# 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:** 126
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2502 "2012-09-27T19:43:35Z")
No points for Lom, Lewis, or landlady. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2503 "2012-09-28T17:08:17Z")
Chris Economaki has died. He is the third person to go this year that was on my list last year. And of course, I didn’t enter this year. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2504 "2012-09-29T07:39:41Z")
I’ve just heard that Michael O’Hare has died. He played Commander Jeffrey Sinclair, on Babylon 5. ---
**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 29, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2505 "2012-09-29T14:30:06Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’ve just heard that Michael O’Hare has died. He played Commander Jeffrey Sinclair, on Babylon 5. ☹ Wow. ---
**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 29, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2506 "2012-09-29T14:32:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’ve just heard that Michael O’Hare has died. He played Commander Jeffrey Sinclair, on Babylon 5. Here is a brief write-up, folks, from JMS. > [@](#): > > ``` > I regret that I must convey the sad news that Michael O'Hare passed away today. He suffered a heart attack on Sunday and was in a coma until his passing this afternoon. This is a terrible loss for all B5 fans and everyone involved with the show wishes to convey their condolences to the O'Hare family. He was an amazing man. > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2507 "2012-09-29T14:33:08Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’ve just heard that Michael O’Hare has died. He played Commander Jeffrey Sinclair, on Babylon 5. Great Maker. Yet another from B5 has passed beyond the rim. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2508 "2012-09-29T15:03:53Z")
[Former NY Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Sr. father of the current publisher, has died.](http://www.chron.com/news/article/Ex-NY-Times-publisher-Arthur-Ochs-Sulzberger-dies-3904902.php) ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2509 "2012-09-29T15:06:27Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’ve just heard that Michael O’Hare has died. He played Commander Jeffrey Sinclair, on Babylon 5. Two posts on this. That is the way to split Hares. ---
**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 29, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2510 "2012-09-29T16:17:41Z")
The murdered landlady was more than just a landlady. Too bad the murderer is getting all the attention. She sounded like quite a lady. [http://m.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/catherine-davis-murdered-by-sons-of-anarchy-actor-johnny-lewis](http://m.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/catherine-davis-murdered-by-sons-of-anarchy-actor-johnny-lewis) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2511 "2012-09-30T13:00:45Z")
Well, September was not a real active month for celebrity deaths. The standings changed a little, but not so much. 1 Registered at Last 324 8 0 2 CAMJAY77 274 7 0 3 Walkabout 242 6 1 4 MsWhatsit 225 6 0 5 Randy Seltzer 214 6 1 6 GIGObuster 211 6 1 7 phungi 207 6 1 8 Captain Lance Murdoch 191 5 0 9 Captain Klutz 180 5 1 10 Wheelz 178 5 0 11 zoog 167 4 1 12 Hal Briston 163 5 0 12 Shirley Ujest 163 5 0 12 Squonk 163 5 0 12 Tom Scud 163 5 0 16 Fear Itself 160 4 0 17 5 time champ 157 4 0 18 Loach 152 5 1 19 42fish 148 5 0 20 Nurse Carmen 148 4 0 21 Jack Batty 139 5 0 22 Baker 137 4 0 23 Tit Whistle 136 4 0 24 Rico 127 5 0 25 It’s Not Rocket Surgery! 