KDP

3 days since last hit!
(55th longest Dry Spell)

Current Game: 2009
Game Days
Played: 184 / Remaining: 181

About the KDP
Kaufman's Dead Pool is a by-invitation-only dead pool. We are currently in our 12th year of play. The KDP was created and maintained by Gene Kaufman. More information on the KDP can be found on the KDP History page.

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Recent Deaths
Date Celeb # Hits
7/1Karl Malden9
6/25Farrah Fawcett11
6/25Michael Jackson4
11 of 249 celebs DEAD

Game News

07/01/2009

Streets of San Francisco smell of death……

The flood continues as Karl Malden becomes our 4th hit in a week (or so), and 10 players had him: Mike Roche's List 4 List and Russ McDonald's List 2 see their second hit as they move into 3rd and 6th place, respectively.

Natalie Tyler's Old Friends List, Candy York's List 1, Clint Place's 90Plus Club List, Michelle Stoken's List 2, Brave Sir Robin, Judith Place and Brad Hope all get their first hit of the game.

Congrats, all!

Blurb credit: Kelly Keegan

06/25/2009

Michael Jackson

WOW! What a day. Been a long time since we've had so much high-profile activity on one day. Who would've thought that of all the men to take Farrah's death so hard it would be Michael Jackson? Well, apparently 4 players did, and it was the first hit of the game for all:
Natalie Tyler's
The (Relatively) Young and the Restless List , Cyn Hechinger and Russ McDonald. Rookie J.R. MacDonald gets his first career hit.

Congratulations, all!

06/25/2009

Fallen Angel

Farrah Fawcett has died at the age of 62 and 11 people picked her: Bob Razem gets his second hit of the game, and takes the lead.

The other 10 players all got their first hit of the game: Kelly Keegan's Can we go for 4 in a row? and Teaming up with Craig again! Lists , Nathan Raupach , Natalie Tyler's Let`s Hear It For the Girls and The C Files Lists , Michelle Stoken , Rich Holland's Legion of Doom List , Toe Tag , Tamara Ladich and Mike Roche's List 4 List .

Congrats, all!

06/23/2009

Dead McMahon

Hi HOOOOOOO! Ed McMahon is dead at 86, and 2 players picked him: Brand-New papa Jeremy Valentine is having a REALLY good week as he gets his second hit and takes the lead. (Also - belated congrats to Jeremy and Christine on the birth of Alyssa Michele last friday.)
Natalie Tyler's M Is the Deadliest Letter List also sees her second hit, as she moves into 2nd place.

Congrats, Jeremy and Natalie!

News Archive

Recent Site News
1/24/2009 - BIG CHANGE! Starting with the 2009 game, each solo a player hits is worth 1 additional tie-breaker point.
Solos hit, as well as potential solos (solo picks) are now noted on the player list pages.
As requested, KDP news updates are now fed to twitter: kaufmandeadpool.

1/18/2009 - I'm in the process of adding the awarding of a tiebreaker point for each solo, starting with the 2009 game. This modification will take some time, and you'll see hints of it throughout the site until it's fully implemented. I'll add a post here when it's done.

7/12/2007 - Added Most Hits List, which lists the celebs with the most hits, including as a percentage of the number of entries. Also - updated Mr. Chris Lock's name.

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Important Game Dates to Note
12/25 Lists accepted
12/31 Current Game ends. Last day to submit a list*
01/01 New Game starts
02/01 Unpaid lists dropped from game*

*Note: Starting with the 2007 game there is no longer a black-out period, and unpaid lists may be dropped.