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Will Your Chosen Celebs Kick the Bucket in 09'?
Celebrity Dead Pool 2009: Who’s Departing This Year?
Dead Pools are not a new idea. I used to participate in a yearly dead pool run by the employees of a radio station I worked for. It was lots of fun. I haven’t participated in one in years, which is why I decided to start one here. Here’s how you play.
Choose any ten celebrities (actors, politicians, wanna be celebrities, authors, etc.) and list them in the comments section below. If anyone of your chosen celebrities shakes hand with The Grim Reaper in 2009, you score points. Here’s the scoring system.
If a celebrity on your list departs in 2009 and was 50 years of age (or over) at the time of death, you score 5 points.
If the celebrity on your list departs in 2009 and was younger than 50, (at the time of death), you score 10 points. Pretty easy, don’t you think?
These celebrities can be ANYONE from ANYWHERE. The only thing I would suggest is that you refrain from using local celebrities (such as a local mayor, actor, used car dealer, etc.,), as their death may be difficult for me to confirm.
FAQ: (Frequently Asked Questions)
Do my celebrities have to die in the order they are listed for me to score points? No. The numbering system just makes it easy to identify your celebrities. They do NOT have to die in order for you to win.
Can I assassinate a celebrity on my list? NO! This is not only against the law in many countries, but you will be disqualified from this contest and not allowed to participate next year.
My celebrity is in a coma/on life support. Does that count? No. The celebrity must be declared legally dead by a doctor or coroner.
Can I list a Hubber in the Dead Pool? Yes. Since there are many celebrity hubbers (and Hubpages is being used as the platform for this contest), you may enter a hubber. There is a hubber on my list.
Is there a deadline for entering this contest? Yes. All entries must be submitted (in the comments section below) by February 28, 2009. Entries coming in after that date will be disqualified. Entries must have the same format as my entry and be dated to be eligible to win.
Do I have to predict how my celebrites will die? No. You may, if you wish, but it will nothing to do with your score.
Is it permissable for me to list a celebrity already on someone else's list? Yes!
What’s the prize? Bragging rights.
Suppose all ten celebrities on my list depart in 2009? Stay away from me, witch!
Here are my ten entries for Dead Pool 2009
1.) Hugo Chavez ( Dictator-Venezuela)
2.) Osama bin Laden (Terrorist-Whereabouts unknown)
3.) Mary Tyler Moore (American actress)
4.) The Sham-Wow Guy (TV Pitchman)
5.) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (President of Iran)
6.) Christoph Reilly (US Hubber-Note: He’s funny, articulate and a gifted writer. He has to go!)
7.) Bill O’ Reilly (Fox News Icon)
8.) Kathy Griffin (US Comedian)
9.) Hugh Grant (British actor/former solicitor of prostitutes)
10.) Bernie Madoff (American con man who stole billions of dollars from investors)
Are you ready to make your choices in my First Annual Celebrity Dead Pool? Good luck!
NOTE: If you're keeping track, changed one of my celebrities. I crossed Stephen King off of the list and added the Sham-Wow Guy from the TV commercials. I'd rather see him go than Stephen King-or that other TV freak show, Billy Mays.
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Hi Shirley, I would have an alibi ready for each celebrity of your choosing-just in case. I do not recommend listing ex girlfriends/boyfriends, spouses, etc.,even if they are famous. As far as Cristoph, I believe a slip and fall is in order. Quick and painless. Plus, I'll be a million miles away when it happens.
Good planning, you've thought about this! Re Christoph, I assume you intend total HP domination after his demise?
Hi Shirley. Now you know too much. Be careful:)
Hey Bruce. I intentionally left out the easy ones, such as Cheney, Amy Winehouse, Britney, etc. That's like shooting fish in a barrel
1-9-09
1. President Bush (Texas)
2. G-Ma Johnson (hubber)
3. Osama bin Laden (location ??)
Can I add more later got a meeting to go to??? Hee hee you you you,...G-Ma :o) Hugs & Peace
Very creative hub. I really do not want to add to the list because I try not to think about death, but it will be interesting to see who people add.
Wow, I'm glad I'm not on the list. Let's see...
1) Todd Palin. (That guy better watch his back--Sarah's movin' on up!)
2) Ashton Kutcher. (Murdered, and punked!)
3) Rush Limbaugh. (Because it's just time.)
4) The Free Credit Report Guys. (In a tragic serial killing.)
5) Barney, the Bush family dog.(Does it matter as long as it happens?)
6) William Shatner. (Sulu will back over him with a Land Rover.)
7) Ron Christie. (His pentium chip will finally wear out.)
8) Senator Ted Stevens. (In prison, the victim of a gay love triangle.)
