The 2018 Dead Pool

GOAL: Predict which notable* figures will die on/between January 1 and December 31, 2018, 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, 2018). The BB's default timestamp will determine entry time, but I often post after midnight so the west coast has a little extra 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, 2018, and someone on your list dies before 2018, 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 2017, the person will obviously NOT count for 2018.

4) a) Thou Shalt Not Kill (anyone on your list); b) criminals subject to the Death Penalty or anyone kidnapped or held hostage in 2017 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 2018 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, 2018. YOU are responsible for your own audit at years' end.

Prize: Bragging Rights for 12 months.

Past Winners:
2017 - Don Marco (15)
2016 - SC (17)
2015 - Sr Vitelli (12)
2014 - SC (15)
2013 - DE NIRO (9)
2012 - SC (14)
2011 - Mignon (10)
2010 - SC (11)
2009 - JG (12)
2008 - JG (12)


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

2018 GBB Dead Pool Entries

SC (13) Barker, Bob Benedict, (ex)Pope Blackman, Honor Brooks, Mel Bush, Barbara Bush, George HW Cardin, Pierre Carlisle, Mary Carrinton, Lord Carter, Jimmy Channing, Carol Cleary, Beverly Coppola, Anton Day, Doris deHavilland, Olivia Dole, Bob Douglas, Kirk Elizabeth, Queen Franklin, Aretha Graham, Billy Harper, Valerie Hawking, Stephen Kissinger, Henry Holbrook, Hal Lansbury, Angela Lear, Norman Lee, Stan Lloyd, Norman Lockhart, June Lynn, Vera Mason, Jackie Mays, Willie McCain, John Mubarak, Hosni Murdock, Rupert Newcombe, Don Overton, Richard Pei, IM Perez de Cuellar, Javier Perot, Ross Philip, Prince Rae, Charlotte Reiner, Carl Reynolds, Burt Schoendienst, Red Stiller, Jerry Van Dyke, Dick Wain, Bea White, Betty Wouk, Herman	JG (7) Marty Allen, comedian (95) Ed Asner, actor (88) Bob Barker, game show host (94) Harry Belafonte, singer/activist (90) Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus (90) Tony Bennett, singer (91) Wilford Brimley, actor (83) Tom Brokaw, journalist (77) Mel Brooks, actor/director (91) Whitey Bulger, murderer (88) George H.W. Bush, 41st Prez (93) Jimmy Carter, 39th president (93) Carol Channing, entertainer (96) Cher, singer (71) Tommy Chong, pothead (79) Bill Clinton, 42nd president (71) Anton Coppola, conductor (100) David Crosby, musician (76) Olivia de Havilland, actress (101) Shannen Doherty, actress (46) Bob Dole, politician (94) Kirk Douglas, actor (101) Kitty Dukakis, Michael's wife (81) Queen Elizabeth II (91) Morgan Freeman, actor (80) Leif Garrett, singer (56) Billy Graham, evangelist (99) Valerie Harper, "Rhoda" (78) Stephen Hawking, physicist (76) Larry King, CNN (84) Henry Kissinger, Sec of State (94) Kris Kristofferson, singer (81) Norman Lear, writer/producer (95) Stan Lee, Marvel Comics (95) Norman Lloyd, actor/producer/director (103) Lindsay Lohan, "actress" (31) Courtney Love, Hole (53) Joan Lunden, journalist (67) John McCain, Senator (81) Bret Michaels, Poison (54) Morrisey, singer (58) I.M. Pei, architect (100) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (96) Dennis Rodman, B-Baller (56) Don Shula, NFL (87) Randy Travis, Country singer (58) Desmond Tutu, Archbishop (86) Dick Van Dyke (92) Lil Wayne, rapper (35) Ron Wood, Rolling Stone (70)
