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For Ghouls Only


Update 7:


This whole Grant never getting one thing was actually over on April 7th.  Mike Wallace died that day and I'm just noticing this now.  


So I've adjusted the standings below.


Update 6:


Ernest Borgnine has passed.  I best remember his from naturally, a Simpson's episode.  Anyways, 3 people had him, myself included.  More importantly, the Jew gets another, and possibly more important than that, depending on the criteria you use to determine importance, Grant gets his first for the ghoul resume.  


Here's the Standings:


Dan - 5
Me - 3
Troy - 3
Mercier - 2
Michele - 2
Grant - 2
Attica - 1
Annie - 1


That leaves only Shano with the goose-o.  


Update 5:


Ray Bradbury is dead, point Dano.  


Jew - 4
Ban - 3
Me - 2
Mercier - 2
Michele - 2
Attica - 1
Annie - 1


Update 4:


Sorry for the delay on this one as Robin Gibb died like a week ago.  Losing MCA had me reeling for awhile and questioning the existence of this game, but when Gibb died, and saw he was on my list ... well, it was sign from god.  Dapper Dan has him, pulling him into a tie for 1st and Annie gets her first celebrity death.   Anyways, new current standings:  


Jewban - 3
Me - 2
Mercier - 2
Michele - 2
Attica - 1 
Annie - 1


Everyone else has zero.  


Update 3.  No Rockin New Year this year, down goes Dick Clark.  Kinda sad in a way.  Anyways,


Erica gets her first  
Troy now has 3
Mercier has 2
Michele notches #2
I get my first
Shannon, Annie and Grant still have zero
Dan also has 2.


Right now, Troy's the big winner but Robin Gibb shouldn't last too much longer.  


Update 2 ... and down goes Paterno.  What a start to this!


Current Score:


Cedeno and Dapper Dan have 2
Mercier and Michele have 1


Update 1 ... Etta James is dead!


That didn't take long.  Three way time between ... let's see ...


Dapper Dan, Mercier and Cedeno.  



The Returning Shanpion

1.  Zsa Zsa Gabor
2.  Aretha Franklin
3.  Billy Graham
4.  Kirk Douglas
5.  Stephen Hawking
6.  Muhammad Ali
7.  Nelson Mandela
8.  Jimmy Carter
9.  Fidel Castro
10.  Angela Lansbury
11.  Lou Holtz
12.  Warren Buffet
13.  Nancy Reagan
14.  Mickey Rooney
15.  Prince Philip


Gabany

1. Buzz Aldrin
2. Kirk Douglas
3. Zsa Zsa Gabor
4. Fidel Castro
5. Bob Barker
6. Robin Williams
7. Michael J Fox
8. Dick Clark
9. David Arquette
10. Charlie Sheen
11. Larry King
12. Hugh Heffner
13. Pete Doherty
14. Nancy Reagan
15. Courtney Love

Cedeno

  1. Fidel Castro
  2. Muhammad Ali
  3. Hugo Chavez
  4. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  5. Billy Graham
  6. Dick Clark
  7. Joe Paterno
  8. Bobby Brown
  9. Harold Camping
  10. Michael Douglas
  11. Kirk Douglas
  12. George Michael
  13. Larry King
  14. Etta James
  15. Nancy Regan

Mercier

1.  Queen Elizabeth II
2.  Dick Clark
3.  Hugo Chavez
4.  Charlie Sheen
5.  Etta James
6.  Michael Douglas
7.  Nancy Reagan
8.  Barney Franks
9.  Courtney Love
10.  Lindsay Lohan
11.  Michael Lohan
12.  Stephen Hawking
13.  Dick van Dyke
14.  Zsa Zsa Gabor
15.  Michelle Obama

Annie

1. Casey Anthony
2. Zsa Zsa Gabor
3. Bob Barker
4. Charlie Sheen
5. Lindsey Lohan
6. Fidel Castro
7. Vladimir Putin
8. Snooki
9. Harry Belafonte
10. Robin Gibb
11. Loretta Lynn
12. Phyllis Diller
13. Mario Batali
14. Steven Tyler
15. Faye Dunaway

