# 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:** 120
**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 29, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2382 "2012-08-29T02:20:10Z")
OOPS, I thought I was in The Celebrity Near Death Pool 2012 thread. My bad. ---
**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 29, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2383 "2012-08-29T13:18:39Z")
[Larry Hagman](http://www.contactmusic.com/news/larry-hagman-is-cancer-free_1406442) is cancer free. How nice. Dammit. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2384 "2012-08-29T20:37:14Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Larry Hagman](http://www.contactmusic.com/news/larry-hagman-is-cancer-free_1406442) is cancer free. > > How nice. > Dammit. But his eyebrows will soon devour him. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2385 "2012-08-29T21:10:03Z")
[Ramon Sota](http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/sota-uncle-of-seve-ballesteros-who-inspired-spanish-golfers-dies-at-age-74/2012/08/29/b297790a-f202-11e1-b74c-84ed55e0300b_story.html), Uncle of Golf Legend Seve Ballesteros, has died at age 74. Sota was a very good golfer in his own right as he finished 6th in the 1965 Masters and won his National Open 4 different times plus several other world wide events. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2386 "2012-08-29T21:55:15Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Larry Hagman](http://www.contactmusic.com/news/larry-hagman-is-cancer-free_1406442) is cancer free. > > How nice. > Dammit. betcha anything the reboot of Dallas had a lot to do with his recovery . . . just sayin’ ---
**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 30, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2387 "2012-08-30T01:54:16Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > betcha anything the reboot of Dallas had a lot to do with his recovery . . . just sayin’ Why don’t you just give me a nice paper cut and pour some lemon juice on it? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2388 "2012-08-30T03:31:10Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > But his eyebrows will soon devour him. And then Patrick Duffy will wake up from his dream. AGAIN. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2389 "2012-08-30T03:32:14Z")
Actually, it was HER dream, wasn’t it? I’m 29. So yeah. Gonna say I was too young to know this first hand. ---
**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 30, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2390 "2012-08-30T03:50:41Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > And then Patrick Duffy will wake up from his dream. AGAIN. I never saw an episode of _Dallas._ Just\* I Dream of Jeannie\*. She’s already dead, right? Dammit. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2391 "2012-08-30T10:17:33Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I never saw an episode of _Dallas._ > Just\* I Dream of Jeannie\*. > She’s already dead, right? > > Dammit. Barbara Eden is still alive and as far as I know well. One preserves well when one spends a lot of time in a bottle. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2392 "2012-08-30T18:17:23Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Barbara Eden is still alive and as far as I know well. One preserves well when one spends a lot of time in a bottle. 😃 She is twenty-three points old. ---
**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 30, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2393 "2012-08-30T19:18:04Z")
I could have sworn I read a tribute to her after she passed onto her reward. Maybe I was thinking of Beaver’s Mom or some other TV actress. ---
**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 30, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2394 "2012-08-30T22:37:22Z")
> [@](#): > > **(CNN)** – [Sherman Hemsley](http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/showbiz/sherman-hemsley-obit/index.html)’s body lies in an El Paso, Texas, funeral home refrigerator **more than a month after his death** while a court decides who gets the actor’s remains. A Philadelphia man claiming to be the “Jeffersons” actor’s brother is challenging a will Hemsley signed a month before his death, according to the funeral home handling his arrangements. ( **Bolding** mine.) > **[Actor Sherman Hemsley unburied amid fight over his remains | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/showbiz/sherman-hemsley-dispute/index.html?hpt=hp_t3)** > > Sherman Hemsley’s body lies in an El Paso, Texas, funeral home refrigerator more than a month after his death while a court decides who gets the actor’s remains. ---
