# The Celebrity Death Pool 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679 "2011-12-01T06:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1 "2011-12-01T06:00:38Z")
_“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!“_ Well, here we go for 2012! I’m **Baker** , your new Death Mistress, taking over for **amarone**. Give **amarone** three cheers for all the hard work s/he has put in. HUZZAH! HUZZAH! HUZZAH! Nothing has really changed with the rules, so I’ll pretty much be cutting and pasting from last year’s OP. But I’ll state again here, PLEASE note that entries should be made in a certain format which will be detailed at the end of this post. The Rules: 1. You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2012. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points minus their age at death. Whoever has the most points at the end of the year wins the undying _snort_ admiration of the SDMB. 2. All picks must be time- and date-stamped by midnight Chicago time, Dec. 31st, 2011. (That’s U.S. Central time, which is six hours behind Greenwich.) 3. Valid picks are not: a. already dead b. a fictional character c. non-human d. under age 18 at death e. a registered member of the SDMB, 'cause that would be weird f. political prisoners, 'cause we’re macabre but not THAT macabre. g. famous solely as a result of their illness or associated actions/events. 1. You can pick people who are 100 or more years old but you won’t score points for them. See the “Quantity Not Quality” award, below. 2. If we are uncertain about the celebrity’s age at death, we will go by the higher age (lower score). 3. Your picks must specify a name: listing “anybody from [the cast of your most hated TV show or boy band]” as a pick will be ignored. 4. Persons under sentence of death will be valid for scoring points only if they die by means other than official execution. 5. Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread is disqualified. It’s just a game, people. The only exceptions to this rule would be deaths caused by those posters serving as members of the police or armed forces of any country, in the line of duty. 6. Editing your choices: be careful! You can make changes to your list before the end of the year, but it has to be clear which names are your _ **final** _ choices. You may submit one or more “alternates” with your list in the event that one of your picks dies during December 2011, or submit an alternate after the death of the original pick, as long as this is posted by Dec 31, 2011. If you do not submit a name, I will submit the rest. You can have no more than 13 picks. If you pick more than 13, or if any of your picks is otherwise invalid, I may ask for clarification. Otherwise, I will submit the first 13 names on your list. Do me a favor: check twice, post once. We have no rule about submissions having to be unique, despite claims of “copying” anyone else’s list. We will just turn up our noses at you if you do this. Sharing news of celebrities in ill health and whatnot is up to individual posters. We have no rule about valid SDMB memberships (disqualifying members who have been banned). If you submit a list and then change your username at some point, please post this news on the thread so I know who you are. We have no rule about what constitutes “celebrity,” because it makes our heads hurt to think about this. Spelling counts! Please try to spell celebrities’ names correctly. Some celebrities have common, identical or similar names. It is helpful to be specific. Additional awards: The “Quantity Not Quality” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the greatest number of celebrities who died, regardless of their actual point value. The “Inside Track With the Grim Reaper” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who had the most unique picks that died. The “Opening Kickoff” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the first listed celebrity to die in 2011. The “Final Hours” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the last listed celebrity to die in 2011. The “Robbing the Cradle” Award: awarded to the poster or posters who pick the youngest celebrity to die in 2011, but see rule 3.d. List Format: There is a spreadsheet that allows me to post updated standings quickly and produce various other statistics. The pain is “loading” the data into the sheet. I can do each list in a single cut and