Celebrity Death Pool 2017

[Baz]

RULES
Pick 5 celebrities you think will die in 2017.
If they die you are awarded points equal to that persons age at the time of death subtracted from 100, (e.g. if Neil Buchanan dies in June 2017, aged 55, you will be awarded 45 points. (100-55=45))
If they don't die before January 1st 2018, you are awarded 0 points.
Whoever has the most points at the end of the year will be the winner and will get a medal.
More than one player can pick the same celebrity.
All entries must be in before January 1st 2017.
If you pick someone who is already dead you get -100 points.

You will be able to keep track of scores here.

Post your picks here and I will add them to the scoreboard.

Everyone can enter, just pick 5 people and you're in.

[Magic]

Waff.

[Bernanke]

Donald Trump
George H.W. Bush
Stephen Hawking
Bashar al-Assad
Lindsay Lohan

[Smiffy]

1) The Queen.
2) Prince Philip
3) Donald Trump
4) Bruce Forsyth
5) Hugh Hefner

[niko_cee]

Just off to google celebrities battling terminal cancer . . .

Off the top of my head Shannon Doherty looks a decent bet.

[7om]

Bruce Forsyth
Jim Carey
John Major
Wolf Blitzer
Outside shot: Prince George

[niko_cee]

Shane MacGowan
Shannon Doherty
Roy 'Chubby' Brown
Kanye West
Robert DeNiro

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bruce Forsyth
Paul Gascoigne
Harrison Ford
Zac Efron
Michael Phelps.

[Magic]

I think Jagger might go.

[niko_cee]

Harrison Ford strikes me as the type who will carry on forever, but you could be onto something with Gazza.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Harrison Ford strikes me as the type who will carry on forever, but you could be onto something with Gazza.

He's constantly getting injured though and wont give up the acting, I can see a big accident happening.

[Baz]

Just off to google celebrities battling terminal cancer . . .

First result was Colin Meads. Never heard of him so I'm not picking him.

I read somewhere the other day that Leah Bracknell (Emmerdale) is as good as dead, so if she clings on til the New Year it's a guaranteed 48 points.

[Queenslander]

Madonna
The Queen
Joey Diaz
Hillary Clinton
Todd Carney

[Baz]

I think I've settled on the following:

Leah Bracknell
Bam Margera
Ian St John
Charlie Sheen
Lil Boosie

[Spoonsky]

Did we do this last year?

[Alex]

Paul Gascoigne
Prunella Scales
Bruce Forsyth
Charlie Sheen
Little Richard

[Shindig]

1) Mick Jagger
2) Bruce Forsyth
3) Prince Phillip
4) David Attenborough
5) Elton John

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sir Dave Brailsford
Garry Kasparov
David de Gea
Geert Wilders
Bill Cosby

[ItalAussie]

Alex Ferguson
Jimmy Carter
Joost van der Westhuizen (obligatory sad, too-young-to-be-fighting-illness pick)
Macauley Culkin
Desmond Tutu

Couldn't bring myself to pick Stephen Hawking, despite the fact that he's worth a decent number of points.

[Spikey M]

David Attenborough
David Jason
Paul Gascoigne
Barry Chuckle
John Major

[Spammer]

I saw Barry Chuckle a couple of months and he looked in mint condition.

[niko_cee]

On the young sportsman suffering terrible affliction front, Fernando Ricksen must be worth a punt.

[Spikey M]

I saw Barry Chuckle a couple of months and he looked in mint condition.

Dying people often improve just before they carc it. poor fucker will be lucky to see 2016 out.

[Spammer]

Oh yeah I forgot about that.

Barry

[wullie]

Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake
The Warlord
The Barbarian
Jimmy Snuka
Marty Jannetty

Wrestling's a goldmine for death.

[niko_cee]

Less so celebrities, though.

[wullie]

Marty Jannetty I'll give you, people tend to only remember Shawn Michaels.

[Spammer]

Leah Bracknell
Billy Graham
Prince Philip
Paul Gascoigne
Bruce Forsyth

[Baz]

Billy Graham

William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. is an American evangelical Christian evangelist, ordained as a Southern Baptist minister,


Celebrity???

