2007-2008 'Fest Dead Pool Deaths
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Jesse
Helms
October 18, 1921 - July 4, 2008 |
He will be buried six feet down and way to
the right.
Picked by: Shecky |
Dody
Goodman
October 28, 1915 - June 22, 2008 |
She used to lie about her age -- but not any
more!
Picked by: Cigarman |
Jim
McKay
September 24, 1921 - June 7, 2008 |
No longer spanning the globe to bring you
the constant variety of sport… the thrill of victory… and the agony
of death…
Picked by: Bjorn Nail |
Albert
Hoffman
January 11, 1906 - April 29, 2008 |
What a long, strange trip it's been!
Picked by: Trent Web |
Charlton
Heston
October 4, 1924 - April 5, 2008 |
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned
dirty grim reaper!'
Picked by: Guido Metro
Pumpkin Trent |
Richard
Widmark
December 26, 1914 - March 24, 2008 |
He got the kiss of death.
Picked by: Cigarman |
Joseph
Juran
December 24, 1904 - February 28, 2008 |
The quality of his life has declined
significantly.
Picked by: Hoot |
Phyllis
A Whitney
September 9, 1903 - February 8, 2008 |
Her final chapter has been written.
Picked by: Pumpkin Trent |
Suzanne
Pleshette
January 31, 1937 - January 19, 2008 |
G'night, Emily...and R.I.P.
Picked by: Trent |
Lee
Dreyfus
June 20, 1926 - January 2, 2008 |
The Grim Reaper has chosen his candidate.
Picked by: Guido |
Bertha
Fry
12/1/1893 - November 14, 2007 |
Another old person has died.
Picked by: Ham |
Joey
Bishop
February 3, 1918 - October 17, 2007 |
He exited the rat race.
Picked by: Cigarman Jack
Ranchy |
Luciano
Pavarotti
October 12, 1935 - September 6, 2007 |
His life has hit a low note.
Picked by: Bjorn Web |
Yone
Minagawa
January 4, 1893 - August 13, 2007 |
The world's oldest person has died... once
again!
Picked by: Ham |
Brooke
Astor
March 30, 1902 - August 13, 2007 |
The Brooke has dried up.
Picked by: Bjorn
Hoot
Trent
Web |
Tammy
Faye Messner
March 7, 1942 - July 20, 2007 |
The moment Tammy Faye died, cosmetic company
stock prices began a free fall.
Picked by: Trent Whitey |
Lady
Bird Johnson
December 22, 1912 - July 11, 2007 |
The former first lady, known for encouraging
others to plant wildflowers along highways, is now pushing up daisies
herself.
Picked by: Dell Ham
Pumpkin Shecky
Web |
Charles
Lane
January 26, 1905 - July 9, 2007 |
Hollywood found him useful as a character
actor, but he was FAR more valuable as a death pool pick.
Picked by: Cigarman Pumpkin
Trent Web |
2006-2007 'Fest Dead Pool Deaths
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Charles
Nelson Reilly
January 13, 1931 - May 25, 2007 |
He's so dead that the Grim Reaper came and
took his [BLANK].
Picked by: Jack |
Kitty
Carlisle
September 3, 1910 - April 17, 2007 |
Now starring on the TV game show 'What's My
Flatline?'
Picked by: Cigarman |
Ernest
Gallo
March 18, 1909 - March 6, 2007 |
His
spirit has been crushed. |
Carlo
Ponti
December 11, 1912 - January 10, 2007 |
Now doing post-production work.
Picked by: Audrey |
Gerald
Ford
July 14, 1913 - December 26, 2006 |
He tripped through the pearly gates.
Picked by: Dell
Metro Web |
Joseph
Barbera
March 24, 1911 - December 18, 2006 |
Yabba Dabba Dead!
Picked by: Cigarman Pumpkin |
Augusto
Pinochet
November 26, 1915 - December 10, 2006 |
He overthrew Salvador Allende with the CIA's
help; he killed 2,000 people with the Chilean Army's help; he scored in
our dead pool with the Grim Reaper's help.
Picked by: Hoot Metro
Uncle Toby Web |
Red
Auerbach
September 20, 1917 - October 28, 2006 |
Red's game clock counted down to 0:00.
Picked by: Nail |
Jane
Wyatt
August 12, 1911 - October 20, 2006 |
Time for Jane's final curtain call.