Michele

1. Nelson Mandela
2. Fidel Castro
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Joe Paterno
5. Billy Graham
6. Tony Martin
7. Dick Clark
8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
9. Kirk Douglas
10. Rip Torn
11. Lady Gaga
12. Joran Van Der Sloot
13. Lindsay Lohan
14. Ashton Kutcher
15. Woody Harrelson

Grant

1. Ernest Borgnine
2. Mike Wallace
3. Russell Brand
4. George Michael
5. Dick Cheney
6. Stephen Hawking
7. Barbara Bush
8. Pete Doherty
9. John Edwards
10. Warren Jeffs
11. Zsa Zsa Gabor
12. Alan Alda
13. Prince Philip
14. Loretta Lynn
15. Artie Lange

Dapper Dan

  1. Etta James
  2. Kirk Douglas
  3. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  4. Billy Graham   
  5. Fidel Castro
  6. Nelson Mandela
  7. Hosni Mubarak
  8. Ernest Borgnine
  9. Robin Gibb
  10. Ray Bradbury
  11. Jake LaMotta
  12. Fats Domino
  13. Joe Paterno
  14. John Edwards
  15. Joran Van Der Sloot

Moi

1.  Zsa Zsa Gabor
2.  Kirk Douglas
3.  Fidel Castro
4.  Dick Clark
5.  Kieth Richards
6.  "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
7.  Robin Gibb
8.  Charlotte Rae (Mrs. Garrett)
9.  Bashar Al-Assad
10.  Jake LaMotta
11.  Ernest Borgnine
12.  Mickey Rooney
13.  John Edwards
14.  Charlie Sheen
15.  Stan Musial










FINAL SCORE FOR YEAR 1



Shannon - 4
Dave - 2 
Troy - 2
Myself - 2
Angi - 0
Michele - 0
Grant - 0 



Update 22


and quite possible the last.  Kim Jong Il ... DEAD!  Two people had him (Troy and Shano)


Scoreboard, and probably final scoreboard ...


Shannon - 4
Dave - 2 
Troy - 2
Myself - 2
Angi - 0
Michele - 0
Grant - 0 


Update 21


I can't believe I missed that Shannon had Betty Ford (died in July).  Wow.  Shano takes the lead.  


Update 20


This shit is getting crazy.  Smokin' Joe Frazier and the overweight lover Heavy D die right around the same time.  No one has them of course, but man alive ...


Update 19


No More 60 Minutes


http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/05/us/obit-andy-rooney/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

This puts Shannon and Dave in a tie with me.




Update 18


Momar Khadaffi ... tragic.  All the good supervillains are being killed.  I guess it's good, but don't you already miss him and Hussein a little bit?


Update 17


... no, nobody had Dan Wheldon


Update 16 means that I'm back in the lead.  


http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7074380/oakland-raiders-owner-al-davis-dies-82


If you look below, at the picture I have of him on this very page, you can see this isn't too surprising.  


Update 15 is a predictably tragic one.  Steve Jobs has passed.  It's too bad.  He didn't lead a reckless style. He wasn't an a-hole.  He was a great innovator that changed the world, and one of the douchebags in this game predicted his death, so I have to say something and worse yet, put the line of death through his name.  Zsa Zsa and Momar Ghadafi are still alive.  


Update 14 is a ghoulish one.  Amy Winehouse is dead, and Dave Mercier is the big winner.  I loved Amy Winehouse and will miss her music.  If you don't know of the whole 27 thing, check out this site ...
http://www.gigwise.com/photos/44012/6/Dead-At-27-RockNRoll-Musics-Infamous-Death-Club


Update 13: Zsa Zsa is back in hospital having trouble breathing due to fluid buildup in her lungs.  


Update 12: The Americans killed Osama Bin Laden, their arch rival ... and NO ONE HAS HIM!!!! We suck .


Update 11: Elizabeth Taylor dies ... and NO ONE HAS HER!  This is an upset in a way, if that's possible in the celebrity death rackets.  Also, their may be modifications in June at the halfway point.  


Update 10: Odds are looking good on Gaddafi being the next one to go.  The U.S. bombed his house (again).  It doesn't look like he was in it, but still.  America will not resist bombing a Middle Eastern dictator if it has the chance.  


