Deathray

Palestinian diplomat Jamal al-Jamal has died in an explosion at home. http://www.bbc.co.uk...europe-25567884

Is he really a deathlisty pick? I thought they had to be genuinely famous?

Full teams now available in post 36.

Did you mean to list Joan Fontaine?... Didn't realise she'd died, I'll update.

And rather predictably he's back again for another year.

Sigged all my teams.

Bit early to start this thread, no?

Isn't that code for "going to hospital to die"?

I don't understand why they don't just register, it takes two minutes.

If you want to put your picks to some use I'm willing to accept late entrants into the Hare's Death Pool. they'll need 5 companions though.

I can't even remember my own team's members so I'll have to wait for it to come out to see what I think of it.

Full list of Teams CaptainChorizo: 1. Alain Resnais 2. Alan Young 3. Alexander Immich 4. Alex Forbes 5. Bob Cousy 6. Carman 7. Chuck Knoll 8. Danielle Darriueux 9. Efram Zimbalist Jr 10. Giorgio Moroder 11. Herman Wouk 12. Ian Paisley 13. Jack Ramsay 14. Jacques Rivette 15. Jan Troell 16. Judge Wapner 17. Katherine Helmond 18. Lauren Bacall 19. Little Jimmie Dickens 20. Louis Jordan 21. Paul Gascoine 22. Prince Philip 23. Robert Schuller (Wildcard) 24. Sandy Jardine 25. Vera Lynn msc 1. Alcides Ghiggia 2. Bill Kerr 3. Chuck Yeager 4. Cliff Michelmore 5. Clifford Irving 6. Fats Domino 7. Gundrun Ure 8. Former Grand Duke Jean 9. Geoffrey Howe 10. Harry Gregg 11. Herman Wouk 12. Javier perez de Cuellar 13. Joao Havelange 14. John Freeman 15. John Nott 16. Liam Cosgrave 17. Mary Wilson 18. Nigel Lawson 19. Patrick MacNee 20. Peter Dimmock 21. Peter Maxwell Davies 22. Ron Suart 23. Sandy Gall (wildcard) 24. Sir Paul Fox 25. Tommy Docherty Estuarian Float 1. Akkineni Nagaeswara Rao 2. Ann B. Davis 3. Arpad Pusztai 4. Rev Billy Graham 5. Superstar Billy Graham 6. Casey Kasem 7. Daisy Berkowitz 8. Dave Groark 9. Dick Van Patten 10. Jacques Chirac 11. James Lovelock 12. Jen Arnold (wildcard) 13. Joe McGinnis 14. Luise Rainer 15. Mario Oriani-Ambrosini 16. Mike Porcaro 17. Nancy Reagan 18. Patrick MacNee 19. Piet de Jong 20. Renee Asherson 21. Robert Schuller 22. Ryan Buell 23. S. Truett Cathy 24. Valerie Harper 25. Wilko Johnson The Unknown Man 1. Ariel Sharon 2. Rev Billy Graham 3. Clive James 4. Efram Zimbalist Jr 5. Fidel Castro 6. Helmut Schmidt 7. Isabel Peron 8. John McVie 9. Kirk Douglas 10. Luise Rainer 11. Maureen O'Hara 12. Mike Porcaro 13. Nancy Reagan 14. Penny Marshall 15. Prince Philip 16. Randy Travis 17. Rhonda Fleming 18. Robert Schuller 19. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 20. Sam Simon (wildcard) 21. Stephen Hawking 22. Valerie Harper 23. Wilko Johnson 24. Wojciech Jaruzelski 25. Yasuhiro Nakasone Toast 1. Betty White 2. Bill Clinton 3. Christopher Lee 4. Cliff Michelmore 5. Clive James 6. Dora Bryan 7. Felix Dennis 8. Fidel Castro 9. George H.W Bush 10. Helen Fawkes 11. Ian Paisley 12. Jean Alexander 13. Jimmy Carter 14. John McVie 15. Katherine Crowe 16. Lawrence Ferlinghetti 17. Leslie Philips 18. Maguirete Patten 19. Meic Stevens 20. Muhammed Ali 21. Richard Adams 22. Richard Attenborough 23. Sam Simon 24. Terry Biddlecombe 25. Wilko Johnson (wildcard) Rotten Ali 