# 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:** 59
**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 6, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1161 "2012-03-06T22:17:16Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Yeah, but just because you’re an Atheist, doesn’t mean there _isn’t_ an afterlife. _Some_body, _some_where, will be waiting for you with a transcript. 😉 😛 😃 Having an afterlife would be a hugely pleasant surprise – for about the first half second until I noticed I was in the middle of a sea of flames. And then the novelty would wear off real quick. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1162 "2012-03-06T23:14:28Z")
[US Rep. Donald Payne(D-NJ)](http://m.npr.org/story/148041433?url=/2012/03/06/148041433/rep-donald-payne-of-new-jersey-dies-at-age-77) dead at 77, colon cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1163 "2012-03-06T23:43:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Andy Williams.](http://www.shepherdgazette.com/20120305170/Spring-2012/whats-happening.html?ed=18) > Dammit. Tease. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1164 "2012-03-07T00:32:04Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > [US Rep. Donald Payne(D-NJ)](http://m.npr.org/story/148041433?url=/2012/03/06/148041433/rep-donald-payne-of-new-jersey-dies-at-age-77) dead at 77, colon cancer. Rather extreem way to enforce term limits… ---
**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 7, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1165 "2012-03-07T04:36:39Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > [US Rep. Donald Payne(D-NJ)](http://m.npr.org/story/148041433?url=/2012/03/06/148041433/rep-donald-payne-of-new-jersey-dies-at-age-77) dead at 77, colon cancer. > [@](#): > > The 12-term member of the House had announced in February that he was undergoing treatment for colon cancer and would continue to represent his district. Had he told his district in December, he might have been on someone’s list for 23 points (at the most). ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1166 "2012-03-07T06:23:07Z")
[The Lipstick Killer](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-william-heirens-dies-known-as-the-lipstick-killer-20120306,0,5198291.story) has died at 83 after 65 years in prison. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1167 "2012-03-07T14:25:41Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > _Supercalifragilistic-expired-and-malodorous > His body’s decomposing and the stench is quite atrocious > And now they’ll put him six feet down to spare us all our noses > Supercalifragilistic-expired-and-malodorous!_ Wheelz, you’re a sick, sick person. A true Doper to the core! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1168 "2012-03-08T20:55:22Z")
Fredericksburg, VA, radio personality[Brian Strobel](http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/newsdesk/2012/03/07/radio-icon-brian-strobel-hit-killed-by-vehicle/)fatally struck by pickup truck. I live in the area and never heard of him, but I didn’t listen to his station, either. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1169 "2012-03-10T01:35:27Z")
[Jimmy Ellis](http://iphone.eonline.com/article?id=299983), lead singer of the Trammps, who had a hit with [Disco Inferno](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sY2rjxq6M), dead at 74, Alzheimer’s. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1170 "2012-03-10T01:47:47Z")
[Gemma McCluskie](http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/gemma_mccluskie_police_want_to_trace_last_steps_of_eastenders_actress_in_murder_investigation_1_1233303), British soap actress(EastEnders) murdered at 29. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1171 "2012-03-10T03:35:00Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > [Gemma McCluskie](http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/gemma_mccluskie_police_want_to_trace_last_steps_of_eastenders_actress_in_murder_investigation_1_1233303), British soap actress(EastEnders) murdered at 29. This lacks punch. “The headless body of Gemma McCluskie found in a canal” would really sell more papers. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1172 "2012-03-10T06:24:49Z")
[Firesign Theater’s Peter Bergman](http://boingboing.net/2012/03/09/firesign-theaters-peter-berg.html) has lost his battle with cancer. [A classic Bergman bit in mp3 form](http://www.footnoteconspiracy.com/dropins/Louis%20Marshman%20Editorial_mixdown.mp3), totally SFW ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1173 "2012-03-10T06:31:23Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > [Firesign Theater’s Peter Bergman](http://boingboing.net/2012/03/09/firesign-theaters-peter-berg.html) has lost his battle with cancer. > > [A classic Bergman bit in mp3 form](http://www.footnoteconspiracy.com/dropins/Louis%20Marshman%20Editorial_mixdown.mp3), totally SFW oops - I meant to type leukemia, not cancer. ---
**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 10, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1174 "2012-03-10T11:54:58Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > [Firesign Theater’s Peter Bergman](http://boingboing.net/2012/03/09/firesign-theaters-peter-berg.html) has lost his battle with cancer. > > [A classic Bergman bit in mp3 form](http://www.footnoteconspiracy.com/dropins/Louis%20Marshman%20Editorial_mixdown.mp3), totally SFW That’s very sad for me. I met Bergman once, and worked several times over the course of several years with his Firesign cohort David Ossman ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1175 "2012-03-10T12:14:59Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > That’s very sad for me. I met Bergman once, and worked several times over the course of several years with his Firesign cohort David Ossman And even worse, he isn’t on your list? (Where is the handbasket? Is it full yet?) ---
**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 10, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1176 "2012-03-10T12:19:00Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > [Jimmy Ellis](http://iphone.eonline.com/article?id=299983), lead singer of the Trammps, who had a hit with [Disco Inferno](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sY2rjxq6M), dead at 74, Alzheimer’s. I’m assuming he’ll be cremated. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1177 "2012-03-10T12:42:35Z")
There are just so many one liners here that are so funny. I hope it is a big handbasket. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1178 "2012-03-10T13:38:36Z")
Artist Jean Giraud, better known as Moebius [has died](http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/03/jean-giraud-moebious-1938-2012). If you don’t recognize his name, click through to the article - you’ll almost certainly recognize his artwork - especially if you have ever read Metal Hurlant/Heavy Metal magazine anytime in the last almost 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1179 "2012-03-10T13:43:41Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > [Jimmy Ellis](http://iphone.eonline.com/article?id=299983), lead singer of the Trammps, who had a hit with [Disco Inferno](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sY2rjxq6M), dead at 74, Alzheimer’s. Why him and not [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Inferno_(wrestler)) Disco Inferno? Even though I had neither I would have preferred the latter than the former. Ah, Death Pool, you’re a cruel mistress! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1180 "2012-03-11T02:02:02Z")
CHaracter actor [Leonard Cimino](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/10/arts/leonardo-cimino-a-distinctive-actor-dies-at-94.html?_r=1&src=tp&smid=fb-share) has taken his last bow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=60)