The 2024 Dead Pool (Our 17th Annual!)

GOAL: Predict which notable* figures will die on/between January 1 and December 31, 2024, 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, 2024). 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, 2024, and someone on your list dies before 2024, 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 2021, the person will obviously NOT count for 2024.

4) a) Thou Shalt Not Kill (anyone on your list); b) criminals subject to the Death Penalty or anyone kidnapped or held hostage in 2023 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 2024 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, 2024. 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:
2023 - XDXC (12)
2022 - BAM (13)
2021 - XDXC (20!)
2020 - Don Marco (15)
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 2023 (wikipedia)
Quick Link: Deaths in 2024 (wikipedia)

2024 GBB Dead Pool Entries

SC (RIP)(0) 1 Alan, Alda 2 3 4 5 6 Brooks, Mel 7 8 Carter, Jimmy 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Eastwood, Clint 18 19 Erskine, Carl 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Lockhart, June 28 29 30 MacLaine, Shirley 31 32 Mays, Willie 33 34 35 36 Murdock, Rupert 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Van Dyke, Dick 49 50	JG (0) Akihito, Jap. Emperor (90) Buzz Aldrin, astronaut (93) David Attenborough, broadcaster (97) Stanley Baxter, actor (97) Tom Brokaw, journalist (83) Mel Brooks, actor/director (97) Jimmy Carter, 39th president (99) Cher, singer (77) Tommy Chong, pothead (85) Bill Clinton, 42nd president (77) Roger Corman, director/producer (97) Tim Curry, actor (77) Shannen Doherty, actress (52) Kitty Dukakis, Michael's wife (87) Robert Duvall, actor (92) Clint Eastwood, actor (94) Morgan Freeman, actor (86) Leif Garrett, singer (62) Alan Greenspan, economist (98) Gene Hackman, actor (93) Kim Jong-un, dictator (39) Walter Koenig, Chekov (87) Kris Kristofferson, singer (87) Artie Lang, Comedian (56) Lindsay Lohan, "actress" (37) Courtney Love, Hole (59) Joan Lunden, journalist (73) Imelda Marcos, shoe lover (95) Eva Marie Saint, actress (99) Bret Michaels, Poison (60) Morrisey, singer (64) Rupert Murdoch, media mogul (92) Willie Nelson, singer (91) Bob Newhart, actor (95) Yoko Ono, John's wife (90) Joyce Randolph, Honeymooner (99) Keith Richards, eternal (80) Dennis Rodman, B-Baller (62) Linda Ronstadt, singer (77) Doc Severinsen, trumpeter (96) Charlie Sheen, winning tiger (58) Randy Travis, Country singer (64) Ted Turner, mogul (86) Dick Van Dyke (98) Robert Wagner, actor (93) Lil Wayne, rapper (41) Harvey Weinstein, scumbag (71) John Williams, composer (91) Montel Williams, TV host (67) Ron Wood, Rolling Stone (76)
XDXC (0) 1. Buzz Aldrin (astronaut, 92) 2. Ray Anthony (bandleader, 101) 3. Iris Apfel (businesswoman, 102) 4. George Argyros (real estate investor, 86) 5. David Attenborough (Brit broadcaster, 97) 6. Joe Biden (46th and current POTUS, 81) 7. Selma Blair (actress, 51) 8. Mel Brooks (director/actor, 97) 9. Jimmy Carter (39th POTUS, 99) 10. Dick Cheney (former VPOTUS, 82) 11. Roger Corman (director, 97) 12. Bill Cosby (actor/comedian, 86) 13. William Daniels (actor, 96) 14. Shannen Doherty (actress, 52) 15. Clint Eastwood (actor/director, 93) 16. Bob Eubanks (Rose Parade guy, 85) 17. Jane Fonda (actress, 86) 18. Michael J. Fox (actor, 62) 19. Morgan Freeman (actor, 86) 20. Yvonne Furneaux (actress, 95) 21. Lee