# 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:** 142
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2822 "2012-11-29T19:55:26Z")
George H. W. Bush in the hospital, with bronchitis > **[George H W Bush in Texas hospital with bronchitis](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-20544854)** > > Former US President George H W Bush is being treated for bronchitis in hospital in Houston, Texas, a hospital spokeswoman says. ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2823 "2012-11-30T05:17:38Z")
Former pro wrestler Buddy Roberts (real name Dale Hey) died today at age 65. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2824 "2012-11-30T10:08:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > \*\* 3!\*\* > > You know, I really should stay up until midnight on Friday, so I can begin the new thread as early as possible!😛 And those of us with our list pre-made, formatting and all will be right behind you. :mad: Except for those of us that can’t this year. Morning shifts mumble mumble mumble. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2825 "2012-11-30T20:10:27Z")
**Nine hours and forty-nine minutes!** ---
**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 30, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2826 "2012-11-30T21:45:49Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **Nine hours and forty-nine minutes!** The holidays do so excite **Baker**! 😃 ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2827 "2012-12-01T03:23:25Z")
Where the hell is the damn 2013 death pool 😕😕😕 It’s got to be Dec 1 GMT, isn’t it?:):)🙂 ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2828 "2012-12-01T03:34:35Z")
It’s been December 1 for 14 and a half hours and there’s still no new thread! The bright side of being in this part of the world is posting your list in the early afternoon on New Year’s Day and still being on time 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2829 "2012-12-01T03:54:57Z")
I’ve got two hours and five minutes to make the new thread!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2830 "2012-12-01T04:46:04Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I’ve got two hours and five minutes to make the new thread!😃 :mad: :mad: :mad: Here I am, with my notepad open, ready to cut and paste. And you go and tell me you are a time zone apart from me ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2831 "2012-12-01T05:42:27Z")
We go by REAL time in this contest! Central Standard Time!😛 Back in 1976 I was stationed in South Korea. I was in radio communications. We recorded all our data in Zulu time, which is Greenwich Mean Time, so that no adjustments had to be made when matching with the work of units in other time zones. We had this asshole of a commanding officer, Col. Black, who, when touring the facility I worked in, told us “Don’t give it to me in Zulu Time, give it to me in _real_ time!” by which he meant local time. Then he was pissed when we had to do a short calculation to do the conversion. Dumbass. this is the same guy who put a guard on a concrete statue of a tiger when someone pulled it’s teeth out. Heck, it was alread ugly, couldn’t get any worse. He was also a misogynist who didn’t believe women belonged in the military. He snubbed a visiting general over the issue, General Clark. General **MARY** Clark. His rudeness got him a new post, an _assisting_ commanding position somewhere in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2832 "2012-12-01T17:46:31Z")
Looks like [Jovan Belcher](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBN_CHIEFS_PLAYER_SHOOTING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-12-01-11-44-27) won’t be on any '13 lists… ---
**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:** [December 1, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2833 "2012-12-01T18:42:34Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Looks like [Jovan Belcher](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBN_CHIEFS_PLAYER_SHOOTING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-12-01-11-44-27) won’t be on any '13 lists… > [@](#): > > KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend early Saturday, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager after first thanking them for everything they had done for him, police said. Wow! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2834 "2012-12-02T00:06:38Z")
Also wow! :eek: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2835 "2012-12-02T01:31:56Z")
