The Celebrity Dead Pool 2025

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38715

So, let's get started before they begin dropping like flies.

THE RULES (as laid down by Sir Dimrill of The Dale)

1. You are permitted to choose up to 10 elder statesmen or stateswomen that you deem closest to the edge in 2025. If said person passes in the calendar year, ye shall be awarded a single shiny point
2. You may choose a MAXIMUM of 2 wildcards (see below). These wildcards are worth a WHOPPING FIVE points if they shuffle off before year's end
3. These must be public figures. If challenged on a choice, you must prove they worthiness to the collective
4. Wildcards must be under 50 years old at the time of list publishing. Standard picks must be 50 or older
5. Anyone found to be killing their picks directly will be disqualified. Let's keep this clean
6. Choices are final once the lists are published
7. Lists must be PM'ed to me (DavPaz) by Monday 13th January to be included
8. No Homers allowed
9. You can't pick someone who already died. I'LL KNOW!

Blucey's Bleak Choices
1. Joe Biden
2. Kathy Bates
3. George Foreman
4. Shakin' Stevens
5. Vladimir Putin
6. Wendy Craig
7. Sir Geoff Hurst
8. Arnold Schwarzenegger
9. Britney Spears (wildcard)
10. Kate Middleton (wildcard)

Grim...'s Grim Picks
1. Dick Van Dyke, surely, surely, surely it's this year
2. John "NA NA NAAAAA NAAAAA NAAAAA" Williams
3. Mel Brooks
4. Ian "Harold Bishop" Smith
5. Gene Hackman
6. Tom Baker
7. Prunella Scales
8. Esther Rantzen
9. Aw, naaaaaw! Hans Blix
10. Buzz Aldrin

MaliA's Malicious Afterthoughts
1. Judy Dench
2. Cliff Richard
3. Ken Clarke
4. Rick Stein
5. John Major
6. Brian Cox (Actor, not mountain whisperer)
7. Charles Dance
8. Mick Jagger
9. Rod Stewart
10. Sabrina Carpenter (WILDCARD)

DavPaz's Doom List
1. Joe Biden
2. Mel Brooks
3. Clint Eastwood
4. Dick Van Dyke
5. Patricia Routledge
6. Gene Hackman
7. Robert Duvall
8. Tom Baker
9. Billy Connolly
10. Bam Margera (WILDCARD!)

Kern's Cheerless Crew
1. Michael Heseltine
2. Dick Van Dyke
3. Neil Kinnock
4. Yoko Ono
5. Lulu
6. Rupert Murdoch
7. Tom Lehrer
8. Tony Blackburn
9. Alan Bennett
10. Liza Minnelli

GazChap's Gutwrenching Group
David Attenborough
Donald Trump
Rupert Murdoch
Clint Eastwood
Esther Rantzen
Pope Francis
Elton John
Dick Van Dyke
Wildcard: Kanye West
Wildcard: Justin Bieber

Squirt's "Snuffing It" Series of Stars of Stage and Screen.
1. Mel Brooks
2. Clint Eastwood
3. Will Shatner
4. Prunella Scales
5. Hulk Hogan
6. Ozzy Osbourne
7. Sean Combs / Puff Daddy / P Diddy
8. Elton John
9. Jean-Claude Van Damme
10. Harry Styles ( Wildcard )

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6632

I've just looked at my list from 2008 - Ozzy Osbourne is still toddling on, although the rest of my main list and one wildcard have since passed on.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5484

If Elon or Donald die, everyone wins!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26258

What is a Homer in this context?

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6632

It says "No Homers" - you're allowed to have one.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5484

Squirt wrote:

It says "No Homers" - you're allowed to have one.

Though most of them are dead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_(name)

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jan 07, 2025 21:23

jumpn' Jez Avery

Saddened by that. The Dirt curse strikes again.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38715

Mimi wrote:

What is a Homer in this context?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26258

DavPaz wrote:

Mimi wrote:

What is a Homer in this context?

Aw. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that clip or reference before. Still not sure what it means in relation to the rules, mind, but not important.

Sir Taxalot · **Joined:** 5th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 4878

Mimi wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Mimi wrote:

What is a Homer in this context?

Aw. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that clip or reference before. Still not sure what it means in relation to the rules, mind, but not important.

'No Homers' is a jokey rule that can be slipped into any rule set and it will elicit amusement from those that know, and mild confusion from those that don't - which is equally amusing.

There are probably other similar examples of similar rules, but we won't talk about them.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26258

Ah, ok, I get it. Thank you! I’ve never heard it before and now that I have I bet that I start to hear it everywhere.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jan 09, 2025 1:11

No shirts, no shoes.

Sir Taxalot · **Joined:** 5th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 4878

No hat, no play.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22406

No diggedy, no doubt

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 09, 2025 12:03

No woman, no cry.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jan 09, 2025 12:21

No sheep 'til Buxton.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

No shit, no Sherlock.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jan 09, 2025 20:07

God no, please no

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38715

Last call for submissions.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38715

First post updated with submitted lists.

BECAUSE I'M NICE, I will allow further submissions up until midnight tonight (central european time) BUT NO CHEATING as my niceness has BOUNDARIES

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Unless I've forgotten how to use the search facility on here, we missed that Annie Nightingale died on 11 January 2024 .

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Jan 14, 2025 15:26

Tony Slattery has had his last laugh.

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2153

GazChap wrote:

Tony Slattery has had his last laugh.

Oddly I was considering buying tix to see his live show in a few months.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38715

Blucey wrote:

GazChap wrote:

Tony Slattery has had his last laugh.

Oddly I was considering buying tix to see his live show in a few months.

I'd give it a miss

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4370

DavPaz wrote:

Blucey wrote:

GazChap wrote:

Tony Slattery has had his last laugh.

Oddly I was considering buying tix to see his live show in a few months.

I'd give it a miss

Giphy "shocked colin mochrie":
https://media4.giphy.com/media/26vUAOuyofdwH1Lk4/giphy-loop.mp4

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jan 14, 2025 22:28

Perfect.

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Jan 15, 2025 14:11

Linda Nolan

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jan 15, 2025 18:08

Balls, I was going to choose her!

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:38

Paul Dannan

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2153

MaliA wrote:

Paul Dannan

Oooh, Dannan.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jan 16, 2025 19:33

No BBC article yet, but David Lynch had apparently peaked his last twin.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5484

Busy year so far

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26258

GazChap wrote:

No BBC article yet, but David Lynch had apparently peaked his last twin.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly9vymjexvo

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Jan 17, 2025 0:13

Eraserdead

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:29

Dame Joan Plowright.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38715

Denis Law.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... gvny01x9go

Busy busy...

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:43

John Sykes dropped D.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:29

FFS - all the wrong people are dying!

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Garth Hudson, last surviving member of The Band

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

British rock guitarist John Sykes, who played with Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy

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