# 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:** 128
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2542 "2012-10-09T16:29:40Z")
It appears as though his body has been stolen from the funeral home by armed thugs. But the Mexican Navy claims the body of the corpse matched the fingerprints. And nobody in official capacity in Mexico ever lies. [Right?](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/heriberto-lazcano-corpse_n_1951476.html) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2543 "2012-10-09T20:00:33Z")
Hmm, so **carnivorousplant** has a 62 point unique pick that would have boosted him from 27th to 9th place and then the body gets stolen.:dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious: ---
**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 9, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2544 "2012-10-09T21:37:01Z")
Who knew Dopers had so much far reaching powers. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2545 "2012-10-09T21:55:14Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Hmm, so **carnivorousplant** has a 62 point unique pick that would have boosted him from 27th to 9th place and then the body gets stolen.:dubious::dubious::dubious::dubious: Was it not **NurseCarmen** ’s pick? Which would move her from 20th to 7th? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2546 "2012-10-10T00:19:26Z")
Couple things. nursecarmen is a him. Second, yeah, I think it puts me in 7th, with 210 points. Third. The Mexican Navy is confirming it’s him. Fourth, I was nowhere near that funeral home. ---
**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 10, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2547 "2012-10-10T01:41:23Z")
Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2548 "2012-10-10T02:05:59Z")
That was quite a jump! Just for grins I’m going to post the point list for all those players with at least 100 points. it’s not numbered, but I figure you can count!😛 Registered at Last 324 8 0 CAMJAY77 274 7 0 Walkabout 242 6 1 MsWhatsit 225 6 0 Randy Seltzer 214 6 1 GIGObuster 211 6 1 Nurse Carmen 210 5 1 phungi 207 6 1 Captain Lance Murdoch 191 5 0 Captain Klutz 180 5 1 Wheelz 178 5 0 zoog 167 4 1 Hal Briston 163 5 0 Shirley Ujest 163 5 0 Squonk 163 5 0 Tom Scud 163 5 0 Fear Itself 160 4 0 5 time champ 157 4 0 Loach 152 5 1 42fish 148 5 0 Jack Batty 139 5 0 Baker 137 4 0 Tit Whistle 136 4 0 Rico 127 5 0 It’s Not Rocket Surgery! 123 4 0 notfrommensa 123 4 0 carnivorousplant 121 4 0 Eliahna 120 3 0 Mahaloth 120 4 0 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2549 "2012-10-10T09:30:48Z")
Why aren’t my band-wagoners dying??? ---
**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 10, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2550 "2012-10-10T12:21:42Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Fourth, I was nowhere near that funeral home. Prove it. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2551 "2012-10-10T12:35:54Z")
**NurseCarmen** has knocked me out of the Top Ten. :mad: I was getting used to it there, too. Some folks better get busy dyin’. ---
**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 10, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2552 "2012-10-10T15:11:35Z")
[Alex Karras](http://www.boston.com/2012/10/10/acf-bcf-eab-entry-cont/77wIS6OtMNqjs2e90NS68I/story.html) has prematurely removed himself from next years bandwagon. ---
**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 10, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2553 "2012-10-10T15:24:08Z")
Army and veteran’s sites are reporting that Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley has died at age 92. CSM Plumley served in the Army from 1942 to 1974. He participated in all four combat jumps of the 82nd Airborne in WWII. He had one combat jump in Korea. He is one of a select few that were awarded the Combat Infantry Badge 3 times. He became famous due to the book \*We Were Soldiers Once…And Young \*written by Joe Galloway and LTG Hal Moore. He was played in the movie by Sam Elliot. Silver Star x2, Bronze Star with V and 4 Purple Hearts. I figured he was too tough to die. ---
**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 10, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2554 "2012-10-10T15:30:39Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [Alex Karras](http://www.boston.com/2012/10/10/acf-bcf-eab-entry-cont/77wIS6OtMNqjs2e90NS68I/story.html) has prematurely removed himself from next years bandwagon. Not Mongo! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2555 "2012-10-10T15:32:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Not Mongo! Mongo no longer pawn in game of life. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2556 "2012-10-10T15:35:53Z")
And since nobody had him, he wasn’t even a pawn in a game of death. ---
**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 10, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2557 "2012-10-10T15:37:22Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > And since nobody had him, he wasn’t even a pawn in a game of death. Don’t get saucy, Bearnaise! ---
**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:** [October 10, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2558 "2012-10-10T16:25:34Z")
Paddy Roy Bates, the founder of the [Principality of Sealand](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand), has died after a prolonged decline. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2559 "2012-10-10T18:30:15Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > And since nobody had him, he wasn’t even a pawn in a game of death. Bad **NurseCarmen**. No biscuit. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2560 "2012-10-10T18:42:11Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Not Mongo! I did not know until today that Mongo and Webster’s dad was the same person. Color me confused. ---
**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 10, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2561 "2012-10-10T19:11:05Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > I did not know until today that Mongo and Webster’s dad was the same person. Color me confused. I do not know who Webster is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=129)