These threads are quite popular, apparently. Given that Monkeyboy is currently livin' the Rock 'n' Roll dream on Myspace, I figured I'd leap in.

1) You have until 20 January to present a list of ten candidates. Or, since I suspect that 20 Jan is restrictive, simply announce a death in a timely fashion, i.e. before AP reports that x has been carted off to intensive care.

2) Will someone bored enough please trawl through last year's thread and announce the winner?

Ok, good.

I won't be playing, though, cos I'm catholic.

Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Douglas
Dick Van Dyke
Stephen Hawking
George Bush SR
Margaret Thatcher
Clint Eastwood
Roger Moore
Nancy Reagan
Ernest Borgnine


I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

I know the limit is 10 people. But I will add just one more name.

Chuck Berry

I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

Fuck you, Quills, you took three of my intended picks (Thatcher, Hawking, Moore)... I'll have to rethink my list! Good thing that I have a few weeks still.

It's SAILER, idiot!

Aretha Franklin
Abe Vigoda
Betty White
Peter Falk
Doris Day
Martha Walsh
Andy Whitfield
Amy Winehouse
Andy Dick
Lindsay Lohan

Who won last year`s competition then?

My names for 2011:

Axl Rose
Paul Gascoigne
Jimmy Carter
Queen Elizabeth
Helmut Kohl
Matti Nykänen
Calvin Klein
Brigitte Bardot
Little Richard
Casey Kasem

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Is Pete Postlethwaite the first celebrity death of 2011?

Casey Kasem is still kicking about? Bloody hell.. I thought he knocked off years ago. Then again, (Strokin) Dick Clark is still coming down for breakfast, so anything's possible

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Jareth's speech: Love Me, Fear Me, Do as I say, and I will be your slave. Heathen track: Show me who you are And I would be your slave
Coincidence? I think not.

Yeah, seems that casey is still with us. At least Wiki says so.

TW GOD OF FOOTBALL

RIP Gerry Rafferty and Mick Karn

TWAT.

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Who won last year`s competition then?

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You've located the problem with this competition, which is that it's so laborious to check every entry. It's best that people from last year's competition go through the thread and declare their own scores, so that we only need check the winner's.

Perhaps this year it would be better if we introduce a spin-off, in which TWers are personally responsible for bumping off celebrities, declaring their involvement, with photographic evidence, so that the ultimate winner can be decided by a simple body count.

Ooer... all hail Wiki Yea, according to Deadoraliveinfo site, he's still kickin around. Meh.

But nothing's been updated since 25th December... Anne Francis bit the dust yesterday. And I saw 4 people prior to her the last 3 days.

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Jareth's speech: Love Me, Fear Me, Do as I say, and I will be your slave. Heathen track: Show me who you are And I would be your slave
Coincidence? I think not.

It'd be simpler still, and more fun, if the game were to kill as many fellow TWers as possible. My initial thought would be to assign points both for the victim's total post count, and for their length of time away from TW. That way the nostalgia one felt upon seeing p2c run through with a rusty awl would be properly rewarded with maximum points.

I don't walk it like I talk it cause I run it

Ruby Dee
Quincy Jones
Ed Asner
Jack Klugman
Louie Anderson
Dave Brubeck
Marian McPartland
Michael Caine
Christopher Hitchens
Mel Brooks

No more strolling on Baker Street for Gerry Rafferty: CNN

Still a brilliant track.

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Paul Haggis

I don't walk it like I talk it cause I run it

It's OK to duplicate someone else's pick, right? (Thatcher.) After all I thought of it independently (who didn't?)

Julian Assange
Kate Moss
Courtney Love
Margaret Thatcher
Keith Richards
Doris Lessing
Nelson Mandela
Pete Seeger
Fidel Castro
Lee "Scratch" Perry


It's SAILER, idiot!

Since I did not get a single fucking point I'll just repeat the useless list of last year:

1. Fats Domino
2. Leonard Nimoy
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Britney Spears
5. Silvio Berlusconi (with a bit of luck)
6. Radovan Karadžić
7. Glenn Close
8. Mariah Carey
9. Ringo Starr
10. Dakota Fanning (god, that would bring points)

Oh, and neither Jopie nor Keith will die. Perhaps this prediction matters at least in the case of a tie.


Among all these wolves...

Is it legal to repeat names? We do on another site I frequent... if so, here's me list:

01. Dick Clark
02. Art Bell
03. Gabrielle Giffords
04. Liz Taylor
05. Michael J Fox
06. Ed Asner
07. Ernest Borgnine
08. Lindsay Lohan
09. Mel Brooks
10. Steven Tyler


Otherwise let me know and I'll post my updated one.

