# 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:** 139
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2762 "2012-11-24T14:07:43Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I of course send my condolences, and wonder who else had him…19 points. > 🙂 See post #2752.😃 ---
**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:** [November 24, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2763 "2012-11-24T14:11:44Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Six players had Hagman: Happy Lendervedder, carnivorousplant, Duckster, Kitten Mitten, Mahaloth, and Dusty Rose Yep! 5th death of the year and 7th in the last calendar 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:** [November 24, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2764 "2012-11-24T14:19:18Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > See post #2752.😃 Thank you for keeping us up to date. In my exuberance, I posted after reading my email notification and not the newest posts. _Mea culpa_. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2765 "2012-11-24T14:23:23Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [Larry Hagman](http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20121123-actor-larry-hagman-notorious-as-dallas-villain-j.r.-ewing-dies.ece) goes too soon. > > He was on my short list for '13. Major Nelson, no! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2766 "2012-11-24T14:28:10Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yep! 5th death of the year and 7th in the last calendar year! You bumped me down to 24th, from 23rd place. I’ll be watching you, heh, heh. ---
**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 24, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2767 "2012-11-24T14:31:54Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yep! 5th death of the year and 7th in the last calendar year! You had two in November-December 2011? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2768 "2012-11-24T14:58:29Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You had two in November-December 2011? Kim Jong-Il and Christopher Hitchens. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2769 "2012-11-24T15:24:27Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > F [Former champion boxer “Macho” Camacho expected to die this weekend when he is taken off like support.](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/camachos-mother-says-life-support-end-014633011--spt.html) He had been shot in the head. And he is [down for the count](http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/8667942/hector-macho-camacho-removed-life-support-dies-50). Age 50 ---
**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 24, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2770 "2012-11-24T16:23:52Z")
Did we note[Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/world/africa/abdel-basset-ali-al-megrahi-lockerbie-bomber-dies-at-60.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0) in May? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2771 "2012-11-24T16:31:13Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Did we note[Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/world/africa/abdel-basset-ali-al-megrahi-lockerbie-bomber-dies-at-60.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0) in May? Oh, yes, tons of us had him over the years. We counted him for sure. ---
**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 24, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2772 "2012-11-24T17:01:05Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Oh, yes, tons of us had him over the years. We counted him for sure. Cool. 🙂 ---
**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 24, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2773 "2012-11-24T17:47:36Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Six players had Hagman: Happy Lendervedder, carnivorousplant, Duckster, Kitten Mitten, Mahaloth, and Dusty Rose The summer drought has ended. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2774 "2012-11-24T17:58:10Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Former President Dwayne Camacho circling… > > Oops, I got that wrong. [Former champion boxer “Macho” Camacho expected to die this weekend when he is taken off like support.](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/camachos-mother-says-life-support-end-014633011--spt.html) He had been shot in the head. They just couldn’t leave him on life support for 5 more weeks could they? Bastards. Yes, yes, I know, I’m going to go to hell for that. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2775 "2012-11-24T19:08:07Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > They just couldn’t leave him on life support for 5 more weeks could they? Bastards. > > Yes, yes, I know, I’m going to go to hell for that. You and me both. 😃 I said the same thing this morning, he would’ve fit in perfectly with my theme. Did anyone have Camacho? ---
**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 24, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2776 "2012-11-24T19:26:15Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Did anyone have Camacho? I’m hoping that he hangs on until January. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2777 "2012-11-24T19:30:40Z")
ESPN is reporting Camacho has died. > **[Camacho removed from life support, dies at 50](https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/8667942/hector-macho-camacho-removed-life-support-dies-50)** > > Hector "Macho" Camacho was a brash fighter with a mean jab and an aggressive style, launching himself furiously against some of the biggest names in boxing. And his bad-boy persona was not entirely an act, with a history of legal scrapes that began... ---
**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 24, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2778 "2012-11-24T19:45:01Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’m hoping that he hangs on until January. > 🙂 So much for that. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2779 "2012-11-24T19:52:56Z")
7! ---
**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 25, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2780 "2012-11-25T00:02:36Z")
[Kevin O’Donnell, Jr.](http://www.sfwa.org/2012/11/29330/), SF author. Damnit. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2781 "2012-11-25T15:11:23Z")
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