Update 9:  Though there hasn't been much action on any of the below celebrities lately, Momar Ghadafi has said "He will die a martyr" in this current Libya situation.  So, Ghadafi dying stock has gone up.  A smiley face for Shannon.  


Update 8:  Nelson Mandela is in the hospital.  Smiley faces for Shannon and myself.  


Update 7:  The Al Davis picture may have to go.  It kind of grosses me out.  Also, Zsa Zsa Gabor had a leg amputated today.  Though it'd be nice for those of us who have her on our death list to get a quarter point, that'd mean I'd have to come up with some sort of mathematical formula as to how much each part of the body is worth, and the head and torso would probably make up like 90% of the points.  If someone loses their head or torso though, and remains alive, you get 5 points.  How's that?  


Update 6:  Jack Lalanne = DEAD.  One point pour moi.  Let's see if I can put a scratch out line through his name on my list.  


Update 5:  Roger Ebert just signed on to do a new show or something.  Great for Roger Ebert!  Frowny face for me.  


Update 4:  Look at Al Davis, this is definitely a smiley face for me.  


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Update 3:  Dick Cheney may have to have a heart transplant. Angi, Michele and Troy all get smiley races.  


Update 2:  Steve Jobs is taking a second leave of absence.  Troy gets a smiley face.  


Update 1:  No one can make any changes.  That would set a bad precedent.  Also, Aretha Franklin announced recently that she never had pancreatic cancer.  Though no one wants to lose the Godmother of Soul, I hope she's not saying stuff like this so she can enjoy her remaining time alone peacefully.  As sick as something like a ghoul game can be, it's sad that a great artist like Aretha Franklin would have to lie just to get peace in her remaining time.  Let's hope she's simply telling the truth.   Ah, American culture.  Suck it up foreigners.  


The Celebrity Death Game, at last.  I've always wanted to do this, but I hate the fact that this pretty much means I'm officially a ghoul.  My plausible deniability towards being a ghoul was much more fun.  It's not that I'll get excited if someone on my lists dies, it's just that I'll know I'm better than someone else because my random prediction was better than someone else's.  It's kind of like following sports, although, I don't have to cheer for the same emblem year after year after year because I thought that emblem had the coolest colors when I was a kid.  Anyway, I've dragged a few people into this with me.  Whether they like it or not, I'm going to give them all nicknames, and if they complain, well, I'll just change them. After all, we're not communists. 


Contestant #1:  The first entry I received was from my friend Dave, n/k/a The French Republican.  

Here's his entry:  (as always, order doesn't matter)

1) Armand Assente - I have no idea who this guy is, but if you google him, you will find out quickly.  
2) Zsa Zsa Gabor - I'm sure she's going to be on everyone's list.
3) Arlen Specter 
4) Amy Winehouse - Ironically, I think she went back to rehab and I think she's in better shape than the French Republican is aware of.
5) John McCain - This cranky old POW?  Cranky old men stay alive longer than you'd expect.  Crankiness goes a long way.  
6) Lindsay Lohan - She's definitely the front runner of the Paris Hilton Generation.  
7) Al Roker - Oh man Dave.  Al Roker?  Why?  He's so happy!
8) Andy Rooney - It's going to be sad when he goes.  For some reason, my Sunday nights won't be the same without hearing someone complain about not being offered a choice between paper and plastic bags when he goes grocery shopping nowadays.  
10) Tom Sizemore 
11) Jerry Lewis
12) Pat Robertson - We can all wish.  That's for sure.  
13) Julian Assange
14) Don Imus
15) Angela Lansbury - Who would solve this mystery of her death?  

Contestant #2:  The next entry comes from the Del Boca Vista Queen, my friend Michelle from the rat's mouth, Boca Raton, FLA.  

