The 2020 Dead Pool

GOAL: Predict which notable* figures will die on/between January 1 and December 31, 2020, 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, 2020). 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, 2020, and someone on your list dies before 2020, 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 2019, the person will obviously NOT count for 2020.

4) a) Thou Shalt Not Kill (anyone on your list); b) criminals subject to the Death Penalty or anyone kidnapped or held hostage in 2019 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 2020 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, 2020. YOU are responsible for your own audit at years' end.

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


Prize: Bragging Rights for 12 months.

Past Winners:
2019 - SC (9) / Don Marco (9)
2018 - Mignon (14)
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)



Quick Link: Deaths in 2020 (wikipedia)

2020 GBB Dead Pool Entries

SC (RIP) (11) 1 Alan, Alda 2 Barker, Bob 3 Benedict, (ex) Pope 4 Bennett, Tony 5 Blackman, Honor 6 Brooks, Mel 7 Cardin, Pierre 8 Carter, Jimmy 9 10 Cleary, Beverly 11 Coppola, Anton 12 13 de Havilland, Olivia 14 Dole, Bob 15 Douglas, Kirk 16 Downs, Hugh 17 Eastwood, Clint 18 Elizabeth, Queen 19 Erskine, Carl 20 Ford, Whitey 21 22 Kissinger, Henry 23 Holbrook, Hal 24 Lansbury, Angela 25 Lear, Norman 26 Lloyd, Norman 27 Lockhart, June 28 Lynn, Vera 29 30 MacLaine, Shirley 31 Mason, Jackie 32 Mays, Willie 33 McCain, Roberta 34 Mondale, Walter 35 Mubarak, Hosni 36 Murdock, Rupert 37 38 39 40 Perez de Cuellar, Javier 41 42 Philip, Prince 43 Poitier, Sidney 44 Reiner, Carl 45 46 Stiller, Jerry 47 Storch, Larry 48 Van Dyke, Dick 49 White, Betty 50	JG (9) Ed Asner, actor (90) David Attenborough, broadcaster (93) Bob Barker, game show host (96) Harry Belafonte, singer/activist (92) Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus (92) Tony Bennett, singer (93) Wilford Brimley, actor (85) Tom Brokaw, journalist (79) Mel Brooks, actor/director (93) Jimmy Carter, 39th president (95) Cher, singer (73) Tommy Chong, pothead (81) Bill Clinton, 42nd president (73) Anton Coppola, conductor (102) David Crosby, musician (78) Olivia de Havilland, actress (104) Bob Dole, politician (96) Kirk Douglas, actor (103) Hugh Downs, broadcaster (98) Kitty Dukakis, Michael's wife (83) Queen Elizabeth II (93) Morgan Freeman, actor (82) Leif Garrett, singer (58) Ruth Bader Ginsburg, judge (86) Larry King, CNN (86) Henry Kissinger, Sec of State (96) Kris Kristofferson, singer (83) Artie Lang, Comedian (52) Angela Lansbury, actress (94) Tommy Lasorda, MLB (92) Norman Lear, writer/producer (97) Norman Lloyd, actor/producer/director (105) Lindsay Lohan, "actress" (33) Courtney Love, Hole (55) Joan Lunden, journalist (69) Bret Michaels, Poison (56) Walter Mondale, politician (91) Morrisey, singer (60) Rupert Murdoch, media mogul (88) Bob Newhart, actor (90) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (98) Carl Reiner, TV legend (97) Don Shula, NFL (89) Jerry Stiller, actor (92) Randy Travis, Country singer (60) Desmond Tutu, Archbishop (88) Dick Van Dyke (94) Lil Wayne, rapper (37) Betty White, legend (97) Ron Wood, Rolling Stone (72)
