Justin's Dead Pool 2015
A Year In Review


Last Updated:  January 2

Our 2015 Scoring Roster
Stuart Scott
Stuart Scott
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud
King Abdullah
Sam Simon
Sam Simon
Chuck Bednarik
Chuck Bednarik
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Sir Terry Pratchett
Sir Terry Pratchett
B.B. King
B.B. King
John Nash, Jr.
John Nash, Jr.
Sir Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Lee

Rowdy Roddy Piper
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara
Scott Weiland
Scott Weiland

Lemmy
Lemmy Kilmister
Chris Woodhead
Chris Woodhead







Headliners
Big deaths rendered meaningless because nobody scored.
Leonard Nimoy
Anne Meara
Omar Sharif
Wes Craven
Fred Thompson
Leonard Nimoy
Anne Meara Omar Sharif Wes Craven Fred Thompson






The B-List
Folks who, while not quite rising to the level of Headliner, were still of note.


Donna Douglas  Mario Cuomo  Edward Herrmann  Taylor Negron Donna Douglas (1/1, 81)  Ellie May Clampett

Mario Cuomo  (1/1, 82)  former NYC mayor

Edward Herrmann  (12/31, 71)  versatile actor

Taylor Negron  (1/10, 57)  comic actor
Bob Simon  (2/11, 73)  60 Minutes correspondent

Windell Middlebrooks  (3/9, 36)  comic and commercial actor

James Best  (4/6, 88)  Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane

Geoffrey Lewis  (4/7, 79)  prolific character actor, father of Juliette
Bob Simon  Windell Middlebrooks James Best  Geoffrey Lewis

 Jayne Meadows  Ellen Albertini Dow  Mary Ellen Trainor  Dick Van Patten       Jayne Meadows (4/26, 95)  actress, game show mainstay

Ellen Albertini Dow  (5/4, 101)  The Rappin' Granny

Mary Ellen Trainor  (6/9, 62)  ex-wife of Robert Zemeckis, she appeared in all of your favorite 80's movies.  Romancing The Stone, Goonies, Lethal Weapon (1-3), Die Hard, Scrooged, Ghostbusters 2, Back to the Future 2.

Dick Van Patten  (6/23, 86)  Eight Is Enough, movies, Broadway actor

Roger Rees  (7/10, 71)  best known for Cheers and Men In Tights, but a huge career on Broadway

Alex Rocco  (7/18, 79)  gravelly-voiced actor best known as Godfather's Moe Greene

Bobbi Kristina Brown  (7/26, 22)  Bobby and Whitney's kid.  Never had a chance.

Yvonne Craig  (8/17, 78)  TV's Batgirl
 Roger Rees  Alex Rocco  Bobbi Kristina Brown  Yvonne Craig     

 Dean Jones  Martin Milner  Jackie Collins  Paul Prudhomme   Dean Jones (9/1, 84)  that guy in every Disney movie

Martin Milner  (9/6, 83)  Route 66 and Adam-12

Jackie Collins  (9/19, 77)  pulp author, sister of Joan

Paul Prudhomme  (10/8, 75)  Cajun chef



Al Molinaro  (10/30, 96)  Al Delvecchio from Happy Days

Jim Perry  (11/20, 82)  host of Card Sharks and $ale of the Century

Robert Loggia  (12/4, 85)  Scarface, Sopranos, Big
Al Molinaro  Jim Perry  Robert Loggia      




The C-List
Minor celebrities, various other entertainment names.

Christine Cavanaugh  (12/22, 51)  Major cartoon voice actor (Dexter, Rugrats)           Rod Taylor  (1/7, 84)  from Hitchcock's The Birds  to Inglourious Basterds          Anita Ekberg  (1/11, 83)  Swedish bombshell of the 50's and 60's          Don Harron  (1/17, 90)  Hee Haw actor          Joe Franklin  (1/24, 88)  radio and tv pioneer          Colleen McCullough  (1/29, 77)  author of The Thorn Birds          Gary Owens  (2/12, 80)  announcer on Laugh-In          Daniel von Bargen  (3/1, 64)  Seinfeld's Mr. Kruger, from the Festivus episode          Eugene Patton  (3/9, 82)  The Gong Show's Gene Gene the Dancing Machine          Gary Dahl  (3/23, 78)  inventor of the Pet Rock          Stan Freberg  (4/7, 88)  70 years of comedy records, cartoon voices, and radio shows          Richard Dysart  (4/5, 86)  most famous as LA Law's Leland McKenzie          Sawyer Sweeten  (4/23, 19)  child actor on Everybody Loves Raymond          Michael Blake  (5/2, 69)  author of Dances With Wolves          Suzanne Crough  (4/27, 52)  played Tracy Partridge          Grace Lee Whitney  (5/1, 85)  Star Trek's Yeoman Rand          Patrick Macnee  (6/25, 93)  The Avengers' John Steed          George Coe  (7/18, 86)  original SNL actor          Uggie  (8/7, 13)  Jack Russell star of The Artist          Brad Anderson  (8/30, 91)  Creator of Marmaduke, who is big and funny          Judy Carne  (9/3, 76)  Laugh-In's Sock It To Me Girl          Catherine Coulson  (9/28, 71)  Twin Peaks' Log Lady          Pat Woodell  (9/29, 71)  Petticoat Junction's Bobbie Jo (the smart one)          Kevin Corcoran  (10/6, 66)  the kid from Old Yeller          Gunnar Hansen  (11/7, 68)  original Leatherface actor          Vincent Margera  (11/15, 59)  Don Vito from Jackass          Rose Siggins  (12/12, 43)  Legless Suzi on American Horror Story          George Johnson  (12/20, 86) wrote Logan's Run and the first Star Trek episode

