Dead Pool 2011

[Nosmo King]

nosmo do you ever regret being the 'mod' of this thread lol

It's the obit column for our daily USMB 'newspaper'. The older you get, the more you read the obits. And, when some rapper gets capped or a pop diva ODs, the kids drop by to check out the details.

Next to this thread, the best 'mod' position is the funny pages!

 

[boedicca]

I must update my list as Elizabeth Edwards has passed away:

Kim Jong Il
Kirk Douglas
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Willie Nelson
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Roger Ebert
Olivia De Haviland
Billy Graham
Mike Wallace
Fidel Castro

 

[strollingbones]

gee boed you really went out on a limb with them old folks didnt ya?

 

[boedicca]

I know it's risky, but a gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do.

 

[strollingbones]

okay i am adding aretha franklin to my list.

i will delete....



danny bounaduce
butch patrick
zsa zsa
michael douglas
stephen hawking
jeff conaway
ali
obama
dick cheney
.

okay i deleted charlies sheen

 

[Nosmo King]

Alrighty then! As unofficial "mod" of this thread, I should submit my own Dead Pool 2011 picks.

In no particular order:

Vin Scully

Yogi Berra

Joan Fontaine

Mel Brooks

B.B. King

George McGovern

Rose Marie

Bob Dole

Larry Storch

Ernest Borgnine


No dark horses this year. I'm going for quantity! BWWAAHHHHH!

 

[boedicca]

Time for an update:

Kim Jong Il
Kirk Douglas
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Aretha Franklin
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Roger Ebert
Olivia De Haviland
Billy Graham
Mike Wallace
Fidel Castro

Added Aretha, removed Willie Nelson.

 

[Nosmo King]

Time for an update:

Kim Jong Il
Kirk Douglas
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Aretha Franklin
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Roger Ebert
Olivia De Haviland
Billy Graham
Mike Wallace
Fidel Castro

Added Aretha, removed Willie Nelson.

Olivia DeHaviland. Funny, she's the only one of the four main characters (Rhett, Scarlet, Ashley and Melanie) to die in Gone with the Wind, but they only one still alive in real life!

 

[strollingbones]

Time for an update:

Kim Jong Il
Kirk Douglas
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Aretha Franklin
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Roger Ebert
Olivia De Haviland
Billy Graham
Mike Wallace
Fidel Castro

Added Aretha, removed Willie Nelson.

o hell no....i see you just copied me

 

[Nosmo King]

Time for an update:

Kim Jong Il
Kirk Douglas
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Aretha Franklin
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Roger Ebert
Olivia De Haviland
Billy Graham
Mike Wallace
Fidel Castro

Added Aretha, removed Willie Nelson.

o hell no....i see you just copied me

cut and paste! No second place!

 

[Synthaholic]

I'm not going with the easy, obvious ones.

Dick Cheney
Clarence Thomas
Michael J. Fox
Nancy Reagan
Edwin Meese
Don King
Amy Winehouse
Quaddafi
Keith Richard
Alan Greenspan

Update: I removed Herb Alpert and inserted Don King. I also removed 50 Cent (other rappers don't want him dead, right?) and inserted Amy Winehouse. She doesn't know when to say when, and she's good for big points!

 

[Nosmo King]

I'm not going with the easy, obvious ones.

Dick Cheney
Clarence Thomas
Michael J. Fox
Nancy Reagan
Edwin Meese
Don King
Amy Winehouse
Quaddafi
Keith Richard
Alan Greenspan

Update: I removed Herb Alpert and inserted Don King. I also removed 50 Cent (other rappers don't want him dead, right?) and inserted Amy Winehouse. She doesn't know when to say when, and she's good for big points!

One Amy whitehouse would be as good as an Ernest Borgnine plus Zsa Zsa Gabor plus Olivia DeHaviland combined!

Isn't Amy a lovely girl?

 

[Zoom-boing]

I'm still tweaking my list, but this is it so far. Had to scratch off Elizabeth Edwards. So sad.

You know, I saw Red the other week and Ernest Borgnine looks great!

Zsa Zsa Gabor
Kim Jong Illl
Joan Fontaine
Betty Ford
Nancy Reagan
Aretha Franklin
Steve Jobs
Fidel Castro
Michael Douglas
Kirk Douglas

 

[boedicca]

Time for an update:

Kim Jong Il
Kirk Douglas
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Aretha Franklin
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Roger Ebert
Olivia De Haviland
Billy Graham
Mike Wallace
Fidel Castro

Added Aretha, removed Willie Nelson.

o hell no....i see you just copied me

No, I saw the cancer announcement on Drudge.

I'm rethinking substituting George Kennedy for somebody. He's getting pretty old too.

 

[Zoom-boing]

Time for an update:

Kim Jong Il
Kirk Douglas
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Aretha Franklin
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Roger Ebert
Olivia De Haviland
Billy Graham
Mike Wallace
Fidel Castro

Added Aretha, removed Willie Nelson.

o hell no....i see you just copied me

No, I saw the cancer announcement on Drudge.

I'm rethinking substituting George Kennedy for somebody. He's getting pretty old too.

I thought he was dead already. Ooops.

 

[boedicca]

Me too - but we watched Earthquake last night, and while checking IMDB to look at the cast, I discovered he is still alive.

I also thought Ernest Borgnine had passed away - he's 93 and still kicking. Good for him!

 

[Zoom-boing]

Me too - but we watched Earthquake last night, and while checking IMDB to look at the cast, I discovered he is still alive.

I also thought Ernest Borgnine had passed away - he's 93 and still kicking. Good for him!

Yeah. I love him, ever since McHale's Navy and The Poseidon Adventure. Betty White, at 88 3/4, also look fabbbbulous!

Oh and I did NOT know about Aretha. I saw an article that she had surgery but it didn't give any details. Just read that she has advanced pancreatic cancer. That is seriously bad, bad news.

 

[boedicca]

The news yesterday was that her doctors told her she has less than a year to live. Very sad.

My favorite Ernest Borgnine role is Marty. I love that movie.

 

[Nosmo King]

TICK TOCK!

Today is the 23rd! Get your picks in and finalized by 11:59 pm EST December 31, 2010!

How can I shake the USMB tree to find more entrants?

 

[strollingbones]

i dont know we have tried...i think many shun the subject of death