TIS (8) Aaron, Hank Asner, Ed Bader-Ginsburg, Ruth Bardot, Bridgette Barker, Bob Belafonte, Harry Bennett, Tony Breyer, Stephen (Supreme Court Judge) Brooks, Mel Burnett, Carol Buchanan, Pat Byrnes, Edd (Kookie) Carter, Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Connery, Sean DeHavilland, Olivia Downs, Hugh Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Michael Eastwood, Clint Eden, Barbara (actress) Feinstein, Dianne (Senator) Fleming, Rhonda (actress) Greene, Shecky Hackman, Gene Hatch, Orrin (Senator) Holbrook, Hal (actor) Jagger, Mick King, Larry Kissinger, Henry Lear, Norman Lansbury, Angela Lewis, Jerry Lee Lynn, Loretta Ono, Yoko Plummer, Christopher (actor) Nelson, Willie Novak, Kim Plummer, Christopher Poitier, Sidney Queen Elizabeth II Polanski, Roman Reiner, Carl Richards, Keith Saint, Eva Marie (actress) Sheen, Charlie Tyler, Steven (AeroSmith) Van Dyke, Dick White, Betty Williams, Montel	MIGNON (10) 1. Asner, Ed 2. Barker, Bob 3. Bear, Max Jr. 4. Belafonte, Harry 5. Blackman, Honor 6. Brimley, Wilford 7. Brooks, Mel 8. Busey, Gary 9. Cardin, Pierre 10. Carter, Jimmy 11. Cary Dianna Serra 12. 13. Cleary, Beverly 14. Coppola, Anton 15. Culkin, Macaully 16. 17. Dehaviland, Olivia 18. Dole, Bob 19. Douglas, Kirk 20. Douglas, Michael 21. Garrett, Leif 22. Ginsburg, Ruth 23. 24. Holbrook, Hal 25. Hunt, Marsha 26. King, Larry 27. Kissinger, Henry 28. Lansbury, Angela 29. Lear, Norman 30. Lloyd, Norman 31. Lohan, LIndsay 32. Love, Courtney 33. Lynn, Loretta 34. Lynn, Vera 35. Mays, Willie 36. 37. Novak, Kim 38. 39. Phillip, Prince 40. Poitier, Sydney 41. Queen, Elizabeth II 42. Reiner, Carl 43. Richards, Keith 44. Richardson, Gloria 45. Shames, Edward 46. Sheen, Charlie 47. Travis, Randy 48. Van Dyke, Dick 49. White, Betty 50. Yeager, Chuck
DUESPAID (11) Barker, Bob-94 Browkaw, Tom-78 Brooks,Mel-91 Cardin,Pierre-95 Carter, Jimmy-93 Cuéllar Javier - 99 Connery, Sean-87 Cosby, Bill-80 Crosby, David-76 Destaing Valery - 93 De Havilland, Olivia-101 Dole, Bob-94 Douglas, Kirk-101 Duvall, Shelley-68 Dyke Van, Dick-92 Dylan, Bob-76 Eastwood, Clint Ford,Whitey-89 Ginsburg,Ruth -85 Holbrook, Hal 93 Kilmer, Val-58 King,Larry-84 Kissinger, Henry-94 Lansbury, Angela-92 Lasorda, Tommy-90 Lewis Lee, Jerry-82 Lockhart, June-92 Lynn, Loretta-85 Lynn, vera-101 Mason, Jackie- 86 Madden, John-82 Mondale, Walter-89 Mubarak Hosni - 91 Novak, Kim-84 Osbourne, Ozzy-69 Parsons, Estelle-89 Philip, Prince-96 Phillips, Leslie-93 Poitier, Sidney-90 Pop, Iggy-70 Powell, Jane-88 Redstone, Sumner-94 Reiner, Carl-95 Richard Little - 87 Robertson,Pat-88 Stiller, Jerry-90 Turner Tina - 80 Wagner,Robert-88 Walters, Barbara-88 White, Betty-96	BAM (12) Astin, John-89 Baer Jr, Max-82 Barker, Bob-96 Carter, Jimmy-95 Chong, Tommy-81 Cleary, Beverly-103 Collins, Phil-68 Cosby, Bill-82 Crosby, David-78 De Havilland, Olivia-103 Doherty, Shannen-48 Dole, Bob-96 Douglas, Kirk-103 Duvall, Shelley-70 Dylan, Bob-78 Elizabeth, Queen-93 Gibson, Bob-84 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader-86 Glitter, Gary-76 John, Olivia Newton-71 Jones, James Earl-88 Jones, Terry-77 Kilmer, Val-60 King, Larry-86 Kissinger, Henry-96 Leachman, Cloris-94 Lewis Lee, Jerry-84 Lockhart, June-94 Lynn, Loretta-87 Mitchell, Joni-76 Mondale, Walter-91 Nelson, Willie-86 Nichols, Nichelle-87 Parsons, Estelle-91 Philbin, Regis-88 Philip, Prince-98 Poitier, Sidney-92 Pop, Iggy-72 Powell, Jane-90 Reiner, Carl-97 Sayers, Gale-76 Serra Cary, Diana-101 Simpson, O.J-72 Sloan, Jerry-77 Stiller, Jerry-92 Trebek, Alex-79 Turner, Tina-80 Wagner, Robert-89 Walters, Barbara-90 White, Betty-97
DON MARCO (15) 1 Barker Bob 2 Bartha John 3 Benedict XVI Pope 4 Blackman Honor 5 Cameron Earl 6 Cardin Pierre 7 Carter Jimmy 8 Clary Robert 9 Cleary Beverly 10 Coppola Anton 11 Cuellar Javier Perez (dupe) 12 DeHavilland Olivia 13 d'Estaing Valery Giscard 14 Dole Robert 15 Douglas Kirk 16 Downs Hugh 17 Fleming Rhonda 18 Ford Whitey 19 Garr Terri 20 Gibson Julie (2019) 21 Grant Lee 22 Greene Shecky 23 Greenspan Alan 24 Holbrook Hal 25 Hollings Ernest 26 Hunt Marsha 27 King Larry 28 Kissinger Henry 29 Lasorda Tommy 30 Lear Norman 31 Lloyd Norman 32 Lynn Vera 33 Marshall Peter 34 McGee Charles 35 Mubarak Hosni 36 Nakasone Yasuhiro (2019) 37 Nichols Nichelle 38 Perez de Cueller Javier 39 Persoff Nehemiah 40 Phillip Prince 41 Randolph Joyce 42 Reiner Carl 