CDC Celebrity Dead Pool 2022 (NO prizes... just bragging rights!!!)

[Gurn]

will say I post in this thread mainly as a reminder to myself to watch, listen and appreciate these folk, before it is too late.

I'm going to miss Betty White.

-Note the Mary Tyler Moore show cast  got treated badly by this year.

Gavin McLeod

Ed Asner

Betty White

[BoKnows]

1. Tony Bennet
2. The Queen
3. Joe Biden
4. Vin Scully
5. Bob Barker
6. David Attenborough
7. Donald Trump
8. Jerry Lee Lewis (Singer)
9. Bill Russell
10. Willie Mays
11. Pope Francis
12. Tenzin Gyatso
13. Morgan Freeman
14. Willie Nelson
15. Bill Cosby
16. William Shatner
17. Pele
18. Paul McCartney
19. Arnold Schwarzenegger
20. Mick Jagger

Same list as last year, but I had to replace Betty White (RIP) with Biden.

[smithers joe]

for all those who picked betty white to go this year, you better change your picks as she went this year.

[Gnarcore]

On 12/23/2021 at 3:19 PM, Gnarcore said:

If anyone picks Betty White they can go &^@# themselves! 

Awww damn.

[AV.]

I replaced Betty White with Cher

[D.B Cooper]

On 12/27/2021 at 7:22 AM, D.B Cooper said:

1. Bam Margera
2. Betty White
3. Joe Biden/Donal Trump. 
4. Bill Cosby
5. Dick Ban Dyke
6. Queen Elizabeth 
7. Kim Jong Un
8. Harvey Weinstein 
9. Pope Benedict
10. Bob Barker
11. Teka$hi 6ix9ine
12. Barbra Walter
13. Bob Newhart
14. Mel Brooks
15. Estelle Harris (costanza)
16. Bill Hayes
17. Ozzy Osborn
18. Amber Heard
19. Yoko Ono
20. Donald Sterling

 

I mixed up the list this year.  
Bunch of old people, couple of younger people, few people who just deserve to die, and some I don’t think anyone would notice if they were gone. Lol 

Replacing Betty White with Ghislaine Maxwell

[Cerridwen]

1. Donald Trump

2. Tony Bennett

3. Larry Storch (F-Troop actor)

4. Bob Barker

5. Angela Lansbury

6. Ronnie Hawkins

7. Jim Pattison

8. Dame Patricia Routledge

9. Jerry Lee Lewis

10. Jean Chrétien

11. Alice Munro

12. Johnny Mathis

13. Dr. Ruth Westheimer

14. Sidney Poitier

15. Frankie Valli

16. Don Cherry

17. Yoko Ono

18. Queen Elizabeth

19. Marsha Hunt

20. Burt Bacharach

 

[Bure_of_94]

On 12/24/2021 at 3:28 PM, Bure_of_94 said:

1) Betty White

2) Queen Elizabeth 

3) Keith Richards

4) Joe Biden

5) Clint Eastwood 

6) Justin Trudeau

7) Don Cherry

8) Bob Barker

9) David Attenborough 

10) Sidney Poitier 

11) Alec Baldwin

12) Kathy Bates

Replacing Betty White with Bob Dylan. 
 

 

also, do we have to run with 20? Or is 12 enough? 

[canuckpuckluck1]

33 minutes ago, Bure_of_94 said:

Replacing Betty White with Bob Dylan. 
 

 

also, do we have to run with 20? Or is 12 enough? 

You can run with as many of your choosing up to a total of  20,  @Ghostsof1915 is looking at going 1 for 1 on his choice.

[smithers joe]

so who won last years contest, canpuckluck or falcon?

[Gurn]

2 hours ago, smithers joe said:

so who won last years contest, canpuckluck or falcon?

From the 2021 thread- by nuckin_futz

 

Alright Poolsters here are the final results for the 2021 CDC Celebrity Dead Pool.

 

@Junkyard Dog Took mercy on his list and had 0

@BoKnows1

@Cerridwen, @goalie13, @4petesake all with 3

@gurn@Kryten@Bill Sikes all with 5

@Elias Pettersson 6

@smithers joe8

 

We had a tie for the top spot, @canuckpuckluck1 and @falcon45ca both scored a rather suspicious 9. So the tie breaker of lowest collective ages of death had to be invoked.

 

Both contestants had 5 identical choices Prince Philip, Cloris Leachman, Bob Dole, Rush Limbaugh and Betty White.

 

canuckpuckluck1 also had Norman Lear age 106, Beverly Cleary age 104, Larry King age 87 and Sarah Harding age 39.

falcon45ca also had Leon Spinks age 67, Murray Walker age 97, Bishop Desmond Tutu age 90 and Cicely Tyson age 96.

 

canuckpuckluck1 had a tie breaker score of 336.

falcon45ca had a tie breaker score of 350.

 

The winner of the 2021 CDC Celebrity Dead Pool is @canuckpuckluck1 

The runner up is @falcon45ca

 

If there are any scoring disputes please let me know. Winners will be contacted this week.

