# 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:** 49
**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:** [February 12, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/961 "2012-02-12T03:05:39Z")
[TMZ has a picture of her taken Thursday night at a party and she looked like shit.](http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/11/whitney-houston-dead/#.Tzcrxk5mJDs) Well, not that bad, but she looked drugged to the gills. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/962 "2012-02-12T04:35:09Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Damn damn damn. That’s a lot of points. So glad I can say that here. Now whenever a celeb dies my thought is, “Who had him/her in the death pool?” ---
**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, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/963 "2012-02-12T05:10:50Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > _golf clap_ well played. We definitely need a slow clap smilie, if only for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/964 "2012-02-12T15:25:49Z")
[Charlie Spoonhour](http://www.stltoday.com/sports/charlie-spoonhour-dies-brought-spoonball-to-slu/article_99a81026-4cf3-11e1-8b1a-0019bb30f31a.html), who won nearly 400 games as a major-college basketball coach, died earlier this month at the age of 72. Spoonhour first gained fame at Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State) before moving on to St. Louis University and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/965 "2012-02-12T21:45:41Z")
> [@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? Damn! If he turns out to actually be dead, that would more than make up for me not having Whitney! ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/966 "2012-02-12T22:01:46Z")
Unprecedented! I learned about the death of [David Kelly](http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0212/kellyd.html) from another thread. I don’t think it’s been mentioned in here yet. I considered him for my 2012 list after watching Fawlty Towers, but decided on a bunch of healthy bastards instead. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/967 "2012-02-12T22:16:19Z")
> [@lel](#): > > So glad I can say that here. Now whenever a celeb dies my thought is, “Who had him/her in the death pool?” ## I know. My first reaction was “Some s.o.b. is gonna score 52 points, dammit!” ---
**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:** [February 13, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/968 "2012-02-13T01:38:05Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I know. She overshot the 27 Club by 21 years. No shit. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/969 "2012-02-13T14:16:35Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > _golf clap_ well played. I said that in a friends facebook thread, his status asking if she had died. It turned into a 3 way instant message as the events first broke online. We were debating [at the time] if it was rumor or fact. The third person was trying to determine the validity; “[How will I know?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Will_I_Know)” The first person, who took it the hardest, later responded; “[It’s not right, but it’s Ok](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Not_Right_But_It%27s_Okay)” … 😃 I later found out that a few newspapers had used my line Houston/Problem to discuss her history in rehab. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/970 "2012-02-13T14:25:57Z")
This Just In : **Whitney Houston beats Bobby Brown to Death!** Yeah, this joke takes a beat to get. Groans abound after. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/971 "2012-02-13T14:26:05Z")
I heard someone remark that Michael Jackson had been the King of Pop, and now Whitney, the Queen of Pop, has died… I’m writing Prince down as a hot prospect for next year’s game! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/972 "2012-02-13T20:46:54Z")
No, save him for '15, since there was a 3 year gap 'tween King and Queen ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/973 "2012-02-13T22:44:20Z")
[Jill Kinmont Boothe](http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-me-0211-jill-kinmont-boothe-20120211,0,6377665.story), the skier whose life after a crippling injury was the basis for the film _The Other Side of the Mountain_, has died at the age of 75. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/974 "2012-02-13T22:52:05Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Jill Kinmont Boothe](http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-me-0211-jill-kinmont-boothe-20120211,0,6377665.story), the skier whose life after a crippling injury was the basis for the film _The Other Side of the Mountain_, has died at the age of 75. _reads article_ Wow. What an amazing woman. I salute her at her passing. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/975 "2012-02-13T23:06:08Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I heard someone remark that Michael Jackson had been the King of Pop, and now Whitney, the Queen of Pop, has died… I’m writing Prince down as a hot prospect for next year’s game! An odd (well, it struck me as odd) factoid about celebrity mortality: arrange these celebs by their age at passing: Whitney Elvis Michael Jackson Answer: Michael Jackson: 50, Whitney: 48, Elvis: 42. I somehow picture Elvis as having being much older, more of a has-been, longer removed from his first fame. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/976 "2012-02-14T02:06:33Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Jill Kinmont Boothe](http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-me-0211-jill-kinmont-boothe-20120211,0,6377665.story), the skier whose life after a crippling injury was the basis for the film _The Other Side of the Mountain_, has died at the age of 75. If she’s who I think she is, she is the 1st victim of the “SI cover jinx”. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/977 "2012-02-14T03:50:12Z")
[Freddie Solomon](http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7572678/freddie-solomon-former-miami-dolphins-san-francisco-49ers-receiver-dies), the former Miami Dolphins and 49ers wide receiver who became known as “Fabulous Freddie” and committed himself to community service for decades, died Monday. He was 59. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/978 "2012-02-14T04:32:29Z")
Doing some googling, Jill Boothe was a “SI cover jinx” victim. This thread was the 4th result. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/979 "2012-02-15T13:09:11Z")
[John Severin](http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/14/john-severin-artist-death-cracked-western-war-comics/) artist for Marvel, Mad, and Cracked with a 60 year career dead at 90. ---
**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 16, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/980 "2012-02-16T21:06:45Z")
Did anyone have [Neil Hope](http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/degrassi-star-neil-wheels-hope-reported-dead-five-185800562.html), “Wheels” from DeGrassi High … in the 2007 Death Pool? It seems he died Nov. 25, 2007 and no one (in the media) noticed until now. So, did anyone have him in the 2007 death pool? In any pool since and need to use an alternate? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=50)