# 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:** 20
**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 31, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/381 "2011-12-31T14:54:44Z")
Google news shows me that there is an Andy Williams who is a sports figure. My pick is the singer. Thanks, Baker! ---
**Author:** ![Premislaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Premislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Premislaus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/382 "2011-12-31T14:55:15Z")
> [@Premislaus](#): > > First time player, decided to go with themed list of current and former political leaders. > > Norodom Sihanouk > Wojciech Jaruzelski > Jimmy Carter > Margaret Thatcher > **Fidel Castro** > Mikhail Gorbachev > Silvio Berlusconi > Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva > Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner > Hugo Chavez > Hamid Karzai > Bashar al-Assad > Kim Jong-un > > Alternates: > Benedict XVI > Jacques Chirac > Nouri al-Maliki Just a quick update here. ---
**Author:** ![Dusty\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/383 "2011-12-31T15:03:03Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Google news shows me that there is an Andy Williams who is a sports figure. > My pick is the singer. > Thanks, Baker! He’s one of my alternates, but I mean the singer, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/384 "2011-12-31T15:07:54Z")
Robin Gibb Etta James Madonna Badger Gene Wilder Jerry Lewis Harlan Ellison Stephen Hawking Michelle Duggar Ethan Zohn Casey Anthony Terry Pratchett Brandon Novak Michael Borcina Alternate: Fidel Castro ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/385 "2011-12-31T15:11:05Z")
Fifteen hours to go… It’s already the New Year in New Zealand! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/386 "2011-12-31T15:11:43Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > REVISED LIST > Remove Michael Douglas > Insert Raven Alexis > > Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi > Fidel Castro > Marcia Strassman > Zsa Zsa Gabor > Billy Graham > Charlie Sheen > Dick Clark > Raven Alexis > Robin Gibb > Kirk Douglas > Barbara Bush > Phyllis Diller > Muhammad Ali Quick clarification: Billy Graham, the Evalgelist and Barbara Bush, wife of GHW, mother of Dubya. ---
**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 31, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/387 "2011-12-31T15:18:13Z")
> [@J-P\_L](#): > > My list > Hugo Chavez > Ariel Sharon > Etta James > Robin Gibb > Lynda Petty > Prince Phillip > Fidel Castro > Joe Paterno > Kirk Douglas > Bashar al-Assad > Roger Ebert > Red Farmer > Zsa Zsa Gabor > Alternates: > Michael Douglas > Mickey Rooney > David Hasselhoff > Lynda Petty is the wife of Nascar driver/owner Richard Petty > Red Farmer is a former Nascar driver I know we stretch the definition of celebrity to the breaking point but the wife of a celebrity? That goes beyond stretching it. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/388 "2011-12-31T15:59:58Z")
Fourteen hours to go! ---
**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:** [December 31, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/389 "2011-12-31T16:00:06Z")
Happy Birthday to our Mistress of Death **Baker**!!! My birthday wish to you is, may all your remaining 2011 picks decide to day is the day to meet their Maker. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/390 "2011-12-31T16:02:57Z")
Happy Birthday, **Baker**! ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/391 "2011-12-31T16:40:10Z")
Here goes: Billy Graham\* Fidel Castro Muhammad Ali Nancy Reagan Aretha Franklin Jerry Lee Lewis Dick Cheney Rush Limbaugh Dick Clark ZsaZsa Gabor Jerry Lewis Ruth Bader Ginsberg Prince Philip Alternates: Robin Gibb Joe Paterno Etta James \*the preacher ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/392 "2011-12-31T16:59:12Z")
Thirteen hours to go! ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/393 "2011-12-31T17:04:27Z")
Going for my usual “old composers and politicians, plus Fred Phelps” list: Pierre Boulez George H. W. Bush Jimmy Carter Dick Cheney Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sofia Gubaidulina Henry Kissinger Arvo Pärt Krzysztof Penderecki Fred Phelps Prince Philip Ned Rorem Margaret Thatcher ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/394 "2011-12-31T17:11:07Z")
