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Jaguar · Daedalian Member

The RULES:
1. Players pick 20 celebrities whom they predict will die in 2009. When one of their celebrities dies, they score points. Whoever has the most points at the end of the year wins. You gain points equal to 100 minus the age of the person at time of death, however, you will always get at least 1 point for a death.

Your list can include up to 2 replacements. These will be used if any of the people on the list you submitted died prior to the start of the New Year.

2. All picks must be made before 11:59pm January 2, 2009 via PM to me. Any lists submitted after this time will be allowed, however, you will not be able to score on any deaths within one month of submission. (For example, if you submit on March 2 and someone on your list dies March 20, you will not get any points for that person. If they die after April 2, those deaths will score points.)

3. Valid picks must not be:

a. already dead
b. a fictional character
c. non-human
d. under age 18 at death

4. If there is uncertainty about the celebrity's age at death, I will go with the higher age (lower score).

5. Picks must specify a name: listings like "anybody from the cast of friends" are ignored.

6. Persons under sentence of death will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution.

7. Attempting to deliberately cause the death of a chosen celebrity may result in disqualification.

8. Attempts to deliberately extend the lives of other players' celebrities that you have not chosen by, say, inventing a cure for cancer, or providing life-saving surgery, ARE allowed.

9. I will allow two lists by the same person, however, if you opt to do this, your second list has to have a theme. (for example cartoonists or authors or people whose names start with the letter A, etcetera)

The AWARDS, other than the Winner:

The "Quantity Not Quality" Award: to be awarded to the poster or posters who pick the greatest number of celebrities who died, regardless of their actual point value.

The "Inside Track with the Grim Reaper" Award: to be awarded to the poster or posters who pick a celebrity that no one else picked.

The "Opening Kickoff" Award: to be awarded to the poster or posters who pick the first listed celebrity to die in 2009.

The "Final Hours" Award: to be awarded to the poster or posters who pick the last listed celebrity to die in 2009.

The “Party Pooper” Award: to be awarded to the poster or posters who pick a celebrity who dies on their birthday.

Participants:

Amb - AMB
Dragon Phoenix - DPX
Jaguar - JAG
jesus_saves - JES
Lepton - LEP
MatthewV - MTV
MatthewV's Theme Team - M38
OST - OST
Quailman - QUA
Quailman's Theme Team - STU
Zag - ZAG

Scoreboard:
1. JAG - 217 (Wendy Richard, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver, Patrick Swayze, Susan Atkins)
2. AMB - 94 (Maria de Jesus, Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze)
3. MTV - 81 (Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Swayze)
4. OST - 50 (Michael Jackson)
5. QUA - 23 (Ted Kennedy)
6. STU - 14 (Ed McMahon)

Opening Kickoff Award: Amb
Quantity not Quality Award: Jaguar
Inside Track with the Grim Reaper: Amb (Maria de Jesus), Quailman (Ted Kennedy), Stubby (Ed McMahon), Jaguar (Wendy Richard, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver, Susan Atkins)
Final Hours - Can still change: Jaguar (Susan Atkins)

Jaguar · Daedalian Member

Apparently the links don't work with parentheses in them and Quail managed to find a couple of celebs that have parentheses in the website address for the wiki.

