Death Pool

I run a Death Pool every year (January 1st to January 1st).

It’s very simple: You pick 10 celebrities you think will die within the calendar year. Each death is worth one point, with each person carrying a .01 bonus for each year under the age of 90 they are at the time of their death. $10 to enter, most points wins the pot.

Naturally, the concept of the Death Pool has led to some funny comments over the years.

2009 Standings

Place	Person	Points	Deaths
1	Tim	2.05	Arthur, Cronkite
2	Lisa	2.04	McMahon, Cronkite
3	Anne	1.40	Michael Jackson
4	Kimberly	1.28	Farrah Faucet
5	Mike H	1.14	Bobby Robson
6	Tito	1.13	Ted Kennedy
7	Jenn	1.05	Bea Arthur
8	Kevin	1.00	Walter Cronkite
9	Audra	0.00	none
9	Doug	0.00	none
9	Justin	0.00	none
9	Mike D	0.00	none
9	Travis	0.00	none

Entries

Anne	Arena	Born	Points
Zsa Zsa Gabor	Actor	1917	1.00
Barack Obama	Political	1961	1.42
Michael Jackson	Musician	1958	1.39
Hugh Hefner	Entertainment	1926	1.07
Kirk Douglas	Actor	1916	1.00
Courtney Love	Musician	1964	1.45
Amy Winehouse	Musician/Drug Addict	1983	1.64
Dick Van Dyke	Actor	1925	1.06
Louis Anderson	Comedian	1953	1.34
Mickey Rooney	Actor	1920	1.01

Audra	Arena	Born	Points
Gary Busey	Actor	1944	1.25
John McCain	Political	1936	1.17
Bob Barker	Actor	1923	1.04
Hugh Hefner	Entertainment	1926	1.07
Kirk Douglas	Actor	1916	1.00
Phyllis Diller	Actor	1917	1.00
George H.W. Bush	Political	1924	1.05
Osama Bin Laden	Political	1957	1.38
Barbara Walters	News	1931	1.12
Mickey Rooney	Actor	1920	1.01

Doug	Arena	Born	Points
Hank Aaron	Baseball	1934	1.15
Mahmoud Abbas	Political (PLO)	1935	1.16
Fred Ackerman	Author	1916	1.00
Ellen Albertini Dow	Actor	1918	1.00
Iyad Allawai	Political (Iraq PM)	1945	1.26
Woody Allen	Director	1935	1.16
Ghazi al-Yawar	Political (Iraq President)	1959	1.40
Ayman al-Zawahiri	Political (al Qaeda)	1951	1.32
Louis Anderson	Comedian	1953	1.34
Eddie Arnold	Musician	1918	1.00

Jenn	Arena	Born	Points
Fidel Castro	Political	1926	1.07
James Baker III	Political	1930	1.11
Chuck Berry	Musician	1926	1.07
Dick Van Dyke	Actor	1925	1.06
Bea Arthur	Actor	1923	1.05
Sherman Hemsley	Actor	1938	1.19
Carol King	Musician	1942	1.23
Brittney Spears	Singer	1981	1.62
Ernest Borgnine	Actor	1917	1.00
Chris Kattan	Actor	1968	1.49

Justin	Arena	Born	Points
Dick Cheney	Political	1941	1.22
Robert Pattison	Actor	1986	1.67
Owen Wilson	Actor	1968	1.49
Patrick Swayze	Singer	1952	1.33
Hugh Hefner	Actor	1926	1.07
Hugo Chavez	Political (Venezuela)	1954	1.35
Andy Dick	Actor	1965	1.46
John Daly	Golfer	1966	1.47
Artie Lang	Comedian	1967	1.48
Olympia Dukakis	Actor	1931	1.12

Kevin	Arena	Born	Points
Fidel Castro	Political	1926	1.07
Walter Cronkite	News	1916	1.00
Lou Ferrigno	Actor	1952	1.33
Courtney Love	Singer	1964	1.45
Rob Reiner	Actor	1945	1.26
Ariel Sharon	Political (Israel)	1928	1.09
Scott Weiland	Musician	1967	1.48
George Steinbrenner	baseball	1930	1.11
Jim Nabors	Musician	1933	1.14
Amy Winehouse	Drug Addict	1983	1.64

