The 2017 Dead Pool

GOAL: Predict which notable* figures will die on/between January 1 and December 31, 2017, 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, 2017). 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, 2017, and someone on your list dies before 2017, 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 2016, the person will obviously NOT count for 2017.

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 2017 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, 2017. YOU are responsible for your own audit at years' end.

Prize: Bragging Rights for 12 months.

Check out results from 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008


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

2017 GBB Dead Pool Entries

SC (11) Barker, Bob Benedict, (ex)Pope Bush, Barbara Bush, George HW Campbell, Glenn Cardin, Pierre Carlisle, Mary Carrinton, Lord Carter, Jimmy Channing, Carol Cleary, Beverly Coppola, Anton Corey, Professor Irwin Day, Doris deHavilland, Olivia Doerr, Bobby Dole, Bob Domino, Fats Douglas, Kirk Elizabeth, Queen Franklin, Aretha Graham, Billy Harper, Valerie Hawking, Stephen Hefner, Hugh Kissinger, Henry Holbrook, Hal LaMotta, Jake Lear, Norman Lee, Stan Lewis, Jerry Lloyd, Norman Lockhart, June Lynn, Vera Marie, Rose Mays, Willie Mubarak, Hosni Newcombe, Don Overton, Richard Pei, IM Perez de Cuellar, Javier Philip, Prince Rae, Charlotte Reiner, Carl Rickles, Don Rockefeller, David Stiller, Jerry Wapner, Judge White, Betty Wouk, Herman	JG (8) Marty Allen, comedian (94) Ed Asner, actor (87) Bob Barker, game show host (93) Harry Belafonte, singer/activist (89) Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus (89) Tony Bennett, singer (90) Chuck Berry, songwriter (90) Wilford Brimley, actor (82) Tom Brokaw, journalist (76) Mel Brooks, actor/director (90) Whitey Bulger, murderer (87) George H.W. Bush, 41st Prez (92) Glen Campbell, singer (80) Jimmy Carter, 39th president (92) Cher, singer (70) Tommy Chong, pothead (78) Bill Clinton, 42nd president (70) Anton Coppola, conductor (99) David Crosby, musician (75) Olivia de Havilland, actress (100) Bob Dole, politician (93) Kirk Douglas, actor (100) Kitty Dukakis, Michael's wife (80) Queen Elizabeth II (90) Leif Garrett, singer (55) Billy Graham, evangelist (98) Valerie Harper, "Rhoda" (77) Stephen Hawking, physicist (74) Hugh Hefner, Playboy (90) Larry King, CNN (83) Henry Kissinger, Sec of State (93) Kris Kristofferson, singer (80) Jake Lamotta, boxer (95) Stan Lee, Marvel Comics (94) Jerry Lewis, actor (90) Norman Lloyd, actor/producer/director (102) Lindsay Lohan, "actress" (30) Courtney Love, Hole (52) Charles Manson, murderer (82) Bret Michaels, Poison (53) Morrisey, singer (57) I.M. Pei, architect (99) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (95) Don Rickles, comedian (90) Don Shula, NFL (86) Randy Travis, Country singer (57) Desmond Tutu, Archbishop (85) Dick Van Dyke (91) Judge Wapner, TV judge (97) Lil Wayne, rapper (34)
