Here we go.
Rules are generally the same as in previous years.
Post in this thread a list of 15 celebrities or other notable people. If you'd rather e-mail me, that's fine, but please post in the thread that you've done so, just so I can keep track.
I'm not going to be a total stickler about notability requirements, but please try to be reasonable. If someone doesn't have a Wikipedia page at the very least, I'll probably ask you to choose someone else. Also: humans only.
One new rule for 2012: If a Wikipedia search on one of your picks directs to a disambiguation page or to someone else with the same name, please indicate which one you mean by appending the person's profession in parentheses, e.g. "(actress)" or "(football player)."
As usual, points are awarded based on the formula (100 - [age at death]). So picking Willow Smith (at 11) would get you a lot more points than picking Kirk Douglas (at 95), were both to die.
Please post your lists to this thread by January 9. No lists will be accepted after that date. If someone dies before Jan. 9, only the people who have already submitted lists will be able to collect points. You may also revise your list at any time before Jan. 9; after that, you'll be locked in.
Lastly, I will be posting everybody's final picks to this Google spreadsheet and also updating the leaderboard there as the year goes on.
(Feel free, of course, to bump this thread and alert me if I've missed an update. Deaths of British/Australian celebs in particular sometimes pass me by.)
Good luck!
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Monday, 2 January 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
Lindsay LohanAndy DickJerry SanduskyWilliam "The Refrigerator" PerryMichael DouglasSly StoneChristopher LeeShirley Temple BlackAriel SharonEdward FurlongKim NovakKim Jong-unJan-Michael VincentEtta JamesBryant Gumbel
― buzza, Monday, 2 January 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
Good list!
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
wow, shirley temple's still alive.
i don't think i had ever made a correct death pool pick before amy winehouse last year (hugo chavez's cancer, CLOSE BUT NOT QUITE), if i do a list this year it will somehow reflect the ethical consequences of that.
― sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Monday, 2 January 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
Sinead O'ConnorMgt ThatcherRobin GibbPete DohertyLindsay LohanKerry KatonaCourtney LoveTerry PratchettLarry HagmanJenna JamesonStevo JackassCharlie SheenRobin Van PersieJohnathan Rhys-MeyersRonnie Corbett
― DeLonge and Winding Refn (darraghmac), Monday, 2 January 2012 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
RVP killed by the sudden eruption of a year's worth of accumulated injuries?
― sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Monday, 2 January 2012 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
Hugh HefnerLindsay LohanAndy DickMargaret ThatcherJimmy CarterHu JintaoMichael DouglasJoe PaternoAretha FranklinRobin GibbPete DohertyFidel CastroBashar al-AssadHamid KarzaiTerry Pratchett
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
Paul GascoigneRobbie WilliamsMuhammed AliMargaret Thatcher Larry Hagman Robin GibbAbdelbaset Ali Al-MegrahiLiz DawnBill Tarmey Charlie Sheen Ian BradyIan Huntley Doris DayGeorge MichaelGlen Campbell
― ailsa, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
Lindsey LohanFidel CastroGary BuseyAi Wei WeiChuck BerryBob DoleMuhammad AliJerry Lee LewisLauren BacallSteve-OBarbara BushPhyllis DillerNancy ReaganJustice John Paul StevensJohn Larroquette
There are several people i dearly hope i'm wrong about on here
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
Whoa! I hope John Larroquette is a wild card. : (
― rustic italian flatbread, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
Jerry SanduskyJoe PaternoAbdelbaset Ali Al-MegrahiMichael DouglasDick CheneyIsaiah RiderZsa Zsa GaborBobby ChaconMuhammad AliRoger EbertJenna JamesonLenny DykstraChasey LainLindsay LohanSteven Adler
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
yep, Larroquette is my RANDOM PICK
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
shit ailsa, gascoigne is a good one
merdey- pretty much, yeah
― DeLonge and Winding Refn (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
Artie LangeFred PhelpsRobin GibbErnest BorgnineGeorge McGovernAli KhameneiLeonard CohenMario BataliGlen CampbellRivers CuomoJoe FrancisJerry LewisLiv UllmannAdam YauchJustin Bieber
― Simon H., Tuesday, 3 January 2012 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
Margaret ThatcherRichard E GrantPaul GascoigneRoger MooreSean ConneryTimothy DaltonBobby CharltonJerry SadowitzLindsey LohanPete DochertyFidel CastroBashar Al-AssadClive JamesPrince Philip Courtney Love
― kraudive, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
Mahmoud AhmadinejadBashar al-AssadMuhammad AliFidel CastroDick CheneyBob DylanZsa Zsa GaborKim Jong-UnRush LimbaughLindsy LohanCourtney LoveWhitney HoustonGeorge MichaelJoe PaternoTerry Pratchet
― Clay, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
Robert MugabeKim Jong-UnVicente ZambadaRussell BrandRobert IlerTao LinMichel HoullebecqDavid MametTom HardyBizarreTom CruiseChristopher PooleEarl SweatshirtDick CheneySuge Knight
― Love stream of mic checking (Eazy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, wait, with everyone else doing Kim Jong-Un, I'm going with Kim Jong-Nam.
