Death Wish Granted

Charles Bronson, the laconic squinting conflicted hero of dozens of films when Clint Eastwood was still the man with no job, died Saturday at the age of 81. He was one of the Dirty Dozen, completed the Magnificent Seven, and survived the Great Escape before making 3 decades of cinematic dreck like Death Wish V, Death Hunt, and Messenger of Death. With his demise, 4 of the Magnificent Seven have died in the last 10 months, following Brad Dexter (12-12-02), James Coburn (11-18-02) and Hurst Buchholz (3-3-03). Robert Vaughn is the lone living member. The Dozen have fared better, as Jim Brown, Trini Lopez, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker, Tom Busby, Al Mancini, Colin Maitland and Stuart Cooper are all still on this side of the Dirty.

As for our Eccentric Eleven, Keith was the only one to anticipate Bronson's Majestyk leap into the hereafter, and pulls down 20 points to leap into second place with 4 corpses and 41.66666667 points. The leaderboard:

1st: Kirsti 4 dead, 46.22222222
2nd: Keith 4 dead, 41.66666667
3rd: Me 4 dead, 33.88888889
4th: Conni 4 dead, 23.88888889
5th: Greg's Wily Veterans 3 dead, 26.22222222