TIS (9) Allen, Marty Ames, Ed Bader-Ginsburg, Ruth Bardot, Brigette Barker, Bob Berry, Chuck Brimley, Wilford Brooks, Mel Buchanan, Pat Burns, Edd (Kookie) Bush, George HW Campbell, Glen Carter, Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Channing,Carol Connors, Mike Day, Doris Damone,Vic DeHavilland, Olivia Domino, Fats Downs, Hugh Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Michael Eastwood, Clint Franklin, Aretha Graham, Billy Greene, Shecky Hefner, Hugh King, Larry Kissinger, Henry LaMotta,Jake Lansbury, Angela Lewis, Jerry Lewis, Jerry Lee Lynn, Loretta Manson, Charles McCain, John Moore,Roger Nelson, Willie Novak, Kim Perot, Ross Plummer,Christopher Queen Elizabeth II Polanski, Roman Reiner,Carl Reynolds, Burt Richards, Keith Van Dyke, Dick White, Betty Williams, Montel	MIGNON (9) 1. Allen, Marty 2. Asner, Ed 3. Barker, Bob 4. Belafonte, Harry 5. Brimley, Wilford 6. Busey, Gary 7. Bush, Barbara 8. Bush, George Sr. 9. Carter, Jimmy 10. Cary Diana Serra 11. Cleary, Beverly 12. Cory, Irwin 13. Culkin, Macaully 14. Day, Doris 15. Dehaviland, Olivia 16. Douglas, Kirk 17. Douglas, Michael 18. Franklyn, Aretha 19. Gabor, Zsa Zsa [2016] 20. Garrett, Leif 21. Graham, Billy 22. Harper, Valerie 23. Hawking, Stephen 24. Hefner, Hugh 25. Hunt, Marsha 26. King, Larry 27. Kissinger, Henry 28. Lamatta, Jake 29. Lee, Stan 30. Lewis, Jerry 31. Lloyd, Norman 32. Lohan, Lindsay 33. Lynn, Vera 34. Marie, Rose 35. Marshall, Penny 36. Mays, Willie 37, Morison, Patricia 38. Pei, IM 39. Prince, Phillip 40. Reiner, Carl 41. Reynolds, Burt 42. Richards, Keith 43. Rickles, Don 44. Rockefeller, David 45. VanDike, Dick 46. Wain, Bea 47. Walker, Clint 48. Wapner, Joseph 49. White, Betty 50. Yeager, Chuck
XDCX (10) 1) Mohamed Al-Fayed (business magnate, 85) 2) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 48) Bea Wain (singer, 97) 49) Betty White (actress/comedian, 92) 50)	BAM (6) Assad-al, Bashar-51 Astin, John-86 Baer Jr, Max-79 Baker, Carrol-85 Barker, Bob-93 Bennett, Tony-90 Berry, Chuck-90 Bush H.W, George-92 Campbell, Glen-80 Carter, Jimmy-92 Channing, Carol-95 Chong, Tommy-78 Connery, Sean-86 Cosby, Bill-79 Crosby, David-75 Day, Doris-92 De Havilland, Olivia-100 Doherty, Shannen-45 Dole, Bob-93 Douglas, Kirk-100 Duvall, Shelley-67 Dyke Van, Dick-91 Dylan, Bob-75 Elizabeth, Queen-90 Graham, Billy-98 Harper, Valerie-77 Hawking, Stephen-74 Jackson, Joseph-88 Kilmer, Val-57 Kissinger, Henry-93 LaMotta, Jake-95 Lansbury, Angela-91 Lewis Lee, Jerry-81 Lewis, Jerry-90 Lockhart, June-91 Mondale, Walter-88 Moore Tyler, Mary-80 Novak, Kim-83 Parsons, Estelle-88 Philip, Prince-95 Phillips, Leslie-92 Pop, Iggy-69 Powell, Jane-87 Reiner, Carl-94 Reynolds, Burt-80 Serra Cary, Diana-98 Snuka, Jimmy "Superfly"-73 Walker, Clint-89 Walters, Barbara-87 White, Betty-93
DON MARCO (15) 1 Bartha, John 2 Benedict XVI, Pope 3 Berry, Chuck 4 Bush, George H.W. 5 Campbell, Glen 6 Cardin, Pierre 7 Carter, Jimmy 8 Channing, Carol 9 Cleary, Beverly 10 Coppola, Anton 11 Corey, Irwin 12 DeHavilland, Olivia 13 Doerr, Bobby 14 Dole, Robert 15 Domino, Fats 16 Douglas, Kirk 17 Downs, Hugh 18 Fabray, Nanette 19 Foray, June 20 Graham, Billy 21 Hawking, Stephen 22 Hunt, Marsha 23 James, Clifton 24 LaMotta, Jake 25 Lee, Stan 26 Lewis, Jerry 27 Lloyd, Norman 28 Lynn, Vera 29 Macy, Bill 30 Manson, Charles 31 Maren, Jerry 32 Morano, Emma 33 Morrison, Patricia 34 Overton, Richard 35 Pei, I.M. 36 Persoff, Nehemiah 37 Phillip, Prince 38 Reiner, Carl 