Sports


Ernie Banks  Dean Smith  Jerry Tarkanian  Garo Yepremian  
Ernie Banks  (1/23, 83)  Cubs legend

Dean Smith  (2/7, 83)  Hall of Fame UNC basketball head coach

Jerry Tarkanian  (2/11, 84)  UNLV basketball head coach

Garo Yepremian  (5/15, 70)  Kicker for undefeated '72 Dolphins.  Threw the worst pass in the history of the NFL.  (neither Finkel nor Einhorn)

Bevo Francis  (6/3, 82)  Rio Grande basketball legend.  113 points in a game.  Read here.

Ken "Snake" Stabler  (7/8, 69)  legendary Raider QB.

Frank Gifford  (8/9, 84)  NFL QB turned MNF broadcaster

Moses Malone  (9/13, 60)  three-time NBA MVP
 Bevo Francis  Ken Stabler  Frank Gifford  Moses Malone         

Flip Saunders  Hot Rod Williams  Meadowlark Lemon  
Flip Saunders  (10/25, 60)  coach and president, Minnesota Timberwolves

John "Hot Rod" Williams  (12/11, 53)  popular Cavs 6th man

Meadowlark Lemon  (12/27, 83)  Clown Prince of the Harlem Globetrotters
 
Roy Tarpley  (1/9, 50)  Former NBA star banned in 1991 for drug use          Ann Mara  (2/1, 85)  matriarch of the New York Giants          Ed Sabol  (2/9, 98)  founder, NFL Films          Jerome Kersey  (2/18, 52)  former NBA star          Earl Lloyd  (2/26, 86)  first black NBA player          Anthony Mason  (2/28, 48)  former NBA All-Star          Lauren Hill  (4/10, 19)  freshman basketball player at Mount St. Joseph          Steve Byrnes  (4/21, 56)  Fox Sports NASCAR announcer          Jerry Dior  (5/10, 82)  designer of MLB logo          Dusty Rhodes  (6/11, 69)  WWE hall of famer          Buddy Baker  (8/10, 74)  NASCAR driver and broadcaster          Darryl Dawkins  (8/27, 58)  Former NBA All-Star          Joaquin Andujar  (9/8, 62)  former Cardinals pitcher, famously went insane during 1985 World Series          Rocco Scotti  (9/11, 95)  Opera singer, used to sing the anthem before Tribe games          Dr. Jonathan Woods  (9/12, 76)  Former Director, TBDBITL          Lindy Infante  (10/8, 75)  Former Packers and Colts coach          Jonah Lomu  (11/18, 40)  rugby star for New Zealand's legendary All Blacks


Music

 Little Jimmy Dickens  Lesley Gore  Percy Sledge Lynn Anderson     Little Jimmy Dickens  (1/2, 94)  Oldest member of the Grand Ol Opry

Lesley Gore  (2/16, 68)  Iconic 60's singer

Percy Sledge  (4/14, 74)  When A Man Loves A Woman

Lynn Anderson  (7/30, 67)  singer, Rose Garden


 
Sam Andrew 
(2/12, 73)  cofounder, Big Brother & the Holding Company          
Jimmy Greenspoon  (3/11, 67)  keyboardist, Three Dog Night          Mike Porcaro  (3/15, 59)  bassist, Toto          AJ Pero  (3/20, 55)  drummer, Twisted Sister          Robert Burns, Jr. (4/4, 64)  original drummer, Lynyrd Skynyrd          Johnny Kem  (4/16, 55)  late 80's R&B singer (Just Got Paid)          Jack Ely. (4/28, 71)  Kingsmen singer on Louie Louie          Ben E. King (4/30, 76)  singer, Stand By Me          Errol Brown  (5/6, 71)  lead singer, Hot Chocolate (You Sexy Thing)          James Horner  (6/22, 61)  movie composer, Titanic, Karate Kid, Braveheart          Chris Squire  (6/27, 67)  bassist, Yes          Dennis Greene  (9/5, 66)  lead singer, Sha Na Na          Gary Richrath  (9/13, 65)  guitarist, REO Speedwagon          Billy Joe Royal  (10/6, 73)  singer, Down In The Boondocks          Cory Wells  (10/20, 74)  singer, Three Dog Night        Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor  (11/11, 61)  drummer, Motorhead          P.F. Sloan  (11/15, 70)  wrote Secret Agent Man and Eve of Destruction         Cynthia Robinson (11/23, 71)  original trumpeter, Sly and the Family Stone          William Guest  (12/24, 74)  Pip



