Hey, Look Who Scored!

In a move that should be completely unsurprising to anyone who's been in this death pool in years previous, the one and only Pete is first to score in the 2009 Celebrity Death Pool.

As you may or may not already know, author John Updike has died. Updike wrote a ton of books, some of which my sisters refer to as the Rabbit books and I refer to as books I haven't read. Also over a long Thanksgiving drive I tried listening to The Witches of Eastwick as an audiobook but I did not make it very far. Anyway, now he's dead.

And hey, we have a scoreboard!

Pete = 1 point
Everyone else = 0 points

TWEET

The Death Pool is now officially on twitter. While this is still the place to be for all score updates, relevant celebrity deaths, etc., Twitter is more like the place to go for my running commentary on celebrity health, or lack thereof.


The url is http://twitter.com/celebdeathpool. Act accordingly.

Welcome to 2009

Hello my friends!

So this is the place to be for all score updates and news about the death pool for 2009. I'll be posting here whenever a relevant celebrity death happens, with score updates accordingly.

Also, now that we have a set number of participants, I've figured out the money at stake:

First Place: $50
Second Place: $20
Third Place: $10

Lists are posted below, along with the point value for each of your picks. Oh, and while I will be keeping an eye on celebrity death news throughout the year, some of you people (Tyler) picked celebrities a little on the obscure side. If I miss one of your picks, feel free to let me know.

I think that just about covers it. Good luck to everyone, but especially to me.

xo

Alan

Alan Greenspan = 1
Antonin Scalia = 2
Aribert Heim = 1
Bill O'Reilly = 2
Bob Dole = 1
John McCain = 2
Karl Rove = 2
Louis Farrakhan = 2; 1 on May 11
Orrin Hatch = 2
Samuel Alito = 2

Austin

Ali Hassan al-Majid (Chemical Ali) = 2
Amy Winehouse = 3
Dick Clark = 1
Fidel Castro = 1
John Wooden = 1
Lute Olson = 2
Michael J. Fox = 3
Patrick Swayze = 2
Pete Doherty = 3
Ted Kennedy = 1

Ben

Amy Winehouse = 3
Billy Graham = 1
Evander Holyfield = 3
Fidel Castro = 1
Flavor Flav = 3
Joe Paterno = 1
Kirk Douglas = 1
Michael Jackson = 3; 2 on Aug. 29
Osama bin Laden = 2
Roger Ebert = 2

Bill

Amy Winehouse = 3
Dikembe Mutumbo = 3
Jeff Conaway = 2
Jerry Lewis = 1
Karl Malden = 1
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed = 3
Kirk Douglas = 1
Ramzi Binalshibh = 3
Steve Jobs = 2
Zsa Zsa Gabor = 1

Brian

Billy Graham = 1
Bob Barker = 1
Ed McMahon = 1
Gary Busey = 2
John Wooden = 1
Karl Malden = 1
Muhammad Ali = 2
Nancy Reagan = 1
Roger Ebert = 2
Stephen Hawking = 2

Courtney

Amy Winehouse = 3
Barbara Bush = 1
Fidel Castro = 1
Flavor Flav = 3
Joaquin Phoenix = 3
Kim Jong Il = 2
Michael Jackson = 3; 2 on Aug. 29
Patrick Swayze = 2
Queen Elizabeth = 1
Robert Byrd = 1

Derek

Billy Graham = 1
Dick Cheney = 2
Fidel Castro = 1
Kim Jong Il = 2
Kirk Douglas = 1
Nancy Reagan = 1
Nelson Mandela = 1
OJ Simpson = 2
Osama Bin Laden = 2
Walter Cronkite = 1

Jon

Ariel Sharon = 1
Charles Taylor = 2
Fats Domino = 1
Fidel Castro = 1
Hamid Karzai = 2
J.D Salinger = 1
Kim Jong Il = 2
Lindsey Lohan = 3
Robert Redford = 2
Russell Watson = 2

Keith

Amy Winehouse = 3
Andy Dick = 3
Ariel Sharon = 1
Barack Obama = 3
Hugh Hefner = 1
John Glenn = 1
Jose Saramago = 1
Peter O'Toole = 1
Solomon Burke = 2
Steve Jobs = 2

Keri

Andy Rooney = 1
Betty Ford = 1
Bill Keane = 1
Fidel Castro = 1
Harper Lee = 1
Henry Kissinger = 1
Lauren Bacall = 1
Nancy Reagan = 1
Tenzin Gyatso = 2
Zsa Zsa Gabor = 1

Matt

Artie Lange = 3
Billy Graham = 1
Bob Barker = 1
Fidel Castro = 1
Gore Vidal = 1
Kim Jong Il = 2
Michael J. Fox = 3
Shirley Temple = 1
Wendy Richard = 2
Zsa Zsa Gabor = 1

Pete

Aretha Franklin = 2
Ariel Sharon = 1
Bam Margera = 3
Dave Brubeck = 1
Dick Clark = 1
Flavor Flav = 3
John Updike = 1
Lemmy Kilmister = 2
Muhammad Ali = 2
Nancy Reagan = 1

Sho

Abe Vigoda = 1
Amy Winehouse = 3
Betty Ford = 1
Billy Graham = 1
Kim Jong Il = 2
Kirk Douglas = 1
Nancy Reagan = 1
Patrick Swayze = 2
Robert Mugabe = 1
Ted Kennedy = 1

Steve

Aaron Neville = 2
Bob Schieffer = 2
Elizabeth Taylor = 1
Emile Hirsch = 3
Bashar al-Assad = 3
Joel/Benji Madden = 3
M.I.A. = 3
OJ Simpson = 2
Phyllis Schlafly = 1
Ray Romano = 2

Tom

Amy Winehouse = 3
Axl Rose = 3
Britney Spears = 3
Conor Oberst = 3
Cormac McCarthy = 2; 1 on July 20
Fidel Castro = 1
J.D. Salinger = 1
Jeff Tweedy = 3
Matthew McConaughey = 3
Winona Ryder = 3

Tyler

Amy Winehouse = 3
Dolores Hope = 1
Herman Wouk = 1
John Forsythe = 1
Luise Rainer = 1
Margaret Thatcher = 1
Orlando Thomas = 3
Patrick Swayze = 2
Rowdy Roddy Piper = 2
Sumner Redstone = 1