43 Robinson Eddie 44 Shalit Gene 45 Shames Edward 46 Shaw Tim 47 Smith Jack Bullas (2015) 48 Storch Larry 49 Trebek Alex 50 Trippi Charlie	DE NIRO (8) 1 Attenborough, David (naturalist) 2 Bardot,Briggite (Actress) 3 Barker, Bob (Game Show Host) 4 Belafonte,Harry (Singer) 5 Britton Tony (Actor) 6 Brooks Mel (Actor) 7 Cardin Pierre (Fashion Designer) 8 Carter,Jimmy(Former President) 9 Collins, Michael (Astronaut) 10 Connolly Billy (Comedian) 11 Cuellar, Javier Perez (Ex UN Sec Gen) 12 Dole Bob (Politican) 13 Dion (Singer) 14 Douglas, Kirk (Actor) 15 Eastwood, Clint(Actor) 16 Francis,Connie (Singer) 17 Gascoigne Paul(Footballer) 18 Gascoine, Jill (Actress) 19 Gorbachev Mikhail (Frmr Soviet leader) 20 Gordy, Berry (Music Producer) 21 Gotti,Peter (Mobster) 22 Gregg, Harry (Ex footballer) 23 Greaves, Jimmy (Ex Footballer) 24 Harareet,Haya (Actress) 25 Havilland, Olivia de (Actress) 26 Heseltine, Michael (Politician) 27 Johnson,Wilko (Guitarist) 28 Jones.Earl James (Actor) 29 Kissinger,Henry (Diplomat) 30 Kristofferson,Kris (Singer-Songwriter) 31 Lansbury, Angela (Actress) 32 Lewis,Jerry Lee (Singer) 33 Lynn,Vera (Singer) 34 McGowan Shane (Singer) 35 Nelson Willie (Singer/Songwriter) 36 Nicol Jimmie (Stand in Beatle) 37 O'Farrell, Frank (Ex Football Manager) 38 Poitier, Sidney (Actor) 39 Prince Philip 40 Pruett,Jeanne (Singer) 41 Richard Little (Rock and Roll Singer) 42 Richards, Keith( Rolling Stone) 43 Sedaka, Neil (Singer) 44 Shames,Edward (Band Of Brother) 45 Sheen, Charlie (Actor) 46 Sinatra ,Nancy(US Singer) 47 Tanaka Kane (Supercentenarian) 48 Van Dyke, Dick (American Actor) 49 Walker Murrey (Formula 1 Commentator) 50 White,Betty (Actress)
SIGNOR VITELLI (5) 1. Ames, Ed 91 2. Asner, Ed 89 3. Belafonte, Harry 91 4. Busey, Gary 74 5. Carter, Jimmy 94 6. Cary, Diana Serra 100 7. 8. Cheney, Dick 77 9. 10. de Havilland, Olivia 102 11. Dinkins, David 91 12. Dole, Bob 95 13. Douglas, Kirk 102 14. Duvall, Shelly 67 15. Farrakhan, Louis 85 16. Feiffer, Jules 89 17. Fleming, Rhonda 95 18. Gallagher, Helen 92 19. Greene, Shecky 92 20. Hackman, Gene 88 21. Holbrook, Hal 93 22. Howes, Sally Ann 88 23. Hunt, Marsha 101 24. Johns, Glynis 95 25. Kissinger, Henry 95 26. Lehrer, Tom 90 27. Lloyd, Norman 104 28. Lynn, Dame Vera 101 29. Mays, Willie 87 30. Mitchell, Joni 75 31. Montes, Yolanda (Tongolele) 86 32. Newton-John, Olivia 70 33. Nichols, Nichelle 86 34. Perrine, Valerie 75 35. Philip, Prince 97 36. Randolph, Joyce 94 37. Richards, Keith 75 38. Sahl, Mort 91 39. Saint, Eva Marie 94 40. Schisgal, Murray 92 41. Severinsen, Doc 91 42. Shane, Bob 84 43. Shatner, William 87 44. Simon, John 93 45. Van Doren, Mamie 87 46. Weinstein, Harvey 66 47. Westheimer, Dr. Ruth 90 48. Williams, Cara 93 49. Withers, Jane 92 50.	MIKEY_SUNSET (9) 1. Aaron, Hank 2. Banali, Frankie 3. Barker, Bob 4. Beatty, Ned 5. Belafonte, Harry 6. Bennett, Tony 7. Brooks, Mel 8. Burdon, Eric 9. Carter, Jimmy 10. Clapton, Eric 11. Clark, Petula 12. Crosby, David 13. deHavilland, Olivia 14. Douglas, Kirk 15. Downs, Hugh 16. Garr, Teri 17. Jones, Steve (Sex Pistols) 18. Kilmer, Val 19. Lange, Artie 20. Lansbury, Angela 21. Leachman, Cloris 22. Lee, Ruta 23. Lewis, Jerry Lee 24. Lockhart, June 25. Lynn, Loretta 26. Maxwell, Ghislaine 27. Mayall, John 28. McKellen, Sir Ian 29. Minnelli, Liza 30. Miret, Roger (Agnostic Front) 31. Mitchell, Joni 32. Nichols, Nichelle 33. Nicholson, Jack 34. Penniman, Little Richard 35. Philbin, Regis 36. Plummer, Christopher 37. Reiner, Carl 38. Richardson Dandridge, Gloria 39. Ronstadt, Linda 40. Rossington, Gary 41. Saint, Eva Marie 42. Storch, Larry 43. Trebec, Alex 44. Van Doran, Mamie 45. Van Dyke, Dick 46. Van Halen, Edward 47. Ward, Bill (Black Sabbath) 48. White, Betty 49. Windsor, Queen Elizabeth II 50. Wyman, Bill (Perks, Wm George Jr)