39 Reiner, Carl 40 Rockefeller, David 41 Rose Marie 42 Sallis, Peter 43 Sawyer, Connie 44 Schoendist, Red 45 Starr, Bart 46 Storch, Larry 47 Trippi, Charlie 48 Wain, Bea 49 Wapner, Joseph (Judge) 50 Wouk, Herman	DE NIRO (12) 1 Adams,Richard (Author) 96 2 Bardot,Briggite (Actress) 83 3 Belafonte,Harry (Singer) 89 4 Berry ,Chuck(Guitarist) 90 5 Brady, Ian (Child killer) 78 6 Brooks Mel (Actor) 91 7 Brown Violet (Supercentenarian) 116 8 Bush Sr , George(Former President) 92 9 Carrington,Peter (Politician) 98 10 Collins, Michael (Astronaut) 86 11 Cuellar, Javier Perez (Ex UN Secretary General) 96 12 Day, Doris (US Singer) 92 13 Domino, Fats (US Singer) 88 14 Douglas, Kirk (Actor) 100 15 Eastwood, Clint(Actor) 86 16 Francis,Connie (Singer) 78 17 Franklin, Aretha (US Singer) 74 18 Gordy, Berry (Music Producer) 87 19 Graham,Billy (Evangelist) 98 20 Gregg, Harry (Ex footballer) 84 21 Greaves, Jimmy (Ex Footballer) 76 22 Harareet,Haya (Actress) 85 23 Havilland, Olivia de (Actress) 101 24 Hawking, Stephen (Physicist) 74 25 Jackson Joe (Music Manager) 87 26 James,George Clifton (Actor) 95 27 Kissinger,Henry (Diplomat) 93 28 La Motta, Jake (Boxer) 95 29 Lansbury, Angela (Actress) 91 30 Lee Stan (Producer) 94 31 Lynn,Vera (Singer) 99 32 McGowan Shane (Singer) 59 33 Malarkey,G Donald (Band Of Brother War Veteran) 95 34 Moore , Roger (Actor) 89 35 Morano, Emma, (Supercentenarian) 117 36 O'Farrell, Frank (Ex Football Manager) 89 37 Pepping,Edwin (Band OF Brother) 94 38 Poitier, Sidney (Actor) 89 39 Prince Philip 95 40 Pruett,Jeanne (Singer) 79 41 Rockefeller,David sr(Banker) 101 42 Rickles Don (Comedian) 89 43 Richards, Keith( Rolling Stone) 72 44 Sedaka, Neil (Singer) 77 45 Sheen, Charlie (Actor) 49 46 Sinatra , Nancy(US Singer) 76 47 Tipper, Edward Joseph (Band Of Brother) 95 48 Van Dyke, Dick (American Actor) 91 49 White,Betty (Actress) 94 50 Wouk,Herman (Author) 101
SIGNOR VITELLI (8) Allen, Marty 93 Ames, Ed 88 Asner, Ed 86 Belafonte, Harry 88 Berry, Chuck 89 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 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 Randolph, Joyce 91 Severinsen, Doc 88 Van Doren, Mamie 84 Verdugo, Elena 90 Walker, Clint 88 Westheimer, Dr. Ruth 87 Withers, Jane 89 Wouk, Herman 100	MIKEY_SUNSET (6) 1. Hank Aaron 2. Alicia Alonzo 3. Ginger Baker 4. Harry Belafonti 5. Tony Bennett 6. Chuck Berry 7. Mel Brooks 8. George H.W. Bush 9. Eric Burdon 10. Vivian Campbell (rock guitarist) 11. Carol Channing 12. Jimmy Carter 13. “Fast” Eddie Clarke (Motorhead) 14. Petula Clark 15. Roy Clark 16. David Crosby 17. Pete Doherty (musician) 18. Vic Damone 19. Doris Day 20. Gloria Richardson Dandridge 21. Olivia deHavilland 22. Kirk Douglas 23. Queen Elizabeth II 24. Aretha Franklin 25. Peter Fonda 26. Rev. Billy Graham 27. Martin Landau 28. Angela Lansbury 29. Cloris Leachman 30. Stan Lee 31. Jerry Lewis 32. Jerry Lee Lewis 33. Loretta Lynn 34. John Mayall 35. Willie McCovey 36. Sir Ian McKellen 37. Mary Tyler Moore 38. Scotty Moore 39. Maureen O'Hara [2015] 40. I.M. Pei 41. Little Richard Penniman 42. Shimon Peres 43. Christopher Plummer 44. Carl Reiner 45. Burt Reynolds 46. Don Rickles 47. David Rockafeller 48. Eva Marie Saint 49. Dick Van Dyke 50. Herman Wouk

