You gotta be kidding me. Keith Richards will outlive humankind as we know it.

Well, I had to have at least one pick that defied the conventional wisdom, and surely Richards is it.

Bumblebees, cockroaches, the IRS, and Keith Richards. Anyway, over half of those speculative death nods really belong on your list to Santa Claus, I think.

Michael Jackson won't die this year, at least not until the media is done crucifying him, which might take some time, because the ratings are so good.

Anna Nicole Smith *was* dead, in my world, until you brought her up, thanks a lot.

Stephen King was also nearly forgotten.

Olivia de Havilland, well, as babe-a-cious as she was in, say, The Strawberry Blonde, she belongs on that one.

Half the picks, I haven't heard of, not surprising since I never read the paper or watch the news (except for the weather, but this IS Oklahoma). For those of you that read the news and watch the paper, remember that stress kills more people than smoking every year. Enjoy.

hehe, between the two of us, we'll slay the Stones. I picked Jagger instead.

Fahd, Metzenbaum, and Giscard D'estaing are good picks. I wish I had thought of Fahd when I submitted my list; I'd have included him instead of Martha Stewart.

Heh. I'd agree with Maaatha. She's going to be crucified in prison.

Would it be heartless of me to root for Frank Lautenberg?

Root away. Most of these names weren't picked because of any particular animus — I have no real reason to dislike Shevardnadze, for instance — but I am greedy, and I did win $20 in last year's Dead Pool.

Anna is a very attractive girl. I think shes lost alot of weight too..