paste if you use the following format and guidelines: present a plain, unnumbered list that contains just the celebrities’ most commonly used names (e.g. use “Al Gore”, not “Albert Gore”), correctly spelled. If anyone is known by initials, include a period and a space after each. And please observe, what I, **Baker** , refer to as the “Pope” rule. If a person is known primarily by a titled name, use that. So it wouldn’t be Joseph Ratzinger, it would be Pope Benedict XVI. And don’t put down Elizabeth Windsor, put down Queen Elizabeth II. For all I know there are other celebrities with the plain names. An example of a plain list follows here: O. J. Simpson Ronnie Biggs Fidel Castro George W. Bush Muhammad Ali Lindsay Lohan Fred Phelps Abe Vigoda Kirk Douglas Clint Eastwood Ariel Sharon Dick Cheney Bill Gates However, I know that many of you like to include commentary within your lists, such as: George “the younger” Bush Yogi Berra, baseballer/malaproper, because it ain’t over till it’s over. Fred Phelps, hatemonger That is fine - it adds to the entertainment. But if you do that, please also include the list again in plain format for me to copy & paste. Have fun, sickos. Of course, seeing as I volunteered to do this, what does that say about me? _(Where am I going, and why am I in this handbasket?)_ ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2 "2011-12-01T06:04:00Z")
Thanks for doing this, **Baker** , and thanks to **amarone** for previous years. I already have a rules question. > [@Baker](#): > > We have no rule about what constitutes “celebrity,” because it makes our heads hurt to think about this. But don’t we? Last year, we allowed “challenges” for picks we thought weren’t famous enough. E.g. people who are only famous for their illness. Are we still doing that? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/3 "2011-12-01T06:12:05Z")
See rule 3-g above! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/4 "2011-12-01T10:15:59Z")
**This will be my third year playing in the Death pool.** If the first year was my rookie year, and the year after that marked my time as a novice, it is indeed time I embrace becoming an amateur. [They grow up so fast!] \*Indeed. It is time to put childish ways behind me. \* \*\* It is the time I go from SON to MAN. \*\* 😃 \* 1.Marcia Strassman – actress, and frankly, my best shot ever at getting points. 2.Omar Suleiman – Egyptian Vice Prez 3.Dustin Hoffman – Actor 4.Morgan Freeman – Actor 5.Jamie Hyneman – Mythbuster 6.Ashrita Furman – Guinness world record setter for more than 300 records, still holding appx 100 of them. 7.Natalie Portman – Actress 8.Pee-Wee Herman – That’s his name, don’t wear it out. 9.Sarah Silverman – Comic. The Young, Funny, and Crazy Gambit. 10.Dennis Rodman – Former NBA player. The Less funny, more crazy gambit. 11.Henry Tillman – Boxer, defeated Mike Tyson twice. 12.George Foreman – Grill Pitchman / Boxer. But I’m not so sure about the boxing thing. 13.Hugh Jackman – Actor Alternates that have it N for them – twice over. A.Keith Olbermann – Former ESPN and MSNBC Personality. IMHO, better suited to follow Stuart and Colbert. B.Michele Bachmann – [del]Teabagger[/del] Tea Partier. C.Terrence Mann – Actor - Yes. I’ve been sitting on this list for a while. Same holds true for my 13 and 14 list. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/5 "2011-12-01T10:18:44Z")
My entries, beaten to the first punch by **Meeko** , damn you: Connie Newton Needham, actress (Eight is Enough) Robin Gibb Ron Smith-Baltimore talk radio host Mari Hulman George, living testament to the preservative power of alcohol George Soros Louis Farrakhan Ryan Leaf Harlan Ellison Marcia Strassman Hugo Chavez Theresa Heinz Kerry Gary Carter – MLB catcher Michael Douglas Alternates: James Garner Burt Reynolds Joni Mitchell Plain list: Connie Newton Needham Robin Gibb Ron Smith Mari Hulman George George Soros Louis Farrakhan Ryan Leaf Harlan Ellison Marcia Strassman Hugo Chavez Theresa Heinz Kerry Gary Carter Michael Douglas Alternates: James Garner Burt Reynolds Joni Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/6 "2011-12-01T10:19:05Z")
