Celebrity Death Game

[Frightened Inmate #2]

Note: This is based on a "game" two of my friends have been playing for about 15 years. I thought the OP might want to give it a shot.

OK, so as we know, most people are fascinated, or at the very least, marginally interested when someone with fame passes on.

Here's how it works. When a celebrity dies, the first person to post the news on this thread gets the point.

So let's say it's last Friday and you hear that Charles Nelson Reilly has died. You immediately log on to The OP, find this thread and if no one else has posted the news yet, you post it and score yourself the point (we'll trust each person to keep their own tally.)

If you post a death that turns out to be untrue (i.e., the recent Sinbad hoax), you lose a point.

It has to be a national/international celebrity. such as an actor, musician, politician, athlete, personality, etc. Your local TV weatherman or state senator does not count.

My friends mentioned above (who have long stopped keeping score) just call each other when they hear news of a celebrity death. They also have one Death Watch person... someone whose been cheating death for some time but whose time could come at any moment. That person is worth two points. For the past few years, it's been Boris Yeltsin. But now that he's gone, the Death Watch is now on Keith Richards (runner up was Abe Vigoda.)

The game may sound in poor taste to some (though considering the coverage Anna Nicole Smith's death received, I can't imagine too many here would have a problem with it), but it does also give us a clearinghouse where we can also pay tribute to the fallen celebrity.

So if you want to participate, I guess the game starts... right now!

(Note: You can't backdate celebrity deaths. The news has to have been released May 31, 2007 or later.)

[Chelpo]

The game may sound in poor taste to some

You think this might be in poor taste? There used to be an annual pool at my university where people would bet on the date the pope would die. It worked the same way as a baby pool, but it was called "Pope Race 2000." To make it slightly less sacriligious, the money was donated to charity every year the pope didn't die.

I never did find out who won.

[Frightened Inmate #2]

The game may sound in poor taste to some

You think this might be in poor taste? There used to be an annual pool at my university where people would bet on the date the pope would die. It worked the same way as a baby pool, but it was called "Pope Race 2000." To make it slightly less sacriligious, the money was donated to charity every year the pope didn't die.

I never did find out who won.

Yeah, that definitely wins, since they are actually rooting for someone to die. We wouldn't be doing that here. I wouldn't think that two points for Keith Richards is an incentive to root.

[Dr. Fünke]

Clint Eastwood!


Oh wait, it's actually his birthday, not his, um, death day. Damn you, IMDB!

And, uh, happy 77th, Clint!

[LickMyLovePump]

I wish someone would hurry up and die already!

EDIT:

Right, I'm probably clutching at straws here, but I'll throw a few out there and see if FI#2 deems them worthy of a point..

Joerg Immendorff - German painter \ sculptor whose Café Deutschland paintings dealt with Germany’s post-World War II division. (died May 28th)


Paul “Ed’’ Yost - considered the father of modern hot-air ballooning for a successful 25-minute, three-mile trip on a propane-powered balloon in 1960. (died May 27th)


Jean-Claude Brialy- French actor, an emblematic figure of the New Wave film movement, was a familiar face in films by directors including Claude Chabrol, François Truffaut, and Jean-Luc Godard. (died May 30th)

[Frightened Inmate #2]

Wow, I'm the arbiter of who is worthy? Tres cool!

Unfortunately, I've heard of none of them. But I want to encourage participation in the game. I'd probably say no to the father of hot air ballooning, but I'll give you the artist and the French actor.

Two points to Lick My Love Pump!

[LickMyLovePump]

YES!!! *pumps fist frantically*



On a less celebratory note, there's gonna be an awful lot of angry ballooners reading this right now.

[Frightened Inmate #2]

YES!!! *pumps fist frantically*



On a less celebratory note, there's gonna be an awful lot of angry ballooners reading this right now.

I'm willing to roll the dice on that one.

[LickMyLovePump]

Ed Yost was like a father to me.

[Banana Family]

David Hyde Pierce!
O wait he's just came out of the closet. "s" this game is hard

[LickMyLovePump]

David Hyde Pierce is gay?!


EDIT:

Let's steer the discussion away from homosexuality and back to death...


Huang Ju vice premier of China, a key ally of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin who climbed the ranks of Shanghai politics to join the Communist Party’s inner sanctum of power (Died 2nd June)

[Frightened Inmate #2]

If you are truly interested in winning this game, you might want to get the Celebrity Death Beeper.

Since we started this list (following the sad loss of Charles Nelson Reilly), it seems that celebrities have been cheating death like no other time in the history of man.

Good for them, bad for this game.

[Dr. Fünke]

Way ahead of ya buddy.

[byron]

Mr. Wizard RIP

[Frightened Inmate #2]

Ooh, I was going to do that one!

*Shakes fist in air*

That's one point for byron.

Scoring update:

Lick My Love Pump - 2
Byron - 1
Rest of the World - Tied with 0