Scores
So far, everyone worth any points is still alive. As the celebrities become celebrity stiffs, their names will be marked as striked out, and we'll display how many points they were worth when they went to the great score board in the sky.
Players' scores will be updated as well.
If someone on your lists croaks, please email us a link to a story confirming it. It is up to the players to keep us abreast of the deaths of the more obscure famous people.
Player: Sean Wise, 0pts
- Meatloaf
- Cloris Leachman
- Nancy Reagan
- Robin Williams
- Mel Gibson
- Muhammad Ali
- Tara Reid
- Courtney Love
- Don Imus
- John Goodman
Alternate: Morgan Freeman
Player: Carole, 0pts
- Nelson Mandela
- Margaret Thatcher
- Bhumibol Adulyadej
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Manuel Noriega
- Luiz In·cio Lula da Silva
- George Michael
- Charlie Sheen
- Bashar al-Assad
- Pete Doherty
Alternate: Lindsay Lohan
Player: michael ferguson, 52pts
- Sir MixaLot
- MC Hammer
- Vince McMan
- Prince Phillip
- George Michael
- Mickey Rooney
- Shirley Temple
Whitney Houston- Bob Dole
- John Mccain
Alternate: Jothan Taylor Thomas
Player: Mike Ziegler, 18pts
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Gary Busey
- Fidel Castro
- Yogi Berra
- Leif Garrett
- Margaret Thatcher
- Mickey Rooney
- Kirk Douglas
Dick Clark- Ernest Borgnine
Alternate: Harry Dean Stanton
Player: Joh Oso, 0pts
- Lindsay Lohan
- Kirk Douglas
- Vladimir Putin
- Andy Griffith
- Pete Doherty
- Willie Nelson
- Kate Moss
- E40
- Dakota Fanning
- Kin Jong-Un
Alternate: Steven Segal
Player: Will Griffith, 15pts
- Betty White
- Kim Kardashian
Joe Paterno- Hugh Hefner
- Jimmy Carter
- Fidel Castro
- Brett Michaels
- George H W Bush
- Ramadan Abdullah Mohmmas Shallah
- Lauren Bacall
Alternate: Larry King
Player: Zach, 0pts
- Aretha Franklin
- Courtney Love
- Lindsay Lohan
- Henry Kissinger
- Barbara Streisand
- Patrick Stewart
- Kim Jong Un
- G. H. W. Bush
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Yogi Berra
Alternate: George Michael
Player: Lily Moriarty, 18pts
- betty white
dick clark- bob barker
- rick ross
- kurt douglas
- paula abdul
- larry king
- regis philbin
- charlie sheen
- paul mccartney
Alternate: steve coogan
Player: Michael Petersen, 67pts
- Lindsey Lohan
- Bashar al-Assad
- Ayman al-Zawahiri
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi- Michael Douglas
- Penny Marshall
- Annette Funicello
- Aretha Franklin
- Leonard Nimoy
Etta James
Alternate: Justin Bieber
Player: Matt Hastings, 15pts
Joe Paterno- Jerry Lewis
- Lindsay Lohan
- Michael Lohan
- Michael Douglas
- Aretha Franklin
- Hugh Hefner
- Bob Dole
- Fidel Castro
- Hank Aaron
Alternate: Doug Hutchison
Player: Ben Harfst, 27pts
- Pope Benedict II aka Joseph Ratzinger
Etta James- B.B. King
- Demi Lovato
- Lindsay Lohan
- Fidel Castro
- Nick Nolte
- "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
- Mickey Rooney
- Muhamad Ali
Alternate: Andy Williams
Player: Jacob Mendenhall, 0pts
- hugh hefner
- sally fields
- Eddie Van Halen
- Janet Reno
- Nic Cage
- Tammy Wynette
- BB King
- Ben Stein
- Jeff Bridges
- Cher
Alternate: Ashley Judd
Player: THE Don Roberts, 0pts
- Margaret Thatcher
- Eli Wallach
- Mike Wallace
- Billy Graham
- Olivia Dehaviland
- Kate Moss
- Casey Anthony
- Dakota Fanning
- Mischa Barton
- Ke$ha
Alternate: Ralphie May
Player: Hoss, 79pts
Etta James- Kirk Douglas
- Michael Douglas
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Harper Lee
- Ozzie Osborne
Whitney Houston- Tony Martin
- Jerry Lewis
- Brett Michael
Alternate: Tia Tequila
Player: Rat, 0pts
- Abe Vigoda
- Billy Graham
- Mickey Rooney
- Phyllis Diller
- Luise Rainer
- Zha Zha Gabor
- Frank Cady
- Tony Martin
- Al Molinaro
- Robert Guillaume
Alternate: Courtney 'Wishful Thinking' Love
Player: Hillary, 0pts
- Lady Gaga
- Charlie Sheen
- Lindsey Lohan
- Kim Richards
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Betty White
- Matthew Perry
- Michael Douglas
- Ashton Kutcher
- Hugh Hefner
Alternate: John Travolta
Player: Andy Pixel, 0pts
- Fred Phelps
- Charlie Sheen
- Snookie
- Dick Cheney
- Clint Eastwood
- Nancy Reagan
- Courtney Love
- Rupert Murdoch
- Aretha Franklin
- Michael J Fox
Alternate: Lindsay Lohan
Player: Nick, 18pts
Dick Clark- Lindsay Lohan
- Nelson Mandela
- Stephen Hawking
- Fidel Castro
- Charlie Sheen
- Ray Bradbury
- Aretha Franklin
- Hugh Hefner
- Larry King
Alternate: Nancy Reagan
Player: Matt Hickey, 111pts
- Lady Sovereign
- T-Pain
- Jack Osbourne
- Bob Dole
Etta James
- Dick Cheney
Whitney Houston
- Andy Fucking Dick
Robin Gibb
- Owen WIlson
Alternate: Bob Barker
Player: Evan LaSure, 0pts
- Hailey Joel osmond
- Dolly Parton
- Mickey rourke
- George Forman
- Rupert Murdoch
- Hamid karzai
- Nicole Ritchie (hopefully)
- Ray Davies
- Mikhail prokhorov
- Betty white
Alternate: Chuck norris
Player: Karl McCray, 0pts
- Betty white
- Scott Hall
- Abe Vigoda
- Chevy Chase
- Kirk Douglas
- Bill Russel
- Bob Dole
- Harley Race
- Sparky Anderson
- Lou Ferigno
Alternate: Dave Brubeck
Player: Tim Rhodes, 0pts
- Roger Corman
- Hugo Chavez
- Courtney Love
- Hosni Mubarak
- Martin Landau
- Ric Ocasek
- Gene Wilder
- Ali Abdullah Saleh
- Kylie Minogue
- John McCain
Alternate: Edward James Olmos
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News
 Lockerbie Bomber…?
