Dead Pool for 2008

DiamondDave · 12-31-2007, 12:59 PM

I know this is kind of late to gauge interest in such a thing... but I have already drafted my potential deceased celebrities/athletes/politicians in the yearly contest I have with my old Army buddies.....

Would anyone be interested in submitting a list of 20 or 30 people to do one on here?

The key is to try and make sure you do not have common picks with anyone else. Scoring is a base score of 100 for each person picked, which you then subtract that person's age from 100 to get your score if that person actually dies. All people picked must be in a national or worldwide spotlight.

Just seeing if anyone is interested in such a 'taboo' game

LongtimeBravesFan · 12-31-2007, 01:19 PM

Sounds like fun. We did this one here a while back but a game starting on New Yer's would be a good time to start another. I'll have to think about my list.

DiamondDave · 12-31-2007, 01:32 PM

I think 20 is sufficient

My List:

Deal Pool 2008
Person – Year Born – Potential Score

Lindsay Lohan – 1986 - 78
Jimmy Carter – 1924 - 16
Ed McManhon – 1923 - 15
Fidel Castro – 1926 - 18
Charlton Heston – 1923 - 15
Bob Barker – 1923 - 15
Jerry Lewis – 1926 - 18
Kirk Douglas – 1916 - 8
Brittney Spears – 1981 - 73
Larry Flynt – 1942 - 34
Jesse Jackson – 1941 - 23
Amy Winehouse – 1983 - 75
John Goodman – 1952 - 44
Hugh Hefner – 1926 - 18
Mel Brooks – 1926 - 18
Doyle Brunson – 1933 - 25
Don King – 1931 - 23
OJ Simpson – 1947 - 39
Owen Wilson – 1968 - 60
Danny Bonaduce – 1959 - 51

jtur88 · 12-31-2007, 02:07 PM

Kylie Minogue--60
Elizabeth Edwards--41
Martina Navratilova--48
Joran Van der Sloot--(about 80?)
Carlos Mencia--59
Joe Torre--32
Colin Powell--29
Suzanne Sommers--38
Michael J. Fox--53
Rush Limbaugh--43
Vanilla Ice--59
Dwight Gooden--56
Michael Jackson--50
Ozzy Osborne--40
Stephen Hawking--34
Pervez Musharraf--35
Yves St. Laurent--28
Bill Richardson--39
Mark Spitz--42
Alan Greenspan--18

vtred · 12-31-2007, 06:40 PM

Chastity Bono - 61
Tonya Harding - 62
Nancy Reagan - 13
Kim Jong-il - 33
Annette Funicello - 34
Hulk Hogan - 45
Robert Blake - 25
Neil Armstrong - 22
Walter Cronkite - 8
Ricky Williams - 69
Bob Dole - 15
Rob Reiner - 37
Scott Weiland - 59
Courtney Love - 56
Yoko Ono - 25
Bob Feller - 10
Jim Otto - 30
Charles Rangel - 23
David Spade - 56
Muhammad Ali - 34

DiamondDave · 12-31-2007, 06:55 PM

Let's see... just a few comments

I am a fan of shocking picks, and picks that you can put into a 'yeah, I really want to see that person go'.... for example Martina Navratilova is pretty shocking. and lord knows about everyone wants to see Courtney Love bite the mortal big one (she is picked high most every year, but I have had her on my list 3 times and she has let me down, so I replaced her with Lindsay Lohan)

I think Ali, Funicello, Minogue, and Hawking are really probable in combination of being able to score some points.... older celebs can be hit at about a 15-30% rate, but sometimes only get you a few points.... if you hit one of the ones in middle age, you have an advantage, and if one of the young long-shots makes it, you're sitting pretty..... my best long-shot pick of years gone bye was River Phoenix, who game me the title almost single-handedly in 1993

I've always had a few staples to how I make my picks....
1) Fat guys on Saturday Night Live or comedians who started off big but have recently packed on a ton more weight
2) Taking multiple people born in the same year... for some reason I always seem to hit one of them at least when I do that... I rarely get one if they have a unique age on my list, unless they are a young shock pick
3) People who try suicide once, will probably succeed in the future
4) Multi-time rehab pays dividends eventually (Damn you though, Dave Mustaine.... you sold your soul to the devil and you were always a wasted pick for me... I mean c'mon, it's been about 14 times in rehab now)
5) Once they get Alzheimers, they forget to eat or take medicine or something, so the odds go up
6) The 27-and-dead-club... ALWAYS seems like someone famous joins it every year... hence my Britney Spears pick

frenchman · 12-31-2007, 07:04 PM

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longtime: Sounds like fun.

