# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/221 "2011-12-21T19:52:38Z")
Welcome to the 5th annual Why the Fuck Isn’t Ariel Sharon Dead Wish it Was a Memorial Post. This is where I usually mention he was on my 2006 list before he went into the coma. HE WAS ON MY 2006 LIST BEFORE HE WENT INTO THE COMA. So yes, he is alive because of me. Putting my list up now just in case I forget. Since I am currently tied for 111th place in the 2011 pool I doubt anyone is in a hurry to copy my picks. Some from last year, some new and a couple bandwagons. And of course Ariel Ariel Sharon Etta James Hugo Chavez Paul Prudhomme Ethan Zohn Levon Helm Sean Connery Robin Gibb Joe Paterno Gregg Allman Giuliana Rancic Pat Summerall Gary Carter And in case someone pulls a Kim Jong Il before the 1st: Bryant Gumbel Roger Moore Axl Rose ---
**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:** [December 21, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/222 "2011-12-21T20:36:20Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > No. Violates the rule that the celebrity must be 18 years of age on Jan 1st. Ok, but what about 18 years from now when I add him, or them, onto my list? Double points? And does it use one slot or two out of the 13 on my list? And what if only one of the heads die? ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/223 "2011-12-21T22:58:50Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Ok, but what about 18 years from now when I add him, or them, onto my list? > > Double points? And does it use one slot or two out of the 13 on my list? > > And what if only one of the heads die? There is a similar case of [conjoined twin girls](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_and_Brittany_Hensel) here in Minnesota, and they are considered two separate people. They even had to take their driver’s tests twice–one for each head. Therefore, I would say that they should take up two slots on any death pool list. And they are 21 years old, so you could add them, you sick bastard :). ---
**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:** [December 21, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/224 "2011-12-21T23:29:35Z")
I wonder if there are enough of them around for a themed list. If they take up two slots on the list each, I better get double points if the body dies. ---
**Author:** ![cheldie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cheldie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheldie)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/225 "2011-12-22T14:29:58Z")
Long time listener, first time caller and all that jazz… My first list. Zsa Zsa Gabor Ariel Sharon Courtney Love Jonathan Rhys Davies Lindsey Lohan Charlie Sheen Joe Paterno Aretha Franklin Etta James Robin Gibb Alts: Terry Pratchet Penny Marshall Michael Douglas ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/226 "2011-12-22T14:35:21Z")
> [@cheldie](#): > > Long time listener, first time caller and all that jazz… My first list. > > Zsa Zsa Gabor > Ariel Sharon > Courtney Love > Jonathan Rhys Davies > Lindsey Lohan > Charlie Sheen > Joe Paterno > Aretha Franklin > Etta James > Robin Gibb > > Alts: > Terry Pratchet > Penny Marshall > Michael Douglas You’ve named 10, not 13, immortal wannabes. ---
**Author:** ![cheldie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cheldie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheldie)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/227 "2011-12-22T14:45:46Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > You’ve named 10, not 13, immortal wannabes. Ok, so I’m not too bright… Edited Zsa Zsa Gabor Ariel Sharon Courtney Love Jonathan Rhys Davies Lindsey Lohan Charlie Sheen Joe Paterno Aretha Franklin Etta James Robin Gibb Billy Graham Rose Marie Dave Madden Alts: Terry Pratchet Penny Marshall Michael Douglas ---
**Author:** ![D\_N\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@D\_N\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_N_T)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/228 "2011-12-22T22:59:26Z")
My Unlucky 13: Etta James Billy Graham Zsa Zsa Gabor Robin Gibb George Mc govern Margaret Thatcher Kirk Douglas Roger Ebert Ariel Sharon Loretta Lynn Penny Marshall Aretha Franklin Ernest Borgnine Mickey Rooney On Reserve: Bob Dylan Ryan O’ Neal Katharine jackson (Michael’s Mom) Fran ‘The Nanny’ Drescher Joe Paterno Abe Vigoda Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan Lindsay Lohan Thanks to Muppet Master over at Nerdgroupies for telling me about this board! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/229 "2011-12-22T23:04:06Z")
