# 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:** 134
**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:** [November 1, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2662 "2012-11-01T19:47:22Z")
> [@Quarter\_Lane](#): > > …Maybe I can split my personality and submit two lists next year? No? … I don’t recall any rule about submitting more than one list. I think it’s a great idea for all the extra celebs you want to die! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2663 "2012-11-01T19:48:38Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Yep, those were all Robin Gibbs and Etta James pickers. I believe all four people in the 13th-place tie had Gibb, James, Joe Paterno, Gary Carter, and someone else who I forget now (it’s been a while). ETA - Al-Megrahi. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2664 "2012-11-01T20:01:52Z")
[Dave May](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/sports/dave-may-dies-at-68-player-in-hank-aaron-trade.html), an outfielder who played for five big-league teams during a twelve-year Major League Baseball career, has died at the age of 68. Although he was named to the American League All-Star team as a Milwaukee Brewer in 1973, he was traded following the 1974 season to the Atlanta Braves for then-all-time home run leader Hank Aaron, who was thus allowed to finish his MLB career in Milwaukee, where the Braves had been based when Aaron broke in as a major leaguer. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2665 "2012-11-01T20:03:01Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I don’t recall any rule about submitting more than one list. I think it’s a great idea for all the extra celebs you want to die! You get only thirteen names. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2666 "2012-11-01T21:42:59Z")
Quarter Lane, it turns out I counted George McGovern for you twice. That’s what the extra ten points is. Your total is ninety, for McGovern, Etta James, Robin Gibb and Joe Paterno. ---
**Author:** ![Quarter\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c68b51/32.png) [@Quarter\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Lane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2667 "2012-11-01T23:13:13Z")
Thank you, **Baker**. Now, back to researching for next year’s list. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2668 "2012-11-02T14:34:01Z")
Baker has my vote for Death Mistress 2013. I have about 70 names written down to check over and pick from for my 2013 list. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2669 "2012-11-02T17:08:39Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > As I am a baker IRL I’m considering cookies as prizes next year. Call the prizes a “Baker’s Dozen.” Now we just have to come up with 12 prize categories. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2670 "2012-11-02T17:25:10Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Call the prizes a “Baker’s Dozen.” Now we just have to come up with 12 prize categories. right. 13 prize categories. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2671 "2012-11-02T19:27:06Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > right. 13 prize categories. 😉 Hmmm… 1. Most points 2. Least points (but more than 0) 3. Most unique picks who die 4. Most celebrity deaths from a nonthemed list 5. Least celebrity deaths from a nonthemed list 6. Opening kickoff 7. Latest in the year (I know we have a name for this but it escapes me) 8. Youngest celebrity 9. Oldest celebrity 10. Most celebrity deaths from a themed list 11. Least celebrity deaths from a themed list 12. Most celebrity deaths by slipping on a banana peel (we may need to work on a category here) 13. Most witty, gay, handsome, bearlike contestant from south Georgia (what?) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2672 "2012-11-02T19:59:43Z")
**swamp** -that last one is a “Hi, Opal!” suggestion I assume. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2673 "2012-11-02T20:51:21Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Hmmm… > > 1. Most points > 2. Least points (but more than 0) > 3. Most unique picks who die > 4. Most celebrity deaths from a nonthemed list > 5. Least celebrity deaths from a nonthemed list > 6. Opening kickoff > 7. Latest in the year (I know we have a name for this but it escapes me) > 8. Youngest celebrity > 9. Oldest celebrity > 10. Most celebrity deaths from a themed list > 11. Least celebrity deaths from a themed list > 12. Most celebrity deaths by slipping on a banana peel (we may need to work on a category here) > 13. Most witty, gay, handsome, bearlike contestant from south Georgia (what?) I am considering 2, 8, and 9. I have a 95 year old celebrity on my list. She can’t last forever. But then again, my grandmother is almost 108(her birthday is in December), so that celebrity could last too. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2674 "2012-11-02T21:37:13Z")
I’m still holding out for the “Derisive Laughter Award” for those that do not score. Mebbe a gentler name (“Better Luck Next Year”?), but still recognition for that group. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2675 "2012-11-02T22:34:06Z")
The “At Last!” award - for the celebrity who has been on a player’s list for the most consecutive years before finally dying this year. I think the players would have to present evidence to claim this one. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2676 "2012-11-02T22:37:34Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **swamp** -that last one is a “Hi, Opal!” suggestion I assume. 😉 Absolutely! No trolling for cookies involved at all! \ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2677 "2012-11-03T20:23:11Z")
The “OMG! Did that really happen?” for the most surprising death and/or most ridiculous method of demise (i.e. the owner of the Segue company driving one off a cliff). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2678 "2012-11-03T22:37:48Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > The “At Last!” award - for the celebrity who has been on a player’s list for the most consecutive years before finally dying this year. I think the players would have to present evidence to claim this one. Would that be for Fidel or Ariel? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2679 "2012-11-04T00:06:41Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Would that be for Fidel or Ariel? More likely Muhammad Ali or Kirk Douglas. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2680 "2012-11-04T02:24:57Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > right. 13 prize categories. 😉 Thank you for the edition. Just checking to see who caught it. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 4, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2681 "2012-11-04T03:32:21Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Would that be for Fidel or Ariel? Zsa-zsa, probably. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=133) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=135)