1) Michael Douglas - He beat cancer the day I typed this.  That's a great thing.  
2) Zsa Zsa Gabor
3) Aretha Franklin - I thought everyone would pick her, but I guess I was wrong.  
4) Chuck Berry - It'll be a sad day.  He just passed out on stage Michelle.  Chuck Berry will never die.  
5) Rip Torn - He's losing it at a rapid pace, but did he ever have it? 
6) David Arquette
7) Dick Clark - He may be a robot now anyway, so this may not happen.  
8) Don Imus - Wow, that's 2 for Imus so far.  Is he in bad shape?  
9) Margaret Thatcher - I figured she'd make a few lists.
10) Dick Cheney - Just like McCain, he's too cranky!  If this were a competition of which current "human being" is most likely to become Darth Vader, he'd win in a ... wait for it ... HEARTBEAT! Ohohohohoho, I kill me.  Dude already isn't breathing anymore and he's still alive.  This could last for a very long time.  
11) David Hasselhoff
12) Tracy Morgan - You're picking some interesting people here Michelle.  
13) Gary Busey - My way to go for Busey would be in a duel with that flamer who wrote "Cat Scratch Fever", though I'd prefer Busey to win that duel.  
14) Lindsay Lohan
15) Bobby Brown - Hopefully, every little step he takes, will be towards the grave says Michelle.  If you can't get a good voice in your head for the italics I just dropped, think about someone describing someone's outfit during a beauty pageant.  

Contestant #3:  It's probably not fair to label all my republican friends with the word "republican" in their moniker, so, far now I'll call Grant, The Color Purple.  He probably gets it. 

1. Betty White - Someone had to do it.  
2. Angelina Jolie 
3. Robert Redford
4. Nancy Pelosi - You wish buddy.  She's got way too much spunk.  
5. Kate Middleton & Prince William - Here's an interesting one.  Grant called out "tragic honeymoon-helicopter crash" for their death.  If only one dies this year, he'll get a half point.  If they both die, he'll get a couple extra.  If they die in a helicopter tragedy, I don't know how he doesn't win this thing.  
6. Joe Pesci - I hope not.
7. Richard Gere - I hope so.  
8. Andy Dick - "We can only hope" - Per Grant.  
9. Robert Duvall - What is your problem bro?  This is your evilest of them all.  
10. Randy Quaid - Grant predicts, "Killed by Crazy wife"
11. Nancy Reagan - Killer titties?  
12. Zsa Zsa Gabor
13. Bill Clinton
14. Scott Weiland - Is he still alive?  Oh wait, that was Layne Staley.  
15. Aretha Franklin

Contestant #4:  Though nearly impossible for me not to use a Ginger reference in my friend Shannon's name, I gotta stick with Shanwow.  Anyways, here are her picks:

1.  Muhammed Ali - Good pick.  I'm surprised not many people chose him. 
2.  Kirk Douglas
3.  Margaret Thatcher
4.  Kim Jong II - Here's the trap with this guy, even if he does die this year, we won't know until 2012.  
5.  Betty Ford - You didn't even think of her clinic Shannon, did you?  Won't someone please think of the clinic?
6.  Andy Rooney
7.  Michael Douglas - "Father and son ... going down" says Shanwow.  
8.  Anthony Hopkins - By bear chase? 
9.  Zsa Zsa Gabor
10.  Aretha Franklin
11.  Dick Clark
12.  Fidel Castro - To get back to the Kim Jong Il point, Fidel may already be dead, but we still haven't heard about it yet.  
13.  Nelson Mandela - He's pretty darn old
14.  Jimmy Carter - So far, democrat presidents are not fairing too well, though no one's picked either Bush on the other side.  Point is, if you have to pick between Bush's, it's probably quite scary what you're going to find.  
15.  Momar Khadaffi - Shano, I prolly would've given you the point if you spelled it right ... or hell, even if I spelled it right.  Truth is, no one knows how to spell his name, but I do know since President ________(can't remember if it was Bush Sr. or Reagan) missed his chance, no one has really cared about his eventual demise. 

Contestant #5:  Troy.  How do I not make fun of you for being Cuban?  Well, that or being a Dolphins fan so The Teal Floater works for me. 

