THE STATS

Okay kiddies. We know you've been longing to know exactly how many Death Watcher's picked the same potential soil candidates you did. It's only natural. Don't be ashamed (Sicko!). So, after ripping our hair out to tally up your sick obsession with death...or is that our sick obsession...regardless... we've come up with the following statistics for that grand event we affectionately know as the Old Blue Eyes Memorial Celebrity Death Watch. Here goes!

There are 44 players in the 2000 Old Blue Eyes Memorial Celebrity Death Watch. 223 different celebrities were picked to turn up not quite living by the end of the year. Unfortunately, 1 was already dead before we even got started. In addition, two players listed a celebrity twice on their lists. These "Double Dippers" will play the 2000 O.B.E. with only 12 picks, just like the fella who thought Llyod Bridges was still breathing.

Another interestng fact is that 3 players picked SARAH KNAUSS, who died two days before the 2000 O.B.E. started. Because all three entries had been submitted before SARAH's timely demise (she was 119), the Alterante rule was exercised. The stats below reflect the alternates. SARAH has been, uhmm, eliminated.

Anyway, that means there are 222 active picks in the Death Watch. Of those 222, 137 were on only one list (the "solo flyers"), 40 were on only two lists (the "double whammies"), and the remaining 45 were on three or more lists. The number one pick this year was BOB HOPE. He appears on 34 lists. Next up is RONALD REAGAN who appears on 30 lists.

The complete breakdown of celebrities as well as who the heck some of these folks are is as follows:


