Celebrity Death Pool - 2021

[Stella Link 534]

#9 on my list...

[Burt 4086]

#3 on mine, but I listed mine oldest to youngest.  If I listed them by how much I wanted them to die he would've been at the top.

[Jerry Callo 8705]

 

[RPM 26326]

4 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

 

Damn it. I might not have agreed with him 100% of the time, but he is a good man and a legitimate badass.

[Texas St. Armadillos 1381]

He didn't look too good 4 years ago at Trump's inauguration.  I can't imagine he can stand up to the treatment for very long.  Hopefully, they can make him as comfortable as possible.

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

Boom. Had rush last year and thought it was a lock. Re-uped this year and he came through. Adios mofo.

[RPM 26326]

17 minutes ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

He didn't look too good 4 years ago at Trump's inauguration.  I can't imagine he can stand up to the treatment for very long.  Hopefully, they can make him as comfortable as possible.

He hasn't looked good since before McCain was running. I'm surprised he outlived him.

[shadow_operative2.0 16006]

If you watched much ESPN in the ‘90s, you remember Jeanette “Black Widow” Lee. Sounds like her days are numbered based on the Go Fund Me for her daughters, stage IV ovarian cancer. 

https://sports.yahoo.com/black-widow-jeanette-lee-former-billiards-no-1-diagnosed-with-stage-4-ovarian-cancer-162151785.html

[shnsajax 3591]

The Fat Boys, Prince Markie Dee passed away at 52 today, some good 80's flashbacks thinking back to that music and videos. Disorderlies was pretty funny as well for my 10 year old self at the time.  

[Burt 4086]

3 minutes ago, shnsajax said:

The Fat Boys, Prince Markie Dee passed away at 52 today, some good 80's flashbacks thinking back to that music and videos. Disorderlies was pretty funny as well for my 10 year old self at the time.  

No way!  Not that he died, but no way he and I were the same age!  I thought for sure he was at least 10 years older than me when I was listening to them back in the 80s.  Wow!

[shadow_operative2.0 16006]

They played at my elementary school probably around ‘88 or so, hadn’t thought of that group in a minute.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

6 hours ago, shnsajax said:

The Fat Boys, Prince Markie Dee passed away at 52 today, some good 80's flashbacks thinking back to that music and videos. Disorderlies was pretty funny as well for my 10 year old self at the time.  

Disorderlies? Forgot all about that movie.

[Macanudo 12992]

On 2/18/2021 at 9:42 AM, Jerry Callo said:

 

Dole's 97.   Is it really worth going through all of that?

[El Diablo 4232]

18 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

If you watched much ESPN in the ‘90s, you remember Jeanette “Black Widow” Lee. Sounds like her days are numbered based on the Go Fund Me for her daughters, stage IV ovarian cancer. 

https://sports.yahoo.com/black-widow-jeanette-lee-former-billiards-no-1-diagnosed-with-stage-4-ovarian-cancer-162151785.html

J&J baby powder? 

[Prepuce of Doom 21088]

14 hours ago, shnsajax said:

The Fat Boys, Prince Markie Dee passed away at 52 today, some good 80's flashbacks thinking back to that music and videos. Disorderlies was pretty funny as well for my 10 year old self at the time.  

He was a radio DJ in Miami when I lived there, and I always enjoyed when he was on the air. 

I picked him a few years ago but took him off my team for whatever reason. 

I think I might make Mrs. Doom sit through Disorderlies this weekend. 

[Knoxtnhorn 6061]

Damn.  I think Wipeout may have been the first cassette I ever purchased.

[smuggs 9353]

If anyone wants to step into a time machine I highly recommend watching Krush Groove. Fat Boys, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, a young LL Cool J, New Edition and an appearance by the Beasties.

And Sheila E is hot AF.

 

 

[Burt 4086]

20 minutes ago, smuggs said:

If anyone wants to step into a time machine I highly recommend watching Krush Groove. Fat Boys, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, a young LL Cool J, New Edition and an appearance by the Beasties.

And Sheila E is hot AF.

 

 

 

Saw it in a Texarkana theater. The acting was horrible (even Blair Underwood), but the soundtrack was awesome!

[Underdog 28737]

22 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

If you watched much ESPN in the ‘90s, you remember Jeanette “Black Widow” Lee. Sounds like her days are numbered based on the Go Fund Me for her daughters, stage IV ovarian cancer. 

https://sports.yahoo.com/black-widow-jeanette-lee-former-billiards-no-1-diagnosed-with-stage-4-ovarian-cancer-162151785.html

Now that's a name I haven't thought of in some time, damn good looking woman.  Best of luck to her in this battle. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16006]

There’s actually a short thread on her in Other Sports, didn’t see it before my post. 

 

[atomheartbevo 89735]

On 2/18/2021 at 8:23 PM, shadow_operative2.0 said:

If you watched much ESPN in the ‘90s, you remember Jeanette “Black Widow” Lee. Sounds like her days are numbered based on the Go Fund Me for her daughters, stage IV ovarian cancer. 

https://sports.yahoo.com/black-widow-jeanette-lee-former-billiards-no-1-diagnosed-with-stage-4-ovarian-cancer-162151785.html

3 hours ago, Underdog said:

Now that's a name I haven't thought of in some time, damn good looking woman.  Best of luck to her in this battle. 

Wow, had a thing for her, did not realize she wasn't much older than me.

