# 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:** 140
**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 25, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2782 "2012-11-25T22:21:18Z")
Ok, either **Baker** has developed numerical Tourette’s Syndrome or is counting down the days until December first. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 25, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2783 "2012-11-25T22:24:24Z")
Or The Count has hacked her account. ---
**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, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2784 "2012-11-25T23:19:13Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > is counting down the days until December first. 😃 **Yes!** ---
**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 25, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2785 "2012-11-25T23:37:42Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **Yes!** Calm yourself. You’re gonna bust something, and will have to find someone else to keep count. 🙂 ---
**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 26, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2786 "2012-11-26T12:58:45Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Or The Count has hacked her account. This gave me the giggles for way longer than it should have. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2787 "2012-11-26T13:13:33Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > This gave me the giggles for way longer than it should have. 😃 Me too. Ah! Ah! Ah! Ahhhhh! ---
**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:** [November 26, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2788 "2012-11-26T13:52:36Z")
My list is ready! **Can I send it now, huh, now, now, now???** [said in my two year old granddaughter’s voice] Since Dec 1 is a Saturday, how about a Black Friday event? You know - two lists for the price of one??? Please, Please, Please? 😉 I have lots of deserving people especially after this last election campaign. Oh, and besides cookies for prizes, can we have pie too? Also, where is our “overexcited” smilie? ---
**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:** [November 26, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2789 "2012-11-26T14:17:33Z")
My list is ready too. As long as we are counting 30 picks this year. Or I have some work to do. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2790 "2012-11-26T20:05:18Z")
_Smug expression_ My list is pretty much ready. If nobody picks any of my choices I’ll be putting it up just before midnight 12/31. My goal is to have twelve of the thirteen picks be unique, so I have a few extra on tap. The one pick that will not be unique is Fred Phelps. **5!** ---
**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:** [November 26, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2791 "2012-11-26T20:07:46Z")
If you don’t post until New Year’s Eve, I guarantee you won’t have twelve unique picks. We all watch the same feeds, so the likelihood you could scoop us on all twelve is slim to none. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2792 "2012-11-26T22:20:25Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > If you don’t post until New Year’s Eve, I guarantee you won’t have twelve unique picks. We all watch the same feeds, so the likelihood you could scoop us on all twelve is slim to none. We’ll see, heh, heh.😃 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2793 "2012-11-26T22:48:08Z")
As usual I will post a preliminary list early, just in case I forget to post the final updated one later. This time I learned my lesson and I will post the final list in just about the last minute. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2794 "2012-11-26T23:00:10Z")
Baker, you gonna run it again for 2013? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2795 "2012-11-26T23:09:12Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Baker, you gonna run it again for 2013? She’ll be back next year. BTW, do most of you carry over “survivors” on to your next year list, or a whole new list? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2796 "2012-11-26T23:16:27Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > She’ll be back next year. BTW, do most of you carry over “survivors” on to your next year list, or a whole new list? That’s the eternal question. You can only have 13, so if you’ve heard of a “sure thing”, thought of someone you didn’t think of last year or noticed one of last year’s celebs being disgustingly healthy, do you drop one and replace them or stick with them? I had Dom Deluise, Larry Hagman and Peter Falk on my list several times each, but none in the year they died. It burns! But some of my regulars that I’ve stuck with for a long time keep on keeping on. ---
**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 27, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2797 "2012-11-27T01:45:21Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > She’ll be back next year. BTW, do most of you carry over “survivors” on to your next year list, or a whole new list? Totally up to the individual. I’ve removed folks who died the next year and kept those who have survived(Zsa Zsa is _still_ alive). I mix it up a bit just for variety, though. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2798 "2012-11-27T02:20:38Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > She’ll be back next year. BTW, do most of you carry over “survivors” on to your next year list, or a whole new list? I don’t have to do any work on coming up with a new list for next year if I don’t want to; I can just resubmit my complete list from this year! ---
**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:** [November 27, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2799 "2012-11-27T02:24:08Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve removed folks who died the next year and kept those who have survived(Zsa Zsa is _still_ alive). So is Ariel Sharon. It’s a good thing Celebrity Death Pool does not use actual betting. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2800 "2012-11-27T05:49:33Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Totally up to the individual. I’ve removed folks who died the next year and kept those who have survived(Zsa Zsa is _still_ alive). I mix it up a bit just for variety, though. And some if us have themed lists through 2015. Fair warning, my 13th pick for ‘13 is going to be a groaner. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2801 "2012-11-27T15:45:27Z")
Former baseball union head [Marvin Miller](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BBO_OBIT_MILLER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-11-27-10-30-56) strikes out. Age 95. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=141)