# 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:** 112
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2222 "2012-08-07T16:03:56Z")
> [@sco3tt](#): > > 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:** ![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 7, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2223 "2012-08-07T17:57:42Z")
Film critic [Judith Crist](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/movies/judith-crist-film-critic-dies-at-90.html?pagewanted=all) dies at 90. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2224 "2012-08-07T19:16:37Z")
**[Former Hawks star Roundfield drowns in Aruba](http://news.google.com/news/url?ct2=us%2F1_0_s_9_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNHxEkjRkkc7TXWDuwzmYYOPQPnjaw&cid=26389738099393&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%2F2012%2Fbasketball%2Fnba%2F08%2F07%2Fdan-roundfield-hawks-dies.ap%2Findex.html&ei=kGghUMj2JNGWtwfchwE&sig2=w__F1il4adWfN5nQX_biAQ&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&did=-5466954056273386236&sid=top-stories)** **The NBA All-Star was 59.** ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2225 "2012-08-07T19:38:25Z")
**[Chemist Martin Fleischmann, center of cold fusion controversy, dies at 85](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/chemist-martin-fleischmann-center-of-cold-fusion-controversy-dies-at-85/2012/08/07/8149c9c2-e0b2-11e1-8d48-2b1243f34c85_story.html)** ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2226 "2012-08-07T21:24:59Z")
[Robert Hughes](http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/07/robert-hughes-by-peter-carey). We’ve lost another original. ---
**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, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2227 "2012-08-07T22:31:51Z")
“Hairspray” co-creator Mark O’Donnell [dead at 58](http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/08/cleveland_native_hairspray_co-.html). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2228 "2012-08-08T11:42:11Z")
Ha! I’ll bet you thought I wasn’t going to look in here! As it turns out I retired to my secret lair in the Holiday Inn Express in Fairfield, Ohio, and THEY have a computer for use! _sniff?_ Who peed in the pool? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2229 "2012-08-09T18:46:08Z")
Amy Winehouse’s Ex-Husband Blake Fielder-Civil, 30, [in a Coma After Alleged Overdose](http://www.eonline.com/news/336602/amy-winehouse-s-ex-blake-fielder-civil-in-a-coma-after-alleged-overdose) ---
**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 9, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2230 "2012-08-09T19:09:14Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Amy Winehouse’s Ex-Husband Blake Fielder-Civil, 30, [in a Coma After Alleged Overdose](http://www.eonline.com/news/336602/amy-winehouse-s-ex-blake-fielder-civil-in-a-coma-after-alleged-overdose) Dammit, I had him on my list for two years and then dropped him this year. ---
**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 9, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2231 "2012-08-09T20:29:25Z")
> [@sco3tt](#): > > “Hairspray” co-creator Mark O’Donnell [dead at 58](http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/08/cleveland_native_hairspray_co-.html). SHIT!☹ ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2232 "2012-08-10T18:22:03Z")
[Mel Stuart](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/08/10/mel-stuart-death-willy-wonka-chocolate-factory/), who directed _Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory_(Gene Wilder not Johnny Depp movie) has died at 83. Also, writer/actor [David Rakoff](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/books/david-rakoff-award-winning-humorist-dies-at-47.html) racked off at 47. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2233 "2012-08-10T22:52:38Z")
i’m back on the tenth, earlier than I expected, and I see that none of the celebrities listed while I was gone gained anyone any points. ---
**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 10, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2234 "2012-08-10T23:07:24Z")
Were you gone? 😕 This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 4 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2235 "2012-08-11T00:47:13Z")
Quick! She’s back! Pick everything up! ---
**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 11, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2236 "2012-08-11T05:48:16Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > i’m back on the tenth, earlier than I expected, and I see that none of the celebrities listed while I was gone gained anyone any points. It sure was dead around here while you were gone. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2237 "2012-08-11T19:42:21Z")
Actor [Albert Freeman Jr.](http://m.npr.org/story/158625625?url=/2012/08/11/158625625/renowned-actor-albert-freeman-jr-dies&ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) has died at 78. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2238 "2012-08-11T20:17:34Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Quick! She’s back! Pick everything up! And just _ **WHAT** _ has been going on here? > [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > Actor [Albert Freeman Jr.](http://m.npr.org/story/158625625?url=/2012/08/11/158625625/renowned-actor-albert-freeman-jr-dies&ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) has died at 78. Nope, no points for him either. ---
**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 11, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2239 "2012-08-11T20:47:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > And just _ **WHAT** _ has been going on here? Nothing, ma’am. We didn’t have a party while you were gone. And if you give us a minute, we can explain all the dead people. ---
**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 11, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2240 "2012-08-11T20:52:14Z")
No dead people here! ---
**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:** [August 11, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2241 "2012-08-11T21:06:43Z")
Game show host Bill Rafferty, [dead at age 68](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rafferty). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=113)