Business / Politics / History
Timothy Dowd (12/26, 99)  Caught David (Son of Sam) Berkowitz

Tony Verna  (1/18, 81)  invented instant replay

Koos van den Akker (2/3, 75)  designed the "Cosby Sweater"

Rudolph Perz  (4/2, 89)  creator, Pillsbury Doughboy

Mary Doyle Keefe (4/21, 92)  model for Rosie the Riveter

Elisabeth Bing  (5/15, 100)  cofounder of Lamaze International

Tariq Aziz  (6/5, 79)  former Iraqi foreign minister

Blaze Starr  (6/15, 83)  stripper girlfriend of 50's LA governor

Blaine Gibson  (7/5, 97)  Disney sculptor and animator

Julian Bond  (8/15, 75)  civil rights icon

Kenneth Koe  (10/7, 90)  inventor of Zoloft

Mike Hammond (10/29, 53) cofounder, Gateway Computers

Lillian Vernon  (12/14, 88)  catalog founder
Dottie Thomas  (1/9, 92)  pioneer of bone marrow transplantation

Richard von Weizsacker (1/31, 94)  former German president

Dana "Buck" Rinehart  (2/18, 68)  former Columbus mayor

Jenny Wallenda  (4/4, 87)  circus family matriarch

Betty Willis  (4/19, 91)  designer of iconic Las Vegas sign

Hugh Ambrose  (5/23, 48)  historian, author, son of Stephen

Horst Brandstatter  (6/3, 81)  founder, Playmobil toys

Donald Featherstone  (6/22, 79)  inventor of pink plastic flamingo

Burt Shavitz  (7/5, 80)  founder, Burt's Bees

Louis Stokes  (8/18, 90)  Ohio Congressman

Ken Taylor  (10/15, 81)  Canadian diplomat who hid those Argo people

Chuck Williams (12/5, 100)  founder, Williams-Sonoma
Melvin Gordon  (1/20, 95)  CEO of Tootsie Rolls

Joseph Langdell (2/4, 100) oldest survivor of USS Arizona

Boris Nemtsov  (2/27, 55)  Russian opposition leader

Joel Spira  (4/8, 88)  inventor of the dimmer switch

Jean Nidetch  (4/29, 91)  founder of Weight Watchers

Vincent Bugliosi  (6/9, 80)  Manson prosecutor, author

JoAnn Killingsworth  (6/20, 91)  first Disneyland Snow White

Sister Nirmala Joshi  (6/22, 81)  successor to Mother Teresa

Vincent Marotta  (8/1, 91)  cofounder, Mr. Coffee

Fred DeLuca  (9/14, 67)  cofounder, Subway

Thomas Stemberg (10/23, 66)  founder, Staples

Mariuccia Mandelli  (12/6, 90)  Italian fashion designer.  Inventor of hot pants.  

It's All Relative

Eddie Rice  (12/25, 77)  Mother of NFL's Jerry

Movita Castaneda  (2/12, 98)  ex-wife of Marlon Brando

Sarah Kemp Brady  (4/3, 73)  widow of James

Joanne Carson  (5/8, 84)  ex of Johnny

Charcey Glenn  (6/19, 73)  mom of Charles Barkley

Jimmy Evert  (8/21, 91)  tennis coach father of Chris

Rafael Nadal  (9/7, 85)  grandfather of ... guess who

Trudy Taylor  (10/10, 92)  mother of singer James

Dorothy Coble Helms (11/6, 96)  widow of Jesse

Jeremy Carter  (12/19, 28)  grandson of Jimmy
Francesca Hilton  (1/5, 67)  daughter of Zsa Zsa

Virginia Glass  (3/6, 91)  grandmother of Ryan Seacrest

Cynthia Lennon  (4/1, 75)  first wife of John

Happy Rockefeller  (5/19, 88)  widow of Nelson

Diana Douglas  (7/4, 92)  ex-wife of Kirk, mother of Michael

Anna Kashfi  (8/16, 80)  ex-wife of Marlon Brando

Doris Robinson  (9/16, 96)  widow of Grambling Coach Eddie

Gail Zappa  (10/7, 70)  widow of singer Frank

Charlie Dick  (11/8, 81)  widower of Patsy Cline

John Dineen  (12/13, 34)  fiancee of Downton Abbey's Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary)
Jean-Claude Baker  (1/15, 71)  adopted son of Josephine

Richard Ford  (3/20, 90)  half-brother of Gerald

Peter Cronkite  (4/26, 22)  grandson of Walter

Beau Biden  (5/30, 46)  Son of VP Joe

Claud Johnson  (6/30, 83)  son of bluesman Robert

Helen Burns Jackson  (9/7, 92)  mother of Jesse

Sybil Stockdale  (10/10, 90)  widow of Admiral James

Macel Falwell  (10/15, 82)  widow of Rev. Jerry

Dick and Joan Flutie (both 11/18)  parents of QB Doug