'Fest Dead Pool

Hello dead pool fans! Here are the standings in the 2008-2009 '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 5, 2009.

'Fest Dead Pool Standings:

With 1 week left to go in this year's pool, here's how the competition shapes up:

Rank Name Score "Sudden Death" Tie Breaker Points 1 1 Audrey 5 31 2 2 Trent 4 23 3 3 Jack 3 16 4 4 Shyster Jay 2 14 5 5 Hammer 2 8 6 5 Hoot 2 8 7 7 Guido 2 2 8 8 Web 1 10 9 9 Ham 1 9 10 10 Cigarman 1 7 11 11 Dell 1 2 12 11 Spike 1 2 13 13 Bjorn 0 0 14 13 Maxxx 0 0 15 13 Metro 0 0 16 13 Nail 0 0 17 13 Pumpkin 0 0 18 13 Ranchy 0 0 19 13 Slugger 0 0

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The latest casualties: Karl Malden March 22, 1912 - July 1, 2009 'Lt. Mike Stone' on 'The Streets of San Francisco' He just left home without it. Picked by: Hammer Farrah Fawcett February 2, 1947 - June 25, 2009 star of TVs 'Charlie's Angels' An Angel went to heaven. Picked by: Audrey Shyster Jay Ed McMahon March 6, 1923 - June 23, 2009 announcer on the Tonight Show His remains have been hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnall's front porch since noon today. HHEEYY-OOHH! Picked by: Dell Guido Shyster Jay Huey Long April 25, 1904 - June 10, 2009 singer and musician He left his spot on music history. Picked by: Trent Dom DeLuise August 1, 1933 - May 5, 2009 comedic actor He's on his final Cannonball Run. Picked by: Jack Bea Arthur May 13, 1923 - April 25, 2009 actress and comedienne The entertainment industry has lost one of its golden girls of stage and screen. Picked by: Guido More obituaries…

More information

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 2008-2009 'Fest dead pool:

Audrey
Score: 5
Tie breaker points: 31

1. Paul Harvey - radio commentator on the air forever, now page two... (news)
   September 4, 1918 - February 28, 2009
2. Kirk Douglas - actor, father of Michael Douglas (news)
   December 9, 1916 -
3. Fidel Castro - president of Cuba (news)
   August 13, 1926 -
4. Walter Cronkite - the most trusted man in America (news)
   November 4, 1916 -
5. Eli Wallach - film, TV and stage actor (news)
   December 7, 1915 -
6. Mark Felt - agent and top official of the FBI (news)
   August 17, 1913 - December 19, 2008
7. Edna Parker - oldest living American (news)
   4/20/1893 - November 26, 2008
8. Paul Newman - actor (news)
   January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008
9. Farrah Fawcett - star of TVs 'Charlie's Angels' (news)
   February 2, 1947 - June 25, 2009
10. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
    September 18, 1952 -

Bjorn
Score: 0
Tie breaker points: 0

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 -
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 -
10. Kirk Douglas - actor, father of Michael Douglas (news)
    December 9, 1916 -

Cigarman
Score: 1
Tie breaker points: 7

1. I.M. Pei - modernist architect (news)
   April 26, 1917 -
2. Beverly Cleary - author of children books (news)
   April 12, 1916 -
3. Mitch Miller - bandleader and music company executive (news)
   July 4, 1911 -
4. Irwin Corey - 'The World's Foremost Authority' (news)
   July 29, 1914 -
5. Zsa Zsa Gabor - actress better known for being herself than any role she has played (news)
   February 6, 1917 -
6. Beverly Cleary - author of children books (news)
   April 12, 1916 -
7. Sammy Baugh - NFL football player (news)
   March 17, 1914 - December 17, 2008
8. Kevin McCarthy - Golden Globe winning American actor (news)
   February 15, 1914 -
9. Les Paul - guitarist, designer of early electric guitars (news)
   June 9, 1915 -
10. Irwin Corey - 'The World's Foremost Authority' (news)
    July 29, 1914 -

Dell
Score: 1
Tie breaker points: 2

1. Betty White - actress in 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and 'The Golden Girls' (news)
   January 17, 1922 -
2. Ed McMahon - announcer on the Tonight Show (news)
   March 6, 1923 - June 23, 2009
3. Jimmy Carter - President of the US 1977-1981 (news)
   October 1, 1924 -
4. Liz Taylor - actress (news)
   February 27, 1932 -
5. Dick Cheney - politician and businessman, 46th Vice President of the US (news)
   January 30, 1941 -
6. Keith Richards - guitarist for The Rolling Stones, some think he may be dead already (news)
   December 18, 1943 -
7. Muhammad Ali - heavyweight boxing champion (news)
   January 17, 1942 -
8. Kirk Douglas - actor, father of Michael Douglas (news)
   December 9, 1916 -
9. Jon Voight - actor (news)
   December 29, 1938 -
10. John Wooden - baseball player and coach (news)
    October 14, 1910 -

