# 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:** 48
**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:** [February 11, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/941 "2012-02-11T03:19:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow was killed Friday when he lost control of his car on a snowy road after promoting his latest book in northern Michigan. He was 53. > > Zaslow, co-author of the million-selling book “The Last Lecture,” was also a former columnist for The Wall Street Journal and former advice columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. Zaslow, who had an affinity for stories of heroism and resilience, worked on memoirs of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and airline pilot Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. [Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More](http://news.yahoo.com/detroit-area-author-zaslow-killed-car-accident-003711889.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/942 "2012-02-11T08:28:32Z")
Oh, I’m so sorry. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2012, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/943 "2012-02-11T10:09:49Z")
[No evidence Kim Jong-Un is Dead](http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/10/no-evidence-north-korean-leader-is-dead/) - well, yeah, sure, but there’s no evidence that he’s \*not \*not dead either, right? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/944 "2012-02-11T10:49:40Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > [No evidence Kim Jong-Un is Dead](http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/10/no-evidence-north-korean-leader-is-dead/) - well, yeah, sure, but there’s no evidence that he’s \*not \*not dead either, right? Well I thought you were talking about his old man. Are we certain he is dead? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/945 "2012-02-12T01:05:50Z")
CBC Radio is reporting that Whitney Houston is dead. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/946 "2012-02-12T01:08:04Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > CBC Radio is reporting that Whitney Houston is dead. AP is reporting that also: [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5im2K2XXLlbUkbTob5csuNcRdg-RQ?docId=0eddb019206a4ad19c15c120c2c17762](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5im2K2XXLlbUkbTob5csuNcRdg-RQ?docId=0eddb019206a4ad19c15c120c2c17762) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/947 "2012-02-12T01:09:27Z")
Wow. I should not be surprised, but I am. Sad. What a stupid waste. I didn’t have her. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/948 "2012-02-12T01:10:57Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > AP is reporting that also: > > [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5im2K2XXLlbUkbTob5csuNcRdg-RQ?docId=0eddb019206a4ad19c15c120c2c17762](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5im2K2XXLlbUkbTob5csuNcRdg-RQ?docId=0eddb019206a4ad19c15c120c2c17762) It’s Breaking News on Yahoo as well. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/949 "2012-02-12T01:19:52Z")
52 points. Anyone get 'em? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/950 "2012-02-12T01:20:50Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > It’s Breaking News on Yahoo as well. And CNN. A facebook friend was statusing, asking, and then right above, my local NBC affiiliate had it as breaking news, so I copy pasted it to him. Interesting times, when news can go that, zig zaggy. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/951 "2012-02-12T01:23:59Z")
Houston we have a problem. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/952 "2012-02-12T01:43:50Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Houston we have a problem. _golf clap_ well played. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/953 "2012-02-12T01:50:38Z")
pohjonen and 5 time champ had her. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/954 "2012-02-12T01:53:34Z")
Waiting to Inhale? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/955 "2012-02-12T02:07:18Z")
All those with at least 50 points: zoog 86 5 time champ 79 42fish 70 CAMJAY77 55 Captain Lance Murdoch 55 GIGObuster 55 phungi 55 Registered at Last 55 pohjonen 52 ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/956 "2012-02-12T02:11:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > 52 points. Anyone get 'em? Not I, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/957 "2012-02-12T02:36:06Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > What a stupid waste. I know. She overshot the 27 Club by 21 years. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/958 "2012-02-12T02:39:01Z")
With the Grammys tomorrow, I bet someone’s stuck working overtime to throw together a tribute of some sort. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/959 "2012-02-12T02:44:53Z")
Damn damn damn. That’s a lot of points. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/960 "2012-02-12T02:47:28Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I know. She overshot the 27 Club by 21 years. Plus I didn’t have her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=49)