# 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:** 21
**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, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/401 "2011-12-31T18:30:41Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Happy Birthday, **Baker**! I am disgusted how folks are already sucking up to Baker. I wish I’d done it first…dammit. ---
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/402 "2011-12-31T18:59:13Z")
Eleven hours to go! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/403 "2011-12-31T19:47:35Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I am disgusted how folks are already sucking up to Baker. > > I wish I’d done it first…dammit. Chocolates and champagne are always welcome!!!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/404 "2011-12-31T19:52:26Z")
After experiencing some serious conflicting emotions with the recent death of Christopher Hitchins, I’m sticking with people I would actually be happy to have die. Wishful Thinkin’ in 2012 Line-up: 1. Happy Asker (founder of Happy’s Pizza, the worst pizza place in Michigan). 2. Daniel Lawrence Whitney (better known as Larry the Cable Guy. When I accidentily stumble upon his Comedy Central specials, it makes my vagina want to sew itself shut). The Entire Nickelback Line-Up: 3. Chad Kroeger 4. Mike Kroeger 5. Ryan Peake 6. Daniel Adair 7. Michael Vick 8. Kevin James 9. Brent Michaels 10. Charlie Sheen 11. Michele Bachmann 12. Fred Phelps 13. Angelina Jolie Plain List: Happy Asker Daniel Lawrence Whitney Chad Kroeger Mike Kroeger Ryan Peake Daniel Adair Michael Vick Kevin James Brent Michaels Charlie Sheen Michele Bachmann Fred Phelps Angelina Jolie ---
**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 31, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/405 "2011-12-31T19:56:35Z")
> [@Orange\_Skinner](#): > > 1. Brent Michaels Are you talking about the Rock of Love guy? Because that is [**Bret** Michaels.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Michaels) ---
**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, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/406 "2011-12-31T19:59:13Z")
Ten! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/407 "2011-12-31T20:10:06Z")
3! ---
**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/408 "2011-12-31T20:31:58Z")
six and a half, where I am. ---
**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 31, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/409 "2011-12-31T20:37:48Z")
Enough second-guessing and tweaking. Bashar al-Assad (b 11 September 1965) Syrian President Hugo Chavez (b 28 July 1954) Venezuelan President Roger Ebert (b 18 June 1942) film critic Robin Gibb (b 22 December 1949) singer Steve Gleason (b 19 March 1977) football player Geoffrey Hughes (b 2 February 1944) actor Etta James (b 25 January 1938) singer George McGovern (b 19 July 1922) politician Shannon Miller (b 10 March 1977) Olympic gymnast Connie Needham (b 5 December 1959) actress Giuliana Rancic (b 17 August 1974) TV hostess Marcia Strassman (b 28 April 1948) actress Ethan Zohn (b 12 November 1973) reality show winner Bashar al-Assad Hugo Chavez Roger Ebert Robin Gibb Steve Gleason Geoffrey Hughes Etta James George McGovern Shannon Miller Connie Needham Giuliana Rancic Marcia Strassman Ethan Zohn ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/410 "2011-12-31T20:40:26Z")
Revised: Fidel Castro Bashar Al-Assad Ayman Al-Zawahiri Omar Al-Bashir Ali Khamenei Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hasan Nasrallah Hugo Chavez Evo Morales Robert Mugabe Charles Taylor Alexander Lukashenko Charles Manson ---
**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 31, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/411 "2011-12-31T20:57:42Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Charles Manson You had a nice theme going until you got to him. ---
**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, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/412 "2011-12-31T20:59:13Z")
Nine! ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/413 "2011-12-31T21:06:23Z")
