# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/541 "2012-01-03T16:34:47Z")
I think my de-cherrier was Warren Zevon. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/542 "2012-01-03T16:38:51Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I think my de-cherrier was Warren Zevon. I’ll trade you! I had Luciano Pavarotti. ---
**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, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/543 "2012-01-03T19:09:01Z")
Czech dissident, celebrated author [Josef Skvorecky](http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/1109789--czech-dissident-celebrated-author-josef-skvorecky-dies-in-toronto) dies in Toronto, Age 87. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/544 "2012-01-03T19:12:13Z")
None of the deaders so far are selected celebrities. Last year the opening Kickoff was on 1/4. _Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow, you’re only a day away!_ ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/545 "2012-01-03T23:06:25Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > None of the deaders so far are selected celebrities. Last year the opening Kickoff was on 1/4. > > _Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow, you’re only a day away!_ So are any records available of the latest first death on the list? ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/546 "2012-01-03T23:25:08Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > So are any records available of the latest first death on the list? The record was set in 2000. No one scored until Feb. 12. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/547 "2012-01-03T23:30:28Z")
This is a clip from a post by amarone in the 2011 thread. None of these years are as late as the post above, but 2010 was into the third week. 2006: Jan 6 2007 - 9: all Jan 2 2010: Jan 21 ---
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/548 "2012-01-03T23:58:25Z")
If nobody dies by tomorrow, I quit. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/549 "2012-01-04T00:13:18Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > If nobody dies by tomorrow, I quit. Can I haz your list? ---
**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 4, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/550 "2012-01-04T00:52:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Can I haz your list? I can haz death pool? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/551 "2012-01-04T00:58:01Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 2010 was into the third week. > > 2010: Jan 21 2010 was Paul Quarringtion, who got my cherry (it was a unique pick to boot!). (thus combining two “when will the kick-off happen?” sub-threads) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/552 "2012-01-04T04:06:10Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > The record was set in 2000. No one scored until Feb. 12. Thanky, thanky. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/553 "2012-01-04T16:07:21Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > _Snerk!_ “Keeps the game alive” 😃 Thank Ghu somebody said something. I was thinking I had lost my bad pun abilities. > [@anyrose](#): > > I think his rehab is working - at least he was at Time Square instead of broadcasting from home. And don’t forget - Patricia Neal had a long post-stroke career. But was that after having a really long pre-stroke career? The man was hosting shows when my parents were in high school, and my dad turned 70 last year. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/554 "2012-01-04T23:05:34Z")
Okay, for me it’s my _JOB_, but tell me I’m not the only one checking in here several times a day, wondering if the first picked celebrity has passed away. I think it would be great if the first one to go was a unique pick. Less work for me, and the glow of a first place lead for the chooser, however temporary that lead might be. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/555 "2012-01-04T23:07:20Z")
I would so like to make you happy, Death Mistress. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/556 "2012-01-04T23:10:29Z")
_cue Men at Work_ Who could it _BEEEE_ now?! ---
**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 5, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/557 "2012-01-05T00:14:39Z")
I don’t have any unique picks, so I’m good with the opening kickoff award being shared. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/558 "2012-01-05T01:01:42Z")
I feel a little guilty and wonder if I’ll go to Hell…:dubious:. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/559 "2012-01-05T01:15:59Z")
I seriously doubt anyone had him, because he’s really famous (infamous?) in Kentucky… Perennial Gubernatorial candidate, hemp/marijuana legalization advocate and all around nice guy [Gatewood Galbraith](http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120104/NEWS01/301040088/gatewood-galbraith-dead?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CHome%7Cp), age 64. I was fortunate enough to meet him a few times, and he had the most infectious personality. He really could have turned Kentucky on its’ ear. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/560 "2012-01-05T01:40:54Z")
[Gene Bartow](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-gene-bartow-20120104,0,4837089.story), who spent two seasons as the immediate successor to legendary UCLA men’s basketball coach John Wooden, has died at the age of 81. Bartow had taken Memphis State to the 1973 national championship game, which he lost to Wooden, two years before replacing the “Wizard of Westwood”. After leaving UCLA under pressure despite a Final Four appearance and an overall 52-9 record, Bartow started the basketball program at Alabama-Birmingham, where he coached the Blazers from 1977 to '96. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=29)