Grant (actress, 98) 22. Alan Greenspan (economist, 97) 23. Gene Hackman (actor, 93) 24. Glynis Johns (actress, 100) 25. Val Kilmer (actor, 64) 26. June Lockhart (actress, 98) 27. Lisa Lu (actress, 96) 28. Caren Marsh-Doll (actress, 104) 29. Peter Marshall (game show host, 97) 30. Willie Mays (baseball player, 92) 31. Steve "Mongo" McMichael (frmr athlete, 66) 32. Maria Branyas Morera (oldest person, 116) 33. Rupert Murdoch (businessman, 92) 34. Bob Newhart (actor, 94) 35. Yoko Ono (musician, 90) 36. Janis Paige (actress, 101) 37. Jack Rader (actor, 102) 38. Joyce Randolph (actress, 99) 39. Keith Richards (musician, 81) 40. Eva Marie Saint (actress, 99) 41. William Shatner (actor, 92) 42. Gene Shalit (critic, 97) 43. O. J. Simpson (football player, 76) 44. Donald Sutherland (actor, 88) 45. Donald Trump (45th POTUS, 77) 46. Dick Van Dyke (actor/comedian, 98) 47. Elisabeth Waldo (violinist, 105) 48. Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins (singer, 53) 49. Jacqueline White (actress, 101) 50. Ye (Kanye West) (rapper, 46)	BAM (0) Aldrin, Buzz-93 Astin, John-93 Attenborough, David-97 Baer Jr, Max-86 Brooks, Mel-97 Caine, Michael-90 Carter, Jimmy-99 Cheney, Dick-82 Collins, Phil-72 Corman, Roger-97 Cosby, Bill-86 Curry, Tim-77 Doherty, Shannen-52 Duvall, Shelley-74 Dyke Van, Dick-98 Fox J, Michael-62 Glitter, Gary-79 Hackman, Gene-93 Hedrin, Tippi-93 Hogan, Paul-84 Jones Earl, James-92 Kennedy, Ethel-95 Kilmer, Val-64 King, Stephen-76 Kristofferson, Kris-87 Lazenby, George-84 Lockhart, June-98 Majors, Lee-84 Minnelli, Liza-77 Murdoch, Rupert-92 Neil, Sam-76 Newhart, Bob-94 Newmar, Julie-90 Nicholson, Jack-86 Ono, Yoko-90 Osbourne, Ozzy-75 Parsons, Estelle-96 Petty, Richard-86 Putin, Vladimir-71 Randolph, Joyce-99 Redford, Robert-87 Saint, Eva Marie-99 Simpson, O.J-76 Smith, Patti-76 Stone- Oliver-77 Turner, Ted-85 Wagner, Robert-93 West-Kanye-46 Williams, John-91 Willis, Bruce-68
DE NIRO (0) 1 Aldrin, Buzz (Astronaut) 2 Attenborough, David (naturalist) 3 Bardot,Briggite (Actress) 4 Baker, Tom (Actor) 5 Baxter Stanley (Comedian) 6 Branyas Marie (Super-Centenarian) 7 Brooks Mel (Actor) 8 Carter,Jimmy (Former President) 9 Cheney, Dick (Politician) 10 Chubby Checker (Singer) 11 Connolly Billy (Comedian) 12 Chomsky Noam (Intellectual) 13 Dion (Singer) 14 Duane Eddy (Musician) 15 Eastwood, Clint(Actor) 16 Francis,Connie (Singer) 17 Flack, Roberta (Singer) 18 Fox, Michael J (Actor) 19 Gall Sandy (Ex Journalist) 20 Gascoigne Paul (Footballer) 21 Gordy, Berry (Music Producer) 22 Greenspan Alan (Economist) 23 Hackman Gene (Actor) 24 Heseltine, Michael (Politician) 25 Jones.Earl James (Actor) 26 Kennedy, Ethel (advocate) 27 Kristofferson, Kris (Singer) 28 Law Denis (Ex Footballer) 29 Le-Pen Jean Marie (French Neo Nazi) 30 Murdoch, Rupert (media mogul) 31 Nelson Willie (Singer/Songwriter) 32 Nicol Jimmie (Stand in Beatle) 33 Nolan Linda (Ex Nolan Sister) 34 O'Farrell, Frank (Ex Football Mgr) 35 Ono Yoko (Mrs Lennon) 36 Piggott Lester (Jockey) 37 Pruett,Jeanne (Singer) 38 Richards, Keith( Rolling Stone) 39 Rogers Julie (Singer) 40 Scales, Prunella (Actress) 41 Sedaka, Neil (Singer) 42 Sheen, Charlie (Actor) 43 Sinatra ,Nancy (US Singer) 44 Smith Maggie (Actress) 45 Starr, Ringo (Beatle) 46 Van Dyke, Dick (American Actor) 47 Wagner,Robert (Actor) 48 Whale James (Broadcaster) 49 Wilson, Brian (Beach Boy) 50 Woodward Joanne (Actress)	MIKEY_SUNSET (0) 1. Aldrin, Buzz 2. Attenborough, David 