Darth Kid 37 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 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 Each player will select a team of 10 celebrities that the player suspects will die in 2021. 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). Celebrities are defined as anyone famous enough to have their death reported by two qualifying news organizations. 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). Team rosters cannot include anyone scheduled to be put to death prior to submission deadline (i.e death row inmates). 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. There will be no discussion of, or reference to, Rule 7 in any way whatsoever. 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. Points are calculated by subtracting 1900 from the year of birth of the deceased team member. 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.) Link to post Share on other sites
RUAJedi2 209 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Zathras 466 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 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 Link to post Share on other sites
David 180 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Kid 37 Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 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) Link to post Share on other sites
RUAJedi2 209 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Ah, dammit. Forgot about Rush Limbaugh. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Kid 37 Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
David 180 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Metropolis 693 Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Cerina 2,573 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Let's just throw her current husband in there for good measure though. Link to post Share on other sites
Zathras 466 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
RUAJedi2 209 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzie 6,422 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzie 6,422 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 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) Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Kid 37 Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Kid 37 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 She mocks us. https://apnews.com/article/mary-tyler-moore-sandra-bullock-betty-white-fecd6ed6db7f9f82c5fcc4d587084d68 Link to post Share on other sites
Gamevet 186 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 And she’s eating a hotdog and fries. She’s awesome! Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzie 6,422 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Hank Aaron and Larry King. Link to post Share on other sites
Zathras 466 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 How did I not have Larry King? UGH! Link to post Share on other sites
Zathras 466 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 So, who had Screech? Link to post Share on other sites
Chalcedony 177 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 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. Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Krawlie 5,447 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Christopher Plummer died. That's a bummer. Link to post Share on other sites
Zathras 466 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 That sucks. Hal Holbrook died on 1/23/21 too. Link to post Share on other sites
Zathras 466 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 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. Link to post Share on other sites
monkeygirl 1,742 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 #FREEBRITNEY Anyone bother with Prince Philip this year? https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/prince-philip-admitted-hospital-precaution-buckingham-palace-officials-say/QVHBL4CRDVDMXF6JABBXDBIYUE/ Link to post Share on other sites
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