'Fest Dead Pool

Hello dead pool fans! Here are the standings in the 2009-2010 'Fest dead pool.

To enter, you have to hang out at the South Harley beer tent at Milwaukee's 'Fest (we meet at 6:30 pm every night for the eleven-day run of the 'Fest). On the final day the winner for the previous year collects the winning pot and then we turn in our picks for the upcoming year. This year's dead pool ends at 6:30 pm on Sunday July 4, 2010.

'Fest Dead Pool Standings:

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Rules

Rules of the 'Fest dead pool.

Recent Deaths

The latest people to 'give it up' for the dead pool.

Dead Pool Top 40

Our most popular picks.

Past Winners

Champions of the 'Fest dead pool.

Special Awards

Notable achievements in the 'Fest dead pool.

Dead Pool Links

Links to other dead pool stuff.

Obituaries

For the latest obituaries, be sure to check out these sites:

New York Times Obituaries - Dead or Alive? - Dead People Server - Yahoo! Obituaries - Recent Deaths - Wikipedia

Our picks

… and here are our picks for the 2009-2010 'Fest dead pool:

Audrey
Score: 2
Tie breaker points: 17

1. Sid Caesar - comic actor (news)
   September 8, 1922 -
2. David Rockefeller - rich guy (news)
   June 12, 2015 -
3. Annette Funicello - singer and actress (news)
   October 22, 1942 -
4. Eli Wallach - film, TV and stage actor (news)
   December 7, 1915 -
5. Kirk Douglas - actor, father of Michael Douglas (news)
   December 9, 1916 -
6. Olivia de Havilland - actress (news)
   July 1, 2016 -
7. Seve Ballesteros - golfer (news)
   April 9, 1957 -
8. Walter Cronkite - the most trusted man in America (news)
   November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009
9. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
   August 18, 1952 - September 14, 2009
10. Dolores Hope - wife of comedian Bob Hope (news)
    May 27, 1909 -

Bjorn
Score: 2
Tie breaker points: 15

1. John Wooden - baseball player and coach (news)
   October 14, 1910 -
2. Art Linkletter - host of 'House Party' and 'People Are Funny' (news)
   September 17, 1912 -
3. Ernest Borgnine - actor (news)
   January 24, 1917 -
4. Billy Graham - protestant evangelist (news)
   November 7, 1918 -
5. Nancy Reagan - wife of U.S. president Ronald Reagan, ex-movie actress (news)
   July 6, 1921 -
6. Walter Cronkite - the most trusted man in America (news)
   November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009
7. Eleanor Mondale - daughter of Walter Mondale (news)
   January 1, 1960 -
8. Roger Ebert - movie critic (news)
   June 18, 1942 -
9. Ted Kennedy - US Senator (news)
   February 22, 1932 - August 25, 2009
10. Kirk Douglas - actor, father of Michael Douglas (news)
    December 9, 1916 -

CD
Score: 3
Tie breaker points: 21

1. Scott Weiland - rock musician (news)
   October 27, 1967 -
2. Zsa Zsa Gabor - actress better known for being herself than any role she has played (news)
   February 6, 1917 -
3. Bernard Madoff - con artist (news)
   April 29, 1938 -
4. Joan Collins - actress (news)
   May 23, 1933 -
5. Walter Cronkite - the most trusted man in America (news)
   November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009
6. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
   August 18, 1952 - September 14, 2009
7. Nancy Reagan - wife of U.S. president Ronald Reagan, ex-movie actress (news)
   July 6, 1921 -
8. Billy Graham - protestant evangelist (news)
   November 7, 1918 -
9. Mickey Rooney - film actor (news)
   September 23, 1920 -
10. Gertrude Baines - the world's oldest dead person (news)
    April 6,1894 - September 11, 2009

