2024 Celebrity Death Pool #6

[Miss Begotten]

I will genuinely be sad when Mel Brooks dies.

Are we pitting Mel and Dick against one another to see who lasts the longest?
Place your bets!

I’m prepared to sacrifice Farage and Rees Mogg in their stead.
But much as I love Dick, Mel Brooks is a whole other level of genius.

 

[Sir Lancelot]

You have until midnight to place your July Bonus nominations or to make changes.

 

[londonunderground]

Richard O’Sullivan for me please

 

[Buntu]

Feels unpleasant, on reflection (and that's on me).
Can you choose someone else for your July Bonus nomination? Thanks!

I think this is a bit unfair - what’s the rationale for this? Johnnie Walker then I suppose if I have to change it

 

[Blackdog]

Willie Nelson please boss.

 

[Turmeric123]

Ulrikas ex Sven goran errickson for me please

 

[Sir Lancelot]

July Bonus Round voting has closed

 

[Elmoo]

RIP Martin Mull

always The Principle from Sabrina to me!

 

[Serene Serena]

Nobody has mentioned Harry Styles' Mum for a change

I would have nominated her but the bollocking I got last time (not to mention the death threats from Directioners) traumatised me

PS: She’s still a celebrity in many ways

 

[Kthxbye]

Martin Mull - the Principal from the Sabrina The Teenage Witch series (the 90s one) has died

 

[Sir Lancelot]

Famous deaths on this day in history include:

1933 Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, actor
1967 Jayne Mansfield, actress
1975 Tim Buckley, musician, father of Jeff
1978 Bob Crane, actor and amateur photographer
1995 Lana Turner, actress
1997 William Hickey, actor
2002 Rosemary Clooney, singer
2003 Katherine Hepburn, actress
2018 Steve Ditko, comic book legend
2020 Carl Reiner, actor and director
2021 Donald Rumsfeld, politician
2023 Alan Arkin, actor

 

[VC10]

I am hoping for a splendid stiffening of a good few ' celebrities' this week

 

[Tryger88]

I missed the deadline but I'll play along with Conor McGregor for July bonus.

 

[Sir Lancelot]

I considered Nick Carter’s mother, but since a vote from me is equal to the gift of eternal life, I went for someone nice instead.

You went for a cat...


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The July Bonus Round Nominations:

Alan Hansen (x2)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Anna Wintour
Ben Afleck
Bianca Censori
Brian Blessed
Britney Spears
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Willis (x2)
Bubbles the Chimp
Cher
Clint Eastwood
Conor McGregor
Donald Trump
Esther Rantzen
Harry Styles
Ian McKellen
Ian McShane
Imelda Marcos
James Earl Jones
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Page
Joan Bakewell
Joe Biden
John Nettles
Johnnie Walker DJ (x4)
Johnny Vegas
Julie Andrews
Julie Goodyear
Julie Walters (x2)
Kim Woodburn
Larry the Downing Street Cat
Linda Tirado (journalist)
Loyd Grossman
Michael Douglas
Michael Flatley
Michael J. Fox
Noam Chomsky
Noddy Holder
Ozzy Osbourne (x2)
Paul Anderson (Peaky Blinders)
Penelope Keith
Phil Collins
Prunella Scales (x2)
Richard O’Brien
Richard O’Sullivan
Shannen Doherty
Sharon Osbourne
Shirley Bassey
Simon Fowler (Ocean Colour Scene)
Stephen Fry
Sven Goran Eriksson (x7)
Tim Curry
Tom Baker
Tom Lehrer
Vladimir Putin
Wendy Craig
Willie Nelson
Zandra Rhodes

19 women
38 men
1 chimp
1 cat

The average age of those nominated is 73.4 years

I don't think I missed anyone!
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I missed the deadline but I'll play along with Conor McGregor for July bonus.

I put you on anyway.

 

[smudge126]

Yes, and that cat is nicer than Jane Carter, or whatever she calls herself these days.

 

[Sir Lancelot]

Just for the hell of it, happy birthday to:

1986 Wrestler Alicia Fox
1985 Michael Phelps, human fish
1983 Patrick Wolf, musician
1983 Katherine Ryan, comedian
1983 Cheryl Tweedy/Cole/Fernandez-Versini/Whateverthefuck
1982 Lizzie Caplan, actress (Mean Girls)
1982 Ashley Walters, actor (Top Boy)
1982 Andy Knowles, musician (Franz Ferdinand)
1975 Ralf Schumacher, F1 race car driver, vroom vroom
1972 James Martin, TV chef
1968 Phil Anselmo, musician (Pantera!)
1966 Mike Tyson, boxer and ear nibbler
1965 Gary Pallister, English footballer
1963 Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitarist
1963 Rupert Graves, actor
1962 Julianne Regan, musician (All About Eve)
1960 Murray Cook, The Wiggles
1959 Vincent D'Onfrio, actor
and others but I've lost interest now.

 

[bracrumbs]

I juat had to Google Wendy Craig as I thought it was Wendy Richards too

I used to work in a library so I must correct this - she was Wendy Richard. Not Richards.

As immortalised in her autobiography, which she entitled “No S. My Life Story”

I tit you not.

 

[TruthTeller1036]

Just for the hell of it, happy birthday to:

1986 Wrestler Alicia Fox
1985 Michael Phelps, human fish
1983 Patrick Wolf, musician
1983 Katherine Ryan, comedian
1983 Cheryl Tweedy/Cole/Fernandez-Versini/Whateverthefuck
1982 Lizzie Caplan, actress (Mean Girls)
1982 Ashley Walters, actor (Top Boy)
1982 Andy Knowles, musician (Franz Ferdinand)
1975 Ralf Schumacher, F1 race car driver, vroom vroom
1972 James Martin, TV chef
1968 Phil Anselmo, musician (Pantera!)
1966 Mike Tyson, boxer and ear nibbler
1965 Gary Pallister, English footballer
1963 Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitarist
1963 Rupert Graves, actor
1962 Julianne Regan, musician (All About Eve)
1960 Murray Cook, The Wiggles
1959 Vincent D'Onfrio, actor
and others but I've lost interest now.

I didn’t read this properly and was like wtf when did some of these die, must read full thing properly

 

[evie1975]

I didn’t read this properly and was like wtf when did some of these die, must read full thing properly

I did the exact same

 

[Sir Lancelot]

I didn’t read this properly and was like wtf when did some of these die, must read full thing properly

You can tell I'm bored, can't you? Celebrating birthdays now...