THE STATS

For those of you sick enough to want to know how many Death Watchers picked certain would be mulch, this page is for you. The Guys at the O.B.E. have slaved and toiled with compass, slide rule, abacus and six pack to come up with these numbers. So, with little further fanfare, here they friggin' are:

129 lists were entered into the 2006 Old Blue Eyes Memorial Celebrity Death Watch. This should result in a total of 1,677 total names entered. However, three players entered lists that were short one pick and one player entered a list with two of the same picks (Don Knotts). So, that eliminates four pick postions, making the adjsuted total picks come down to 1,673 total names entered.

Now, of those 1,673 names entered, 450 different celebrities were picked to eat it by the end of 2006. The issue, as always, is that a handful of them had already eaten. Yup, seven entries had a celebrity pick that was already dead. That means we adjust the total active picks down to 443 different celebrities.

To recap, that's 129 entries listing a total of 443 individual celebrities picked to croak.

Of the 443 celebrities picked to buy the farm, 252 (56.8%) were on only one list (the Tad Szulcs), 62 (14.0%) were on only two lists (the double whammies), and the remaining 129 (29.2%) were on three or more lists.

The number one pick this year was GERALD FORD. Mr. Clumsy appears on 73 (56.6%)lists . Coming up next in line is LADY BIRD JOHNSON. Ms. Johnson appears on a hearty 60 (46.5%) lists. Our third most frequent pick was KIRK DOUGLAS. Whose Spartacus now, tough guy? Kirk appears on 48 (37.2%) lists.

As for the rest of the potential goners... Well, the complete breakdown of celebrities, who the hell some of these no-names are, and how many players picked 'em is presented below for your viewing pleasure and intellectual (heh) edification.


The Celebrity

Why are they Celebrities?

How Many
Picked 'Em?

