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Post by 9 on Jan 16, 2007 9:13:56 GMT -5
I was surprised he made 2007.
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Post by kingdzbws on Jan 16, 2007 11:10:15 GMT -5
Fidel was my easiest pick....the man has had one foot in the grave for a while.
To make it interesting, the Death Pool should be for only young(er) people in apparent good health.
Having said that, I'd like to add another Oldie.............
JACK NICHOLSON!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 16, 2007 14:34:50 GMT -5
Oh, I dont think he is going anytime soon. I read a story on him in that liberal rag Rolling Stone, the guy is whooping it up like someone a third his age. And he appears spry. I would see him going from a car wreck before I see him go in some sort of elderly demise.
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Post by jwmcc on Jan 16, 2007 14:36:11 GMT -5
Tom Sizemore, anyone?
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Post by elliejay21 on Jan 23, 2007 21:35:14 GMT -5
Bill Parcells
Tori Spelling
Glenallen Hill
Margaret Thatcher
Michael Crichton
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Post by 9 on Jan 24, 2007 0:49:48 GMT -5
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Post by Jason Giambi on Jan 24, 2007 7:56:34 GMT -5
some guy in the paper yesterday said he thought Fidel was already dead.
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 24, 2007 8:25:32 GMT -5
That sounds like a VERY reliable source. You can't get more "in the know" than some guy in the paper.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 24, 2007 8:39:45 GMT -5
Maybe so, but I saw a quote today from "another guy in the paper" that swears Fidel is still alive.
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Post by Jason Giambi on Jan 24, 2007 9:42:57 GMT -5
Already Dead?
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By CLOE CABRERA The Tampa Tribune
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TAMPA - When Cuba's Santeria priests, or babalawos, issued their New Year's forecast, they didn't say anything about the biggest question on Cubans' minds: the ambiguous health of their presidente, Fidel Castro.
Castro surprised many when he ceded power to his brother, Raul, last summer because of an illness. He hasn't been seen in public since.
In their annual Letra del Ano, or Letter of the Year, Santeria priests divine from the deities what's in store for the coming months. The predictions are a big event in Cuba, where more than half the population, according to some estimates, practices the religion that mixes African and Roman Catholic traditions.
While the priests warned of increased danger from epidemics and military intervention, they also foresaw a strengthening economy. But in a departure from the norm, they said nothing about Castro.
Recently, a local babalawo issued his own Letra del Ano. His message from above: Castro is already dead.
"He [Castro] has done everything he was going to do on this Earth," said Juan Carlos Fernandez, a Cuba native who sells religious items at his Oluo PoPo shop on West Hillsborough Avenue. "His time here is up."
After his death is revealed, Cuba will slowly allow democratic reform, Fernandez said, attributing the prediction to the god Orula. But it will take time.
Castro "ruled with fear," said Fernandez, a Santero for 21 years and a priest for three. "His brother is already doing things Castro would not. He is preparing Cuba for a free economy. It will happen."
Last week, the Spain newspaper El Pais reported Castro to be in serious condition following complications from three failed intestinal surgeries for diverticulitis. He is suffering from infection and is being fed intravenously, according to the report.
Photos and video of the 80-year-old leader released in October showed him looking weak and frail.
"The babalawos will never reveal what the true predictions about his health are because it will cause problems for them," said Fernandez. "But I assure you he is dead. Orula has spoken, and he is never wrong."
Orula, the deity of predictions, is also the saint of divinations. He communicates only to babalawos, who read his messages through a divination instrument - typically an Ecule, a necklace made of polished coconut shells.
Since news of Castro's illness spread, Fernandez said, many Cubans have stopped by his botanica to ask what would happen to him.
Angel R. Iglesias, a Santeria follower and frequent visitor to the shop, said he doesn't pray for Castro's death but for peace in Cuba.
"I don't desire death on anyone," said the 46-year-old Cuba native. "But I wish God would give him rest to give families a chance to be together. They're only 90 miles away, and it's like a wall keeping families apart so many years."
Ruben Fernandez, another visitor, said he was not praying for Castro's recovery, though he wasn't praying for his death, either.
"Everyone wishes his death. Even if he lasts 1,000 years, he will never repay the damage he's done to the country and its people," said Fernandez, 52, who is no relation to Juan Carlos Fernandez.
Ruben Fernandez, who still has many relatives in Cuba, worries that Cuban-Americans will be disappointed once Castro is gone.
"Everyone thinks when he dies they're going back home, and that's not going to happen
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Post by kingdzbws on Jan 24, 2007 11:32:44 GMT -5
I recently applied to be my neighborhood's local babalawo but the pay is no good and I hate chicken blood...still a job is a job.
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Post by 9 on Jan 24, 2007 13:51:02 GMT -5
Plus you have to publicly disclose your finances as part of the local babalawo application process. I ain't down with that.
