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 1999 Old Blue Eyes Memorial Celebrity Death Watch. Here goes!

There are 28 players and a total of 35 entries. 177 different celebrities were picked to turn up not quite living by the end of the year. Unfortunately, 5 were dead before we even got started. We can't decide which is funnier, Robin picking George Burns, a guy whose death was widely publicized back in 1996, or Chris picking Richard Halliburton, a guy who disappeared somewhere in the Pacific in the late 1940s. We'll leave it up to you.

Anyway, that means there are 172 active picks in the pool. Of those 172, 108 were on only one list (the "solo flyers"), 30 were on only two lists (the "double whammies"), and the remaining 34 were on three or more lists. The number one pick this year was Bob Hope. He appears on 31 lists. Next up is Joltin' Joe DiMaggio who appears on 25 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
Comedian, Actor
31
Joe DiMaggio
Baseball Player, Monroe Schtuper
25
Boris Yeltsin
Political leader, Drunkard
19
Ronald Reagan
Past U.S. President
18
Pope John Paul II
Wears funny hat
17
The Queen Mother
Not too sure
16
Johnny Cash
Singer (Ring of Fire rules)
14
Katherine Hepburn
Actress
13
Milton Berle
Comedian, Actor, Big in the pants
13
Strom Thurmond
Politician, Way to the right
13
Buddy Ebsen
Actor
7
Kirk Douglas
Actor
7
Fay Wray
Actress, Gorilla's main squeeze
6
Hume Cronyn
Actor
6
Barbara Cartland
Writer
5
Elizabeth Taylor
Actress, Nut job
5
Leni Riefenstahl
Actress, Director, Not a man
5
Richard Pryor
Comedian, Human torch
5
Senor Wences
Comedian, Ventriloquist
5
Sir John Gielgud
Actor
5
Allen Funt
Comedian
4
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
Political leader
4
Muhammad Ali
Boxer, True creator of Rap
4
Sarah Clark Knauss
Old Lady...Real old
4
Scott Weiland
Musician, Dope fiend
4
Billy Graham
Evangelist, Guy we're scared of
3
Bob Dylan
Musician
3
David Brinkley
T.V. Journalist, Rhymes with wrinkly
3
Gloria Stuart
Actress (we'd have kept the necklace)
3
Perry Como
Singer
3
Robert Downey Jr.
Actor, Can even act straight when he's high
3
Sadam Hussein
Political leader
3
Sarah Delany
Writer
3
Stephen Hawking
Really smart guy with affliction
3
Al Hirschfeld
(Nina) Artist (Nina)
2
Annette Funicello
Mouseketeer, Beach blanket babe
2
Art Carney
Actor, Barney Rubble proto-type
2
Billy Wilder
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Show off
2
Calista Flockhart
Actress
2
Dale Evans
Actress, Singer, Cow girl
2
Daryl Strawberry
Baseball Player
2
Don Knotts
Actor
2
Doug Wickenheiser
Hockey Player
2
Evil Knievel
Daredevil , Idiot
2
Farah Fawcett
Actress, Pin-up
2
Hugh Hefner
One lucky dude
2
Ian Dury
Musician
2
Imogene Coca
Actress
2
Jack Klugman
Actor
2
Jack Paar
Tonight Show host before Johnny
2
James Farmer
Civil Rights leader
2
Joey Bishop
Comedian, Last living Rat Packer
2
Johnny Paycheck
Musician
2
Kathryn Schoonover
Very troubled homeless cancer patient
2
King Hussein
Political leader
2
Leon Hess
Jets Owner
2
Marlon Brando
Actor, Not a model parent
2
Mortimer J. Adler
Philosopher, Writer
2
Morton Downey Jr.
Who really knows why
2
Mr. T.
Bad ass
2
Pee Wee Reese
Baseball Player
2
Peggy Lee
Singer
2
Vaclev Havel
Political leader, Rhymes with navel
2
Walter Cronkite
T.V. Journalist
2
Abe Vigoda
Actor
1
Abigal Van Buren
Dear Abby, Know-it-all
1
Abu Nidal
Political leader
1
Al Lewis
Actor, Wanna be politician
1
Al Lopez
Baseball Player, Manager
1
Aleksandras Lileikis
Alleged war criminal
1
