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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Document Information

Type: Document/article excerpt (house oversight production)
File Size: 1.27 MB
Summary

This document appears to be a page from a manuscript or article describing a 'Dead Pool' betting game. It details a group called 'Gamesters' who pay a coordinator named 'Pontius' $10 to track bets on celebrity deaths. The text mentions specific 'hits' including Spiro Agnew and Buddy Ebsen, and discusses the demographics of the players (mostly baby boomers). It bears a House Oversight Bates stamp.

People (8)

Name Role Context
Pontius Official coordinator and editor
Receives payments to keep score for the 'Gamesters'
Spiro Agnew Subject of bet
Referred to as 'Spiggy', described as Nixon's disgraced vice president
Richard Nixon Former President
Mentioned to identify Agnew
Buddy Ebsen Subject of bet
Actor whose death was a 'hit' for 49 players
Jack Haley Actor
Mentioned in relation to The Wizard of Oz trivia
Princess Diana Subject of bet
Mentioned as a 'solo' hit regarding her unexpected demise
JFK, Jr. Subject of bet
Mentioned as a 'solo' hit regarding his unexpected demise
Christian Nelson Subject of bet
Inventor of the Klondike Bar, mentioned as a 'solo' hit

Organizations (1)

Name Type Context
House Oversight Committee
Source of the document (Bates stamp)

Timeline (1 events)

Unknown
Death of Buddy Ebsen
Unknown
Buddy Ebsen 49 Gamesters

Locations (5)

Location Context
Location of 23 players
Location of a player
Location of a player
Location of a player
Location of a player

Relationships (1)

Pontius Organizer/Participants The Gamesters
Each Gamester pays $10 to Pontius, official coordinataor

Key Quotes (3)

"My most missed hit was Spiggy [Nixon’ s disgraced vice president, Spiro] Agnew; I was distressed at missing him."
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"A solo I am proud of... is the hit on Christian Nelson, who invented the Klondike Bar."
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"Yes, it’ s sick... but c’ mon, it’ s just a game! The Game is a light-hearted way of spitting in death’ s eye"
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productive and honorable in their otherwise useless life. My most missed
hit was Spiggy [Nixon’ s disgraced vice president, Spiro] Agnew; I was
distressed at missing him.”
Each Gamester pays $10 to Pontius, official coordinataor and editor,
to keep score and report the hits. There are players in over 30 states (23 in
New York), plus one each in Quito, Kuwait, England and Australia. You can
become a Gamester only by being recommended by another Gamester.
They’ re mostly baby boomers, attracted by a whimsical, informative style
of reporting.
Forty-nine Gamesters “hit” Buddy Ebsen. Obituaries mentioned
that after ten days of filming The Wizard of Oz, Ebsen fell ill because of the
aluminum make-up on his skin, and was replaced as the Tin Man by Jack
Haley. (A suspicious player wondered, “Did Jack Haley add something to
the aluminum make-up at the Wizard set?” ) Conversely, there have been
“solo’ s” on the unexpected demise of Princess Diana and JFK, Jr.
“A solo I am proud of,” one Gamester told me, “is the hit on
Christian Nelson, who invented the Klondike Bar.”
“Yes, it’ s sick,” another player admitted, “but c’ mon, it’ s just
a game! The Game is a light-hearted way of spitting in death’ s eye--your
opportunity to pick a Generation-X rock star who OD’ s on heroin, a
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