Picked by: Cigarman |
Buck
O'Neil
November 13, 1911 - October 6, 2006 |
Buck's been traded to the Angels.
Picked by: Nail |
Byron
Nelson
February 14, 1912 - September 26, 2006 |
Byron sunk a putt in the game of life. Too
bad it was his 18th hole.
Picked by: Bjorn Ham
Nail Trent |
María
Capovilla
September 14, 1889 - August 27, 2006 |
She used to be the world's oldest living
person, but then she became the world's newest dead person.
Picked by: Cigarman Metro |
Mickey
Spillane
March 9, 1918 - July 17, 2006 |
Now permanently out of print.
Picked by: Pumpkin Trent |
2005-2006 'Fest Dead Pool Deaths
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Oleg
Cassini
April 11, 1913 - March 17, 2006 |
Picked by: Audrey,
Tie Man
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Don
Knotts
July 21, 1924 - February 26, 2006 |
The actor best known for his TV portrayals of the
bumbling Deputy Barney Fife and the leisure suit wearing Mr. Furley, has
died of heart and lung complications. Sing it with me:
Come and knock on our coffin,
We've been waiting for you...
Reba scored with Rosa and Rehnquist, and now him,
Three's Company, too!
Picked by: Reba
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William
Proxmire
November 11, 1915 - December 15, 2005 |
The rebel Senator from Wisconsin -- a vocal opponent of
wasteful government spending -- has passed away. I can't imagine
he left instructions to have his remains sent into space.
Picked by: Audrey
Bjorn, Ham
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Richard
Pryor
December 1, 1940 - December 10, 2005 |
In a business full of funny people, he was one of the
funniest. Pryor is dead... Carrot Top is still alive. Proof that there
is no God.
Picked by: Bjorn,
Ham
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Al
Lopez
August 20, 2008 - October 20, 2005 |
Al Lopez, a baseball catcher and manager who led the
Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox to American League pennants in
the 1950s, has died at age 97. He was the oldest living Baseball
Hall of Fame member.
Picked by: Nail,
Pumpkin, Tie Man
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Rosa
Parks
February 4, 1913 - October 24, 2005 |
She's on that one-way bus ride to Heaven.
Picked by: Bjorn,
Reba
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Don
Adams
April 13, 1923 - September 25, 2005 |
Don Adams, who played Agent 86 in TV's Get Smart!,
as well providing the voice for several memorable cartoon characters,
has died from a lung infection. "Go Go Gadget Casket!!"
Picked by: Pumpkin
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Simon
Wiesenthal
December 31, 1908 - September 20, 2005
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May he rest in peace. He sure didn't let Nazis do
that.
Picked by: Hoot
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William
Rehnquist
January 1, 1924 - September 3, 2005
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It's time for his Final Judgment.
Picked by: Ham, Iggy,
Reba, Trent
and Web
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Ted
Radcliffe
July 7, 1902 - August 11, 2005
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He just struck out in the game of life.
Picked by: Del, Nail,
Pumpkin, Trent
and Web |
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Peter
Jennings
July 29, 1938 - August 7, 2005
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He's dead? That's news to me.
Picked by: Pumpkin
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Hildegarde
February 1, 1906 - July 29, 2005
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Her signature song "Darling, Je Vous Aime
Beaucoup" has been replaced by "Darling, Vous Êtes
Mort Beaucoup."
Picked by: Audrey, Hoot
and Trent
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James
Doohan
March 3, 1920 - July 20, 2005
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"Mr. Scott just set the transporter for six
feet under.
Picked by: Trent
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2004-2005 'Fest Dead Pool Deaths
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Luther
Vandross
April 20, 1951 - July 1, 2005 |
The R&B crooner who spun romance into hits and won
eight Grammy Awards, died from complications following a stroke.
He's dancing with
his father again.
Picked by: Tsunami
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Eddie Albert
April 22, 1908 - May 27, 2005 |
Mr. Haney is probably trying to sell him a
used pair of wings about now.
Picked by: Audrey Hammer
Jack Ranchy Reba
Trent Tsunami
Web |
Thurl
Ravenscroft
February 6, 1914 - May 22, 2005 |
"HEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee's GONE!"
Picked by: Hoot |
John
Mills
February 22, 1908 - April
23, 2005 |
Sir John Mills has died of pneumonia at age
97, giving us our fourteenth score of the season. Now we're all
hoping for an encore.
