# 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:** 25
**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:** [January 1, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/481 "2012-01-01T12:25:46Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Oops. Sorry about the double post up-thread. Was having trouble posting from my phone at the New Year’s Eve party. You posted your list from a party? Now _that_ folks is a dedicated Celebrity Death Pooler! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/482 "2012-01-01T14:24:52Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > You posted your list from a party? Now _that_ folks is a dedicated Celebrity Death Pooler! 😃 I just got a tablet and smartphone for my dp and WwF addition. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/483 "2012-01-01T14:26:06Z")
Addiction. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/484 "2012-01-01T15:04:21Z")
you’re addicted to dp? ---
**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, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/485 "2012-01-01T15:05:11Z")
Soooo anyone dead yet? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/486 "2012-01-01T15:21:04Z")
The timing of this headline made me smile: > [@](#): > > **Singer Etta James breathing on her own again - January 1, 2012** [Link](http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/243220/showbiz/showbizabroad/singer-etta-james-breathing-on-her-own-again) ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/487 "2012-01-01T15:40:59Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > The timing of this headline made me smile: > > [Link](http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/243220/showbiz/showbizabroad/singer-etta-james-breathing-on-her-own-again) May the bandwagon be crowded the entire year. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/488 "2012-01-01T16:13:25Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > You posted your list from a party? Now _that_ folks is a dedicated Celebrity Death Pooler! 😃 Hells yes. I saved my list beforehand so I wouldn’t screw it up when I was drunk at the party. (Although I still managed to double-post anyway.) It was actually a pretty good conversation piece. Everyone wanted to make suggestions. 😛 (Although, Dick Clark? Michael Douglas? You people are amateurs.) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/489 "2012-01-01T17:05:36Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Soooo anyone dead yet? The Dakar Rally just raced in with the first of the year. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/racing/wires/01/01/3010.ap.car.dakar.rally.death.0132/](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/racing/wires/01/01/3010.ap.car.dakar.rally.death.0132/) > [@](#): > > Argentine bike rider Jorge Martinez Boero has died following a crash on the first day of the Dakar Rally So what is an \*\*African \*\*off road race doing in **Latin America** you ask? > **[Dakar Rally](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakar_Rally)** > > The Dakar Rally (French: Le Rallye Dakar) or simply "The Dakar" (Le Dakar), formerly known as the Paris–Dakar Rally (Le Rallye Paris-Dakar), is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). It is an off-road endurance event traversing terrain much tougher than conventional rallying, and the vehicles used are typically true off-road vehicles and motorcycles, rather than modified on-road vehicles. Most of the competitive special sections are off-road, crossing dunes, mud, ... > [@](#): > > Most events since the inception in 1978 were from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal, but due to security threats in Mauritania which led to the cancellation of the 2008 rally, the 2009 Dakar Rally was run in South America (Argentina and Chile), the first time the race took place outside of Europe and Africa.[1] It has stayed in South America from 2009 to the present (2011).[2][3] Still one of the most dangerous races though and a pointless death to booth. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/490 "2012-01-01T17:47:59Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > Getting my list in on time this year. Changing to an almost completely different list, with a theme. Mostly older folks, so not many points, but a few of the younger wilder ones just in case. > > Don Williams > Jim Ed Brown > Jimmy Dickens > George Jones > Kenny Chesney > Tanya Tucker > Harold Reid > Phil Balsley > Jimmy Fortune > Don Reid > LeAnn Rimes > Charley Daniels > Juice Newton > > Alts > Kenny Rogers > Charley Pride Forgot to mention that my theme was country singers, for those that don’t recognize any of the names. And I noticed I forgot to include Hank, Jr. How the bloody hell did I forget _him_? He was the inspiration for the list! :smack: ---