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin - LEP, MTV
Madeleine Albright - OST
Muhammed Ali - MTV, OST
Lily Allen - AMB
Paul Allen - QUA
Neil Armstrong - JES, LEP, MTV
Edward Asner - ZAG
William Anders - LEP
Susan Atkins - JAG - September 24, 2009, Age 61
Sergei Avdeyev - LEP
David Baltimore - M38
Bob Barker - OST, STU, ZAG
Chuck Barris - STU
Georg Baselitz - M38
Richie Benaud - AMB
Ronnie Biggs - JAG
Barbara Billingsley - QUA
Osama bin Laden - MTV, OST
Jim Bolger - AMB
Peter Bonerz - ZAG
Frank Borman - LEP
David Bowie - DPX
Ian Brady - M38
George H. W. Bush - MTV
Robert Byrd - QUA
Juan Carlos I - M38
Malcolm Scott Carpenter - LEP
Jimmy Carter - JAG, MTV
Fidel Castro - JAG, MTV, OST, QUA
Eugene Andrew Cernan - LEP
Hugo Chavez - OST
Dick Cheney - MTV, OST
Noam Chomsky - MTV
Dick Clark - JAG, STU
Leonard Cohen - DPX
Joan Collins - AMB
Michael Collins - LEP
Sean Connery - AMB
Bill Cosby - STU
David Crosby - JAG
Bill Daily - ZAG
Roger Daltrey - DPX
Konrad Dannenberg - LEP
John Davidson - STU
Ray Davies - DPX
Richard Dawson - STU
Doris Day - JES
Dame Judi Dench - AMB
Donovan - DPX
Kirk Douglas - JAG, JES, QUA
Minnie Driver - JES
Dick Van Dyke - ZAG
Jerry Van Dyke - ZAG
Bob Dylan - DPX
Clint Eastwood - JES
Duane Eddy - M38
Queen Elizabeth II - MTV
Georgia Engel - ZAG
Bob Eubanks - STU
Farrah Fawcett - JAG, MTV (June 25, 2009, age 62)
Lewis Fiander - M38
Betty Ford - JAG, QUA
Ezola Foster - M38
Michael J Fox - AMB, JES
Alberto Fujimori - M38
Martin Gardner - JES
John Glenn - LEP, MTV
Gary Glitter - AMB
Joel Godard - M38
Dwight Gooden - QUA
Richard Gordon - LEP
Ann Morgan Guilbert - ZAG
Janet Guthrie - M38
Billy Graham (Evangelist) - AMB, JAG, OST
Larry Hagman - OST
Monty Hall - STU
Valerie Harper - ZAG
Stephen Hawking - AMB, JAG, MTV, QUA, ZAG
Justin Hayward - DPX
Hugh Hefner - OST
Sherman Hemsley - M38
Evander Holyfield - AMB
Whitney Houston - JAG
Michael Jackson - AMB, JAG, OST (June 25, 2009, age 50)
Mick Jagger - DPX
Maria de Jesus - AMB (January 2, 2008, Age 115)
Jack Jones - M38
James Earl Jones - JES
Kim Jong-il - JAG
Ted Kennedy - QUA (Aug 25, 2009, Age 77)
Tom Kennedy - STU
Eunice Kennedy-Shriver - JAG (Aug 11, 2009, Age 88)
BB King - QUA
Phil Knight - M38
Donald Knuth - M38
Jim Lange - STU
Cloris Leachman - ZAG
Christopher Lee - JES
Aleksei Leonov - LEP
Gordon Lightfoot - DPX, M38
Art Linkletter - STU
Christopher Lloyd - JES
Lindsay Lohan - JES
Trent Lott - JES
Jim Lovell - LEP
Gavin MacLeod - ZAG
Paul Maguire - M38
Peter Marshall - STU
Wink Martindale - STU
Larry Mathews - ZAG
Rose Marie Mazetta -ZAG
John McCain - JES
Paul McCartney - DPX
Willie McCovey - M38
James McDivitt - LEP
Ed McMahon - STU (June 23, 2009, age 86)
Noel McNamara - M38
Dmitry Medvedev - JES
George Michael - DPX
Kylie Minogue - AMB
Mary Tyler Moore - JES, ZAG
Rupert Murdoch - QUA
Bill Murray - AMB
Pervez Musharraf - QUA
Willie Nelson - OST
Bob Newhart - ZAG
Jack Nicholson - AMB
Larry Niven - M38
Ryoji Noyori - M38
Barack Obama AMB
Mary-Kate Olsen - JES
Mohammed Omar - OST
Peter O'Toole - JES
Regis Philbin - STU
Shawn Phillips - DPX
Colin Powell - MTV
Terry Pratchett - OST
Meinhardt Raabe - QUA
Nancy Reagan - JAG, OST
Lou Reed - DPX
Carl Reiner - ZAG
Wendy Richard - JAG (February 26, 2009, age 65)
Keith Richards - DPX, OST
Jack Riley - ZAG
Pat Robertson - OST
Anne Robinson - STU
Pat Sajak - STU
J.D. Salinger - JES
Svetlana Savitskaya - LEP
David Scott - LEP
Pete Seeger - MTV
Ariel Sharon - JAG, MTV, QUA
Grace Slick - DPX
Britney Spears - JES
Thomas Patten Stafford - LEP
Ringo Starr - DPX
Ben Stein - STU
Ted Stevens - MTV
Darryl Strawberry - QUA
Gloria Stuart – JES, QUA
Patrick Swayze - AMB, JAG, MTV (Sept 14, 2009, age 57)
Elizabeth Taylor - JAG, MTV, OST
Valentina Tereshkova - LEP
Margaret Thatcher - MTV, QUA
Helen Thomas - OST
Fred Thompson - QUA
Dennis Tito - LEP
Pete Townshend - OST
Alex Trebek - STU
Desmond Tutu - QUA
Tom Waits - DPX
Marcia Wallace - ZAG
Roger Waters - DPX
Betty White - ZAG
Gene Wilder - QUA
Robin Williams - AMB
Amy Winehouse – DPX, JAG
Oprah Winfrey - AMB
Chuck Woolery - STU
John Young - LEP

Jaguar · Daedalian Member

Just in case I need a third post.

