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INVERSE DEAD POOL 2022  Welcome to the 11th edition of the Inverse Dead Pool, the nice dead pool where you don't want your picks to die. How to play The game starts when I post a list of this year's 50 most popular Derby Dead Pool picks. From this list of 50, you must pick 25 people who you think will SURVIVE the year. The premise is to AVOID picking people who will die. Rank your picks – from least likely to die to most likely to die. You receive points according to their position on your team – 25 points if your #1 pick dies, 24 points if your #2 pick dies, and so on, down to 1 point if your #25 pick dies, and 0 points if anyone you haven't picked dies. You do NOT want points. The winner is the player with the fewest points at the end of the year (Dec 31, 23.59 GMT). You may also pick a 26th name as a substitute, in case one of your picks dies before the submission deadline. If that happens, everyone in a lower position on your team moves up a place, and your substitute is drafted in at #25. If any picks die during the submission period, then the 51st most popular name (which I'll reveal alongside the top 50) becomes an eligible pick. This means the 51st name can be your substitute, but can't initially be on your main team. Once you have a team ready, post it in this thread. If you amend your team after posting it (you may want to do this if, for example, the 51st name was your substitute, they've come into play, and you want to rank them somewhere other than the default #25), then please post again in this thread to clarify what you've changed. You may not amend your team after the submission deadline. Tie break details If two or more players are tied at the end of the year, the winner is the player with the fewest hits. If all tied players have an equal amount of hits, then the winner is whichever of these tied players had the fewest points most recently (i.e. whoever had the most recent pick to die, whoever ranked that pick lower if all tied players picked them, whoever had the second most recent pick to die if those are the same, etc). If all tied players have the exact same hits in the exact same positions (or if they achieve a heretofore-unachieved perfect score of 0), the tie is not broken – all tied players share victory. Congratulations to our previous winners... 2021 BabyBlue 25 points 2020 The Quim Reaper 34 points 2019 drol 10 points 2018 machotrouts 17 points 2017 drol 25 points 2016 Pedro67 21 points 2015 Death Impends 15 points 2014 Bibliogryphon 10 points 2013 N/A 2012 Esturian Float 4 points 2011 Garn2 15 points Thank you to our previous hosts... 2018-2021 Death Impends 2014-2017 The Dead Cow 2011-2012 Spade_Cooley Links to previous Inverse Dead Pools 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2012-2016 2011

Summary of the oldies featured in Carl Reiner's 2017 documentary If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast: Irving Fields (1915–2016) Patricia Morison (1915–2018) Ida Feeling (1915–2021) Kirk Douglas (1916–2020) Tao Porchon-Lynch (1918–2020) Stan Harper (1921–2016) Iris Apfel (b. 1921) Jim "Pee Wee" Martin (b. 1921) Fyvush Finkel (1922–2016) Stan Lee (1922–2018) Carl Reiner (1922–2020) Betty White (1922–2021) Norman Lear (b. 1922) Harriette Thompson (1923–2017) Raymond Olivere (1924–2017) Alan Bergman (b. 1925) Dick Van Dyke (b. 1925) Tony Bennett (b. 1926) Mel Brooks (b. 1926) George Shapiro (1931–2022) 12 dead, 8 living. Impressive considering it was filmed in 2016. Trailer here for those who don't know what I'm talking about.

@haley823 you've been warned a few times. You are now on mod preview.

Big-time shocker death here. If you look at him in that social media post from last night, he looks very healthy and nowhere near 65 years of age. Like a previous poster said, I'll guess heart attack as well. I actually attended the live taping of the Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget in 2008. Of the people on that dais, we've lost Greg Giraldo, Cloris Leachman, Norm MacDonald, and now Saget. I have a couple of Hollywood tv/movie contacts, one of whom had worked with Saget, and apparently he was an extremely kind and gracious man with anyone he came in contact with. People loved the guy, and his reputaton among his fellow comics was sterling.

