2010 Dead Pool.

[SengaKitty]

I put him in my family's Dead Pool and got my first hit of the year. He was one of my more unlikely picks, though! RIP, Gary.
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Is this the first hit of the year for the CS 2010 dead pool?

[Ree]

Is this the first hit of the year for the CS 2010 dead pool?

Nope.

6. Corey Haim

Passed away March 10.

[SengaKitty]

Ah, yeah I knew Corey Haim had died, but I guess I missed him on the list.

[Jester]

Sad new: Dennis Hopper has died.

This is related to the Dead Pool only in the sense that he was a celebrity, but no one had him on their list.

Which to me is a good thing, because while I am often cynical and jaded, this is one death I would like to think no one would celebrate. One of my favorite actors.

"It takes more than going down to your local video store and renting Easy Rider to become a rebel." --Dennis Hopper as Huey Walker in "Flashback."

[lobo94]

Fred Phelps-the scoutmaster of the Westboro Baptist Church.

[McGoddess09]

I've been doing stuff like this for the past few days with friends. Huh.

1. Robin Williams (he is being picked a lot as the wild card)
2. Lindsay Lohan (whippersnapper. Again, being picked a lot)
3. Cory Feldman
4. Paris Hilton
5. Liza Minelli
6. Miley Cyrus (Munchkin picked this one)
7. Christopher Lee (I would CRY)
8. Dick Cheney
9. Danielle Steel
10. Stephanie Meyer

[Sandman]

Jean Stapleton

[Spiffy McMoron]

Jean Stapleton

Fred Phelps-the scoutmaster of the Westboro Baptist Church.

Have these two died? Or are they you picks for the pool? If it's the latter, you do have 9 more picks you can make. (including two whippersnappers!)

[fireheart]

Fred Phelps-the scoutmaster of the Westboro Baptist Church.

That's on my list. Also, Spiffy, I doubt he's dead.

Jester, quick and possibly dumb question: do they all have to be American? I've got ONE Australian in my list.

Here's my list:

1. Fred Phelps.
2. Justin Bieber (being mobbed to death)
3. Tara Reid
4. Robin Williams.
5. Liz Taylor. (despite her health problems, there's no indications that they've gotten worse or that she's dead)
6. Miley Cyrus
7. Paris Hilton
8. Kyle Sandilands (*)
9. Jerry Springer (mobbed to death by bogans )
10. Michelle Duggar. (the Mum-Of-19/20)

(*)=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Sandilands

[Jester]

Jester, quick and possibly dumb question: do they all have to be American?

There are no dumb questions. Only dumb people.

Okay, I lie. Dealing with tourists so often, I know that there ARE in fact dumb questions.

In any case, no, they do not all have to be Americans. If I have not heard of them, though, I just have to be able to verify that they do have some amount of celebrity status. If I can't find them or a reference to them and their status online, I would disallow them.

But of course not all celebrities are American, nor are all celebrities, American or otherwise, celebrities IN America. But as I myself AM an American, those are, of course, the easier ones for me to identify.

Note: For those of you jumping in late, please note the rule that you can't pick celebrities who have already died. It is not who died in 2010, but who died in 2010 after you made your list. I would like to think that that is common sense, but over the years I have discovered that common sense is hardly common.

[fireheart]

In any case, no, they do not all have to be Americans. If I have not heard of them, though, I just have to be able to verify that they do have some amount of celebrity status. If I can't find them or a reference to them and their status online, I would disallow them.

There's a link I've provided for the one non-American in my list.

[irateguy]

1. Pac-Man (Adam) Jones
2. George Steinbrenner
3. Queen Elizabeth
4. Mark Mangino (Ex Kansas Football Coach)
5. Paris Hilton
6. Hamid Karzai (P.M of Afghanistan)
7. Gilbert Arenas
8. Barbara Bush
9. Emeril Lagasse (BAM!)
10. Steven Spielberg

Pac Man better not die hes on the Bengals now and hes now known as Adam Jones

[morgana]

5. Grace Nichols (Lt. Uhura on Star Trek)

Psst! Nichelle Nichols. Or Zoe Saldana in the new one . . .

Ok, my picks.

1. Fred Phelps
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Martha Stewart
4. Danny Bonaduce
5. Lou from Operation Repo (somebody from that show is gonna get toasted eventually)
6. Keith Richards
7. Stephanie Meyer
8. Michelle Duggar
9. Kirstie Alley
10. Sally Field

[Jester]

There's a link I've provided for the one non-American in my list.

Saw it. And that helped my thought process, i.e., if you can prove they are a celebrity somewhere......

[NateTheChops]

Point of interest. Are people choosing certain "celebrities" IE Stephanie Meyer, because they want them to die or is it something else?

I get the idea behind choosing celebs with lifestyles that are obviously going pear shaped but I'm just curious about some of the other picks.

Or are we going to start adding "betting odds" like Mad Magazine?