Any new players this years? I need to crack on and put my list together..

So no one's gotten a perfect score yet?

Yes, will be quiet this week and I can just sit around and do whatever I want.

I will work on my list one day this week for sure and look for some good hits.

Hey Geoff

I will send it to you Saturday. I’m not home the next couple days and unfortunately I don’t have my list memorized. 😉 since I’m doing so well I thought I’d try another year. 😂


TIS

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Saturday...

If I joined, I would literally just pick every celebrity and public figure over the age of 85.

How many points would you get for selecting someone like Paul Walker or Chester Bennington?

Surely that would be worth a 100 times selecting someone like Kirk Douglas or Ozzy Osbourne, right?

PM Sent..

We've talked about it many times over the years, but never established any type of "degree of difficulty" bonuses in time... "maybe next year" is usually the conclusion of that conversation lol

We've been using the current format for over 10 years, why change it now.

I’m in. I think .

Will wait for Boss to confirm.

Am I in?

diD you get it Boss?

Let's see if I can be lucky (unlucky) to get into the double digits

If the PM was "read" then I got it...

Still waiting on DON MARCO, SIGNOR VITELLI, MIKEY_SUNSET, and anyone else who wants to join in.... anyone who doesn't get in within the next 24 hrs or so will have their current lists "ride" (minus the 2019 'kills')

List has been sent...

A big thanks to The Don for organizing this once again and Happy New Year everybody!

Sorry, I'll post the lists within the next 12 hours -- got caught in a long conversation and totally forgot... hopefully SV will get his list in (everyone else has)...!

Good luck everyone

Thanks DeNiro! May the best man/woman win. I think I'm gonna win this year. Good luck to everyone.

While we're waiting for Geoff to post our lists:


"I'm here to chew bubble gum and kick ass.... and I'm all out of bubble gum." Name the actor/movie (just for fun)




TIS

Wasn't it from a zombie movie?

Don Larsen, Only Pitcher To Throw Perfect World Series Game, Dies At 90

I remember him , he was a guest star once on the Brady Bunch

L L

RIP

If we want to spice the game up a little, maybe we can offer double points for the person who gets the first pick correct..

Buck Henry passed away...I remember watching SNL as kid and he seemed to be on all the time.

https://pagesix.com/2020/01/08/buck...86809418.1578328445-353513884.1572476289

Edd Byrnes passed away at 87. Sorry to hear it. I use to watch 77 Sunset strip all the time. And who remembers, of us oldies, “Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb?” RIP ☹️


TIS


https://chicago.suntimes.com/entert...ie-dies-at-87-starred-in-77-sunset-strip

I think 77 Sunset Strip was a little before my time but I do remember Edd Byrnes from an appearance on Married With Children which also featured Anthrax.

He also played the teen dance show host in Grease..

Pete Dye: Famous golf course designer

Yes, that’s right. I remember.

Btw, he’s n my list (though I spelled his last name incorrectly) 🙄


TIS

Neil Pearl: Rush Drummer.

67 yrs, died from Brain disorder