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Dead Pool 2018: News Archive
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News Archive
12/18/2018 Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Lung cancer is incapacitating! Actress and director Penny Marshall has died at the age of 75,
and Michelle Downey grabs the solo on her fourth hit as she leaps from 17th to 4th place.
As an interesting aside, Natalie Tyler and Michelle have been the only ones picking Laverne since 2014; with Natalie including her on 3 lists every year. This was the first year that Natalie dropped her, but Michelle was there to pick up the point!
Congratulations, Michelle!
Blurb credit: Kelly Keegan
12/01/2018 41 86`d Big shakeup in the game today as former President
George H. W. Bush has died at the age of 94. Bush was our
5th most-picked-ever, as well as the 2nd most picked for 2018. 28 players got the hit, including
Kelly Keegan's List 2, who snags his Fifth hit, and takes
the lead.
Picking up a fourth hit are Natalie Tyler's Diet of Worms List,
Nathan Raupach,
Gene Kaufman and
Kevin Byrnes.
A third hit goes to
Carol Ann Roke,
Jim Bull,
Bob Lyhus,
Bob Broadhurst,
Paul Lineback,
Katy Conlin's List 2 ,
Lindsey Roke,
Shelley Brown's List 2 ,
Kelly Keegan's List 3 and
Natalie Tyler's Republicans Reposing,
Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2018 ,
and Old Friends Lists.
Getting their second:
Natalie Tyler's Politics Can Be Deadly! List,
Kelly Keegan's List 1 ,
Mike Roche's Celebrities List,
Rich Place,
Grady Harmon,
Nancy Freebery,
Neil Hall and
Judith Place.
Finally, making the board for the first time this year:
Laura Welliver's Who dat? List,
Brad Hope and
Mike Roche's Politicos List.
Congratulations, all!
Blurb credit: Mike Spinney
Honorable Mentions:
GHW Bush now Bushed (Mike Roche)
Bush Died blew Deadpool wide! (Kelly Keegan)
11/12/2018 This is Stan Lee's final Deadpool cameo Everyone's favorite comic book creator Stan Lee has died at the age of 95, and 7 players picked him:
Michelle Downey gets her third hit of the year, and jumps to 10th place.
Carol Ann Roke,
Jim Bull,
Aunti Di's List one,
Shelley Brown's List 2 and
Kelly Keegan's List 3 each get their 2nd hit, while
Rich Place makes the board for the first time this year.
EX-celsior!
Blurb & write-up credit: Rich Place and Mike Spinney
Honorable Mentions:
Spiderman couldn't get to him in time (Laura Welliver)
Marvel-Less-Lee (Rich Place)
10/30/2018 Time for a Black Mass Former Mob boss James Whitey Bulger is dead at 89, and
Kelly Keegan's List 2 solo picks up his
4th hit of the year, moving him up to Second place.
Congratulations, Kelly!
09/06/2018 Eastbound And DEAD, Loaded Up A Casket I'm not ashamed to admit that at one point in time Burt Reynolds was my favorite actor. (Granted, that point in time was 1981. I was 13, and my friends and I had many discussions/arguments about which was better: Smokey and the Bandit or The Cannonball Run. I honestly can't remember which one I argued for. Probably Bandit. (I hope it was Bandit))
Anyway, Bandit Burt has left us at the age of 82, and 10 players picked him:
Natalie Tyler's Diet of Worms List,
Nathan Raupach,
Sarah Wallace,
Gene Kaufman and
Aunti Di's List two each pick up their 3rd hit of the game, taking up residence on the scoreboard starting at 2nd place.
Natalie Tyler's I`m Ready for my Close-Up, Mr. Reaper List,
Shelley Brown's List 1 and
Bob Broadhurst all get their second hit, while
Jim Bull and
Grady Harmon snagged their first.
Congratulations, all!
Blurb credit: Rich Place, but holy crap did you guys make it tough to choose one!
Honorable Mentions:
The Longest Two Yards (Mike Spinney)
Smokey and the casket (Rich Place)
The banjos have stopped playing for Burt Reynolds (Laura Welliver)
Burt Boogies Into the Evening Shade (Natalie Tyler)
The Infinite Yard (Bob Lyhus)
Deliverance Delivered (Bob Lyhus)
Bandit Smoked (Bob Lyhus)
That was a lot of fun, thanks everyone that submitted a blurb!