Gerald Ford
DEAD-Bumbling President
73
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon's squeeze
60
Kirk Douglas
Actor
48
Dick Clark
Very Old Teenager
38
Lou Rawls
DEAD-Singer
35
Billy Graham
Evangelist
34
Brooke Astor
Philanthropist and Socialite
30
Muhammad Ali
Boxer
28
Don Knotts
DEAD-Andy's Main Squeeze
27
Elizabeth Taylor
Wacky Actress
24
Margaret Thatcher
Former Prime Minister of Great Britain
23
Al Lewis
DEAD-Grampa Munster
22
Maria Esther de Capovilla
DEAD-Very old lady
22
Art Linkletter
Comedian
20
Estelle Getty
Actress Getty up and Go!
20
Jerry Lewis
Dean's Ex-Partner
19
Mickey Rooney
Short Actor
19
Tammy Faye Bakker
Lots of make-up
19
Harry Morgan
Wife Beater
18
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Actress
18
Charles Lane
Actor
17
Emiliano Mercado Del Toro
Yet Another Old Dude
17
Joe Barbera
DEAD-Cartoon Fella
17
Augusto Pinochet
DEAD-Nasty Fella from Chile
16
Don Ho
Hawaian Singer
16
Annette Funicello
Peanut Buttery Actress
15
Fidel Castro
Made Convertable Bed?
15
Elizabeth Bolden
DEAD-Old lady in the US
14
Walter Cronkite
News Guy
14
Karl Malden
Actor - Big Nose, Big Smell
13
Abe Vigoda
Actor - Fish
12
Dolores Hope
Bob's Gal
12
Jack Kevorkian
Dr. Dead
12
Joey Bishop
Last Rat Packer
12
Olivia de Havilland
Actress
12
Eunice Kennedy-Shriver
Old Kennedy
11
Kitty Carlisle-Hart
Game Show Chick
11
Mark Felt
Deep Throat (No, Not That One)
11
Nancy Reagan
Ron's Wife
11
Charlton Heston
Gun Toting Actor
10
John Wooden
Basketball Player
10
Mitch Miller
Sing Along King
10
Red Auerbach
DEAD-Former Celtics' Coach
10
Gloria Stuart
Actress
9
Ronnie Biggs
Great Train Robber
9
Ariel Sharon
Israeli Tough Guy
8
Phil Rizzuto
Ball player
8
Stanley Kunitz
DEAD-Poet
8
Darren McGavin
DEAD-Actor
7
Earl Woods
DEAD-Tiger's Pop
7
Ernest Borgnine
Actor
7
Glenn Ford
DEAD-Actor
7
Harold Pinter
Playwright
7
Jesse Helms
Politiician
7
Phyllis A. Whitney
Author
7
Sid Caesar
Comedian
7
Wendy Wasserstein
DEAD-Playwright
7
Albert Hofmann
Discovered LSD
6
Dan Fogelberg
Singer and Song Writer
6
Dana Reeve
DEAD-Mrs. Superman
6
Ed McMahon
Johnny's Lap Dog
6
Ernest Gallo
Wine Maker
6
Frankie Laine
Lounge Lizard Singer
6
Gordon Hinckley
President of Mormon Church
6
Jane Wyatt
DEAD-Actress
6
Jane Wyman
Actress
6
John Kenneth Galbraith
DEAD-Economist/Author
6
Larry Hagman
JR Did Shots
6
Richard Widmark
Actor
6
Betty Ford
Gerald's Wife
5
Claude Levi-Strauss
Anthropologist
5
J.D. Salinger
A Catcher in the Rye
5
Les Paul
Guitar Guy
5
Louis Rukeyser
DEAD-Financial Commentator
5
Oriana Fallaci
DEAD-Italian Journalist
5
Phyllis Diller
Comedian
5
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of England
5
Sam Dana
Oldest Living NFL Player
5
Ted Kennedy
Old Drunk from Unlucky Family
5
Andy Griffith
Matlock et al.
4
Bob Barker
Game Show Fur Activist
4
Boris Yeltsin
Russian Lush
4
Dick Cheney
Politician
4
Doris Day
Actress
4
Dorothy Constance Stratton
DEAD-WWII Naval Officer
4
Eleanor Mondale
Walter's Daughter
4
Eli Wallach
Actor
4
George Beverly Shea
Gospel Singer
4
George Bush Sr.
Ex-President-Read Blue Lips
4
Jack LaLanne
Physical Fitness Guru
4
Mary Travers
Some Hippie Chick
4
Michael DeBakey
Heart Surgeon
4
Norman Lloyd
Actor
4
Rose Marie
Actress/Comedian
4
Ruby Muhammad
Wife of Elijah Muhammad
4
Saddam Hussein
DEAD-Nasty Ass
4
Shelley Winters
DEAD-Actress
4
Stephen Hawking
Smart Guy
4
50 Cent
We wouldn't give you a quarter
3
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
DEAD-Terrorist
3
Al Molinaro
Character Actor
3
Alan Young
Actor, Voice Artist
3
Andy Rooney
Annoying 60 Minutes Guy
3
B. B. King
Musician
3
Bobby Doerr
Baseball Player (Red Sox)
3
Boris Yefimov
Soviet Cartoonist
3
Gary Glitter
