# 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:** 54
**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 29, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1061 "2012-02-29T18:23:54Z")
[Monkees star Davy Jones dies at age 66.](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/02/monkees-star-davy-jones-dies-at-age-66/1#.T05tA4ePV2A) ---
**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 29, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1062 "2012-02-29T18:31:53Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > [Monkees star Davy Jones dies at age 66.](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/02/monkees-star-davy-jones-dies-at-age-66/1#.T05tA4ePV2A) Yes, we’ve heard. ---
**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, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1063 "2012-02-29T18:36:46Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yes, we’ve heard. Yeah, but nobody had provided the link to an official source yet. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1064 "2012-02-29T18:42:19Z")
So, burial at sea? ---
**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 29, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1065 "2012-02-29T18:42:26Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > [Monkees star Davy Jones dies at age 66.](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/02/monkees-star-davy-jones-dies-at-age-66/1#.T05tA4ePV2A) See #1055. You were beaten by 12 minutes. 🙂 ---
**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 29, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1066 "2012-02-29T18:44:33Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > So, burial at sea? This weekend. It will be a _Pleasant Valley Sunday._ The body will be moved via train, probably the _Last Train to Clarksville_. ---
**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, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1067 "2012-02-29T19:21:55Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > This weekend. It will be a _Pleasant Valley Sunday._ The body will be moved via train, probably the _Last Train to Clarksville_. You’re still behind on the jokes. ---
**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 29, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1068 "2012-02-29T19:36:41Z")
Hey hey were decompsing ---
**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:** [February 29, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1069 "2012-02-29T19:47:38Z")
Well, the lines “Here we come/Walking down the street” just got a lot creepier. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1070 "2012-02-29T19:53:07Z")
Wow. I remember seeing them shoot a scene from The Monkees back in the day when our family got a behind-the-scenes tour of Universal Studio from my then brother-in-law. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1071 "2012-02-29T19:59:42Z")
Raven Alexis appears to be in remission or faking brain cancer ([Audio from Sirius XM interview](http://www.siriusxm.com/howardweb/mp3/02292.mp3)) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1072 "2012-02-29T20:10:19Z")
According to [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/story/2012-02-29/obit-monkees-singer-davy-jones/53304196/1), besides Davy Jones, the Monkees “also included Peter Tosh, Micky Dolenz and Mike Nesmith.” I’d have liked to have seen that, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1073 "2012-02-29T20:18:56Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > According to [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/story/2012-02-29/obit-monkees-singer-davy-jones/53304196/1), besides Davy Jones, the Monkees “also included Peter Tosh, Micky Dolenz and Mike Nesmith.” I’d have liked to have seen that, actually. Is this some kind of a whoosh? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1074 "2012-02-29T20:27:32Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Is this some kind of a whoosh? It says Peter Tosh, not Peter Tork. “Hey, mon, we’re the Monkees!” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1075 "2012-02-29T20:28:42Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Is this some kind of a whoosh? No, I see they’ve fixed it now. But I swear that’s what it said. Shoulda taken a screen shot. Anyway, I really liked Davy Jones, so now I’m a bereaver. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1076 "2012-02-29T20:29:37Z")
Marcia Brady must be really upset today. ---
**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 29, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1077 "2012-02-29T20:34:36Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Raven Alexis appears to be in remission or faking brain cancer ([Audio from Sirius XM interview](http://www.siriusxm.com/howardweb/mp3/02292.mp3)) Thank god. I am so happy for her. That’s one bandwagon I didn’t jump on. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1078 "2012-02-29T20:59:54Z")
My favorite joke so far is: _Then I saw his corpse. Now I’m a bereaver!_ ---
**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:** [February 29, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1079 "2012-02-29T21:04:32Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Marcia Brady must be really upset today. It’s always about Marcia, isn’t it? Marcia, Marcia, Marcia. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1080 "2012-02-29T21:07:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s always about Marcia, isn’t it? Marcia, Marcia, Marcia. I was going to put Davey Jones on my 2012 Dead Pool, but something suddenly came up… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=55)