― Love stream of mic checking (Eazy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 02:04 (twelve years ago) link
I always look forward to your picks, Eazy!
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
It seems to be a blessing of long life on those I pick. (Last year everyone but Andy Rooney prospered.)
― Love stream of mic checking (Eazy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 02:24 (twelve years ago) link
not a single Benedict XVI yet? do I underestimate his longevity for some reason?
― V79, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
Andy WilliamsTariq AzizJohn EdrichEtta James"Superstar" Billy GrahamGeoffrey HughesRobin GibbDennis "Fergie" FrederiksenAbdelbaset al-MegrahiGary CarterHugo ChávezMichael DokesJeff Palmer (former gay porn actor)Eric Lynch (dwarf)Aditya Dev
― anorange (abanana), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
ooh, I forgot Geoffrey Hughes. Had him last year as well...
― ailsa, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
(dwarf)
― buzza, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
Earl Sweatshirt?
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
And not Tyler?
Didn't want to bogart all of Odd Future.
― Love stream of mic checking (Eazy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
just seems like earl is the least likely to catch an early death of that squad.
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
KamalaBobby HeenanScott HallPerry SaturnBarry WindhamMatt HardyChynaRikishiLex LugerVisceraHenry GodwinnSean WaltmanVirgilAlex FergusonMargaret Thatcher
― I am Newgod (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 04:42 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit wait can i replace Bobby Heenan, a man I never want to die, with Paul Merson
― I am Newgod (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 04:46 (twelve years ago) link
Still too squeamish to enter, still morbidly fascinated by the lists from those who do. Poor Lindsay Lohan.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 04:50 (twelve years ago) link
Frankie MunizLindsey LohanAshton KutcherRussell BrandAndy DickSteve-OSinead O'ConnorJoe PaternoJerry SanduskyMargaret Thatcher
― Frobisher (Viceroy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 07:09 (twelve years ago) link
5 more bro
― buzza, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 07:13 (twelve years ago) link
oh 15... damn....
Charlie SheenFidel CastroBilly GrahamArtie LangeTerry Pratchett
― Frobisher (Viceroy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 07:13 (twelve years ago) link
Earl Sweatshirt? And not Tyler?
The proper OFWGKTA answer is: more points.
― Love stream of mic checking (Eazy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 07:18 (twelve years ago) link
if it turns out earl was murdered a year ago and has been lying in a ditch, does he still count towards 2012 points?
― I am Newgod (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 08:15 (twelve years ago) link
How deadly is Hep C? I'm seeing a lot of Billy Graham here. And while I would love to see him shut the shit up, he seems the type that will be dying his beard for much bloody longer.
― I am Newgod (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 08:18 (twelve years ago) link
Margaret ThatcherAbe VigodaClarence ThomasHRH Queen ElizabethDonald KnuthTerry PratchettPaula DeenRoger EbertKim Jong-unBen GibbardDick ClarkThomas PynchonLiza MinelliBonoMarc Maron
Bonus animal dead pool: National Zoo panda-in-residence Mei Xiang
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 08:20 (twelve years ago) link
have Marc Maron's podcasts taken an interesting turn?
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 08:22 (twelve years ago) link
You never know with depressives.
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 08:23 (twelve years ago) link
etta jameslindsay lohanmargaret thatchermel gibsonfidel castrojoe paternokaty perrysuri cruisemichael j foxwarwick davis peter dinklagekenny bakermichael j andersonverne troyertony cox
― sarahel, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 08:29 (twelve years ago) link
did a little person tick you off today or
― GREENS (the putting kind) (donna rouge), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 08:47 (twelve years ago) link
i thought it was funny that someone upthread posted someone (dwarf), so i decided to pick a bunch of dwarves
― sarahel, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 08:48 (twelve years ago) link
I had no idea Lindsay Lohan is a dwarf! I guess the camera can make you look bigger.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 09:09 (twelve years ago) link
One new rule for 2012: If a Wikipedia search on one of your picks directs to a disambiguation page or to someone else with the same name, please indicate which one you mean by appending the person's profession in parentheses, e.g. "(actress)" or "(football player)"
Also, a 100 point bonus if your pick was both an actress and a football player....
