# 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:** 43
**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 27, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/841 "2012-01-27T01:22:23Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Preliminary Cause of Death: > > Rubber Hose in the Nose, Signed Epstein’s Mother. That is so wrong. I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/842 "2012-01-27T01:28:01Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > That is so wrong. > > I laughed. So did I! :o ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/843 "2012-01-27T01:34:49Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > That is so wrong. I humbly apologize to the thread.:eek: > [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I laughed. I’m glad. 😃 ---
**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 27, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/844 "2012-01-27T04:02:19Z")
> [@sco3tt](#): > > [Mr. Kotter got a note from Epstein’s coroner](http://theclicker.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/26/10245327-actor-who-played-kotters-epstein-dies). And Marcia Strassman is still alive. ---
**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 27, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/845 "2012-01-27T14:49:21Z")
With Hegyes can I get extra credit for having a celebrity living and dying just a few miles away without me ever knowing he was there? I would then also get points retroactively for Dudley Moore. ---
**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 27, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/846 "2012-01-27T15:31:33Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > With Hegyes can I get extra credit for having a celebrity living and dying just a few miles away without me ever knowing he was there? > > I would then also get points retroactively for Dudley Moore. Extra credit? No. Extra suspicion maybe. ---
**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 27, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/847 "2012-01-27T15:56:41Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Extra credit? No. > > Extra suspicion maybe. I’m innocent. He wasn’t on my list. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/848 "2012-01-28T01:10:39Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Preliminary Cause of Death: > > Rubber Hose in the Nose, Signed Epstein’s Mother. In a thread that consistently has the best posts in all of the Straight Dope, I’m suspecting this one will be remembered. (we need a dead pool funny line award, through popular vote.) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/849 "2012-01-28T02:46:33Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > In a thread that consistently has the best posts in all of the Straight Dope, I’m suspecting this one will be remembered. (we need a dead pool funny line award, through popular vote.) This might be better than an Oscar Nomination. Considering the competition. I am humbled.:o ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/850 "2012-01-28T05:35:48Z")
_Seinfeld_’s Mr. Pitt is dead, [Ian Abercrombie dead at age 77](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ian-abercrombie-elaine-s-boss-285386). He was Professor Crumbs on _Wizards of Waverly Place_ I hope Elaine was able to find him the right socks. Former Georgia Tech Basketball Coach [Bobby Cremins](http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/jan/27/source-cremins-take-leave-absence/) is taking a medical leave of absence from his current coaching job at College of Charleston. ---
**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 28, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/851 "2012-01-28T16:05:27Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > _Seinfeld_’s Mr. Pitt is dead, [Ian Abercrombie dead at age 77](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ian-abercrombie-elaine-s-boss-285386). I thought he was in his 70’s during Seinfeld. Wow, he looked old. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/852 "2012-01-28T17:10:53Z")
No points yet, but I’ve got big money that Lindsey Lohan kicks the bucket before the year is out! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/853 "2012-01-28T20:13:18Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > No points yet, but I’ve got big money that Lindsey Lohan kicks the bucket before the year is out! She’s not twenty-seven yet. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/854 "2012-01-29T04:03:01Z")
[Kevin White](http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/01/former-mayor-kevin-hagan-white-dies/oSJ3m6JlbwXLQOg4UbUMaM/index.html), who served as mayor of Boston from 1968 to 1984, has died at the age of 82. In 1972, White was briefly considered as a running mate by Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/855 "2012-01-29T04:54:51Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > No points yet, but I’ve got big money that Lindsey Lohan kicks the bucket before the year is out! My money’s on Pop Lohan instead. Admitted to the hospital for chest pains today! Hope springs eternal! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/856 "2012-01-29T07:27:31Z")
Looking at the lists, my observations: Me, & a SHIITES # of us, are rooting for: Justice Ginsburg Maggie Thatcher Abe Vigoda The Dicks (Clark & Cheney) My Unique picks Chuck Bednarik Sun Young Moon (?) ALMOST unique picks (1 other Doper) Jacques Chirac Harper Lee John Paul Stevens (2) ---
**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 29, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/857 "2012-01-29T14:28:22Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Sun Young Moon (?) [Sun Myung Moon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Myung_Moon) ---
**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 29, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/858 "2012-01-29T16:16:01Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Sun Myung Moon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Myung_Moon) I used to live right by one of his churches in Adams Morgan in DC. I wouldn’t be weeping at his funeral. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/859 "2012-01-30T03:18:24Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I used to live right by one of his churches in Adams Morgan in DC. I wouldn’t be weeping at his funeral. You’re a Death Pooler - you celebrate the dead and bemoan the living (especially when she’s STILL hopping around on one leg!) 😃 ---
**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 30, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/860 "2012-01-30T03:54:18Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > You’re a Death Pooler - you celebrate the dead and bemoan the living (especially when she’s STILL hopping around on one leg!) 😃 > [@NurseCarmen](#): > > In a thread that consistently has the best posts in all of the Straight Dope, I’m suspecting this one will be remembered. (we need a dead pool funny line award, through popular vote.) Yeah, why no love for my claim to partial points for amputations? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=44)