9) Paris Hilton's dog. (Suicide over Barney's untimely death.)
10) Ronald McDonald. (In a gay love triangle with Rush Limbaugh & Barney.)
I am devestated at the thought our own Christoph Reilly might not make it through 2009. Please, Pepe -- step away from the bucket! I repeat. Whatever you do, do NOT kick the bucket!
Here's the start of my list (actually pretty much qualifies for the most boring hub in history!):
1. Fidel Castro
2. Sen. Ted Kennedy
3. Elizabeth Taylor
4. Andy Rooney (not that I want him to, just I think this might be the year)
5. The Queen of England
And the 2nd half of my list:
6. The Marlboro Man -- Of complications from COPD
7. Hannah Montana/Mylie Cyrus -- Saccharine OD
8. Golfer John Daly -- His 5-iron lung gave out
9. Robbie Knievel -- Fell 10 feet short of his dad's record
10. The E-trade Baby -- Whoa! Abducted by creepy clowns!
Hi SweetiePie, I don't deal with death well, either, but as long as it's not my own, I'm more comfortable with it. Thanks for checking out the hub, anyway:) You rock!
Hi Pam, How could I add you to the list? Ok, well to be honest, I thought about it, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.
Bravo on your list!! Not only Dead Pool contestants, but you've devised their murders. I WISH I had thought of Ashton Kutcher. I hate that picture taking pretty boy with a passion. Booyah! I seriously can't friggin' stand him.
Interesting choice with Todd Palin. Maybe he and Ashton could go off and take pretty photos of each other.
Thanks, Pam. You're awesome!
Hi Mighty Mom, Yet another stellar list. You're brutally funny. I agree with you on several points. The E-Trade baby is hysterical. I think you're right. BoBo is going to make him disappear.
Miley Cyrus has to go, but I hope she takes Daddy with her...maybe an Achey Breaky heart attack?
You think Robbie is going to eat a bus while jumping 20 of them? Think about how many times they put Evel back together.
Awesome list. Thank you!
1)Barney Franks, no comment
2)Dog the Bounty Hunter; will die in sleep smothered by wife's tits
3)Patrick Swayze, it's too obvious
4)Paris Hilton, chokes on diamond
5)Oprah, too much up and down with weight causing heart attack
6)Hulk Hogan, it's time to get outa here
7)Ed Mcmahon, he's pretty old, did I spell it right?
8)Bill Clinton, from being muffled by wife and Obama
9)Jimmy Carter, by someones nail gun at habit for humanty home
10)Sarah Palin, The moose gets her
This is just too macabre!
My family thinks I'm half crazy facing my computer and reading this hub. I laughed at Christoph Reilly on the list. lol hahahahahahha
and Pgrundy's own list made me laugh too. I think she hates Barney. hahaha
I'm gonna sing a song: wait....wait...
I love you, you love me. Let's organize and kill Barney with a big shotgun (Bang)
Barney's on the floor. No more stupid dinosaur! hehehehe
Oh! I have to update my list and add 11)George the 140 year old lobster released by restaraunt per PETA request; he will be eaten by octopus since he is now in strange environment; Can I do that? Is he now a celebrity or what?
Hi CC Riter, Thanks for the list. You're allowed 10 so I had to disqualify you for George the lobster, who's death (if it happened in 2009) would be tough to confirm. However, if you can figure out a way where George, myself and a gallon of melted butter could somehow be put together, I'll be happy to add it back.
Hi Sheena, you want to add the purple dinosaur to my list. He should have died a long, long time ago:) Thanks for the comment!
Aww man! The Sham Wow guy needs to make more commercials. He's funny.
Hmm interesting game. This requires some thought.
I will be back later on this one!
Great thought
Thank you, reagu. I think the Shaw Wow guy has got to go. Now he's selling this kitchen chopper thingy and he's getting really annoying. Notice that headset he wears? That's because he works the drive thru at McDonalds. He's more annoying than Billy Mays.
Thanks, sixtyorso. I can't wait to see your list.
Ok Joe here goes
Firstly the seriously possibles:
Elizabeth Taylor
Robert Redford
Queen Elizabeth
Keth Richards
Mick Jaggger
These should be put down
Britney Spears
Lindsay Lohan
Her Mother
Paris Hilton
Her Mother
I love all the fun scenarios, especially the one about Ronald McDonald in the gay love triangle :). There used to be a man who was a little mentally imbalanced and he would go to the Wal-Mart McDonald's and pretend to feed burgers to the pretend Ronald McDonald satue. I feel sorry for the guy, but I feel more sorry for the kids that saw this because it really freaked out my neighbor's daughter.
