Death Pool

[electricmayhem]

Eddie Albert will be 97 next month (damn), so I call him.

[bbug]

Paris Hilton, because a couple weeks ago I dreamt she died in a car accident

Pat Morita: he must be getting up there

Lynne Spears: Britney'll somehow outdo herself in terms of stupid actions, and Lynne will die of a heart attack

Lindsay Lohan: partying-related

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I hate myself for saying this because I love him to bits, but I think Robbie Williams will go out with a bang (perhaps literally).

[zivvie]

- Mickey Rooney, because in that last commercial he and his wife made for life insurance (I think), his wife did almost all the talking. That's not a good sign as far as Mickey is concerned (though a blessing for the rest of us).
- Dick Cheney - his "heart" can only take so much.
- Ozzie Osbourne.
- Elizabeth Taylor. I really hope not, but I have a feeling.
- One of the longtime US TV game show hosts besides Dick Clark.
- Olivia De Havilland or Joan Fontaine - their sisterly feud can go on for only so long!

[mrsbootsie]

zivvie said:

- Mickey Rooney, because in that last commercial he and his wife made for life insurance (I think), his wife did almost all the talking. That's not a good sign as far as Mickey is concerned (though a blessing for the rest of us).

I noticed that too in the commercial. I cannot believe Rooney isn't dead yet.

[vacationland]

bbug, please be right about Paris.

Okey doke, just transferring my 2005 picks from the other place, minus my first (and sadly correct) pick, Ruth Warrick.

Don Adams of Get Smart fame. He's not looking so hale and hearty of late.

James Whitmore. Dude is ancient.

Art Linkletter. I haven't seen him in years, but I think he's still alive? Perhaps not for much longer, though.

And Merv Griffin. A poolside or hottub death at the hands of a meth-crazed, psychopathic twentysomething rent boy. Photos will be offered to the highest bidder (The Globe will win.) As Merv would say: "Oooooo..."

Finally, Alex Rocco is my random, have-a-bad-feeling-about-the-guy premonition pick. Saw him recently in a rerun of something and had a "hey, isn't he dead already?" moment. Which is too bad, 'cause I kind of like ol' Moe Green. Hope I'm wrong about that one.

[PearlySweetcake]

I'm also reposting my '05 picks from the "other board":

Gordon Lightfoot (still looks really bad)
Carlene Carter (is she still in jail?)
Harry Morgan
Sven Nykvist
Eddie Van Halen
Monica Lewinsky - there's still an 86th floor ledge in NYC with her initials on it.
Oscar Peterson (perhaps the last of the old-time jazz masters)
Stephen Hawking

Two new additions: Dan Fogelberg and Julio Iglesias. Both are fighting prostate cancer.

[Persephone]

Can we add Carmen Diaz? She fell off her dresser this morning and had to be rushed to the hospital.

[tinymoisthands]

"Fell off her dresser"? Is that the new code for a coke overdose?

[indygirl]

TinyMoistHands said:

"Fell off her dresser"? Is that the new code for a coke overdose?

If it's not, I say it should be from this point on! I would hazard a guess that no one picked this one for the pool.