2014 Dead Pool | The Ashford Zone

There are two "dead pool" lists. One is just a random list of people who I think will pass in the upcoming year. The other is a competitive list where you pick ten (and only ten) people-to-die, and you score your points by subtracting their age-at-death from 100. For example, Amy Winehouse was in my 2011 Dead Pool list, and she indeed did die that year. Since she was 27, I received 73 points (100 minus 27).

So, let's see how I did with my 2013 Dead Pool(s).

First, the generic list of people I thought might die:

Zsa-Zsa Gabor – still alive
Olivia de Havilland - still alive
Billy Graham – still alive
Eli Wallach – still alive
Stan Musial – died 1/19/2013
Norman Lear – still alive
Jean Stapleton – died 5/31/2013
Yogi Berra - still alive
Lauren Becall - still alive
Mickey Rooney - still alive
Fidel Castro - still alive
Pete Seeger - still alive
Nanette Fabray - still alive
Sid Caesar - still alive
Rose Marie - still alive

Not very impressive. And even worse for my 2013 Competitive Dead Pool list:

Eli Wallach (born 12/07/1915)
Zsa Zsa Gabor (born 2/06/1917)
Billy Graham (born 11/7/1918)
George Bush (born 6/12/1924)
Margaret Thatcher (born 10/13/1925)
Fidel Castro (born 8/13/1926)
John McLaughlin (born 3/29/1927)
James Garner (born 4/7/1928)
Dick Cheney (born 1/30/1941)
Stephen Hawking (born 1/8/1942)

The only one on that list who actually died was Margaret Thatcher. She died on 4/08/2013, maker her 87. Which means this year I scored a total of 13 points. That's terrible.

2012 points: 38
2011 points: 113

Let's see if I can do better. For my 2014 general list, I'm just going to keep what I had, minus a couple of names: