# 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:** 61
**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:** [March 17, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1201 "2012-03-17T18:40:28Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Until we get that rule changed. We don’t want to cross that fine line between Death Pool and Murder Club. ---
**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 18, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1202 "2012-03-18T00:55:24Z")
Fabrice Muamba collapses during FA Cup match. He had a heart attack … but he’s not quite dead. They revived him on the field and he’s in critical condition. It doesn’t sound good. Creepy is that I was watching that match but I had to leave just before half-time. I missed this completely. I just read about it on [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/17/sport/football/football-muamba-bolton-collapse/index.html?hpt=hp_t3). ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1203 "2012-03-18T01:09:17Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > We don’t want to cross that fine line between Death Pool and Murder Club. How do you know we haven’t already crossed it? After all, the first rule of the Murder Club. . . ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1204 "2012-03-18T02:17:24Z")
Nobody had him this year, but he was included in 2006 and 2005, Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle\_east/egypts-state-news-agency-says-pope-shenouda-iii-head-of-coptic-christian-church-has-died/2012/03/17/gIQAjJApIS\_story.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypts-state-news-agency-says-pope-shenouda-iii-head-of-coptic-christian-church-has-died/2012/03/17/gIQAjJApIS_story.html) ---
**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:** [March 18, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1205 "2012-03-18T02:27:01Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > [John Demjanjuk](http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-03-17/nazi-german-guard-demjanjuk-dies/53585846/1) is toast. Deport a Nazi[Sobibor death camp guard](http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/03/17/3092194/john-demjanjuk-dies) to Germany. That makes a lot of sense. We generally don’t believe in the afterlife, but I hope he hurt like hell in the nursing home. ---
**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 19, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1206 "2012-03-19T02:44:23Z")
> [@](#): > > **(CNN)** – The king of the South Pacific nation of Tonga died “peacefully” Sunday at a hospital in Hong Kong, a Tongan government official said Monday. He was 63. A cause of death has not been released by the government. “Tonga has just woken up to the sad news of the passing of King George Tupou V,” said Paula Ma’u, an official in the Ministry of Information and Communication. “We are all in mourning.” [http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/18/world/asia/tonga-king-dead/index.html?hpt=hp\_t2](http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/18/world/asia/tonga-king-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t2) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1207 "2012-03-19T04:05:57Z")
Legendary Atlanta Sportswriter [Furman Bisher](http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/legendary-sportswriter-furman-bisher-dies-at-93/), dead at 93. He wrote for the Atlanta Journal/Constitution. Can I make simple request, if someone dies, instead of just listing a name w/ hyperlink, can you give a brief description on who that person is? I had no idea on Margaret Whitlam and John Demjanjuk were until I opened the link. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1208 "2012-03-19T04:27:13Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Damn. I had Gough on my list. Hawke seems to think Margaret’s death may spell the end of Gough, so don’t give up hope! A double tragedy may yet befall the Whitlams. > **[Hawke fears for Gough Whitlam after Margaret's death](https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/hawke-fears-for-gough-whitlam-after-margarets-death-20120319-1vejm.html)** > > Bob Hawke admits he fears for the health of his confidant, Gough Whitlam, following the death of the former prime minister's wife, Margaret. ---
**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 19, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1209 "2012-03-19T14:53:00Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Can I make simple request, if someone dies, instead of just listing a name w/ hyperlink, can you give a brief description on who that person is? Seconded. I have enough tabs open on my browser as it is. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1210 "2012-03-19T22:04:17Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Legendary Atlanta Sportswriter [Furman Bisher](http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/legendary-sportswriter-furman-bisher-dies-at-93/), dead at 93. He wrote for the Atlanta Journal/Constitution. > > Can I make simple request, if someone dies, instead of just listing a name w/ hyperlink, can you give a brief description on who that person is? > > I had no idea on Margaret Whitlam and John Demjanjuk were until I opened the link. No problemo. John Demjanjuk has been on my personal radar for at least 20 years, possibly more, because of being A) from the midwest in a round about way b) Nazi guard stuff. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1211 "2012-03-19T22:13:42Z")
Jim Stynes, Australian Rules footballer, has died at 45 after a long and public battle with cancer. ---
**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 19, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1212 "2012-03-19T22:51:02Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > John Demjanjuk has been on my personal radar for at least 20 years, possibly more, because of being A) from the midwest in a round about way b) Nazi guard stuff. I’m a fan of Wisconsin cannibals. To each their own. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1213 "2012-03-19T22:58:47Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Jim Stynes, Australian Rules footballer, has died at 45 after a long and public battle with cancer. I had him, and I’m sure at least 10 other people had him too: he was pretty high up on the hits for the standard death-pool google searches. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1214 "2012-03-19T23:13:53Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > I had him, and I’m sure at least 10 other people had him too: he was pretty high up on the hits for the standard death-pool google searches. Yeah, I jumped on that bandwagon too (I’m the poster who used to be known as Cazzle). Can’t gloat about this one… all my Facebook friends are devastated. 55 points, but two small kids have lost their Dad and a fairly remarkable person is gone. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1215 "2012-03-20T00:54:08Z")
And yet, after a semi-good start, all the people on my list seem to be getting much better. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1216 "2012-03-20T02:08:11Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > And yet, after a semi-good start, all the people on my list seem to be getting much better. Hell, I think some of my successful picks are actually coming back to life! ---
**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:** [March 20, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1217 "2012-03-20T13:34:21Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Can’t gloat about this one… all my Facebook friends are devastated. 55 points, but two small kids have lost their Dad and a fairly remarkable person is gone. Many call the Death Pool morbid or even disgusting, but nothing is more barbaric than bringing humanity and compassion into the discussion… ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1218 "2012-03-20T14:36:16Z")
Oh, I have no problem condemning you ghouls. Death Pool Google searches?! Shame, shame, shame. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1219 "2012-03-20T14:39:27Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Jim Stynes, Australian Rules footballer, has died at 45 after a long and public battle with cancer. Oh wow. I had him on my list, but I thought he was doing better. Very sad loss. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1220 "2012-03-20T19:54:29Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Oh wow. I had him on my list, but I thought he was doing better. Very sad loss. I’m glad you pointed this out, because you misspelled his name in your entry post, #471, and I didn’t have it listed with the other nine posters who picked him. See, people, this is why spelling is important! An interesting situation here, we now have a three way tie for first place! CAMJAY77 153 Captain Lance Murdoch 153 Registered at Last 153 Wheelz 140 zoog 129 Randy Seltzer 125 Captain Klutz 102 phungi 98 Baker 97 MsWhatsit 97 Hal Briston 85 It’s Not Rocket Surgery! 85 Jack Batty 85 Loach 85 notfrommensa 85 Shirley Ujest 85 Squonk 85 Tom Scud 85 Cazzle 82 Walkabout 82 5 time champ 79 42fish 70 Nurse Carmen 70 Dr. Girlfriend 58 Tit Whistle 58 BACI 55 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=62)