...no, it actually sounds sick. I know these things occur, and maybe its just that I am getting older...but the idea of people cackling or high fiving on someones death just strikes me as sick...really a sad comment about the individual participating.

...and I hope no one picks me

Grandstander · 12-31-2007, 07:35 PM

Low Value But Multiple Hits Strategy:

Sargent Shriver 92...(8)
Mitch Miller 96...(4)
Earl Butz 98....(2)
Karl Malden 95...(5)
Art Linkletter 95...(5)

John Wooden 97...(3)
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 91...(9)
Harry Morgan 92...(8)
Eli Wallach 92...(8)
Robert McNamara 91...(9)

Walter Cronkite 91...(9)
Van Johnson 91...(9)
Marvin Miller 90...(10)
Robert Byrd 90...(10)
Arthur C. Clarke 90...(10)

Efem Zimbalist Jr. 89...(11)
Pete Seeger 88...(12)
Mickey Rooney 87...(13)
Al Molinaro 88....(12)
Charlton Heston 84....(17)

heyterry · 12-31-2007, 07:38 PM

I used to play this game with some guys at work and won two out of four years. People always say that it's morbid, etc., but I never helped anyone along.

I never delighted in anyone's death. (I'm sorry to say that there is one person whose demise will make me happy when it happens). But if it's going to happen, what's wrong with trying to predict it?

I'll try to come up with a list.

bigheadache · 12-31-2007, 09:29 PM

I'm not going to spend a couple of hours looking up ages. If they don't die, it doesn't matter. If they do, their age will be all over the place and it will be easy to tally the points. I'm also going to try and add a few new names.

Gsa Gsa Gabor
Tina Turner
Barry Bonds
Rosalyn Carter
William "The Refrigorator" Perry
Tony Bennett
George H.W. Bush
Osama Bin Laden
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth Taylor
Frank Oz
Leonard Nemoy
John Daley
Ted Nugent
Rosie O'Donell
Sam Waterson
Roger Clemens
Michael Caine
Chuck Knoll
Edward Kennedy

skrable · 01-01-2008, 03:57 AM

Brigette Bardot
Barbara Bush (the ex-first lady, not the president's daughter)
Bob Eubanks
Art Garfunkel
Cynthia Geary
Gordie Howe
Garry Kasparov
Emeril Lagasse
Mike Lookinland
Shelley Long
Sidney Lumet
Loretta Lynn
Roger Moore
Mary-Kate Olsen
Alan Ruck
Sally Jesse Raphael
Britney Spears
Sheryl Swoopes
Lee Trevino
Betty White

Rapier · 01-01-2008, 10:01 AM

People acquainted with the Clintons.

Grandstander · 01-01-2008, 02:01 PM

Good news for French and ctjays.....I have the remedy for your ire with this thread. Whenever I look at a thread title which makes me conclude that I would not like, or would not be interested in the discussion, I take a radical approach. I don't open and read it. If the thread title leads me to believe that I might be interested or find merit in participating, but upon opening I disover that is not the case....my other radical remedy is to depart without posting and not return.

Now you two know of these secrets for coping with offensive threads and you won't ever have to enter and start pointless trouble again.

LongtimeBravesFan · 01-02-2008, 01:06 AM

Karl Malden
Harry Morgan
Muhammed Ali
Robert Byrd
Walter Mondale
Betty Ford
Ted Turner
Pope Bennedict XVI
Billy Graham
Abe Vigoda
Dom Dimaggio
Herman Franks
Tommy Heinrich
Lee MacPhail
Hugh Carey
Margaret Thatcher
Jesse Helms October 18,1921-July 4 14 points
Edward Brooke
Howard Metzenbaum June 4, 1917-March 12 10 points
Omar Sharif

LongtimeBravesFan · 01-02-2008, 01:29 AM

Posting current ages is pointless as some will have a birthday this year before they die.

GS-you listed Henry Morgan. He died in 1994. I assume you meant MASH star Harry Morgan?