**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 31, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2395 "2012-08-31T02:03:54Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > ( **Bolding** mine.) > > [http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/showbiz/sherman-hemsley-dispute/index.html?hpt=hp\_t3](http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/showbiz/sherman-hemsley-dispute/index.html?hpt=hp_t3) G-d, I hated the few moments of that show I watched, waiting for something else to come on or channel surfing. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2396 "2012-09-01T17:21:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Actor Steve Franken, famous for his role as the playboy dilettante Chatsworth Osborne Jr., on the hit 1960s sitcom “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,” has died at the age of 80, reports say. [Steve Franken Dead: Star Of 'The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis' Dies At 80 (VIDEO) | HuffPost Entertainment](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/31/steve-franken-dead-star-of-dobie-gills-died_n_1848359.html) Who? Ah, [you remember](https://www.google.com/search?q=Steve+Franken&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=mwX&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnsuo&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=sENCULfLJu_oiwK6o4GABQ&ved=0CDwQsAQ&biw=1420&bih=757#hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=iHD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Steve+Franken+actor&oq=Steve+Franken+actor&gs_l=img.3..0i24.11226.13119.0.13629.6.2.0.4.4.0.216.275.1j0j1.2.0...0.0...1c.3AlqRESXTPM&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=78859297127bdd9f&biw=1420&bih=757)! ---
**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:** [September 1, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2397 "2012-09-01T19:59:24Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [Steve Franken Dead: Star Of 'The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis' Dies At 80 (VIDEO) | HuffPost Entertainment](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/31/steve-franken-dead-star-of-dobie-gills-died_n_1848359.html) > > Who? Ah, [you remember](https://www.google.com/search?q=Steve+Franken&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=mwX&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnsuo&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=sENCULfLJu_oiwK6o4GABQ&ved=0CDwQsAQ&biw=1420&bih=757#hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=iHD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Steve+Franken+actor&oq=Steve+Franken+actor&gs_l=img.3..0i24.11226.13119.0.13629.6.2.0.4.4.0.216.275.1j0j1.2.0...0.0...1c.3AlqRESXTPM&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=78859297127bdd9f&biw=1420&bih=757)! Oh, _that_ guy! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2398 "2012-09-01T21:38:04Z")
Well, the standings for the end of August are as follows: 1 Registered at Last 324 8 2 CAMJAY77 274 7 3 Walkabout 242 6 4 MsWhatsit 225 6 5 Randy Seltzer 214 6 6 GIGObuster 211 6 7 Captain Lance Murdoch 191 5 8 Captain Klutz 180 5 9 Wheelz 178 5 10 phungi 176 5 11 zoog 167 4 12 Hal Briston 163 5 12 Shirley Ujest 163 5 12 Squonk 163 5 12 Tom Scud 163 5 16 Fear Itself 160 4 17 5 time champ 157 4 18 Loach 152 5 19 42fish 148 5 19 Nurse Carmen 148 4 21 Baker 137 4 22 Tit Whistle 136 4 23 Rico 127 5 24 It’s Not Rocket Surgery! 123 4 24 Jack Batty 123 4 24 notfrommensa 123 4 27 Eliahna 120 3 27 Mahaloth 120 4 29 carnivorousplant 105 3 30 anyrose 101 4 31 Little Nemo 97 3 32 Sarabellum 93 3 33 pohjonen 90 2 34 critter42 85 4 35 Dusty Rose 83 3 36 appleciders 82 3 36 Drain Bead 82 3 36 Tristan 82 3 39 VunderBob 81 2 40 cheldie 80 3 40 Duckster 80 3 40 Jeep’s Phoenix 80 3 40 J-P L 80 3 40 Kitten Mitten 80 3 40 Kolak of Twilo 80 3 40 kunilou 80 3 40 Quarter Lane 80 3 40 Tamex 80 3 49 candide 74 3 50 cadolphin 71 3 51 D N T 70 3 52 HappyLendervedder 69 3 53 Andrew 21 67 3 53 Borborygmi 67 2 55 Dolores Reborn 66 2 56 a35362 65 2 56 amarinth 65 2 56 booklover 65 2 56 Boyo Jim 65 2 56 Dung Beetle 65 2 56 Gleena 65 2 56 Monstera deliciosa 65 2 56 Mustardseed 65 2 56 superbia-acedia 65 2 56 swampbear 65 2 66 Sternvogel 60 3 67 Dr. Girlfriend 58 2 68 Antigen 56 2 68 imthjckaz 56 2 70 BACI 55 1 71 clipper 53 2 71 Labtrash 53 2 73 Tangent 50 3 74 malkavia 45 2 75 Mean Mr. Mustard 43 1 76 Duke 42 2 76 Eleanor of Aquitaine 42 2 76 The Vorlon 42 2 79 freckafree 39 2 80 Bewildebeest 38 1 80 cugel 38 1 80 Maus Magill 38 1 80 meghan 38 1 80 Mona Lott 38 1 80 Nefarious Chipmunk 38 1 80 rachelellogram 38 1 80 SpazCat 38 1 88 Spoiler Virgin 37 2 88 twickster 37 1 90 sigmagirl 35 4 91 arnesw 34 2 92 Long Time First Time 33 2 92 Lsura 33 2 94 anactoria 27 1 94 Avarie537 27 1 94 cardboardbox 27 1 94 lel 27 1 94 Small Hen 27 1 94 The Librarian 27 1 94 tygre 27 1 101 Johnny L.A. 24 2 102 drastic quench 23 2 102 Paul in Qatar 23 2 104 audit1 21 1 104 Idle Thoughts 21 3 106 BornTek 18 1 106 etv 18 1 106 missred 18 1 106 rucciface 18 1 106 tarragon 18 1 111 Auntie Pam 15 1 111 chizzuk 15 1 111 Enuma Elish 15 1 111 Hockey Monkey 15 1 111 MOIDALIZE 15 1 111 not what you’d expect 15 1 111 Spiff 15 1 118 BobLibDem 14 1 118 tim-n-va 14 1 120 garygnu 9 1 120 Paul Parkhead 9 1 122 zamboniracer 7 1 123 Dennis Arthur PERRETT 5 1 123 Zagalejo 5 1 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2399 "2012-09-01T21:48:04Z")
In a cluster-tie for 40th, huh? Well, it is the most points I’ve managed to score playing this game yet. However, I get the feeling some of the folks on my list don’t really have their hearts in this. C’mon people! You need to start to **die** , **die** , **die!** ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2400 "2012-09-01T21:57:13Z")
No points since February… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2401 "2012-09-01T22:00:51Z")
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