Poor Lucille

B.B. King, legendary blues guitarist, died May 14, 2015.  A smooth and soulful performer for over 65 years, B.B. King only stopped because his health forced him to.  B.B. King, dead at 89.

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Janice T

Time for Layups in Heaven

Lauren Hill, college basketball player and cancer research advocate, died April 10, 2015.  Despite being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, Lauren was able to fulfill her dream of playing college basketball & raise $1.5 million dollars for cancer research.  And so I ask, what have you done today??  Lauren Hill, dead at 19.

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Megan D

Shaun H

Springfield Residents in Mourning....

Sam Simon, genius co-creator of The Simpsons, died Sunday, March 8, 2015.  Diagnosed with colon cancer in 2012, Sam Simon set out to spend all his money helping animals, veterans and the hungry.  He continues his legacy of giving even in death-leaving five friends 41 points.  

Sam Simon, dead at 59.

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Megan D

Jennifer T

Julia T

Margaret D

Mike M

Another L for UNC-Chapel Hill

Dean Smith, former men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, died Saturday, February 7, 2015.  A conspiracy theorist might suggest that Coach Smith developed Alzheimer's just as UNC was being investigated for cheating in their sports department thus rendering him useless in said investigation.  I'll just say it was a sad loss for basketball, he was a good coach.  Dean Smith, dead at 83.

Points Awarded:

Shaun H

Megan D

After a competitive year, we have a winner!

2014 Happy Funtime Friends and Family Predictions Winner
The woman with the 50% accuracy rate in her predictions, Margaret D,  is our winner!  You excel where others fail; predicting the deaths of the famous and famous-ish in yearly chunks. Enjoy your well earned victory!  Congratulations to Margaret D!

And the winner of the 4th annual Margaret Walker Humanitarian Award is...
once again, its namesake, Margaret W.  While Margaret W. is no longer with us, her spirit of charity continues on.  And since she has the longest run of not scoring (having never scored in this game....I mean, five years, seriously!!), she wins hands down.  The Peggy Award comes with a cash prize based on the interest earned for the 1st place prize.  This year, the Peggy Award is 38¢.  Congratulations to Margaret W!
It should be known, when asked in late 2011 if she wanted to play the 2012 game, she said of her picks "let them ride".  With that wish, so long as she still has an intact 10 picks, we here at Happy Funtime will continue to grant that wish.  This year, Margaret W's entry fee has been paid so that we can "let them ride" and try to win some money for charity.