# 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:** 121
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2402 "2012-09-01T22:10:45Z")
I di believe this is the highest in the standings I’ve been since I started playing years ago. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2403 "2012-09-01T22:21:02Z")
Burt Bacharach’s partner [Hal David](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/arts/music/hal-david-oscar-and-grammy-winning-songwriter-is-dead-at-91.html?_r=1&smid=fb-share) will write no more. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2404 "2012-09-02T00:20:14Z")
I’ll say a little prayer. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2405 "2012-09-02T01:19:36Z")
[Hal David, Songwriter, Is Dead at 91](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/arts/music/hal-david-oscar-and-grammy-winning-songwriter-is-dead-at-91.html?pagewanted=all) Hal David, the Oscar- and [Grammy](http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/g/grammy_awards/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier)-winning lyricist who in the 1960s and ’70s gave pop music vernacular the questions “What’s It All About?,” “What’s New, Pussycat?,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” and “What Do You Get When You Fall in Love?,” died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 91. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2406 "2012-09-02T01:31:17Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” and “What Do You Get When You Fall in Love?,” died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 91. I have nice Jazz recordings of those. “What do you get when you kiss a guy? You get enough germs to catch pneumonia. So for at least until tomorrow I’ll never fall in love again.” Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2407 "2012-09-02T01:35:54Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Well, the standings for the end of August are as follows: > > 73 Tangent Hah! Suck it, numbers 74-123! ---
**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:** [September 2, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2408 "2012-09-02T02:13:53Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Hah! Suck it, numbers 74-123! Say what? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2409 "2012-09-02T02:51:01Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Say what? It means you are #29!😃 And can tell **Tangent** to suck it!😛 Of course, you know, your DeathMistress is #21. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2410 "2012-09-02T13:37:46Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Of course, you know, your DeathMistress is #21. Who died and made you 21? …no, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2411 "2012-09-02T14:00:53Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Who died and made you 21? > …no, wait… :p:D:) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2412 "2012-09-02T17:13:12Z")
Shulamith Firestone dead at 67: > **[Shulamith Firestone dies at 67: wrote feminist classic 'The Dialectic of Sex'](https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-shulamith-firestone-20120902-story.html)** > > The reclusive author's 1970 book 'The Dialectic of Sex' became a feminist classic with its calls for a drastic rethinking of women's roles in the bearing and raising of children. ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2413 "2012-09-02T19:36:42Z")
The sun sets for [Rev. Sun Myung Moon](http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/02/world/asia/south-korea-reverend-moon-dead/index.html). Edited because I can’t spell. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2414 "2012-09-02T19:38:11Z")
Ninja’d! ---
**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:** [September 2, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2415 "2012-09-02T20:04:09Z")
If the Moon rises again do people lose their points? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2416 "2012-09-02T20:17:25Z")
> [@booklover](#): > > The sun sets for [Rev. Sun Myung Moon](http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/02/world/asia/south-korea-reverend-moon-dead/index.html). > > Edited because I can’t spell. YEAH!!! or, I’m so sorry to hear of his death. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 2, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2417 "2012-09-02T21:00:21Z")
WOO-HOO Breaks the multiyear cherry with the Moon-man. I’m coming on, ya’ all watch out. 8 points AND counting. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2418 "2012-09-02T22:44:51Z")
Oooo, **smithsb** , that means you rank 122nd out of 125! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2419 "2012-09-03T04:15:58Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > If the Moon rises again do people lose their points? And if he dies again? I mean, blue moons are “in” currently. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2420 "2012-09-03T11:34:29Z")
I’ll bet Moon’s pretty blue right about now. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2421 "2012-09-03T15:44:34Z")
I’m no. 122!! My people are pacing themselves. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=122)