3. Baker, Colson (Machine Gun Kelly) 4. Bankman-Fried, Sam 5. Brooks, Mel (Melvin Kaminsky) 6. Burdon, Eric 7. Cardinale, Claudia 8. Carter, Jimmy 9. Chianese, Dominic 10. Clark, Petula 11. Collins, Phil 12. Corman, Roger 13. Davidson, Pete 14. Di'Anno, Paul - Iron Maiden 15. Dickinson, Angie 16. Durst, Will – Comic 17. Farr, Jamie 18. Garr, Teri 19. Guy, Buddy 20. Hogan, Paul 21. Hughes, Jesse 22. Hurd, Trevor (Crip Mac) 23. Kilmer, Val 24. Kopell, Bernie 25. Lange, Artie 26. Lee, Ruta 27. Lockhart, June 28. Maxwell, Ghislaine 29. Mayall, John - Musician 30. McKellen, Sir Ian 31. Minnelli, Liza 32. Miret, Roger - Agnostic Front 33. Mitchell, Joni 34. Newhart, Bob 35. Nicholson, Jack 36. Ono, Yoko 37. Richardson Dandridge, Gloria 38. Ronstadt, Linda 39. Saint, Eva Marie 40. Scales, Prunella – Actress 41. Smith, Maggie 42. Van Doran, Mamie 43. Van Dyke, Dick 44. Walken, Christopher 45. Ward, Bill - Black Sabbath 46. Westheimer, Ruth 47. Williamson, Fred 48. Willis, Bruce 49. Woodward, Joanne 50. Wyman, Bill (Perks, Wm George Jr)
SIGNOR VITELLI (0) 1. Ames, Ed 2. 3. 4. Carter, Jimmy 5. Chakiris, George 6. Cheney, Dick 7. Chong, Tommy 8. Eden, Barbara 9. 10. Elliott, Ramblin’ Jack 11. Farrakhan, Louis 12. Feiffer, Jules 13. Gallagher, Helen 14. Gaynor, Mitzi 15. 16. 17. Grey, Joel 18. Hackman, Gene 19. Hanna, Jack 20. Hassilev, Alex (musician) 21. 22. Johns, Glynis 23. Jones, James Earl 24. 25. Lawrence, Steve 26. 27. Lehrer, Tom 28. 29. Max, Peter 30. Mays, Willie 31. McCourt, Malachy 32. Mitchell, Joni 33. Montes, Yolanda (Tongolele) 34. Newhart, Bob 35. 36. 37. Perrine, Valerie 38. Randolph, Joyce 39. Richards, Keith 40. Saint, Eva Marie 41. Scales, Prunella 42. Severinsen, Doc 43. Shatner, William 44. 45. Turner, Ted 46. 47. Van Doren, Mamie 48. Westheimer, Dr. Ruth 49. Williams, Edy 50. Woodward, Joanne	DUESPAID (0) . Browkaw, Tom Brooks,Mel Carter, Jimmy Cosby, Bill Duvall, Shelley Dyke Van, Dick Dylan, Bob Eastwood, Clint Kilmer, Val Lockhart, June Novak, Kim Osbourne, Ozzy Parsons, Estelle Pop, Iggy Wagner,Robert .
DON MARCO (0) 1 Attenborough David 2 3 4 5 6 Brooks Mel 7 Button Dick 8 Carter Jimmy 9 10 11 Corman Roger 12 13 Garr Terri 14 Grant Lee 15 16 Greenspan Alan 17 18 19 20 Johns, Glynis 21 22 23 Kroft Sid 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Lockhart June 31 Marshall Peter 32 Mays Willie 33 34 35 Paige, Janis 36 Perry William (politician) 37 38 39 Rader Jack 40 Randolph Joyce 41 42 Saint Eva Marie 43 44 Severinsen Doc 45 Shalit Gene 46 47 Shaw Tim 48 49 50	TIS (0) . . . Bardot, Bridgette Breyer, Stephen (Supreme Court Judge) Brooks, Mel Burnett, Carol Buchanan, Pat Carter, Jimmy Douglas, Michael Eastwood, Clint Eden, Barbara (actress) Hackman, Gene Jagger, Mick Ono, Yoko Nelson, Willie Novak, Kim Polanski, Roman Richards, Keith Saint, Eva Marie (actress) Sheen, Charlie Tyler, Steven (AeroSmith) Van Dyke, Dick Williams, Montel
MIGNON (0) 1. 2. 3. Bear, Max Jr. 4. 5. 6. 7. Brooks, Mel 8. Busey, Gary 9. 10. Carter, Jimmy 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Culkin, Macaully 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Douglas, Michael 21. Garrett, Leif 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Lohan, LIndsay 32. Love, Courtney 33. 34. 35. Mays, Willie 36. 37. Novak, Kim 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. Richards, Keith 44. 45. 46. Sheen, Charlie 47. Travis, Randy 48. Van Dyke, Dick 49. 50.

