# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41 "2010-08-06T04:31:40Z")
1. Vic Morrow - Death by helicopter decapitation 2. Rasputin - poisoned, shot, strangled, struck with a blunt object, and drowned 3. Jack Daniel, founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, died of blood poisoning due to a toe injury he received after kicking his safe in anger when he could not remember its combination code 4. Isadora Duncan - Dancer, killed while riding in a car when the end of her very long scarf became entangled around the rear axle of the car and broke her neck 5. Karl Wallenda - founder of the famous high-wire act, _The Great Wallendas_, died at the age of 73 from a fall while attempting to cross the distance between two ten-story buildings in Puerto Rico. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42 "2010-08-06T13:38:44Z")
1. Vic Morrow - Death by helicopter decapitation 2. Rasputin - poisoned, shot, strangled, struck with a blunt object, and drowned 3. Jack Daniel, founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, died of blood poisoning due to a toe injury he received after kicking his safe in anger when he could not remember its combination code 4. Isadora Duncan - Dancer, killed while riding in a car when the end of her very long scarf became entangled around the rear axle of the car and broke her neck 5. Karl Wallenda - founder of the famous high-wire act, The Great Wallendas, died at the age of 73 from a fall while attempting to cross the distance between two ten-story buildings in Puerto Rico. 6. David Carradine-Autoeroctic asphixiation ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43 "2010-08-06T14:37:28Z")
1. Vic Morrow - Death by helicopter decapitation 2. Rasputin - poisoned, shot, strangled, struck with a blunt object, and drowned 3. Jack Daniel, founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, died of blood poisoning due to a toe injury he received after kicking his safe in anger when he could not remember its combination code 4. Isadora Duncan - Dancer, killed while riding in a car when the end of her very long scarf became entangled around the rear axle of the car and broke her neck 5. Karl Wallenda - founder of the famous high-wire act, The Great Wallendas, died at the age of 73 from a fall while attempting to cross the distance between two ten-story buildings in Puerto Rico. 6. David Carradine-Autoeroctic asphixiation 7. Ray Chapman, Baseball Player, killed by a beanball in a major league baseball game. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44 "2010-08-06T17:53:00Z")
1. Vic Morrow - Death by helicopter decapitation 2. Rasputin - poisoned, shot, strangled, struck with a blunt object, and drowned 3. Jack Daniel, founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, died of blood poisoning due to a toe injury he received after kicking his safe in anger when he could not remember its combination code 4. Isadora Duncan - Dancer, killed while riding in a car when the end of her very long scarf became entangled around the rear axle of the car and broke her neck 5. Karl Wallenda - founder of the famous high-wire act, The Great Wallendas, died at the age of 73 from a fall while attempting to cross the distance between two ten-story buildings in Puerto Rico. 6. David Carradine-Autoeroctic asphixiation 7. Ray Chapman, Baseball Player, killed by a beanball in a major league baseball game. 8. Tycho Brahe - supposedly died of a ruptured bladder because he was at a formal dinner and etiquette prevented him from leaving the room to urinate ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45 "2010-08-06T18:55:31Z")
1. Vic Morrow - Death by helicopter decapitation 2. Rasputin - poisoned, shot, strangled, struck with a blunt object, and drowned 3. Jack Daniel, founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, died of blood poisoning due to a toe injury he received after kicking his safe in anger when he could not remember its combination code 4. Isadora Duncan - Dancer, killed while riding in a car when the end of her very long scarf became entangled around the rear axle of the car and broke her neck 5. Karl Wallenda - founder of the famous high-wire act, The Great Wallendas, died at the age of 73 from a fall while attempting to cross the distance between two ten-story buildings in Puerto Rico. 6. David Carradine-Autoeroctic asphixiation 7. Ray Chapman, Baseball Player, killed by a beanball in a major league baseball game. 8. Tycho Brahe - supposedly died of a ruptured bladder because he was at a formal dinner and etiquette prevented him from leaving the room to urinate 9. Steve Irwin, AKA The Crocodile Hunter - Stabbed in the chest by a sting-ray barb. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46 "2010-08-06T19:43:39Z")