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Post by dolores on Jan 29, 2007 14:40:30 GMT -5
Way to step out on a limb there. Anyway, I saw George Wendt on Conan this week, and he may not make it to 2007 Ewwwwww! I saw that show too. Lordy, er, I mean LARDY. |
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Post by dolores on Jan 29, 2007 14:44:48 GMT -5
Fidel was my easiest pick....the man has had one foot in the grave for a while. M Looks like Miami can't wait! Miami Plans Big Party When Castro Dies Monday, January 29, 2007 MIAMI - The city of Miami is planning an official celebration at the Orange Bowl whenever Cuban president Fidel Castro dies. Discussions by a committee appointed earlier this month by the city commission to plan the event have even covered issues such as a theme to be printed on T-shirts, what musicians would perform, the cost and how long the celebration would last. Such a gathering has long been part of the city's plan for Castro's death, but firming up the specifics has been more urgent since Castro became ill last summer and turned over power to his brother, Raul. City Commissioner Tomas Regalado, a Cuban American, came up with the idea of using the Orange Bowl, noting that the stadium was the site of a speech by President Kennedy in 1961 promising a free Cuba, and that in the 1980s it served as a camp for refugees from the Mariel boatlift from Cuba. "Basically, the only thing we're trying to do is have a venue, a giant venue ready for people, if they wish, to speak to the media, to show their emotions. It's not that we're doing an official death party," Regalado said Monday. Former state Rep. Luis Morse stressed the need for an uplifting theme for the party - one not preoccupied with a human being's passing. Critics have accused the city of dictating where people should party, with many preferring to celebrate on the streets of Little Havana. The city says the Orange Bowl celebration would not preclude that. "This is not a mandatory site," Regalado said of the Orange Bowl. "Just a place for people to gather." Ramon Saul Sanchez, leader of the Miami-based Democracy Movement organization, worries about how a party to celebrate a man's death would be perceived by people outside the Cuban exile community. Sanchez also pointed out that, even after Castro dies, his communist government still will be in place. "The notion of a big party, I think, should be removed from all this," Sanchez said. "Although everybody will be very happy that the dictator cannot continue to oppress us himself, I think everybody is still very sad because there are still prisons full of prisoners, many people executed, and families divided." |
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Post by grover on Jan 29, 2007 23:59:48 GMT -5
I predict someone old will die. So far I'm the only one 100% correct. Someone old died. I win, thanks for playing. |
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Post by Chris on Jan 30, 2007 5:19:58 GMT -5
Fuck Fidel Castro, fuck Emelio Rivenga, and fuck the Diaz Brothers. I bury those cockroaches.
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Post by dabadguy on Feb 1, 2007 20:36:34 GMT -5
Old Man Jimmy! I've had him in the death pool for 6 years now. I think I will finally be right this year.
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Post by Jason Giambi on Feb 20, 2007 5:10:47 GMT -5
britney is going to die this year.
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Post by 9 on Feb 20, 2007 8:02:40 GMT -5
And you thought the coverage of Anna Nicole was excessive ... ugh.
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Post by King98er on Feb 20, 2007 9:38:41 GMT -5
I predict that Mike Awesome will die!
Oh wait, he just did! Mike Awesome passes away
Written: February 19, 2007WWE is saddened by news of the passing of Mike Alfonso, better known to wrestling fans as Mike Awesome. He was 42.
Mike Awesome's first major exposure came overseas, where he became one of the Japan's top stars. Awesome would eventually become a star and champion in America while wrestling for Extreme Championship Wrestling. Following his successful run in ECW, Awesome spent time working in WCW and later WWE before retiring to his native Tampa, Fla.
While in ECW, Awesome was a two-time World Champion and Tag Team Champion. His matches with Masato Tanaka, including a show-stealer at One Night Stand in 2005 were among the most memorable in ECW history.
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Post by Jason Giambi on Feb 20, 2007 10:29:08 GMT -5
what did these guys take that's causing them all to drop dead?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 20, 2007 10:45:37 GMT -5
Awesome commited suicide. Hey, Baloo, this has already been covered, in the, shockingly enough, wrestling section.
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Post by stavros666 on Feb 27, 2007 21:46:57 GMT -5
Great topic
Mark McGuire (Steroids)
Tommy Morrison (Aids)
Sly Stallone (because I hate him)
Frank Torre (Sorry but I heard he is not doing well)
Boy George (Drug Overdose)
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Post by MSBNYY on Feb 27, 2007 22:05:06 GMT -5
Good call on Frank Torre.
We're about 1/6 into this year, and not one person on our list is dead. Too bad.
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Post by 9 on Feb 27, 2007 22:24:14 GMT -5
LOL @ "Sly Stallone (because I hate him)"
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 27, 2007 23:05:32 GMT -5
We heard Frank Torre was not doing well in 1996, too. Come to think of it, what the Hell is he still doing around. He was a pain in the ass even then, God bless him.
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Post by MSBNYY on Feb 28, 2007 7:34:29 GMT -5
His children are being tested to give him a kidney right now. Thinking about it, I don't know if we should even count Frank Torre as a good call. Had Knuckles made this post a month ago, the yes. But he IS in the press as in deep shit.
More interesting, and I say this a lot, how is it possible that ALL FOUR Golden Girls are still alive? The show premiered 22 years ago!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 28, 2007 8:27:01 GMT -5
Balls, do the research on the Golden Girls. They were not as old then as they were portraying, for the most part. You can do wonders with a wig and makeup!
On the why are they not dead front, I think back to a line on the Dead Milkmen's eponymous debut, or one of the early recordings, where in the middle of a song Rodney Anonymous shouts, "Why isnt Bob Hope dead yet!?" - the kicker is Hope lived more than another decade after that.
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Post by MSBNYY on Feb 28, 2007 8:51:58 GMT -5
There are 4 of them. One of them is 73. The rest are like 83 and older. ONE of them should be dead by now. It's mindboggling.
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Post by yankeesgal on Feb 28, 2007 9:23:57 GMT -5
Is James Earl Jones dead yet?
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