TIS (7) Aaron, Hank Allen, Marty Asner, Ed Bader-Ginsburg, Ruth Bardot, Bridgette Barker, Bob Belafonte, Harry Bennett, Tony Brooks, Mel Buchanan, Pat Burns, Edd (Kookie) Bush, George H.W. Carter, Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Channing, Carol Connery, Sean Day, Doris Damone, Vic DeHavilland, Olivia Downs, Hugh Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Michael Eastwood, Clint Feinstein, Dianne (Senator) Franklin, Aretha Graham, Billy Greene, Shecky Hatch, Orrin (Senator) Jagger, Mick King, Larry Kissinger, Henry Lear, Norman Lansbury, Angela Lewis, Jerry Lee Lynn, Loretta McCain, John Ono, Yoko Nelson, Willie Novak, Kin Perot, Ross Plummer, Christopher Queen Elizabeth II Polanski, Roman Reiner, Carl Reynolds, Burt Richards, Keith Sheen, Charlie Tyler, Steven (AeroSmith) White, Betty Williams, Montel	MIGNON (14) 1. Allen, Marty 2. Asner, Ed 3. Barker, Bob 4. Belafonte, Harry 5. Brimley, Wilford 6. Brooks, Mel 7. Busey, Gary 8. Bush, Barbara 9. Bush, George Sr. 10. Carlisle, Mary 11. Carter, Jimmy 12. Cary Diana Serra 13. Cleary, Beverly 14. Culkin, Macaully 15. Day, Doris 16. Dehaviland, Olivia 17. Douglas, Kirk 18. Douglas, Michael 19 Franklyn, Aretha 20. Garrett, Leif 21. Graham, Billy 22. Harper, Valerie 23. Hawking, Stephen 24. Hunt, Marsha 25. King, Larry 26. Kissinger, Henry 27. Lee, Stan 28. Lloyd, Norman 29. Lohan, Lindsay 30. Lynn, Loretta 31. Lynn, Vera 32. Marshall, Penny 33. Mays, Willie 34. McCain, John 35. McKenzie, Fay 36. Morrison, Patricia 37. Novak, Kim 38. Pei, IM 39. Prince, Phillip 40. Poitier, Sydney 41. Reiner, Carl 42. Reynolds, Burt 43. Richards, Keith 44. Sawyer, Connie 45. Sheen, Charlie 46. Travis, Randy 47. VanDyke, Dick 48. Walker, Clint 49. White, Betty 50. Yeager, Chuck
XDCX (4) 1) Mohamed Al-Fayed (business magnate, 85) 2) 3) Ed Asner (actor, 85) 4) Bob Barker (former game show host, 91) 5) 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) 12) Jimmy Carter (former POTUS, 90) 13) 14) Carol Channing (actress, 93) 15) Tommy Chong (actor, 77) 16) Bill Cosby (actor/comedian, 77) 17) 18) Doris Day (actress, 90) 19) 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) 27) Olivia de Havilland (actress, 98) 28) 29) 30) Angela Lansbury (actress, 89) 31) Stan Lee (comic legend, 92) 32) 33) Vera Lynn (singer, 97) 34) 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) 44) Eva Marie Saint (actress, 90) 45) O. J. Simpson (retired athlete/criminal, 67) 46) Dick Van Dyke (actor/comedian, 89) 47) 48) 49) Betty White (actress/comedian, 92) 50)	BAM (8) Astin, John-87 Baer Jr, Max-80 Barker, Bob-94 Bush H.W, George-93 Bush, Barbara-92 Carter, Jimmy-93 Channing, Carol-96 Chong, Tommy-79 Collins, Phil-66 Connery, Sean-87 Cosby, Bill-80 Crosby, David-76 Day, Doris-93 De Havilland, Olivia-101 Doherty, Shannen-46 Dole, Bob-94 Douglas, Kirk-101 Duvall, Shelley-68 Dyke Van, Dick-92 Dylan, Bob-76 Graham, Billy-99 Harper, Valerie-78 Hawking, Stephen-75 John, Olivia Newton-69 Kilmer, Val-58 Kissinger, Henry-94 Lansbury, Angela-92 Lee, Stan-95 Lewis Lee, Jerry-82 Lockhart, June-92 Lynn, Loretta-85 McCain, John-81 Mitchell, Joni-74 Mondale, Walter-89 Novak, Kim-84 Osbourne, Ozzy-69 Parsons, Estelle-89 Philip, Prince-96 Phillips, Leslie-93 Poitier, Sidney-90 Pop, Iggy-70 Powell, Jane-88 Reiner, Carl-95 Reynolds, Burt-81 Serra Cary, Diana-99 Simpson, O.J-70 Spacey, Kevin-59 Walker, Clint-90 Walters, Barbara-88 White, Betty-94
DON MARCO (13) 1 Allen, Marty 2 Bartha, John 3 Benedict XVI, Pope 4 Bush, George H.W. 5 Campanella, Joseph 6 Cardin, Pierre 7 Carter, Jimmy 8 Channing, Carol 9 Cleary, Beverly 10 Coppola, Anton 11 DeHavilland, Olivia 12 Dole, Robert 13 Douglas, Kirk 14 Downs, Hugh 15 Fabray, Nanette 16 Fleming, Rhonda 17 Ford, Whitey 18 Graham, Billy 19 Greene, Shecky 20 Hawking, Stephen 21 Hollings, Ernest 22 Hunt, Marsha 23 Kissinger, Henry 24 LaRouche, Lyndon 25 Lasorda, Tommy 26 Lear, Norman 27 Lee, Stan 28 Lloyd, Norman 29 Lynn, Vera 30 Macy, Bill 31 Maren, Jerry 32 Marshall, Peter 33 McCain, John 34 Morrison, Patricia 35 Nakasone, Yasuhiro 36 Overton, Richard 37 