Death! DEATH! We are surrounded by death! (Death Pool 2009)

[hollybrooke]

And now, since it's a new year....my Death Pool for 2009.

10. Davy Crockett himself, Fess Parker.



Dear lord, he's old, and he's one you wouldn't expect. Which brings me to number nine...and may I mention I hate to make these predictions...

9. Kirk Douglas



He's one of the last of the original Movie Stars still alive and kicking, and people forget just how old he is (91).

8. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

He's one I hate to put on the death pool, but last I heard (and according to the Wikipedia link), he's slowly getting better from throat cancer, and he's not terminally ill. But still...

7. Gloria Stewart



She's older than Kirk Douglas. And she will die an old woman, warm in her bed. (Every night in my dreams, I see you, I feel you....)

6. Andy Rooney. You know, the cranky old guy who's still ranting about stupid random stuff on "60 Minutes."



5. Speaking of Bobby Heenan and his throat cancer...*sigh* Once again, I hate to even suggest it...



Yeah, we saw Roger Ebert accepting an award a couple of months ago, and he isn't doing very well these days either.

4. If you watch "Celebrity Rehab," I think I might get some people agreeing with me on this one if he doesn't do anything about getting himself any better....Jeff Conway.



3. I started crying thinking about this one. A few years ago when Richard Pryor passed away, I couldn't help but wonder how bad Annette Funicello's MS had progressed to.



It'll be a sad day when Annette passes away. :( (And I'll wear some Mickey Mouse ears in memorium.)

2. Yet another one who's been around for quite a while that everyone forgets is still alive!



He could play the role of a little girl in a Jell-O pudding pop commercial! (And I wanted an excuse to post a picture of Mickey and Judy. Those two were the bee's knees back in the day.)

And my number one pick at the top of my death pool this year.....



*sigh* You know, this dirty old man will probably live to be 100 and still be trying to bone the barely legal blondes who want to be naked in his magazine. But after seeing this picture....



...I'm sorry, but I think the Fugly Twins are going to eat him alive and take him for everything he's worth. He looks old and feeble there.

Honorable mentions:

--Elizabeth Taylor



I've been putting Liz on my death pool for the last twelve years. It's not that I want Elizabeth Taylor to die. It's just whenever you hear about her anymore, she's "close to death's door." The year I don't put her on will be the year she actually does kick the bucket. So she gets "honorable mention" this year.

--"The Killer" himself, Jerry Lee Lewis


"If I'm goin' to hell, I'm goin' playin' the piano!"

(I freaking love Jerry Lee Lewis, but I'll be very upset when he finally kicks it.)

Comments

[therealycats.livejournal.com]

(Every night in my dreams, I see you, I feel you....)

OMG you bitch. Now that song will be stuck in my head all day.

I know Hef put Holly, Bridget, and Kendra in his will, but given them, his wife, his four children (do the older ones have kids?), his brother, and possibly any charitable contributions he may want to give, I would hope that everyone would talk him out of including the the Skankarellas in his will.

[promisemewings.livejournal.com]

The only way Holly, Bridget and Kendra would get any money in his will was if they stayed with him until he died. Holly was supposed to get $3 million, and Bridget and Kendra were supposed to get $500,000 each.

I have no idea how much Christie Hefner will get (or if her kids will get anything), if he's left anything to David (since I heard he's disowned David, or just has a very strained relationship with him), and I'm positive Marston and Cooper will get something. And if Kimberly's technically still Mrs. Hefner, she'll be taken care of.

[therealycats.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wasn't aware of that clause with the three of them. Anyway, I'd still hope that his family would be able to talk him out of giving anything to those two morons. Just looking at them makes me want to take a shower.

[promisemewings.livejournal.com]

You'd think. But he and Christie frequently have disagreements over how much he spends to keep up his lifestyle (the parties, on the GFs, etc.), so I don't know if she has much say in what he does with his will. His boys, on the other hand...

[supermachodude.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Dead Pools, hop on the Myspace Pro Wrestling Dead Pool Group and get your predictions up. Also, pass the invite along to anyone that would like to play this year.

[promisemewings.livejournal.com]

Thanks!