# 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:** 41
**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 23, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/801 "2012-01-23T20:17:04Z")
Is there some benefit to having a themed list? Or does it just add to the general atmosphere of gaiety? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/802 "2012-01-23T20:28:01Z")
IIRC, there is a separate competition for the themed lists. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/803 "2012-01-24T05:09:56Z")
Really grim news about Gary Carter. [http://cnnsi.com/2012/writers/jeff\_pearlman/01/23/gary.carter/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp\_wr\_a5](http://cnnsi.com/2012/writers/jeff_pearlman/01/23/gary.carter/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_wr_a5) ---
**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 24, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/804 "2012-01-24T05:30:28Z")
Saddest of all, he’s not on my list. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/805 "2012-01-24T11:06:58Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Is there some benefit to having a themed list? Or does it just add to the general atmosphere of gaiety? There is an award for the most deaths in a themed list ---
**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 24, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/806 "2012-01-24T15:17:30Z")
> [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](#): > > Really grim news about Gary Carter. [cnnsi.com](http://cnnsi.com/2012/writers/jeff_pearlman/01/23/gary.carter/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_wr_a5) That article makes me feel guilty that he is on my list. ---
**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 24, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/807 "2012-01-24T15:45:57Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > That article makes me feel guilty that he is on my list. Trust me, you’ll get over it. Points is points. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/808 "2012-01-24T16:47:29Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > That article makes me feel guilty that he is on my list. Just like sporting wood, a Death Pool score has no conscience. ---
**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 24, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/809 "2012-01-24T21:23:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Trust me, you’ll get over it. > Points is points. > 🙂 Three correct picks in one year will help ease my pain. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/810 "2012-01-25T09:58:17Z")
Actor James Farentino [dead at 73](http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/24/10229483-final-countdown-actor-farentino-dies-at-age-73) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/811 "2012-01-25T17:36:26Z")
Watching the State of the Union, they showed Justice Ginsburg, my 1st though,“She looks awful.” Then I thought,.“Yeah, I’m a bastard.” ---
**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 25, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/812 "2012-01-25T18:22:29Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Watching the State of the Union, they showed Justice Ginsburg, my 1st though,“She looks awful.” Then I thought,.“Yeah, I’m a bastard.” Hey, she’s on my list. Here’s hoping. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/813 "2012-01-25T18:38:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Hey, she’s on my list. Here’s hoping. Mine too! Thought I had a unique pick. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/814 "2012-01-25T19:15:33Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Mine too! Thought I had a unique pick. ☹ Not even close!😃 Eleven people have her. ---
**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 25, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/815 "2012-01-25T19:44:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Actor James Farentino, whose television acting career began in the early 1960s, died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, according to a hospital spokeswoman. He was 73. [http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/25/showbiz/james-farentino-obit/index.html?hpt=hp\_t3](http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/25/showbiz/james-farentino-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t3) I bet no one had him. ---
**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 25, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/816 "2012-01-25T22:43:07Z")
[Nicol Williamson](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=nicol-williamson&pid=155636832) that find Little John, dead at 75 ---
**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 25, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/817 "2012-01-25T23:21:09Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > [Nicol Williamson](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=nicol-williamson&pid=155636832) that find Little John, dead at 75 A dream to some. A nightmare to others. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/818 "2012-01-25T23:29:02Z")
Woot! I mean, ☹ [Dick Tufeld](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dick-tufeld-20120125,0,7332046.story), voice of the robot in Lost in Space, passed Sunday at 85 Not sure if anyone besides me had him. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/819 "2012-01-25T23:44:26Z")
A unique pick for Labtrash! ---
**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 26, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/820 "2012-01-26T03:37:05Z")
Well, now the universe is just fucking with us: [Robin Gibb Making ‘Spectacular’ Progress](http://www.contactmusic.com/news/robin-gibb-making-spectacular-progress_1285784) > [@](#): > > Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb says he has almost recovered from liver cancer and his doctor is happy with his ‘‘spectacular’’ test results. > > … > > He explained to the Daily Mail newspaper: “I’ve had a scare. But now I’m happy to say I’m nearly better. For more than 18 months, I have lived with an inflammation of the colon; then I was diagnosed with colon cancer, which spread to the liver. I have undergone chemotherapy, however, and the results, to quote my doctor, have been ‘spectacular’. It’s taken a toll but the strange thing is that I’ve never felt seriously ill.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=42)