SweetiePie -- that is pretty creepy. But it could have been worse -- the guy could have been dressed like Ronald McDonald and he could have been feeding real burgers to the statue:-).
More thoughts. Yes, I agree Billy Mays needs to join the Sham Wow guy in that great consumer marketplace in the sky. I actually grew up with a Billy Mays. I even Googled the name to see if it could possibly be the same Billy Mays. Thankfully, no.
I would like to add more names -- are we allowed multiple entries, RJ? I reread the hub and FAQ but didn't see that specific question addressed. Based on your other recent contest, I believe the answer is "yes" but I don't like to assume because we all know what happens when we do that.
Hi sixtyorso. Fantastic choices, but you lose points for Keith Richards who passed away sometime in 1980.
Hi SweetiePie...Walmart McDonald's? That weird guy may have been me!
Hi MightyMom,Keep em' coming. There's definitely more I want to add, as well:)
Man, I've been thinking this one over and many people have some good ones, I would have to submit one name, for now, and sadly, as I am a big fan, Clint Eastwood. I saw Gran Torino the other night and you just can't help but love the bastard. He was never as mean a son of a bitch like he was in that one. I'll keep thinking though.
Oh, man. Most of the celebrities I know are already dead. Does it count if just their career dies?
Not sure I'll get ten, but here goes nothin'.
Don Rickles (it would be sad, but man is he old)
Charlie Sheen (He's better looking than me, so he goes on the list)
Fabio (perfect example of dead career)
Ozzy Osbourne (just a hunch)
Joan Rivers
Rosie O'Donnel (she really pisses a lot of people off, so it's just a matter of time)
All three Jonas Brothers (If my ears continue to be raped by their music, I'll need an alibi.)
Robert Wagner (another hunch)
I agree with your #10 pick, by the way. You just know somebody's gonna pick that guy off.
Darn you, BT Evilpants! You beat me to Joan Rivers. Now I gotta find a replacement.
Sorry, MM. Can we tawk!?
Sure. Let's have some cawfee and tawk about it!
Meanwhile, I have some others to add:
1. Dolly Parton. She may not be as old and Joan Rivers, but I think she's had at least as much plastic surgery. That stuff doesn't age well.
2. Nick Nolte -- The quintessential wild man
3. Gary Busey -- the psycho of Celebrity Rehab
4. Willie Nelson -- He's only like 75, but he's worn his body out
5. Lauren Bacall -- She's in her mid 80s.
6. Betty Ford. Yikes. Born in 1918.
7. Whoopi Goldberg -- similar reasons to Rosie O'Donnell above. I think that little blonde conservative chick on The View has a contract out on her.
8. Dick Cheney -- in a hunting accident
9. David Hasselhoff -- unable to save himself from drowning in booze
10. Dawn Wells (Maryann on Giligan's Island) - serious pothead
Hey I don't like to see Joan River's ascerbic wit on the list - but I will compile a list later and come back....a small question if these people do die do they have haunting rights?
hi goldentoad. I would hate to see Clint Eastwood go this year. I don't think there's a guy in the world who doesn't love Clint Eastwood. I can't wait to see Gran Torino, so please don't tell me the ending.
B.T. Excellent choices. The Jonas Brothers would have to all go out at the same time and be counted as one. There can be no survivors. I hate good looking old guys like Charlie Sheen. I bet his corpse looks good, too. Ozzie? Wow, maybe he'll get his head bitten off by a giant bat. Fabio is a good choice. Maybe he'll trip on his hair and hit his head on the shower wall. Don Rickles is so old, his social security number is 1. Joan Rivers, ugh. They'd probably televise her funeral on QVC. Robert Wagner. I hope he doesn't have a reverse mortgage. Thanks for playing, BT. You're enetered.
Hi MightyMom. These are stellar choices. I love them. Dolly Parton will expire sometime between 9 and 5. Nick Nolte? Wow. Maybe we'll get to see his mugshot in heaven. Good ol' Gary! Last hit he had was off a glass pipe. Poor Willie. Can I have his guitar? Who didn't love Lauren Becall. I had no idea she was that old-or alive, for that matter. Betty Ford. So, what you're saying is, she won't make it to the clinic in time? Whoopie. Maybe she'll take Robin Williams and Billy Crystal with her. Dick Cheny? That's just too easy! NOT THE HOFF! America's Got Talent is now seeking one judge! Maryanne? Gilligan was a major pothead too. They probably used to grow it on the island. I think that's why she made so many coconut cream pies.