Tony Stewart is the top donor to her GoFundMe 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/jeanette-lee-legacy-fund/topdonations/

[Doug E. Fresh 452]

I’m going with 99 year old Prince Phillip, husband of Queen Elizabeth. Admitted to hospital on Tuesday for what was supposed to be a few days but now extended until next week. Prince Charles showed up to visit him today. Now I’m not starstruck by the Royal Family at all, generally disinterested. But my place in London is across from the back of the hospital and it’s surrounded by police, news media and paparazzi. I now have to show a bill with my address on it every time I return to my place and new police shifts don’t recognize me. And with the covid lockdown it’s too hard to sneak in a few friends due to the police presence. The old man needs to get on with it, one way or another.

[Hpara759 1780]

5 hours ago, Doug E. Fresh said:

I’m going with 99 year old Prince Phillip

He is on my list....post #34

Edited February 21, 2021 by Hpara759
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[Neonmoon 38129]

Finally on the board with Rush. That was basically a free space this year. Yeah Prince Phillip is almost dead but he only gets you 1 point. 

[RPM 26326]

Anyone have Russ Martin?

[Underdog 28737]

Anyone have Irv Cross on their list?   Died at the age of 81 today. 

[Hate 20120]

Aww man...I loved him on The NFL Today. That was required watching when I was a kid. Brent’s the only one left now.

[Hate 20120]

Stupid DP.

[RPM 26326]

1 hour ago, Hate said:

Aww man...I loved him on The NFL Today. That was required watching when I was a kid. Brent’s the only one left now.

Jayne Kennedy is still alive.

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11669]

We're having such trouble in my place by Buckingham Palace because my neighbor Nigel Churchill that owns Land Rover can't see past his beefeater hat to notice his lorries keep blocking the private drive that my governess uses

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

55 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

We're having such trouble in my place by Buckingham Palace because my neighbor Nigel Churchill that owns Land Rover can't see past his beefeater hat to notice his lorries keep blocking the private drive that my governess uses

Quite. Damned cheek if you ask me. 

[RPM 26326]

Longtime CBS News journalist Roger Mudd has died. 93

[atomheartbevo 89735]

15 minutes ago, RPM said:

Longtime CBS News journalist Roger Mudd has died. 93

He was still alive?

[Burt 4086]

3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

He was still alive?

Exactly what I thought!

[atomheartbevo 89735]

Lou Ottens, 94.  Invented something that sold over 100 billion copies. 

He also helped develop this:

 

 

Edited March 11, 2021 by atomheartbevo

[Hate 20120]

Damn...RIP Lou who provided the necessary device for recording songs off the radio so we didn't have to buy the album as well as burning CD's from pirated music downloaded from Napster. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16006]

My first ever job was Camelot Music in a mall for the December rush of ‘95. We had one little section still left of cassettes, that was probably the last season they were in stores. 

[Sandman 3403]

I can remember sometime in the late 80s saying "CDs are a fad, they won't last". 

Feel free to ask me for gambling tips and stock advice, I obviously know what's what.

[Burt 4086]

1 hour ago, Sandman said:

I can remember sometime in the late 80s saying "CDs are a fad, they won't last". 

Feel free to ask me for gambling tips and stock advice, I obviously know what's what.

Well, to be fair you were right.  Eventually.

[shnsajax 3591]

2 hours ago, Hate said:

Damn...RIP Lou who provided the necessary device for recording songs off the radio so we didn't have to buy the album as well as burning CD's from pirated music downloaded from Napster. 

There is still a part of me that wants to make my kids sit by the tape deck with the finger on record to make their own mixed tapes.

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

11 minutes ago, shnsajax said:

There is still a part of me that wants to make my kids sit by the tape deck with the finger on record to make their own mixed tapes.

“Fuck you DJ! Stop talking through the song!”

[atomheartbevo 89735]

7 hours ago, Liquor and Poker said:

“Fuck you DJ! Stop talking through the song!”

It was almost like they knew, when a song was popular, that they would piss off teens by talking over the beginning or end.

[atomheartbevo 89735]

7 hours ago, shnsajax said:

There is still a part of me that wants to make my kids sit by the tape deck with the finger on record to make their own mixed tapes.

I told my nephew (early 20s) about taping songs off of the radio, and his response

[Sandman 3403]

3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I told my nephew (early 20s) about taping songs off of the radio, and his response

I'd record the same song 3-4 times in a row, so I wouldn't have to rewind the tape when driving around town. 

[RPM 26326]

When I was in Seattle one of the rock stations (pretty sure it was KISW) played 9 at 9 every weeknight. 9 songs by the same artist with no interruption. I had a whole tape case full of those. Unfortunately nearly every one had a song cut in half when the tape ran out on one side.

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

53 minutes ago, RPM said:

When I was in Seattle one of the rock stations (pretty sure it was KISW) played 9 at 9 every weeknight. 9 songs by the same artist with no interruption. I had a whole tape case full of those. Unfortunately nearly every one had a song cut in half when the tape ran out on one side.

I had one of those recorders that had a switch that said RP/LP/XP.  30/60/90 min per side IIRC. Never used anything but XP. Tapes did occasionally snap. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

54 minutes ago, RPM said:

Unfortunately nearly every one had a song cut in half when the tape ran out on one side.

Funny, I remember recording albums to cassette and the last song would always cut off. To this day I know the words to entire albums except for the last few minutes of the last song.

[Underdog 28737]

Just saw on FB that Marvin Hagler passed away.  Damn. 

[cactusflinthead 27601]

44 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Just saw on FB that Marvin Hagler passed away.  Damn. 

 

[Red Five 40874]

That Leonard/Hagler fight is still probably my favorite of all time. I spent most of my life thinking Leonard deserved to win, but watched the entire thing recently and came away thinking Hagler should have probably won.