― Lee626, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 09:41 (twelve years ago) link
John LawsPhillip RuddockMargaret ThatcherNeil HarveyJohn Kennedy (AFL coach)Donald RumsfeldEtta JamesOlivia de HavillandJustin BeiberFrank TysonRonnie WoodEngelbert HumperdinckJerry LewisCharlie SheenBernie Ecclestone
― Fred Nerk, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 09:54 (twelve years ago) link
Margaret ThatcherStephen HawkingFidel CastroTerry PratchettMark E. SmithIggy PopPrince PhilipBuzz AldrinNelson MandelaKeith RichardsDavid AttenboroughGeorge Bush SnrBruce ForsythPatrick MooreSidney Poitier
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 10:07 (twelve years ago) link
^^^I think every name on this list made me go, 'you sure they are still alive?', so I think you'll do p well.
― I am Newgod (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 11:16 (twelve years ago) link
charlie sheenetta jamesstephen hawkingfidel castroartie langepete dohertymel gibsonmargaret thatcherdick cheneysean parkerrobin gibbdavid prowsemorrisseyklas ingessonbarbara bush
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 11:49 (twelve years ago) link
Hello. My random pick list of people that I do not hope to die but then again, amaze myself (has anyone actually made a hormov where a dead pool list is involved? Actually don't answer if it's somthing obv like "Dead Pool" or else owt)..
One of Bananarama (oh ok, keren then)Philip GlenisterSimon CowellJack BlackPhil the GreekPhil OakeyShirley TempleGenesis P OridgeMo TuckerJustin BieberLes McKeowen of the RollersRonnie CorbettBruce ForsythBrian BlessedGary Glitter
That's it yes? I think all are alive as at:
― Mark G, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 12:06 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, I missed out Waynetta Rooney.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 12:08 (twelve years ago) link
Benedict XVIRobin GibbMichael DouglasPaul F. TompkinsPete DohertyElton JohnHelmut KohlRobert PattinsonCourtney LoveMischa BartonWilford BrimleyScott AshetonMontserrat CaballeDavid S. WareKimi Raikkonen
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
Mario BalotelliHugo ChávezLindsay LohanPete DohertyBashar al-AssadMargaret ThatcherDavid CameronGeorge OsbornePrince HarryMcGDmitry MedvedevTaylor MomsenRon PaulRussell BrandTom Wolfe
― sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
balotelli is too buzzworthy to die at the moment. wait till he is struggling to make it off the bench at real madrid and run out of 'crazy' 'things' to do at least.
― I am Newgod (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
Paul GascoigneBashar al-AssadMuhammed AliMargaret Thatcher Larry Hagman Robin GibbAbdelbaset Ali Al-MegrahiLiz DawnDick CheneyF. CastroBenedict XVIDoris DayAretha FranklinGlen Campbell
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
Peter O' Toole
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
harry belefontechuck berryseymour casselfidel castroexene cervenkafats dominopeter fondaaretha franklinrobin gibbgene hackmanetta jamesmick marswilliam 'refrigerator' perrythomas pynchonravi shankar
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
mickey rooneymargaret thatchermaurice sendakhugo chavezsilvio berlusconichuck berrygeorge h.w. bushterry pratchettjimmy cartermissy elliotjerry lewisolivia de havillandhosni mubarakkirk douglasfidel the castro
― gnome rocognise gnome (remy bean), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
stay the fuck away from missy!
― walking liquidity crisis (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
David S. Ware
Is he/has he been ill recently?
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i think he needed a kidney transplant
― sarahel, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, didn't know that. Just looked it up, and apparently he got a kidney and came through ok: http://njmonthly.com/articles/lifestyle/a-gift-of-life-and-music.html
(sorry, didn't mean to mess up your dead pool; was just surprised to see his name on the list, as I didn't know he'd been sick)
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
He's been a couple years post-transplant -- makes him (sadly) a cancer risk.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Paul GascoigneBashar al-AssadMuhammed AliMargaret ThatcherLarry HagmanRobin GibbAbdelbaset Ali Al-MegrahiLiz DawnDick CheneyF. CastroBenedict XVIDoris DayAretha FranklinGlen Campbell
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 14:21 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved)
fashionably late?
― DeLonge and Winding Refn (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
hang on, has lohan been nominated eight times?
― judith, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
science
― DeLonge and Winding Refn (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
Margaret ThatcherNorman Tebbit Fidel CastroRobert MugabeHoward Henry BakerSir Michael EdwardesPhylis SchlaflyGary GlitterOmar Abdel-RahmanAdam Yahiye GadahnEduardo RaveloGene HackmanJohn NoakesGeorge MichaelJimmy Swaggart
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
i just mean britney/amy/lindsay
― judith, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
1. Marion Barry2. Prince Philip3. Harper Lee4. Sly Stone5. Debbie Reynolds6. Lauryn Hill7. George Michael8. Nick Di Paolo9. Robin Gibb10. Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX of Thailand)11. Muhammad Ali12. Diana Serra Cary13. James D. Watson14. Bernie Madoff15. Ralph Hall (Texas politician)
― stop me before i eat again (j.lu), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
ariel pinkbashar al assadgabriel garcía márquezroger eberthugh hefnerjean-luc godardwoody allenbob dylanbrigitte bardotnelson mandelahosni mubarakLauren Bacallshirley maclainedoris lessinglou reed
― nostormo, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
strongly considered nick di paolo.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
Jimmy the etc - Liz Dawn ISN'T DEAD? Good choice.
