The Celebrity Death Pool 2012

[CAMJAY77]

Originally Posted by Lok

I believe we have this discussion about celebrity every year. And it basically comes down to "I know it when I see it." I tried googling "Susan Clark radio" and in the first 10 links, 4 were about her. (Apparently Susan Clark is a popular name in radio! )



I find it amusing that you think googling celebrity death pools is a tad ghoulish. Read any page in any of the Death Pool threads since they started in 2000 (Wow, its been a while. ) and you will find jokes a lot more ghoulish than using google to find someone for a list. There's a reason the most common joke in the threads is about how crowded the handbasket heading down will be.

If Susan Clark had became a radio personality because she had cancer and was dying, you would have an argument about her being famous for being sick. But she had been in radio for almost 20 years, on the air as a DJ and host most of the time. A local celebrity yes, but still a celebrity.

She is/was also an artist
http://www.kbllradio.com/pages/7160237.php

[Invisible Chimp]

Originally Posted by MOIDALIZE

Games have rules. That's what makes them worthwhile to play.

You've never played Calvinball, have you?

Originally Posted by Lok

(Apparently Susan Clark is a popular name in radio! )

Radio DJs are encouraged to pick generic names. Was Susan Clark her real name or DJ name?

[Lok]

Originally Posted by Invisible Chimp

Radio DJs are encouraged to pick generic names. Was Susan Clark her real name or DJ name?

Her real name was Susan Edwards, but no explanation about why she used Clark. No mention of a husband, so not likely it was her maiden name. OTOH, if he was long gone it might have been.

[Loach]

Originally Posted by Baker

No, I don't find it fishy, and the points will count. I also don't think that "3g" is being violated.

Remember, it's just a game.

It's not just a game, it's a way of life.

Or death.

[Loach]

News reports keep mocking me. So great, Gibbs recovery is confounding his doctors. Good for him. Do you have to rub it in?

[GIGObuster]

As if all those bits they must had plug to his veins and lungs were useless.


Once again, you win again science!

[zoog]

Originally Posted by MOIDALIZE

Susan Clark is no more a celebrity than my local car dealer who airs zany commercials.

Is your local car dealer sick? How old is he? What's his name, maybe he'll be worth some points next year.

[GIGObuster]

Originally Posted by zoog

Is your local car dealer sick? How old is he? What's his name, maybe he'll be worth some points next year.

Well I'll be, I thought he was dead, the most famous example: Cal Worthington is still alive, and he is worth just about 7 points.

[zoog]

Originally Posted by GIGObuster

Well I'll be, I thought he was dead, the most famous example: Cal Worthington is still alive, and he is worth just about 7 points.

Is his dog Spot still alive?

[kayT]

Originally Posted by zoog

Is his dog Spot still alive?

Last time I saw Cal his dog Spot was an elephant.

[Duckster]

Chris Ethridge, the bassist and founding member of the Flying Burrito Brothers, has passed away, The Los Angeles Times reports. Ethridge reportedly died of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 65.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1449245.html

[Hal Briston]

Tommy Marth, saxophonist for The Killers, suicide at 33.

[Registered at Last]

With 3 IRL deaths in as many weeks I don't have a lot of stomach for this game at the moment. But one from my short list passed away earlier this month (I don't think anyone had him):

Takeshi Aono - Japanese Voice Actor passed away at age 76

[notfrommensa]

Poker Legend Doyle Brunson just tweeted that another Poker Legend, Thomas Preston, aka Amarillo Slim, is about to muck his cards.

[etv78]

Originally Posted by notfrommensa

Poker Legend Doyle Brunson just tweeted that another Poker Legend, Thomas Preston, aka Amarillo Slim, is about to muck his cards.

If he makes it through 2012, Texas Dolly's on my next list.

[SpazCat]

Originally Posted by Hal Briston

Tommy Marth, saxophonist for The Killers, suicide at 33.

Tonight on the Irony Channel...

[Uncle Goat]

No points for the man with a world record bullet in his head Say what?