Cigarman
Score: 0
Tie breaker points: 0

1. G. Gordon Liddy - chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit (news)
   November 30, 1930 -
2. Oliver North - political commentator (news)
   October 7, 1943 -
3. Laura Ingraham - political commentator (news)
   June 19, 1964 -
4. Glenn Beck - political commentator (news)
   February 10, 1964 -
5. Michael Savage - political commentator (news)
   March 31, 1942 -
6. Bill O'Reilly - politcal commentator (news)
   September 10, 1949 -
7. Marl Levin - political commentator (news)
   September 21, 1957 -
8. Sean Hannity - political commentator (news)
   December 30, 1961 -
9. Ann Coulter - political commentator (news)
   December 8, 1981 -
10. Rush Limbaugh - political commentator (news)
    January 12, 1951 -

Guido
Score: 3
Tie breaker points: 23

1. Fidel Castro - president of Cuba (news)
   August 13, 1926 -
2. Takeru Kobayashi - competitive eater (news)
   March 15, 1978 -
3. Helen Thomas - member of the White House press corps (news)
   August 4, 1920 -
4. Zelda Rubinstein - played the exorcist Tangina in the movie Poltergeist (news)
   January 1, 1936 - January 27, 2010
5. Sammy "The Bull" Gravano - criminal (news)
   March 12, 1945 -
6. Wavy Gravy - social activist, clown and hippie era icon (news)
   May 15, 1936 -
7. Carol Spinney - Big Bird' and 'Oscar the Grouch' on Sesame Street (news)
   December 26, 1933 -
8. Larry King - broadcaster, host of TV's Larry King Live (news)
   November 19, 1933 -
9. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
   August 18, 1952 - September 14, 2009
10. Walter Cronkite - the most trusted man in America (news)
    November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009

Hammer
Score: 3
Tie breaker points: 8

1. Walter Cronkite - the most trusted man in America (news)
   November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009
2. Les Paul - guitarist, designer of early electric guitars (news)
   June 9, 1915 - August 13, 2009
3. Dick Cheney - politician and businessman, 46th Vice President of the US (news)
   January 30, 1941 -
4. Kirk Douglas - actor, father of Michael Douglas (news)
   December 9, 1916 -
5. Andy Griffith - played 'Sheriff Andy Taylor' and 'Matlock' on TV (news)
   June 1, 1926 -
6. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
   August 18, 1952 - September 14, 2009
7. Ted Koppell - TV journalist (news)
   February 8, 1940 -
8. Ernest Borgnine - actor (news)
   January 24, 1917 -
9. Harry Morgan - played 'Colonel Sherman T. Potter' on M*A*S*H (news)
   April 10, 1915 -
10. Art Linkletter - host of 'House Party' and 'People Are Funny' (news)
    September 17, 1912 -

Hoot
Score: 3
Tie breaker points: 14

1. Roger Ebert - movie critic (news)
   June 18, 1942 -
2. Eunice Kennedy Shriver - member of the Kennedy family (news)
   July 10, 1921 - August 11, 2009
3. Don Pardo - NBC voice announcer (news)
   February 2, 2018 -
4. Kazuo Ohno - Japanese dancer (news)
   October 27, 1906 -
5. Henry Allingham - British World War I veteran (news)
   August 6, 1896 - July 18, 2009
6. Ariel Sharon - Israeli Prime Minister (news)
   February 26, 1928 -
7. Miep Gies - hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II (news)
   February 15, 1909 - January 11, 2010
8. Meinhardt Raabe - played the Munchkin coroner in The Wizard of Oz (news)
   September 2, 1915 -
9. Johannes Heesters - Dutch actor, singer, and entertainer (news)
   December 5, 1903 -
10. Dame Elisabeth Murdoch - widow of Australian newspaper publisher Sir Keith Murdoch (news)
    February 8, 1909 -

Jack
Score: 0
Tie breaker points: 0

1. Steve Guttenberg - actor (news)
   August 24, 1958 -
2. Bubba Smith - professional football player (news)
   February 28, 1945 -
3. Michael Winslow - actor (news)
   September 6, 1958 -
4. Bobcat Goldthwait - comedian (news)
   May 26, 1962 -
5. Tim Kazurinsky - comedian (news)
   March 3, 1950 -
6. Lance Kinsey - actor (news)
   June 13, 1959 -
7. Leslie Easterbrook - actress (news)
   July 29, 1949 -
8. G.W. Bailey - actor (news)
   August 27, 1944 -
9. George Gaynes - actor (news)
   May 16, 1917 -
10. Bob Sheppard - stadium announcer for New York's Yankees and Giants (news)
    October 12, 1910 -