CBB Coach Rick Majerus has passed. (per my Twitter feed) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2836 "2012-12-02T03:05:45Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > CBB Coach Rick Majerus has passed. (per my Twitter feed) [Confirmed](http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/slu/rick-majerus-ex-slu-coach-dies-at/article_f3b34cba-39ca-5153-a7eb-ab93b3b64864.html). Age 64. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2837 "2012-12-02T04:04:22Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > CBB Coach Rick Majerus has passed. (per my Twitter feed) shucks I had the wrong bball coach on my list as I think that Gene is still acting as a consultant to Steve at St. Johns ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2838 "2012-12-02T23:58:32Z")
We are in the home stretch people. Here are the standings for the end of November: 1 Registered at Last 356 9 1 2 CAMJAY77 274 7 0 3 Walkabout 242 6 1 4 Captain Klutz 240 6 2 5 MsWhatsit 225 6 0 6 Randy Seltzer 214 6 1 7 zoog 213 5 1 8 GIGObuster 211 6 1 9 Nurse Carmen 210 5 1 10 phungi 207 6 1 11 Captain Lance Murdoch 191 5 0 12 carnivorousplant 186 6 0 13 Wheelz 178 5 0 14 Hal Briston 163 5 0 14 Shirley Ujest 163 5 0 14 Squonk 163 5 0 14 Tom Scud 163 5 0 18 Fear Itself 160 4 0 19 5 time champ 157 4 0 20 Loach 152 5 1 21 42fish 148 5 0 22 Jack Batty 139 5 0 22 Mahaloth 139 5 0 24 Baker 137 4 0 25 Tit Whistle 136 4 0 26 Rico 127 5 0 27 It’s Not Rocket Surgery! 123 4 0 27 notfrommensa 123 4 0 29 Eliahna 120 3 0 30 Duckster 115 5 0 31 Tamex 106 5 0 32 Dusty Rose 102 4 0 33 Kitten Mitten 99 4 0 34 anyrose 96 3 0 35 Sarabellum 93 3 0 36 pohjonen 90 2 0 36 Quarter Lane 90 4 0 38 HappyLendervedder 88 4 1 38 Sternvogel 88 5 0 40 critter42 85 4 0 41 appleciders 82 3 0 41 Dolores Reborn 82 3 1 41 Drain Bead 82 3 0 41 Tristan 82 3 0 45 VunderBob 81 2 0 46 cheldie 80 3 0 46 D N T 80 4 0 46 Jeep’s Phoenix 80 3 0 46 J-P L 80 3 0 46 Kolak of Twilo 80 3 0 46 kunilou 80 3 0 52 Little Nemo 75 3 0 53 candide 74 3 0 54 BACI 71 2 0 54 cadolphin 71 3 0 56 Andrew 21 67 3 1 56 Borborygmi 67 2 0 58 a35362 65 2 0 58 amarinth 65 2 0 58 booklover 65 2 0 58 Boyo Jim 65 2 0 58 Dung Beetle 65 2 0 58 Gleena 65 2 0 58 Monstera deliciosa 65 2 0 58 Mustardseed 65 2 0 58 superbia-acedia 65 2 0 58 swampbear 65 2 0 68 Duke 60 3 0 69 Dr. Girlfriend 58 2 0 70 Antigen 56 2 0 70 imthjckaz 56 2 0 72 clipper 53 2 0 72 Labtrash 53 2 1 74 Tangent 50 3 0 75 malkavia 45 2 0 76 Mean Mr. Mustard 43 1 0 77 Eleanor of Aquitaine 42 2 0 77 The Vorlon 42 2 0 79 Bewildebeest 38 1 0 79 cugel 38 1 0 79 Maus Magill 38 1 0 79 meghan 38 1 0 79 Mona Lott 38 1 0 79 Nefarious Chipmunk 38 1 0 79 rachelellogram 38 1 0 79 SpazCat 38 1 0 87 Spoiler Virgin 37 2 2 87 twickster 37 1 1 89 arnesw 34 2 0 90 Long Time First Time 33 2 0 90 Lsura 33 2 0 92 sigmagirl 30 3 1 93 anactoria 27 1 0 93 Avarie537 27 1 0 93 cardboardbox 27 1 0 93 freckafree 27 1 0 93 lel 27 1 0 93 Small Hen 27 1 0 93 The Librarian 27 1 0 93 tygre 27 1 0 101 etv 26 2 0 102 Johnny L.A. 24 2 0 103 drastic quench 23 2 0 104 audit1 21 1 0 104 Idle Thoughts 21 3 0 106 BornTek 18 1 0 106 missred 18 1 0 106 Paul in Qatar 18 1 0 106 rucciface 18 1 0 106 tarragon 18 1 0 111 Dennis Arthur PERRETT 16 1 0 112 Auntie Pam 15 1 0 112 chizzuk 15 1 0 112 Enuma Elish 15 1 0 112 Hockey Monkey 15 1 0 112 MOIDALIZE 15 1 0 112 not what you’d expect 15 1 0 112 Spiff 15 1 0 119 BobLibDem 14 1 0 119 tim-n-va 14 1 0 121 Premislaus 11 1 1 122 Crown Prince of Irony 10 1 0 123 garygnu 9 1 0 123 Paul Parkhead 9 1 0 125 smithsb 8 1 0 126 zamboniracer 7 1 0 127 Zagalejo 5 1 0 ---
**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:** [December 3, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2839 "2012-12-03T03:14:36Z")
Still barely holding on to a top 20 finish. But I’m still hoping my remaining picks are planning a trip on a leaky boat before the end of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2840 "2012-12-05T17:19:22Z")
In a “He was still alive?” moment, Dave Brubeck has passed away. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2841 "2012-12-05T17:24:25Z")
I’ll take my whopping 9 points for Brubeck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=143)