# 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:** 52
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1021 "2012-02-24T07:53:52Z")
Hey **Cunctator** , did you see you and I singlehandedly saved the life of and boosted the recovery of [Ian “Molly” Meldrum](http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/recovering-meldrum-says-thanks-20120223-1tqho.html)? :rolleyes: _grumble_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1022 "2012-02-24T10:11:13Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > Hey **Cunctator** , did you see you and I singlehandedly saved the life of and boosted the recovery of [Ian “Molly” Meldrum](http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/recovering-meldrum-says-thanks-20120223-1tqho.html)? :rolleyes: > > _grumble_ **Captain Klutz** helped too! ---
**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 24, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1023 "2012-02-24T11:54:35Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > **Captain Klutz** helped too! What am I. chopped liver? I helped too! ---
**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 24, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1024 "2012-02-24T11:56:39Z")
Happy birthday Abe Vigoda. He turned one point less today. ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1025 "2012-02-25T07:24:57Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > Hey **Cunctator** , did you see you and I singlehandedly saved the life of and boosted the recovery of [Ian “Molly” Meldrum](http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/recovering-meldrum-says-thanks-20120223-1tqho.html)? :rolleyes: > > _grumble_ Alas I can’t claim any credit for this - I’m too busy single handedly keeping Jim Stynes alive… ---
**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 25, 2012, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1026 "2012-02-25T07:58:39Z")
> [@BACI](#): > > Alas I can’t claim any credit for this - I’m too busy single handedly keeping Jim Stynes alive… Hey, I’m right there with you, buddy. If I could keep Zsa Zsa alive in 2011 then dammit, I can see Jim through 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1027 "2012-02-25T11:28:56Z")
> [@BACI](#): > > Alas I can’t claim any credit for this - I’m too busy single handedly keeping Jim Stynes alive… You and eight others! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1028 "2012-02-25T12:51:51Z")
You ever play a pinball table, with [two flippers down at the bottom of the table](http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/25/pinball-pioneer-steve-kordek-dies-at-100/) opposite each other? you Have… Had this guy to thank 0 Points, either way, for the guy who invented SDTM. [spoiler] SDTM See: “Straight Down the Middle” Straight Down the Middle To lose a ball via the center drain because the ball was travelling so fast and/or in such a perfect line, that there is no way the player could have saved it, not even with a miracle slap save. Example: I told you not to shoot the center clock target in Twilight Zone with the Powerball. It sends the ball SDTM. [/spoiler] from : [http://www.funwithbonus.com/the-new-pinball-dictionary/](http://www.funwithbonus.com/the-new-pinball-dictionary/) ---
**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 25, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1029 "2012-02-25T12:53:22Z")
Did he croak? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1030 "2012-02-25T15:27:40Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Did he croak? No, Just Tilted ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1031 "2012-02-25T17:04:26Z")
Don’t count him out yet, he’s still got a chance to match for a free game! ---
**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 25, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1032 "2012-02-25T17:33:17Z")
[Daniel von Bargen shot himself in the temple the other day, but survived.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/police-man-who-played-georges-boss-on-seinfeld-shot-self-in-head-at-southwest-ohio-home/2012/02/23/gIQAdICRVR_story.html) He played one of George’s bosses on Seinfeld. “You have lost a lot of hair!” He also was the headmaster of the military school on Malcolm in the Middle. He has diabetes and has had one leg amputated and was about to go to the hospital to have his toes on the other foot amputated. ☹ ---
**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 25, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1033 "2012-02-25T18:02:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Daniel von Bargen shot himself in the temple the other day, but survived.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/police-man-who-played-georges-boss-on-seinfeld-shot-self-in-head-at-southwest-ohio-home/2012/02/23/gIQAdICRVR_story.html) Poor guy. What rotten luck. ---
**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 25, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1034 "2012-02-25T18:49:07Z")
He also played the sheriff who pursued George Clooney in _O Brother, Where Are You_. ---
**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 26, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1035 "2012-02-26T00:19:27Z")
The reports of Robin Gibbs miraculous recovery may have been premature. [Robin is back in the hospital.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2106293/Robin-Gibb-cancer-Bee-Gees-star-suffers-setback-treatment-enters-hospital.html) Hoora… um, how tragic! ---
**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 26, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1036 "2012-02-26T01:17:01Z")
Someone drop another TV on him? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1037 "2012-02-26T02:18:59Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The reports of Robin Gibbs miraculous recovery may have been premature. (nitpick) Gibb. 🙂 (/nitpick) ---
**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 26, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1038 "2012-02-26T02:26:37Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > (nitpick) Gibb. 🙂 (/nitpick) Wouldn’t it be **Gibb’s** in that post? ---
**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 26, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1039 "2012-02-26T02:55:16Z")
Bee Gees was “The Gibbs Brothers”. I was listening to Wagner. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1040 "2012-02-26T03:03:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Bee Gees was “The Gibbs Brothers”. > I was listening to Wagner. 🙂 No, they were “The Brothers Gibb”. Sheesh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=53)