Picked by: Del |
Prince Rainier III
May 31, 1923 - April 6, 2005 |
The ruler of Monaco has died at age
81... So first the pope, the head of the smallest state in Europe,
dies. Then the head of the second smallest state in Europe dies. If I
were the co-prince of Andorra or the prince of Liechtenstein, I'd be
afraid... very afraid.
Picked by: Trent |
Pope
John Paul II
May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 |
His Holiness Pope John Paul II has died at age 84.
Ten people had the audacity to pick the head of the Catholic Church
and Christ's representative on earth in this year's pool... those
ten names would make a good list for next year's pool.
Picked by: Audrey Bjorn
Metro Ranchy Reba
Tie Man Trent
Tsunami Web Zebra |
Frank
Perdue
May 9, 1920 - April 1, 2005 |
Frank Perdue, the farmer/businessman who
planned to live to 100 by eating chickens, has died at age 84.
Rumors that he died after contracting avian influenza are unconfirmed at
this time.
Picked by: Finski |
George
Kennan
February 16, 1904 - March 18, 2005 |
The Pulitzer Prize-winner who developed the
policy of 'containment' of the Soviet Union is now contained in a
coffin.
Picked by: Del |
Simone
Simon
April 23, 1910 - February 22, 2005 |
Oh, that Simone was cute. There is nothing sexier than
her in Cat People. Woof.
Picked by: Cigarman
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Max
Schmeling
September 28, 1905 - February 2, 2005 |
The former heavyweight champion got a
knockout punch from the Grim Reaper.
Picked by: Cigarman
Nail Tie Man
Trent |
Artie
Shaw
May 23, 1910 - December 30, 2004 |
Artie Shaw, one of the world's great
clarinetists and an authority on divorce, has died of natural
causes. His death is instrumental in Cigarman's
quest for the 2004-2005 dead pool championship.
Picked by: Cigarman |
Johnny
Oates
January 21, 1946 - December 24, 2004 |
Former Texas Rangers manager Johnny Oates
died of a brain tumor. With his passing, it's a whole new ballgame
for Web in this year's pool.
Picked by: Web |
Princess
Alice
December 25, 1901 - October 29, 2004 |
Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Duchess
of Gloucester died peacefully in her sleep at Kensington Palace,
London. Alas, poor Alice.
Picked by: Web
Ranchy |
Rodney
Dangerfield
November 22, 1922 - October 5, 2004 |
"I tell ya I get no respect from
anyone. I bought a cemetery plot. The guy said, 'There goes the
neighborhood!'"
- Rodney Dangerfield
Picked by: Bjorn Finski
Guido Zebra |
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Julia
Child
August 15, 1912 - August 13, 2004
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The Lord whisked her away.
Picked by: Del
Reba |
Johnny
Ramone
October 8, 1948 - September 15, 2004 |
The man who gained famed playing
"Teenage Lobotomy" is now a middle-aged cadaver.
Picked by: Reba |
Fay
Wray
September 15, 1907 - August 8, 2004 |
Fay Wray, who won everlasting fame for her
role in the 1933 film classic "King Kong," has died.
Let's give her a hand.
Picked by: Cigarman Del
Hammer Ranchy
Tie Man Trent
Tsunami Web |
2003-2004 'Fest Dead Pool Deaths
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Marlon
Brando
July 1, 2004 |
The Dead Pool made him an offer he can't
refuse.
Picked by: Garth Guido
Jack |
Ronald
Reagan
June 5, 2004 |
Former President Ronald Reagan has died at
the age of 93. Let's win one for the Gipper... Aw heck, let's win
one for about half of the people in the dead pool.
Picked by: Audrey Bjorn
El Segundo Metro
Ranchy Sun Dog
T-Bone Tie Man
Tie Woman Trent |
Estée
Lauder
April 24, 2004 |
The last independent titan of cosmetics has
died at age 97. Estee Lauder looked great, but the best
contribution her products made to her appearance was the money it
brought her.
Picked by: Audrey |
Jack
Paar
January 27, 2004 |
Former 'Tonight Show' host Jack Paar has
died at age 85 after a long illness. I kid you not.
Picked by: T-Bone |
Bob
Keeshan
January 23, 2004 |
No more Captain Kangaroo! When I heard the
news, it struck me like a million ping-pong balls falling on my
head. Maybe he'll get a posthumous promotion to at least Admiral
Kangaroo.
