# 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:** 53
**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, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1041 "2012-02-26T06:24:04Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Wouldn’t it be **Gibb’s** in that post? Indeed. Sorry for the nitpick, but my last name is Gibbs. There have been too many questions about being related to the Bee Gees. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1042 "2012-02-26T06:50:45Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Someone drop another TV on him? I was at work this time. And there are witnesses. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1043 "2012-02-26T07:31:27Z")
Actually I’d like for him to live. His death would mean a lot of work for me, as more people have him in the Pool than any other celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1044 "2012-02-26T07:56:09Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > No, they were “The Brothers Gibb”. Sheesh. A nitpick - the Bee Gees name is not from the Brothers Gibb; > [@](#): > > First called the Rattlesnakes, later Wee Johnny Hayes & the Bluecats, they were introduced to radio DJ Bill Gates by racetrack promoter Bill Goode (who saw them perform at Brisbane’s Speedway Circuit). Gates renamed them the “Bee Gees” after his and Goode’s initials – thus the name was not specifically a reference to “Brothers Gibb”, despite popular belief. 🙂 ---
**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, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1045 "2012-02-26T13:20:12Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > A nitpick - the Bee Gees name is not from the Brothers Gibb; 🙂 I sit corrected. 🙂 ---
**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, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1046 "2012-02-26T13:56:36Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > I was at work this time. And there are witnesses. > > Just sayin’. Ok for now, but don’t leave town. We may have more questions for you. ---
**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, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1047 "2012-02-26T14:42:47Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I sit corrected. 🙂 You’re more cute at it than I. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quarter\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c68b51/32.png) [@Quarter\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Lane)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1048 "2012-02-27T11:24:33Z")
So, one of my picks has had an assassination plot against him go up in smoke (literally). [Vladimir Putin plot foiled](http://news.yahoo.com/report-russia-ukraine-foiled-plot-kill-putin-081735782.html). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1049 "2012-02-27T15:34:45Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > Indeed. Sorry for the nitpick, but my last name is Gibbs. There have been too many questions about being related to the Bee Gees. 🙂 Do you do headslaps? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1050 "2012-02-27T18:56:41Z")
Jan Berenstain, who with her husband, Stan, wrote and illustrated the Berenstain Bears books that have charmed preschoolers and their parents for 50 years, has died. She was 88. Source - NPR ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1051 "2012-02-27T19:01:43Z")
“This is what you must not do. Let this be a lesson to you.” ---
**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 27, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1052 "2012-02-27T19:35:55Z")
Dammit, **Tom** , I was fixin’ to shed a tear over here and now it’s ruined! ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1053 "2012-02-27T21:14:58Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Jan Berenstain, who with her husband, Stan, wrote and illustrated the Berenstain Bears books that have charmed preschoolers and their parents for 50 years, has died. She was 88. > > Source - NPR Source link [SFGate](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/02/27/national/a081917S35.DTL&tsp=1) ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1054 "2012-02-28T02:12:08Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > “This is what you must not do. Let this be a lesson to you.” To bad Ma didn’t take that advice to heart… I mean, their ACTUAL names were brother and sister. Really? Pilot Inspektor looks light years better, all of a sudden. ---
**Author:** ![poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poker_in_the_rear)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1055 "2012-02-29T18:06:41Z")
Davey Jones is no more. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1056 "2012-02-29T18:11:51Z")
> [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](#): > > Davey Jones is no more. Did he take his last train to Clarksville? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1057 "2012-02-29T18:16:37Z")
> [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](#): > > Davey Jones is no more. He’s gone to his locker? Brian ---
**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 29, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1058 "2012-02-29T18:17:02Z")
_Hey-hey, he’s a carcass!_ ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1059 "2012-02-29T18:20:38Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > _Hey-hey, he’s a carcass!_ I am on the express to hell…I laughed like crazy when I read that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1060 "2012-02-29T18:23:00Z")
> [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](#): > > Davey Jones is no more. Holy Cow! And how many here though Peter Tork was going to be the first Monkee down? Edit: Ok, looks like at least 4 of you (I see 4 lists with PT, and none with DJ) 🙂 Now how many thought Peter would be first but just didn’t put him on your list? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=54)