Hi ajcor. Joan Rivers wit? She can't even get a second Geico commercial. I can't wait to see your list. Haunting rights sound like a good idea:)
Here we go:
1. Robert Downey Jr. (overdose)
2. Dennis Rodman (suicide)
3. Jack Nicholson (heart attack while gettin' it on with a twenty year old "actress")
4. Hugh Hefner(Viagra overdose)
5. Bill Russell (naturally)
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Ironic Tragedy)
7. Gene Hackman(Notice him missing already?)
8. Macauley Culkin(Michael Jackson murders him in a jealous rage)
9. Dan Rather(he looks about ready)
10. And as previously stated, Mr. Eastwood.
Great choices, goldentoad. I'd miss Clint and Jack, but everyone else can go. Thanks for your entry. It's going to be fun to come back and check this list at the end of December 2009 and see if we had any hits. Providing of course, we both make it.
ok, sixtyorso, whatever you say, but he doesn't look very alive to me.
Oh, I want in!
1. An Olsen twin. Who cares which one?
2. Michael Jackson (will probably asphyxiate when his nose finally finishes its collapse)
3. Tony Dungy (bad things just seem to happen to good people)
4. Lindsay Lohan WILL drown in her own vomit. It's just a given.
5. Jayden James Federline (I feel kinda bad about this one, but he'll probably be dropped on his head - poor little guy)
6. Mindy McCready (eventually she'll be successful in her "attempts")
7. Cesar Millan (mauled by pack of Yorkies)
8. Jeff Conaway (just too easy)
9. Jeff Dunham (will fall down stairs and be impaled by a jalapeno.... on a stick)
10. Nick Bollea (MVA)
sham wow guy, wow that would be hilarious-not gonna lie.
1. Brad Pitt (courtesy of Jennifer Aniston)
2. Barack Obama (no, i dont want him dead, im just sayin)
3. Celine Dion
4. Brittany Spears (tragic shaving accident?)
5. Al Gore (wife...yeah)
6. Hiro Yakumora (tragic death of a Heroes character, not a real life person)
7. Tommy (star in the Rugrats, again not a real person but it could happen...im gonna blame chuckie for it)
8.im actually also gonna go with an olsen twin because i thought it was flippin hilarious
9.marissa tomay (when youre brought up in Seinfeld, bad things happen to you)
10.The actor who plays "the janitor" on Scrubs (its all because he played a cop on the movie "Volcano")
Oh no! I'm starting to get sad at some of these and they're just off-the-wall predictions at this point!
Robert Downey Jr. has been clean/sober for awhile. I'd be heartbroken if he relapsed, but I know there's always that chance. But wait -- now he's Ironman, thus invincible. Yeah, he CAN'T die! He'll outlive all of us by at least 50 years!
Tony Dungy? Aw man, the guy just announced his retirement. Don't you think he's gonna go off and do something fun and forget his troubles? I sure hope so.Then again, he did look rather despondent at his press conference. Prozac, please!
Al Gore? I haven't seen him recently -- has he been porking out again? But seriously, my vote would be for Al Gore JUNIOR.
I know Rush Limbaugh is already taken, so I'm hereby staking my claim for Ann Coulter. No explanation needed. "C" is the perfect letter for her.
Can't believe no one has said this yet (and if you did, I apologize). What about Dick Clark? For so many decades he never showed his age. Poor guy, that stroke really fast-forwarded him in time.
The Donald. Either he'll get his "hair" stuck in the drain of a hotel spa or he'll be offed by one of his many disgruntled ex-wives or Apprentice firees (is that a word?)
Martha Stewart's daughter. You know, the one with the show that totally rags on her mom. You mother has built a multi=media empire AND survived federal prison. What have you ever done, you ungrateful bee-atch?
Ok, so both Rowan and Martin are both dead (Dick Martin died in May of 2008). However, there are a few of the old Laugh In gang who could be added to the 2009 list. I'm claiming Arte Johnson, Henry Gibson and Jo Anne Worley. Goldie Hawn is also an outside possibility, but only if she falls "overboard" (hey -- there's gotta be one freak, untimely, Natalie Woodesqe death each year, it could be her...)
This just in on the celebrity medical front: Apple's Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave. Apple Inc.'s CEO Steve Jobs says he is taking a medical leave of absence until the end of June.MORE DETAILS: <http://www.kcra.com/tu/5DPw4FTFz.html>
I'm putting Steve on my list as a precautionary measure. I hope he didn't get the poisoned Apple intended for Snow White!!!
Hi Em, thanks for joining the game. Awesome entries. ha ha! Hysterical entries.
Hi RoastedPineBark, thank you also for entering the contest. Your choices are noted and a couple of them are downright disturbing. Let's check back in December.
MightyMom, something told me you were being too nice about this pool. You have to set your emotions aside and just play the game. I hope we don't lose anyone on your list, as I don't want you to live with the guilt:) I love your Ann Coulter entry. AC seems to be on a few lists lately. I used to have a thing for her 10 years or so, ago, when she was really hot, so I'm still on the fence. If she goes, I hope she takes the rest of those whiny beyotches from The View with her.