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, or Al Megrah, died Sunday at the age of 60 from complications due to prostate cancer. Megrahi was the only person indicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan AM flight 103, which exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 people aboard as well as 11 on the ground.
Megrahi was fingered by some as the mastermind behind the terrorist attack, though he had always maintained his innocence, with others, notably some UN observers, finding serious flaws in the way his trial was carried out. Nonetheless, Meghari was imprisoned in 2001until 2009, when he was released on "compassionate grounds", after a doctor told officials he had mere weeks to live. He went on to live three more years at a private vila in Tripoli.
He died at the age of 60, and is worth a total of 40 points to Michael Petersen and nobody else because some of you don't seem to read the news.
 [Insert "Stayin' Alive" pun here]
Robin Gibb, the long-haired third of the famous disco outfit The Bee Gees, also died on Sunday at the age of 68 after a years-long scrap with colorectal cancer. Gibbs had been seriously ill from the disease for quite a few months, making his death not much of a surprise. Still, we are saddened by the passing of a man who helped elevate the great John Travolta to the big screen.
At 68 years old, Gibbs was worth 32 points to Matt Hickey, whom pledges that he's not cheating, but has rather done quite a bit of research. But that could just be Jive Talkin'.
Rules
The game started on January 1st.
The deadpool is a game. You make a list of 10 celebrities you think might die in the next calendar year. If they do die, then you get points based on their age. The younger the celeb then the more points they're worth. At the end of the year the player with the most points wins. That's the game, and you're invited to play.
You must submit your list by the deadline of December 25th. You may also select one alternate, as per the Dean Martin clause.
Fill out the form on the left. You'll see confirmation page with your list. Save it, print it, or forget it. Once you've submitted your list, you're in the game, you need do nothing else but pony up the ante.
On the Jan 1st, everyone's lists will be posted here with updates made as they happen. If someone on your list dies, please let us know via this page.
How to win:
1. Each person on your list is worth 100 points minus their age. For example: If your pick dies at age 67, you will recieve 33 points. If they die at 33, you will recive 67 points.
2. The game will begin on January 1st, 2012, and end on December 31st, 2012.
3. A celebrity must be someone who has achieved some level of fame. It's not enough to be related to a celebrity. As a general rule, a person is considered a celebrity if a national publication (NYTimes, CNN, Penthouse) reports on their death. In the case of a person being of indeterminible status, a vote will be taken by the other players.
4. Executions don't count. People on death-row or on trial for crimes that might earn a death penalty are not eligable at all.
5. Only real humans allowed. No fictional characters, no companies, no fads/concepts, no governments, no animals.
6: The order in which you list your dead celebs doesn't matter, pick any you wish. It's all about the points, which are based on age.
7: The Dean Martin Clause: In 1995, Dean Martin, who was on many lists, died just days before the game began. Thus all players now get one alternate. If someone on your list dies between the time your list is submitted and the start of the game, they are automatically replaced by your alternate. You only get one. If you need two, then you're too good and are clearly following the Death's private Twitter account, which is clearly cheating.
Here's the invite letter, in case you missed it somehow.
Hello, friend,
You are hereby invited to participate in the 2012 Celebrity Deadpool invitational.
It is a year long game, beginning on January 1, 2012. The object is to correctly guess the deaths of celebrities in the new year. We understand this may sound macabre to you, and it may be, but it's also a lot of fun.
If you'd rather not play and would instead like to look down your nose as the rest of us as monsters, that's fine. You can do that.
If you'd like to play, though, and you should, you can sign up above. To the right, you'll find the rules, and an example of a list.
The game is free, though for those who are interested there is also a $20 buy-in for a money game. It's purely optional for those of us who really enjoy gambling on the misfortunes of others.
The deadline for submissions is today. And remember, it's not your fault celebrities take too many pills.
- Matt
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