# The Celebrity Death Pool 2012

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679>\
**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:** 55

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**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, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1081 "2012-02-29T21:07:47Z")

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> [@phungi](#):
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> Raven Alexis appears to be in remission or faking brain cancer ([Audio from Sirius XM interview](http://www.siriusxm.com/howardweb/mp3/02292.mp3))

The Howard 100 News reported this? That’s slightly less credible than USA Today reporting Peter Tosh was a Monkee.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1082 "2012-02-29T21:48:10Z")

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> [@phungi](#):
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> Raven Alexis appears to be in remission or faking brain cancer ([Audio from Sirius XM interview](http://www.siriusxm.com/howardweb/mp3/02292.mp3))

Bitch!

Where am I going, and why am I in this handbasket?

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**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 29, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1083 "2012-02-29T21:57:54Z")

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> [@N9IWP](#):
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> He’s gone to his locker?
> 
> Brian

I was waiting for that joke to be played.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1084 "2012-02-29T23:13:14Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> _Hey-hey, he’s a carcass!_

:mad: too soon! 😛  
😉

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**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 29, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1085 "2012-02-29T23:19:11Z")

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Which Monkee was Davy Jones? Now I remember, he’s the dead one.

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**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 29, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1086 "2012-02-29T23:20:41Z")

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> [@Duckster](#):
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> This weekend. It will be a _Pleasant Valley Sunday._ The body will be moved via train, probably the _Last Train to Clarksville_.

Wouldn’t it be “The Last Train to Karksville”?

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**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, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1087 "2012-02-29T23:22:30Z")

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Take the last train to corpseville…

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**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1088 "2012-03-01T00:38:29Z")

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I’m a bereaver!

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**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:** [March 1, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1089 "2012-03-01T02:13:09Z")

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Raven Alexis. My ace in the hole. Who’d have thought a porn star would turn out to be dishonest. My whole world-view has been shaken!

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1090 "2012-03-01T02:28:34Z")

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Wow, if Alexis did fake cancer she is one hell of a loathsome person!

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**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:** [March 1, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1091 "2012-03-01T02:31:01Z")

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> [@Uncle\_Goat](#):
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> Which Monkee was Davy Jones? Now I remember, he’s the dead one.

He was the one with the locker.

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1092 "2012-03-01T03:09:22Z")

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> [@SpazCat](#):
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> I was waiting for that joke to be played.

Weren’t we all ?

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**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:** [March 1, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1093 "2012-03-01T03:59:57Z")

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> [@Jack\_Batty](#):
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> Raven Alexis. My ace in the hole. Who’d have thought a porn star would turn out to be dishonest. My whole world-view has been shaken!

Next you’ll tell me there is no such thing as a hooker with a heart of gold.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1094 "2012-03-01T05:22:23Z")

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Former Montreal Canadien great, [Jean Beliveau](http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/7631362/jean-beliveau-former-montreal-canadiens-star-hospitalized-stroke) has had a stroke and is in Montreal Hospital.

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**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:** [March 1, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1095 "2012-03-01T14:40:02Z")

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> Andrew Breitbart, a well-known conservative blogger, has died, his attorney confirmed today. He was 43.

[http://www.cnn.com/](http://www.cnn.com/)

[http://www.breitbart.tv/in-memoriam-andrew-breitbart-1969-2012/](http://www.breitbart.tv/in-memoriam-andrew-breitbart-1969-2012/)

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1096 "2012-03-01T14:50:49Z")

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Who’s going buy James O’keef’s [del]Complete Bullshit College Pranks[/del]Exclusive Undercover Sting stories now?

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**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:** [March 1, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1097 "2012-03-01T14:56:15Z")

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> [@Duckster](#):
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> [http://www.cnn.com/](http://www.cnn.com/)
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> [http://www.breitbart.tv/in-memoriam-andrew-breitbart-1969-2012/](http://www.breitbart.tv/in-memoriam-andrew-breitbart-1969-2012/)

It was Hillary Clinton did it, with a bunch of Gay Liberal White House co-conspirators! I’m sure of this!

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1098 "2012-03-01T15:25:02Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> It was Hillary Clinton did it, with a bunch of Gay Liberal White House co-conspirators! I’m sure of this!

But was it in the Conservatory or the Ballroom? You’re still only 2/3 of the way there.

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**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:** [March 1, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1099 "2012-03-01T15:40:46Z")

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> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#):
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> Take the last train to corpseville…

Or perhaps the last train to Croaksville.

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**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:** [March 1, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1100 "2012-03-01T17:10:45Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> It was Hillary Clinton did it, with a bunch of Gay Liberal White House co-conspirators! I’m sure of this!

I believe the rest but maybe not the gay part.

> [@](#):
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> Republican gay rights group GOProud, of which Breitbart was a board member until recently, released a statement saying it was “stunned and saddened,” and calling him an “amazing friend and ally.”

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