― kraudive, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
I picked her first!
― ailsa, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
Ailsa, sorry. whatever you say- though with Liz Dawn, hmm, I kinda remembered she died weeks after Vera died. Strange.
― kraudive, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
Nah, is ok, just noticed jimmy's list was quite similar to mine :)
I wasn't expecting her to last long when she left, but she's still hanging on in there - she came back briefly last year when Jack was written out.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 4 January 2012 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
bernie will outlive all of us
― walking liquidity crisis (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 January 2012 01:52 (twelve years ago) link
Jon Brookes (Charlatans UK)Artie LangeJeremy LondonCourtney LoveChristina RicciMarie FredrikssonJohn HartsonChris BrownBrooke MuellerNick OliveriScott WeilandRick RossDraco RosaLita FordJef Whitehead
― beachville, Thursday, 5 January 2012 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
Margaret ThatcherGeert WildersRupert MurdochFidel CastroNelson MandelaRobin GibbLady GagaMuhammad AliPope Benedict XVIKeith RichardsJudi DenchAli Abdullah SalehDustin DiamondJack NicholsonJohn Terry
― I certainly wouldn't have, but hey. (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 5 January 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
otm except that keith richards will outlive both of us
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Thursday, 5 January 2012 01:52 (twelve years ago) link
Keep wanting to do this but every time I start a list, a sense of horrible guilt overcomes me.
― Trayce, Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
Kenneth AngerScotty MooreAnita EkbergJoan FontainePhyllis DillerMaurice HerzogJames GarnerJake LaMottaLyndon LaRoucheCarroll ShelbyRay BradburyJack T. ChickScott CarpenterLawrence FerlinghettiRona Barrett
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
Gary CarterRaven AlexisAbdelbaset al-MegrahiAnne Feeney Ethan ZohnDennis FrederiksenWojciech JaruzelskiLee Evans (sprinter)Robin GibbEtta JamesPenny MarshallBill JanklowJim StynesGeoffrey HughesD.K. Holm
― cher's missing (unregistered), Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
I kind of want to make one of these for game of thrones season 2 characters
― Clay, Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:50 (twelve years ago) link
pretty easy to cheat at that tho
― tinker tailor soldier sb (silby), Thursday, 5 January 2012 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
yeah if it weren't for that though!
― Clay, Thursday, 5 January 2012 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
jaymc, could you please revise my list? I would like to substitute Kanye West for Marie Fredriksson. Thanks!
― beachville, Thursday, 5 January 2012 10:08 (twelve years ago) link
Gah, I forgot Geoffrey Hughes, despite picking him the last couple of times. And also Etta James, despite reading the news. Ah well.
― ailsa, Thursday, 5 January 2012 11:20 (twelve years ago) link
Well, you have until the 9th to make corrections.
― beachville, Thursday, 5 January 2012 11:48 (twelve years ago) link
The prosecution in Egypt just demanded the death penalty for Mubarak...
― I certainly wouldn't have, but hey. (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 5 January 2012 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
so is it cheating if i put him in? aw screw it that isnt any fun.
― I am Newgod (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 5 January 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I haven't even started inputting lists yet (that'll wait until the weekend), so feel free to make any corrections.
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
I'd like to put in for Mubarak and will get back to you abt the others later
― Sally Field hysterically shrieking "Gloria fucking SWANSON!!!" (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 6 January 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
Just to prove my originality, 15 thus far unmentioned picks:
Jean ShrimptonImelda MarcosGeorge MartinWarren BuffettRobert CrumbAstrid KirchherrJimmy WebbJody StephensBurt BacharachJack WelchGrace SlickG. Gordon LiddySandy KoufaxWendy CarlosMike Love
And one last prediction: Pete Townshend will live to be 100.
― everything else is secondary (Lee626), Friday, 6 January 2012 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
That's him screwed then!
― Mark G, Friday, 6 January 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
crumb will outlive us all
― Thug Luftwaffle (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 January 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
I actually thought Jack Welch was already dead, but I was confusing him with Don Geiss.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 6 January 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Jason MewesMichael J FoxTom SizemoreGlenn BeckDoug StanhopeTrick DaddyGary CarterJoe PaternoGeorge RR MartinLarry KingNick CannonHarry Dean StantonAllen IversonBrett RatnerOJ Simpson
― johnny crunch, Friday, 6 January 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
SWITCH OUTif i could, i would like to replace "peter fonda" with "dan treacy"but if i can't it's ok
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
Yes you can.
