# 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:** 27
**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 3, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/521 "2012-01-03T03:40:01Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Speaking of which, [Aretha Franklin just got engaged.](http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/aretha-franklin-gets-engaged-1.3424113) Anybody who chose Aretha this year was just not paying attention. ---
**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 3, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/522 "2012-01-03T03:42:59Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Let’s hope you don’t have to live with a shame similar to my Death Pool stigma: > > _“I lost my Death Pool virginity on Shelly Winters”_ You’re expecting sympathy? As I recall, I lost my Death Pool virginity to Yasser Arafat. ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/523 "2012-01-03T04:15:39Z")
1. Gene Simmons 2. Barry Gibb 3. Hugh Hefner 4. Pat Robertson 5. Dick Clark 6. Paul McCartney 7. Wanda Sykes 8. Elizabeth Hasselbeck 9. Rosie O’Donnell 10. Jack Nicholson 11. Dolly Parton 12. Susan Boyle 13. J.k. Rowling Alternates: Oprah Winfrey Simon Cowell Richard Simmons ---
**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 3, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/524 "2012-01-03T04:18:45Z")
Barry Gibb? Interesting choice. Why Barry and not Robin? Entries to the Deathpool closed on NYE, so you’ll have to play along at home and enter next year between Dec 1 and Dec 31 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/525 "2012-01-03T04:22:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You’re expecting sympathy? As I recall, I lost my Death Pool virginity to Yasser Arafat. I had hoped to lose mine with Patrick Swayze. Instead it was Michael Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/526 "2012-01-03T04:26:17Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Barry Gibb? Interesting choice. Why Barry and not Robin? > > Entries to the Deathpool closed on NYE, so you’ll have to play along at home and enter next year between Dec 1 and Dec 31 🙂 It just seems like it might be Barry’s time. I realize I’m late, I’d just like to play along for fun:p ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/527 "2012-01-03T04:29:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You’re expecting sympathy? As I recall, I lost my Death Pool virginity to Yasser Arafat. I think mine was Dudley Moore. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/528 "2012-01-03T04:52:41Z")
jim Huber, TV Sports Announcer on TNT. > [@](#): > > Longtime sportscaster Jim Huber died on Monday. He was 67. > > After waking up with a cough on Christmas, Huber was hospitalized and diagnosed with acute leukemia on Dec. 28. The Hubers and I have have a mutual friend. Damn, why didn’t he tell me? RIP Jim Huber ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/529 "2012-01-03T11:25:27Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Barry Gibb? Interesting choice. Why Barry and not Robin? > > Entries to the Deathpool closed on NYE, so you’ll have to play along at home and enter next year between Dec 1 and Dec 31 🙂 Sorry, I was tired. I knew I could come up with a better answer to your question… Barry Gibb has been “Stayin Alive” for a long time. His death will be a “Tragedy” ---
**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 3, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/530 "2012-01-03T12:06:12Z")
I’ve been playing DP for so long that I cannot remember who I lost my cherry too. Does that make me a Dead Pool slut? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/531 "2012-01-03T12:33:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Longtime sportscaster Jim Huber died on Monday. He was 67. > > After waking up with a cough on Christmas, Huber was hospitalized and diagnosed with acute leukemia on Dec. 28. Damn, I woke up with a cough today. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/532 "2012-01-03T12:53:16Z")
We’ll miss you. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/533 "2012-01-03T13:04:55Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I’ve noticed that Keith Richards and Stephen Hawkins are not getting the picks they usually do. Hmmm. Well, let’s see - they’re both English, in their late 60s and have lived WAAAAYYYY longer than anyone (including themselves) thought they would. You figure that Keith has just pre-embalmed himself via the copious amounts of recreational pharmaceuticals and alcohol he has consumed in his lifetime so no one will notice when he actually does cross over. As for Hawking, he probably has some kind of circuit in his chair that taps into the space-time continuum to create a time stasis bubble around him 🙂 Also, at some point their continuing to live in spite of their lifestyle/medical condition works against them (law of diminishing returns) as people head toward those that will give them more points 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/534 "2012-01-03T13:38:47Z")
I believe I lost mine to Mr. Levi-Strauss; I’d already been playing for two or three years at that point. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/535 "2012-01-03T13:39:52Z")
from last year’s thread, posted today: > [@The Celebrity Death Pool 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2672): > > [Don Mueller](http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/former-giants-star-don-mueller-dies-at-84-his-hit-helped-set-up-thomsons-famed-1951-homer/2011/12/30/gIQAEG9ZRP_story.html), whose single was part of the rally that culminated in Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard 'Round the World” three-run homer that gave the New York Giants the 1951 National League pennant, died on December 28 at the age of 84. Although the Giants lost the World Series that year, they captured the Fall Classic in 1954, capping a season in which Mueller led the majors with 212 hits. ---
**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 3, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/536 "2012-01-03T14:15:13Z")
Several time throughout the day I just _have_ to check the death pool to see who will win the opening kickoff award. I take consolation in just knowing I am not the only one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/537 "2012-01-03T14:39:04Z")
Well, could be a while. Sometimes the Opening Kickoff isn’t in January! ---
**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 3, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/538 "2012-01-03T15:24:35Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Well, could be a while. Sometimes the Opening Kickoff isn’t in January! I know! Etta James is breathin’ on her own now and no doubt plannin’ a comeback tour since I jumped on the bandwagon. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/539 "2012-01-03T16:30:23Z")
I think I lost my Death Pool Virginity to Morton Downey, Jr. ---
**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, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/540 "2012-01-03T16:32:34Z")
Two years ago, I was able to join the host of others who lost their cherries to Ted Kennedy. In the Death Pool, I mean. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=28)