Celebrity Death Pool

Given that we've just had Augusto Pinochet, James Brown and Gerald Ford make up a Celebrity Death Triumverate, and seeing as there will be no betting this year due to the discontinuation of the Mavis B/DMC New Year's Party, I thought it was a good time to recap the winners and losers for both 2005 and 2006. (Granted, we have 4 more days to go in 2006 but the bets are down so, we might as well see how it turns out).

Since last year was a blur, I'll remind you all of 2005's Picks. The "(d)" means they died in 2005:

DMZ - Molly Sugden, Eddie Albert (d), Al Molinaro. Power Ball: Hilary Duff
CMA - Richard Pryor (d), Pope John Paul (d), Kirk Douglas
ABB - Pope John Paul (d), Gerald Ford, James Doohan (d)
Flomax - Harry Morgan, Arthur Miller (d), Karl Malden
The Guv'nor - Don Knotts, Pope John Paul (d), Aretha Franklin
Overlord of Smoking - James Doohan (d), Max Schmeling (d), Jack LaLanne. Power Ball: Jonathan Taylor Thomas
CHW - Pope John Paul (d), Grampa Al Lewis, Augusto Pinochet
Cookie - Lady Bird Johnson, James Brown, Pope John Paul (d). Power Ball: Paris Hilton
Cheeky Monkey - Abe Vigoda, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Dick Clark
M500 - Pope John Paul (d), Augusto Pinochet, Gerald Ford. Power Ball: Ray Lewis

UPDATE: Yes, Grampa Al Lewis and Don Knotts are dead but, they died in 2006. So they don't get a "(d)" for 2005. If you notice, y'all tend to pick people the year before they actually die. That doesn't bode well for Jonathan Taylor Thomas.


These are the picks for 2006. In this case, the "(d)" means they died in 2006:

CCS - Meatloaf, Abe Vigoda, Casey Kasem
M500 - Dick Cheney, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford (d)
ABB - Gerald Ford (d), Harry Morgan, Conrad Bain
Overlord of Smoking - Jack LaLanne, Kurt Waldheim, Mitch Miller
Mavis B - Dick Clark, Kirk Douglas, Abe Vigoda. Power Ball: Jon Stewart
CMA - Kirk Douglas, Muhammad Ali, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Flomax - Harry Morgan, Karl Malden, Jack Kevorkian
Cookie - Gerald Ford (d), Abbie Hoffman, Milton Friedman (d). Power Ball: Nick Lachey

(I seem to remember there being an argument about the Abbie Hoffman selection so please follow the link on that one and you'll see that everyone was right and Cookie was wrong. )


Two things can be learned from analyzing these lists: 1) You are all very boring, predictable people but 2) when you're really drunk, you can predict the future.

Abe Vigoda is never going to die.

You can check here for updates or to verify over the next couple days. It already has James Brown and Gerald Ford updated. Tomorrow I'll enlighten you with your predictions.