# 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:** 115
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2282 "2012-08-19T13:35:48Z")
[http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/08/remembering-william-windom/](http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/08/remembering-william-windom/) RIP, William Windom, whom I saw in his one-man show about James Thurber about 20 years ago. He was quite entertaining. A unique pick for me??? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2283 "2012-08-19T14:04:40Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > A unique pick for me??? Looks like it! At last, something to do. There haven’t been all that many deaths to count this month yet. You go from tied for 92nd to lone possessor of 79th place. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2284 "2012-08-19T14:26:20Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > [http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/08/remembering-william-windom/](http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/08/remembering-william-windom/) > > RIP, William Windom, whom I saw in his one-man show about James Thurber about 20 years ago. He was quite entertaining. > > A unique pick for me??? [He didn’t actually play James Thurber](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063934/), just a fictional character who happened to be a cartoonist who drew exactly like Thurber did. I liked him better as Doctor Seth Haslet in “Murder, She Wrote” ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2285 "2012-08-19T14:45:50Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > [He didn’t actually play James Thurber](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063934/), just a fictional character who happened to be a cartoonist who drew exactly like Thurber did. He did portray Thurber in his [one-man show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windomthurberplaybill_002.JPG), which is what I saw. 79th place! Awesome! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2286 "2012-08-19T16:25:32Z")
Ah. I sit corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2287 "2012-08-20T01:54:00Z")
Scott Mckenzie won’t be wearing flowers in his hair any longer. Dead at 73. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2288 "2012-08-20T04:23:28Z")
Tony Scott, younger brother of Ridley Scott and director in his own right - Top Gun, Crimson Tide, The Last Boy Scout - [committed suicide at age 68](http://tvline.com/2012/08/19/tony-scott-dead-suicide/) ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2289 "2012-08-20T04:29:29Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Tony Scott, younger brother of Ridley Scott and director in his own right - Top Gun, Crimson Tide, The Last Boy Scout - [committed suicide at age 68](http://tvline.com/2012/08/19/tony-scott-dead-suicide/) WTF? I know we are usually ghoulish in this thread but that is horrible. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2290 "2012-08-20T04:33:00Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > WTF? I know we are usually ghoulish in this thread but that is horrible. Yeah, that’s why no jokes from me on this one… ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2291 "2012-08-20T14:56:38Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > WTF? I know we are usually ghoulish in this thread but that is horrible. Not sure what the alarm is about. Looks a like a straightforward account to me. But hey, people get to choose their own level of outrage and confusion. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2292 "2012-08-20T15:03:29Z")
Is there some in joke that I am missing? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2293 "2012-08-20T15:26:02Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Is there some in joke that I am missing? No joke, he jumped off a bridge and left a suicide note in his car. ☹ ---
**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 20, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2294 "2012-08-20T15:29:18Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Is there some in joke that I am missing? I think **Kolak** was referring to the death itself being horrible, not the comment. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2295 "2012-08-20T15:32:34Z")
Thanks Spaz Cat- I had heard about the suicide but I just didn’t understand the angst. INRS helped but I still don’t get it. ---
**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 20, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2296 "2012-08-20T16:05:26Z")
Quien es mas macho? Tony Scott or Ridley Scott? ---
**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 20, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2297 "2012-08-20T16:44:37Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > WTF? I know we are usually ghoulish in this thread but that is horrible. I am completely mystified by this comment. It may be that Scott had a pretty good reason for suicide – [inoperable brain cancer](http://gma.yahoo.com/top-gun-director-tony-scott-had-inoperable-brain-052524341--abc-news-topstories.html). Or perhaps some publicist is just blowing smoke for some reason or other. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2298 "2012-08-20T16:45:26Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > No joke, he jumped off a bridge and left a suicide note in his car. ☹ Reportedly, he had undisclosed terminal brain cancer. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2299 "2012-08-20T17:21:46Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Reportedly, he had undisclosed terminal brain cancer. Obviously, he did not want to be a Death Pool bandwagon pick for 2013… ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2300 "2012-08-20T19:13:06Z")
[William Windom](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/arts/television/william-windom-everyman-actor-is-dead-at-88.html?_r=1) is welcomed to a new world. Age 88. ETA: Sorry, beaten to it. Apparently happened yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2301 "2012-08-20T19:20:42Z")
[Phyllis Diller](http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/20/phyllis-diller-dead/) cackles her way into the next life. Age 95. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=116)