12-31-2007, 12:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
DiamondDave Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: MD, on the Potomac River Posts: 5,390	Dead Pool for 2008 I know this is kind of late to gauge interest in such a thing... but I have already drafted my potential deceased celebrities/athletes/politicians in the yearly contest I have with my old Army buddies..... Would anyone be interested in submitting a list of 20 or 30 people to do one on here? The key is to try and make sure you do not have common picks with anyone else. Scoring is a base score of 100 for each person picked, which you then subtract that person's age from 100 to get your score if that person actually dies. All people picked must be in a national or worldwide spotlight. Just seeing if anyone is interested in such a 'taboo' game __________________ Reagan in 08... Even though he's dead, he's the better choice! Superdelegates - Because even the Democratic party knows it's base is too stupid to make really important decisions.

12-31-2007, 01:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
DiamondDave Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: MD, on the Potomac River Posts: 5,390	I think 20 is sufficient My List: Deal Pool 2008 Person – Year Born – Potential Score Lindsay Lohan – 1986 - 78 Jimmy Carter – 1924 - 16 Ed McManhon – 1923 - 15 Fidel Castro – 1926 - 18 Charlton Heston – 1923 - 15 Bob Barker – 1923 - 15 Jerry Lewis – 1926 - 18 Kirk Douglas – 1916 - 8 Brittney Spears – 1981 - 73 Larry Flynt – 1942 - 34 Jesse Jackson – 1941 - 23 Amy Winehouse – 1983 - 75 John Goodman – 1952 - 44 Hugh Hefner – 1926 - 18 Mel Brooks – 1926 - 18 Doyle Brunson – 1933 - 25 Don King – 1931 - 23 OJ Simpson – 1947 - 39 Owen Wilson – 1968 - 60 Danny Bonaduce – 1959 - 51 __________________ Reagan in 08... Even though he's dead, he's the better choice! Superdelegates - Because even the Democratic party knows it's base is too stupid to make really important decisions.

12-31-2007, 02:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,712	Kylie Minogue--60 Elizabeth Edwards--41 Martina Navratilova--48 Joran Van der Sloot--(about 80?) Carlos Mencia--59 Joe Torre--32 Colin Powell--29 Suzanne Sommers--38 Michael J. Fox--53 Rush Limbaugh--43 Vanilla Ice--59 Dwight Gooden--56 Michael Jackson--50 Ozzy Osborne--40 Stephen Hawking--34 Pervez Musharraf--35 Yves St. Laurent--28 Bill Richardson--39 Mark Spitz--42 Alan Greenspan--18 Last edited by jtur88; 12-31-2007 at 02:36 PM.

12-31-2007, 06:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
DiamondDave Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: MD, on the Potomac River Posts: 5,390	Let's see... just a few comments I am a fan of shocking picks, and picks that you can put into a 'yeah, I really want to see that person go'.... for example Martina Navratilova is pretty shocking. and lord knows about everyone wants to see Courtney Love bite the mortal big one (she is picked high most every year, but I have had her on my list 3 times and she has let me down, so I replaced her with Lindsay Lohan) I think Ali, Funicello, Minogue, and Hawking are really probable in combination of being able to score some points.... older celebs can be hit at about a 15-30% rate, but sometimes only get you a few points.... if you hit one of the ones in middle age, you have an advantage, and if one of the young long-shots makes it, you're sitting pretty..... my best long-shot pick of years gone bye was River Phoenix, who game me the title almost single-handedly in 1993 I've always had a few staples to how I make my picks.... 1) Fat guys on Saturday Night Live or comedians who started off big but have recently packed on a ton more weight 2) Taking multiple people born in the same year... for some reason I always seem to hit one of them at least when I do that... I rarely get one if they have a unique age on my list, unless they are a young shock pick 3) People who try suicide once, will probably succeed in the future 4) Multi-time rehab pays dividends eventually (Damn you though, Dave Mustaine.... you sold your soul to the devil and you were always a wasted pick for me... I mean c'mon, it's been about 14 times in rehab now) 5) Once they get Alzheimers, they forget to eat or take medicine or something, so the odds go up 6) The 27-and-dead-club... ALWAYS seems like someone famous joins it every year... hence my Britney Spears pick __________________ Reagan in 08... Even though he's dead, he's the better choice! Superdelegates - Because even the Democratic party knows it's base is too stupid to make really important decisions. Last edited by DiamondDave; 12-31-2007 at 07:03 PM.