Pei, I.M. 38 Perez de Cueller, Javier 39 Persoff, Nehemiah 40 Phillip, Prince 41 Reiner, Carl 42 Sawyer, Connie 43 Schoendist, Red 44 Shalit, Gene 45 Shames, Edward 46 Starr, Bart 47 Storch, Larry 48 Trippi, Charlie 49 Von Bulow, Claus 50 Wouk, Herman	DE NIRO (8) 1 Bardot,Briggite (Actress) 84 2 Belafonte,Harry (Singer) 90 3 Bracknell,Leah (Actress) 53 4 Brooks Mel (Actor) 92 5 Bush Sr , George(Former President) 93 6 Carrington,Peter (Politician) 99 7 Carter,Jimmy(Former President) 93 8 Collins, Michael (Astronaut) 87 9 Cuellar, Javier Perez (Ex UN Secretary General) 97 10 Day, Doris (US Singer) 93 11 Douglas, Kirk (Actor) 101 12 Eastwood, Clint(Actor) 87 13 Francis,Connie (Singer) 79 14 Franklin, Aretha (US Singer) 75 15 Gascoigne Paul(Footballer) 50 16 Gascoine, Jill (Actress) 80 17 Gordy, Berry (Music Producer) 88 18 Gotti,Peter (Mobster) 76 19 Graham,Billy (Evangelist) 99 20 Gregg, Harry (Ex footballer) 85 21 Greaves, Jimmy (Ex Footballer) 77 22 Harareet,Haya (Actress) 86 23 Havilland, Olivia de (Actress) 102 24 Hawking, Stephen (Physicist) 75 25 Heseltine, Michael (Politician) 84 26 Jackson Joe (Music Manager) 88 27 Johnson,Wilko (Guitarist) 70 28 Jones.Earl James (Actor)86 29 Kissinger,Henry (Diplomat) 94 30 Kristofferson,Kris (Singer-Songwriter) 82 31 Lansbury, Angela (Actress) 92 32 Lee Stan (Producer) 95 33 Lynn,Vera (Singer) 100 34 McGowan Shane (Singer) 59 35 O'Farrell, Frank (Ex Football Manager) 90 36 Pepping,Edwin (Band OF Brother) 95 37 Percisco,Carmine (Mobster) 82 38 Poitier, Sidney (Actor) 90 39 Prince Philip 96 40 Pruett,Jeanne (Singer) 80 41 Richard Little (Rock and Roll Singer) 85 42 Richards, Keith( Rolling Stone) 73 43 Sedaka, Neil (Singer) 78 44 Shames,Edward (Band Of Brother)95 45 Sheen, Charlie (Actor) 50 46 Sinatra , Nancy(US Singer) 77 47 Spacey Kevin (Actor) 58 48 Van Dyke, Dick (American Actor) 92 49 White,Betty (Actress) 95 50 Wouk,Herman (Author) 102
SIGNOR VITELLI (11) Allen, Marty 95 Ames, Ed 90 Asner, Ed 88 Belafonte, Harry 90 Busey, Gary 73 Bush, George H.W. 93 Carlisle, Mary 103 Carter, Jimmy 93 Cary, Diana Serra 99 Channing, Carol 96 Cheney, Dick 76 Day, Doris 95 de Havilland, Olivia 101 Dinkins, David 90 Douglas, Kirk 101 Duvall, Shelly 68 Fabray, Nanette 97 Farrakhan, Louis 84 Feiffer, Jules 88 Fleming, Rhonda 94 Hawking, Stephen 75 Holbrook, Hal 92 Howes, Sally Ann 87 Hunt, Marsha 100 Johns, Glynis 94 Jordan, Will 90 Karen, James 94 Kissinger, Henry 94 Lloyd, Norman 103 Lynn, Dame Vera 100 Mays, Willie 86 McCain, John 81 Mitchell, Joni 74 Montes, Yolanda (Tongolele) 85 Morison, Patricia 102 Philip, Prince 96 Randolph, Joyce 93 Richards, Keith 74 Saint, Eva Marie 93 Schisgal, Murray 91 Severinsen, Doc 90 Shane, Bob 83 Simon, Neil 90 Van Doren, Mamie 86 Walker, Clint 90 Weinstein, Harvey 65 Westheimer, Dr. Ruth 89 Williams, Cara 92 Withers, Jane 91 Wouk, Herman 102	MIKEY_SUNSET (10) 1. Hank Aaron 2. Alicia Alonzo 3. Ginger Baker 4. Bob Barker 5. Harry Belafonti 6. Tony Bennett 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. Vic Damone 18. Doris Day 19. Gloria Richardson Dandridge 20. Olivia deHavilland 21. Hugh Downs 22. Pete Doherty (musician) 23. Kirk Douglas 24. Queen Elizabeth II 25. Nanette Fabray 26. Aretha Franklin 27. Peter Fonda 28. Rev. Billy Graham 29. Angela Lansbury 30. Cloris Leachman 31. Stan Lee 32. Jerry Lee Lewis 33. Loretta Lynn 34. John Mayall 35. Willie McCovey 36. Sir Ian McKellen 37. Scotty Moore 38. I.M. Pei 39. Little Richard Penniman 40. Shimon Peres 41. Christopher Plummer 42. Carl Reiner 43. Burt Reynolds 44. Gary Rossington 45. Eva Marie Saint 46. Larry Storch 47. Dick Van Dyke 48. Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) 49. Jeordie White (AKA Twiggy Ramirez) 50. Herman Wouk

