Laurence Simon's 2005 Dead Pool is on. My list is here, though keep in mind that the only two correct picks I made last year were Yasser Arafat and Ronald Reagan.
This year the pool has 142 entrants. Here are the leading picks; His Holiness the Pope rated the most mentions, followed by Gerald Ford, William Rehnquist, Fidel Castro, and Dick Clark.
Among those receiving only one vote: Ben Affleck, Jimmy Fallon, Gallagher, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Kip Winger, Zbignew Brzezinski (that was me), Hulk Hogan, Mark Linn Baker, Garret Morris, Tara Reid, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Cat Stevens, Robbie "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle, and Pauly Shore.
Posted by Stephen Silver at January 3, 2005 09:11 PMAbe Vigoda, good pick man. I had no idea he was still alive.
Richard Pryor was my last minute addition, upon hearing that he's lost his voice.
Posted by: Bill McCabe at January 3, 2005 09:25 PMum...I believe its bad luck to guess whol will die in 2005..but your picks seem mostly like death wishes than good guesses...still from your list I agree that Dick Clark, the Pope seem likely. Is Fidel really that ill???
Also, I noticed no one said George W. Bush..What's up with that???