Metro
Score: 3
Tie breaker points: 16

1. Lawrence Taylor - professional football player (news)
   February 4, 1959 -
2. Ted Kennedy - US Senator (news)
   February 22, 1932 - August 25, 2009
3. Liz Taylor - actress (news)
   February 27, 1932 -
4. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
   August 18, 1952 - September 14, 2009
5. John Wooden - baseball player and coach (news)
   October 14, 1910 -
6. Fidel Castro - president of Cuba (news)
   August 13, 1926 -
7. Betty Ford - ex- First lady (news)
   April 8, 1918 -
8. Ernest Borgnine - actor (news)
   January 24, 1917 -
9. Kim Jong Il - dictator of North Korea (news)
   February 16, 1941 -
10. Walter Cronkite - the most trusted man in America (news)
    November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009

Mohel
Score: 1
Tie breaker points: 10

1. Jack LaLanne - fitness, exercise and nutritional expert (news)
   September 26, 1914 -
2. Dick Clark - host of American Bandstand (news)
   November 30, 1929 -
3. John Glenn - astronaut (news)
   July 18, 2021 -
4. Nancy Reagan - wife of U.S. president Ronald Reagan, ex-movie actress (news)
   July 6, 1921 -
5. Dolores Hope - wife of comedian Bob Hope (news)
   May 27, 1909 -
6. Mickey Rooney - film actor (news)
   September 23, 1920 -
7. Nancy Reagan - wife of U.S. president Ronald Reagan, ex-movie actress (news)
   July 6, 1921 -
8. Billy Graham - protestant evangelist (news)
   November 7, 1918 -
9. Kirk Douglas - actor, father of Michael Douglas (news)
   December 9, 1916 -
10. Walter Cronkite - the most trusted man in America (news)
    November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009

Nail
Score: 0
Tie breaker points: 0

1. Ernie Harwell - major league baseball announcer (news)
   January 25, 1918 -
2. Stan Musial - major league baseball player (news)
   November 21, 1920 -
3. Bert Sugar - boxing writer (news)
   June 7, 1936 -
4. John Wooden - baseball player and coach (news)
   October 14, 1910 -
5. Johnny Logan - singer and composer (news)
   May 13, 1954 -
6. Dick Ebersol - president of NBC Sports (news)
   July 28, 1947 -
7. Y.A. Tittle - NFL quarterback (news)
   October 24, 1926 -
8. Ara Parseghian - Notre Dame football coach (news)
   May 21, 1923 -
9. Virginia McCaskey - principal owner of the Chicago Bears (news)
   November 1, 1923 -
10. William Henry Harrison "Tippy" Dye - college athletic director (news)
    April 1, 1915 -

Pumpkin
Score: 2
Tie breaker points: 4

1. Ted Kennedy - US Senator (news)
   February 22, 1932 - August 25, 2009
2. Kazuo Ohno - Japanese dancer (news)
   October 27, 1906 -
3. Les Paul - guitarist, designer of early electric guitars (news)
   June 9, 1915 - August 13, 2009
4. Annette Funicello - singer and actress (news)
   October 22, 1942 -
5. Johannes Heesters - Dutch actor, singer, and entertainer (news)
   December 5, 1903 -
6. Mitch Miller - bandleader and music company executive (news)
   July 4, 1911 -
7. Fidel Castro - president of Cuba (news)
   August 13, 1926 -
8. Phyllis Diller - comedian (news)
   July 17, 1917 -
9. Eleanor Mondale - daughter of Walter Mondale (news)
   January 1, 1960 -
10. Dolores Hope - wife of comedian Bob Hope (news)
    May 27, 1909 -