[ItalAussie]

Billy Graham is probably one of the twenty most famous people in the world. He's basically the Pentecostal Pope.

EDITv2: And for your edification, Colin Meads is one of the greatest rugby players ever.

[hfswjyr]

Non-kiwi? Colin is a kiwi icon.

Colin Meads
Joost van der Westhuizen
Paul Gascoigne
Kanye West
Stephen Hawking

[Shindig]

Leave wor Paul alone, 2017.

[Spikey M]

William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. is an American evangelical Christian evangelist, ordained as a Southern Baptist minister,


Celebrity???

He's one of those frauds that goes on US tv and tells old people to give him - sorry, the Church - all of their money.

[Shindig]

I assumed it was Superstar Billy Graham. If he dies, Hammer shouldn't get points.

[Spammer]

I'm not a clarifying which it is so I can make a case either way.

[ItalAussie]

Non-kiwi? Colin is a kiwi icon.

Of course he was. Can't think how I got that mixed up. Either way, one of the all-time legends of the sport.

[ItalAussie]

He's one of those frauds that goes on US tv and tells old people to give him - sorry, the Church - all of their money.

He's not a televangelist. You're thinking of snake oil salesmen like Kenneth Copeland and Benny Hinn. His big deal was the crusade movement, which pulled insane numbers, especially in the '60s, '70s, and '80s. It's a slightly different (marginally less venal) thing.

Despite his religious fundamentalism, he was a relatively decent person (inasmuch as his beliefs permit him to be). Big on the Civil Rights movement, too. His son, on the other hand, is a TV-running shyster who happily services Donald Trump on a daily basis.

[Baz]

Billy Graham is probably one of the twenty most famous people in the world. He's basically the Pentecostal Pope.

Top 20? I'm calling bollocks on that.

I guess he is a celeb though so carry on.

[Magic]

Top 20? I'm calling bollocks on that.

I guess he is a celeb though so carry on.

Maybe to Bible Bashing lunatic nonces like Ital.

[ItalAussie]

Maybe to Bible Bashing lunatic nonces like Ital.

I'm eased off a surprising amount on that. But you wouldn't notice, since I've literally not brought it up since late 2006 or 2007. Deliberately so, too, as my lack of talking about it used to irk Haz Baz no end. It's baffling to me that you keep harping on about it.


@Baz: At any rate, don't underestimate how many looney Pentecostals there are in the world. And for a time, he was the sole leadership figure. Hugely famous, and even still deeply influential. Mostly keeps to himself now, though. At any rate, central religious figures are all amongst the most famous figures, due to their reach. Dalai Lama, the Pope and Billy Graham would all be in that category. Top 20? Probably true of all of them. But their fame would be among a slightly older set who tend not to be found on the internet.

[Magic]

It's all I've got.

[ItalAussie]

No worries. I assume Haz Baz's incessant attempts to needle me on the topic kept it in the consciousness.

At any rate, I'm more of an "Easter & Christmas, occasional loose observation while not letting it influence behaviour or decisions" type now, for what it's worth.

[Vim]

Schumacher was quite religious so I'm not sure whether euthanasia is an option for his family. That said, he's probably worth a spot in the 5. No idea about the other 4, I'll think of something.

[Magic]

The Queen
Attenborough (PEII is his Black Star)
Jagger after a short illness
Valentino Rossi
Jackie Stewart

[Baz]

One more day to get your entries in.

I've been trying to get @Mike to play but he won't. Give him some encouragement, lads.

So far, if we are all right, I'll win with 248 points. Smiffy seems to have gone for the "safest" bets as his total is only 67.

Alignment keeps messing up but here's a little snapshot:

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[Pleb]

Sir Kenn Dodd.
Brucie Forsysh.
Bernie F1 dude
Mike Schumacher
One of the Royals (Phillip)

[Offshore Toon]

Lionel Ritchie
Bob Mortimer
Keith Chegwin
Paul O'Grady
Lil Wayne

[Pleb]

If there was a bonus death round I wouldn't be surprised if that Game of Thrones author George Martin goes which in turn kills all rumors of another Of Fire and Ice book.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rumours?

[Gray Fox]

Stan Lee
Michael Schumacher
Clint Eastwood
Bruce Forsyth
The Queen

Go big or go home.