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't realize Joe Paterno had lung cancer until just now. I assumed everyone was nominating him because they thought he was on suicide watch.
I hope Dan Treacy (or anyone else, really) doesn't die :(
― cher's missing (unregistered), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Glen CampbellHugo ChavezLee Evans (athlete)Alberto FujimoriSteve GleasonTamara GrigsbyEtta JamesJerry LewisAbdelbaset al-MegrahiHosni MubarakRobert MugabeJoe PaternoReg PresleyMargaret ThatcherJoost van der Westhuizen
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Sunday, 8 January 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
Shit, I had no idea Iversen was such a mess
― Sally Field hysterically shrieking "Gloria fucking SWANSON!!!" (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 8 January 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
Kareem Abdul-JabbarAbdullah the ButcherLouie AndersonArt BellKamalaArtie LangeCloris LeachmanHoward LedererDiego MaradonaJim NortonJoe PaternoWilliam "The Refrigerator" PerryNancy ReaganPete RoseSkrillex
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 9 January 2012 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
ChristoArtie LangeHosni MubarakMichael DouglasClaes OldenbergAbdelbaset al-MegrahiEtta JamesRobin GibbDick CheneyTerry PrachettRalphie MayWhitney HoustonMick JaggerFidel CastroHaley Joel Osment
― Sally Field hysterically shrieking "Gloria fucking SWANSON!!!" (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 9 January 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
Goddamn it, I had meant to add Ralphie May after noticing him last year.
― beachville, Monday, 9 January 2012 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
I'll accept any changes until midnight my time (CST).
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Monday, 9 January 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Naw, I don't want to piggyback like that. I'll add Ralphie next year if he makes it.
― beachville, Monday, 9 January 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone else? You have three hours.
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
I think abanana is the only one who picked "Superstar" Billy Graham (the wrestler). I assumed that Viceroy's pick was for Billy Graham the evangelist. (Viceroy, let me know if that's not the case!)
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:35 (twelve years ago) link
I know I usually do a list, but I'm skipping this year.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, think i'm bowing out this year as well
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
George MichaelGlen CampbellWilford BrimleySteve-OPete DohertyLindsey LohanRoger EbertBashar al-AssadD'AngeloRobert MugabeDon BuchlaArtie LangeEtta JamesLil WayneMarianne Faithfull
― LIVE MEGA DOPPLER 7000 HD (naus), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:32 (twelve years ago) link
First time for this:
Keith RichardsAretha FranklinRiley (B.B.) KingHugh (Wavy Gravy) RomneyJerry Maren (Munchkin & member of the Lollipop Guild)Rosalynn CarterStephen HawkingKeith Jackson (sports announcer)George Herbert Walker BushTony BennettMaggie ThatcherElizabeth II Helmut KohlBoris SpasskyRosey Grier (NFL player)
― Aimless, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
Wavy Gravy's a Romney?! Never knew that.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 05:04 (twelve years ago) link
In 2010 his doctor said he had around 2 years to live. So.
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 05:38 (twelve years ago) link
ok, I made one last-minute substitution:
Gary CarterRaven AlexisAbdelbaset al-MegrahiAnne Feeney Ethan ZohnDennis FrederiksenWojciech JaruzelskiLee Evans (sprinter)Robin GibbEtta JamesPenny MarshallBill JanklowJim StynesGeoffrey HughesD.K. Holm Wayne Fleming
― cher's missing (unregistered), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 05:53 (twelve years ago) link
Here's a list of the most picked names for 2012. In parens, I've included the +/- change since 2011. (Keep in mind there are 38 participants this year, three more than last year.)
18Margaret Thatcher (+12)
15Fidel Castro (+5)
14Robin Gibb (+14)
11Etta James (+10)Lindsay Lohan (+2)
8Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (+1)Joe Paterno (+8)Muhammad Ali (+4)Terry Pratchett (+7)
7Artie Lange (+5)Bashar al-Assad (+7)Pete Doherty (+4)
6Dick Cheney (-3)
5Charlie Sheen (+2)Courtney Love (+2)George Michael (+5)Glen Campbell (+5)Hosni Mubarak (+4)Michael Douglas (-8)
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 06:58 (twelve years ago) link
Btw, let me know if you see an error on the spreadsheet!
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 07:00 (twelve years ago) link
seeing that jaymc's list last year had a bunch of middle east rulers and etta james, i'm going to his list this year for my 2012 news predictions.
― sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 07:17 (twelve years ago) link
can't believe i was the only one to choose cameron and osborne, where are the optimists among us?
― sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 07:19 (twelve years ago) link
D'Angelo
― LIVE MEGA DOPPLER 7000 HD (naus), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 04:32 (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this better not happen; i've got tickets to see him in february!
― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 09:45 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks jaymc!
Good luck everyone!
