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Starting 12.01am, February 1st

The Rules 
No name changes can be made to your list after the cut off date.
If you do make a change to a name on your list after the entry deadline, you will be disqualified.
Post if someone on your list dies & I will mark them on your list
If someone on your list dies before you post your list, you can't use them in your selection.
You cannot post an exact copy of another person’s list. If you do, the first list posted will be valid, yours will not be.
You cannot submit names of persons on death row.
You cannot submit a nominee who is 100 yrs old or older, that would be like fish in a barrel...
Killing someone on your list will result in your disqualification
In the event of a tie, the player with the youngest average age of correct predictions wins.
No members of StogieChat can be on a list.

How You Will Win
We will do this on a points system, where points are based on 100 years of age. Subtract the deceased person's age from 100 to determine the amount of points you earn.
For example, if a person is 75 when they die, subtract their age from 100 and you get 25 points.
The person with the most points collected at the end of the year wins.

Bonus Points:
25 extra points for the first nominee to die in 2023  Burt Bacharach 02/09/2023
50 extra points to anyone who has two nominees die on the same day.
25 extra points if you were the only person to pick that nominee.
75 extra points to the person who has three or more nominees die on the same day.
25 extra points for any nominee to die in December of 2023 Cale Yarborough 12/31/2023
25 extra points for any nominee to die in the last week of December of 2023 (in addition to the above 25 extra points for the month of December 2023). Cale Yarborough 12/31/2023
25 extra points for the 1st woman  Tina Turner 05/24/2023
25 extra points for the 1st man  Burt Bacharach 02/09/2023
100 extra points if 1 of your nominees kills another of your nominees

We each send a 5'er to the winner & maybe 2 or so to the runner up


Separate December Rules (These are subject to change, if everyone agrees.)
Names are from the same list
25 points for the first male Cale Yarborough & 25 for the 1st female in December Sandra Day O'Connor
25 bonus points in the 1st week
50 bonus points in the 2nd
75 bonus points in the 3rd
100 bonus points in the 4th
150 bonus points in the 5th (last week)

We each send a 5'er to the winner & maybe 2 or so to the runner up


Tonto's List
1. Joe Biden
2. Shannen Doherty
3. Ron Jeremy
4. Robert Blake  RIP 03/09/2023
5. Michael Moore
6. Clint Eastwood
7. Dick Cheney
8. Bill Clinton
9. Carol Burnett
10. Jimmy Carter
11. Rosalynn Carter  RIP 11/19/2023
12. Gene Hackman
13. Jack Nicholson
14. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
15. James Earl Jones
16. George Alagiah (British newsreader, journalist, and television news presenter)  RIP 7/24/2023
17. Robert Wagner
18. Jerry Sandusky
19. Michael J. Fox
20. Ozzy Osbourne
21. Shane MacGowan (The Pogues singer)  RIP 11/29/2023
22. Tina Turner  RIP 05/24/2023
23. Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
24. Judy Dench
25. Sir Bobby Charlton (English Soccer player)  RIP 10/21/2023
26. Janet Napoitano
27. Hillary Clinton
28. Vladimir Putin
29. Emperor Akihito
30. Yoko Ono
31. Joy Behar
32. James Watson (scientist)
33. David Graham (voice actor... Dr.Who, Thunderbirds...)
34. Val Kilmer
35. Alan Alda
36. Whoopi Goldberg
37. Harvey Weinstein
38. Pat Robertson  RIP 06/08/2023
39. Keith Richards
40. George Soros
41. Julian Assange
42. Jerry Nadler
43. Tim Curry
44. Miley Cyrus
45. Dianne Feinstein  RIP 09/29/2023
46. Jack Ma
47. Noam Chomsky
48. Buzz Aldrin
49. Ted Kaczynski  RIP 06/10/2023
50. Mel Brooks