08/26/2018 Simon Says: Don't forget about me! Playwright Neil Simon has died at 91, with
Natalie Tyler's Old Writers Never Die.... List
picking up the solo as she becomes the first player this year to get four hits and further solidifies her lead.
This is Natalie's 3rd solo on that list!
Congratulations, Natalie!
Blurb credit: Natalie Tyler
08/25/2018 War Hero Dies This is one of those hard ones to write up...
Senator John McCain has died at the age of 81. I grew up in Arizona, and his name was always
around. Even though I may have not agreed with everything he stood for, I've always had a lot of respect for him, and what he's gone through
over the last 2 years has infuriated and saddened me.
Senator McCain is our biggest hit of the year, with 28 players picking him:
Kevin Byrnes and
Kelly Keegan's List 2 each get their 3rd hit of the game, and
move up to 3rd and 4th place
Players getting their second hit:
Natalie Tyler's Diet of Worms List,
Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2018 List,
Republicans Reposing List,
Old Friends List and
Food For Worms List,
Bob Razem,
John Downey,
Shelley Brown's List 3 ,
Brave Sir Robin,
Nathan Raupach,
Michelle Downey,
J.R. MacDonald's List one ,
Sarah Wallace,
Bob Lyhus,
Lindsey Roke,
Gene Kaufman,
Paul Lineback and
Katy Conlin's List 2 .
Players getting their first hit of the game:
Natalie Tyler's Politics Can Be Deadly! List,
I`m Ready for my Close-Up, Mr. Reaper List,
`M` is the Deadliest Letter List,
Golden Oldies List and
The C Files List,
Kelly Keegan's List 1 ,
Carol Ann Roke and
Sheila Place.
08/16/2018 Today We Sing the Blues The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has died at 76, and
Natalie Tyler's Rock and Roll Heaven List
picks up the solo with her first hit of the game. She leaps up to 8th place
Congratulations, Natalie!
Blurb credit: Mike Spinney
08/07/2018 Stan Mikita in the eternal penalty box Hockey guy Stan Mikita died at 78, and 2 players got the hit:
Joe Biasi picks up the hat-trick (and only one day since his last hit!) and
becomes only the second player this year to get 3 hits (IT`S AUGUST, FERCRYINGOUTLOUD!). Joe leaps to 2nd place up from 22nd.
Mike Roche's Sports People List snags his second hit of the game.
Congrats, Joe and Mike!
Blurb Credit: Mike Roche
08/06/2018 Facts of Death Diff`rent Strokes and Facts of Life Actress Charlotte Rae has died at 92, and
4 players picked up the hit:
Aunti Di's List two,
Joe Biasi and
Kevin Byrnes each get their second hit, moving to
2nd, 3rd and 4th place, respectively.
Bob Razem gets his first hit of the game.
Congratulations, all!
Blurb Credit: Mike Spinney
06/28/2018 The City On The Edge of No More Tomorrows Science Fiction Grand Master Harlan Ellison has died at 84, bringing an end
to Natalie Tyler's seven year solo vigil as her
Old Writers Never Die.... List becomes the first list
to get a THIRD hit this year.
Congratulations, Natalie!
06/27/2018 Joe Jackson dead Jackson 5 patriarch Joe Jackson has died at 89, and 2 players picked up
the hit: Kelly Keegan's List 2 gets his third hit
of the year, moving up to 3rd place. In addition,
Shelley Brown's List 3 got her first hit of the game.
Congratulations, Kelly and Shelley!
06/07/2018 Red Schoendienst has joined the other ghosts in the Field of Dreams Baseball HOFer Red Schoendienst has died at 95, and 2 players picked up the hit:
Natalie Tyler gets another 2nd-hit, this time on her Sporting Chance List, which
moves up to Second Place. Mike Roche's Sports People List
gets his first hit of the game.
Congrats, Natalie and Mike!