Pedophile
3
George Steinbrenner
Yankee Dude
3
Helen Gurley-Brown
Wild Broad
3
Henri Cartan
Good at Math
3
Jimmy Carter
Ex President
3
John Forsythe
Actor
3
Kurt Vonnegut
Author
3
Lillian Asplund
DEAD-Titanic Survivor
3
Loretta Lynn
Singer/Crystal Gayle's Sister
3
Lou Henson
Basketball Coach
3
Maurice Papon
French Nazi War Criminal
3
Meinhardt Raabe
Munchkin (not Dunkin')
3
Michael Jackson
Singer Who Loves Kids (alot)
3
Moses Hardy
DEAD-Old American Guy
3
Nelson Mandela
Fella in Dashiki
3
Paul Harvey
Radio Guy
3
Red Buttons
DEAD-Comedian
3
Robert Byrd
Former Klansman
3
Sammy Baugh
NFL Hall of Famer
3
Sargent Shriver
Married a Kennedy
3
Stan Musial
Baseball Player, Stan-the-Man
3
Studs Terkel
Chicago Columnist
3
Whitney Houston
Looney gal
3
Aaron Spelling
DEAD-Love Boat Creator
2
Abigail Van Buren (Pauline)
Dear Abby
2
Alex Higgins
Professional Snooker Palyer
2
Alfredo Di Stefano
Soccer Great
2
Arthur C. Clarke
Author
2
Ashley Simpson
Talentless Singer
2
Beverly Cleary
Children's Book Author
2
Bob Feller
Baseball Hall of Famer
2
Boy George
Exactly!
2
Bruce Bennett
Actor
2
Byron Nelson
DEAD-Golfer
2
Casey Coleman
DEAD-Cleveland Sports Announcer
2
Chuck Yeager
Pilot
2
Coretta Scott King
DEAD-Martin Luther's Gal
2
Courtney Love
Hole
2
David Crosby
Singer
2
David Rockefeller
Rich Guy's Brother
2
Dick Gregory
Activist/Speaker/Humorist
2
Dick Van Dyke
Actor/Comedian
2
Dick Wilson
Mr. Whipple
2
Don Rickles
Comedian
2
Earl Butz
Former US Secretary of Agriculture
2
Frank Cady
Actor
2
Gene Wilder
Willy Wonka
2
Henry Allingham
WW 1 Veteran
2
Howdy Groskloss
DEAD-Old Baseball Player
2
Hugh Hefner
Matt's Idol
2
Ibrahim Rugova
DEAD-President of Kosovo
2
Jack Klugman
Actor Pull the Plug-man
2
Jack Palance
DEAD-Actor
2
Jack Snow
DEAD-Sports Broadcaster - Rams
2
Jacques Chirac
Something About Anti-Ameicanism
2
Jake LaMotta
Boxer
2
John "Earthquake" Tenta
DEAD-Wrestler
2
John Shalikashvili
Former Chair of Joint Cheifs of Staff
2
Johnny "Lam" Jones
Football Player
2
Jorg Immendorff
German Artist
2
June Callwood
Author
2
Keith Richards
Rock & Roll Pharmacist
2
Laraine Day
Actress
2
Larry Flynt
Okay, Maybe This is Matt's Idol
2
Leona Helmsley
Bitch
2
Lou Jacobi
Actor
2
Louise Rainer
Actress
2
Marty Allen
Comic
2
Mary Tyler Moore
Actress
2
Michael Brecker
Sax Player
2
Michael Moore
Did He Do "Super Size it?"
2
Michelangelo Antonioni
Movie Director
2
Mike Wallace
60 Minutes dude
2
Milton Friedman
DEAD-Free to Choose Author, Economist
2
Mohammed Deif
Hamas Military Leader
2
Monte Irvin
Baseball Hall of Famer
2
Osama Bin Laden
Nasty ass
2
Patsy Ramsey
DEAD-Innocent? Right.
2
Ricardo Montalban
Actor
2
Ron Santo
Former Chicago Cub
2
Ronnie Hawkins
Rockabilly Musician
2
Roy Horn
Sigfried's Boy
2
Steven Cojocaru
TV Personality
2
Susan Butcher
DEAD-Won Iditarod
2
Wilford Brimley
Actor
2
William F. Buckley Jr.
Writer, Commentator
2
Yogi Berra
Boo Boo's Pal
2
"Crazy Ray" Jones
Dallas Cowboys "Mascot"
1
Al Davis
Football Coach
1
Al Jaffee
MAD Magazine Guy
1
Alberto Fujimori
Former President of Argentina
1
Alec Baldwin
Actor
1
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian Writer
1
Alfredo Stroessner
DEAD-Former Dictator of Paraguay
1
Allan Arbus
Actor
1
Allan Melvin
Actor
1
Andrew Wyeth
Artist
1
Angela Lansbury
Murder We Wish
1
Anita Page
Actress
1
Ann Guilbert
Actress
1
Anna Nicole Smith
Large Breasted Gold Digger
1
Antonin Scalia
Court Dude
1
Ayman Nour
Egyptian Politico
1
Barbara Billingsley
Actress
1
Barbara J. West Dainton
Titanic Survivor
1
Barbara Kent
Actress
1
Barbara Steisand
Very annoying lady
1
Bea Arthur
Actress - Maude
1
Ben Gazzara
Actor
1
Bernie Ebbers
Sell that Worldcom Kiddies
1
Betty White
Golden Gal
