The 2010 Dead Pool

Morbid and sick, sure. I thought the same thing before finally agreeing to participate in the 2008 & 2009 Dead Pool. And then winning both (so far, as of today).

GOAL: Predict which notable* figures will die on/between January 1 and December 31, 2010, 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 Friday, January 1, 2010). The BB's default timestamp will determine entry time.

*It's assumed that all notable figures will have an entry, or be mentioned in an entry, at Wikipedia or another legit source which you may have to prove.

Rules:

The rules are the same as 2009 since time creeped by too quickly and we never got around to amending them. Next year perhaps!

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. It'd be nice if they're numbered from 1-50, but it's not necessary.

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, 2010, and someone on your list dies before 2010, 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 2009, the person will obviously NOT count for 2010.

4) a) Thou Shalt Not Kill (anyone on your list); b) criminals subject to the Death Penalty or anyone kidnapped or held hostage in 2009 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 2010 begins.

Everyone's lists will be updated unofficially throughout the year, but a year-end audit will be performed to determine the final winner sometime shortly after December 31, 2010. YOU are responsible for your own audit at years' end.

Prize: Bragging Rights for 12 months ...and also a cool Godfather poster!


The next post will contain all participants' lists for easy reference

2010 GBB Dead Pool Entries

SC (11) Ali, Muhammad Bacall, Lauren Barzun, Jacques Berra, Yogi Byrd, Robert Carter, Elliott Carter, Jimmy Castro, Fidel Clark, Dick deHavilland, Olivia deLaurentis, Dino Diller, Phyllis Douglas, Kirk Downs, Hugh Ebert, Roger Ford, Betty Gabor, Zsa Zsa Graham, Billy Heesters, Johannes Hefner, Hugh Hope, Dolores Houk, Ralph Kent, Barbara Klugman, Jack Koch, Ed LaLanne, Jack LaMotta, Jake Lewis, Jerry Linkletter, Art Lom, Herbert Mandela, Nelson Miller, Mitch Morgan, Harry Musial, Stan Niemeyer, Oscar Rooney, Mickey Salinger, J.D. Santo, Ron Shamir, Yitzhak Sharon, Ariel Shepard, Bob Shriver, Sargent Stewart, Gloria Taylor, Liz Wallace, Mike Wallach, Eli Watson, Russell (tenor) Wisdom, Norman Wooden, John Zimbalist Jr., Efrem	JG (6) Muhammad Ali, boxer (67) Mother Angelica, EWTN (87) Bob Barker, game show host (86) Lauren Bacall, actress (85) Chuck Berry, songwriter (83) Barbara Billingsley, aka June Cleaver (94) Ernest Borgnine, actor (92) Wilford Brimley, actor (75) Jimmy Carter, former president (85) Fidel Castro, Cuban president (83) Dick Clark, TV/radio personality (80) Phyllis Diller, comedienne (92) Kirk Douglas, actor (93) Kitty Dukakis, Michael's wife (73) Roger Ebert, film critic (67) Queen Elizabeth II (84) Betty Ford, Gerald's wife (91) Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress/socialite (92) Billy Graham, evangelist (91) Stephen Hawking, physicist (68) Hugh Hefner, Playboy (83) Dolores Hope, Bob's wife (100) Jack Kevorkian, Dr Death (82) B.B. King, guitarist (84) Ed Koch, former NYC mayor (85) C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General (93) Jack LaLanne, fitness guru (95) Jerry Lewis, actor (83) Art Linkletter, TV show host (97) Norman Lloyd, actor/producer/director (95) Courtney Love, Hole (45) Charles Manson, murderer (75) Tony Martin, crooner/actor (97) Mitch Miller, bandleader (98) I.M. Pei, architect (92) Nancy Reagan, former first lady (88) Andy Rooney, 60 Minutes (91) Mickey Rooney, actor (89) J.D. Salinger, author (91) Ariel Sharon, fmr Israeli PM (82) Bob Sheppard, Yankees announcer (99) Don Shula, NFL (80) Gloria Stuart, actress (99) Elizabeth Taylor, actress (77) Margaret Thatcher, former UK Prime Minister (84) Steven Tyler, Aerosmith (61) Abe Vigoda, actor (88) Eli Wallach, actor (94) Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes (91) Judge Wapner, TV judge (90)