Kimberly	Arena	Born	Points
Hugh Hefner	Entertainment	1926	1.07
Amy Winehouse	Musician	1983	1.64
Farrah Fawcett	Actor	1947	1.28
Jimmy Carter	Political	1924	1.05
Fidel Castro	Political	1926	1.07
Barack Obama	Political	1961	1.43
Muhammad Ali	Boxing	1942	1.24
Pete Doherty	Musician	1980	1.61
Merle Haggard	Actor	1937	1.19
Patrick Swayze	Actor	1952	1.33

Lisa	Arena	Born	Points
Ed McMahon	Entertainment	1923	1.04
Phyllis Diller	Musician	1917	1.00
Elizabeth Taylor	Actor	1932	1.13
Jerry Lewis	Political	1926	1.07
Barbara Bush	Political	1925	1.06
Nancy Reagan	Political	1921	1.02
Charlie Weis	Boxing	1956	1.37
Ringo Starr	Musician	1940	1.21
Walter Cronkite	News	1916	1.00
Patrick Swayze	Actor	1952	1.33

Mike H	Arena	Born	Points
Fidel Castro	Political	1926	1.07
Ronnie Biggs	Train Robber	1929	1.10
Shia LaBeouf	Actor	1986	1.67
Seve Ballesteros	Golf	1957	1.38
Joao Havelange	Soccer	1916	1.00
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi	Political (Lockerbie Bomber)	1952	1.33
Kim Jong-Il	Political	1941	1.22
George Steinbrenner	Baseball	1930	1.11
Patrick Swayze	Actor	1952	1.33
Sir Bobby Robson	Soccer	1933	1.14

Mike D	Arena	Born	Points
Muhammed Ali	Boxing	1942	1.23
Osama Bin Laden	Political	1957	1.38
Gary Coleman	Actor	1968	1.49
Jerry Lewis	Actor	1926	1.07
Moahamar Qadafi	Political (Libya)	1942	1.23
Don Rickles	Actor	1926	1.07
Pat Summerall	Football	1930	1.11
Bishop Desmond Tutu	Political (S. Africa)	1931	1.12
Adam West	Actor	1929	1.10
Eddie Sutton	Basketball	1936	1.17

Tim	Arena	Born	Points
Michael Moore	Director	1954	1.35
George Steinbrenner	Baseball	1983	1.64
Fidel Castro	Political	1926	1.07
Pat Summerall	Football	1930	1.11
Dick Clark	Entertainer	1941	1.22
Owen Wilson	Actor	1968	1.49
Walter Cronkite	News	1916	1.00
Jose Canseco	Baseball	1964	1.45
Bea Arthur	Actor	1923	1.05
Wilford Brimley	Actor	1934	1.15

Tito	Arena	Born	Points
Kerry Katona	Actor	1980	1.61
Amy Winehouse	Musician	1983	1.64
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	Political (Iran Pres)	1956	1.37
Nawaz Sharif	Political (Pakistan PM)	1949	1.30
Pete Best	Musician	1941	1.22
Ted Kennedy	Political	1932	1.13
Bill Withers	Musician	1938	1.19
Bernard Madoff	Business	1938	1.19
Steve Jobs	Business	1955	1.36
Zooey Deschanel	Actor	1980	1.61

Travis	Arena	Born	Points
Richard Attenborough	Actor	1923	1.04
Fidel Castro	Political	1926	1.07
Peter O’Toole	Actor	1932	1.13
Cloris Leachman	Actor	1926	1.07
Muhammad Ali	Boxing	1942	1.23
Dick Van Dyke	Actor	1925	1.06
Roger Moore	Actor	1927	1.08
Peter Falk	Actor	1927	1.08
Roger Ebert	News	1942	1.23
Patrick Swayze	Actor	1952	1.33