Guido
Score: 2
Tie breaker points: 2

1. Ed McMahon - announcer on the Tonight Show (news)
   March 6, 1923 - June 23, 2009
2. Bea Arthur - actress and comedienne (news)
   May 13, 1923 - April 25, 2009
3. Sammy Gravano - Gambino crime family member (news)
   March 12, 1945 -
4. Bill Dance - TV and movie extra (news)
   October 7, 1940 -
5. Wavy Gravy - social activist, clown and hippie era icon (news)
   May 15, 1936 -
6. Mary Kate Olsen - American actress, producer, fashion model and fashion designer (news)
   February 13, 1986 -
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. Zelda Rubinstein - played the exorcist Tangina in the movie Poltergeist (news)
   January 1, 1936 -
10. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
    September 18, 1952 -

Ham
Score: 1
Tie breaker points: 9

1. Muhammad Ali - heavyweight boxing champion (news)
   January 17, 1942 -
2. Jerry Lewis - comedian, actor, film producer, writer and director (news)
   March 16, 1926 -
3. Mickey Rooney - film actor (news)
   September 23, 1920 -
4. John Wooden - baseball player and coach (news)
   October 14, 1910 -
5. Kirk Douglas - actor, father of Michael Douglas (news)
   December 9, 1916 -
6. Les Paul - guitarist, designer of early electric guitars (news)
   June 9, 1915 -
7. Annette Funicello - singer and actress (news)
   October 22, 1942 -
8. Susan Atkins - member of the 'Manson family' (news)
   May 7, 1948 -
9. Edna Parker - oldest living American (news)
   4/20/1893 - November 26, 2008
10. Robert Byrd - US Senator (news)
    1/209/1917 -

Hammer
Score: 2
Tie breaker points: 8

1. Walter Cronkite - the most trusted man in America (news)
   November 4, 1916 -
2. Les Paul - guitarist, designer of early electric guitars (news)
   June 9, 1915 -
3. Karl Malden - 'Lt. Mike Stone' on 'The Streets of San Francisco' (news)
   March 22, 1912 - July 1, 2009
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. Van Johnson - film and television actor (news)
   August 25, 1916 - December 12, 2008
7. Ted Koppel - anchorman for 'Nightline' (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: 2
Tie breaker points: 8

1. Roger Ebert - movie critic (news)
   June 18, 1942 -
2. Eunice Kennedy Shriver - member of the Kennedy family (news)
   July 10, 2021 -
3. Tony Snow - White House press secretary (news)
   June 1, 1955 - July 12, 2008
4. Kazuo Ohno - Japanese dancer (news)
   October 27, 1906 -
5. Henry Allingham - British World War I veteran (news)
   8/6/1896 -
6. Boris Efimov - Soviet political cartoonist (news)
   September 28, 1900 - October 1, 2008
7. Miep Gies - hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II (news)
   February 15, 1909 -
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: 3
Tie breaker points: 16

1. Burt Reynolds - actor (news)
   February 11, 1936 -
2. Dom DeLuise - comedic actor (news)
   August 1, 1933 - May 5, 2009
3. Richard Kiel - Jaws' in James Bond movies (news)
   September 13, 1939 -
4. Ricardo Montalbán - television, theatre and film actor (news)
   November 25, 1920 - January 14, 2009
5. Henry Silva - actor (news)
   September 15, 1928 -
6. Roger Moore - James Bond actor (news)
   October 14, 1927 -
7. Hal Needham - stuntman (news)
   March 6, 1931 -
8. Jamie Farr - television and film actor (news)
   July 1, 1934 -
9. Bob Sheppard - stadium announcer for New York's Yankees and Giants (news)
   October 12, 1910 -
10. Paul Newman - actor (news)
    January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008

Maxxx
Score: 0
Tie breaker points: 0

1. Amy Winehouse - singer-songwriter (news)
   September 14, 1983 -
2. Hank Aaron - retired American baseball player (news)
   February 5, 1934 -
3. Flavor Flav - rapper and television star (news)
   March 16, 1959 -
4. Muhammad Ali - heavyweight boxing champion (news)
   January 17, 1942 -
5. Nelson Mandela - President of South Africa (news)
   July 18, 1918 -
6. Nick Hogan - reality television personality (news)
   July 27, 1990 -
7. Hulk Hogan - retired professional wrestler (news)
   August 11, 1953 -
8. Mike Tyson - retired American boxer (news)
   January 30, 1966 -
9. Britney Spears - singer and entertainer (news)
   December 2, 1981 -
10. Jimmy Carter - President of the US 1977-1981 (news)
    October 1, 1924 -

