Dead Pool 2017

[Nosmo King]

It's time for an old USMB tradition. The annual Dead Pool gives everyone a chance to predict which celebrity will be enriching the soil by New Year's Eve 2017.

Pick ten folks who are sufficiently famous, any venue will do. Show business, politics, the rich and famous. This is not a 'wish list', so keep personal irons out of this pyre.

Make your selections (a good reference is the site Who's Dead, Who's Alive). They provide ages for the celebrities. Have fun, but try not to be too ghoulish. Enter before 11:59 pm Eastern time. Prizes will be awarded! Good luck!

 

[Lewdog]

Betty White

 

[Nosmo King]

Betty White

Good start! Nine more please.

 

[Lewdog]

Betty White

Good start! Nine more please.

Oh I get to pick 10 myself or 10 people total picked by everyone?

 

[waltky]

Granny says dis is morbid...

... why don't ya wait till dey kick off...

... den ya be 100% accurate.

 

[Nosmo King]

Betty White

Good start! Nine more please.

Oh I get to pick 10 myself or 10 people total picked by everyone?

Ten people yourself. Your own Top Ten.

 

[Lewdog]

Looks like I might be the only one competing.

Betty White (Actress, Comedian)

Henry Kissinger (Politician)

Jimmy Carter (Politician)

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka (Professional Wrestler)

George H. W. Bush (Politician)

Tommy Lasorda (MLB Player and Manager)

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Professional Wrestling Manager and Commentator)

Joe Namath (NFL Player)

Don Rickles (Actor, Comedian)

Kirk Douglas (Actor)

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Now stop dis...

... ya'll is morbid...

... what `bout Bob Dole?"

 

[strollingbones]

charlie sheen

tom petty

bam margera

kanye west

chris brown

donald trump *what can i say i am an optimist

hillary clinton

bill clinton

bob dylan

dolly parton

 

[strollingbones]

who won last years or who is ahead

 

[Nosmo King]

Love the picks so far!

Kirk Douglas might be a two foot putt for 2017.

 

[boedicca]

George Shultz

Shannen Doherty

Michael Moore

Olivia de Haviland

Queen Elizabeth

Prince Phillip

Liz Smith (the columnist)

Sumner Redstone

Richard Simmons

Roger Moore

 

[Nosmo King]

Here we go:

Willie Mays

Don Shula

Sandra Day O'Connor

Bob Dole

Dick VanDyke

Bob Newhart

Chuck Berry

Jerry Lee Lewis

Elizabeth Windsor (Queen of England)

And, I'll take Peter Marshall to block!

 

[Nosmo King]

George Shultz

Charlie Sheen

Michael Moore

Olivia de Haviland

Queen Elizabeth

Prince Phillip

Liz Smith (the columnist)

Sumner Redstone

Richard Simmons

Roger Moore

Olivia de Haviland! She's 100! Nice catch!

 

[Big Black Dog]

George H. W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Sandra Day O'Connor
Betty White
Glen Campbell
Richard Petty
Crystal Gale
Bill Anderson
Barbara Bush
Prince Phillip

 

[Pogo]

who won last years or who is ahead

Not sure -- I got Leon Russell, Nancy Reagan and (sorta) George Martin....

You got Ali, not sure who else.

 

[Pogo]

I don't get y'all's obsession with Betty White every year. I tole you and tole you, she's never going away. Never. She's like the TV version of Keith Richard.

I'm betting against all y'all that take Betty White or Jimmy Carter. Not their time.
Nosmo King --- I'll bet against Dick vanDyke too. He's too spry.

However I'd like to introduce y'all to Ginger Baker.

 

[Pogo]

Dolly Parton? Oh noes!!

OK I'll take Zell Miller again.

 

[Lewdog]

George H. W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Sandra Day O'Connor
Betty White
Glen Campbell
Richard Petty
Crystal Gale
Bill Anderson
Barbara Bush
Prince Phillip

you picked three of the same people as me.

 

[Pogo]

Here we go:

Willie Mays

Don Shula

Sandra Day O'Connor

Bob Dole

Dick VanDyke

Bob Newhart

Chuck Berry

Jerry Lee Lewis

Elizabeth Windsor (Queen of England)

And, I'll take Peter Marshall to block!

Willie Mays is it?

Hmm. Well I hate to see either of them go but I'll counter with another of the same age -- Jim Bunning.