Alistair Cooke
Guy in big leather chair
1
Anna Lee
Actress
1
Anne Morrow-Lindbergh
Chuck's wife
1
Ariel Sharon
Israeli foreign minister
1
Arnold Palmer
Golfer
1
Art Linkletter
Comedian, Much better than Bill Cosby
1
Billie Jean King
Tennis Player
1
Billy Barty
Actor, Dwarf
1
Carly Simon
Musician
1
Carol Channing
Actress, Has big mouth...literally
1
Charles "Buddy" Rogers
Actor, Producer
1
Charles Manson
Lunatic
1
Charles Schulz
Cartoonist
1
Chris Kataan
Comedian
1
Dan Reeves
Football Coach
1
Daniel Baldwin
Actor, the embarrassing Baldwin
1
David Crosby
Musician
1
DeForest Kelly
Actor
1
Diahann Carroll
Actress with silly first name
1
Dom Deluise
Actor, Comedian
1
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Actor
1
Dudley Moore
Actor
1
Dusty Springfield
Singer
1
Enos Slaughter
Baseball Player
1
Ernest Borgnine
Actor
1
Estella Jones
Georgia Prune
1
Eunice Shriver-Kennedy
Gotta die soon, she's a Kennedy
1
Fidel Castro
Political leader
1
Former President Suharto
Political leader
1
Fred W. Hooper
Race Horse Owner
1
Gene Sarazen
Golfer
1
Gerald Ford
Former U.S. President, Very clumsy guy
1
Glenn Ford
Actor
1
Harry Chaloner
1
Harry Morgan
Actor, Alleged spousal abuser
1
Harry Prieste
Olympian
1
Hedy Lamar
Actress
1
Helen Gurley-Brown
Publisher, Pretty wild lady
1
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Photographer
1
Hunter Kelly
Jim Kelly's child (ouch)
1
Iggy Pop
Musician
1
Jack Lemmon
Actor
1
Jan-Michael Vincent
Actor
1
Jane Withers
Actress
1
Jim Nabors
Actor
1
Jim Varney
Bad Actor
1
Jimmie Davis
Political leader, Song writer
1
John Goodman
Actor, Big in pants (but not like Berle)
1
John Wooden
Basketball Player
1
Johnny Carson
Host, Reason Ed McMahon exists
1
Keith Richards
Musician, Possible undead
1
Ken Kesey
Writer
1
Kurt Vonnegut
Writer
1
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndon's wife
1
Larry Flynt
Publisher, Real horny guy
1
Larry Hagman
Actor
1
Les Paul
Musician, Inventor of electric guitar
1
Liza Minelli
Actress, Singer, Scary lady
1
Lore Noto
Producer
1
Mack Robinson
Track star, Jackie's brother
1
Marilyn Manson
Musician, Strange fella
1
Marvin Davis
Billionaire
1
Matt Robinson
Played Gordon on Sesame Street
1
Mel Torme
Singer, Velvet fog
1
Michael Jackson
Musician, Alleged pedaphile
1
Mickey Rooney
Actor
1
Mikahil Gorbachev
Political leader, Guy with spot on head
1
Mike Ditka
Football Coach
1
Monica Lewinsky
Felator
1
Baby B
Octuplet
1
Baby C
Octuplet
1
Baby D
Octuplet
1
Baby F
Octuplet
1
Baby G
Octuplet
1
Baby H
Octuplet
1
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Rapper
1
Olivia deHavilland
Actress
1
Pat Summerall
Football Player, Announcer
1
Sylvester "Pat" Weaver
Rich guy, Daughter plauged by aliens
1
Paul Prudhome
Chef, Apparently likes his own cooking...lots!
1
Pernell Roberts
Actor
1
Phyllis Diller
Comedian
1
Pierre Trudeau
Political Leader
1
Prince Sihanouk
Political Leader
1
Quincy Jones
Musician, Arranger, Producer
1
Red Auerbach
Basketball Coach
1
Reverend Robert Schuller
Evangelist, Kinda guy that scares us
1
Rosa Parks
Gal on bus
1
Ruth Warrick
Actress
1
Sam Coleman
1
Sam Snead
Golfer,
1
Sean Connory
Actor
1
Sophia Loren
Actress
1
Stan Musial
Baseball Player
1
Susan Smith
Child killer, Really deserves to suffer
1
Sylvia Sydney
Actress
1
Ted Williams
Baseball Player
1
Tommy Morrison
Boxer
1
Tony Curtis
Actor, Jamie Lee's dad
1
Victor Borge
Comedian, Musician, ?!.;:
1
Werner Klemperer
Actor
1
Willie Nelson
Musician, Tax evader
1



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