criminals subject to the Death Penalty or anyone kidnapped or held hostage in 2015 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 2016 begins; d) do not edit Wikipedia with false death information.

Everyone's lists will be updated unofficially throughout the year, but year-end audits should be performed to determine the final winner sometime shortly after December 31, 2016. YOU are responsible for your own audit at years' end.

Prize: Bragging Rights for 12 months.

Check out results from 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008


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

2016 GBB Dead Pool Entries

SC (17) Ali, Muhammad Angelica, Mother Barker, Bob Benedict, (ex)Pope Bush, George HW Carlisle, Mary Carter, JImmy Castro, Fidel Channing, Carol Corey, Professor Irwin deHavilland, Olivia DelMonte, William Doerr, Bobby Douglas, Kirk Fields, Irving Franklin, Aretha Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gaynes, George Graham, Billy Hawking, Stephen Havelange, Joao Hefner, Hugh Khan, Abdul Rashid Kissinger, Henry LaMotta, Jake Lee, Harper Lewis, Jerry Lloyd, Norman Lynn, Vera Marie, Rose Mays, Willie Michael, George Mikasa, Prince Mubarak, Hosni Newcombe, Don Overton, Richard Pei, IM Perez de Cuellar, Javier Philip, Prince Reagan, Nancy Reiner, Carl Rickles, Don Rockefeller, David Sandlock, Mike Tovar, Lupita Vigoda, Abe Wapner, Judge White, Betty Wouk, Herman Young, Alan	JG (6) Muhammad Ali, boxer (73) Marty Allen, comedian (93) Mother Angelica, EWTN (92) Ed Asner, actor (86) Bob Barker, game show host (92) Harry Belafonte, singer/activist (88) Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus (88) Tony Bennett, singer (89) Chuck Berry, songwriter (89) Wilford Brimley, actor (81) Tom Brokaw, journalist (75) Mel Brooks, actor/director (89) Whitey Bulger, murderer (86) George H.W. Bush, 41st Prez (91) Glen Campbell, singer (79) Jimmy Carter, 39th president (91) Fidel Castro, Cuban president (89) Anton Coppola, conductor (98) David Crosby, musician (74) Olivia de Havilland, actress (99) Bob Dole, politician (92) Kirk Douglas, actor (99) Kitty Dukakis, Michael's wife (79) Queen Elizabeth II (89) Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress/socialite (98) Leif Garrett, singer (54) Billy Graham, evangelist (97) Valerie Harper, "Rhoda" (76) Stephen Hawking, physicist (73) Hugh Hefner, Playboy (89) Larry King, CNN (82) Henry Kissinger, Sec of State (92) Kris Kristofferson, singer (79) Jake Lamotta, boxer (94) Stan Lee, Marvel Comics (93) Jerry Lewis, actor (89) Norman Lloyd, actor/producer/director (101) Lindsay Lohan, "actress" (29) Courtney Love, Hole (51) Charles Manson, murderer (81) Bret Michaels, Poison (52) I.M. Pei, architect (98) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (94) Nancy Reagan, former first lady (94) Don Rickles, comedian (89) Don Shula, NFL (85) Dick Van Dyke (90) Abe Vigoda, actor (94) Judge Wapner, TV judge (96) Lil Wayne, rapper (33)
