# 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:** 135
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2682 "2012-11-04T19:07:22Z")
You know, I have two separate lists I’d like to do. One would not be to win on points total, but to get the “Inside Track with the Grim Reaper” award at the same time as winning the 'Quality not Quantity" Award. The other list would, of course, be trying to win on points total. Decisions, decisions. I once had two unique celebrities who obliged my by dying. So far this year the most unique pick anyone has is two. Has anyone ever had more than two unique picks in the same year? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2683 "2012-11-05T18:50:58Z")
My vote for the 13th prize would be whoever is in front of **carnivorousplant** by one spot in the standings. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2684 "2012-11-05T18:55:29Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > My vote for the 13th prize would be whoever is in front of **carnivorousplant** by one spot in the standings. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2685 "2012-11-05T19:01:19Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > 😕 Check out who is currently in position to win this award. 😉 ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2686 "2012-11-05T19:54:56Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > Check out who is currently in position to win this award. 😉 Ah. Notfrommensa: Are you a violent person? Do you like to travel? Let’s talk about our lists. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2687 "2012-11-05T20:28:46Z")
Nonviolent and I do not like to travel. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2688 "2012-11-05T20:32:13Z")
Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2689 "2012-11-06T01:38:02Z")
[Jim Flick](http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/11/05/jim-flick-noted-golf-instructor-dies-pancreatic-cancer/), golf instructor, has died at age 82, of Pancreatic Cancer. His students included a fellow named Jack Nicklaus. He was on my short list for 2013. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2690 "2012-11-06T03:30:00Z")
Former heavyweight boxing champion [Michael Dokes](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/sports/michael-dokes-larger-than-life-heavyweight-boxer-dies-at-54.html?_r=0) died in August. He was 54. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2691 "2012-11-06T16:13:58Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > Former heavyweight boxing champion [Michael Dokes](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/sports/michael-dokes-larger-than-life-heavyweight-boxer-dies-at-54.html?_r=0) died in August. He was 54. How did we miss that? 46 points for me and carnivorousplant! ---
**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:** [November 6, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2692 "2012-11-06T16:17:02Z")
> [@zoog](#): > > How did we miss that? 46 points for me and carnivorousplant! Congratulatios, zoog! ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2693 "2012-11-06T17:46:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Congratulatios, zoog! What is most amusing about those points is that **zoog** took over **notfrommensa** ’s 13th prize, but since **zoog** also earned points, the 13th prize is currently going to “dang it now I can’t remember and I can’t easily go back to the previous page!”. So it took me a while to figure out why you were congratulating zoog. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2694 "2012-11-06T20:32:46Z")
[Milt Campbell](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-milt-campbell-20121105,0,3341296.story), who took the Olympic silver medal in the decathlon in 1952 and then claimed the gold four years later, has died at the age of 78. Campbell also briefly played pro football, but claimed he was cut by the Cleveland Browns and then blackballed by the NFL because he had married outside his race. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2695 "2012-11-06T20:44:05Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > What is most amusing about those points is that **zoog** took over **notfrommensa** ’s 13th prize, but since **zoog** also earned points, the 13th prize is currently going to “dang it now I can’t remember and I can’t easily go back to the previous page!”. So it took me a while to figure out why you were congratulating zoog. Dammit ---
**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:** [November 6, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2696 "2012-11-06T21:15:15Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Dammit Dude, I offered a way to help out… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2697 "2012-11-06T23:34:36Z")
This catapults zoog into 6th place and carnivorous plant into 13th place. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2698 "2012-11-07T00:08:16Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Assuming no more celebrities die before midnight here are the standings as of the end of October. > 57 Andrew 21 65 2 0 That should be 67 points: 38 for Robin Gibb, 27 for Etta James, 2 for Tony Martin. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2699 "2012-11-07T00:45:33Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > That should be 67 points: 38 for Robin Gibb, 27 for Etta James, 2 for Tony Martin. I’m glad I have you guys to keep me on my toes! I’ll add the two points. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2700 "2012-11-07T03:26:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > carnivorous plant into 13th place. Oh Chri… I mean, Oye vey! ---
**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:** [November 7, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2701 "2012-11-07T03:51:23Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > 3 cheers for **Baker** volunteering again! hip hip hooray! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=136)