TIS (5) 1. Ali, Mohammud 2. Berry, Chuck 3. Billingsley, Barbara (Mrs. Cleaver) 4. Borgnine, Ernest 5. Brown, Chris (Rapper) 6. Bush, George H.> 7. Busey, Gary (actor) 8. Byrd, Robert (Senator) 9. Clark Dick 10.Crosby, David 11. Curtis, Tony 12. Davis, Ann B. 13. Day, Doris 14. Douglas, Kirk 15. Downey, Robert Jr. (actor) 16. Falk, Peter 17. Fontaine, Joan (actress) 18. Ford, Betty 19. Graham, Billy 20. Griffith, Andy 21. Havoc, June (actress) 22. Hope, Delores (wife of Bob) 23. Madoff, Bernoff (Financial jailbird) 24. Klugman, Jack 25. LaLane, Jack (Fitness) 26. Lansbury, Angela 27. Lee, Christopher 28. Lewis, Jerry (actor/comedian) 29. Love, Courtney 30. McCarthy, Kevin (actor) 31. Miller, Mitch (music) 32. Morgan, Harry (actor) 33. O'Toole, Peter 34. Phoenix, Joaquin (actor) 35. Polanski, Roman 36. Redgrave, Vanessa 37. Richard, Keith 38. Rooney, Mickey 39. Sharon, Ariel (politics) 40. Sapleton, Jean (actress) 41. Simpson, O.J. 42. Taylor, Liz 43. Temple, Shirley 44. Van Dyke, Dick 45. Vigoda, Abe 46. Wallach, Eli 47. Wiilliams, Andy (Singer) 48. Winehart, Amu 49. Wods, Tiger 50. Wopner, Joe (Judge)	MIGNON (9) 1. Andrews, Patty 2. Arness, James 3. Barker, Bob 4. Billingsley, Barbara 5. Borgnine, Ernest 6. Brooks, Mel 7. Byrd, Robert 8. Carey, Diana Sera 9. Castro, Fidel 10. Clark, Dick 11. Coghlan, Frank 12. Conaway, Jeff 13. Davis, Virginia 14. Dehaviland, Olivia 15. Douglas, Kirk 16. Gabor, Zsa Zsa 17. Gorden, Bruce 18. Graham, Billy 19. Hope, Delores 20. Horne, Lena 21. Kevorkian, Jack 22. King, BB 23. Koop Everett C. 24. Laden Usama 25. Linkletter, Art 26. Mandela, Nelson 27. Lewis, Jerry 28. Martin, Tony 29. Miller, Mitch 30. Morgan, Harry 31. Muhammad, Ruby 32. Niemeyer, Oscar 33. Obama Barrak 34. Ohara, Maureen 35. Pardo, Don 36. Rainer, Luise 37. Reagan, Nancy 38. Reid, Francis 39. Richards, Keith 40. Rooney, Andy 41. Rooney, Mickey 42. Shea, George Beverly 43. Simmons, Jean 44. Stuart, Gloria 45. Vanbruen, Abigal 46. Wallach, Eli 47. White, Betty 48. Winehouse, Amy 49. Wooden, John 50. Vigoda, Abe
KLYDON (9) James Arness, actor Chuck Berry, singer Barbara Billingsley Ray Bradbury, writer Robert Bork, former Sup. Ct. nominee Ernest Borgnine Boutros Boutros-Ghali Robert Byrd, senator Frank Cady, "Sam Drucker from "Green Acres" Fidel Castro, dictator Hugh Downs, host Dino De Laurentiis, director Olivia de Havaland, actress Kirk Douglas, actor Bob Feller, pitcher Betty Ford, first lady Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress/entertainer Billy Graham, evangelist Andy Griffith Monty Hall Stephen Hawking, professor/physicist Delores Hope Lena Horne, entertainer Jack Klugman, actor C. Everett Koop, former surgeon general Henry Kissinger Jack LaLanne, exercise guru Norman Lear, writer/producer Art Linkletter, host/writer Lee MacPhail, baseball GM Nelson Mandela, statesman Rose Marie Tony Martin, entertainer Mitch Miller, bandleader Al Molinaro, actor Harry Morgan, actor Carl Reiner, comedian David Rockefeller, patriarch and banker