Ranchy
Score: 0
Tie breaker points: 0

1. Ben Stiller - actor (news)
   November 30, 1965 -
2. Florence Henderson - played 'Carol Brady' in 'The Brady Bunch' (news)
   February 14, 1934 -
3. Keith Richards - guitarist for The Rolling Stones, some think he may be dead already (news)
   December 18, 1943 -
4. Mick Jagger - Lead singer for the rolling stones (news)
   July 26, 1943 -
5. George Bush Sr - President of the US 1989-1993 (news)
   June 12, 1924 -
6. Brian Dennehy - actor (news)
   July 9, 1938 -
7. Carl Reiner - actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian (news)
   March 20, 1922 -
8. Osama Bin Laden - figurehead of al-Qaeda (news)
   March 10, 1957 -
9. Jackie Cooper - actor, TV director, and TV producer (news)
   September 15, 1922 -
10. Jackie Mason - stand-up comedian (news)
    June 9, 1935 -

Spike
Score: 2
Tie breaker points: 17

1. Courtney Love - widow of Kurt Cobain (news)
   July 9, 1964 -
2. Dick Clark - host of American Bandstand (news)
   November 30, 1929 -
3. Dick Cheney - politician and businessman, 46th Vice President of the US (news)
   January 30, 1941 -
4. Cloris Leachman - actress (news)
   April 30, 2026 -
5. Nancy Reagan - wife of U.S. president Ronald Reagan, ex-movie actress (news)
   July 6, 1921 -
6. Liz Taylor - actress (news)
   February 27, 1932 -
7. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
   August 18, 1952 - September 14, 2009
8. Zsa Zsa Gabor - actress better known for being herself than any role she has played (news)
   February 6, 1917 -
9. Kirk Douglas - actor, father of Michael Douglas (news)
   December 9, 1916 -
10. Gertrude Baines - the world's oldest dead person (news)
    April 6,1894 - September 11, 2009

The Smile
Score: 3
Tie breaker points: 25

1. John Mahoney - actor (news)
   June 20, 1940 -
2. Charlie Watts - drummer of The Rolling Stones (news)
   June 2, 1941 -
3. Steve Jobs - co-founder of Apple (news)
   February 24, 1955 -
4. Bo Black - Summerfest executive director (news)
   January 1, 1944 -
5. Liz Taylor - actress (news)
   February 27, 1932 -
6. Walter Cronkite - the most trusted man in America (news)
   November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009
7. Phil Harris - "Deadliest Catch" fishing captain (news)
   January 0, 1900 -
8. Amy Winehouse - singer-songwriter (news)
   September 14, 1983 -
9. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
   August 18, 1952 - September 14, 2009
10. Ted Kennedy - US Senator (news)
    February 22, 1932 - August 25, 2009

Trent
Score: 4
Tie breaker points: 28

1. Les Paul - guitarist, designer of early electric guitars (news)
   June 9, 1915 - August 13, 2009
2. Nancy Sinatra - wife of Frank Sinatra (news)
   January 0, 1900 -
3. Jack Klugman - television and film actor (news)
   April 27, 2022 -
4. Steve Jobs - co-founder of Apple (news)
   February 24, 1955 -
5. John Wooden - baseball player and coach (news)
   October 14, 1910 -
6. Merle Haggard - country music singer (news)
   April 6, 1937 -
7. Roger Ebert - movie critic (news)
   June 18, 1942 -
8. Henry Allingham - British World War I veteran (news)
   August 6, 1896 - July 18, 2009
9. Walter Cronkite - the most trusted man in America (news)
   November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009
10. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
    August 18, 1952 - September 14, 2009

Web
Score: 6
Tie breaker points: 45

1. Harry Morgan - played 'Colonel Sherman T. Potter' on M*A*S*H (news)
   April 10, 1915 -
2. John Wooden - baseball player and coach (news)
   October 14, 1910 -
3. Fats Domino - R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter (news)
   February 26, 2028 -
4. Dolores Hope - wife of comedian Bob Hope (news)
   May 27, 1909 -
5. Ted Kennedy - US Senator (news)
   February 22, 1932 - August 25, 2009
6. Corazon Aquino - President of the Philippines (news)
   January 25, 1933 - August 1, 2009
7. Melodie Wilson - Milwaukee news reporter (news)
   January 1, 1950 - November 9, 2009
8. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
   August 18, 1952 - September 14, 2009
9. Walter Cronkite - the most trusted man in America (news)
   November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009
10. Henry Allingham - British World War I veteran (news)
    August 6, 1896 - July 18, 2009