I've PM you my list..

Not including mine, I only got 3 lists in so far... less than a day away!

I'm in

Just sent mine in.

Just sent in my list.

Happy New Year to all!!

I'm stalling a little to see if SC, SV and XDCX care to join us again...

Okay, being that it's XDCX's birthday, he needs some extra time -- so I'll give it to him. And hopefully SC will get over his freak-out that he "killed" so many last year. And SV gets on the ball.

...so if any newbies want to get in, you still have some time to PM me your lists ASAP.

NOTE: Anyone who dies before the lists are made public WILL COUNT for the lists I already have, but NOT for those I don't have.

You have my list now.

I really should make that the official icon of this thread!

Ha ha ha!! That's a great (and appropriate) icon for this thread, though maybe a little sick humor right?


TIS

So how's it look?

All right, lists are up -- XDCX and SV will be continuing with what's left from their previous lists....

Gosh darn it! I was almost done. Oh well, I had more than enough time, so I'm good with the decision!

Aaaaargh! Been so busy getting things ready for my January class (which starts tomorrow) that the really important stuff got put on the back burner.

(Grumble, grumble....)


Signor V.

Looks great!!! I suppose a dead (sleeping) fish might work too no?

Happy New Year

TIS

Let's see how this year will go. Already seeing small worry about the Queen and her 'heavy cold'.

Franklin Roosevelt used to tell a story, with himself as the implied punchline:

A Fat Cat would approach the same news stand every morning, give the guy a dime, pick up a newspaper, and look at the front page. Then he'd put the paper back down and walk away. Finally after a year of this the news stand guy asked, "Why do you just glance at the paper every day and then walk away?"

The Fat Cat answered, "I'm only interested in the obituaries."

The news guy said, "Obituaries? But you never open the paper!"

The Fat Cat explained, "Believe me, the S.O.B. I'm looking for will be on Page 1."

On the other hand, there's always...

Seriously, the orange looks nice and is quite appropriate.


Signor V.

Ha ha ha!! Ol' Keith will outlive us all!!!


TIS

I have Richard Adams on my list but he died on Christmas Eve, so you can scrub him off my list..

We might have our first major death of 2017 soon. Charles Manson is reported to be gravely ill, and is currently at the hospital. Many have been looking forward to this.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ch...hospital-960552

Poor charley sorry to see him go

I don't typically root for someone to die, but given that he is on my list and a total monster, in this case I will.

Francine York died yesterday at 79. She wasn't as famous as some, she was a "guest starlet" in the 1960s and 1970s in the mold of The Godfather's Julie Gregg and Marianna Hill. She was on everything in that era from Perry Mason to Green Acres to The Odd Couple, and kept right on working until very recently:

Ah, some guys will post anything just as an excuse to include a photo of pointy boobs.

Singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt dies aged 75

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38548507

Sonny Franzese not doing well right now. Fell and injured his hip and has pneumonia as he approaches 100.