Someone requested an extra day or two to submit their list. I have no problem with a list coming in a day or two late (Jan 1 or 2) as long as no one on that list has died before the list was submitted (they won't count, obviously)....

Since we're extending the deadline until Jan 2, I won't post the lists until then -- but they will be timestamped in my PM box. Please get them to me ASAP to be safe...!

List sent.

Happy New Year to all!!

List sent as well. Happy New Year!

Okay, I have the lists from everyone who played last time, but I'll give it until 12AM ET Jan 2nd (midnight tonight) as I said I would, in case someone else wants to join in....

Glynis Johns Dies: ‘Mary Poppins?...Debuted ‘Send In The Clowns’ Was 100

A few of us have her on our lists.

Football legend Franz Beckenbauer dies aged 78

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67917047

Mary Weiss: Shangri-Las lead singer dies aged 75

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68040491

Frank Fabian died last week he was the creator of Boney M and Milli Vanilli.

All By Myself songwriter Eric Carmen dies aged 74

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68541053

Legendary running back and actor Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson passed away today from cancer. Accused, tried and acquitted for the homicide of his ex wife and a waiter friend of her's, 30 years ago. Personally, I believe OJ's son, Jason from his first marriage, was responsible for the murders and OJ helped to cover up what happened. Even appearing at the scene of the crime afterwards.

O.J.'s son had NOTHING to do with this. The DNA matched O.J. completely, while Jason would only show up as a 50% match

Absolutely unbelievable that there are people out there who believe in some of these nonsensical theories lol

Which sample, the missing blood from the sample submitted by OJ or the blood with edta preservative in it? The DNA evidence was weakest evidence against OJ and that's why he walked.

Let me break it down for the homies who want the facts.
"Jason was a sous chef. He quite literally had a set of knives on him that very night.

Jason had a punch out ticket to clock out at work. But that night he didn't use it. His time that he left was written in for the first time ever. This means no one knows when he actually really left.

Jason lied about his whereabouts and said he was with his girlfriend. It later came out during the civil deposition that he had lied. He then claimed he was home alone after work. He had absolutely no alibi for the time of the murders. None. When this line of questioning took place, Jason got very nervous and the lawyer asked what was going on, and they immediately took a break. Came back from break and this line of questioning was not revisited.

Jason was supposed to cook for Nicole and the kids that night, and Nicole changed her mind and went to another restaurant instead. This would have ticked him off. Why would it have ticked him off? He had rage issues and a possible crush on Nicole, as well as disdain. A lot of weird feelings.

Jason, at the time of the murders, was on probation for threatening a prior boss with a knife. Seriously.

Jason had threatened suicide to a girlfriend in an argument and stabbed himself.

Jason attended the Army and Navy Academy, was trained with a knife.

Jason had been taking depakote for his rage. He was off his meds at the time.

Jason when he was much younger as a teen was in charge of his youngest sister swimming in the pool with no one else around. She drowned to death. OJ and his wife broke up soon after, splitting the family apart. From here, OJ would end up wifing Nicole. This context is very important.