Just sent my list.

Happy New Year everyone!

Anyone have Jerry Van Dyke?
[url=Jerry Van Dyke Dead at 86 http://www.tmz.com/2018/01/06/jerry-van-dyke-dead-at-86/ via @TMZ][/url]

oh, I see BAM has his Brother.

I honestly forgot that he had a brother. Well, with the recent passing's of his two friends/co-stars last year,and now his brother, he might have a decline in health this year. RIP to Jerry though

Yes, a good pick.

Sadly, another good pick of mine seems to be declining more. Loretta Lynn who suffered a stroke last year, had a nasty fall recently and fractured her hip. Family says that she is doing well, but that really is not a good sign at the start of the year.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/musi...hip/1013754001/

Donnelly Rhodes, who I remember as the escaped convict on SOAP, died yesterday.

It's a bummer as he was the last surviving (in this case "surviving" is appropriate) member of the classic line-up of one of my favorite bands - Fast Eddie Clarke has passed...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/11/fast-eddie-clarke-motorhead-guitarist-dies

I had the privilege of seeing various incarnations of Motorhead about 30 times over 33 years. It all started for me in June of 1982 when Lemmy. Philthy and Fast Eddie played the Old Waldorf. Then Eddie was out of the band but came back with Fastway the following year and played the Cow Palace with Iron Maiden and Saxon. Both shows were outstanding as Motorhead were at one of their peak periods at the time and Fastway had a huge buzz in the metal scene as it was guitar shredder Fast Eddie teaming up with Pete Way from UFO on bass. Unfortunately Pete had left the band early on to form Waysted but the excitement carried on as Fastway's debut album was a scorcher.

Now the classic line up is reunited and along with Wurzel they're making incredible noise on the other side.

Doreen Tracey, one of the original Mouseketeers on Disney’s popular after-school program “The Mickey Mouse Club” and later an associate of avante-garde composer and musician Frank Zappa, has died. She was 74.

Come along and sing a song and join our jamboree .....

Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan dies suddenly aged 46

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42696376

Not a big cranberries fan but i did like their hit Zombie. Far to young RIP..

Fidel Castro's son Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balar 'takes own life aged 68

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42913492

No hits after the first month?

The cemetery is gonna go out of business. Nobody is dying to get into it anymore.

I don't have a list but David Attenborough is 91 years old. He seems healthy enough for his age. I don't know how I'd deal with his death. It'd probably involve whisky and some Planet Earth.

I'll throw Robert Wagner in there. I'm betting he checks out pretty quick here before they put together murder charges against him.

James Randi is almost 90 too. Another legend I'll struggle with his death and hope it's not soon

I see my wrong list was posted.

JG - please check your PM box.


Signor V.

Sorry about that!

Posted your newer list; it's amazing now you have 10 kills on the year?

Hey Turi, Good to see you back..

I was just saying this to my wife last week about if/when he dies the world would be a worse place. He is such a legend and national treasure.

Temptations singer Dennis Edwards dies aged 74

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42924559

Oh no!!! I love the Temps and Motown in general. Sorry to hear it. RIP Dennis Edwards.



TIS


(Ok I have to figure out how to get the icons posted. I usually never go "icon-less". LOL

Just a thought- How come there isn't a list of yearly winners like you do in the sports section? Only asking as i won one year.

See? You answered your own question! (j/k) Good idea!

Previous years winners of the GBB Dead Pool

2008- Geoff (12)
2009- Geoff (12)
2010- SC (11)
2011- Mignon (10)
2012- SC (14)
2013- DE NIRO (9)
2014- SC (15)
2015- Sr Vitelli (12)
2016- SC (17)
2017- Don Marco (15)

Are you not able to put this in the first post, so it's always there..

Added -- thanks, SC!

Thanks..

Actress Connie Sawyer died January 21 at age 105.

First confirmed "kill" for Mig and Don Marco - she was on their lists.


Signor V.