[Marley23]

Former Yankee Moose (Bill) Skowron dies at 81. He played for six World Series champions (five with the Yankees) in the '50s and '60s and was an 8-time All Star.

[Spiff]

Originally Posted by notfrommensa

Poker Legend Doyle Brunson just tweeted that another Poker Legend, Thomas Preston, aka Amarillo Slim, is about to muck his cards.

Cards mucked.

[Mahaloth]

Originally Posted by Spiff

Cards mucked.

Wow. He used to be on my "thought he was dead" list, kind of like Abe Vigoda. I did know he was alive for the last few years, though.

[critter42]

And the news just keeps getting worse er better! yeah, THAT'S the ticket!:

Robin Gibb to Leave Hospital This Week

[MsWhatsit]

Originally Posted by critter42

And the news just keeps getting worse er better! yeah, THAT'S the ticket!:

Robin Gibb to Leave Hospital This Week

...in a hearse?

Oh. Not in a hearse. Just regular style.

[Boyo Jim]

[Robin Gibb Teminator/]: He'll be back. [/Robin Gibb Teminator]

[Baker]

I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that no other celebrity dies in the next two and a half hours, because I'm going to post the current standings for April. We had five deaths this month, Levon Helm, Susan Clark, Dick Clark, Mike Wallace, and Young-Woo Kang. There's a two way tie for first place now, with Captain Lance Murdoch falling back a bit.


CAMJAY77 196 5
Registered at Last 196 5
Captain Lance Murdoch 153 4
Wheelz 140 4
zoog 129 3
Randy Seltzer 125 3
Loach 114 4
Walkabout 114 3
Captain Klutz 102 3
GIGObuster 98 3
phungi 98 3
Baker 97 3
MsWhatsit 97 3
Hal Briston 85 3
It's Not Rocket Surgery! 85 3
Jack Batty 85 3
notfrommensa 85 3
Shirley Ujest 85 3
Squonk 85 3
Tom Scud 85 3
Cazzle 82 2
5 time champ 79 2
42fish 70 3
Nurse Carmen 70 2
Rico 60 3
Sternvogel 60 3
Dr. Girlfriend 58 2
Tit Whistle 58 2
BACI 55 1
pohjonen 52 1
Dusty Rose 45 2
malkavia 45 2
Tangent 45 2
Fear Itself 43 1
Mean Mr. Mustard 43 1
VunderBob 43 1
appleciders 42 2
cheldie 42 2
Drain Bead 42 2
Duckster 42 2
Duke 42 2
Eleanor of Aquitaine 42 2
Jeep's Phoenix 42 2
J-P L 42 2
Kitten Mitten 42 2
Kolak of Twilo 42 2
kunilou 42 2
Mahaloth 42 2
Quarter Lane 42 2
Tamex 42 2
The Vorlon 42 2
Tristan 42 2
arnesw 34 2
cadolphin 33 2
critter42 33 2
Long Time First Time 33 2
a35362 27 1
amarinth 27 1
anactoria 27 1
Andrew 21 27 1
Avarie537 27 1
booklover 27 1
Borborygmi 27 1
Boyo Jim 27 1
cardboardbox 27 1
carnivorousplant 27 1
D N T 27 1
Dung Beetle 27 1
freckafree 27 1
Gleena 27 1
HappyLendervedder 27 1
lel 27 1
Little Nemo 27 1
Monstera deliciosa 27 1
Mustardseed 27 1
Small Hen 27 1
superbia-acedia 27 1
swampbear 27 1
The Librarian 27 1
tygre 27 1
Antigen 18 1
anyrose 18 1
drastic quench 18 1
etv 18 1
imthjckaz 18 1
missred 18 1
Paul in Qatar 18 1
rucciface 18 1
tarragon 18 1
Auntie Pam 15 1
candide 15 1
chizzuk 15 1
clipper 15 1
Enuma Elish 15 1
Hockey Monkey 15 1
Johnny L.A. 15 1
Labtrash 15 1
Lsura 15 1
MOIDALIZE 15 1
not what you'd expect 15 1
Sarabellum 15 1
Spiff 15 1
Idle Thoughts 7 1
zamboniracer 7 1

[etv78]

I'm etv78 BTW.