Thanks, MightyMom. Mr. Jobs is on your list. He's now headed for the iGrave.
And Ricardo Montalban is officially off limits.
He's got a new show: Permanent Vacation on Fantasy Island.
Ricardo's casket would be lined in rich, Corinthian Leather.
Hey MightyMom. I just heard on the news that Jobs is really, really sick. He's got some kind of serious hormone problem. Creeeeepy!
Ok, here is my list.
1. Dr. Drew Pinski- he will be killed by Gary busey and Jeff Conway trying to get to the meds.
2. Angeline Jolie- there are two possibilities here dying will giving birth to her next child, or being kidnapped by rebels in a 3rd world country where she is trying to adopt another child.
3. Andy Dick- I am surprised he has lived this long.
4. Bret Michaels- He will ccatch a lethal concoction of herpes, gonorrhea, and syhphillis.
5. Billy Bob Thorton- George Starit will kill him for murdering country music with his song working on a plan, and rightly so I might add.
6. Charro- She will break her hip while she is at home alone doing the coochie coochie dance and will die of starvation.
7. Dustin Diamond- The possibilities are endless with this one.
8. Jeff Probst- He will "Accidentaly" get let behind on the survivor island.
9. Kayne West- He will be killed by a mob of fans after waiting for him to come to the stage 3 hours late and getting caught lip synching.
10. Matt Lauer- Tom Cruise will finally snap.
Ok, I am hoping that Christoph Reilly will not die anytime soon, but if he goes I think it will with an overdose of oxycotin when someone is trying to date rape him.
Another posibility is Shades breath, when his wife catches him in a 3 way with Chi chi and B.T.
BTW, I haven't seen Shades around in awhile and this could have already happened.
My husband (a huge, huge Apple fan) is already in mourning. He's convinced it's AIDS. But I don't want to go starting rumors on HP. I don't really want to see Steve Jobs sick or worse. Bill Gates either.
I'll refrain from any more commentary on other people's picks.
Here's a couple more
1. William Windom -- He's been hanging around on Murder She Wrote for long enough.
2. Farrah Fawcett --
3. Zsa Zsa Gabor -- Shes 90 years old!
4. Pope Benedict XVI
5. Doris Day (pushing up, but not eating, the daisies)
6. David Crosby
7. Maggie Smith
8. Daryl Strawberry
9. Howard Cosell
10. Dear Abby (Abigail Van Buren)
Wow, gwendymom. Fantastic choices. Charro made me spit out mycoffee. I love how you come up with how they will die. Funny stuff.
Hi MightyMom. 9 and 10 on your list have already croaked, so they are not eligible. Abby in 2002 and Howard in 1995. I believe it's Abby's daughter who uses her name now and writes the column.
Zsa Zsa is a good choice. She'd probably slap the undertaker.
Hey Joe, too funny - sorry to hear about Vince - The Sham Wow guy - good to know whoever offs him will have something to mop up the evidence with...
As well, a little gruesome for some but fun for us is our annual "Dead Celebrity Party". We do it every Halloween - simply dress up like your favorite dead celebrity - best one at the end of the night wins the door cash. Anyhow, another great post! Halloween 2009 my catch-phrase will be "Smiles everyone. smiles!"
It is with great sadness that I share the news that Ricardo Montalban died 1/14/09. At least, according to the website "Dead or Alive." Now that IS creepy. Do you think he knew HP was talking about him?
Also according to the same website, Abigail Van Buren IS still alive, but retired from writing her advice column (which is carried on by her daughter). Abby is 90.
I'd also like to add some new picks:
1. Barbara Billingsly -- although I will spare everyone any comments about Ward being a little rough on the Beaver last night. June Cleaver is 93. God love her!
2. Don Imus -- shot with a silencer
3.Nicole Ritchie -- Proving you can never be too rich, but you CAN be too thin
4. Madonna -- Just when she thought she was batting 1000, along comes A Rod's wife
5. Stacy London -- No, Stacy, YOU "Shut Up!"
6. Jane Goodall -- Monkey saw, monkey did, monkey went
7. Ann B Davis (aka Alice on The Brady Bunch) -- Gone to be with her man Sam (who died January 2008) in that great butcher shop in the sky
8. Little Richard -- speaking of not being able to get a second GEICO commercial...
9. Condoleeza Rice -- Of separation anxiety when forced to part company with W
10. Richard Dreyfuss -- He's only 61 but he looks more like Paul Newman every day. Hate to say it, but it could be time for Mr. Holland's last opus pretty soon.
