dEAD pOOL uPDATE: cONGRATS tO. . .

... P. J., the winner of Dead Pool 2008.

Final standings:

PJ : 154
Pat: 151
Bruce: 114
Jeremy: 68
Marty: 46
Tim: 42
Kristine: 34
Jenny: 17

Thanks to everyone who participated this year! Please contact me ASAP for 2009.

dEAD pOOL uPDATE: hAROLD pINTER, 78

Nobel prize-winning playwright. Dead of cancer.

In a literal come-from-behind victory, P.J. takes the lead with 22 points.

Congrats!

dEAD pOOL uPDATE: sAM bOTTOMS, 53, RIP

Actor, dead of a brian tumor. 

Best known for his work in The Last Picture Show,  and Apocalyspe Now. 

That's him on the left, next to Robert Duvall. 

dEAD pOOL uPDATE: w. mARK fELT, 95

AKA "Deepthroat". 

Congrats and 5 points to:

Tim and P.J. !!!

dEAD pOOL uPDATE: rOBERT pROSKY, 77

Actor best known for for roles in Christine and Hill Street Blues. 

I'll always remember him in Thief. 

If you haven't seen it, Netflix it now. 

He will be missed.  

sUMMED uP iN A wORD:

Asshole. 

dEAD pOOL uPDATE: bETTIE pAGE, 85, RIP

Hospitalized for pneumonia, had a setback with a heart attack.
Passed away yesterday.

She was 85. One of the all-time beauties.

She paved the way for a lot of models today. Ahem, Dita Von Teese.

If you haven't- see The Notorious Bettie Page.

hAPPY tHANKSGIVING.

. . .a little more than a month to go.

aRTHUR sHAWCROSS, wACKJOB, 63

Serial killer. Complete wackjob. 

Dead of a heart attack. 

Thinning the herd. No loss. 

dEAD pOOL uPDATE: mITCH mITCHELL, 61

Drummer for Jimi Hendrix. 

Dead of natural causes. 

Left the party early. 

Sad, sad, sad.