**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:** [January 1, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/491 "2012-01-01T18:44:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Singer Etta James breathing on her own again - January 1, 2012 I’m starting to suspect there’s a reverse Celebrity Deathpool being played by celebrities. If they live through the year, they get a point for every deathpool they’re in. Recent champions have been Zsa Zsa Gabor and Ariel Sharon. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/492 "2012-01-01T19:17:18Z")
I’m late, but what the hell. [ol] [li]Lindsay Lohan[/li][li]Aretha Franklin[/li][li]Joe Paterno [/li][li]Michael Douglas[/li][li]Muhammad Ali [/li][li]Kirk Douglas[/li][li]Roger Ebert [/li][li]Brooke Mueller[/li][li]Prince Philip [/li][li]Hamid Karzai[/li][li]Kate Moss[/li][li]Michael J. Fox [/li][li]Billy Joel[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/493 "2012-01-01T19:18:37Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Michael Lohan Forgot to specify, this is Lindsay Lohan’s dad. This year I decided to use a self-imposed rule of only listing people famous enough to have their own Wiki page, and Mr. Lohan qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/494 "2012-01-01T19:18:39Z")
[Yaffa Yarkoni](http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?ID=251767&R=R1), Israel’s “Queen of Song”, dead at 86. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/495 "2012-01-01T20:27:07Z")
> [@furt](#): > > I’m late, but what the hell. > > [ol] > [li]Lindsay Lohan[/li][li]Aretha Franklin[/li][li]Joe Paterno [/li][li]Michael Douglas[/li][li]Muhammad Ali [/li][li]Kirk Douglas[/li][li]Roger Ebert [/li][li]Brooke Mueller[/li][li]Prince Philip [/li][li]Hamid Karzai[/li][li]Kate Moss[/li][li]Michael J. Fox [/li][li]Billy Joel[/li][/ol] well, being that you posted after the deadline, you can play along at home, but **Baker** won’t be listing your score anywhere in this thread. Sorry. ---
**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, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/496 "2012-01-01T20:50:14Z")
> [@furt](#): > > I’m late, but what the hell. > > [ol] > [li]Lindsay Lohan[/li][li]Aretha Franklin[/li][li]Joe Paterno [/li][li]Michael Douglas[/li][li]Muhammad Ali [/li][li]Kirk Douglas[/li][li]Roger Ebert [/li][li]Brooke Mueller[/li][li]Prince Philip [/li][li]Hamid Karzai[/li][li]Kate Moss[/li][li]Michael J. Fox [/li][li]Billy Joel[/li][/ol] > [@anyrose](#): > > well, being that you posted after the deadline, you can play along at home, but **Baker** won’t be listing your score anywhere in this thread. Sorry. It’s not formatted correctly, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/497 "2012-01-01T20:52:17Z")
> [@furt](#): > > I’m late, but what the hell. > > [ol] > [li]Lindsay Lohan[/li][li]Aretha Franklin[/li][li]Joe Paterno [/li][li]Michael Douglas[/li][li]Muhammad Ali [/li][li]Kirk Douglas[/li][li]Roger Ebert [/li][li]Brooke Mueller[/li][li]Prince Philip [/li][li]Hamid Karzai[/li][li]Kate Moss[/li][li]Michael J. Fox [/li][li]Billy Joel[/li][/ol] Too late. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/498 "2012-01-01T22:28:03Z")
Anyone have “people who ride Motorcycle Theme”? [Motorcycle Racer Jorge Martinez Boero Dies in Crash in Argentina](http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/01/01/motorcycle-racer-jorge-martinez-boero-dies-in-crash-in-argentina/) ---
**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 1, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/499 "2012-01-01T22:36:18Z")
Pssst. Post #489 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/500 "2012-01-01T23:36:16Z")
> [@furt](#): > > I’m late, but what the hell. > > [ol] > [li]Lindsay Lohan[/li][li]Aretha Franklin[/li][li]Joe Paterno [/li][li]Michael Douglas[/li][li]Muhammad Ali [/li][li]Kirk Douglas[/li][li]Roger Ebert [/li][li]Brooke Mueller[/li][li]Prince Philip [/li][li]Hamid Karzai[/li][li]Kate Moss[/li][li]Michael J. Fox [/li][li]Billy Joel[/li][/ol] furt, I know others have already stepped in to tell you this, but your list was posted too late. And it was supposed to be in a plain format anyway. I’m sorry I won’t be counting it, but you can keep track of how your picks do, and see what you might have had. There’s always next year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=26)