Castro Countdown Pool: Guess When He’ll Croak, Win Prize!

His health is failing, he hasn’t been seen in public since the summertime, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has just told the press that the Cuban leader is “fighting for his life.”

So how long until he kicks the bucket?

We here at Gadling certainly don’t want to wish death or illness upon a person we’ve never met, but Castro is one exception deserving of such wishes. Sure, I respect him for standing up to the USA and running a country longer than anyone else alive (despite all the attempts on his life), but the man has made life miserable for the millions of Cubans still enslaved by his communist government and it’s time for him to go.

Unfortunately, the many attempts to aid him along with a variety of unnatural causes have all failed and we now must wait for nature to take its course. And nature, apparently, is working overtime on the request.

And that is why we are inaugurating the Castro Countdown Pool.

Want to take a guess when the old coot will finally hang it up? Post your estimated Date of Death in the comment section below and the person closest to the date of Castro’s demise without going over, wins!

We haven’t the budget to be handing out big prizes here at Gadling, however. So, if you happen to guess the correct date, you will be awarded with your own personal post here on the web’s favorite travel site.

My guess? February 16, 2007