Hi there, survive prison. Thank you for stopping by. The Dead Celebrity Party is a great idea. That's really funny-and I bet they don't mind, either. The Sham Wow Guy's name is Vince? ha ha! That's awesome...."are you getting this camera guy?"
Thanks for the info on Dear Abby, Mighty Mom. I can't find the website where I found she was deceased, but maybe I got her mixed up with sister, Ann Landers. Great new choices for the pool. I'm going to have to submit another list. If one of us hits something, it's going to be creeeeeepy!
Alice of the Brady Bunch? Say it isn't so! No more meatloaf? Maybe Mrs.Cleaver will meet her end being strangled by her pearls.
Okay, some of these have been hilarious. I'm going to go for the likely ones, though. I guess I just like to win. :)
1. Patrick Swayze
2. Michael Jackson
3. Lindsay Lohan
4. Steve Jobs
5. Larry King
6. Fidel Castro
7. John McCain
8. Jerry Stiller
9. Nick Hogan
10. Amy Winehouse
Hi helenathegreat. Thanks for your entries. You picked some easy candidates which makes me think that I should have made a stipulation that entries who are sick (or who are rumored to be sick) should lose points if you get a hit.
So I'm sorry to have to enforce the new rule, that everyone who is sick or rumored to be sick will earn a 3 point penalty to their final score.
Thanks for bringing that to my attention. :)
So, to receive that 3 point penalty, your celebrity needs to be sick/rumored to be sick as of the end of this contest? If they ened up getting sick in June, before they get dead in say, October, that's still full points?
What about celebrities known to be in recovery? Are we counting them as "sick" or "well" ? Or does it depend on the celebrity?
Good point, MightyMom, It would be difficult to distinguish someone sick from someone in rehab, (and the arguments whether or not someone in rehab is really sick or not) so all entries will stay as previously entered and the point structure will remain the same.
Damn. Next year I'm going to cover all the bases!
ok. I figure that the more I come up with the better the odds I have of winning this thing, and believe me I need to win something, because I never have. ( I hope that gets me a few sympathy points.) Anyway here they are....
13. Martha Stewart- a suburban house wife will kill her because she is making us all look bad. I say the boitch has it coming. On the day this happens I will be safely at home with many people around for my alibi.
14. Mike Tyson- He will suffocate on a mouth full of cotton trying to make his voice sound more manly.
15. OJ Simpson- He will have an allergic reaction to the latex glove used for his body cavity search, the glove did fit and they didn't acquit.
16. Phil Spector- the next bartender will be faster on the draw then him.
17. Pauly Shore- He will die of emberassment just for being Pauly Shore.
18. Paul Reubens- I just have a feeling about this one.
19. Rob Schneider- will be killed by penguins while making Deuce Bigolo antartic gigolo
20. Scott Baio will die of a heart attack when he finds out he is 45 and his new wife is pregnant again.
21. Sean Puffy Combs- will die while eating fugu (puffer fish) he will then have the name puffy added to his headstone.
22. Suzanne Somers- will die in a tragic thigh master accident.
23. Sylvester Stallone - he will die filming Rocky 7- the nursing home years.
24. Tim Mcgraw- will suffocate on his own ego.
rockinjoe this is just too funny! I had to return to see what else was posted. gwendymom is really crazy and made me laugh, as did they all. But I think Joan Rivers will likely remain for some time as she is like a bad penny.
I can't wait to see how this works out.
Thanx RJ, again
How can Joan Rivers die? She's so full of plastic and preservatives that she'll last forever, just like an Evian bottle.
Thanks C. C. Riter. You STILL have until February 28, 2009 to get your list in if you'd like.
ha ha! Thanks, Em. She won't have a burial, she'll be recycled
Okay, rockinjoe, it's your contest so your rules. Since you made up that rule after I'd posted, I get to remove the sick people from my list, right? :P
1. Larry King -- not because he's old, but because he's crazy
2. John McCain -- see number 1
3. Jerry Stiller -- I wouldn't be happy but somehow wouldn't be surprised
4. Nick Hogan -- who keeps letting that kid near cars?
5. Luke Wilson -- too pretty
6. Billy Mays -- would anyone be surprised if he had a heart attack?
7. Will Smith -- I don't know why...
8. Chuck Norris -- how ironic would that be?
9. Hugh Hefner -- with a smile on his face
10. Kim Kardashian -- with a butt like that, it's only a matter of time
Hi Helena. No your list stands. If you read my reply to MightyMom's comment, it really wouldn't be fair to you or anyone else who had submitted entries prior to the rule. Your new list stands as well and you are welcome to submit lists (at a minimum and maximum of ten per entry) until February 28th.