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Jareth's speech: Love Me, Fear Me, Do as I say, and I will be your slave. Heathen track: Show me who you are And I would be your slave
Coincidence? I think not.

Let me replace Dakota Fanning with Jean Paul Belmondo. She probably ages rather well for a child star (she even looks way less creepy than a few years ago) and therefore won't help me getting points by abusing drugs...
Belmondo on the other hand just has to die some day. i mean... 1933... technical he'd temper with too much the statistics if he didn't.
Also they would repeat all the movies on tv, especially those which never saw a DVD release.


Among all these wolves...

I think it's JarethsGirl who won last year's competition, thanks to Corey Haim.

Baby, I've been
Breaking gas in your room again
Breathe in!

Neil Armstrong
John Hurt
Elizabeth Taylor
Dakota Fanning
Elvis Presley
George H. W. Bush
Nick Nolte
Arnold Schwarzenegger
David Bowie
Mel Gibson

People. What a bunch of bastards.

Arethra Franklin

Russell Brand

Gabby Gifford

Steve Jobs

Hugh Hefner

Roger Waters

Gary Busey

Jimmy Carter

Dick Cheney

Ted Williams





let them eat opiate

Take Me With U:

Kylie Minogue
Sheila E.

I May Have a Few Extra Pounds, But YOOOUUUUUU are SUMP'N ELSE!

Matt Lucas
Matthew Sweet

Perchance, to Dream:

Dick Cheney
Pat Buchanan
Pat Robertson

Think You Better Die Now:

David Hasselhoff
Regis Philbin

Die Young, Stay Pretty:

Miley Cyrus





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Kid, you've paid your dues...dues and dues. ~J. Tweedy

Okay, I was all chuffed about having all original picks, but Ohro beat me to Cheney. So strike Cheney from my list and add Gweneth Paltrow as a combo Take Me With U and Think You Better Die Now. I prognosticate one cleanse too many for Country Strong!

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Kid, you've paid your dues...dues and dues. ~J. Tweedy

I wonder how Matt Lucas would die, P2C. He certainly was lively in Krod Mandoon and also was nice enough to answer a couple of tweet I had about his Britney Spears impersonation and the fate of Krod.


And for our league, I should have kept Cutler all through my season. Piss.

Steve Jobs gives only half the points, right?

It's SAILER, idiot!

I think the punishment is I get called 'gay'. Oh please don't throw me in that briar patch! I have never scored 1 point on this lousy game!



let them eat opiate

I heard a completely unsubstantiated rumor the other day that one of the dark horse candidates to replace ol' Reege on Live! is NY1's marvelously droll Pat Kiernan.

It'll never happen, but Christ I'd love to see what he andRoger Clark could do on a national stage.

I don't walk it like I talk it cause I run it

Lady Gaga
Roberto Saviano
Seiji Ozawa
Ariel Sharon
Amy Winehouse

Kirk Douglas
Charles Aznavour
Ernest Borgnine
Steve Jobs
Chuck Berry

We can be homos
For ever and ever

Today is the 20th and I have altered my list, jumping on the Jobswagon. After all, even with reduction Steve Jobs gives more than twice the points for Pete Seeger, who is apparently in good health (and whose death I definitely do not prefer).

Julian Assange
Kate Moss
Courtney Love
Margaret Thatcher
Keith Richards
Doris Lessing
Nelson Mandela
Steve Jobs
Fidel Castro
Lee "Scratch" Perry

It's SAILER, idiot!

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Emil
Today is the 20th and I have altered my list, jumping on the Jobswagon. After all, even with reduction Steve Jobs gives more than twice the points for Pete Seeger, who is apparently in good health (and whose death I definitely do not prefer).

Julian Assange
Kate Moss
Courtney Love
Margaret Thatcher
Keith Richards
Doris Lessing
Nelson Mandela
Steve Jobs
Fidel Castro
Lee "Scratch" Perry

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Keef will never die. He looks like he's been one off for 20 years, but he's never going to die. He'll be like Cher and roaches: the only thing surviving after a nuclear holocaust.

Nelson Mandela was reported dead the other day on Twitter. It was falsified, and the reason behind it was that because of Wacko Jacko's death in 09, people get in a tizzy and start reporting random deaths. The other one that they reported with Mandela was Justin Bieber. Now that's something I wouldn't mind dead.

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Jareth's speech: Love Me, Fear Me, Do as I say, and I will be your slave. Heathen track: Show me who you are And I would be your slave
Coincidence? I think not.

Whew, last day to change things. I'm taking out Lindsay Lohan and putting in Regis. So my new list is as follows:

01. Dick Clark
02. Art Bell
03. Gabrielle Giffords
04. Liz Taylor
05. Michael J Fox
06. Ed Asner
07. Ernest Borgnine
08. Regis Philbin
09. Mel Brooks
10. Steven Tyler



I'm putting in Regis because his sudden retirement is a bit shady. He made no talk about retiring before the official word, and I'm thinking maybe he has 6 months to live or something because he's got some terminal illness.

