Dead Pool 2021

[Darth Kid 38]

Happy December, everyone!

Seeing as how the end of this god-awful year is finally upon us, lets start putting it in the rear view mirror with a new dead pool.

Nightly's 2021 Dead Pool Rules

1. Each player will select a team of 10 celebrities that the player suspects will die in 2021.
2. Teams are submitted when a player posts their team roster (with celebrity names and their year of birth) in this thread
   (and no takesy-backsies unless you add someone that is already dead or dies before 2021 starts).
3. Celebrities are defined as anyone famous enough to have their death reported by two qualifying news organizations.
4. News organizations are qualifying when they are nationally syndicated/published, non-tabloid, and non-satirical
   (i.e. AP, Reuters, BBC, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, etc).
5. Team rosters cannot include anyone scheduled to be put to death prior to submission deadline (i.e death row inmates).
6. Submissions are still welcome after the start of the year. Deadline for team submissions is after the first reported death on any player's team.
7. There will be no discussion of, or reference to, Rule 7 in any way whatsoever.
8. Points are awarded to players starting in 2021, once one of their team's members is confirmed dead by at least two qualifying news organizations.
9. Points are calculated by subtracting 1900 from the year of birth of the deceased team member.
10. Deaths count toward a player's points total until the end of the year; the player (or players) that accrues the most points wins.

(Note: Made some edits for clarity on 2 Dec 2020.)

[RUAJedi2 286]

1. Queen Elizabeth -- 1926

2. George R. R. Martin -- 1948

3. Donald Trump -- 1946

4. Justin Bieber  -- 1994

5. Maggie Smith  -- 1934

6. Olivia Newton John -- 1948

7. Tommy Chong -- 1938

8. Michael J. Fox -- 1961

9. Jimmy Carter -- 1924

10. Stephen King -- 1947

 

 

 

Edit: I had Frankie Muniz (from Malcolm in the Middle) but deleted him and added Jimmy Carter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Zathras 655]

1. Harvey Weinstein

2. William Shatner

3. Henry Kissinger

4. Bill Cosby

5. James Earl Jones

6.  Betty White

7.  Corey Feldman

8. Brittney Spears

9.  Jimmy Carter

10.  Kim Jong Un

[David 199]

1. Joe Biden

2. Angela Lansbury

3. Betty White

4. Jack Nicholson

5. Pete Davidson

6. Michael J. Fox

7. Willie Nelson

8. Bob Barker

9. Ric Flair

10. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

 

I’ll grab birthdates in a bit.

 

[Darth Kid 38]

1. Bob Barker (1923)

2. Dick Cheney (1941)

3. Rush Limbaugh (1951)

4. Donald Trump (1946)

5. Clarence Thomas (1948)

6. Chris Brown (1989)

7. Pope Benedict (1927)

8. Kim Jung-Un (1983)

9. Harvey Weinstein (1952)

10. Bill Cosby (1937)

[RUAJedi2 286]

Ah, dammit. Forgot about Rush Limbaugh. 

[Darth Kid 38]

22 hours ago, David said:

5. Pete Davidson

This is a good one. I'm still surprised this kid hasn't suck started a pistol yet.

[David 199]

1 hour ago, Darth Kid said:

This is a good one. I'm still surprised this kid hasn't suck started a pistol yet.

Yeah. I felt bad putting it down, but...here’s hoping nothing happens.

[Metropolis 730]

Carole Baskin? I shouldn't jump to conclusions but the fire department is over at Big Cat Rescue now because of an "injury".

 

Update: It was a volunteer that got but in the arm by a tiger. So take Carole off the list lol.

[Cerina 2,834]

Let's just throw her current husband in there for good measure though. 

[Zathras 655]

On 12/2/2020 at 3:58 PM, RUAJedi2 said:

Ah, dammit. Forgot about Rush Limbaugh. 

Yeah but is that really fair to claim him, anyway?  He announced he is terminal.

[RUAJedi2 286]

17 minutes ago, Zathras said:

Yeah but is that really fair to claim him, anyway?  He announced he is terminal.

Given his nature, it wouldn't surprise me if he just ... lingered, like stale farts in a closed room.

[Fozzie 6,889]

5 hours ago, Zathras said:

Yeah but is that really fair to claim him, anyway?  He announced he is terminal.

Terminal can still mean years. But, yeah, easy points are still fair. 

[Fozzie 6,889]

1. Kirk Cameron (1970)

2. Bob Dole (1923)

3. Betty White (1922)

4. Robert Downey Jr (1965)

5. Prince Philip (1921)

6. OJ Simpson (1947)

7. Rush Limbaugh (1951)

8. Kim Jong-Un (1983)

9. Kanye West (1977)

10. Ben Affleck (1972)

[Darth Kid 38]

9 hours ago, Fozzie said:

10. Ben Affleck (1972)

After his Batman performance, I'm surprised this hasn't already happened.

I was a little worried after seeing this.

[Darth Kid 38]

She mocks us.

https://apnews.com/article/mary-tyler-moore-sandra-bullock-betty-white-fecd6ed6db7f9f82c5fcc4d587084d68

 

[Gamevet 224]

And she’s eating a hotdog and fries. She’s awesome!

[Fozzie 6,889]

Hank Aaron and Larry King.

[Zathras 655]

How did I not have Larry King?  UGH!

[Zathras 655]

So, who had Screech? 

[Chalcedony 181]

Anyone added Britney Spears (b. 1981)? I know she's young, but that doesn't mean anything in the world of entertainment.  I'm not even a fan of hers, but the more I learn about her, the more I feel bad for her. Antidepressant overdose or "accident" would be my guess.

[Darth Krawlie 5,889]

Christopher Plummer died. That's a bummer.

[Zathras 655]

That sucks. Hal Holbrook died on 1/23/21 too.

[Zathras 655]

22 hours ago, Chalcedony said:

Anyone added Britney Spears (b. 1981)? I know she's young, but that doesn't mean anything in the world of entertainment.  I'm not even a fan of hers, but the more I learn about her, the more I feel bad for her. Antidepressant overdose or "accident" would be my guess.

I did.

[monkeygirl 1,751]

#FREEBRITNEY

 

Anyone bother with Prince Philip this year?

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/prince-philip-admitted-hospital-precaution-buckingham-palace-officials-say/QVHBL4CRDVDMXF6JABBXDBIYUE/