1. Vic Morrow - Death by helicopter decapitation 2. Rasputin - poisoned, shot, strangled, struck with a blunt object, and drowned 3. Jack Daniel, founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, died of blood poisoning due to a toe injury he received after kicking his safe in anger when he could not remember its combination code 4. Isadora Duncan - Dancer, killed while riding in a car when the end of her very long scarf became entangled around the rear axle of the car and broke her neck 5. Karl Wallenda - founder of the famous high-wire act, The Great Wallendas, died at the age of 73 from a fall while attempting to cross the distance between two ten-story buildings in Puerto Rico. 6. David Carradine-Autoeroctic asphixiation 7. Ray Chapman, Baseball Player, killed by a beanball in a major league baseball game. 8. Tycho Brahe - supposedly died of a ruptured bladder because he was at a formal dinner and etiquette prevented him from leaving the room to urinate 9. Steve Irwin, AKA The Crocodile Hunter - Stabbed in the chest by a sting-ray barb. 10. Michael Malloy - murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure, and being struck by a car. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47 "2010-08-06T20:02:57Z")
1. Vic Morrow - Death by helicopter decapitation 2. Rasputin - poisoned, shot, strangled, struck with a blunt object, and drowned 3. Jack Daniel, founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, died of blood poisoning due to a toe injury he received after kicking his safe in anger when he could not remember its combination code 4. Isadora Duncan - Dancer, killed while riding in a car when the end of her very long scarf became entangled around the rear axle of the car and broke her neck 5. Karl Wallenda - founder of the famous high-wire act, The Great Wallendas, died at the age of 73 from a fall while attempting to cross the distance between two ten-story buildings in Puerto Rico. 6. David Carradine-Autoeroctic asphixiation 7. Ray Chapman, Baseball Player, killed by a beanball in a major league baseball game. 8. Tycho Brahe - supposedly died of a ruptured bladder because he was at a formal dinner and etiquette prevented him from leaving the room to urinate 9. Steve Irwin, AKA The Crocodile Hunter - Stabbed in the chest by a sting-ray barb. 10. Michael Malloy - murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure, and being struck by a car. 11. Erik Weisz (Harry Houdini) - Punched in the stomach, which ruptured his appendix ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48 "2010-08-07T05:34:09Z")
1. Vic Morrow - Death by helicopter decapitation 2. Rasputin - poisoned, shot, strangled, struck with a blunt object, and drowned 3. Jack Daniel, founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, died of blood poisoning due to a toe injury he received after kicking his safe in anger when he could not remember its combination code 4. Isadora Duncan - Dancer, killed while riding in a car when the end of her very long scarf became entangled around the rear axle of the car and broke her neck 5. Karl Wallenda - founder of the famous high-wire act, The Great Wallendas, died at the age of 73 from a fall while attempting to cross the distance between two ten-story buildings in Puerto Rico. 6. David Carradine-Autoeroctic asphixiation 7. Ray Chapman, Baseball Player, killed by a beanball in a major league baseball game. 8. Tycho Brahe - supposedly died of a ruptured bladder because he was at a formal dinner and etiquette prevented him from leaving the room to urinate 9. Steve Irwin, AKA The Crocodile Hunter - Stabbed in the chest by a sting-ray barb. 10. Michael Malloy - murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure, and being struck by a car. 11. Erik Weisz (Harry Houdini) - Punched in the stomach, which ruptured his appendix 12. Clement Vallandigham - politician and lawyer - accidentally shot himself with a gun that he was displaying as evidence during a trial ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49 "2010-08-07T13:27:51Z")