J.D. Salinger, writer Ariel Sharon, former Israeli P.M. George Beverly Shea, gospel composer/singer George Shultz, statesman Sargent Shriver, McGovern running mate Ted Stevens, Alaskan senator Larry Storch, "F Troop" actor Abe Vigoda, actor Mike Wallace, newsman Betty White, actress John Wooden, coach	BAM (4) Abdul, Paula-47; Not shocking to have Baer Jr, Max-72 (Jethro Bodine) Baker, Carroll-78 Bennett, Tony-83 Berra, Yogi-84 Billingsley, Barbara-94 Blagobitch…Blagojevich, Rod-53; Shank in prison Borgnine, Ernest-92 Caesar, Sid-87 Carey Jr, Harry-88 Carter, Elliot-101 Carter, Jimmy-85 Castro, Fidel-83 Cavarretta, Phil-93 (Batting Champion, and NL MVP) Clark, Dick-80 Coleman, Gary-41; Whatcha talkin bout? Crosby, David-68 Davis, Al-80; Angry raider fans will raid his home Dick, Andy-44 Diller, Phyllis-92 Falk, Peter-82 Gabor, Zsa Zsa-92 Gordy, Berry-80 Graham, Billy-91 Griffith, Andy-83 Hopper, Dennis-73 Jackson, Joseph-80 Jackson, Katherine-79 Jones (Pacman), Adam-26; Will never learn Jong-il, Kim-68 Kevorkian, Jack-81 Kissinger, Henry-86 LaLanne, Jack-95; He is no superman Lockhart, June-84 Lohan, Lindsay-23 Madden, John-73; Heartattack when Favre really retires Mandela, Nelson-91 O' Toole, Peter-77 Palmer, Betsy-83 (Jason’s Mother) Parsons, Estelle-82 Phoenix, Joaquin-35 Ronney, Mickey-89 Rooney, Andy-90; Doubt this Serra Carey, Diana-91 Sharif, Omar-77 Sheppard, Bob-99 Shriver, Sargent-94 Simpson, O.J-62 Temple, Shirley-81 White, Betty-87
CAPO DE LA COSA NOSTRA (3) Muhammad Ali Woody Allen Ernest Borgnine Fidel Castro Jackie Charlton (soccer player) Joan Collins Ronnie Corbett (British comedian) Tony Curtis Barry Davies (British sports commentator) Pete Doherty Stanley Donen Kirk Douglas Clint Eastwood Andy Fordham (darts player) Winston Foster, aka Yellowman (reggae artist) Michael J Fox Zsa Zsa Gabor Paul Francis Gadd, aka Gary Glitter Jean-Luc Godard Berry Gordy Philip Baker Hall Tippi Hedren Dennis Hopper Hulk Hogan Barry Humphries (Australian comedian) Michael Jagger Magic Johnson George Kennedy (American actor) Joe Kinnear (soccer manager) Niki Lauda (F1 driver) Paul Lekakis (Greek-American artist) Sidney Lumet Shane MacGowan Vince McMahon Derrick Morgan (reggae artist) Des O'Connor (British TV personality) Manoel de Oliveira (filmmaker) Iggy Pop Robert Redford Keith Richards Eric Rohmer (filmmaker) Mickey Rooney Pete Seeger Britney Spears Margaret Thatcher Abe Vigoda Eli Wallach Barbara Windsor Amy Winehouse Ronnie Wood	DONTOMASSO (7) 1. Ali Muhammad 2. Balleteros Seve (golfer) 3. Berry, CHuck 4. Buffett, Warren 5. Byrd, Robert (Senator) 6. Carter, Jimmy 7. Castro, Fidel 8. de Haviland, Olivia 9. Douglas, Kirk 10. Edwards, Elizabeth 11. Ford, Betty 12. Franklin, Aretha 13. Gabor, Zsa Zsa 14. Glazier, Malcolm (Owner Tampa Bucs and Manchester United) 15. Graham, Billy 16. Gumbel Bryant 17. Hoffman, Phillip Seymour (actor) 18. Hopper, Dennis 19. Jobs, Steve 20. King, B.B. 21. Laden, Osama bin 22. La Motta, Jake 23. Laurent, Yves Saint 24. Lessing, Doris (author) 25. Lewis, Jerry 26. Linkletter, Art 27. McCarthy Kevin (actor) 28. Miller Mitch 29. Mubarak Hosni (Pres. Egypt) 30. Mugabe, Robert (leader Zimbabwe) 31. Osbourne Ozzie 32. Pardo, Don 33. Ratsinger Joseph (Pope Benedict) 34. Reagan, Nancy 35. Rooney, Andy 36. Richards Keith 37. Salinger, J.D. 38. Shamir, Itzak 39. Shriver, Sargent 40. Thatcher, Margaret 41. Vigoda, Abe 42. Wallace, Mike 43. Wood, Ron (Rolling Stones Member) 44. Woods, Tiger 45. Watts, Charlie (Rolling Stones drummer)

