*Ants Dead Pool*
No U.S. Presidents - currently serving or not.
All entries must be celebrities. Your Great Aunt Jenny doesn't count. Neither would, say, urban planner Robert E. Simon of Reston, Virginia fame. Former New York mayor Ed Koch would. A good rule of thumb is that if Ed Koch died, you'd hear about it in Virginia, but if (when) Robert E. Simon died, you wouldn't hear about it outside Virginia. This may sometimes lead to gray areas, which will be decided in typically autocratic fashion.
Animals are not allowed. That would rule out Esmeralda, the Giant Tortoise who is alive and well at age 170.
Concepts are not allowed. No entries of communism, the Republican Revolution, UNIX, the NFC East, Indian gaming or the world's computing infrastructure will be accepted.
People on death row are not eligible. Likewise, people charged with capital crimes are ineligible (Terry Nichols). Murderers who've gotten away (OJ Simpson) are eligible. Murderers still skirting justice (Jerrod Mustaf, the Ramsays) are eligible. Murderers not sentenced to death (Charles Manson) are eligible as well. Run-of-the-mill murderers don't count either. Manson certainly crosses the threshhold of celebrity.
No Nazi War Criminals I really don't want to bother trying to ascertain what degree of criminality transforms one from retired autoworker to celeb.
No Porn Stars. While some porn stars may have achieved enough crossover fame to be considered celebrities, most have not. To avoid any arguments, I am therefor forbidding the wholesale conscription of AIDS-ridden junkies passed off as celebrities.
No illness/dying celebs That is, someone whose claim to fame IS their illness or dying. Examples would include the Muscular Dystrophy poster children, a previously unaccomplished writer who writes about their brave battle with cancer, lots of jocks' dying kids, and medical researchers bitten by their monkeys. This list is not to be taken as all-inclusive, tho it should give you a good basis for your expectations. This rule also covers people who are not famous for anything save being members of a suicide cult, etc.
No "Jeanne Calment"s. That is, someone whose only claim to being a celebrity is being old.
Please copy and paste to keep the list updated.
1. William Shatner - Smudge1
2. Micheal J. Fox - Jake
Last edited by smudge1; 06-21-2010 at 11:32 AM.
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