 

[Elias Pettersson]

1.   Larry Storch

2.   Bob Barker

3.   Henry Kissinger

4.   Marsha Hunt

5.   Bill Clinton

6.   Queen Elizabeth II

7.   Pope Francis

8.   Norman Lear

9.   Nehemiah Persoff

10. Walter Mirisch

11. Joan Copeland

12. Bert I. Gordon

13. Dick Van Dyke

14. Ghislaine Maxwell

15. Ray Anthony

16. Margia Dean

17. Janis Paige

18. Angela Lansbury

19. Sidney Poitier

20. Tony Bennett

[smithers joe]

On 1/1/2022 at 9:28 AM, gurn said:

From the 2021 thread- by nuckin_futz

 

Alright Poolsters here are the final results for the 2021 CDC Celebrity Dead Pool.

 

@Junkyard Dog Took mercy on his list and had 0

@BoKnows1

@Cerridwen, @goalie13, @4petesake all with 3

@gurn@Kryten@Bill Sikes all with 5

@Elias Pettersson 6

@smithers joe8

 

We had a tie for the top spot, @canuckpuckluck1 and @falcon45ca both scored a rather suspicious 9. So the tie breaker of lowest collective ages of death had to be invoked.

 

Both contestants had 5 identical choices Prince Philip, Cloris Leachman, Bob Dole, Rush Limbaugh and Betty White.

 

canuckpuckluck1 also had Norman Lear age 106, Beverly Cleary age 104, Larry King age 87 and Sarah Harding age 39.

falcon45ca also had Leon Spinks age 67, Murray Walker age 97, Bishop Desmond Tutu age 90 and Cicely Tyson age 96.

 

canuckpuckluck1 had a tie breaker score of 336.

falcon45ca had a tie breaker score of 350.

 

The winner of the 2021 CDC Celebrity Dead Pool is @canuckpuckluck1 

The runner up is @falcon45ca

 

If there are any scoring disputes please let me know. Winners will be contacted this week.

 

congrats boys.

[canuckpuckluck1]

Ok so I put together a spreadsheet which I hope to be able to monitor to give regular updates.

 

Not to be too morbid but the most popular selections have been

 

Bob Barker  11

Tony Bennett  9

Queen Elizabeth   7

Sidney Poitier   7

Dick Van Dyke   7

Jimmy Carter   6

Larry Storch   5 

[AV.]

Sidney Poitier  

[smithers joe]

On 1/1/2022 at 9:28 AM, gurn said:

From the 2021 thread- by nuckin_futz

 

Alright Poolsters here are the final results for the 2021 CDC Celebrity Dead Pool.

 

@Junkyard Dog Took mercy on his list and had 0

@BoKnows1

@Cerridwen, @goalie13, @4petesake all with 3

@gurn@Kryten@Bill Sikes all with 5

@Elias Pettersson 6

@smithers joe8

 

We had a tie for the top spot, @canuckpuckluck1 and @falcon45ca both scored a rather suspicious 9. So the tie breaker of lowest collective ages of death had to be invoked.

 

Both contestants had 5 identical choices Prince Philip, Cloris Leachman, Bob Dole, Rush Limbaugh and Betty White.

 

canuckpuckluck1 also had Norman Lear age 106, Beverly Cleary age 104, Larry King age 87 and Sarah Harding age 39.

falcon45ca also had Leon Spinks age 67, Murray Walker age 97, Bishop Desmond Tutu age 90 and Cicely Tyson age 96.

 

canuckpuckluck1 had a tie breaker score of 336.

falcon45ca had a tie breaker score of 350.

 

The winner of the 2021 CDC Celebrity Dead Pool is @canuckpuckluck1 

The runner up is @falcon45ca

 

If there are any scoring disputes please let me know. Winners will be contacted this week.

 

when you say norman lear, do you mean norman lloyd?

[Gurn]

On 12/31/2021 at 11:56 AM, gurn said:

Replacing # 18 Betty White with Bob Barker:

Dec 31/21

1   Tony Bennett

2   Joni Mitchell

3   John Mayall

4   Mavis Staples

5   Eric Clapton

6   Jean Chretien

7  Jimmy Carter

8   Mike Harcourt- bc premier

9   Henry Kissinger

10  Donald Trump

11 Mel Brooks

12 Dick Van Dyke

13 Bob Newhart

14 Gabe Kaplan

15 John Byner- comedian from Bizarre

16 Sidney Poitier

17 Harry Belafonte

18 Bob Barker

19 Carole Burnette

20 Clint Eastwood

 

# 16 Sidney Poitier, died this am at age 94

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/video/sidney-poitier-dead-legendary-actor-dies-at-94/ar-AASxuUQ?ocid=msedgntp

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Legendary actor Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to ever win an Academy Award, has died at age 94.

[Cerridwen]

1. Donald Trump

2. Tony Bennett

3. Larry Storch (F-Troop actor)

4. Bob Barker

5. Angela Lansbury

6. Ronnie Hawkins

7. Jim Pattison

8. Dame Patricia Routledge

9. Jerry Lee Lewis

10. Jean Chrétien

11. Alice Munro

12. Johnny Mathis

13. Dr. Ruth Westheimer

14. Sidney Poitier - Jan 7th 2022

15. Frankie Valli

16. Don Cherry

17. Yoko Ono

18. Queen Elizabeth

19. Marsha Hunt

20. Burt Bacharach

[smithers joe]

7 people had sid poitier.

[canuckpuckluck1]

With the passing of Sidney Poitier (RIP) the following 7 are on 1 @Cerridwen  @gurn    @Elias Pettersson @4petesake @Ilunga    @Bure_of_94 and myself.