1.  Zsa Zsa Gabor
2.  Aretha Franklin
3.  Bob Dole – Bob Dole doesn’t need this
4.  Bob Barker – It seems like only yesterday when he whooped Happy Gilmore’s ass, but that white haired man did that something like 15 years ago!  Ticking clock.
5.  Dick Cheney – Obviously no ticking here because he doesn’t have a heart. 
6.  Steve Jobs
7.  The Pope
8.  Dick Clark
9.  Michael Douglas
10.  Kirk Douglas – Troy thinks he should get double if the both croak.  I’m sure Shamwow does too, and who knows, maybe you will, maybe you won’t.  That’s what so great about a competition for no money.
11.  Kim Jong Il
12.  Jerry Lewis
13.  Mohammed Ali – Troy initially had Charlton Heston here.  It’s always fun to say, “Sorry bro, he’s already dead.
14.  Joan Rivers
15.  Julian Assange

Contestant #6: TyrAngisaurus Rex.  My special lady.  Unlike the rest of us, she went the "wishful thinking" route (though I know some of us did this on a couple picks).  She also gave me "how they're going to go on everyone, so I'll include that as well. 

1.  Sarah Palin:  falls from helicopter while aerially hunting wolves in Alaska.
2.  Glenn Beck:  ass cancer (ofcourse)
3.  Rush Limbaugh:  tongue cancer
4.  Paris Hilton: tripped by Chihuahua of the day, head injury
5.  Pat Robertson:  mauled by rats while visiting a stricken 3rd world county following a natural disaster.  Naturally, he's there to claim that god prefers the USA, but only the straight citizens. 
6.  Fred Phelps (the GHF guy):  killed and eaten by his own children after being caught on "to catch a predator"
7.  Dick Cheney: shot in face
8.  George W.  Bush: crushed to death by giant dictionary
9.  Jared Loughner: shot down, Samuel L. Jackson-style, during his arraignment (I hope he dies.  AND I HOPE HE BURNS IN HELL!)
10.  Joseph Lieberman: hit by cab while sneaking into the democratic national convention
11.  "Jon" from "Jon and Kate plus 8":  shot by jealous husband
12.  Martha Stewart: pushed into oven by children she attempted to kidnap, and made into gingerbread. 
13.  Oprah:  eating binge, stomach explodes
14.  Ellen Degeneres:  texting while driving
15.  Michael Vick.  I envision him blowing a major play in an all star game and being hosed down and electrocuted by his teammates/coach

My comments?  I never knew you had it in for Joe Lieberman. 

Contestant #7:  This would be my picks.  The Zakk Attakk.  (It's quite hard to nickname yourself with some humility).  I could've gone with Cool Guy Awesome Dude. 

1.  Zsa Zsa Gabor
2.  Aretha Franklin
3.  Julian Assange
4.  Roger Ebert – I am the only one to pick him.  Yey for me!
5.  Kirk Douglas – I went with Kirk, but no Michael.  Stuff like that just doesn't happen.
6.  Fidel Castro – I believe he's already dead and we'll get proof of death this year.  I'm just hoping it's not Russell Crowe who delivers it. 
7.  Nelson Mandela – Dude is old old old.  He was born in 1918. 
8.  Dick Clark
9.  Burt Reynolds – For some reason, I'm surprised no one else picked him. 
10.  Bill Cosby – There are just so many death rumors about him.  Something's gotta be up.
11.  Keith Richards – Right now, his life defies science.
12.  Jack Lalanne – He's really really old.  I see now I'm the only one who picked a lot of really old guys
13.  Al Davis – The Oakland Raiders GM (for those who don't know) is already insane. 
14.  Rip Torn
15.  Jake "The Snake" Roberts – Here's my stone cold lock of the year.  When researching 80s wrestlers, it came down to him and Bobby "the Brain" Heenan.  I went with "the Snake" because he has issues with drugs.  Cha-Ching!


Okay, so we are the Magnificent 7.  If anyone else wants to join, send me a list.  And now, for the geekery … here's a list of most picked to everyone who was atleast picked twice:

Zsa Zsa Gabor (6)
Aretha Franklin (5)
Dick Clark (4)
Julian Assange (3)
Michael Douglas (3)
Kirk Douglas (3)
Dick Cheney (3)
Kim Jong II (2)
Muhammed Ali (2)
Fidel Castro (2)
Nelson Mandela (2)
Pat Robertson (2)
Andy Rooney (2) 
Don Imus (2)
Rip Torn (2)
Margaret Thatcher (2)

Now, if I can only add pictures of everyone's faces and put a bulls-eye target on them!