Or I could be completely wrong and now Lindsay is gonna OD tomorrow. Watch... that'll be a kick in the balls for sure. haha

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Jareth's speech: Love Me, Fear Me, Do as I say, and I will be your slave. Heathen track: Show me who you are And I would be your slave
Coincidence? I think not.

Larry King
JK Rowling
Peter Jackson
Kenny Rogers
Kenny G
Larry Charles
Patrick Stewart
Pat Buchanan
Julia Sweeney
Yoko Ono

http://bizarrewebcomic.com

Roger Moore hasn't died, but Gary Moore has.

Latest casualties:

Kenneth Mars (Franz Liebkind in The Producers and Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friedrich Kemp in Young Frankenstein), aged 75...



...and Len Lesser (Uncle Leo in Seinfeld), aged 88.

UNCLE LEO?!

http://bizarrewebcomic.com

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I think it's JarethsGirl who won last year's competition, thanks to Corey Haim.

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Yup, it was definitely me. I challenge anyone who cares enough to verify. So, what did I win?

I don't think I can possibly top last year's grim premonition, but what the hell - here goes.

Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen

If Charlie Sheen buys the farm, I get 550 points. Good luck, everyone.

you're so natural
religiously unkind

I've decided to change one of my Charlies to Martin Sheen.

you're so natural
religiously unkind

How about a golden Malteser?

We can be homos
For ever and ever

Just the one? Better make it a box.

you're so natural
religiously unkind

Nicholas Courtney 1929-2011

The Brigadier's dead?? Aww man!

I failed you, TW.

"OK, I quit. You win. Last post. The end. Goodbye." - Stu, 1 October 2007

Whoever picked Knut just won. And is a heartless fucker.

i'm 2 much for these niggas and 3 much for these hos

Michael Gough died at the age of 1994. He was great as Alfred Pennyworth in Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Batman Returns, and managed to retain his dignity in Joel Schumacher's shitty Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997).

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Michael Gough died at the age of 1994.

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Man, he just totally whopped Methuselah.

-1894 points to whomever.

Rather than words comes the thought of high windows

I'm curious as to how I managed to write 1994 rather than 94. It is a rather glaring mistake. The only explanation I can think of is that, at the time I was writing that post, I was deciding to re-listen to The Holy Bible by the Manic Street Preachers today, and that album came out in 1994.

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Michael Gough died at the age of 1994.

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That's one hell of an age dear

I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

I think the need to point out a typo expires once someone else has already pointed it out. In other words, you're half a day late.

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Michael Gough died at the age of 1994.

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HAH HAH!



you're so natural
religiously unkind

Yeah, Knut is indeed being missed.



The assumption is, that he never got over the death of his keeper Thomas Dörflein 2 1/2 yeras back, which apparently broke his heart. Dörflein fostered Knut after Knut's mother had rejected her newborn son and even threatend to kill him.



What is Fokoshima when you have the world's most beloved polar character floating dead with his arse up?



And from Knut to Kurt:

Kurt Hauenstein is dead. Some may remember his mega hit "Lovemachine" which he released under the name of Supermax. It gave the Austrian a major hit in all of Europe during the 70s Disco era. He died at the age of 62.

He will be remembered like this:



TW GOD OF FOOTBALL

Liz Taylor has passed at the ripe old age of 79....


March 23 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110323/ap_en_ot/us_obit_taylor

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Jareth's speech: Love Me, Fear Me, Do as I say, and I will be your slave. Heathen track: Show me who you are And I would be your slave
Coincidence? I think not.

She was my first choice.

R.I.P.



I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

I'm so sad about Knut dying. I wish I didn't just see that picture of his lifeless body.

RIP Liz Taylor

end of an era

TWAT.

This dead pool thing made me explode with joy when Elizabeth Taylor died. The people who were around me when I heard probably feel differently about me now.

Or...on second thoughts...maybe not.

People. What a bunch of bastards.

Yes, I know I'm late...

Has anyone put in their vote for Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lady Gaga or Lemmy Kilmister yet? I just read through this, but clearly not that well.

I have a 2 year old daughter now - I can't pay attention to shit anymore!

Foolish woman! She'll get a nappy rash!

http://bizarrewebcomic.com

That was a good one!

Actually, I pay attention to her shit, just not anything else.

We already lost Nicholas Courtney this year, and now Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) is dead as well? 2011 is not shaping up as a good year for Doctor Who fans.

Who's got Bin Laden?

