# 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:** 124
**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 17, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2462 "2012-09-17T21:46:09Z")
John [Ingle](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/john-ingle-dead-dies-general-hospital-actor_n_1891436.html?utm_hp_ref=celebrity&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D206820) soap opera actor and famous That Guy dead at 84. > [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > Am I the only Canadian playing this game? > > [Peter Lougheed](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/09/13/calgary-reaction-peter-lougheed.html), dead at 84. I don’t think you read the fine print. Canadians are allowed to audit the game but are not allowed to win. ---
**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 18, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2463 "2012-09-18T19:35:55Z")
**[NFL Films’ President Steve Sabol succumbs to cancer](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/09/18/nfl-films-steve-sabol-roger-goodell/70000601/1)** NFL Films’ President Steve Sabol died Tuesday after an 18-month battle with brain cancer. He was 69. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2464 "2012-09-18T19:36:52Z")
Steve Sabol of NFL Films has walked The Frozen Tundra [for the last time](http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8395254/nfl-films-president-steve-sabol-dies-brain-cancer) ---
**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 18, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2465 "2012-09-18T21:01:06Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > **[NFL Films’ President Steve Sabol succumbs to cancer](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/09/18/nfl-films-steve-sabol-roger-goodell/70000601/1)** > > NFL Films’ President Steve Sabol died Tuesday after an 18-month battle with brain cancer. He was 69. That moves the deck chairs in the top ten. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2466 "2012-09-18T22:10:39Z")
It sure does. **phungi** goes from 10th to 7th place. Sabol was a unique pick for him. ---
**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 19, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2467 "2012-09-19T01:04:45Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > John [Ingle](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/john-ingle-dead-dies-general-hospital-actor_n_1891436.html?utm_hp_ref=celebrity&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D206820) soap opera actor and famous That Guy dead at 84. Huh… I thought he had died several years ago. I used to obsess over General Hospital, loved his character. ☹ ---
**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 19, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2468 "2012-09-19T19:47:40Z")
[Stephen Dunham](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/stephen-dunham-dead-dies_n_1894851.html?utm_hp_ref=celebrity&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl10%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D207516) dead at 48 from a heart attack. I didn’t know him by name but I recognize the face. ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2469 "2012-09-19T20:20:54Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I don’t think you read the fine print. Canadians are allowed to audit the game but are not allowed to win. Hmm. This explains why there wasn’t a trophy for 2011. Nor was there a cash prize. Not even a stinking parade. But you can’t take my memories away. ---
**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 19, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2470 "2012-09-19T21:04:25Z")
> [@Critical\_Mass](#): > > Hmm. This explains why there wasn’t a trophy for 2011. Nor was there a cash prize. Not even a stinking parade. But you can’t take my memories away. There was a parade. You were not invited. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2471 "2012-09-19T21:18:35Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > There was a parade. You were not invited. He most certainly was invited, but being Canadian, he was too busy watching the hockey game to attend. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2472 "2012-09-19T21:28:18Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > He most certainly was invited, but being Canadian, he was too busy watching the hockey game to attend. Well, not this year. ---
**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 25, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2473 "2012-09-25T04:09:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Actress Bonnie Franklin, best known for her role on the hit sitcom “One Day at a Time,” is battling pancreatic cancer. A family spokesperson told Entertainment Tonight that Franklin, 68, is [undergoing treatment](http://omg.yahoo.com/news/bonnie-franklin-diagnosed-cancer-205000262.html?_esi=1) and “continuing with her normal schedule.” ['One Day at a Time's' Bonnie Franklin battling pancreatic cancer](http://tv.yahoo.com/news/-one-day-at-a-time-s--bonnie-franklin-battling-pancreatic-cancer.html) Hopes she makes it to 2013. ---
**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 25, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2474 "2012-09-25T04:58:26Z")
Ya’ know, pancreatic cancer used to be like Death Pool money in the bank. Now, not so much – too many recoveries. Damn medicine! ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2475 "2012-09-25T14:01:05Z")
Someone from my first ever list passed away back in June … I don’t think anyone had him this year but I can finally take him off my long list (he was getting too old to be worth it … still would have been a better choice than a certain porn star I won’t mention): [Medhi Hassan](http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-13/news-and-interviews/32214220_1_agha-khan-hospital-baad-ek), dead at 84 Also, another Canadian Icon, [Sam the Record Man Sniderman](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/09/24/toronto-sam-sniderman.html), dies at 92. Well, at least you folks have given me one upside of the hockey lock-out … I won’t miss my parade! I was worried I had missed the fine print, glad we cleared that one up! \ ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2476 "2012-09-26T02:19:04Z")
Bonnie Franklin is only 68? I thought she would have been in her mid 70’s ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2477 "2012-09-26T02:54:41Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > John [Ingle](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/john-ingle-dead-dies-general-hospital-actor_n_1891436.html?utm_hp_ref=celebrity&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D206820) soap opera actor and famous That Guy dead at 84. > > I don’t think you read the fine print. Canadians are allowed to audit the game but are not allowed to win. The MTV quiz game show Remote Control used to have a recurring category Dead or Canadian? In which you had to answer if the given celebrity was Dead or Canadian. I wonder the legalese of a Canadian playing in that one. ---
**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 26, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2478 "2012-09-26T14:01:42Z")
[Andy Williams has died at age 84.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/09/26/andy-williams-dies-bladder-cancer-at-age-84/) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2479 "2012-09-26T14:09:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Andy Williams has died at age 84.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/09/26/andy-williams-dies-bladder-cancer-at-age-84/) Someone pointed out that his last tweet, from three days ago, and after a period of inactivity, was the single word “Sigh”. ☹ [https://twitter.com/andy\_williams](https://twitter.com/andy_williams) ---
**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 26, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2480 "2012-09-26T14:32:04Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Andy Williams has died at age 84.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/09/26/andy-williams-dies-bladder-cancer-at-age-84/) Did anyone else have him? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2481 "2012-09-26T14:46:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Andy Williams has died at age 84.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/09/26/andy-williams-dies-bladder-cancer-at-age-84/) Agh, I had him last year and dropped him. My team really needs to step it up. I guess my halftime speech wasn’t inspirational enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=125)