Sorry for the mishap. GREAT CHOICES! I'm so happy you've entered. Keep them coming.
Here's a second batch from me...
1. Jack LaLanne (as result of an electrical malfunction with a juicer)
2. Bethanny from "Real Housewives of NY" (liver failure)
3. Stephen Baldwin (hepatitis from Hannah Montana tattoo)
4. Eminem (suicide)
5. George Foreman (Murdered by one of his children. Probably George.)
6. Michael Stipe (he's just never looked well)
7. Kiefer Sutherland (MVA while intoxicated)
8. Jessica Biel (probably at the hands of Britney Spears)
9. Tommy Hilfiger (drowning)
10. Dave Grohl (fall from stage/trampled)
In the "give credit where credit is due" dept, I must point out that the list starting with Martha Stewart and ending with Tim McGraw was submitted by Gwendymom, not me. Gwendymom has been doing this longer and, I truly believe, is naturally wickeder than I am. I continue to learn sick Mom tricks from her:-).
Em -- good call on Michael Stipe. Never looked well is an understatement!!
Thanks a million Em. Another fantastic list of choices.
OOOPS! Sorry MightyMom. Forgive me for getting my "moms" mixed up. I stand corrected. Thank you GwendyMom for the great list!
Ok. I take everything I said on the other hub back. Everyone is getting such a kick out of my pending death (though the slip and fall is a good idea--no one would think twice about it.) What I find truly amazing, is none of my friends (Ha! What a laugh!) told me about this. You'd think one person would say, "Hey, my real and not virtual friend Christoph, you might want to mosey on over to Rockin Joes hub where they are talking about offing you.) But nothing. You know, it would be a simple matter to sneak into where you were performing and drop a fresnel on your head.
Here's my list (which I have graciously left free of any hubbers, though they are backstabbers all.) Oh, and for the record, the sham-wow guy must live, you followin' me, funny guy?
Melissa Rivers (Dies 1 day after Joan when she realizes she really doesn't have talent)T
Rosie O'Donnell (Killed by a wild pack of lesbians, who don't want her either)
Tom Cruize (Killed by L. Ron Hubbard to collect the insurance money)
Michael Jackson (stranded on an island with Lord of the Flies.)
Michael Flatley (Lord of the Dance, for making the Irish look stupid)
Conan O'Brien (New Lord of Late Night, for making the Irish look talentless)
Patti LaBelle (She yelled at me in a nightclub-she thinks she's all that and a bucket of chicken)
Starr Jones (She came from dust, and to dust may she return.)
Rachael Ray (Should have stayed in the kitchen where she belongs.)
Jerry Falwell (With him in control of so many wacko's, we'll never get anything done.)
There's my list. Gotta run and buy some life insurance. Toodles!
troylaplante; he gets his pickup stuck on a fire ant hill and they get him
plus I'm with CR on his list, they're just too good.
Cristoph, is it any wonder why you made The 09' Dead Pool? You come in here using $2 words like "fresnel" *that I had to look up, by the way) . How embarrassing that was for me. And your Hub friends didn't say anything, because they secretly want you to drop the radio in the bathtub while you're bathing. At least I was honest enough to come out and say it.
In all seriousness. I thought you might (for some unknown reason) be pissed off at being included in the pool and I was beginning to feel bad about it. I'm glad we're friends.....but you still have to go. Thanks for your Dead Pool entry and the very nice words in my other hub.
Hi CC Writer. It took everything in me to stay away from that hub. I wanted to throw my 2 cents in, but didn't want to give this guy more traffic. Thanks for the comment.
Ok, so it's now almost the end of January 2009. We've had a bona fide celebrity death in John Updike, which (according to my re-skimming of the list) none of us claimed.
Rush Limbaugh, already listed above. But I can't help but say this; I hope YOU fail.
I would also like to add to my list any and all Republican members of the House and Senate who are obstructing Obama's attempts at stimulating the economy.
Finally, the Monex chick. Ok. So I know I should have invested in gold years ago. You wanna rub my nose in it? I hope you choke on that gold choker.
Ah, we caught you in a mood today, did't we, MM? The Monex chick made me lol. How about the dude from that CSI show who's always hawking gold. He's gotta go too!
G'day rockinjoe, I only have one nomination, more like a request.
1. Elvis Presley (may he rest in peace) and all the BAD impersonators out there!
Please, please, don't get rid of Christoph yet.
He owes me $10.00?
Just in case I'm going over to his place and lay claim on his Hat!
Hi ag, I can give you $10. And another $100 where that came from if you keep quiet about it:)
What? Keep quiet about what?
Oh, um nothing.....nothing at all. Just a private joke between Ag and I
Ok, I'll add one to the list..