Robin Gibb – Singer, Bee Gee Joe Paterno – Erstwhile Penn State Coach Richard Dawson – Kisser, but he’ll always be Cpl. Newkirk to me Margaret Thatcher – Played my Meryl Streep in biopic John Goodman – Mrs. Roseanne Teri Garr – “What knockers!” Dean Stockwell – Costarred with Errol Flynn, Gregory Peck, Orson Welles and Scott Bakula Jim Marshall – Best known for running the wrong direction Richard Thornburg – Former AGOTUS Philip Roth –Pulitzer Prize Winning novelist Richard Roundtree – Shaft, Original Bad Mother Fucker Buddy Ryan – Defensive genius; Raised loudmouth son Dale Chihuly – Accident-prone glass artist Plain list: Robin Gibb Joe Paterno Richard Dawson Margaret Thatcher John Goodman Teri Garr Dean Stockwell Jim Marshall Richard Thornburg Philip Roth Richard Roundtree Buddy Ryan Dale Chihuly ---
**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, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/414 "2011-12-31T21:22:28Z")
[Sean Connery](http://www.examiner.com/uk-headlines-in-national/sean-connery-s-death-falsely-reported-over-internet) looks as though he will hold out another nine hours, perhaps another nine years. ---
**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 31, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/415 "2011-12-31T21:40:08Z")
In case Etta James (or anyone else on my list) doesn’t make it to midnight, I’m designating Fidel Castro as my alternative pick. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/416 "2011-12-31T21:43:04Z")
This year’s theme: people who share my birthday. Barbara Carrera Tim Considine Joe Dalessandro Anthony Hopkins Val Kilmer Ben Kingsley Tim Matheson Sarah Miles Bebe Neuwirth Donna Summer Andy Summers Diane von Furstenberg Connie Willis ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/417 "2011-12-31T21:49:24Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > This year’s theme: people who share my birthday. > > Barbara Carrera > Tim Considine > Joe Dalessandro > Anthony Hopkins > Val Kilmer > Ben Kingsley > Tim Matheson > Sarah Miles > Bebe Neuwirth > Donna Summer > Andy Summers > Diane von Furstenberg > Connie Willis I’m just glad John Denver is dead, I’d hate to be mixed up with him!😛 ---
**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, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/418 "2011-12-31T21:59:12Z")
Eight! ---
**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:** [December 31, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/419 "2011-12-31T22:17:46Z")
About to head out to celebrate the New Years. Important work to do first! I admit I added a bandwagon or two in the last day or so, but most have come from my longlist built during lulls at work over the past year (Sure hope the IT guys don’t check my google searches!) 1 - Robin Gibb 22 December 1949 2 - Robert Dennerly 63 Y.O. Former Plymouth Argyle vice-chair 3 - Gary Carter April 8, 1954 4 - Penny Marshall October 15, 1942 5 - Joe Lewis (Karate) March 7 1944 6 - Bill Janklow - William John “Bill” Janklow (born September 13, 1939) 7 - Etta James Jan 25 1938 8 - Roger Ebert (Movie guy) June 18, 1942 9 - Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi (Pan Am Bomber) 1 April 1952 10 - James “Jim” Stynes OAM (born 23 April 1966) 11 - Raven Alexis - bandwagon - January 28, 1987 12 - Tamara Grigsby Wisconsin State Representative ,37 13 - Susan Clark KBLL announcer Alternates: Geoffrey Hughes (Coronation Street Actor) 2 February 1944 DJ Jonathan Toubin - Car drove into his hotel and crushed him while he was in bed! Plain List: Robin Gibb Robert Dennerly Gary Carter Penny Marshall Joe Lewis Bill Janklow Etta James Roger Ebert Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi Jim Stynes Raven Alexis Tamara Grigsby Susan Clark ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/420 "2011-12-31T22:24:04Z")
Getting in just under the wire. No need for alternates, I’ll take the risk that everyone holds on for another 7 hours. Lee Evans Joe Paterno Roger Ebert Prince Phillip Dick Chaney Dick Clark Fidel Castro Zsa Zsa Gabor Kareem Abdul Jabbar Lindsey Lohan Muhammed Ali Pope Benedict Hugh Hefner Lee Evans is the only person not very well known. He’s a double gold medal winner, made notorious by being one of the athletes to give Black Power salute at Mexico City Olympic games [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=22)