Marcia Strassman Omar Suleiman Dustin Hoffman Morgan Freeman Jamie Hyneman Ashrita Furman Natalie Portman Pee-Wee Herman Sarah Silverman Dennis Rodman Henry Tillman George Foreman Hugh Jackman Keith Olbermann Michele Bachmann Terrence Mann ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/7 "2011-12-01T10:21:35Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > My entries, beaten to the first punch by **Meeko** , damn you: > > Marcia Strassman 😃 Oh, already Copying, I see. [Wait, Someone else picked her? I might REALLY have a chance this year.] ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/8 "2011-12-01T10:22:01Z")
Well, I get the first submittal that meets the plain text requirement. **Meeko** , edit your list to remove the commentary. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/9 "2011-12-01T10:23:13Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > 😃 > > Oh, already Copying, I see. > > [Wait, Someone else picked her? I might REALLY have a chance this year.] Yeah, you are. I’ve had her as a pick two years running. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/10 "2011-12-01T10:25:00Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Yeah, you are. I’ve had her as a pick two years running. 😛 Ok. so, I might have come by her name because of the Dope… Rest assured the theme was already in place, and **I saw that she was a man** \*, and I was like, yeah, we can go with her. \*\*\*\*\* Er, uh, you what I mean here. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/11 "2011-12-01T10:42:49Z")
Joe Paterno, football coach (Dec. 21, 1926) Ronnie Biggs, Great Train Robber (Aug. 8, 1929) Penny Marshall, actress/director (Oct. 15, 1942) ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham, pro wrestler (Sept. 10, 1943) Christopher Hitchens, author gadfly (April 13, 1949) Bill Janklow, former South Dakota governor/vehicular manslaughterer (Sept. 13, 1949) Robin Gibb, Bee Gee (Dec. 22, 1949) Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, convicted Lockerbie bomber (Apr. 1, 1952) Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela (July 28, 1954) Warren Jeffs, FLDS leader/pro-polygamist (Dec. 3, 1955) Michael Lohan, father of Lindsay (April 25, 1960) Jeremy London, actor (Nov. 7, 1972) Ralphie May, comedian (Feb. 17, 1972) Alternates: Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress/2011 Death Pool tease (Feb. 6, 1917) Andy Williams, singer (Dec. 3, 1927) Ariel Sharon, Israel PM/coma enthusiast (Feb. 26, 1928) Plain Version: Joe Paterno Ronnie Biggs Penny Marshall ‘Superstar’ Billy Graham Christopher Hitchens Bill Janklow Robin Gibb Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Hugo Chavez Warren Jeffs Michael Lohan Jeremy London Ralphie May Alternates: Zsa Zsa Gabor Andy Williams Ariel Sharon ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/12 "2011-12-01T11:15:30Z")
I have officially subscribed to the 2012 death pool! YAY!!! 😃 Thanks **Baker** for being our Death Mistress. Thanks **amarone** for all your hard work these past few years! I shall post my list of those who are immortal in a few days. I’m still making decisions. Ok, it’s more like maybe, maybe not but this is important so I shall not make haste. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/13 "2011-12-01T12:01:24Z")
From the 2011 Death Pool: > [@The Celebrity Death Pool 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/17): > > And in recognition, I announce a new award for the themed list that gets the highest score. If your list has a theme, please declare it when posting your list. And no, “old and sick people” is not going to count as a theme. Will there be a “themed list” award this year? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/14 "2011-12-01T13:21:58Z")
And here is the penultimate status. Not much action in November - 4 celebs departed, but there were only 5 votes in total for them. ```auto Name Died Age Points Votes Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Ftang Ftang Olay Biscuit Barrel 26-Nov 78 22 1 Maggie Daley 24-Nov 68 32 1 Anne McCaffrey 21-Nov 85 15 2 Bil Keane 9-Nov 89 11 1 ``` The standings are now: ```auto Name Points Number #unique Youngest 1 Critical Mass 339 7 1 39 2 Registered at Last 192 4 0 39 3 gonzomax 190 4 1 27 4 amarone 177 4 2 52 5 Tamex 166 4 0 27 6 Captain Lance Murdoch 161 4 0 51 7 Captain Klutz 159 3 0 27 8 Borborygmi 155 4 0 27 9 carnivorousplant 152 4 1 39 10 Wheelz 151 4 1 51 11= Boyo Jim 145 4 1 54 11= Ambihelical Hexnut 145 3 0 27 13= Fear Itself 133 3 0 39 13= phungi 133 3 0 51 15 MsWhatsit 129 4 1 52 16= Anne Elk 120 3 0 27 16= Randy Seltzer 120 3 1 56 18 Duckster 119 2 0 27 19= imthjckaz 117 2 0 27 19= pohjonen 