# 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:** 33
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/641 "2012-01-13T17:35:46Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > How can you be “glass half full” when it is a death pool. I want my Death Pool Cup to runneth over. At some point that means it has to be half full. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/642 "2012-01-13T17:35:47Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > How can you be “glass half full” when it is a death pool. “Glass Full Of Death” would be a good name for a heavy metal band. ---
**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 13, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/643 "2012-01-13T22:13:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Ex-presidential candidate John Edwards has a life-threatening heart condition that will require surgery next month, his doctor told a judge presiding over Edwards’ upcoming court case over possible campaign violations. > > A cardiologist for the 58-year-old ex-North Carolina senator wrote two letters about his condition to Judge Catherine Eagles, who talked about them Friday during a hearing to consider whether the trial would go on later this month. She delayed it until at least March 26. [HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/john-edwards-trial-delay_n_1204150.html) I’m guessing no one has him. ---
**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 13, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/644 "2012-01-13T22:24:03Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Sharing the “Opening Kickoff Award” are 42fish, Captain Lance Murdoch, phungi, GIGObuster, Registered at Last, and CAMJAY77. Congrats ! :::::::::::::sobs :::::::::::::::: ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/645 "2012-01-13T23:23:38Z")
Former ABC and CBS correspondent [Richard Threlkeld](http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/newsman-richard-threlkeld-dies-in-car-accident/article_f082269f-9849-5a37-9652-45d9e490f24c.html)dies following a car accident. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/646 "2012-01-13T23:23:51Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/john-edwards-trial-delay_n_1204150.html) > > I’m guessing no one has him. There you would be wrong, three players have him! ---
**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 14, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/647 "2012-01-14T00:33:48Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > :::::::::::::sobs :::::::::::::::: Hey, it’s not like you could do worse than last year. 🙂 This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 1 seconds. ---
**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 14, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/648 "2012-01-14T01:40:17Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [HuffPost - Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment & Opinion](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/13/john-edwards-trial-delay_n_1204150.html) > > I’m guessing no one has him. I have my suspicions about any claims of serious health issues from anybody facing legal problems. That’s why I didn’t pick Joe Paterno. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/649 "2012-01-14T01:51:40Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That’s why I didn’t pick Joe Paterno. [Speaking of which](http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7459622/penn-state-nittany-lions-joe-paterno-back-hospital-observation-family-says). ---
**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 14, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/650 "2012-01-14T03:07:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman was struck by a car while riding a bicycle Friday in Islamorada, Florida, the state highway patrol said. The 81-year-old, who was not wearing a helmet, was transported to Ryder Trauma Center in Miami with “serious” injuries, according to the highway patrol. Hackman was thrown from his bike when a Toyota Tundra pickup struck his rear tire, according to the highway patrol. Alcohol did not play a factor in the crash. Susan Madore, Hackman’s publicist, downplayed the incident, saying, “Gene’s fine. … Just a few bumps and bruises. He is already on his way home.” [http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/13/showbiz/hackman-accident/index.html?hpt=hp\_t3](http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/13/showbiz/hackman-accident/index.html?hpt=hp_t3) ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/651 "2012-01-14T11:28:14Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/13/showbiz/hackman-accident/index.html?hpt=hp\_t3](http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/13/showbiz/hackman-accident/index.html?hpt=hp_t3) An 81-year-old taken to the trauma center with “serious” injuries is suddenly “fine” with “just a few bumps and bruises.” :rolleyes: If I had known he was that old, I’d be gleefully rubbing my hands together in anticipation of points. As it is, I hope he really is fine because bike accidents are terrible things. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/652 "2012-01-14T17:40:47Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Butcher and Stirling posted here? When did I miss that? Stirling posts under the name [joatsimeon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). Most recently just last month in a [thread on book covers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=635393). (A topic about which many of the authors I know feel strongly about. Not always in the same way.) I can’t remember what Butcher’s id was, but he showed up either right before or when Changes came out. Well, that is the one time I have seen him posting, he may have done so other times I missed. ---
**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 16, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/653 "2012-01-16T19:57:54Z")
[Lord, I hope so…](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2087328/Venezuelan-president-Hugo-Chavez-given-year-live.html?ITO=1490) Er, I mean, how tragic. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/654 "2012-01-16T21:43:20Z")
Well, I’d rather have Chavez pass than Robin Gibb. The former has only 25 picks, while the latter has 72. 42fish and CAMJAY would share the lead, as they each also picked Janklow. ---
**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 16, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/655 "2012-01-16T22:00:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Lord, I hope so…](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2087328/Venezuelan-president-Hugo-Chavez-given-year-live.html?ITO=1490) > > Er, I mean, how tragic. The Daily Fail… Besides the serious breach of confidentiality I would say this is a rehash of the previous second hand rumors. I still think he will not make it to old age (I will expect him to lose some serious weight so then I will put him in my list for the next year when that takes place) but this once again strikes me as wishful thinking from a very unreliable right wing source. ---
**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 17, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/656 "2012-01-17T13:42:49Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > but this once again strikes me as wishful thinking from a very unreliable right wing source. Points is points. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/657 "2012-01-18T14:46:06Z")
If you can’t be famous, at least be comical: [OUCH](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2012%2F01%2F13%2Fstate%2Fn051300S24.DTL) ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/658 "2012-01-18T22:59:19Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > If you can’t be famous, at least be comical: > > [OUCH](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2012%2F01%2F13%2Fstate%2Fn051300S24.DTL) Ah, the classic “Fargo” way out. ---
**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 19, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/659 "2012-01-19T04:18:49Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > If you can’t be famous, at least be comical: > > [OUCH](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2012%2F01%2F13%2Fstate%2Fn051300S24.DTL) He must have been a good worker, staying ahead of his work. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/660 "2012-01-19T04:41:14Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > He must have been a good worker, staying ahead of his work. oooh. :dubious: I’ll save you a seat in Hell for that one, **Duckster**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=34)