[a35362]

Five stiffs in four months!

[carnivorousplant]

Oh, the Shame!

[Loach]

Wow still in the top ten.

[anyrose]

now, if only the rest of my bandwagon picks would croak . . . .

[kunilou]

Originally Posted by Loach

Wow still in the top ten.

Wow, still in the top. . . half.

[Duckster]

Originally Posted by a35362

Five stiffs in four months!

Ummm, this is a death pool. Not a complaints area about your sex life.

Whut?

[Duckster]

Norway's Alexander Dale Oen, the defending world champion in the 100 breaststroke and a top contender for a gold medal at the London Olympics, was found dead in his bathroom late Monday night. The 26-year-old, who was training with the Norwegian national team in Arizona, died of cardiac arrest.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympi...143311269.html

[Labtrash]

woohoo!

tied for third to last place!

suck it, non-deaders (un-deaders? un-dead pickers?)!

[notfrommensa]

Originally Posted by Labtrash

woohoo!

tied for third to last place!

suck it, non-deaders (un-deaders? un-dead pickers?)!

I don't think our resident Mistress of the Dead listed all the people who have not broken their 2012 death pool cherries.

So you are not third from last!

[mhendo]

Local news here in San Diego is reporting that former NFL star Junior Seau has been found dead at his Oceanside home, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot.

Age 43.

[Labtrash]

Originally Posted by notfrommensa

I don't think our resident Mistress of the Dead listed all the people who have not broken their 2012 death pool cherries.

So you are not third from last!

Look at the list again.

If no points = last place (not listed), then
7 points = second from last
15 points (me) = 3rd from last

[Tazmanian Devil]

Junior Seau found dead in his home. He was 43 years old. http://kdvr.com/2012/05/02/nfl-great-junior-seau-dead/

[Hal Briston]

Originally Posted by Tazmanian Devil

Junior Seau found dead in his home. He was 43 years old. http://kdvr.com/2012/05/02/nfl-great-junior-seau-dead/

There's one for the "holy crap!" file.

[Dr. Girlfriend]

Originally Posted by Tazmanian Devil

Junior Seau found dead in his home. He was 43 years old. http://kdvr.com/2012/05/02/nfl-great-junior-seau-dead/

Sucks. Not only did I like him as a player, but he would've fit into my theme perfectly and I didn't pick him!

room for me in that handbasket?

[Mahaloth]

Composer Joel Goldsmith has died at age 54.

[sco3tt]

Originally Posted by Tazmanian Devil

Junior Seau found dead in his home. He was 43 years old. http://kdvr.com/2012/05/02/nfl-great-junior-seau-dead/

I wonder... after shooting himself, did Junior say "Ow!"?

[Registered at Last]

The Cheezie inventor, James E. Marker, died on Tuesday at age 90.

First the Doritos inventor and now this ... what will become of us?

[carnivorousplant]

Originally Posted by Registered at Last

First the Doritos inventor and now this ... what will become of us?

We will probably devour our own flesh.

[Lok]

Only until the Soylent Green inventor kicks the bucket.

[Tom Scud]

Originally Posted by Lok

Only until the Soylent Green inventor kicks the bucket.

Harry Harrison is apparently in good health (or at least not widely known to be in ill health) and only worth 13 points.

[Tangent]

Soylent Green is people?!

[Tom Scud]

Nah, soybeans and lentils. Thus the name.

[carnivorousplant]

Originally Posted by Tangent

Soylent Green is people?!

No, it's cilantro and matzoh brie.

[Labtrash]

Originally Posted by carnivorousplant

No, it's cilantro and matzoh brie.

Bleccch.

Rather it was people.

[carnivorousplant]

Originally Posted by Labtrash

Bleccch.

Rather it was people.

Exactly.