Blurb Credit: Mike Roche
06/06/2018 Last Member of the Lolipop Guild has been Licked The last living Munchkin has died at 98. Jerry Maren ends
Aunti Di's 3 year solo vigil as her List one
picks up it's first hit of the year, moving up to fifth place.
Congratulations, Aunti Di!
Blurb credit: Mike Spinney
05/23/2018 The Grapes of Roth Author Philip Roth has died at 85, and we FINALLY
have our second hit of the year as
Natalie Tyler's Old Writers Never Die.... List picks up the solo and moves up to first place
Congratulations, Natalie!
Blurb Credit: Natalie Tyler
05/17/2018 Dry spell broken Actor Joseph Campanella has died at 92, breaking our 65-day dryspell, and
giving Aunti Di's List two her first hit of the year. Amazingly, even though this is our 6th hit of the year, we still have 35 people with a single hit and nobody with more!
Congratulations, Aunti Di!
03/14/2018 A Brief History of Death Physicist Stephen Hawking has discovered how time ends* at 76, and 2 players had him on 3 lists:
Natalie Tyler had him on both her Old Writers Never Die.... and
Diet of Worms lists, while
Mike Roche included him on his Celebrities List. They move to
the top of the standings in this order.
Congratulations, Natalie and Mike!
Blurb and write-up credit: Natalie Tyler and *Mike Roche
03/04/2018 The Bannister leads nowhere... Roger Bannister was the first man to break the 4-minute mile, and he died at the age of 88.
Natalie Tyler's Sporting Chance List picks up the solo on her first
hit, and dashes up to second place.
Congratulations, Natalie!
Blurb Credit: Natalie Tyler
02/23/2018 Nanette Decay Old-time actress Nanette Fabray has died at 97, and 4 people have got their first hit:
Shelley Brown's List 1 moves to
2nd place, while
Brave Sir Robin and
Natalie Tyler's Let`s Hear It For the Girls List move to
Ninth and
Judith Place jumps up to 13th
Congrats, all!
Blurb credit: Mike Spinney
02/21/2018 Graham Cracked Our #2 most-picked celeb Billy Graham has died at 99. At 25 lists, he was our fourth-highest picked this year, and our biggest hit since Zsa Zsa Gabor in 2016. 40% of the lists included him, and all are getting their first hit of the game. Therefore, the spread in the standings is all from Rank and Referral points.
We have a 4-way tie for 2nd place:
Shelley Brown's List 2
John Downey
Mike Spinney
Natalie Tyler's Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2018 List
2 tied for 6th place:
Nancy Freebery
Toe Tag
2 tied for 8th place:
Nathan Raupach
Natalie Tyler's Republicans Reposing List
A 3-way tie for 10th place:
Joe Biasi
Bob Lyhus
Sarah Wallace
5 tied for 13th place:
Michelle Downey
Gene Kaufman
J.R. MacDonald's List one
Rich Place's Whiz List
Lindsey Roke
A tie for 18th place:
Kevin Byrnes
Natalie Tyler's Old Friends List
Sitting by himself in 20th place:
Bob Broadhurst
A 4-way tie for 21th place:
Kelly Keegan's List 2
Kelly Keegan's List 3
Paul Lineback
Natalie Tyler's Food For Worms List
And finally, a tie for 25th place:
Katy Conlin's List 2
Neil Hall
Congratulations, all!
01/06/2018 Jerry Van Dyke gets the party started Comedian Jerry Van Dyke has died at 86, giving us our first action of the game. Scoring the solo hit
is Laura Welliver's Jerry Jerry Jerry List.
Congratulations, Laura!
01/01/2018 2018 KDP is live! The 2017 edition of Kaufman's Deadpool is over, and a big congratulations goes out to Kevin Byrnes, who snagged a record 8 hits to take home 75% of the collected $620 pot, or $465.
Mike Spinney came in second place, earning 15% ($93).
Bob Razem picked up 3rd place and the remaining 10% ($62).
We've got 57 entries this year - a few people didn't return (but they're all welcome back for 2019!), and we have our first new player since 2016 - Paul Lineback joins us via Bob Razem's referral
Now that the game is all fully updated on the site, please take a moment and verify that I've got your lists entered correctly and let me know ASAP of any errors.
Congratulations, everyone! Good luck to all in 2018!
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