THE 50 ELIGIBLE PICKS: George Alagiah Jimmy Carter Linda Nolan Shannen Doherty Pele Tom Parker Bill Turnbull James Whale Frank Field Queen Elizabeth II Tom Smith Olivia Newton-John Leslie Phillips Dick Van Dyke Henry Kissinger Pope Benedict XVI Prunella Scales Angela Lansbury Doddie Weir Bob Barker George Perez Jerry Lee Lewis Rob Burrow Billy Connolly Mikhail Gorbachev Yoko Ono Jean-Louis Trintignant Tony Bennett Rolf Harris Tom Weiskopf Tim Bilton Ghislaine Maxwell Susie Steiner Bobby Charlton Shane MacGowan Russell Bishop June Brown Milos Zeman David Attenborough Mel Brooks Phil Collins Clint Eastwood Harry Belafonte Rupert Murdoch Joe Exotic Donald Trump Joanne Woodward Francoise Hardy Paul Gascoigne Willie Nelson Eva Marie Saint = 51. Bill Cosby (can only be picked as a substitute) = 51. Bernard Cribbins (can only be picked as a substitute) = 51. Deborah James (can only be picked as a substitute) = 51. Nichelle Nichols (can only be picked as a substitute) = 51. Ozzy Osbourne (can only be picked as a substitute) List edited January 21 to account for Russell Bishop dying during the submission period. Obviously, he is no longer an eligible pick. Eva Marie Saint, formerly only pickable as a substitute, is now eligible to appear on your main teams. Any one of the 5 new names tied at #51 can now be picked as your substitute. Submissions are now open (as of January 16). Deadline for submissions is Sunday, January 23, 23.59 (GMT).

Damn, that's awful news. He had been really struggling with Norm Macdonald's recent death as could be heard on many recent podcast appearances. Wonder what the cause will end up being.

Also Poirot and one of the most remembered Tales of the Unexpected episodes (Lamb to the Slaughter) as well as a tour of all your 70s and 80s favourites!

Claude Tattinger, of the eponymous champagne brand, died last week aged 94. Took the name from a niche label to internationally known brand, and instigated the Pierre Tattinger International Culinary Prize, named after his father, the founder of the label.

Andrew Jennings, investigative journalist who worked to expose the corruption at the IOC and FIFA, has died aged 78. Contributed pieces to BBC Radio 4, World in Action and Panorama.

God you are annoying. How are you allowed to post still

All I'm saying is that there are some similarities. - Part of '80s culture in the US (though Saget was late '80s) - Died in their 60s - Both unexpected deaths to many (Bowie kept his cancer battle hidden, Saget was performing yesterday) - Both died in early January

People generally know who David Bowie is outside of his home country.

Steady on. Let's not go crazy now.

How is it that, of the principal players from the movie Dirty Work, it's Artie Lange who lives on?

Seems like the very definition of only famous for being ill

George Little, who appeared in a couple of episodes of The Crusade for Doctor Who, being reported dead aged 93: https://www.britmovie.co.uk/forum/cinema/obituaries/104536-george-little-1928-2022-rip (Can't link to FB) Played the part of Hone in Fiddler On The Roof, and Reverend Edward Ruskin in Emmerdale Farm. Notable character actor, worth checking his credits on IMDB at the link above..

Auctioning off some of his stuff at Bonhams in March: https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/33728/ 'as Sir Michael starts taking life at a more leisurely pace, he and his wife, Lady Caine, are downsizing and putting some of their treasured possessions up for auction' The start of getting his affairs in order, or just a high-end clear-out?

It’s the way you tell em

Just noticed I neglected to acknowledge @Perhaps getting a hit with Betty White for Toy Story 4

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-692040 Aura Herzog, former First Lady of Israel 1983-1993 dead at 97. He was also the mother of the current president, Isaac Herzog. Reuma Weizman, 96, is now the oldest former First Lady of Israel.

Lots of folks need a refund. Or they could prop his corpse up there on stage, be just ‘bout as funny as he was alive. SC

He did that We’ve Got Tonight song from time ago, right?

This is definitely 2022's "David Bowie moment".

Good point. Gotta wonder how long he has left with all his issues + closest friends dropping left and right. Wouldn't have pegged him as last man standing. This death is extremely sad and shocking. Crazy start to the year

Wow. Shock death. Something to note. Was a very close friend with Norm Macdonald who passed away last year. Circumstances of death unclear, either way sad to seem them both die so close together relatively young. RIP