# 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:** 150
**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:** [January 1, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2982 "2013-01-01T15:13:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > And the winner is **Registered at Last** , with a record setting 356 points! Quite amazing. It is amazing, but not a record. From 2009: > [@The Celebrity Death Pool 2009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1748): > > Here are the final results. > 1 amarone 401 9 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2983 "2013-01-01T16:11:48Z")
Congrats, Registered! My best finish ever! ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2984 "2013-01-01T16:21:25Z")
My first time playing. Thanks to Andy Griffith I was not shut out. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2985 "2013-01-01T17:06:32Z")
Congrats **Registered at Last**! 🙂 I figure I didn’t do too bad for my first try. Two deaths but no one since February. Maybe this year I can build on that. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2986 "2013-01-01T17:27:13Z")
5th! Best finish yet! Wooo! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2987 "2013-01-01T18:16:57Z")
Top 20, 5 winners and 1 unique. By far my best year. I’ve done my best to screw that up this year. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2988 "2013-01-01T18:42:09Z")
Thanks for the congrats & right back at everyone! I guess it is time for the traditional acceptance speech… First off thanks to all the corpses for being open enough about their pending demise to be google-able. And thanks to my mum for instilling my morbid sense of humour in me. As she lay dying in late March 2005 she talked of the ongoing “death watch” that the world media was engrossed in. She described it as “that poor girl (Terri Schiavo), that stubborn old man (Pope John Paul II), the prince (Prince Ranier of Monaco) and me (my Mum)” I dedicate this win to her. Miss you always Mum! And of course, a huge Thank You to \*\*Baker \*\* for all the hard work in the past year and that in the year to come and thanks to all my fellow competitors. Good luck everyone in 2013! ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2989 "2013-01-02T05:18:25Z")
Thanks, **Baker**! By the way, in the rankings, the score is obvious, and the next number is the number of correct picks, but what does the “1” or the “0” at the end of the scores mean? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2990 "2013-01-02T05:26:04Z")
Thanks for your hard work, Baker. Good game, all! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2991 "2013-01-02T10:48:17Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > Thanks, **Baker**! By the way, in the rankings, the score is obvious, and the next number is the number of correct picks, but what does the “1” or the “0” at the end of the scores mean? That’s how many unique picks a player had. So Captain Klutz, Spoiler Virgin, and amarinth had a “2” after their scores, as they won the “Inside Track with the Grim Reaper Award” That’s what I’m going for in 2013. all my picks are unique and elderly. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Klutz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captain_klutz/32/4993_2.png) [@Captain\_Klutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Klutz)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2992 "2013-01-02T11:22:34Z")
Fourth place, and a share of the “Inside Track with the Grim Reaper” Award. (incidentally, it’s a bit surprising that 2 unique picks was enough to win that this year) That’s my best finish, and now 2013 is off to a flyer with the opening kickoff award! A big thank you to **Baker** for running this game ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2993 "2013-01-02T14:57:34Z")
My **13** picks landed me in **13** th place, which I figure is a good omen for my chances in 20 **13**. 😃 ---
**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:** [January 2, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2994 "2013-01-02T15:01:07Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > My **13** picks landed me in **13** th place, which I figure is a good omen for my chances in 20 **13**. 😃 I was 12th in 2012; do we get a cookie? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2995 "2013-01-02T20:46:25Z")
If anyone has any questions about their points or standings in 2012 I’m going to save the spreadsheets for one more week, then delete them. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2996 "2013-01-02T20:47:34Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > If anyone has any questions about their points or standings in 2012 I’m going to save the spreadsheets for one more week, then delete them. Why would you delete them? ---
**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:** [January 2, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2997 "2013-01-02T21:56:14Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Why would you delete them? Should be sent to the National Archives as a historical document. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2998 "2013-01-02T23:22:35Z")
As a person who rarely throws away old files, yeah - why delete the spreadsheets? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2999 "2013-01-03T01:09:01Z")
Thanks **Baker** and Congratz to all the winners. Very well done. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/3000 "2013-01-03T02:11:49Z")
Gee, I’d forgotten I had Jack Klugman. I made some Twilight Zone actor picks (which is why I had William Windom on my list), and when Klugman died, I thought, “He should have been on my Twilight Zone list!” Evidently, he was. Thanks, **Baker**! Unfortunately, I forgot to get my list in for 2013. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/3001 "2013-01-03T02:14:39Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Thanks, **Baker**! Unfortunately, I forgot to get my list in for 2013. ☹ That’s too bad Maybe I should run a seperate contest for all the latecomers!😃 Who would you have picked? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=151)