Jeff Gordon Ringo Starr Rush Limbaugh Bob Dole Bill Gates Al Kaline Pope Benedict George HW Bush Andy Griffith Roslyn Carter Barry Bonds Buzz Aldrin Kaley Cuoco ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/395 "2011-12-31T17:25:06Z")
Jumping on one bandwagon and adding one guy who I’d originally been planning to put on my list ever since his daddy died, and also taking the opportunity to excise T. Pratchett from my alternates list: (Minus Ebert and Ali, plus Kim and Raven) Ayman al Zawahiri Abdelbaset al Megrahi Bashar al Asad William Perry Robin Gibb Gary Carter Dick Cheney Ariel Sharon Joe Paterno Ruth Bader Ginsburg Etta James Kim Jong-Un Raven Alexis Alternate: Roger Ebert Muhammad Ali Jimmy Carter Perry is still the football player. ---
**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 31, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/396 "2011-12-31T17:32:01Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I know we stretch the definition of celebrity to the breaking point but the wife of a celebrity? That goes beyond stretching it. I personally agree with you, and feel there should be a minimum threshold for what can be considered a celebrity; perhaps they should have their own wikipedia page. If it were my game, that would be the rule. HOWEVER, that is not how **amarone** or **Baker** runs this game, and the rules are 100% their prerogative. Under the current rule, everyone is a celebrity as long as their biggest claim to fame isn’t their illness. Spouses of celebrities have always been allowed under the rule. ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/397 "2011-12-31T17:34:33Z")
Mostly recycling again. Only Steve Jobs came trough for me in 2011. Sinead O’Connor Zsa Zsa Gabor Ariel Sharon Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Nelson Mandela Etta James Alan Greenspan Michael Douglas Mike Wallace Hugh Hefner Aretha Franklin Courtney Love Robert Redford ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/398 "2011-12-31T17:59:13Z")
Twelve hours to go! ---
**Author:** ![kfranchi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac8455/32.png) [@kfranchi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kfranchi)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/399 "2011-12-31T18:22:24Z")
The Young (and maybe not so young) Guns I realized my list was becoming a list of relatively young people, so I ran with it…it is the baseball equivalent of swinging for the fences… Charlie Sheen (Losing…) Lindsay Lohan (In a true fall from grace, Lindsay spills over a railing during one of her famous rooftop parties…) Jonathan Rhys Meyers (I heard his 2012 resolution is to be more thorough…) Rod Blagojevich (Guilty, of angering many inmates with his constant talking…) Courtney Love (Free throw…) Scott Weiland (Free throw: Part Deux…) Danny Wuerffel (Athletes body turns against him…) Paz de la Huerta (Actress most famous for acting like Lohan…) Tracy Morgan (Someone he offends tells the comic one final joke, Tracy never hears the punchline…) Mary Kate Olsen (Start eating I will remove you from this list…) Ashley Olsen (Ditto…) Lady Gaga (One day the egg won’t open…) Andy Dick (Cocaine is a hell of a drug…) I wouldn’t mind scoring “0” points because I do not wish death on anyone, but these people are making their own decisions in life…poor, poor, poor decisions. Real List Charlie Sheen Lindsay Lohan Jonathan Rhys Meyers Rod Blagojevich Courtney Love Scott Weiland Danny Wuerffel Paz de la Huerta Tracy Morgan Mary Kate Olsen Ashley Olsen Lady Gaga Andy Dick ---
**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:** [December 31, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/400 "2011-12-31T18:23:10Z")
**REVISED LIST:** Joe Paterno Zsa Zsa Gabor Robin Gibb Etta James Pope Benedict XVI Larry Hagman Dennis “Fergie” Frederiksen Dick Cheney Billy Graham Aretha Franklin Prince Philip Terry Pratchett Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi Alternates: Michael Douglas Kirk Douglas Nancy Regan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=21)