1
Bill O'Reilly
Blowhard
1
Bill Werber
Baseball Player
1
Bo Diddley
Musicain
1
Bob Dole
Politician
1
Bob Shepard
Yankees Announcer
1
Bowie Kuhn
Former Baseball Commissioner
1
Brian Mulroney
Canadian PM
1
Bud Schulberg
Screenwriter
1
C. Everett Koop
Former Surgeon General
1
Calvert DeForest
Larry Bud Melman
1
Carl Pohlad
Owns the Twins (Minnesota not Olsen)
1
Carlos Ramirez
Mayor of El Paso
1
Celeste Holm
Actress
1
Charles H. Townes
Won Nobel Prize, 1964
1
Charles Nelson Reilly
Actor/Comedian
1
Charley Pride
Country Singer
1
Charlie Watts
Rolling Stone
1
Clarence "Ace" Parker
Fottball Player
1
Claudette Colvin
Civil Rights Activist
1
Clay Aiken
Man Americans Can Be Dumb
1
Colleen Howe
Gordie's Chick
1
Conrad Bain
Dif'rent Stroke ?
1
Curt Gowdy
DEAD-Broadcaster
1
Dakota Fanning
Kid Actress
1
Dan Curtis
DEAD-Producer
1
Dan Rather
News Guy
1
Danny Bonaduce
Radio Personality/Former Partridge
1
Danny Glover
Actor
1
David Chatters
Canadian Politico
1
David Newell
Mr. McFeely on Mr. Rogers
1
Debbie Mathers
Marshall's Mom
1
Dick Francis
Author
1
Dody Goodman
Actress
1
Don LaFontaine
Voice Over Guy
1
Don Larsen
Baseball Player
1
Don Pardo
TV Announcer
1
Don Vito
From "Viva La Bam"
1
Donald Rumsfeld
Something about Defense
1
Donald Sutherland
Actor
1
Doyle Brunson
Poker Player
1
Earl Hyman
Actor from Cosby Show
1
Earl Weaver
Former Baseball Manager
1
Eartha Kitt
Cat Woman
1
Ed Koch
Former NYC Mayor
1
Eddie Robinson
Football Coach - Grambling
1
Edward Upward
Writer
1
Edwin Morgan
Poet
1
Elton John
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
1
Eminem
White Rapper
1
Ernestine Gilbreth Corey
DEAD-Writer
1
Ethan Hawke
Actor
1
Eve Curie LaBouisse
Marie's Daughter
1
Evel Knievel
Daredevil
1
Former President Suharto
Political Leader
1
Frances Reid
Actress in Days of Our Lives
1
Frank Gifford
Cathy Lee's Bitch
1
Frederica Sagor Maas
Screenwriter
1
Garrett Morris
Comedian
1
George Carlin
7 Dirty Words Guy
1
George Clooney
Actor
1
George Kell
Baseball Player
1
George Martin
Beatles Producer
1
George Soros
Rich Guy
1
George W. Bush
President of US
1
Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi
Baathist
1
Haleigh Poutre
A child for God's sake
1
Harry Reid
Senator from Nevada
1
Harvey Korman
Funny Fella
1
Helen Thomas
Journalist
1
Hugh Downs
Old News Guy
1
Ivan Mauger
Motorcycle Racer
1
Jack Carter
Comedian
1
Jacques Barzun
French Historian
1
Jake "The Snake" Roberts
Wrestler
1
James Brown
DEAD-Say Heh! Shamalama! Get on Up!
1
James Earl Jones
Voice
1
Jane Russell
Actress
1
Jean Belliveau
Hockey Player
1
Jeff Garlin
Actor
1
Jeff Gordon
NASCAR Pretty Boy
1
Jerry Falwell
Moral Majority Guy
1
Jerry Lee Lewis
Cradle Robber
1
Jerry Maren
Munchkin
1
Jerry Reed
Country Singer
1
Jerry Wexler
Record Producer
1
Joan Kennedy
Mrs. Drunkard
1
Joe Hirsch
Journalist on Horse Racing Guy
1
John Glenn
Astronaut
1
John Goodman
Fat Actor
1
John Madden
Turkey Eater
1
John Profumo
DEAD-UK Politician
1
John Silverstand
Horse Breeder
1
John Spencer
DEAD-Snooker Player
1
Johnny Sain
DEAD-Baseball Player
1
Johnny Vaught
DEAD-College Footbal Coach
1
Jonathan Winters
Very Funny Nut Job
1
Karen Duffy
Actress/Author
1
Karl Rove
Not the world's nicest guy
1
Kate Moss
Chickee Pooh
1
Ken Brewer
DEAD-Poet
1
Kevin Federline
Tapping Britney Spears
1
Khaled Mashaal
Believed to Head Hamas
1
King Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodian King
1
King Taufaahau Topou IV
DEAD-King of Tonga
1
Kylie Minogue
Pop Singer
1
Lansana Conte
President of Guinea
1
Larry King
Old Fart
1
Lee MacPhail
Baseball Executive
1
Leila Denmark
Doctor and Researcher
1
Lena Horne
Singer
1
Leonard Nimoy
Spock
1
Liza Minnelli
Friend of Sinatra