TIS (8) 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 Campbell, Glen 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 Glenn, John Graham, Billy Greene, Shecky Hefner, Hugh Kennedy, George King, Larry Kissinger, Henry Lansbury, Angela Lewis, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lee Lynn, Loretta Manson, Charles McCain, John Nelson, Willie O'Brien, Hugh Perot, Ross Queen Elizabeth II Polanski, Roman Reagan, Nancy Reynolds, Burt Richards, Keith Van Dyke, Dick Vigoda, Abe White, Betty	MIGNON (7) 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. Douglas, Kirk 19. Douglas, Michael 20. Franklyn, Aretha 21. Gabor, Zsa Zsa 22. Garrett, Leif 23. Graham, Billy 24. Harper, Valerie 25. Hawking, Stephen 26. Hefner, Hugh 27. King, Larry 28. Kissinger, Henry 29. Lamatta, Jake 30. Lee, Stan 31. Lewis, Jerry 32. Lloyd, Norman 33. Lohan, Lindsay 34. Lynn, Vera 35. Marshall, Penny 36. Mays, Willie 37. Pei, IM 38. Prince, Mikasa 39. Reagan, Nancy 40. Richards, Keith 41. Rickles, Don 42. Rockefeller, David 43. VanDike, Dick 44. Vigaoda, Abe 45. Wain, Bea 46. Wapner, Joseph 47. White, Betty 48. Wouk, Herman 49. Yeager, Chuck 50. Young, Alan
XDCX (7) 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) Tom Brokaw (reporter, 75) 8) Barbara Bush (former First Lady, 89) 9) George H. W. Bush (former POTUS, 90) 10) Amanda Bynes (actress, 28) 11) Glen Campbell (singer, 78) 12) Jimmy Carter (former POTUS, 90) 13) Fidel Castro (former Cuban President, 88) 14) Carol Channing (actress, 93) 15) Tommy Chong (actor, 77) 16) Bill Cosby (actor/comedian, 77) 17) Danielle Darrieux (actress/singer, 97) 18) Doris Day (actress, 90) 19) Fats Domino (musician, 86) 20) Kirk Douglas (actor, 98) 21) Michael Douglas (actor, 70) 22) Elizabeth II (Queen of England, 88) 23) Bob Eubanks (Rose Parade guy!, 76) 24) Zsa Zsa Gabor (actress, 97) 25) Billy Graham (evangelist, 96) 26) Monty Hall (actor/singer/sportcaster/host, 93) 27) Olivia de Havilland (actress, 98) 28) John Hurt (actor, 75) 29) Susannah Mushatt Jones (oldest living person, 116) 30) Angela Lansbury (actress, 89) 31) Stan Lee (comic legend, 92) 32) Jerry Lewis (comedian, 88) 33) Vera Lynn (singer, 97) 34) Charles Manson (murderer, 80) 35) Bob Newhart (actor/comedian, 85) 36) Yoko Ono (musician, 81) 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 (8) Ali, Muhammad-74 Assad-al, Bashar-50 Astin, John-85 Baer Jr, Max-78 Baker, Carrol-84 Barker, Bob-92 Bennett, Tony-89 Berry, Chuck-89 Bush H.W, George-91 Bynes, Amanda-29 Carter, Jimmy-91 Castro, Fidel-89 Channing, Carol-94 Chong, Tommy-77 Cosby, Bill-78 Crosby, David-74 Day, Doris-91 De Havilland, Olivia-99 Dole, Bob-92 Douglas, Kirk-99 Dyke Van, Dick-90 Elizabeth, Queen-89 Fox, Michael J.-54 Franklin, Aretha-73 Gabor, Zsa Zsa-98 Graham, Billy-97 Harper, Valerie-76 Hawking, Stephen-73 Jackson, Joseph-87 Kissinger, Henry-92 LaMotta, Jake-94 Lansbury, Angela-90 Lee, Harper-89 Lewis Lee, Jerry-80 Lewis, Jerry-89 Lockhart, June-90 Moore Tyler, Mary-79 Parsons, Estelle-87 Philip, Prince-94 Phillips, Leslie-91 Reagan, Nancy-94 Reiner, Carl-93 Reynolds, Burt-79 Reynolds, Debbie-83 Roberts, Jake-60 Schallert, William-93 Serra Cary, Diana-97 Vigoda, Abe-94 Walker, Clint-88 White, Betty-93
DON MARCO (8) 1 Ali Muhammad 2 Barker Bob 3 4 Blackman Honor 5 Brooks Mel 6 Bush George H.W. 7 Cardin Pierre 8 Castro Fidel 9 Channing Carol 10 Corey Irwin 11 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 25 Irvin Monte 26 LaMotta Jake 27 Lear Norman 28 29 Lewis Jerry 30 Lockhart June 31 Lynn Vera 32 Macy Bill 33 34 35 36 Pei I.M. 37 Philip Prince 38 Reagan Nancy 39 Reiner Carl 40 Rockefeller David 41 Rose Marie 42 Saint Eva Marie 43 44 Schoendist Red 45 46 Storch Larry 47 Tittle Y.A. 48 Vigoda Abe 49 Wapner Judge 50 Young Alan	DE NIRO (9) 