(copy-paste yet again) Rules still are generally the same as in previous years...
Post in this thread a list of 15 celebrities or other notable people. 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.
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 2018. 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.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 1 January 2018 03:29 (six years ago) link
Mike DitkaBetty WhiteMia FarrowCicely TysonJohn MellencampBobby Cox (Baseball manager)XXXTentacionMichael RichardsPhil LeshTony DorsettGeorge H.W. BushJames Earl JonesSean ConneryLoretta LynnFlavor Flav
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 January 2018 03:53 (six years ago) link
Stephen HawkingKim Jong UnGeorge R. R. MartinKamala (wrestler)James Randi
more later
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Monday, 1 January 2018 06:44 (six years ago) link
Leah BracknellOlivia Newton-JohnPaul GascoigneGabe NewellJohn McCain
10/15
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Monday, 1 January 2018 10:49 (six years ago) link
Roy Jones, JrJim Carrey Dorothy HamillGeorge PerezDave SimMeg WhitmanTodd Bentley Jack van ImpeChristopher Daniel GayOprah WinfreySteve BannonJake "the Snake" RobertsLorna LuftDavid CopperfieldGallagherBrad Keselowski
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 1 January 2018 13:50 (six years ago) link
Donald TrumpLeah BracknellTim HealyShannen DohertyValerie HarperKatie HopkinsBill ClintonPaul GascoigneIan Watkins (Lostprophets scumbag, not H from Steps)Olivia Newton JohnMark E SmithLinda NolanLiam Miller Val KilmerFernando Ricksen
― ailsa, Monday, 1 January 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
Mark E SmithOlivia Newton-JohnAretha FranklinLiza MinnelliBilly GrahamGeorge HW BushCarol ChanningHenry KissingerDick CheneyJohn McCainNorman LearLoretta LynnKirk DouglasSelena GomezDonald Trump
― maura, Monday, 1 January 2018 14:51 (six years ago) link
Charlie SheenRichard LittlejohnJohn WatersDavid LynchIsabelle HuppertStephen KingDaniel RadcliffeSlavoj ŽižekMiley CyrusBilly Ray CyrusDanny DeVitoMark CousinsLouis CKJoaquín Guzmán LoeraMeredith Monk
― Bitcoin Baja (wins), Monday, 1 January 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
I'm convinced the way to win at this is to pick 15 young-and-living-dangerously celebs and figure a few of them will die from consequences of their excessive lifestyles, which should be enough to outscore 7 or 8 old people of obviously failing health.
― Lee626, Monday, 1 January 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
I'm convinced the way to win at this is to pick 15 young-and-living-dangerously celebs
Alternatively, one could buy a bunch of supermarket tabloids and People-style magazines to search out all the "Celeb's Brave Battle Against Cancer" articles. There are so many celebs out there these days, you need a battalion of feature editors just to track down all the acutely ill ones for you.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 1 January 2018 16:19 (six years ago) link
Tessa JowellLinda NolanEric "Butterbean" EschSteve BannonDavid Brooks
15/15
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 07:52 (six years ago) link
The boilerplate might need a bit of updating - Willow Smith's 17 now and Kirk Douglas has graduated from these threads, at 101!
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 12:52 (six years ago) link
Larry StorchJan-Michael VincentMark E SmithImelda MarcosFrank BormanA.J. FoytSteve DitkoGeorge H. W. BushKenneth AngerUrsula K LeGuinKarl LagerfeldJohn BoormanMark RussellJoan DidionLyndon LaRouche
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 09:37 (six years ago) link
OK then, fifteen names that will act as a life preserver to those named, as I more often than not end up with zero points by the end of the year.
Kenny DalglishGenesis P OrridgeMark E SmithIan HislopVerne TroyerChris TarrantJohn LydonBenjamin ZephanaiahIggy PopLarry LambRay DaviesValerie SingletonQueen (The)Elton JohnRichard Penniman (Little)
ALBERT TATLOCK!!! ......
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 13:49 (six years ago) link
Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghPeter Hook Judi DenchVera LynnAmanda BarrieKeith Richards (musician)Warwick DavisVini ReillyWendy CraigKirk DouglasJimmy TarbuckDionne WarwickShirley WilliamsGeorge Cohen (footballer)Kim Jong Un
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link
oops didn't see the 100 thing...replace Kirk Douglas with Miley Cyrus
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
oh yeah should i swap someone in for KD?
― maura, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 15:26 (six years ago) link
1 Kim Jong Un2 Alex Trebek3 Genesis P Orridge4 Lil Wayne5 Hillary Clinton6 Mohammed Bin Salman7 OJ Simpson8 Future9 Olivia Newton John10 Pelé11 Joni Mitchell12 Mark E Smith13 Donald Trump14 Harvey Weinstein15 Martin Shkreli
― it me, Friday, 5 January 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
donald sterlingcharlie rose pete rosebill cosbywarren buffettbernie madoffjim mcmahoncharlie sheentrick daddyjohn maddenverne troyerbret michaelsgeorge lucasdon kingbijou phillips
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 7 January 2018 22:58 (six years ago) link
8 Future
been thinking this as well
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
Is Olivia Newton-John not well or something?
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
her cancer came back last year
― maura, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
Oh, never knew she had it, this thread is obv. good for that sort of thing :(
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
I'll try to come up with a fuller list later, but...Don Imus
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:32 (six years ago) link
You're about a fortnight late, tho?
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
welp
― maura, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 20:25 (six years ago) link
I know :(
― ailsa, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
Elvis T knows.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
I'm always watching
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 23:52 (six years ago) link
I’m also worried that I may have assumed some dark power because I had both UKLG and MES on my list
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 25 January 2018 00:21 (six years ago) link
A sad 64 points for me :-(
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/43011780
― ailsa, Saturday, 10 February 2018 12:50 (six years ago) link
ah i only got one point for graham eh
― maura, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
24 for me on Hawking :(
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 14 March 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
rip verne
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 22 April 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
We will need to figure this one out.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 06:48 (five years ago) link
68 points here.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 06:55 (five years ago) link
Johnny Fever got the highest single score with xxxtentacion but dunno if that’s enough to win
― Pierrot with a thousand farces (wins), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 11:23 (five years ago) link
I got 73 -- Hawking 24, McCain 19, Tessa Jowell 30.
― adam the (abanana), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 13:36 (five years ago) link
Here's my cursory tally. I think Mark G. won with MES and Verne Troyer.
RIP and thanks for all the points:
XXXTentacion - 80Liam Miller - 64Verne Troyer - 51Mark E Smith - 40Tessa Jowell - 30Stephen Hawking - 24Aretha Franklin - 24John McCain - 19Ursula K LeGuin - 12Steve Ditko - 10George H. W. Bush - 6Billy Graham - 1
mark g. - 40, 51 = 91maura - 40, 24, 1, 6, 19 = 90Johnny Fever - 80, 6 = 86abanana - 30, 24, 19 = 73Elvis Telecom - 40, 10, 6, 12 = 68johnny crunch - 51ailsa - 40it me - 40wins - 0Grandpont Genie - 0
― adam the (abanana), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 14:17 (five years ago) link
Oops I forgot ailsa's Liam Miller - that's 40+64 = 106 points.
― adam the (abanana), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link
Blimey! Usually, my list is a guarantee of a long and happy life to all.
Still, must have been a good year if I can win with only two successful guesses.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 08:35 (five years ago) link
Um, I take it back: well done ailsa
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 08:38 (five years ago) link