1. Albert Reynolds 2. Ariel Sharon 3. Rev Billy Graham 4. Bob Dole 5. Casey Kasem 6. Clive James 7. Gough Whitlam 8. Hosni Mubarak 9. Ian Paisley 10. James Garner 11. Joao Havelange 12. Katherine Crowe 13. Kirk Douglas 14. Lee Kuan Yew 15. Muhammed Ali 16. Nancy Reagan (wildcard) 17. Penny Marshall 18. Richard Attenborough 19. Sid Ceasar 20. Stephen Hawking 21. Tony Benn 22. Valerie Harper 23. Wilko Johnson 24. Wojciech Jaruzelski 25. Zsa Zsa Gabor Whoam 1. Bashar Al-Assad 2. Rev Billy Graham 3. Carla Laemle 4. Casey Kasem 5. Chapman Pincher 6. Clive James 7. Eli Wallach 8. Elizabeth Smith 9. George H.W Bush 10. Gough Whitlam 11. Helen Fawkes 12. Helmut Schmidt 13. Herman Wouk 14. Justin Bieber (wildcard) 15. Liam Cosgrave 16. Luise Rainer 17. Michael Schumacher 18. Muhammad Ali 19. Nancy Reagan 20. Norman Lloyd 21. Richard Attenborough 22. Shimon Peres 24. Valerie Harper 24. Wilko Johnson 25. Zsa Zsa Gabor Death Impends 1. Superstar Billy Graham 2. Bob Dole 3. Clive James 4. Darren Daulton 5. Dee Molenaar 6. Francoise Gilot 7. Fred Ho 8. Gerhard Sommer 9. Helmut Kohl 10. Jack Chick 11. Jack Ramsay 12. Jeremiah Denton 13. Jim Leavelle 14. Kenan Evren 15. Luise Rainer 16. Marc Platt 17. Ralph H.Bear 18. Robert Schuller 19. Sid Ceasar 20. Tyrus Wong 21. Valerie Harper 22. Walter Walsh 23. Werner Franz 24. Wilko Johnson 25. Wubbo Ockels (wildcard) Book 1. Bill Cosby 2. Brooke Mueller 3. Carla Laemmle 4. Edward Furlong 5. Fabiola of Belgium 6. Fidel Castro 7. Glen Campbell 8. Helmut Kohl 9. Hugh Hefner 10. Isabel Perón 11. Jean Darling 12. Jerry Lewis 13. John McVie 14. Kay Starr 15. Kitty Kallen 16. Lauren Bacall 17. Leila K. 18. Lemmy Kilmister 19. Lil Wayne 20. Michael York 21. Oscar Pistorius 22. Paul Gascoigne (wildcard) 23. Sean Connery 24. Sylvia Miles 25. Terry Prachett the_engineer 1. Arturo Licata 2. Superstar Billy Graham 3. Chapman Pincher 4. Christopher Lee 5. Clive James 6. Dick Van Dyke 7. Eva Marie Saint 8. Fidel Castro 9. Fats Domino 10. George H. W Bush 11. Harper Lee 12. Helmut Schmit 13. Joao Havelange 14. Joost van der Westhuizen 15. Luise Rainer 16. Saif Gaddafi 17. Sam Simon 18. Sandy Jardine 19. Stephen Hawking 20. Stuart Hall 21. Tony Benn 22. Valerie Harper (wildcard) 23. Vera Lynn 24. Wilko Johnson 25. Zsa Zsa Gabor Maryportfuncity 1. Albert Reynolds 2. Daniel von Bargen 3. Diana Houghton 4. Dorothy Baldwin 5. Dr Kate Granger 6. Ethel Lang 7. Helen Fawkes 8. Kristen Hallenga 9. Lily Ebert 10. Louisa Goodman 11. Nicholas Winton 12. Olivia de Havilland 13. Paul Lamb 14. Rachel Johnson 15. Reinhard Hardegen 16. Richard Hoggart 17. Robert Demeger 18. Run Run Shaw 19. Sally Farmiloe 20. Sam Simon 21. Stuart Hall 22. Wilko Johnson (wildcard) 23. Wojciech Jaruzelski 24. Valerie Harper 25. Zsa Zsa Gabor USFuneral Director 1. Ariel Sharon 2. Beverley Cleary 3. Rev Billy Graham (wildcard) 4. Chuck Berry 5. David Rockefeller 6. Doris Day 7. Eli Wallach 8. Fats Domino 9. George H.W Bush 10. Harper Lee 11. Henry Kissinger 12. Howard Baker 13. I.M Pie 14. James Garner 15. Jerry Lewis 16. Kirk Douglas 17. Little Jimmie Dickens 18. Loretta Lynn 19. Luise Rainer 20. Nancy Reagan 21. Olivia de Haviland 22. Prince Philip 23. Valerie Harper 24. Wojciech Jaruzelski 25. Zsa Zsa Gabor