Fuck. I'd do it, but I'm due to be in the shower in half an hour and partying another half-hour after that. I'll probably be in bed for the deadline...

I just sent Geoffy my list.

Only on a mafia forum would this be necessary to point out, right?

Okay, everyone who got their lists in by 12AM ET is in, and the lists will be posted probably tomorrow night at this rate... Lesson: Don't host anything early on New Years Day.

Hey Geoff!! Did you wake up yet? It's 3:00 p.m. for goodness sake. Everyone is clamoring to see the 2010 DP list.


TIS

yea i really want to see who everybody has

Me too. SOMETIME before 2011 would be nice.

Tomorrow! After kicking my 3 dinner guests out at 2AM last night, I had to get up to finish cleaning up for when ppl were to arrive around 1-1:30. At around 11AM I found out my brother was less than an hour away: 1.5 hours early! Hosted 8 adults and a bunch of kids for 4+ hours, then it was off to my folks for dinner (most of the same company) for another 6 hours. Sorry, but I'm kinda pooped right now.

so...i want the lists out now!!

Just posted the lists. If I somehow missed yours, let me know - but the PM has to be dated before 1/1/10.

I also don't have to say this: but of course I did NOT review anyone's lists before compiling my own. I rushed mine a bit, and simply replaced my 13 vacancies with the first 13 vacancies I researched -- not from anyone else's list.

That said... good luck!

DT with the 45, and KL with the 49 ... what's with these lawyers?? You coulda named ANYONE at that point for the (possible but unlikely) win

Interesting picks from the newbies. Now I'm going back over my list and wondering why I didn't pick some of them.

Same here. Oh well. I didn't put much thought in my list this year.

Nice to have some newbies!!! Many of us have the same people and then again there are some I wish I would have thought of.

Btw, who actually won last year's and Geoff does that person win that free r/t ticket to NYC including hotel and tours (on you of course)?


TIS

I had O'Toole on my mind all through compiling my list, and then forgot about him in the end.

I'd just like to say, I compiled my list in under 25 minutes. So if I win, I'm to be made a moderator.

Who's Tiger Wods?

Ha ha ha.....Evidently, quite a guy!


Almost everyone has Ali on their list. I've had poor Eli Wallach 3 times now. I don't know why.

Oh fwiw, and the only reason I put Amy Winehouse is because I hear she's a druggie. I know she's a singer, but I have no idea with what group, or what she sounds like. I think she was in trouble recently for smacking someone, but not sure. Her name is strictly on the list for "heard of" reasons.

TIS

TIS, you've compiled a Dead Pool out of hearsay?

Whatever happened to good old rationality? I have, after all, got 75% of the Rolling Stones.

I thought I had Yogi Berra on my list last year... Here's wishing him great health!

Capo,

In this particular case, I guess so. Call me a gambler I guess.

TIS

i don't understand why people picked ali...i know he has a case of brain damage, parkinson's, and he is getting up there...but other wise i haven't heard anything about him having any health complications.

and TIS picking winehouse is a good choice since nobody really cleans up when it comes to singing or acting. that is why i picked lohan. i could have also picked tatum o' neil or her father as well.

Just messin'.

He just looks like Death warmed over.

BAM is the only one who didn't pick Kirk Douglas.

You just know because of that something is going to happen to Kirk and the newspaper headline will simply say "BAM".

I was gonna put Ali on my list. Don't know why I didn't. Here's to him having excellent health and getting cured from the parkinsons.

yea i could have put him down...but i don't believe its his time yet...maybe next year (knocks on wood).

2010. It's still too morbid for me to join. Is George Burns dead yet? How about Dick Clark? No, wait I saw him on New Years Eve, or was that a puppet? He did have a funny voice. Is Obama Sin Laden a candidate? A CIA friend of mine says he's on held on a mountain ranch in Yugoslavia. Is Liza Minelli still kickin'. Good LUck you ghouls.

Welcome to the game, BAM and Capo.

I don't know whom I omitted as my list ended at 49. Anyway, I'm happy with my selections.

I picked Henry Kissinger, but I think he might already be dead.

It's amazing how Art Linkletter and Mitch Miller keep on going.