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:00 (twelve years ago) link
Then again, what if nobody dies?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:11 (twelve years ago) link
Everybody dies. One day.
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
But this is running only for 2012.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:25 (twelve years ago) link
if no one picked dies, all competitors are summarily executed.
― sunn :o))) (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:29 (twelve years ago) link
if that happens, we can all meet up to knock off milk snatcher in december. a christmas present to the world.
― Aesop Rizzle (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:40 (twelve years ago) link
If, by December, no-one mentioned has died, then we run a poll to pick a single victim from the lot and we all conspire to off them before the month is out.
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 10:54 (twelve years ago) link
someday this list will include ilxors
― Thug Luftwaffle (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 13:13 (twelve years ago) link
Once they are all famous enough to have Wikipedia pages?
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 13:16 (twelve years ago) link
"they"
― Beezow Doo Doo Zopittybop-Bop Bop (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 13:22 (twelve years ago) link
A few do: C-Man of old, for instance.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
On a board where underrated aerosmith, the tune is space, Owen P, xhuxk, and Ned Raggett regularly post, you use C-Man as an example?
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
yes.
There's a moral in there, some place.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, OK.
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Showing my ignorance here, but who is 'the tune is space'?
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
neotropic pygmy squirrel
― beachville, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
lmao in hindsight my list is almost entirely composed of fat guys/old wrestlers/hack comedians/skrillex
my work here is done!
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
I hope that someone has arrived at ilx by google image searching neotropic pygmy squirrel.
― beachville, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
This is one contest where you don't want to pick your nose!!
― Cheap desert locations (Eazy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
That picture of Calz on his wikipedia page is kerazy.
― Sugary pee is not normal (aldo), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
XXP -- yes mine was for the evangelist and pseudo-prophet who somehow manages to avoid the angel of death year after year.
― Frobisher (Viceroy), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
Got it, thx. (I had him on my list for a few years, too.)
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 January 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
Former South Dakota governor Bill Janklow has died, which means that last year's Dead Pool champ, unregistered, gets off to an early start.
― Bon Ivoj (jaymc), Friday, 13 January 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, which one of you guys tried to run over Gene Hackman? That's taking things a little too far.
― beachville, Saturday, 14 January 2012 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
Sinead O'Connor is sadly a contender. I do hope she pulls it together, but I doubt it.
― nathom, Saturday, 14 January 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
Gov. Janklow was a colossal scumbag. good riddance and thanks for all the points.
― cher's missing (unregistered), Saturday, 14 January 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
for the love of god plz tell me unreg didnt pick etta
― lost ai weiwei (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 20 January 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
aw, that's sad.
― this is funny u bitter dork (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 January 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
Of course he did. But so did 10 other people, who are now on the board with 27 pts.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Friday, 20 January 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
I'm tied for second. Get used to it.
― Jeff, Friday, 20 January 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
i think this might be my first successful dead pool pick, in three years of participation!
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
and i came really close with gene hackman too. i should get some points for that.
Actually, you had Hitchens last year.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Friday, 20 January 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
i did? weird.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 January 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
Updated for JoePa.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Sunday, 22 January 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
Did Dom P. do a list this year?
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Sunday, 22 January 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
I play dead pool on rotten.com for the artistry, fun to look at the long lists of who is alive.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Don Nots (Mount Cleaners) (Mount Cleaners), Sunday, 22 January 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit, joepa?
― this is funny u bitter dork (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 January 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, he had cancer.
― "Blue" Meme Tyranny (WmC), Sunday, 22 January 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
Predicting some big final scores this year.
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 22 January 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
(shrugs) I'll probably come in last place, unless some serious lightning strikes fall in my favor. This is what comes when you don't PLAY TO WIN.
― Aimless, Sunday, 22 January 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, after taking Amy Winehouse off my final list and then having her die, my approach this year was to mostly go for younger musicians who've seemingly already hit bottom. (Or have been hospitalized for pneumonia due to an "undisclosed viral infection" who've had a partner die from certain other viral infections.) So mostly long shots that might or might not pay off.
― naus, Monday, 23 January 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
Kim Jong-Un (unconfirmed)
― ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper (Eazy), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
damn yo
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/10/kim-jong-un-assassination-rumours-flood-twitter-weibo/
IME big news like this always hits Twitter before the MSM... then again, a lot of Twitter rumors turn out to be total BS.
― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
BTW, WTF is Weibo?
― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
ah, looks like Chinese facebook.
― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd316/DarkScythe08/PBF071-Weeaboo.gif
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 February 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
Twitter hoax.
― ailsa, Friday, 10 February 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
^^ perfect comic for NK politics. I lolled. thx
― Aimless, Friday, 10 February 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
OK, maybe not:http://gawker.com/5884176/how-a-birthday-party-at-the-north-korean-embassy-started-the-kim-jong+un-death-rumor
― ‘Neuroscience’ and ‘near death’ pepper (Eazy), Friday, 10 February 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
Okay I feel bad now. Whitney Houston rip.