**D N T** , welcome! But you have 14 picks, not 13. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/230 "2011-12-23T00:02:18Z")
Updated list. I hate it when someone I’ve been wishing dead for nearly 20 years up and dies BEFORE I might gain some benefit from it. Bastard. Vince McMahon Matt Hardy Lindsay Lohan Andy Dick Rihanna Hugo Chavez **Jimmy Carter** Robert Mugabe Bashar al-Assad Dick Cheney John McCain Pope Benedict / Joseph Ratzinger Pat Robertson ---
**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 23, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/231 "2011-12-23T01:03:33Z")
I decided to get on the Etta James band wagon . I’m a leech and proud of it! 😃 David Hasselhoff Andrew Lloyd Weber Robin Gibb Muhammed Ali Michael Douglas Fidel Castro Courtney Love Charlie Sheen Pamela Anderson Lady Gaga Mary Tyler Moore Lindsay Lohan Etta James Alternates: Robin Williams Dick VanDyke Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![Dusty\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/232 "2011-12-23T01:10:50Z")
Alright, I’m gonna give this a go this year, too. Though I was really happy with my list until I saw so many of my picks on other lists! :smack: I’m going with the “great minds think alike” angle, mostly because I’m too lazy to make another list. Jerry Lewis Dick Clark Zsa Zsa Gabor Paul McCartney Abe Vigoda Dick Cheney Simon Cowell Robin Gibb Penny Marshall Etta James Larry Hagman Mickey Rooney Alec Baldwin Alternates Nancy Reagan Andy Williams Vidal Sasson ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/233 "2011-12-23T01:31:52Z")
As Death Mistress I want to give a heads up. On 12/28 I will be making a post I call “Final Warning” It will let folks who want to play, but have mis-posted in one way or another that they need to correct their lists for them to count in the game. When I’ve noticed problems I’ve PM’d the posters in question, and with the Final Warning it will be up to them to correct things before 12/31. We have 71 entries so far that count. I know a lot of folks wait until the last minute, including yours truly. But don’t put it off too long, let the celebrities know you care!😃 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/234 "2011-12-23T01:42:21Z")
Baker, I need a clairification on “themed list” Does a ‘Cliff Clavin’ theme work? 13 celebrities that have been in my kitchen! They are all still alive, so they can verify the truth to my theme? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/235 "2011-12-23T02:15:30Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Baker, I need a clairification on “themed list” > > Does a ‘Cliff Clavin’ theme work? > > 13 celebrities that have been in my kitchen! > > They are all still alive, so they can verify the truth to my theme? don’t you mean “never been”? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/236 "2011-12-23T02:16:04Z")
Have we thirteen contestants and three alternates? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/237 "2011-12-23T02:22:32Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > don’t you mean “never been”? Yes: Damn cheap laptop keyboard :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/238 "2011-12-23T02:50:56Z")
This is the “Copied directly from Dead or Alive?” theme. Beverly Cleary Olivia de Havilland Kirk Douglas Ernest Borgnine Zsa Zsa Gabor Al Jaffee Don Pardo Mike Wallace Abigail Van Buren Nelson Mandela Billy Graham Doris Day Ray Bradbury Alts Maureen O’Hara Mickey Rooney Phyllis Diller ---
**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:** [December 23, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/239 "2011-12-23T03:19:05Z")
Since all my previous clever schemes for picking have failed, I will now try a new clever scheme. Amin-al Haq (aide to Osama bin Laden. Let’s see how lucky he is.) Kyle Busch (NASCAR driver) Reggie Bush (Miami Dolphins running back) Hayley Duff (actress) Roger Ebert (film critic) Robin Gibb (singer) Kris Humphries (New Jersey Nets forward. Kim’s divorce won’t seem so bad) Etta James (singer) Lee Boyd Malvo (convicted DC sniper) Joe Paterno (disgraced coach) Prince Henry of Wales (the younger brother) Marcia Strassman (actress) T-Pain (singer) Alternates LeBron James Mark Zuckerberg Plain list Amin-al Haq Kyle Busch Reggie Bush Hayley Duff Roger Ebert Robin Gibb Kris Humphries Etta James Lee Boyd Malvo Joe Paterno Prince Henry of Wales Marcia Strassman T-Pain Alternates LeBron James Mark Zuckerberg ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/240 "2011-12-23T03:19:47Z")
> [@cheldie](#): > > Ok, so I’m not too bright… > > Edited > Jonathan Rhys Davies Is that John Rhys-Davies or Jonathon Rhys-Meyers? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=13)