Whoever killed Nicole and Ron would have been covered in blood. Remember, Ron put up a fight. Getting into a car certainly would have meant more than a few drops of blood. We never got to see Jason's Jeep. But we do know that it was left out in the rain uncovered after the murders.

The only person on this planet OJ Simpson would have covered for what have been his son. Really think about that. Not anyone else but his son, whom he also felt he had failed in life. He felt responsible for him, paid his way through life, and this was his first son.

So the theory is that Jason in his rage went to Nicole's home to confront her about dinner. He realized what was happening with Ron. He went back and got a knife from his Jeep and came back and killed them in rage. Jason didn't give a shit that his step brother and sister were in the house sleep. He just raged out.

these were the earlier days of cell phones. And the cops never looked at cel phone records. Jason called his dad on his cell phone and told him he needed to come over. OJ showed up, saw what Jason did and split his hand open in anger hitting something. He ordered Jason to go home and clean up and get rid of the clothes and he would go home as well and pretend like nothing happened. That night he also called a lawyer for Jason. Yes, the next day Jason already had a lawyer. Fact. No one else but Jason already had a lawyer. And when the police tried to question him they were rebuffed. But they didn't try hard. Christopher darden wanted to go after him but was rebuffed. The focus was to be entirely on OJ.

Jason Simpson got away with murder and OJ Simpson got away with messing with the crime scene and accessory to murder at worst.

The knit cap that OJ supposedly wore had dog hairs in it that were unexplained.

There are pictures of Jason wearing the same knit cap, or a variation of it with his dog.


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Look at this guy. He has the build and he was youthful enough to do this. OJ could have very easily gifted the pair of shoes to his son.

And there is more. Much more.

there's more that points Jason to the death than OJ for sure.

we know at the time that he had a set of knives on them and was unaccounted for. we know who you was on probation for attacking someone with a knife. We know he was off his depakote meds for his intermediate rage disorder. We know he was angry with Nicole. We know he wore these knit caps. knives, violence, rage, trained with a knife.

This is your guy.

The riage behind OJ is so pronounced that people will never admit their mistakes. The race issue is so deeply embedded. You say OJ didn't do it and people lose their minds. but once you follow down the rabbit hole about his son Jason you realize that everyone was wrong. OJ wasn't guilty of murder but he surely wasn't innocent either.

Check out the book by Bill Deer. Look at the facts for yourself. The actual facts. Read the civil deposition yourself. You will see something is horrifically wrong here."

I love that you believe Jason did it and that the blood was also planted lol

The question regarding EDTA had to do with the amount that was present in the blood. The concentration of EDTA (if there even was any to begin with because they never proved that either) was too low for it to even matter. Many people are still not comprehending that apparently. Did you know that EDTA is in many processed foods? If you ate cereal, you would be able to detect it in your blood with today's technology

They never proved that any blood was planted. How are they going to plant it when they don't even know if OJ has an alibi or not?

Read Jeffrey Toobin's Run of His Life or Bugliosi's Outrage. I'll buy you some Bruno Maglis if you can finish them both before summer

Yeah well those two points aren't mutually exclusive, but that's clearly beyond your grasp. Not only that, but you should check your facts before posting. Edta is filtered out of your system by your kidneys, so the premise that the edta in the blood samples was there previously to being in a test tube is laughable. I'm surprised you didn't put it on Poochie.

I love that you want to argue about EDTA in the OJ case when everyone with a brain cell knows how irrelevant it ultimately was.

Now, what is laughable is the fact that you aren't aware that EDTA can be detectable if you consumed certain processed foods. You are in some denial if you believe that even the lowest possible concentration can only mean that it came from a test tube lol

In general, the half-life of EDTA in the body ranges from a few hours to an entire day.

Not to mention, if someone were to regularly consume processed foods containing EDTA, the body's ability to eliminate EDTA would become saturated, leading to even longer clearance times.

In this case, it was never even proven that any EDTA had been present. Back then, the technology was laughably outdated compared to what we have today. Yet, people who like to address you as "homie" think this is a matter worth arguing lol

Sadly, the legendary Ramblin Man, guitarist Dickey Betts passed today. His dulcet tones and singing slide guitar kept me company on many a long trek up and down I95.