The Celebrity
Why are they Celebrities?
How many picked 'em?
Bob Hope
Death Watch favorite
34
Ronald Reagan
How gone is Ron?
30
Pope John Paul II
Pope
20
The Queen Mother
Fashion?
18
Katherine Hepburn
Actress
16
Milton Berle
Big in comedy and trousers
16
Strom Thurmond
Come on already
14
Boris Yeltsin
Barfly
13
Charles Schulz
Cartoonist
11
Tom Landry
Former Cowboys' coach
11
Buddy Ebsen
Actor
10
Dudley Moore
Actor/Pianist
10
John Cardinal O'Connor
Pope of NYC
10
Johnny Cash
The Man in Black
9
Richard Pryor
Caught on fire
9
Fay Wray
Gray Wray
7
Ted Williams
Old baseball player
7
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
Wife of Politician
6
Sir John Gielgud
Keel-Good
6
Billy Wilder
Director
5
Dale Evans
Roast beef heiress
5
Ian Dury
Rocker
5
Lady Bird Johnson
Lydon's Squeeze
5
Peggy Lee
Singer
5
Anne Morrow-Lindbergh
Wife of Charlie the Pilot
4
Annette Funicello
Peanut Buttery Actress
4
Bobb McKittrick
49ers Line Coach
4
Don Budge
Former Tennis Star
4
Kirk Douglas
Actor with slur
4
Marlon Brando
Fat actor/Bad parent
4
Muhammad Ali
Boxer
4
Andy Dick
Comedian
3
Barbara Cartland
Author
3
David Brinkley
Rhymes with wrinkly
3
Eddie Albert
Actor-Green Acres IS the place to be
3
Hugh Hefner
Matt's Idol
3
Jim Varney
Ernest goes to chemo
3
Joey Bishop
Last Rat Packer
3
Johnny Carson
Tonight Show host
3
Leni Riefenstahl
Nazi Film Chick
3
Liza Minelli
Friend of Sinatra
3
Robert Downey Jr.
Dope fiend
3
Sean "Puffy" Combs
Rapper/Producer
3
Victor Borge
! ; ?
3
Walter Cronkite
News guy
3
Abe Vigoda
Actor
2
Alistair Cooke
Guy in leather chair
2
Arlene Francis
Perennial panelist
2
Art Carney
Actor, Barney Rubble prototype
2
Billy Graham
Evangelist
2
Bob Dylan
Singer, if you wanna call it that
2
Carol Channing
Weird looking actress
2
Charles Lane
Actor
2
Christopher Reeve
Superman of the disabled
2
Don Knotts
Andy's main squeeze
2
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Actor
2
Elia Kazan
I do believe I know some Commies
2
Elizabeth Kubler Ross
Author
2
Elizabeth Taylor
Wacky actress
2
Estee Lauder
Cosmetics billionaire
2
Evel Knievel
Daredevil
2
Fred Hooper
Race horse owner
2
Gordon Solie
Wrestling announcer
2
Harry Morgan
Actor, slugged wife
2
Hedy Lamarr
Actress
2
J.D. Salinger
Author
2
Jack Klugman
Actor
2
Jerry Lewis
Dean's ex-partner
2
Jimmie Davis
Politicain/Musician
2
John Gotti Sr.
Really a very nice fella
2
Karl Malden
Actor with big nose
2
Keith Richards
Rock & Roll pharmacist
2
Lauren Bacall
Bogie's hoagie
2
Lew Burdette
Former baseball pitcher
2
Loretta Young
Actress
2
Louis Farrakahn
Racist
2
Mr. T
Actor?
2
Paul Pena
Tuvan throat singer...yup
2
Perry Como
Singer
2
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Judge
2
Simon Wiesenthal
Nazi hunter
2
Sylvan Rodriguez
Houston TV news anchor
2
Terence McKenna
Author
2
Vaclav Havel
President of the Czech President
2
Walter Matthau
Actor
2
Abdurrahamm Wahid
Indonesian President
1
Abigail Van Buren
Dear Abby
1
Al Hirschfeld
Artist
1
Al Lopez
Baseball player/manager
1
Al Unser Jr.
Auto racer
1
Allen Iverson
Basketball player
1
Andres Pastrana
President of Columbia
1
Anthony Quinn
Actor
1
Arnold Palmer
Golfer
1
Arthur Miller
Playwright
1
Barry White
Singer/Love machine
1
Bernie Whitebear
Indian Chief
1
Bettino Craxi
Crooked Italian President
1
Bill Clinton
Got oral from intern
1
Bob Barker
Game show fur activist
1
Bob Casey
Former PA Governer
1
Bob Denver
Little Buddy
1
Briggs Cunningham Jr.
Car/boat Sportsman
1
Brittney Spears
Teen Singer
1
Buddy Hackett
Comedian
1
C. Everett Koop
Former Surgeon General
1
Carl Barks
Cartoonist
1
Carmen Electra
Star f-er
1
Casey Kasem
Voice of Shaggy
1
Charles Coleman
Broadway Director
1
Charlie Sheen
Actor with a bad rep.
1
Chuck Jones
Cartoonist
1
Clark Terry
Jazz Trumpeter
1
Claude Levi-Strauss
Anthropologist
1
Conrad Bain
Dif'rent Stroke ?
1
Dennis Rodman
Basketball player
1
Dion Warwick
Psychic
1
Edward Teller
Father of H-Bomb
1
Ehud Barak
Isreali Prime Minister
1
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr.
Navy chief in Vietnam
1
Elton John
Pop star with expensive taste
1
Ernest Borgnine
Actor
1
Estelle Getty
Actress
1
Farrah Fawcett
Actress, well, not really
1
Fidel Castro
Guy with cigar and beard
1
Foster Brooks
Drunk
1
Frankie Laine
Lounge lizard singer
1
Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
Author
1
George Harrison
Beatle
1
Gerald Ford
Bumbling President
1
Gordie Howe
Hockey Player
1
Hafez Assad
Syrian President
1
Hal Haig (Harry) Prieste
Oldest olympian
1
Harold Stassen
Presidential wanna-be
1
Henri Cartier-Bressen
Photographer
1
Hosni Mubarak
President of Egypt
1
Howard Stern
Radio Guy
1
Hugh Downs
Old News Guy
1
Hume Cronyn
Actor
1
Imogene Coca
Actress
1
Jack Kevorkian
Dr. Death
1
Jack Lemmon
Actor
1
Jack Paar
First "Tonight Show" host
1
Jack Palance
Actor
1
James McHugh
Catholic Bishop
1
Jane Withers
Actress
1
Jane Wyatt
Actress
1
Jason Priestly
Actor,/Drinker
1
Jason Robards
Actor
1
Jennifer Jones
Actress
1
Jesse Helms
Politiician
1
Jim Hurd
Software Co. CEO
1
John Kenneth Galbraith
Economist/Author
1
John Lee Hooker
Blues musicain
1
John Wooden
Basketball player
1
Julia Child
Chef "Cholesterol Bomb"
1
Kathryn Sullivan
Sarah Knauss' daughter
1
Ken Keasy
Author
1
King Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodian King
1
Larry Doby
First black in American League
1
Larry Flynt
Porn King
1
Larry Hagman
JR did Shots
1
Latrell Sprewell
Punched Coach
1
Leif Garrett
Teen heart throb
1
Leona Helmsley
Bitch
1
Lionel Hampton
Jazz Pioneer
1
Loretta Lynn
Singer/Crystal Gayle's Sister
1
Mack Robinson
Track star
1
Malcolm McLaren
Sex Pistols creator
1
Mariette Hartley
Actress
1
Maurice Richard
Hockey star/"The Rocket"
1
Michael DeBakey
Heart Surgeon
1
Michael Jackson
Singer who loves kids, lots
1
Michel Navratil
Titanic Survivor
1
Mickey Rooney
Short Actor
1
Mitch Miller
Sing along king
1
Monica Lewinsky
Felator
1
Mortimer J. Adler
Philosipher/Author
1
Morton Downey Jr.
Loud mouth
1
Muammar Qadhafi
Trainer of terrorists
1
Nancy Marchand
Actress
1
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Rapper
1
Olivia de Havilland
Actress
1
Olympia Dukakis
Actress
1
Paul Prudhomme
Chef
1
Pedro Almodovar
Spanish Director
1
Penny Singleton
Actress
1
Pervez Musharraf
Pakastan Chief Executive
1
Phil Rizzuto
Ball player
1
Princess Margaret
Princess
1
Ray Dorr
Football Coach
1
Red Adair
Fire Fighter
1
Ricky Martin
One hit wonder
1
Robert Sargent Shriver
Kennedy by Marriage
1
Robert Urich
Actor
1
Rodney Dangerfield
Comedian
1
Roger Clinton
The one that didn't get oral
1
Roger Neilson
Hockey player
1
Rosa Parks
Sat at front of bus
1
Rudy Guliani
NYC mayor
1
Saddam Hussein
Nasty ass
1
Scott Weiland
Stoned Temple Pilot
1
Sean Lennon
John's son
1
Sheb Wooley
Singer/Actor
1
Sherwood Schwartz
Producer
1
Slash
Guns N Roses dude
1
Slobodan Milosevic
President of Yugosolvia
1
Stephen Hawking
Smart guy with affliction
1
Stephen King
Good stories, bad writer
1
Tandja Mamadou
President of Niger
1
Ted Turner
Media magnate
1
The Backstreet Boys (all of 'em)
Singers
1
The Olsen Twins (both)
Annoying kids
1
Thor Hyerdahl
Adventurer
1
Tommy Hilfiger
Teen clothier
1
Tony Bennett
Singer
1
Tony Martin
Singer/Married to Cyd Charisse
1
Tony Stewart
Race car driver
1
Van Johnson
Actor
1
Walter Annenberg
Diplomat/Philanthropist
1
Wilfred Brimley
Actor
1
Yasir Arafat
Ya sir that's my funeral
1


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