# The Celebrity Death Pool 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523 "2010-12-01T09:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 135
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2683 "2012-01-03T18:46:19Z")
20th place! In your face, WhatsIt!šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2684 "2012-01-03T21:27:18Z")
WooHoo!!! Thank you for the congratulations. It was a fun year to watch life from the perspective of the Grim Reaper. The dark humour in this thread makes me laugh on a regular basis. My chosen ones performed better than I could have expected this year. My list was a collection of sure things and a couple of younger victims Iā€™ve been cultivating for the last 2 and 3 years - their times finally came. Most of all, it was dumb luck. I could have just as easily been wondering why only one or two people on my list died this year. This is the 5th consecutive year Iā€™ve played the game. Iā€™m intentionally taking the year off from the 2012 DP, but Iā€™ll be back for 2013. Iā€™ll be popping into the thread from time to time to watch this yearā€™s contest unfold. Thanks again and good luck in 2012! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2685 "2012-01-03T21:41:14Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > 20th place! In your face, WhatsIt!šŸ˜‰ :mad: I still canā€™t believe I got sucker-punched by Aretha Franklin. ā€œPancreatic cancerā€ indeed. Hmph! I took Gerry Rafferty off my list for her! Gives me a lot of room for improvement for next year, though. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2686 "2012-01-03T21:49:54Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > The only points I got this year were for Gerry Rafferty, who I stole off someone elseā€™s list just before the game began. :dubious: [tapping fingers on desk] šŸ˜‰ Canā€™t be too upset with you when I see that one new poster ā€œstoleā€ several of my current picks just before the deadline, not just one, for the 2012 Pool. Oh well, there are no rules against it, but it is annoying. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2687 "2012-01-03T22:23:45Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > :dubious: [tapping fingers on desk] > > šŸ˜‰ > > Canā€™t be too upset with you when I see that one new poster ā€œstoleā€ several of my current picks just before the deadline, not just one, for the 2012 Pool. Oh well, there are no rules against it, but it is annoying. This is why you wait until the last minute to post your list, man. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2688 "2012-01-03T22:53:23Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > This is why you wait until the last minute to post your list, man. Having scored a big fat zero for 2011 I was pretty confident that no one would want to steal from me. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2689 "2012-01-04T01:05:13Z")
Congratulations **Critical Mass**! I look forward to you rejoining us next year. I wonder when the Kick-Off will occur this year? I have a title to defend after all. What with Etta breathing on her own again, I donā€™t think any of my list are imminent this year, but one never knows. Thank you once again **Amarone**! And to you too **Baker**! Oh yeah ā€¦ Woo Hoo ā€¦ Second!!! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2690 "2012-01-04T03:24:53Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > This is why you wait until the last minute to post your list, man. Tell me about it. I was the first one with Darrel Akerfelds in 2012. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2691 "2012-01-04T16:19:40Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It makes me sad that **Critical Mass** is not playing in 2012.ā˜¹ Makes me happy. One less person to score higher than me. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [January 4, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2692 "2012-01-04T16:21:35Z")
One of 2011ā€™s last deathsā€“[SNL writer Joe Bodolai](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/saturday-night-live-writer-joe-bodolai-suicide-276390) committed suicide on December 27, 2011. Thatā€™s SNLā€™s second suicide. Charles Rocket went into a graveyard at midnight and cut his own throat!!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2693 "2012-01-04T16:38:37Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > :dubious: [tapping fingers on desk] > > šŸ˜‰ > > Canā€™t be too upset with you when I see that one new poster ā€œstoleā€ several of my current picks just before the deadline, not just one, for the 2012 Pool. Oh well, there are no rules against it, but it is annoying. I could let you have one of mineā€¦Iā€™m afraid theyā€™re all going to live, though. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2694 "2012-01-04T19:35:38Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Tell me about it. I was the first one with Darrel Akerfelds in 2012. šŸ˜‰ Yeah, about that, I apologize profusely. I definitely have poster regret on that one. So if he does kick the bucket ā€¦ thanks, I owe you one. I just couldnā€™t resist. Blame a kid with a cold causing the night of celebration to end early with me surfing the dope waiting for the kickoff. Of course, karma says that I just guaranteed a miracle cure for Darrel and doomed Roger Ebert like I did for Sinan ā€œBull From Bosporusā€ Sam /Steve Jobs last year. If it makes you feel better I didnā€™t include him until I figured out a search string to find him. (Continuous improvement, donā€™t you know!) I do notice if you do well in the game the chances of having unique picks drops substantially. I lost a unique pick in the waning hours of 2011 too with Tamara Grigsby . But I think I still have one unique pick on my list: Joe Lewis. But putting it together I thought I would have 4 or 5 unique picks. I am kind of attracted by the idea of bonus points for the first person to post someone. I bet \*\*Baker \*\*would prefer not having the huge glut of posts on the last day or two as well! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2695 "2012-01-04T20:10:23Z")
Iā€™ve had Akerfelds on my 2012 Maybes list for at least a couple of months. Pretty much anyone whoā€™s even moderately high-profile with pancreatic cancer is probably not going to be a unique pick. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Klutz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captain_klutz/32/4993_2.png) [@Captain\_Klutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Klutz)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2696 "2012-01-07T04:37:17Z")
Sixth place, plus sharing the ā€œRobbing the Cradleā€ and ā€œFinal Hoursā€ awards. A big improvement after last yearā€™s duck. Thanks for running this game **amarone**! And thanks to those celebrities who were dying for me to win. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=134)