# 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:** 145
**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:** [December 12, 2012, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2882 "2012-12-12T08:55:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Hugo Chavez. > > So, will I get points this year, or must I keep [him](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/hugo-chavez-to-undergo-cancer-surgery-again-wants-vp-to-succeed-him-if-illness-worsens/2012/12/09/3332fbb0-4277-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html) on My Little List for 2013? Well, he ain’t dead yet, so do whatever you gotta do. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2883 "2012-12-12T09:43:23Z")
> [@lel](#): > > I had both Etta James and Miguel de la Madrid (was he a unique pick?) in 2012, so my own total should be: > > 74(tie) lel 50 2 (?) > > Are we supposed to post updates or amendment requests here? Thanks! You can do it here or by PM, either is fine. I’m glad, as I’ve had to say before, that I have you folks checking on me. Madrid died back in April and somehow I’d missed the announcement in this thread ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2884 "2012-12-12T09:46:48Z")
On Christmas Eve, one week before the end of the year, I will post a list of current standings. I hope you will look them over to make sure everything is in order, before the last week. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2885 "2012-12-12T14:50:28Z")
[Colleen Walker](http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/lpga-major-champion-walker-dies-of-cancer/), Former golfer on the LPGA and winner of LPGA tournaments including one major, has died at age 56. Cancer. I had her on my 2013 list. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2886 "2012-12-13T22:09:11Z")
Hugo Chavez [suffers setback.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuela-information-minister-says-chavez-may-not-return-in-time-for-jan-10-inauguration/2012/12/12/cc44a226-44bc-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html) Gee, everyone will have him next year. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2887 "2012-12-13T23:55:52Z")
[Barcode inventor N. Joseph Woodland dies.](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bar-codes-inventor-joseph-woodland-dies-91-17964591) ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2888 "2012-12-14T03:54:37Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Hugo Chavez [suffers setback.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuela-information-minister-says-chavez-may-not-return-in-time-for-jan-10-inauguration/2012/12/12/cc44a226-44bc-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html) > > Gee, everyone will have him next year. I won’t, unless he has a country music album under an assumed name somewhere. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2889 "2012-12-14T04:02:00Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > I won’t, unless he has a country music album under an assumed name somewhere. He is a Sure Thing, while you are apparently hoping for Willie Nelson to be struck by a motor vehicle while playing on the road again. ---
**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 14, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2890 "2012-12-14T17:05:36Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > [Barcode inventor N. Joseph Woodland dies.](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bar-codes-inventor-joseph-woodland-dies-91-17964591) How many times did they have to slide him back and forth before they found out he was dead? Beep. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2891 "2012-12-14T18:03:30Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > How many times did they have to slide him back and forth before they found out he was dead? > > Beep. Well done, Sir, well done! ---
**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 18, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2892 "2012-12-18T00:12:49Z")
Sen Daniel Inouye dies at age 88. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2893 "2012-12-18T05:28:00Z")
[Jack Hanlon](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/17/jack-hanlon-dead-our-gang-96_n_2314882.html) of Our Gang/Little Rascals dead at 96. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2894 "2012-12-18T06:11:12Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Jack Hanlon](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/17/jack-hanlon-dead-our-gang-96_n_2314882.html) of Our Gang/Little Rascals dead at 96. Wonder if he was the last Rascal. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2012, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2895 "2012-12-18T06:57:08Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Wonder if he was the last Rascal. Robert Blake is still around. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2896 "2012-12-18T14:08:38Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Wonder if he was the last Rascal. In addition to Blake (then known as Mickey Gubitosi), [none of those listed below have apparently died.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rascals) > [@Wikipedia](#): > > As of May 2011, surviving cast members include Dickie Moore, Marianne Edwards, Jean Darling, Mildred Kornman, Robert Blake, Jerry Tucker, Sidney Kibrick and Jackie Lynn Taylor. Also, [here is an obituary](http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-daniel-inouye-20121218,0,4364662,full.story) for Inouye. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2897 "2012-12-18T20:20:19Z")
[Dina Manfredini](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/115-year-woman-dies-worlds-oldest-person-17999713#.UNDOYKyAPN0), whose stint as the world’s oldest living person lasted less than two weeks, has died at the age of 115. Manfredini is succeeded by Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura, who was born fifteen days after she was. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2898 "2012-12-18T20:28:04Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Dina Manfredini](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/115-year-woman-dies-worlds-oldest-person-17999713#.UNDOYKyAPN0), whose stint as the world’s oldest living person lasted less than two weeks, has died at the age of 115. Manfredini is succeeded by Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura, who was born fifteen days after she was. Just musing upon this, I realized she was already at retirement age when Kennedy was assassinated. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2899 "2012-12-19T15:30:30Z")
[Robert Bork](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/us/robert-h-bork-conservative-jurist-dies-at-85.html?_r=0) dies at 85. The Swedish Chef is inconsolable. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2900 "2012-12-19T20:37:13Z")
[Frank Pastore](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-frank-pastore-20121219,0,2934309.story), who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds and Minnesota Twins during a baseball career cut short by an injury to his elbow, has passed away at the age of 55. Pastore had become the host of a popular religious radio talk show in Los Angeles. On what turned out to be his final broadcast, he mentioned the possibility of being killed while riding his motorcycle. That night, he was hit by a car on his way home, and died from head injuries about a month later. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2901 "2012-12-19T20:53:02Z")
I just read about Pastore in the paper and knew I’d heard the name before. Then I remembered. I used to eat at The Big Texan about 30 years ago. You get the 72 oz steak free if you do it in an hour. I’d read about some of those who’d accomplished the feat. Frank Pastore did it 7 times, once in 9 1/2 minutes!!! Obligatory link: [http://m.townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/2008/03/25/i\_held\_the\_big\_texan\_steak\_record\_for\_21\_years,\_until\_last\_night](http://m.townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/2008/03/25/i_held_the_big_texan_steak_record_for_21_years,_until_last_night) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=144) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=146)