1
Louie Anderson
We Think He Ate Andy Kaufman
1
Lowry Mays
Clear Channel CEO
1
Lyn Nofziger
DEAD-Reagan Aide
1
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Funny Little Man
1
Mahmoud al-Zahar
Hamas Co-founder
1
Margot Kidder
Actress/Nut Job
1
Maria Friedman
Diva
1
Maria Olivia da Silva
Old Lady
1
Marion Higgins
DEAD-Old Gal in CA
1
Martin Landau
Guy from Space 1999
1
Mary Kate Olsen
Half an Annoying Set
1
Maureen O'Hara
Actress
1
Maya Angelou
Poet, We Guess
1
Mel Stottlemyre
Baseball Player
1
Merle Haggard
Country Music Guy
1
Michael Foot
British Politician
1
Michael Gough
Actor
1
Miep Gies
Anne Frank's firend
1
Mike Tyson
Ear Eater
1
Milvina Dean
Titanic Survivor
1
Mindy McCready
Crazy Country Singer
1
Mr. Blackwell
Fashion Critic
1
Naguib Mahfouz
DEAD-Egyptian Author and Nobel Laureate
1
Nanette Fabray
Actress
1
Natalie Maines
A Dixie Chick
1
Ned Jarrett
Nascar Analyst
1
Oleg Cassini
DEAD-Fashion Dude
1
Oliver White Hill
Civil Rights Activist
1
Ollie Johnston
Animator
1
Ollie Matson
Football Player
1
Oral Roberts
Preacher
1
Orlando Thomas
Footbal Player
1
Oscar Niemeyer
Architect
1
Ozzy Osbourne
Singer
1
Paris Hilton
Chick who's hard to see in that online video
1
Pat Kennedy Lawford
DEAD-A Hybrid
1
Pat Martino
Jazz Musician
1
Pat Robertson
Religious Dude
1
Pat Summerall
Football guy/TV Announcer
1
Patrick Macnee
Actor
1
Patty Berg
DEAD-Lady Golfer
1
Paul Byrd
Baseball Player
1
Paul McCartney
He was in some band
1
Pauly Shore
Dumbass
1
Pete Doherty
Rocker
1
Peter Boyle
DEAD-Actor
1
Peter O'Toole
Actor
1
Phil Brown
DEAD-Actor
1
Philip Rabinowitz
Oldest 100 Meter Runner
1
Pope Beneduct XVI
The Pope
1
Preacher Roe
Baseball Player
1
Prince Ernst August of Hanover
A Prince
1
Prince Philip
Prince
1
PW Botha
DEAD-Former South African PM
1
Ralph Kiner
Baseball Player
1
Ralph McQuarrie
Artist
1
Ralph Stanley
Bluegrass Musician
1
Ray Bradbury
Author
1
Ray Crist
Chemist
1
Ray Meyer
DEAD-Ex DePaul Coach
1
Red Schoendienst
Baseball Player
1
Regis Philbin
Host
1
Reverand Sun Myung Moon
Moonie Guy
1
Rhona Damant
DEAD-Author
1
Richard Dawson
Actor/Game Show Host
1
Richard Fleischer
DEAD-Movie Director
1
Robert Earl Jones
DEAD-James' Dad
1
Robin Roberts
Baseball Player
1
Roger Moore
Actor
1
Rollie Stiles
Baseball Player
1
Roy Disney
Walt's Nephew
1
Roy Scheider
Actor
1
Rudolph Arnheim
Author
1
Rupert Murdoch
Owns lots
1
Russell Johnson
The Professor
1
Ruth Westheimer
Sex Gal
1
Ryan O'Neal
Tatum's Dad
1
Sandra Day O'Connor
Justice
1
Sarah Brady
Gun Control Advocate
1
Scott Hamilton
Ice Skater
1
Scott Weiland
Stoned Temple Pilot
1
Sherwood Schwartz
Producer
1
Shirley MacLaine
Loopy
1
Sidney Coleman
Harvard Professor
1
Sidney Sheldon
Author
1
Sir Arthur Marshall
Chariot of Fire Olympian
1
Sir Edmund Hillary
Mountain Climber
1
Slobodan Milosevic
DEAD-Yugosolian President
1
Snoop Doggy Dogg
Rapper
1
Soupy Sales
Bad Comedian
1
Steve Mizerak
DEAD-Pool Player
1
Steve Smith
Former LA Raider
1
Susan Sarandon
Actress
1
Susie Gibson
DEAD-Yet Another Old Person
1
Tara Reid
Actress
1
Ted Koppel
News Guy
1
Teresa Heinz Kerry
Looney Broad
1
Tim Robbins
Actor
1
Tom DeLay
Congressman
1
Tom Sizemore
Actor With Some Issues
1
Tommy Chong
Comedian
1
Tommy Henrich
Former NY Yankee
1
Tommy Lasorda
Hefty Baseball Coach
1
Van Johnson
Actor
1
Verne Troyer
Mini-Me
1
Vincent Sherman
DEAD-Director
1
Walter Mondale
Vice President
1
Wavy Gravy
Hippie
1
William Marriott Jr.
Hotel Dude without skank daughter
1
William Shatner
Kirk
1
Willie Mays
Say Hey
1
Wink Martindale
Game Show Host
1
Yanni
New Age Musician
1
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Japanese PM
1


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