Picked by: Guido |
Penny
Singleton
November 12, 2003 |
The voice of Jane Jetson and the actress who
brought the popular comic strip character Blondie to life in films, died
two weeks after suffering a stroke, at the age of 95.
Picked by: Cigarman |
Madame
Chiang Kai-Shek
October 23, 2003 |
The widow of the Nationalist Chinese
president died at age 105.
Picked by: Del Ham
Hoot Web |
Jack
Elam
October 20, 2003 |
Who would have thought that a goggle-eyed, seemingly crippled
unshaved alcoholic vagrant gunslinging henchman would outlive all them
good guys? He might have made it, but the ambulance that picked
him up had to drive cross-country before going to the hospital.
Picked by: Sun Dog |
Donald
O’Connor
September 27, 2003 |
Actor Donald O’Connor, who won lasting
fame for his “Make ’Em Laugh” dance number in Singin’ in the
Rain that saw him running up walls, has died at the age of 78. He also
starred in six movies with Francis the Talking Mule. Rumor has it he
died from embarrassment for being in those movies.
Picked by: T-Bone |
Johnny
Cash
September 12, 2003 |
Cash died early Friday of complications from diabetes.
Picked by: Tie Man, Tie
Woman, Trent |
Chappie
Fox
September 12, 2003 |
Charles P. 'Chappie' Fox was one of the world's foremost authorities
on all-things-circus. He developed the Circus World Museum in Baraboo
and brought the Great Circus Parade to Milwaukee.
Picked by: Audrey |
Leni
Riefenstahl
September 8, 2003 |
German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl has died at age 101. She
maintained to her death that her Nazi era films "Triumph of the
Will" and "Olympia" were not propaganda -- which is what
any good propagandist would do.
Picked by: Hoot |
Warren
Zevon
September 7, 2003 |
The author of such songs as "Life'll Kill Ya," "Wanted
Dead Or Alive" and "Things to Do in Denver When You're
Dead" can now write with authority on the subject.
Picked by: Sun Dog Web |
Patrick Dennehy
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In one of the most controversial deaths in
dead pool history, medical examiners identified a body found in
chest-high weeds near Waco, Texas as that of Baylor University
basketball player Patrick Dennehy, who had been missing since June
19. Does his death count in the 2003-2004 pool? The commissioner
says "yes!" Guido says
"Yes!" Trent says "No!"
Picked by: Guido |
Bob
Hope
July 27, 2003 |
In one of the most anticipated events in dead pool history, Bob Hope
has gone on the road again, this time to heaven. Thanks for the
Memory, Bob.
Picked by: Audrey Bjorn
Del El Segundo
Garth Ham Metro
Ranchy Sun Dog
Tie Man Tie Woman
Trent Web
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Buddy
Ebsen
July 6, 2003 |
Come and listen to my story 'bout a man
named 'Jed,'
One of the picks in our pool of the dead.
We put him on our list for the upcoming year,
Little did we know -- he's already outta here!
Dead that is... cold stiff... pushing daisies.
Well the next thing you know ol' Hoot paid the pot,
All the 'festers shouted out: "Is that fair? -- not!"
They said "It's time to get our money back from Trent,"
So they loaded up their cars and off to Webb's they went.
George that is... omelets... hamburgers...
Picked by: Bjorn Del
El Segundo Ranchy
Web |
2002-2003 'Fest Dead Pool Deaths
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Buddy
Hackett
June 30, 2003 |
The comedian who appeared in nightclubs, on
Broadway and in movies has died at the age of 78. Who's laughing now?
Picked by Finski |
Kate
Hepburn
June 29, 2003 |
The star of the silver screen died of
natural causes. Guess Who's Not Coming To Dinner Any More?
Picked by Audrey Bjorn
Habib Perkie Ranchy
Trent Web |
Strom
Thurmond
June 26, 2003 |
The former US senator, a fiery one time
segregationist who spent nearly half a century in Congress, has died at
the age of 100. I wonder how many Senators had him in their dead
pools?
Picked by: Audrey Buju
Coop Habib Ham
Perkie Web |
David
Brinkley
June 11, 2003 |
Legendary television newsman David Brinkley,
half of "The Huntley-Brinkley Report," died at his home from
complications from a fall. "Good night, Chet,"
"Good bye, David."
Picked by: Trent |