1 Ali, Muhammad (Boxer) 73 2 Bardot,Briggite (Actress) 82 3 Berry ,Chuck(Guitarist) 89 4 Brady, Ian (Child killer) 77 5 Brooks Mel (Actor) 90 6 Brown Violet (Supercentenarian) 115 7 Bush Sr , George(Former President) 91 8 Castro, Fidel (Cuban Leader) 89 9 Carrington,Peter (Politician) 97 10 Collins, Michael (Astronaut) 85 11 Crowe,Martin (Cricketer) 53 12 Day, Doris (US Singer) 91 13 Doherty, Pete (British Musician) 36 14 Domino, Fats (US Singer) 87 15 Douglas, Kirk (Actor) 99 16 Eastwood, Clint(Actor) 85 17 Francis,Connie (Singer) 77 18 Franklin, Aretha (US Singer) 73 19 Gabor, Zsa Zsa (Actor) 98 20 Gordy, Berry (Music Producer) 86 21 Graham,Billy (Evangelist) 97 22 Gregg, Harry (Ex footballer) 83 23 Greaves, Jimmy (Ex Footballer) 75 24 Havelange, Joao( Ex FIFA President) 99 25 Havilland, Olivia de (Actress) 100 26 Hawking, Stephen (Physicist) 73 27 James,George Clifton (Actor) 94 28 La Motta, Jake (Boxer) 94 29 Lansbury, Angela (Actress) 90 30 Lee Stan (Producer) 93 31 Lynn,Vera (Singer) 99 32 McGowan Shane (Singer) 58 33 Malarkey,G Donald (Band Of Brother War Veteran) 94 34 Mose John Allison, Jr (Blues Singer) 88 35 O'Farrell, Frank (Ex Football Manager) 88 36 Pepping,Edwin (Band OF Brother) 93 37 Poitier, Sidney (Actor) 88 38 Prince Mikasa (Japanese Royal) 100 39 Prince Philip 94 40 Pruett,Jeanne (Singer) 78 41 Rockefeller,David sr(Banker) 100 42 Reagan, Nancy (Former First Lady) 94 43 Richards, Keith( Rolling Stone) 71 44 Sedaka, Neil (Singer) 76 45 Sheen, Charlie (Actor) 48 46 Sinatra , Nancy(US Singer) 75 47 Van Dyke, Dick (American Actor) 90 48 Vigode, Abe (Actor) 94 49 White,Betty (Actress) 93 50 Wouk,Herman (Author) 100
SIGNOR VITELLI (10) Ali, Muhammad 73 Allen, Marty 93 Ames, Ed 88 Asner, Ed 86 Belafonte, Harry 88 Berry, Chuck 89 Brand, Oscar 95 Bush, George H.W. 91 Campbell, Glen 79 Carlisle, Mary 101 Cary, Diana Serra 97 Cheney, Dick 74 Day, Doris 93 de Havilland, Olivia 99 Domino, Fats 87 Douglas, Kirk 99 Fabray, Nanette 95 Farrakhan, Louis 82 Hawking, Stephen 73 Holbrook, Hal 90 Hunt, Marsha 98 Jackson, Anne 89 Jeremy, Ron 62 Johns, Glynis 92 Jordan, Will 88 Karen, James 92 Kilmer, Val 56 Kissinger, Henry 92 LaMotta, Jake 94 Lewis, Jerry 89 Lloyd, Norman 101 Lynn, Dame Vera 98 Marie, Rose 92 Moore, Sir Roger 88 Morison, Patricia 100 Neill, Noel 95 Randolph, Joyce 91 Schallert, William 93 Severinsen, Doc 88 Tovar, Lupita 105 Van Doren, Mamie 84 Verdugo, Elena 90 Vigoda, Abe 94 Walker, Clint 88 Westheimer, Dr. Ruth 87 Wilmer, Douglas 95 Wiesel, Elie 87 Withers, Jane 89 Wouk, Herman 100 Yarbrough, Glenn 85	MIKEY_SUNSET (6) 1. Hank Aaron 2. Muhammad Ali 3. Alicia Alonzo 4. Ginger Baker 5. Harry Belafonti 6. Tony Bennett 7. Chuck Berry 8. Mel Brooks 9. George H.W. Bush 10. Vivian Campbell (rock guitarist) 11. Carol Channing 12. Jimmy Carter 13. Petula Clark 14. Roy Clark 15. Vic Damone 16. Doris Day 17. Gloria Richardson Dandridge 18. Olivia deHavilland 19. Kirk Douglas 20. Queen Elizabeth II 21. Peter Fonda 22. Zsa Zsa Gabor 23. Rev. Billy Graham 24. George Kennedy 25. Martin Landau 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. Mary Tyler Moore 37. Scotty Moore 38. I.M. Pei 39. Little Richard Penniman 40. Shimon Peres 41. Christopher Plummer 42. Nancy Reagan 43. Carl Reiner 44. Burt Reynolds 45. Don Rickles 46. David Rockafeller 47. Eva Marie Saint 48. Dick Van Dyke 49. Abe Vigoda 50. Herman Wouk

