Two days left, and how quickly things have changed in the home stretch. Jim C. has blown into the lead from nowhere with the unlikely passings of two members of his list within a single 24 hour period - Harold Pinter on December 24th and Eartha Kitt on December 25. That brings his total to 5, a 10% prediction rate. Very grim reaperish, Jim. This is second in percentage only to Dom, who seems not to have gotten the memo about the scoring system and correctly predicted the deaths of seven centenarians and Johnny Carson, who has been six feet under since 2005. Lookin' sharp, Dom.Ben has done yeoman's work compiling the point totals and making notes, though you should each take responsibility to double check your tally at year's end.
The leader board is as follows:
jim c: 88 points
charlton heston 16, eartha kitt 19, harold pinter 22, jesse helms 14, paul newman 17
jeremy m: 68 points
yasser arafat (died in 2004, N/A), tony snow 47, bo diddley 21
tom m: 48 points
william f. buckley, jr. 18, jesse helms 14, charlton heston 16,
Ben: 41 points
charlton heston 16, studs terkel 4, bo diddley 21
sean m: 31 points
charlton heston 16, alain robbe-grillet 15, (possibly some of the people he picked from the most-wanted iraqis list have died, he should do his own research on that)
davis w: 26 points
harvey korman 19, richard widmark 7
angela l: 0 points
decent chance Mullah Bakht Mohammed is dead which would give her points in the high 60s, but there is no source to confirm this
jackie: 0 points
jonny m: 0 points
katie l: 0 points
james brown (died 2006, N/A), robert goulet (died 2007, N/A)
lenny l: 0 points
dom g: -78 points
johnny carson (died 2005, N/A), charlton heston 16, edna parker (died at 115, so negative 15 points?) arbella ewing (died at 114, -14 points), tsuneyo toyonaga (died at 113, -13 points), Marie-Clémentine Solignac (died at 113, -13 points), catherine hagel (died at 114, -14 points), kaku yamanaka (died at 113, -13 points), elizabeth stefan (died at 112, -12 points)
This is long overdue, but Charlton Heston died on April 5, 2008. He was 84.
