Death Pool/Celebrity Deaths

[Riddikulus]

For some reason I thought Christian Brando was already dead. ??? Stupid me also thought Roger Ebert died last year, and I took him off my list. Derrr.

Psst, tsl....it was Lady Bird Johnson who actually died last year.

I am so pissed I took Suharto off my list this year. I have absolutely no idea why I did that.

And whoever is doing the updates missed my stiffie for Georgia Frontiere. Which, um, puts me in the lead for the moment. I'm just sayin'.

[Babalu]

First of all, thanks to the lovely Rachel for making me the Assistant (to the) Grim Reaper this year.

Just to let you know how it's working, if you're curious: I did a spreadsheet yesterday with all of the "nominations" and the people who chose them. I'm going to screen them all on a monthly basis (using deadoraliveinfo.com, Google, Wikipedia, and/or any other resources I need) and forward the information to Rachel. The first screening is scheduled for next weekend. So you will get points for Georgia Frontiere, Suharto, and whoever else has kicked the bucket - it just probably won't be instantaneous.

[Rachel RSL]

Stupid people who are supposed to be updating the site!

:::::whistling innocently:::::

It's fixed now.

Edited to add: Actually, today it is instantaneous. But Babalu is correct, updates usually won't happen right away.

[bluelena]

I couldn't figure out why Jeff Conaway showed up on someones list...

Until I caught "Celebrity Rehab" yesterday. That show is like watching a really bad car wreck, and not in a good way.

I'm surprised Conaway isn't ALREADY dead.

[debraslove]

Margaret Truman joins the 2008 honor roll


http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/michi ... ID=1219355

[tallskinnylatte]

Psst, tsl....it was Lady Bird Johnson who actually died last year.

**smacks head**

Daggummit!

I felt like I had no stiffies last year, and I think I just missed the fact that she died. Oh well.

[debraslove]

Jeff Conaway was a late add for me. eversince he was booted from 'Celebrity Fit Club' he's been on my 'to watch' list.

he and britney spears were my two last choices. who did they bump? Sir edmund hillary and suzanne pleasette.

i'm just the angel of life.

[debraslove]

Earl L. Butz, who orchestrated a major change in federal farm policy as secretary of agriculture in the 1970s but came to be remembered more for a vulgar racial comment that brought about his resignation during the 1976 presidential election race, died Saturday in Kensington, Md. Butz, who lived in West Lafayette, Ind., was 98.

[Rachel RSL]

A few updates, courtesy of my co-Grim Reaper.

[debraslove]

'General Hospital' actress Kepler dies
AP -
PORTLAND, Ore. - Actress Shell Kepler, who for years played the gossipy nurse Amy Vining on the TV soap opera "General Hospital," has died. She was 49.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080205/ap_ ... ckzSFxFb8C

[PepeNY]

Oh, wow! I used to love to hate Amy. She was so young!

[debraslove]

HAVANA (Reuters) - "King of the Congas" Tata Guines, Cuba's most famous percussionist who shared the stage with Josephine Baker and Frank Sinatra half a century ago, died on Monday in Havana. He was 77.

Cuban state media reported that Guines, whose real name was Federico Aristides Soto, died of a kidney infection.

[AirSteve]

Steve, "King of the congas"? Now you're just creeping me out.

[debraslove]

just doing my job. LETS CONGA!

[AirSteve]

Barry Morse, the original Tommy Lee Jones.
Holy crap, I beat the Minister of Death on a posting.