TW GOD OF FOOTBALL

Barack Obama, apparently.

Haha. Zing!

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Barack Obama, apparently.

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The fishes rather.

TW GOD OF FOOTBALL

Derek Boogaard, the Boogeyman, passed away last night in Minneapolis. The last great enforcer in hockey who followed "the code" and wasn't just a goon. He will be missed.

I guess my husband should finally get a frame for the autographed Boogaard jersey he won in a raffle at the Hockey Expo last year.

Halloween Jill is a wife and mother?!?!?!

That's hard for me to deal with. I think of time as frozen when it comes to TW characters.

"What's Tonga?" - Christopher Meloni

I think it's fair for me to repost last year's list in May, since none of them have died yet.

Brian Blessed
Muhammad Ali
Christopher Plummer
Gene Wilder
Kevin McCarthy
Lindsay Buckingham
Kenny Rogers
Bob Barker
Dick Clark
William Shatner

"What's Tonga?" - Christopher Meloni

Wild Wind, Kevin McCarthy, the actor in Invasion of the body snatchers, passed on September 11th of last year.

I can pretty much guarantee Monkeyboy is gonna be snappin' into a good number of Slim Jims tonight.

The textbook definition of Damn-He-Nice

The (aborted) Rapture Explained:



C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre

Thanks to Jeff Conaway, Andy Kaufman is no longer the only dead Taxi alum.

...and Gil Scott-Heron's gone too.

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...and Gil Scott-Heron's gone too.

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That's sad news, but to cheer us up, the page you linked to in turn contains the link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evan-j-garza/eau-de-portrait-painter-r_b_867797.html

It's SAILER, idiot!

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Wild Wind, Kevin McCarthy, the actor in Invasion of the body snatchers, passed on September 11th of last year.

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So he did. I got four points last year, God dammit! I think it's the first time I've ever scored in this game.

And FUCK! I had Jeff Conaway in my 2009 list. :(

"What's Tonga?" - Christopher Meloni

RIP, Clarence Clemons.

"What's Tonga?" - Christopher Meloni

Tons of points raining down on Diamond Frog and sunspot for predicting Amy Winehouse...


Among all these wolves...

I'll never be able to catch up that many points unless.... Go, Britney, go!


Among all these wolves...

73 points, woohoo! That's a tad more exciting than those 2 points I scored with Louise Bourgeois last year.

Now I only need a little help from either Chuck Berry or Kirk Douglas to take the lead. Fingers crossed!

We can be homos
For ever and ever

RIP Amy - tragic that another talented performer has burnt out too soon.

TWAT.

I was wondering if Bowie counts as a member of the 27 club as well, having been technically dead for most of 1974 and 1975.

http://bizarrewebcomic.com

I wonder if anyone's hacked into Amy Winehouse's voicemail.

I never picked Amy Winehouse 'cause I thought she was too obvious. I guess she was.

My strategy of picking old fuckers who are already half dead isn't going very well.

"What's Tonga?" - Christopher Meloni

Good call Mxy, if he was going to ever die young then this would have definitely been the period it happened.

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I'll never touch you...
...but I will prick you!

My webshite

Charles "Bubba" Smith dead at 66.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/police-academy-star-hightower-dies-la-085704366.html

I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

Jani Lane would have been a great 53-point choice. Wish I'd thought of it.

"What's Tonga?" - Christopher Meloni

And he was born "John Kennedy Oswald." Shit, that sounds more like a heavy metal moniker than "Jani Lane."

Also - man, he really hated having written "Cherry Pie." I hope it doesn't get played at his funeral. That would be insensitive.

Wow! Just won another one!

>Aretha Franklin
>Abe Vigoda
>Betty White
>Peter Falk **WINNER**
>Doris Day
>Martha Walsh
>Andy Whitfield **NEW WINNER**
>Amy Winehouse **WINNER**
>Andy Dick
>Lindsay Lohan

Which of my picks will be next?

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Arethra Franklin

Russell Brand

Gabby Gifford

Steve Jobs

Hugh Hefner

Roger Waters

Gary Busey

Jimmy Carter

Dick Cheney

Ted Williams

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Well, well well! Hey, hey hey! Perhaps I'm not such a loser after all. My 1st ever dip into the dead pool! This does portend a good year for your ohro!



let them eat opiate

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Strange, isn't it? 10 years ago I would've never guessed this is where I'd be today.

We should arrange a TW reunion.

Jopie Heesters was 108, so it would have been -8 points for predicting his death, I said he'd live, he died, shouldn't it be +8 points for me then?


Among all these wolves...

Well, I, for one, didn't win. All I got was those half Jobs points.

Who did win? Did anybody get more than Winehouse and Jobs?

It's SAILER, idiot!