# 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:** 111
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2202 "2012-08-03T02:57:31Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yes, I know you’re going to “Ohio”, but if you go near L.A., and you’re looking for some extra cash, there’s, um… some “business” you could take care of for me. You already have my “shopping list” and I’m sure we could reach some accord on a fair payment for your time. I actually am going to Ohio, but as it turns out a couple of my choices are in California. One lives there normally, the other is in prison for life. Just thought I’d mention it. You might let me know if anyone you are “interested in” lives between Kansas and my destination. I’m thinking of 2013. Assuming I’m DeathMistress again I’m thinking of instituting a prize for the person who gets on the board with a selection, but has the least amount of points. I’m actually a baker by profession and I could send this “prizewinner” a consolation consisting of a couple dozen cookies. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2203 "2012-08-03T03:27:02Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I actually am going to Ohio, but as it turns out a couple of my choices are in California. One lives there normally, the other is in prison for life. **TWEET!** Everybody! Out of the pool! Choices for what?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2204 "2012-08-03T04:46:17Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > **TWEET!** > Everybody! Out of the pool! > > Choices for what?!?! My picks in the DeathPool, silly. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2205 "2012-08-03T11:39:17Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > My picks in the DeathPool, silly. Ah, _that’s_ what we were talking about. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2206 "2012-08-03T11:47:47Z")
Have a great vacation **Baker**! I’m pretty low in points… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2207 "2012-08-03T13:43:11Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’m thinking of 2013. Assuming I’m DeathMistress again I’m thinking of instituting a prize for the person who gets on the board with a selection, but has the least amount of points. I’m actually a baker by profession and I could send this “prizewinner” a consolation consisting of a couple dozen cookies. \ ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2208 "2012-08-04T00:33:07Z")
> [@](#): > > BERLIN – Internationally renowned Romanian pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa has been found dead in her apartment in the Austrian capital. She was 33. > **[HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News](https://www.huffpost.com/)** > > Read the latest headlines, news stories, and opinion from Politics, Entertainment, Life, Perspectives, and more. What a waste. I bet no one had her for 67 points. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2209 "2012-08-04T00:35:19Z")
Ironic that a death can be both point-filled and pointless. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2210 "2012-08-04T02:31:00Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > \ Randy Seltzer had a 99 year old celeb this year, and got the single point. A guy named Edward Short. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2211 "2012-08-04T14:07:21Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Randy Seltzer had a 99 year old celeb this year, and got the single point. A guy named Edward Short. COOKIES!! (I would be able to pick them up in person too if I visit my parents in KS for the holidays :)) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2212 "2012-08-05T00:26:08Z")
**This is a final reminder that your Deathmistress will be away from her computer from August 5 to August 11** When I return I’ll catch up on any points that need to be totaled. I just hope that Zsa Zsa or Lindsay Lohan don’t die while I’m away. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2213 "2012-08-05T06:01:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **This is a final reminder that your Deathmistress will be away from her computer from August 5 to August 11** > > When I return I’ll catch up on any points that need to be totaled. I just hope that Zsa Zsa or Lindsay Lohan don’t die while I’m away. Spoilsport. Points is points ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2214 "2012-08-05T06:15:00Z")
Baker, send me the spreadsheet. I’ll, um, take care of scoring while you’re gone. I wouldn’t want you stressing out over dead celebs on your vacation! I don’t think you noticed, but several names on my list are encrypted, and by a strange coincidence the encryption algorithm spit out code that matched other unencrypted celebrity names. So I’ll just put the original names back to unencrypted while I’m at it. Yeah, that’s the ticket… ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2215 "2012-08-05T18:30:54Z")
2013 Death Pool Heads Up! > [@](#): > > EVER-controversial US tabloid The National Enquirer has challenged Macaulay Culkin to take a drug test after claiming the troubled actor will soon die from a heroin addiction. > > In standing by their self-described “detailed report” that the reclusive Home Alone star has six months to live, the publication - which ran similar stories on both Michael Jackson and Steve Jobs in the months prior to both high-profile deaths - yesterday urged Culkin to “get the treatment he so desperately needs”. The image is rather shocking: [http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/passing-the-death-sentence-on-culkin/story-fn907478-1226443440507](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/passing-the-death-sentence-on-culkin/story-fn907478-1226443440507) Better view : [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9446089/Macaulay-Culkin-denies-heroin-addiction-claims.html](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9446089/Macaulay-Culkin-denies-heroin-addiction-claims.html) If the story is true, he needs to stay alive another five months for at least 68 points. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2216 "2012-08-05T18:42:22Z")
First link provokes warning messages from my computer. ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2217 "2012-08-05T20:46:45Z")
Dang! Had him on my 2011 list (picked out of thin air), but replaced him with the Gibb brother. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2218 "2012-08-06T15:51:50Z")
Baker? Baker? Baker? listens for the crickets… ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2219 "2012-08-06T15:59:45Z")
[Chavela Vargas](http://news.yahoo.com/chavela-vargas-famed-mexican-singer-dies-93-184515339.html), Mexican singer, dies at 93. ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2220 "2012-08-07T14:03:33Z")
Marvin Hamlisch [has died at 68](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/marvin-hamlisch-composer-of-a-chorus-line-dies-at-68/). ---
**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, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2221 "2012-08-07T15:24:58Z")
> [@Enuma\_Elish](#): > > Baker? Baker? Baker? > > listens for the crickets… I think you’ve got her confused with Beetlejuice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=112)