# 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:** 17
**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 29, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/321 "2011-12-29T19:18:45Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > The way I see it, if a celebrity buys the farm at 11:55PM 12/31, then the first alternate in order moves up to replace them, as part of your thirteen. So when that alternate croaks at 12:05AM 1/1 you win the Opening KickOff Award. > > Unless, in that five minute window before midnight, you email to change your list. And we’re using US Central Time for all purposes, right? No matter where the celebrity is when they die? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/322 "2011-12-29T19:20:16Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > And we’re using US Central Time for all purposes, right? No matter where the celebrity is when they die? Yep! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/323 "2011-12-29T19:24:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Yep! That doesn’t make sense. Are you going to change the date of death if the celeb dies on the other side of the international date line? ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/324 "2011-12-29T19:27:00Z")
Here it is… Desi Arnaz Jr. Artie Lange Gavin MacLeod Gene Gene the Dancing Machine Drew Carey Aretha Franklin Jaye P. Morgan David Soul Joanne Woodward Roger Ebert Bob Barker Dick Clark Michael Douglas ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/325 "2011-12-29T19:36:49Z")
Steve Sabol - NFL films Gary Carter - MLB Raven Alexis - porn Bill Janklow - politician Abdelbaset al-Megrahi - Pan Am bomber Robin Gibb - singer Ron Smith - radio host Superstar Billy Graham - wrestler Buddy Ryan - ex-NFL coach Ethan Zohn - Survivor? Penny Marshall - Laverne Stefano Borgonovo - Italian footballer Etta James - singer Alternates: Ronnie Biggs - obese comedian Willie Wood - dementing ex-football player Molly Meldrum - Aussie musician Clean List: Steve Sabol Gary Carter Raven Alexis Bill Janklow Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Robin Gibb Ron Smith Superstar Billy Graham Buddy Ryan Ethan Zohn Penny Marshall Stefano Borgonovo Etta James Alternates: Ronnie Biggs Willie Wood Molly Meldrum ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/326 "2011-12-29T19:48:15Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > […] > Ron Smith - radio host > […] Yeah, I had him too. But he died on the 19th. What a tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![BomTek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bomtek/32/21364_2.png) [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/327 "2011-12-29T20:03:28Z")
This is my second Death Pool entry. I missed last year’s, in which I would have scored for the first time by carrying over my first list intact. Oh, well. I organized my list into pairs of celebrities in mostly random categories. No overall theme, though. Automotive design: Carroll Shelby Bob Lutz Sports: Dean Smith Muhammad Ali Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford Janet Guthrie Hollywood: John Williams Michael Douglas (replacing Elizabeth Taylor from my original list) Apollo astronauts: Neil Armstrong Gene Cernan Country music: George Jones Loretta Lynn Wildcard (the most recent living individual to be Wikipedia’s featured article): Shelton Benjamin (professional wrestler) Plain list: Carroll Shelby Bob Lutz Dean Smith Muhammad Ali Johnny Rutherford Janet Guthrie John Williams Michael Douglas Neil Armstrong Gene Cernan George Jones Loretta Lynn Shelton Benjamin ---
**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:** [December 29, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/328 "2011-12-29T21:03:31Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Booboo Stewart 1/21/94 I was going to ask what stupid hippie parents cursed their child with the name Booboo, but then I looked on Wikipedia. I have a message for young Master Stewart: There’s nothing wrong with either Nils or Allen. There is much wrong with Booboo. You are not a small cartoon sidekick bear. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/329 "2011-12-29T21:19:52Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > I was going to ask what stupid hippie parents cursed their child with the name Booboo Ones that didn’t understand how birth control worked? ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Hazel\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ms.Hazel\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Hazel_Ice)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/330 "2011-12-29T21:56:45Z")
Lindsay Lohan Prince Philip Vladimir Putin Betty White Dick Van Dyke Jimmy Carter Bill Clinton Stephen Hawking Donatella Versace Zac Efron Mark Zuckerberg Rudy Giuliani Regis Philbin ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/331 "2011-12-29T22:06:36Z")
People born the same year as Steve Jobs: Eddie Van Halen Sandra Bernhard Billy Bob Thornton Kevin Costner Kelsey Grammer Mike Huckabee Edwin Moses Greg Norman Jimmy Smits Judy Davis Jerry Seinfeld Bruce Willis Maria Shriver Alternates: Reba McEntire Whoopi Goldberg John Roberts ---
**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 29, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/332 "2011-12-29T22:23:53Z")
Texcat, do you know anything about Mike Huckabee’s health? Please tell me yes! -CP ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/333 "2011-12-29T23:09:18Z")
I have a favor to ask of posters. If your list is to be a themed one, please use the word theme in there somewhere when posting. Things like “left handed women who are also brunettes” may be coincidence, or it may mean your list is to be themed. It would help to know for sure. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/334 "2011-12-29T23:28:19Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I have a favor to ask of posters. If your list is to be a themed one, please use the word theme in there somewhere when posting. > > Things like “left handed women who are also brunettes” may be coincidence, or it may mean your list is to be themed. It would help to know for sure. Just out of curiosity, did you accept “Jumping On The Bandwagon” as a theme? It’s okay if not. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/335 "2011-12-29T23:34:41Z")
Queen Elizabeth II Duke of Edinburgh Pope Benedict XVI Gough Whitlam Baroness Thatcher Sir Ninian Stephen King Bhumipol Angela Lansbury Neville Wran Andrew Tink Sir David Attenborough Ian “Molly” Meldrum Hazel Hawke List with more details, where necessary: Queen Elizabeth II Duke of Edinburgh Pope Benedict XVI Gough Whitlam, former Australian PM Baroness Thatcher, former UK PM Sir Ninian Stephen, former Australian G-G and High Court Justice King Bhumipol, king of Thailand Angela Lansbury, actress Neville Wran, former Premier of NSW Andrew Tink, former member of the NSW Legislative Assembly and political biographer Sir David Attenborough, naturalist Ian “Molly” Meldrum, Australian musician Hazel Hawke, former wife of Bob Hawke, former Australian PM ---
**Author:** ![JeffSt1212](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JeffSt1212](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffSt1212)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/336 "2011-12-29T23:39:22Z")
My list Charlie Sheen Kathleen Turner Hugo Chavez Reggie Jackson Dennis Rodman Megan Fox Randy Quaid Nick Nolte Gary Busey Andy Dick Courtney Love Michael J. Fox Joaquin Phoenix ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/337 "2011-12-30T00:03:58Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Just out of curiosity, did you accept “Jumping On The Bandwagon” as a theme? It’s okay if not. It’s kind of like describing “celebrity” If you want it to be a theme, say so and I’ll accept it. But please, let me know. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/338 "2011-12-30T00:11:31Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It’s kind of like describing “celebrity” If you want it to be a theme, say so and I’ll accept it. But please, let me know. Sure. What the heck. It’s a theme. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/339 "2011-12-30T00:18:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Texcat, do you know anything about Mike Huckabee’s health? > Please tell me yes! > > -CP Sorry, I don’t. I have noticed that he’s gained a lot of weight back – that can’t be healthy. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/340 "2011-12-30T00:31:00Z")
> [@TexCat](#): > > Sorry, I don’t. I have noticed that he’s gained a lot of weight back – that can’t be healthy. My aunt would be upset if he croaked. She’s been on his political team for years. Maybe, when I write her a thank you note for my Christmas gift I could find some way to ask about him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=18)