123 4 0 25 notfrommensa 123 4 0 27 carnivorousplant 121 4 0 28 Eliahna 120 3 0 28 Mahaloth 120 4 0 30 anyrose 96 3 0 30 Duckster 96 4 0 30 Tamex 96 4 0 33 Sarabellum 93 3 0 34 pohjonen 90 2 0 35 critter42 85 4 0 36 Dusty Rose 83 3 0 37 appleciders 82 3 0 37 Dolores Reborn 82 3 1 37 Drain Bead 82 3 0 37 Tristan 82 3 0 41 VunderBob 81 2 0 42 cheldie 80 3 0 42 Jeep’s Phoenix 80 3 0 42 J-P L 80 3 0 42 Kitten Mitten 80 3 0 42 Kolak of Twilo 80 3 0 42 kunilou 80 3 0 42 Quarter Lane 80 3 0 49 candide 74 3 0 50 BACI 71 2 0 50 cadolphin 71 3 0 52 D N T 70 3 0 53 HappyLendervedder 69 3 1 54 Borborygmi 67 2 0 55 a35362 65 2 0 55 amarinth 65 2 0 55 Andrew 21 65 2 0 55 booklover 65 2 0 55 Boyo Jim 65 2 0 55 Dung Beetle 65 2 0 55 Gleena 65 2 0 55 Little Nemo 65 2 0 55 Monstera deliciosa 65 2 0 55 Mustardseed 65 2 0 55 superbia-acedia 65 2 0 55 swampbear 65 2 0 67 Sternvogel 60 3 0 68 Dr. Girlfriend 58 2 0 69 Antigen 56 2 0 69 imthjckaz 56 2 0 71 clipper 53 2 0 71 Labtrash 53 2 1 73 Tangent 50 3 0 74 malkavia 45 2 0 75 Mean Mr. Mustard 43 1 0 76 Duke 42 2 0 76 Eleanor of Aquitaine 42 2 0 76 The Vorlon 42 2 0 79 Bewildebeest 38 1 0 79 cugel 38 1 0 79 Maus Magill 38 1 0 79 meghan 38 1 0 79 Mona Lott 38 1 0 79 Nefarious Chipmunk 38 1 0 79 rachelellogram 38 1 0 79 SpazCat 38 1 0 87 Spoiler Virgin 37 2 2 87 twickster 37 1 1 89 arnesw 34 2 0 90 Long Time First Time 33 2 0 90 Lsura 33 2 0 92 sigmagirl 30 3 1 93 anactoria 27 1 0 93 Avarie537 27 1 0 93 cardboardbox 27 1 0 93 freckafree 27 1 0 93 lel 27 1 0 93 Small Hen 27 1 0 93 The Librarian 27 1 0 93 tygre 27 1 0 101 Johnny L.A. 24 2 0 102 drastic quench 23 2 0 103 audit1 21 1 0 103 Idle Thoughts 21 3 0 105 BornTek 18 1 0 105 etv 18 1 0 105 missred 18 1 0 105 Paul in Qatar 18 1 0 105 rucciface 18 1 0 105 tarragon 18 1 0 111 Dennis Arthur PERRETT 16 1 0 112 Auntie Pam 15 1 0 112 chizzuk 15 1 0 112 Enuma Elish 15 1 0 112 Hockey Monkey 15 1 0 112 MOIDALIZE 15 1 0 112 not what you’d expect 15 1 0 112 Spiff 15 1 0 119 BobLibDem 14 1 0 119 tim-n-va 14 1 0 121 garygnu 9 1 0 121 Paul Parkhead 9 1 0 123 zamboniracer 7 1 0 124 Zagalejo 5 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2512 "2012-09-30T15:25:04Z")
Andy Williams moved me up to 37th from 55th! I have fond memories of watching the Andy Williams show with my dad… ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2513 "2012-09-30T15:47:25Z")
How many of us still have zero? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2514 "2012-09-30T17:37:09Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > How many of us still have zero? Forty players are still virgins, this year at least. ---
**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 30, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2515 "2012-09-30T17:52:47Z")
I hadn’t thought of one of the game benefits. Every year, you are re-virginized – just like some Christian sects! ---
**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:** [October 1, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2516 "2012-10-01T00:09:25Z")
Wait, I edged into 123rd by myself. 8 pts for my moonie. I seem to be missing. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2517 "2012-10-01T19:40:32Z")
I have a feeling I can’t hold on to the end but so far still in the top 20. Easily my best year. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2518 "2012-10-01T19:53:49Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I have a feeling I can’t hold on to the end but so far still in the top 20. Easily my best year. Congratulations! Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2519 "2012-10-01T21:10:26Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Wait, I edged into 123rd by myself. 8 pts for my moonie. I seem to be missing. WHOOPS! How did I miss adding those?:smack: Okay, stand by until a little later this evening as a few folks are going to get some points! And smithsb, you do know this means you’ve lost your virginity to Sun Myung Moon? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2520 "2012-10-01T21:21:38Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > And smithsb, you do know this means you’ve lost your virginity to Sun Myung Moon? Man, that’s cold. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2521 "2012-10-01T21:23:57Z")
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