Bill O'Reilly - just one too many freak outs will probably do him in.
Thanks, LisaStar. BillO is on a list above, but you'll still receive points if he kicks in 09'. Thanks for stopping by.
Funnay Funnay buddy. I got a kick out of your hub. Very creative and humorous which is what i try to go for myself. -Trig
I guess nobody one yet.
It looks like CC and Mighty Mom have scored. Voo-doo People.
I have michael jackson too, as does Emwrites (but she submitted more than 10, as did mighty mom, as did CC, so they should be disqualified. The rule was submit 10.) Ha, ha!
I hate to know what you win.
I think it's who has the most at the end of the year.
Five points!
I had forgotten all about this hub. How did you ever remember it Toad?
I struggled with it. I felt so wrong about participating in it, I lost tons of sleep over it. And I want to win.
Haha, you struggled with it? Now where is Joe?
BTW Chris, I was only disqualified for George the Lobster. And you were wrong on his death place and reason
Oh this is creepy.....Hey have you all noticed people die in 3's?
Ed McMahon, Farraw Fawcett and Michael Jackson all in the last 2 days?
Toad if Eastwood dies...I will kick your butt! I love him
haha Toad is in for it. Clint will be next! I have to go dam it. Storm big time here! shit.
Anybody but Clint!
This is funny stuff. Wish I'd known about it in January, I would have put my picks in.
You should add some for the record. Its never to late unless you're Michael Jackson.
It feels wrong somehow to be carrying on a conversation on a hub written by a hubber who is no longer among us (not that I am suggesting Rockinjoe is deceased, just that he has ceased hubbing). But it's equally interesting to look back and see who was active 5-6 months ago. Where are you, EmWrites?
This really isn't the kind of pool you want to win (unless you are GT).
On the plus side, it seems like Steve Jobs is OFF the endangered celeb list, having recently received a liver transplant.
Should we start another pool for the 2nd half of the year???
Joe is on facebook, someone needs to notify him. He is among the hubber list there. I can't recall his real name though.
I hope this hub is not premonatory. Christoph are you eating well, getting plenty of broccoli and grape fruit?
Funny I was thinking about this hub when I heard about Farah and Michael Jackson.
dunno who had billy mays but they got one.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090628/ap_on_re_us/us
he was only 50. :(
Another one down. Helenthegreat got it right. But it took her twice, 2 lists. 20 people, still very spooky.
I loved Billy Mays. :(
Oh my. did you. I could not stand his voice my self. Too dam loud, he was a good hawker though.
he brought joy to millions. I mourn him more than I mourn MIchael Jackson. billy mays was a god among pitchmen.
Well, I reckon he was a really nice fellow and it's too bad he died at such a young age. I guess I just got tired of the commercials that get in yer face and so dam loud. Too bad. I followed the link, thanks lounn
he was really beloved and more than that... without him I never would have hawked 3000 bottles of oxy-incontinent.
he was a great source of joy to me.
Thank God Billy Mays is DEAD! he was the most obnoxious, irritating and revolting ass-wipe ever to spew excrement out of his mouth on tv for all-time.
GOOD RIDDANCE YOU STINKING P.O.S.!!! You lived 50 years TOO LONG...
This is getting kinda spooky....damn glad my names not on here.....2 on the list were 50 years old and should not have been expected to die....I think there's some hub voo doo going on....yikes.
Oh No! I killed Billy Mays! Just found out from Tony024 that Billy Mays died this morning. Checked the Celebrity Dead Pool predictions and -- I had him on my list: (and I quote) :More thoughts. Yes, I agree Billy Mays needs to join the Sham Wow guy in that great consumer marketplace in the sky. I actually grew up with a Billy Mays. I even Googled the name to see if it could possibly be the same Billy Mays. Thankfully, no."
I'm really sorry, Billy. I thought you were a really outstanding pitchman!
MM, you're beside yerself dear. Calm down! LOL CR is the only hubber on the list, I'd be scared for sure. LOL
I'm too scared of this list to come back to Hubpages
LOL why it's the man himself. It is scary isn't it? CC
Hmmmm...There should be a place for Lindsay Lohan, Amy Whine-er-I mean Winehouse, Nancy Pelosi, not so much for her politics, but her utter lack of humanity, Vladimir Putin, because he can't make his marionettes any funnier, and how about a trade?...Mick Jagger for Frank Zappa?
Shirley Anderson says:
12 months ago
Great hub, Joe. Question: if I come up with a list of people of notoriety who I think are going to die, do you guarantee protection? It sort of makes a person suspect to the FBI in your country, and the RCMP here.
That's terrible news about Christoph Reilly! I thought maybe kidnapped, death wasn't even a consideration (honest, officer!).