JimmietheMum’s List
1. Alan Alda
2. Peter Angelos
3. Brigitte Bardot
4. Bob Barker  RIP 08/26/2023
5. Harry Belafonte  RIP 04/25/2023
6. Sonali Bendre
7. Tony Bennett  RIP 07/21/2023
8. Tom Brokaw
9. Mel Brooks
10. Richard Button
11. Michael Cain
12. Jimmy Carter
13. Rosalyn Carter  RIP 11/19/2023
14. Raul Castro
15. Dick Cavett
16. Dick Cheney
17. Tommy Chong
18. Petelua Clark
19. Bob Cousy
20. Tim Curry
21. Julio Alex Diaz
22. Shannen Doherty
23. Dick Van Dyke
24. Barbara Eden
25. Ruth Eisemann-Schier
26. Frank Field (EX MP Baron of Birkenhead)
27. Alan Greenspan
28. Bob Harrison (Basketball Player)
29. Bill Hayden
30. Dawood Ibrahim (Gangster criminal drug kingpin)
31. Ethel Kennedy
32. Don King
33. Henry Kissinger  RIP 11/29/2023
34. Willie Mays
35. Andrew McAslan (Runner)
36. Shane McGowan  RIP 11/29/2023
37. Joyce Lee McNeils (Basketball Coach)
38. Vladimir Putin
39. Rafael Caro Quintero
40. Joyce Randolph
41. Jake Roberts (Wrestler)
42. Eva Marie Saint
43. Paul Simon
44. Dennis Skinner
45. June Spencer
46. Tina Turner  RIP 05/24/2023
47. Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez
48. Robert Wagner
49. Jacqueline Wilson
50. Joanne Woodward


Mavric’s List
1. Robert Reed
2. Florence Henderson
3. Ann B. Davis
4. Barry Williams
5. Maureen McCormick
6. Christopher Knight
7. Eve Plumb
8. Mike Lookinland
9. Susan Olsen
10. Allan Melvin
11. Jack Collins
12. Robbie Rist
13. Desi Arnaz Jr
14. Anthony Hopkins
15. Avram Hershko
16. Sarah Miles
17. Alex Ferguson .
18. Andy Summers
19. Ben Kingsley
20. Diane von Furstenberg
21. Pius Ncube
22. Tim Matheson
23. Burton Cummings
24. Rene Robert
25. Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasieyv
26. Val Kilmer
27. Yoko Ono
28. Asha Bhosle
29. Robert Blake  RIP 03/09/2023
30. Renee Taylor
31. Robert Fuller
32. Roman Polanski
33. David McCallum  RIP 09/25/2023
34. Dianne Feinstein  RIP 09/29/2023
35. Michael Dukakis
36. Debra Paget
37. Shani Wallis
38. Tom Skerritt
39. Scotty Bowman
40. Harry Gant
41. Bobby Allison
42. Cale Yarborough
43. Ned Jarret
44. Mario Andretti
45. Michael Schumacher
46. Fred Lorenzen
47. Donnie Allison
48. Richard Petty
49. Rick Hendrick
50. Emerson Fittipaldi

BenFishin1’s List
1. Alan Alda
2. Andy Taylor
3. Artie Lang
4. Bill Cosby
5. Bob Newhart
6. Britney Spears
7. Burt Bacharach  RIP 02/03/2023
8. Charlie Sheen
9. Cher
10. Corey Feldman
11. Courtney Love
12. Daniel Hernandez (Tekashi 6ix9ine)
13. Dick Buttkus  RIP 10/06/2023
14. Donald Trump
15. Gene Hackman
16. Gene Simmons
17. Harrison Ford
18. Harvey Weinstein
19. Hillary Clinton
20. Ian McKellen
21. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
22. James Earl Jones
23. Jim Kelly
24. Joe Biden
25. John Daly
26. Keith Richards
27. Kevin Spacey
28. Kim Jong-Un
29. Lil Wayne
30. Linda Nolan
31. Liza Minelli
32. Marianne Faithfull
33. Marv Levy
34. Mel Brooks
35. Michael J. Fox
36. Morgan Freeman
37. Nick Saban
38. OJ Simpson
39. Ozzy Osbourne
40. Patrick Stewart
41. Randy Travis
42. Roman Polanski
43. Shane MacGowan  RIP 11/29/2023
44. Tina Turner  RIP 05/24/2023
45. Val Kilmer
46. Vladimir Putin
47. Warren Buffet
48. William Shatner
49. Willie Nelson
50. Yoko Ono


