# 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:** 113
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2242 "2012-08-11T21:53:45Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Game show host Bill Rafferty, [dead at age 68](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rafferty). Shhhhh! Baker came back early…I don’t know…put him out with the others What was that, Baker? Dead game show host? Ummm…no, he’s not dead…he’s just…pining. ---
**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, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2243 "2012-08-11T23:23:56Z")
For the fjords? Or is he nailed to the perch? ---
**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 12, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2244 "2012-08-12T00:58:29Z")
[The father of E.T.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/italian-special-effects-master-carlo-rambaldi-father-of-et-dead-at-86/2012/02/10/gJQAehHXlX_story.html) has died at 86. ---
**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 12, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2245 "2012-08-12T05:46:17Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2246 "2012-08-12T10:44:55Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Game show host Bill Rafferty, [dead at age 68](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Rafferty). Did he get any parting gifts? ---
**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 12, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2247 "2012-08-12T18:49:20Z")
[Billy Graham has gotten in the tub](http://news.yahoo.com/evangelist-billy-graham-hospital-infection-163334559.html), can’t really tell if he’s circling the drain yet. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2248 "2012-08-12T23:12:17Z")
Oh, if he passes that’s seven points for twenty seven people. ---
**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 13, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2249 "2012-08-13T01:29:04Z")
And nonstop coverage for those of us in Charlotte. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2250 "2012-08-13T03:39:19Z")
I’m pretty sure we can count on Raleigh to not shut up about this one, either. ---
**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 13, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2251 "2012-08-13T04:04:47Z")
Who’ll be the first televangelist to start raising funds to pray for him? Odds on Frankie, the son. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2252 "2012-08-13T04:08:30Z")
Geez, all this attention to someone that is still alive, but no mention of [the death of Joe Kuber](http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/08/joe_kubert_dead_dies_85_nj.html)t? **Dead** Pool people, not live pool! ---
**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 13, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2253 "2012-08-13T08:27:35Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > Geez, all this attention to someone that is still alive, but no mention of [the death of Joe Kuber](http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/08/joe_kubert_dead_dies_85_nj.html)t? **Dead** Pool people, not live pool! Not many people from the Golden Age left. Anyone besides Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and Carmine Infantino? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2254 "2012-08-13T20:34:56Z")
[Helen Gurley Brown](http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/13/us/obit-helen-gurley-brown/index.html?hpt=hp_c1), author of “Sex and the Single Girl” and editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, at 90. ---
**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 13, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2255 "2012-08-13T20:38:07Z")
Johnny Pesky, Red Sox old timer, [dead at 92.](http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/2012/08/13/johnny-pesky-dies/QPJHf4usqten29EGLKwbcM/story.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2256 "2012-08-14T01:41:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Not many people from the Golden Age left. Anyone besides Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and Carmine Infantino? Not that I can think of. And I had thought that Infantino was already dead. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2257 "2012-08-14T17:09:28Z")
The cattle are dying. And so did [Ron “Horshack” Palillo](http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/08/14/ron-palillo-welcome-back-kotter-dies/), for 37 points. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2258 "2012-08-14T17:30:09Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > The cattle are dying. And so did [Ron “Horshack” Palillo](http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/08/14/ron-palillo-welcome-back-kotter-dies/), for 37 points. Halfway to a Sweathog reunion? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2259 "2012-08-14T17:32:58Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Halfway to a Sweathog reunion? I didn’t know that Epstein died back in January. Who’s left, besides Travolta? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2260 "2012-08-14T17:46:50Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I didn’t know that Epstein died back in January. Who’s left, besides Travolta? Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Freddie “Boom Boom” Washington. Age 58 and no apparent news of ill health. ---
**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 14, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2261 "2012-08-14T18:28:38Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I didn’t know that Epstein died back in January. Who’s left, besides Travolta? Gabe Kaplan’s alive. So is Marcia Strassman, despite the reports of the last couple of years that she is terminally ill. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=114)