One Skunk Todd · Smelly Member

Lepton · 1:41+ Arse Scratcher

I've submitted my list for this year, and it has a theme!

Amb · Amb the Hitched.

Im going to enter, but I am going to miss being able to enter by Jan 1 due to me being on Holiday. I will try and get it in shortly after that, but am happy to take whatever standby is necessary because of lateness.

jesus_saves · Almost Right

/sent

MNOWAX · 0.999... of a Troll

/in will be sending a list soon
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Amb · Amb the Hitched.

I got some time. My entry is in. If I had more time to research, id do better I think.

Jaguar · Daedalian Member

I'll get the listing up in a bit and we have had our first point scored by Amb.

OST, send me a replacement for Eartha Kitt if you like, since she died in the last few days of 2008.

jesus_saves - your list only had 19 names.

Amb · Amb the Hitched.

I can't be too gutted to get the first person of the year, but I can see names on this list that I *know* im going to regret not thinking of. I thought of Kim Jong Il on my first list but somehow forgot him later Dispirited

One Skunk Todd · Smelly Member

Ugh, I shouldn't read news at 1:20 am. Thought it said John Travolta died but it was his son Jett. Very sad to die so young. Dispirited

I'll send a replacement for Eartha Kitt tomorrow, or later today, whatever.

Lepton · 1:41+ Arse Scratcher

With some luck, this list will put me in last place again this year. My theme is Spacemen/women.

Buzz Aldrin, first man to be photographed climbing down the ladder onto the moon
William Anders, one of the first 3 men to leave Earth orbit
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon
Sergei Avdeyev, Mir cosmonaut and the human who has experienced the most relativistic time dilation
Frank Borman, Gemini Astronaut
Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Mercury Astronaut
Eugene Andrew Cernan, the 'last man on the moon'
Michael Collins, who stayed in the spaceship
Konrad Dannenberg, Operation Paperclip extractee and pioneer rocket scientist
John Glenn, Mercury Astronaut
Richard Gordon, Gemini Astronaut
Aleksei Leonov, first man to conduct a spacewalk
Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13
James McDivitt, Gemini Astronaut
Svetlana Savitskaya, the first woman to walk in space
David Scott, first person to drive on the moon
Thomas Patten Stafford, Gemini Astronaut
Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space
Dennis Tito, the first space tourist
John Young, Gemini Astronaut, lunar rover driver, and commander of the first Shuttle flight

One Skunk Todd · Smelly Member

Terry Pratchett as a replacement for Eartha Kitt

Edit: I suppose that should be "Sir" Terry Pratchett, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/31/pratchett_knighted/

MatthewV · Daedalian Member :_

I am sorry- I was mostly away from computers since the end of the semester. I would like to keep the 19 surviving people on my last list and then add...
Patrick Swayze

Jaguar · Daedalian Member

I have a couple of additional entries to include. Received a theme listing to be added and will add MatV's listing in as well.

Zag · Tired of his old title

Quailman · His Postmajesty

Jaguar · Daedalian Member

Dragon Phoenix's team has a theme in that all his picks are musicians.

List updated. Hopefully there are no errors in it Revenge most foul!

MatthewV · Daedalian Member :_

Lepton* · Guest

MatthewV · Daedalian Member :_

Were we encouraged to make a list with a theme?

Stubby · Member

Rule 9

MatthewV · Daedalian Member :_

Jaguar · Daedalian Member

MatthewV, I'll add it in later today or by the latest on Monday. Revenge most foul!

Scurra · Daedalian Member

Wow. A bad day for Cult TV fans.
Number Six and Khan Noonein Singh...
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Thok · Oh, foe, the cursed teeth!

Quailman · His Postmajesty

Danger, Will Robinson! or at least the guy who acted as The Robot. Another guy did the voice.

Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

RIP John Updike (76). No scores I guess.
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Chuck · Daedalian Member

Michael Crichton

Samadhi · +1

Fixed the links. What would you ever do without me?
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Jaguar · Daedalian Member

Thanks

LordKinbote · Daedalian Member

Chuck · Daedalian Member

Somebody just posted a death notice in another forum. Maybe I should have read it.

Quailman · His Postmajesty

Zag · Tired of his old title

Somewhat old news, and no one had chosen him, but

R.I.P. Andrew Wyeth (July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009)

Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

Wendy Richard, Ms. Brahms from Are you being served, aged 65.
Points to Jaguar.
RIP.
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One Skunk Todd · Smelly Member

Philip Jose Farmer

http://www.pjfarmer.com/

Jaguar · Daedalian Member

Paul Harvey dies at age 90.

Trojan Horse · Daedalian Member

Two Golden Girls are gone; two remain.

RIP, Bea Arthur. 14 points goes begging.