Nayslayer’s List
1. Chrissy Metz
2. Demi Lovato
3. Michael J. Fox
4. Michael Douglas
5. Mr.T
6. Tony Bennett  RIP 07/21/2023
7. Yoko Ono
8. Harrison Ford
9. Armie Hammer
10. Shannen Doherty
11. Willie Nelson
12. Jimmy Carter
13. Kanye West
14. Ted Nugent
15. Tim Allen
16. Jack Nicklaus
17. Kid Rock
18. Artie Lang
19. Willi Mays
20. Billy Joel
21. Marion Ross
22. Jack Nicholson
23. Christopher Walken
24. Priscilla Presley
25. Michael Jordan
26. Phil Collins
27. Matthew Perry  RIP 10/28/2023
28. Lou Ferrigno
29. Caroline Kennedy
30. Modanna
31. Kim Basinger
32. Cyndi Lauper
33. Valerie Bertinelli
34. Barbara Streisand
35. Cher
36. Scott Baio
37. Dan Rather
38. Bob Newhart
39. Keith Richards
40. Britney Spears
41. Bill Clinton
42. Dick Vitale
43. Sinead O'Conner  RIP 07/26/2023
44. Al Roker
45. Robert Duvall
46. David Letterman
47. OJ Simpson
48. Randy Travis
49. Courtney Love
50. Willie Nelson


The Diamond Lion’s List
1. Priscilla Presley
2. Clint Eastwood
3. Linda Ronstadt
4. Tony Bennett  RIP 07/21/2023
5. John Travolta
6. Mel Brooks
7. William Shatner
8. Britney Spears
9. Jack Nicholson
10. Ghislaine Maxwell
11. Bob Barker  RIP 08/26/2023
12. Kris Kristofferson
13. Al Pacino
14. Dick Van Dyke
15. Gene Shalit
16. David Attenborough
17. Gene Hackman
18. Norman Jewison
19. Nick Nolte
20. Harry Belafonte  RIP 04/25/2023
21. Robert DeNiro
22. Doc Severinsen
23. Jim Lovell
24. Dr. Ruth Westheimer
25. Burt Bacharach  RIP 02/09/2023
26. Woody Allen
27. Bob Newhart
28. Buzz Aldrin
29. John Cleese
30. Keith Richards
31. Kim Jong-Un
32. Alan Greenspan
33. June Lockhart
34. Robert Redford
35. Gina Lollabrigida
36. Berry Gordy - Motown Records Founder
37. Tippi Hedren
38. Robert Wagner
39. John Astin
40. Willie Mays
41. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
42. Sandy Koufax
43. Dick Buttkus  RIP 10/06/2023
44. Dianne Feinstein  RIP 09/29/2023
45. Chuck Grassley
46. Robert Duvall
47. Yoko Ono
48. Shirley Jones
49. Frankie Valli
50. Pat Boone


Maytagman’s List
1. Alan Alda
2. Woody Allen
3. Herb Alpert
4. Ursula Andress
5. Julie Andrews
6. Giorgio Armani
7. John Astin
8. Warren Beatty
9. Tony Bennett  RIP 07/21/2023
10. Mel Brooks
11. Warren Buffett
12. Michael Caine
13. Raul Castro
14. Richard Chamberlain
15. Noam Chomsky
16. Tommy Chong
17. Sam Donaldson
18. Robert Duval
19. Jane Fonda
20. Gene Hackman
21. Engelbert Humperdinck
22. James Earl Jones
23. Quincy Jones
24. Val Kilmer
25. Sandy Koufax
26. Kris Kristofferson
27. Artie Lange
28. Hal Linden
29. Sophia Loren
30. Shane MacGowan  RIP 11/29/2023
31. Shirley MacLaine
32. Johnny Mathis
33. Ian McKellen
34. Liza Minelli
35. Rupert Murdoch
36. Willie Nelson
37. Bob Newhart
38. Jack Nicholson
39. Sandra Day O'Connor RIP 12/01/2023
40. Roman Polanski
41. Dan Rather
42. Marion Ross
43. Patrick Stewart
44. Donald Sutherland
45. Randy Travis
46. Ted Turner
47. Tina Turner  RIP 05/24/2023
48. Bob Uecker
49. Bobby Vinton
50. Harvey Weinstein


(Yearlong Contest)
Current Score as of 01/03/2024
Tonto 255
Benfishin1 153
Mavric 147
nayslayer 144
MaytagMan 138
Jimmie the Mum 115
The Diamond Lion 95



(December Contest)
Current Score as of 01/03/2024
Mavric 216
MaytagMan 82
Tonto 0
Benfishin1 0
nayslayer 0
Jimmie the Mum 0
The Diamond Lion 0

Lists added to 1st post

Sorry for the delay, for some reason, I had a ton of formatting issues when the lists we copied into the post.

So we should ck our lists to see if anyone has passed since we submitted them?

(02-01-2023, 10:27 AM)Jimmie the Mum Wrote: [ -> ]So we should ck our lists to see if anyone has passed since we submitted them?

