# 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:** 129
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2562 "2012-10-10T19:15:11Z")
Damn, I liked Alex Karras. I especially enjoyed his role in _Victor/Victoria_, in which he played James Garner’s bodyguard. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2563 "2012-10-10T21:07:25Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > I did not know until today that Mongo and Webster’s dad was the same person. Color me confused. 😕 :eek: :smack: ---
**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:** [October 10, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2564 "2012-10-10T22:07:14Z")
Karras was also excellent as James Garner’s gay bodyguard in _Victor Victoria_. ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2565 "2012-10-10T22:12:41Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Damn, I liked Alex Karras. I especially enjoyed his role in _Victor/Victoria_, in which he played James Garner’s bodyguard. > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Karras was also excellent as James Garner’s gay bodyguard in _Victor Victoria_. And he was really good in _Victor/Victoria_ as James Garner’s character’s bodyguard who was gay. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2566 "2012-10-10T23:34:46Z")
Really? Gay? ---
**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:** [October 11, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2567 "2012-10-11T00:10:21Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Really? Gay? I’ve never seen the movie. Are you surprised he played a gay guy or is the character not really directly said to be gay? ---
**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 11, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2568 "2012-10-11T00:23:27Z")
All I remember about _Victor, Victoria_ is the gold digging girlfriend pulling hair from James Garner’s chest, and seeing Julie Andrew’s ass. Mostly the latter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2569 "2012-10-11T01:19:23Z")
Thanks for the _Victor/Victoria_ reminder; one of my all time fav movies and Alex Karras was great in it. Sorry he’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2570 "2012-10-11T01:54:03Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve never seen the movie. Are you surprised he played a gay guy or is the character not really directly said to be gay? No, he says himself at one point, to his boss James Garner, that he’s gay. He broke in on Garner and Julie Andrews in bed together, Andrews has been impersonating a man, so Karras thinks his BOSS is gay. He retreats to his room, and Garner follows him, trying to explain that it wasn’t what he thought it was. Karras opens the door, smiling but with tears in his eyes saying, “Boss, if a man like you has the guts to admit he’s gay, so can I!” He hugs him and kisses him on the cheek, while Garner stands there with a stunned ox look on his face. Watch the movie, it’s funnier when you see it in context. ---
**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 11, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2571 "2012-10-11T02:22:27Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Thanks for the _Victor/Victoria_ reminder; one of my all time fav movies and Alex Karras was great in it. So was Julie Andrews. All of her. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2572 "2012-10-11T03:29:06Z")
[Turhan Bey, 90, dies in Vienna Austria](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20121010,0,2646775.story). I don’t think I’ve seen any of his movies, but I remember him fondly as the Centauri Emperor. That’s the second B5 alumni to die in the last two weeks. ---
**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 11, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2573 "2012-10-11T04:14:19Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Thanks for the _Victor/Victoria_ reminder; one of my all time fav movies and Alex Karras was great in it. Sorry he’s gone. I saw it in a theatre as a double feature with _My Favorite Year_, another great movie that’s not as well remembered as it should be. ---
**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 11, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2574 "2012-10-11T04:32:13Z")
Joe Siracuse, of the band Sons of Azrael, has died at age 29. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2575 "2012-10-11T17:01:17Z")
[Beano Cook](http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8490526/beano-cook-espn-commentator-cardinal-college-football-dies), a longtime staple of the Pittsburgh sports scene and an ESPN college football studio commentator since 1986, has gone deep. He was 81. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2576 "2012-10-12T13:32:33Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > **NurseCarmen** has knocked me out of the Top Ten. :mad: > I was getting used to it there, too. Some folks better get busy dyin’. Perhaps those folks have been getting busy livin’. {shrug} ---
**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:** [October 13, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2577 "2012-10-13T20:12:53Z")
Gary Collins has skipped out on the smorgasbord of life: [http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/13/entertainment-us-collins-idUSBRE89C0HM20121013](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/13/entertainment-us-collins-idUSBRE89C0HM20121013) ---
**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:** [October 14, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2578 "2012-10-14T17:06:06Z")
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, [dead at the age of 82.](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gT6kfxIp7ceTXtAo76ZOYv39RPqg?docId=a628fbfcef6349e8a6b41d6918e31e0a) ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2579 "2012-10-14T17:19:25Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Turhan Bey, 90, dies in Vienna Austria](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20121010,0,2646775.story). > > I don’t think I’ve seen any of his movies, but I remember him fondly as the Centauri Emperor. That’s the second B5 alumni to die in the last two weeks. Don’t forget he was the Minbari Turval a little later as well. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2580 "2012-10-14T17:45:22Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, [dead at the age of 82.](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gT6kfxIp7ceTXtAo76ZOYv39RPqg?docId=a628fbfcef6349e8a6b41d6918e31e0a) And **Sternvogel** jumps from 67th to 49th place, while **Duke** goes from 76th to 68th. ---
**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 14, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2581 "2012-10-14T18:46:39Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Former Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, [dead at the age of 82.](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gT6kfxIp7ceTXtAo76ZOYv39RPqg?docId=a628fbfcef6349e8a6b41d6918e31e0a) And next years bandwagon gets lighter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=128) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=130)