1. Vic Morrow - Death by helicopter decapitation 2. Rasputin - poisoned, shot, strangled, struck with a blunt object, and drowned 3. Jack Daniel, founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, died of blood poisoning due to a toe injury he received after kicking his safe in anger when he could not remember its combination code 4. Isadora Duncan - Dancer, killed while riding in a car when the end of her very long scarf became entangled around the rear axle of the car and broke her neck 5. Karl Wallenda - founder of the famous high-wire act, The Great Wallendas, died at the age of 73 from a fall while attempting to cross the distance between two ten-story buildings in Puerto Rico. 6. David Carradine-Autoeroctic asphixiation 7. Ray Chapman, Baseball Player, killed by a beanball in a major league baseball game. 8. Tycho Brahe - supposedly died of a ruptured bladder because he was at a formal dinner and etiquette prevented him from leaving the room to urinate 9. Steve Irwin, AKA The Crocodile Hunter - Stabbed in the chest by a sting-ray barb. 10. Michael Malloy - murdered by gassing after surviving multiple poisonings, intentional exposure, and being struck by a car. 11. Erik Weisz (Harry Houdini) - Punched in the stomach, which ruptured his appendix 12. Clement Vallandigham - politician and lawyer - accidentally shot himself with a gun that he was displaying as evidence during a trial 13. [Rev. Kyle Lake](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article585158.ece)–Electrocuted while adjusting a microphone during a baptism. New topic: Celebrities known for losing weight: 1. Oprah Winfrey ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50 "2010-08-07T13:37:20Z")
and i know that i am late but i can’t believe no one mentioned bon scott. anyone who bites it by choking to death on their own vomit needs to be on that fracking list. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51 "2010-08-07T14:18:12Z")
**Celebrities known for losing weight:** 1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Karen Carpenter (Where am I going and what am I doing in this handbasket? Well, at least I’ve got this nifty pair of roller skates.) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/52 "2010-08-07T14:34:54Z")
1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Karen Carpenter 3. Golfer John Daly [Before](http://cm1.theinsider.com/thumbnail/331/499/cm1.theinsider.com/media/0/583/89/John-Daly-Weight-Loss-331x499.jpg), [After](http://www.inewscatcher.com/timages/4f1fb8e306627d9383bb943c48741b88.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53 "2010-08-07T14:50:13Z")
1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Karen Carpenter 3. Golfer John Daly Before, After 4. Star Jones ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54 "2010-08-07T15:15:47Z")
1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Karen Carpenter 3. Golfer John Daly Before, After 4. Star Jones 5. Kirstie Alley ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55 "2010-08-07T17:10:58Z")
1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Karen Carpenter 3. Golfer John Daly Before, After 4. Star Jones 5. Kirstie Alley 6. Carnie Wilson ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56 "2010-08-07T17:21:45Z")
1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Karen Carpenter 3. Golfer John Daly Before, After 4. Star Jones 5. Kirstie Alley 6. Carnie Wilson 7. Michael Moore ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57 "2010-08-07T21:18:46Z")
1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Karen Carpenter 3. Golfer John Daly Before, After 4. Star Jones 5. Kirstie Alley 6. Carnie Wilson 7. Michael Moore 8. Drew Carey ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58 "2010-08-08T02:13:33Z")
1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Karen Carpenter 3. Golfer John Daly Before, After 4. Star Jones 5. Kirstie Alley 6. Carnie Wilson 7. Michael Moore 8. Drew Carey 9. Valerie Bertinelli ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59 "2010-08-08T14:53:51Z")
1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Karen Carpenter 3. Golfer John Daly Before, After 4. Star Jones 5. Kirstie Alley 6. Carnie Wilson 7. Michael Moore 8. Drew Carey 9. Valerie Bertinelli 10. Sarah Ferguson ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60 "2010-08-08T15:00:00Z")
1. Oprah Winfrey 2. Karen Carpenter 3. Golfer John Daly Before, After 4. Star Jones 5. Kirstie Alley 6. Carnie Wilson 7. Michael Moore 8. Drew Carey 9. Valerie Bertinelli 10. Sarah Ferguson 11. Tommy LaSorda [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=4)