― Clay, Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
fuck!
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
i need a source there.
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_WHITNEY_HOUSTON?SITE=ILROR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
― Clay, Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
That link isnt loading. I have a journo friend whos just commented on it on fb tho, so something's up?
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, it's blowing up on twitter/facebook/interwebs. really sad.
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
Stevie D. and Clay are now #1 and #2.
― jaymc, Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
Christ, I had no idea she was that young.
― The Austerity of PONIES (beachville), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
Me neither, she must have only been about 22 when "how will I know" came out, I had no idea, she's alwats seemed like an older lady to me :/
― thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:30 (twelve years ago) link
Oh shit
― tropical mall lady (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:52 (twelve years ago) link
i am kicking myself for not having her on my list.
― naus, Sunday, 12 February 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
So glad to learn she is not the singer of "Let's Hear It for the Boy".
― The Austerity of PONIES (beachville), Sunday, 12 February 2012 09:55 (twelve years ago) link
Um, DENIECE WILLIAMS IIRC >:-(
― tropical mall lady (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 12 February 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
That's what I'm saying. Deniece is still alive and kicking afaik.
― The Austerity of PONIES (beachville), Sunday, 12 February 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
Gary Carter dead.
― Jeff, Friday, 17 February 2012 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
Damn.
― jaymc, Friday, 17 February 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
jim stynes RIP :(
― less of the same (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/15/11205520-singer-robin-gibb-of-bee-gees-fame-in-coma?lite#.T4pkZo5ZSeQ.twitter
― the hairy office thing (Eazy), Sunday, 15 April 2012 06:06 (eleven years ago) link
Updated for Dick Clark (18 points for silby).
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man.
― raw feel vegan (silby), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
Robin Gibbs out of coma; Abdelbaset al-Megrahi on death's door, possibly for real this time; Raven Alexis didn't have cancer lol
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Monday, 30 April 2012 10:28 (eleven years ago) link
And Simon H. -- who picked MCA -- debuts in 7th place.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
With Maurice Sendak's death, Remy appears on the leaderboard as well.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 13:16 (eleven years ago) link
http://gothamist.com/2012/05/08/maurice_sendak_where_the_wild_thing.php
― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
aw
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
RIP Carroll Shelby, 1923-2012
― Lee626, Saturday, 12 May 2012 08:23 (eleven years ago) link
oops already mentioned on rolling RIP thread
― Lee626, Saturday, 12 May 2012 08:31 (eleven years ago) link
Only an asteroid hitting the earth can help me now.
― Aimless, Saturday, 12 May 2012 11:11 (eleven years ago) link
No, thanks for posting here, too. I wouldn't have seen it otherwise, and now Elvis Telecom has 11 points.
― Carrie Antwoord (jaymc), Saturday, 12 May 2012 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
Raven Alexis didn't have cancer lol
I'd be impressed if Raven faked her illness and recovery for no other reason than to troll dead pool betters.
― barman's bar mitz (unregistered), Saturday, 12 May 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
Am waiting for the fall to kill off my old people and the holiday season to drive my depressives to suicide. I am still in it to win it.
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 12 May 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
Updated for al-Megrahi.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
Finally, dude died.
― Jeff, Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
14 of us just got a point bump. :(
― Simon H., Monday, 21 May 2012 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
Yup, just now updated for Gibb, too. You're in the top 5, Simon.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
Hosni Mubarak needs to make up his mind if he is dead or not.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
An Ariel Sharon for this year's pool pickers.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 20 June 2012 06:44 (eleven years ago) link
some folk due points for Geoffrey Hughes (not me, though I had him last year).
― ailsa, Saturday, 28 July 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
Added, thx.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Saturday, 28 July 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
Ernest Borgnine also died.
― abanana, Saturday, 28 July 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
Now updated for Borgnine as well.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Saturday, 28 July 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
so does Dom hold the all-time record (327 points in 2010)? it's gonna be hard to beat, but I'll do my best...
― starfish succulents (unregistered), Saturday, 28 July 2012 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
Andy Williams, Michael Dokes, Aditya Dev. RIP. Gimme points.
― obamana (abanana), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
No idea who Dokes or Dev are, but OK. You're now in the lead!
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Wednesday, 26 September 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
My strategy this year of picking mainly at-risk young-guns isn't working out.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Friday, 28 September 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
The "Courtney Love" gambit.
― Norah Jones Protest Vote (Eazy), Friday, 28 September 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
courtney will live forever.
― sriracha bishop (get bent), Friday, 28 September 2012 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
much to our chagrin.
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 29 September 2012 05:31 (eleven years ago) link
I hit one last night. Bummed about the death, but gimmee the points.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 19 October 2012 07:34 (eleven years ago) link
I went long, hoping for a massive year of young celebrity death, but unfortunately it's mostly been awesome old people this year.