Metro
Score: 0
Tie breaker points: 0

1. Keith Richards - guitarist for The Rolling Stones, some think he may be dead already (news)
   December 18, 1943 -
2. Axl Rose - musician (news)
   February 6, 1962 -
3. Bo Black - Summerfest executive director (news)
   January 1, 1944 -
4. Ted Kennedy - US Senator (news)
   February 22, 1932 -
5. Nancy Reagan - wife of U.S. president Ronald Reagan, ex-movie actress (news)
   July 6, 1921 -
6. Lindsey Spears - we don't know who this pick is (news)
   January 0, 1900 -
7. Britney Spears - singer and entertainer (news)
   December 2, 1981 -
8. Lindsay Lohan - actress (news)
   July 2, 1986 -
9. Blake Fielder-Civil - Amy Winehouse's spouse (news)
   April 16, 1982 -
10. Amy Winehouse - singer-songwriter (news)
    September 14, 1983 -

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 historian and sports 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 athlete, coach, and athletic director (news)
    April 1, 1915 -

Pumpkin
Score: 0
Tie breaker points: 0

1. Ted Kennedy - US Senator (news)
   February 22, 1932 -
2. Kazuo Ohno - Japanese dancer (news)
   October 27, 1906 -
3. James Garner - film and television actor (news)
   April 7, 2028 -
4. Liz Taylor - actress (news)
   February 27, 1932 -
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 -

Shyster Jay
Score: 2
Tie breaker points: 14

1. Kirstie Alley - actress (news)
   January 12, 1951 -
2. Mel Gibson - actor, director, producer and screenwriter (news)
   January 3, 1956 -
3. Lindsay Lohan - actress (news)
   July 2, 1986 -
4. John Goodman - actor (news)
   June 20, 1952 -
5. Ed McMahon - announcer on the Tonight Show (news)
   March 6, 1923 - June 23, 2009
6. Jimmy Carter - President of the US 1977-1981 (news)
   October 1, 1924 -
7. Liz Taylor - actress (news)
   February 27, 1932 -
8. Amy Winehouse - singer-songwriter (news)
   September 14, 1983 -
9. Farrah Fawcett - star of TVs 'Charlie's Angels' (news)
   February 2, 1947 - June 25, 2009
10. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
    September 18, 1952 -

Slugger
Score: 0
Tie breaker points: 0

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 - US Senator, astronaut (news)
   August 19, 2096 -
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 -

Spike
Score: 1
Tie breaker points: 2

1. Courtney Love - widow of Kurt Cobain (news)
   July 9, 1964 -
2. Edna Parker - oldest living American (news)
   4/20/1893 - November 26, 2008
3. Dick Cheney - politician and businessman, 46th Vice President of the US (news)
   January 30, 1941 -
4. Willie Nelson - entertainer and songwriter (news)
   April 30, 1933 -
5. Dick Clark - host of American Bandstand (news)
   November 30, 1929 -
6. Andy Griffith - played 'Sheriff Andy Taylor' and 'Matlock' on TV (news)
   June 1, 1926 -
7. Zsa Zsa Gabor - actress better known for being herself than any role she has played (news)
   February 6, 1917 -
8. Liz Taylor - actress (news)
   February 27, 1932 -
9. Nancy Reagan - wife of U.S. president Ronald Reagan, ex-movie actress (news)
   July 6, 1921 -
10. Muhammad Ali - heavyweight boxing champion (news)
    January 17, 1942 -

Trent
Score: 4
Tie breaker points: 23

1. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
   September 18, 1952 -
2. John Wooden - baseball player and coach (news)
   October 14, 1910 -
3. Huey Long - singer and musician (news)
   April 25, 1904 - June 10, 2009
4. Edna Parker - oldest living American (news)
   4/20/1893 - November 26, 2008
5. Henry Allingham - British World War I veteran (news)
   8/6/1896 -
6. Nancy (Barbato) Sinatra - wife of Frank Sinatra (news)
   January 0, 1900 -
7. Boris Efimov - Soviet political cartoonist (news)
   September 28, 1900 - October 1, 2008
8. Jack Klugman - television and film actor (news)
   April 27, 2022 -
9. Paul Newman - actor (news)
   January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008
10. Mike Wallace - journalist (news)
    May 9, 1918 -

Web
Score: 1
Tie breaker points: 10

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. Billy Graham - protestant evangelist (news)
   November 7, 1918 -
5. Arlen Specter - US Senator (news)
   February 12, 1930 -
6. Dolores Hope - wife of comedian Bob Hope (news)
   May 27, 1909 -
7. Jack Kevorkian - 'Doctor Death' (news)
   May 20, 1928 -
8. Ted Kennedy - US Senator (news)
   February 22, 1932 -
9. Patrick Swayze - dancer, actor, and songwriter (news)
   September 18, 1952 -
10. Paul Newman - actor (news)
    January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008