Submissions are now closed. We have 11 teams entered in the team so far, the teams make-up won't be revealed until we make it into new year in case special picks are being held for other not yet closed pools and to allow one last opportunity for others to submit late-entry teams (if you've idiotically forgotten the deadline you've got a last chance for the next few hours). Leaderboard: CaptainChorizo 0 msc 0 Estuarian Float 0 The Unknown Man 0 Toast 0 Rotten Ali 0 Whoam 0 Death Impends 0 Book 0 the_engineer 0 maryportfuncity 0 USFuneralDirector 0.

He needs to hang on until tomorrow or there'll be a lot of disappointed teams.

The old racist greek nuisance might be a good one for 2015, he's definitely starting to show his age. I

Of his 95-year-old father, Graham said, “He’s very weak." “His vitals are good, and he’s eating a little bit," Graham said, "but he’s just extremely weak.” This has got News Year Eve carker for New Years Day announcement written all over it.

7 teams in with 23 hours left for submissions.

I urge you to submit that team, you're allowed three after all!

Assuming there's space why not, although the rules appear to be too complex for me to comprehend. Wilko Johnson Bruce Forsyth Zsa Zsa Gabor Sam Simon Carla Laemle Rev. Billy Graham Valerie Harper Pope Benedict Baroness Trumpington Ray Reardon Subs: Vic Seixas, Selena Gomez EDIT: edited 24th April to correct seixas spelling.

At this rate almost anybody attending the Sochi winter olympics!

Deathray and Kervorkian's Special Deathrace Waiting Room 1. Wilko Johnson 2. Michael Schumacher 3. Baron Hutchinson of Lullington 4. Ethel Lang 5. Valerie Harper. 6. Dennis Healey 7. Vic Seixas 8. Prince Philip 9. Bruce Forsyth 10. Jimmy Carter 11. George Bush Sr 12. Ian Paisley 13. John Prufomo 14. Christine Keeler 15. Ozzy Osbourne 16. Baroness Trumpington 17. Zsa Zsa Gabor 18. Rev Billy Graham 19. Lord Derek Barber 20. Sam Simon

Schumacher in a coma, should get onto next years list? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25545993

When do we get the 2014 list, I'm assuming New Years Eve?

http://www.hngn.com/articles/20552/20131227/jen-arnold-cancer-battle-update-little-couple-star-good-spirits.htm Late bid from risky obit reality star Jen Arnold.

Because the story of the tortoise and the hare was in my head although I suppose your aiming to be the tortoise among all the hares (that was a lame attempt at covering the fact logically this should be The Tortoises Death Pool).