That's a good idea

Im not a huge fan of all those points being doled out in December

(02-01-2023, 07:36 PM)nayslayer Wrote: [ -> ]Im not a huge fan of all those points being doled out in December

They would only be for a separate December only contest, but I can understand the issue...it'll be a pain for me to score lol.

I'm open to any & all suggestions on the points (for the only December sub-contest)

Burt Bacharach, legendary ‘I’ll Never Fall in Love Again’ singer, dead at 94.

Legendary singer and composer Burt Bacharach, whose hits include “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” and “I Say a Little Prayer,” has died. He was 94.

The Oscar winner died Wednesday at home in Los Angeles of natural causes, his publicist Tina Brausam told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Bacharach had top 10 hits since the 1950s including songs like “Alfie,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again” and “This Guy’s in Love with You” as well as “Walk on By,” recorded by Dionne Warwick.

He scored three Academy Awards and eight Grammys over the course of his career and was a prize-winning Broadway composer for “Promises, Promises.” His songs have also been recorded by over 1,000 different singers.

The singer won his first Oscar in 1970 for the score of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and for the song “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head.” His second win came in 1982 when he and his then-wife Carole Bayer Sager won for “Best That You Can Do,” the theme from “Arthur. He also did movie soundtracks including “What’s New, Pussycat?”, “Alfie” and the 1967 James Bond spoof “Casino Royale.”


In 1999, Bacharach made a cameo in the hit film “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” playing piano on top of a bus alongside Mike Myers and Vanessa Williams to his famous tune, “What the World Needs Now.” The legendary singer also appeared in the second film alongside Elvis Costello, bringing his music to an entirely new generation.
Much of Bacharach’s hits were written for and performed by Dionne Warwick. Other artists he collaborated with included Gene Pitney, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield, Jackie DeShannon, Bobbie Gentry, Tom Jones, Herb Alpert, B. J. Thomas, and the Carpenters.
Bacharach began his career as a songwriter in the 1950s and crossed paths with Hollywood icon Marlene Dietrich. He and longtime collaborator and lyricist partner Hal David, who died in 2012, teamed up in 1957.


Bacharach and David met Dionne Warwick in 1961 and she had 39 of her hit singles penned by the musical duo. He’s also been given the crown of the King of Easy Listening and he worked with icons such as Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello and Dr. Dre in his later years. The performer scored 73 Top 40 hits in the United States and 52 in the United Kingdom over the decades.
His presence even transcended music, having been named one of “People” magazine’s “Sexiest Men Alive” in 200 and one of the “50 Most Beautiful People” in 1999.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1928, the musician spent his childhood living in New York City with his father, a syndicated columnist, and his mother, a pianist who inspired him to study music.

He first noticed his passion for music by sneaking into jazz clubs.

“They were just so incredibly exciting that all of a sudden, I got into music in a way I never had before,” he recalled in his 2013 memoir, “Anyone Who Had a Heart.” “What I heard in those clubs turned my head around.”
He was also a classically trained musician and studied at schools in Montreal, New York and Calif.


Once he got out of the Army in 1952,  he became a pianist and worked with artists including Vic Damone, the Ames Brothers and Paula Stewart. In 2012, he received the Gershwin Prize from Barack Obama, an award to celebrate his contributions to music.

Bacharach was married four times, having divorced his first wife, actress Paula Stewart in 1958. He wed a fourth time, to Jane Hansen in 1993, and they remained married until his death.

During his second marriage to Angie Dickinson, the two became parents to three kids. Their daughter, daughter named Nikki Bacharach, struggled with her mental health and died by suicide at age 40 in 2007. Bacharach revealed in his memoir that Nikki had undiagnosed Aspergers, a form of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

He is survived by Hansen, as well as his children Oliver, Raleigh and Cristopher.

I think he was on 2 lists.
I'll check & do the scoring later, when I go inside. Right now I'm having a cigar on the patio while keeping an eye on the smoker

Ben and I had Burty (RIP).

For Benfishin1's and The Diamond Lion's pick of Burt Bacharach:

100 - 94 = 6 points


Bonus points:

25 extra points for the first nominee to die in 2023

25 extra points for the 1st man

So 6 + 50 = 56 total points

(Guys, please check my scoring on this)




Current Score as of 2/10/2023
Benfishin1                  56
The Diamond Lion      56
Jimmie the Mum          0
Mavric                        0
MaytagMan                 0
nayslayer                    0
Tonto                         0