Smells too fresh in here. The joint hasn't been sullied by the Prince of Darkness yet. We need some stiffs in here.

OK, that takes care of my tasteless humor for this morbid game.

Lists are up -- good luck!

XDCX has filled out his new list, and I'll update it shortly... LAST CALL for anyone else!

Natalie Cole Dead

RIP

So, did Wayne Rogers. RIP

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/01/entertainment/obit-wayne-rogers/

I'm still steadfastly refusing to put Zsa Zsa Gabor on my list. I know she'll outlive us all.

Wanna see something bizarre? Check this out:

Injectable "Zsa Zsa" model

Just the thing to find under your tree next Christmas!


Signor V.

I'll make a list of one person:

1.) Abu Bakr Al-Bagdadi (Caliph of Daesh/Islamic State) 44

I can't believe I completely forgot to update the list - thanks for entering my reminders from last year.

Can't say I have heard of him but anyone hear about C&W singer Craig Strickland who died in boating (hunting) accident and died of hypothermia. He was only 29 I believe. How sad.




TIS

[quote=The Italian Stallionette]Can't say I have heard of him but anyone hear about C&W singer Craig Strickland who died in boating (hunting) accident and died of hypothermia. He was only 29 I believe. How sad.

He sent out some Tweets or posted on Facebook that he didn't know if he was going to survive the trip. This was before he and a friend set out during a really terrible storm. It's like he had a premonition...

No I didn't know. How sad. Couldn't he tweet where he was and/or get help somehow??




TIS

Actor Pat Harrington Jr, who played the building super in "One Day at a Time," died at the age of 86

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-pat-harrington-20160108-story.html

Richard Libertini, 82, was one of the greatest comic character actors of the 70s and 80s. His neurotic embezzler turned Dr. Bob Hartley's practice upside down, and he turned up at the 12th Precinct once, claiming his name was "1223." Always perfectly believable no matter how unlikely the character:

I...can't believe it still..but, singer, songwriter, actor, etc. David Bowie has passed away at the age of 69 due to cancer...he just released a new album on his birthday this past friday..fuck cancer

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-bowie-dead-legendary-artist-854364

RIP

My wife just told me about his death. I would not know shit without her.

I likes his songs Wild is the Wind & Word on a wing.

Also Cat People from the movie and Under Pressure with queen.

Most singers use the same back up musicians when they go on tour or record. Not Bowie I think he was too cheap to do that.

He used to be on the Danny Thomas show as his daughters boy friend.

I just heard about it this morning and I'm shocked. Evidently he's had cancer for about 18 months and family wanted to keep it under wraps. I heard on the radio this morning that he had a stroke earlier and that's when they discovered the cancer.

I did see a small clip of his upcoming album last week and thought he looked different but just assumed he looked older. For some reason it never occurred to me he was sick.

Anyway, I can't say I own all his music, but he surely was talented with his unique voice and in some cases different type sound/songs.

Off the top of my head, some favorites: Space Oddity, Young Americans, Let's Dance. I really did love he and Mick Jagger's Dancing in the Street.

RIP David Bowie

TIS

I was in shock when i heard about Bowies death he was one of the great acts of the 70's and his album Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars is up there with the great Beatles Albums as the best album in Pop/Rock history..

A talented and unique individual and his death is a sad day for music..

RIP..

All three of my kids loved his movie Labyrinth

Baseball Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, at 96. He was one of a very small handful of players to have significant careers in both the major leagues (New York Giants) and the Negro Leagues (Newark Eagles):

http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/monte-irvin-dies-hall-of-famer-was-96-1.11318405

The tragic life of Lawrence Phillips has come to an tragic end.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Wednesday that Phillips -- a former college star at Nebraska whose NFL career was derailed by off-the-field issues -- was found unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison early Wednesday morning. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Phillips was 40. Prison officials are investigating the death as a possible suicide.

Actor Alan Rickman has died at age 69 from cancer.

Very surprised to hear this. Had no idea he was ill.


Signor V.

You must be on your old man's shit-list. He's farming out his work to his other spawn.

Looks like I broke the ice this year. William DelMonte, the last survivor of the Great San Francisco Earthquake (1906) died three days ago at age 109.

It was an exclusive hit for me.

Booooo.

Want a good action movie you need a good story. A good leading action hero and a very good bad guy. Alan Rickman was a terrific bad guy

I thought we were only including famous people


Man... Bowie and Rickman both went at the same age with the same illness. I didn't know they were sick, either.

You mean SV didn't have this guy on his list???

Wow, I can't say I ever heard of the guy but wow!! 109? That's amazing.

Sorry about Alan Rickman too. I know him best from Die Hard (one of my favorite movies). He was a great villain. What a coincidence he and Bowie, within days of each other, same age and both die from cancer.


TIS