12-31-2007, 07:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
Grandstander Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Parts Unknown Northern California Posts: 5,946	Low Value But Multiple Hits Strategy: Sargent Shriver 92...(8) Mitch Miller 96...(4) Earl Butz 98....(2) Karl Malden 95...(5) Art Linkletter 95...(5) John Wooden 97...(3) Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 91...(9) Harry Morgan 92...(8) Eli Wallach 92...(8) Robert McNamara 91...(9) Walter Cronkite 91...(9) Van Johnson 91...(9) Marvin Miller 90...(10) Robert Byrd 90...(10) Arthur C. Clarke 90...(10) Efem Zimbalist Jr. 89...(11) Pete Seeger 88...(12) Mickey Rooney 87...(13) Al Molinaro 88....(12) Charlton Heston 84....(17) Last edited by Grandstander; 04-07-2008 at 06:27 PM.

12-31-2007, 01:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
LongtimeBravesFan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,162	Sounds like fun. We did this one here a while back but a game starting on New Yer's would be a good time to start another. I'll have to think about my list.

12-31-2007, 06:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
vtred Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 366	Chastity Bono - 61 Tonya Harding - 62 Nancy Reagan - 13 Kim Jong-il - 33 Annette Funicello - 34 Hulk Hogan - 45 Robert Blake - 25 Neil Armstrong - 22 Walter Cronkite - 8 Ricky Williams - 69 Bob Dole - 15 Rob Reiner - 37 Scott Weiland - 59 Courtney Love - 56 Yoko Ono - 25 Bob Feller - 10 Jim Otto - 30 Charles Rangel - 23 David Spade - 56 Muhammad Ali - 34

12-31-2007, 07:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
heyterry Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 439	I used to play this game with some guys at work and won two out of four years. People always say that it's morbid, etc., but I never helped anyone along. I never delighted in anyone's death. (I'm sorry to say that there is one person whose demise will make me happy when it happens). But if it's going to happen, what's wrong with trying to predict it? I'll try to come up with a list.

12-31-2007, 09:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
bigheadache Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roswell, NM Posts: 764	I'm not going to spend a couple of hours looking up ages. If they don't die, it doesn't matter. If they do, their age will be all over the place and it will be easy to tally the points. I'm also going to try and add a few new names. Gsa Gsa Gabor Tina Turner Barry Bonds Rosalyn Carter William "The Refrigorator" Perry Tony Bennett George H.W. Bush Osama Bin Laden Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth Taylor Frank Oz Leonard Nemoy John Daley Ted Nugent Rosie O'Donell Sam Waterson Roger Clemens Michael Caine Chuck Knoll Edward Kennedy

01-01-2008, 03:57 AM	#11 (permalink)
skrable Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 383	Brigette Bardot Barbara Bush (the ex-first lady, not the president's daughter) Bob Eubanks Art Garfunkel Cynthia Geary Gordie Howe Garry Kasparov Emeril Lagasse Mike Lookinland Shelley Long Sidney Lumet Loretta Lynn Roger Moore Mary-Kate Olsen Alan Ruck Sally Jesse Raphael Britney Spears Sheryl Swoopes Lee Trevino Betty White

01-01-2008, 10:01 AM	#12 (permalink)
Rapier Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,647	People acquainted with the Clintons.

01-01-2008, 02:01 PM	#13 (permalink)
Grandstander Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Parts Unknown Northern California Posts: 5,946	Good news for French and ctjays.....I have the remedy for your ire with this thread. Whenever I look at a thread title which makes me conclude that I would not like, or would not be interested in the discussion, I take a radical approach. I don't open and read it. If the thread title leads me to believe that I might be interested or find merit in participating, but upon opening I disover that is not the case....my other radical remedy is to depart without posting and not return. Now you two know of these secrets for coping with offensive threads and you won't ever have to enter and start pointless trouble again.

01-02-2008, 01:06 AM	#14 (permalink)
LongtimeBravesFan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,162	Karl Malden Harry Morgan Muhammed Ali Robert Byrd Walter Mondale Betty Ford Ted Turner Pope Bennedict XVI Billy Graham Abe Vigoda Dom Dimaggio Herman Franks Tommy Heinrich Lee MacPhail Hugh Carey Margaret Thatcher Jesse Helms October 18,1921-July 4 14 points Edward Brooke Howard Metzenbaum June 4, 1917-March 12 10 points Omar Sharif Last edited by LongtimeBravesFan; 07-04-2008 at 11:31 AM.

01-02-2008, 01:29 AM	#15 (permalink)
LongtimeBravesFan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,162	Posting current ages is pointless as some will have a birthday this year before they die. GS-you listed Henry Morgan. He died in 1994. I assume you meant MASH star Harry Morgan?

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