― sorcery is in the gutter (how's life), Friday, 19 October 2012 09:29 (eleven years ago) link
Bump for my dang points.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 22 October 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
Easy, easy. Got it. (David S. Ware, I assume? Weirdly both of the dudes you scored points on were 62 y/o.)
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Monday, 22 October 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
Welp, guess I know how long I got left, then.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 22 October 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
Bumping for my 29 Bill Tarmey points :(
― ailsa, Friday, 9 November 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
Who are these people? (Got it.)
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Friday, 9 November 2012 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
Updated for Larry Hagman.
― Jake Roo (jaymc), Saturday, 24 November 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
Bumping for my Maurice Herzog points.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 15 December 2012 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
Now updated for Herzog, Ravi Shankar, and Patrick Moore.
As the year draws to a close, I'll go through and see if there's anyone else I've missed. If you happen to know that I've missed one of your picks, feel free to mention it here.
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
Elvis Telecom -- if we'd been scoring by the raw number of correct predix, you'd be tied for 3rd. With the age points factored in, you're 20th.
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
So I won?
― abanana, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 06:54 (eleven years ago) link
r.i.p. it up and start again, jaymc
― buzza, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 07:17 (eleven years ago) link
Not doing one this year?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
Of course jaymc will.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
All my last year picks survived.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
they'll be paying you next
― slitherin sockattacks (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/front-page-obituaries-more-than-doubled-in-2012-heres-why
― ILX is not a non-profit — we are just not profitable (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
I was otm.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
Yes! Or at least: I think so.
Somehow the annual Dead Pool accounting slipped my mind over the last few days. I'll make the results final this weekend.
― Sax Blatterday (jaymc), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
And here's the new thread for 2013:
Dead Pool 2013
― jaymc, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
Playing the dwarf lottery paid off this year.
― abanana, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
abanana: 319 points
well damn
― the horse world of the bludgrass (unregistered), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
and uh RIP Aditya Dev, I had no idea you existed
― the horse world of the bludgrass (unregistered), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
I've double-checked to make sure that no one else died and that the numbers add up. Nothing has changed.
Congratulations, abanana, on your win!
For posterity, here's the final leaderboard:
1. abanana (319 points) (8 picks) 2. unregistered (263) (7)3. Stevie D(eux) (157) (4)4. Jeff (148) (4) 5. ailsa (126) (4) 6. Simon H. (106) (4) 7. Jimmy the Mod (97) (3) 8. jaymc (82) (3) 9. Three Word Username (76) (2)10. n/a (73) (3) 11. Clay (67) (2)12. sonderangerbot (65) (2) 13. johnny crunch (58) (2) 14. darraghmac (57) (2) 15. Matt Armstrong (55) (2) 16. milo z (53) (2) 17. sarahel (42) (2) 18. j.lu (38) (1) (tie) Le Bateau Ivre (38) (1)20. Elvis Telecom (32) (4) 21. buzza (27) (1)(tie) Fred Nerk (27) (1)(tie) naus (27) (1)24. silby (18) (1)25. remy bean (17) (1)26. Viceroy (15) (1)27. govern yourself accordingly (15) (1)28. krakow (11) (1)29. forksclovetofu (5) (1)
(Nine contestants with zero points.)
Other items of note:
*The 1st- and 2nd-place finishers of 2011 switched places in 2012.*Dom Passantino (2010) still holds the record for total points (327) and picks (9), though abanana's 39.9 points-per-pick (PPP) average > Dom's 36.3.*Stevie D. and Three Word Username also had PPP averages of at least 38. Well done.*Elvis Telecom's PPP average of 8.0 was the lowest of any contestant with at least 2 correct picks.*I was the highest finisher NOT to pick Robin Gibb, the most-picked dead person. (14 of y'all got points for him.)
― jaymc, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:52 (eleven years ago) link
(Oops, Viceroy and g.y.a. should be tied for 26th.)
― jaymc, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:53 (eleven years ago) link
None of my picks died--did I shoot the moon?
― Chief Duff (Eazy), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:55 (eleven years ago) link
None of my picks died either, though I came really close with Burt Bacharach (he didn't die, but Hal David did).
― Lee626, Friday, 11 January 2013 08:27 (eleven years ago) link
None of mine died, it's like a breath of life to everyone I nom. Avoided nomming Thatch for this very reason.
― Mark G, Friday, 11 January 2013 09:18 (eleven years ago) link
Dammit, just missed the podium.
― Jeff, Friday, 11 January 2013 13:16 (eleven years ago) link
lol, i am officially the worst at this
― What am I, in France? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 11 January 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
I actually feel sort of shitty for doing so well!
― Yo! MTV La Tengo (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 12 January 2013 04:13 (eleven years ago) link