# 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:** 122
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2422 "2012-09-03T16:05:00Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > I’m no. 122!! > > My people are pacing themselves. 😃 Sorry to have to tell you this, but since smithsb got points for Sun Myung Moon you are actually #123. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2423 "2012-09-03T16:16:28Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Sorry to have to tell you this, but since smithsb got points for Sun Myung Moon you are actually #123. Did I crack the top 100? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2424 "2012-09-03T17:13:04Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Did I crack the top 100? Not quite. You are currently #101. ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2425 "2012-09-03T20:09:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Sorry to have to tell you this, but since smithsb got points for Sun Myung Moon you are actually #123. That’s it. Time to start treating this game like golf, where the lowest score wins. 🙂 ---
**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 3, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2426 "2012-09-03T21:41:38Z")
Unconfirmed reports that Michael Clarke Duncan has died. He was at the top of my 2013 list. ---
**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 3, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2427 "2012-09-03T21:48:16Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Unconfirmed reports that Michael Clarke Duncan has died. ☹ He was only 54. What a waste! of 46 points ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2428 "2012-09-03T21:49:35Z")
I just heard a confirmation on the evening newscast that Michael Clarke Duncan did die of a heart attack. I’m really sad. He was a fine gentleman and a wonderful actor. He will be missed. ---
**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 3, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2429 "2012-09-03T21:50:35Z")
Confirmed by AP: [Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iTpFf93fRxFJT-B7SHepq5DakDQg?docId=6fe246f5f6424b21a49c1fe7e2f74195) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2430 "2012-09-03T22:11:10Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Confirmed by AP: > > [Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iTpFf93fRxFJT-B7SHepq5DakDQg?docId=6fe246f5f6424b21a49c1fe7e2f74195) ☹ Anyone have him? I doubt it. ☹ ---
**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 3, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2431 "2012-09-03T22:23:36Z")
[Lead guitarist for Starship dies in Nebraska](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hjq-S_OuaNimgH37t9IKG97A4ShQ?docId=34d74ce44aaa4019aaa01851a007b491) Mark Abrahamian, the lead guitarist for the rock group Starship, died of a heart attack after a concert in Norfolk, Neb., his road manager said. He was 46. ---
**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 3, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2432 "2012-09-03T22:48:11Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > ☹ > > Anyone have him? I doubt it. ☹ After Omorosa had to perform CPR on him a month or so back he was certainly my favorite for 2013. Missed it by that much. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2433 "2012-09-03T23:08:27Z")
Damn, I liked him. A fine actor, I suppose his role in _The Green Mile_ will be one of his better remembered parts. I also like him in the silly movie _The Scorpion King_. He was younger than me I see. I had no idea what his actual age was. ---
**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 4, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2434 "2012-09-04T02:47:59Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > He was younger than me I see. That fellates with great alacrity, as I have observed myself, Oh Most Excellent Death Mistress. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2435 "2012-09-04T04:13:02Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Confirmed by AP: > > [Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iTpFf93fRxFJT-B7SHepq5DakDQg?docId=6fe246f5f6424b21a49c1fe7e2f74195) Found this out during my lunch break. This one stings. Doubly, because I didn’t think I would care for him. I can’t be the only one that thought we had at least half a dozen more movies with him, right? Not as bad as when Michael Jackson or Fred Rodgers [Mr.Rodgers Neighborhood] passed, but this one got to me. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2436 "2012-09-04T16:26:17Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Damn, I liked him. A fine actor, I suppose his role in _The Green Mile_ will be one of his better remembered parts. If that had been the only movie he ever made, he would be remembered for it. One of the most powerful and moving portrayals ever. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2437 "2012-09-05T01:24:36Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > If that had been the only movie he ever made, he would be remembered for it. One of the most powerful and moving portrayals ever. So you are saying he won’t be remembered for it? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2438 "2012-09-05T19:24:02Z")
Judy Blume, the author, is battling cancer. [http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=755393](http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=755393) ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2439 "2012-09-05T19:26:43Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > So you are saying he won’t be remembered for it? 😕 I think she means that if MCD had only ever made that one movie and nothing else, he would be remembered for that alone. He was that good. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2440 "2012-09-05T20:54:21Z")
There’s been a lot of things said about Clothahump on this board but I think this is the first time anyone has mistaken him for a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2441 "2012-09-05T22:43:24Z")
Nope, I’ve mistaken Clothahump for a woman. Mainly because the name Clothahump always seems to me to be a reference to the 3rd handmaiden of some obscure Greek goddess from Edith Hamilton’s book on Mythology. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=123)