117 2 0 27 21 VanLandry 113 2 0 27 22= NurseCarmen 110 3 0 54 22= GIGObuster 110 2 0 27 24 Walkabout 109 2 0 39 25 Ann Onimous 105 4 1 27 26 Drain Bead 99 2 0 27 27 Duke 95 2 0 51 28= Mona Lott 94 2 0 27 28= racer72 94 2 0 27 30 cadolphin 93 3 0 54 31 notfrommensa 90 3 0 54 32 Eleanor of Aquitaine 88 2 0 27 33 Superbia-acedia 82 2 0 39 34= Hal Briston 77 3 0 58 34= Mustardseed 77 2 0 54 34= Wallet* 77 2 0 54 37 swampbear 74 3 0 54 38= kunilou 73 3 0 60 38= tarragon918 73 3 0 60 38= 5 time champ 73 1 0 27 38= a35362 73 1 0 27 38= BoilerUp1975 73 1 0 27 38= Diogenes the Cynic 73 1 0 27 38= fubbleskag 73 1 0 27 38= garygnu 73 1 0 27 38= Little Nemo 73 1 0 27 38= meghan 73 1 0 27 38= Monstera Deliciosa 73 1 0 27 38= pkdeez1 73 1 0 27 38= The Blue-Sighted Shadow 73 1 0 27 51 Omniscient 66 2 0 60 52= Jack Batty 65 2 0 56 52= missred 65 2 0 56 54 appleciders 63 2 0 54 55 SpazCat 62 3 1 56 56= 42fish 61 2 0 56 56= Hockey Monkey 61 1 0 39 56= Invisible Chimp 61 1 0 39 56= VunderBob 61 1 0 39 60 CowPatty 59 2 1 58 61 Only Mostly Dead 57 2 0 60 62 KennerTheGreat 56 2 1 60 63 Sigmagirl 53 2 0 54 64 Spiff 49 1 0 51 65 Andrew 21 48 2 1 52 66= Carlos Spicy Weiner 46 1 0 54 66= HeyHomie 46 1 0 54 66= Long Time First Time 46 1 0 54 69= arnesw 44 1 0 56 69= iamnotbatman 44 1 0 56 69= Jeep's Phoenix 44 1 0 56 72 zoog 42 1 0 58 73= Rico 40 1 0 60 73= The Vorlon 40 1 0 60 75 Dung Beetle 37 1 0 63 76 Paul in Qatar 28 2 0 79 77= bowler girl 26 1 0 74 77= Kitten Mitten 26 1 0 74 77= Kolak of Twilo 26 1 0 74 77= MadTheSwine 26 1 0 74 77= Shirley Ujest 26 1 0 74 82= Cazzle 21 1 0 79 82= Gleena 21 1 0 79 82= J-P L 21 1 0 79 82= lexi 21 1 0 79 82= malkavia 21 1 0 79 82= Mudshark 21 1 0 79 82= Orange Skinner 21 1 0 79 82= SpoilerVirgin 21 1 0 79 82= vivalostwages 21 1 0 79 91 BACI 17 1 0 83 92 audit1 12 1 0 88 93= dwc1970 11 1 1 89 93= gwendee 11 1 0 89 93= Ms Box 11 1 0 89 96 fruitbat* 8 1 1 92 97= Annie-Xmas* 7 1 0 93 97= lel 7 1 0 93 97= Raza 7 1 0 93 100= ataraxy22 6 1 1 94 100= ErinPuff 6 1 1 94 102= 52 others 0 0 0 ``` 45 celebrities have died, representing 5.7% of the total and 9.7% of the votes. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/15 "2011-12-01T13:39:06Z")
Oooh, Baker, please do a themed list award if it isn’t too much work. Those are fun. We could almost have a separate contest of themed death pool competition. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/16 "2011-12-01T13:39:42Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > And here is the penultimate status. Oops - wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/17 "2011-12-01T13:41:52Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > I already have a rules question.But don’t we? Last year, we allowed “challenges” for picks we thought weren’t famous enough. E.g. people who are only famous for their illness. Are we still doing that? The challenges were only for people thought to be famous solely because of their illness. It was not a generic challenge for being “not famous enough”. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/18 "2011-12-01T14:14:36Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Oops - wrong thread. **Amarone** wins the 2012 Doh! award, and the contest hasn’t even started yet. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/19 "2011-12-01T14:33:16Z")
On the thirteenth day of Christmas, my Death Pool celebrities: 12 drummers drumming–Ringo Starr 11 pipers piping–Ian Anderson 10 lords a-leaping–Christopher D’Amboise 9 ladies dancing–Charlotte D’Amboise 8 maids a-milking–Nadya Suleman 7 swans a-swimming–Mark Phelps 6 geese a-laying–Wilt Chamberlain 5 golden rings–Mike Tyson 4 calling birds–Roger McGuinn 3 French hens–Bridget Bardot 2 turtle–Mark Volman Doves–The Artist formerly known as Prince And a partridge in a pear tree–David Cassidy Ringo Starr Ian Anderson Christopher D’Amboise Charlotte D’Amboise Nadya Suleman Mark Phelps Wilt Chamberlain Mike Tyson Roger McGuinn Bridget Bardot Mark Volman The Artist formerly known as Prince David Cassidy ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/20 "2011-12-01T14:39:56Z")
Michael Douglas Zsa Zsa Gabor Margaret Thatcher Elizabeth Taylor Ronnie Biggs Ariel Sharon Dick Clark Betty Ford Phyllis Diller Mel Gibson Billy Ghraham Henry Kissinger Hugo Chavez Andy Willams Alternate: Lindsey Lohan Remember, it is a honor just to be nominated. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=2)