People Most Likely to Die in 2011, According to a Death Pool
N.B. For this particular annual death pool, points are awarded for each "correctly" chosen person at a rate of 100 minus age at death. This may account for some youngward skew. 51 total entries were received.
Randy Quaid: 4 lists
Stephen Hawking: 4 lists
Larry King: 4 lists
Mel Gibson: 4 lists
Jimmy Carter: 4 lists
Gerry Rafferty: 4 lists
Peter Tork: 4 lists
Keith Richards: 4 lists
Ronnie Biggs: 4 lists
George H. W. Bush: 4 lists
Ariel Sharon: 4 lists
Margaret Thatcher: 4 lists
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 4 lists
Roger Ebert: 5 lists
Nancy Reagan: 5 lists
Courtney Love: 5 lists
Christopher Hitchens: 5 lists
Steve Jobs: 6 lists
Bob Barker: 6 lists
Kirk Douglas: 6 lists
Dick Clark: 7 lists
Betty White: 7 lists
Michael J. Fox: 7 lists
Muhammad Ali: 8 lists
Penny Marshall: 8 lists
Fidel Castro: 8 lists
Charlie Sheen: 9 lists
Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi: 9 lists
Dick Cheney: 10 lists
Amy Winehouse: 10 lists
Zsa Zsa Gabor: 12 lists
Elizabeth Taylor: 13 lists
Kim Jong-il: 13 lists
Lindsay Lohan: 17 lists
Aretha Franklin: 32 lists
Michael Douglas: 37 lists
Rick Paulas is done trying to defend the reasons why gets his friends and family to wager on which celebrities will die the following year.
Umm, I think the last one was supposed to be Kirk Douglas but granted, Liberace may be the death of Mike's career.
Many reports* say Michael has late stage cancer of some kind or another.
*reports being check out line tabloids.
Really? Huh.
Either that or he just joined a Crypt Keeper-themed cosplay organization.
@stc: Yeah, he's got oral or throat cancer or something. They've been zapping him with radiation while Catherine polishes up her OKCupid profile.
Pay Per View's missing a goldmine by not televising a Stroke Victim Celebrity Death Match twixt Dick Clark and Kirk Douglas.
Kirk could hide a cyanide capsule in his chin cleft and ram it under Dick's tongue before he knew what hit him.
I'm kind of astounded there are four people even thinking about Peter Tork.
Well, if we had to spare one Monkee, he'd be the one, no?
Personally, I don't that this will be the year that he takes the last train to Clarksville.
I'm thinking … 2018, maybe?
Sigh. Dennis Rodman used to make these lists all the time.
Who would he generally pick?
More to the point, did he play to win?
What, no Katie Holmes in a mysterious accident with Scientology's fingerprints all over it?
I assume there are at least three replicas waiting in the wings.
No bloggers on this list. Full-time ones, I mean. Unless Castro has a blog.
When is the Awl doing a death pool? I'd gladly trade the life existence of Ernest Borgnine for some more JOCK JAMS.
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KILL ME NOW! IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO!
Do we get partial credit for Zsa Zsa's leg?
Yes, like those partial disability policies that name a dollar amount you get per missing body part.
The astounding part about Zsa Zsa is realizing her fake prince husband hasn't already pulled a Claus Von Bulow on her. I bet he's wishing they'd lopp off her tongue whilst they got the chainsaw farr-ed up.
Ariel Sharon will never die. They'd have to fight the Haredi (ultra-orthodox) nutjobs to be able to pull the plug, and it just isn't worth it. He'll "live" longer than the rest of us.
What about the drummer from that group – you know. Any drummer.
They just pick drummers from Spinal Tap, generally.
Dammit, who had Pete Postlethwaite?