# 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:** 65
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1281 "2012-04-04T01:03:01Z")
For March there were two celebrity deaths that mattered to us sickos. Captain Klutz had a unique pick with Ian Turpie, garnering 32 points. Then ten of us had Jim Stynes, giving those who picked him 55 points. There’s a three way tie for the lead. 1 CAMJAY77 153 1 Captain Lance Murdoch 153 1 Registered at Last 153 4 Wheelz 140 5 zoog 129 6 Randy Seltzer 125 7 Captain Klutz 102 8 phungi 98 9 Baker 97 9 MsWhatsit 97 11 Hal Briston 85 11 It’s Not Rocket Surgery! 85 11 Jack Batty 85 11 Loach 85 11 notfrommensa 85 11 Shirley Ujest 85 11 Squonk 85 11 Tom Scud 85 19 Cazzle 82 19 Walkabout 82 21 5 time champ 79 22 42fish 70 22 Nurse Carmen 70 24 Dr. Girlfriend 58 24 Tit Whistle 58 26 BACI 55 26 GIGObuster 55 28 pohjonen 52 29 Fear Itself 43 29 Mean Mr. Mustard 43 29 VunderBob 43 30 appleciders 42 30 cheldie 42 30 Drain Bead 42 30 Duckster 42 30 Duke 42 30 Eleanor of Aquitaine 42 30 Jeep’s Phoenix 42 30 J-P L 42 30 Kitten Mitten 42 30 Kolak of Twilo 42 30 kunilou 42 30 Mahaloth 42 30 Quarter Lane 42 30 Rico 42 30 Sternvogel 42 30 Tamex 42 30 The Vorlon 42 30 Tristan 42 50 a35362 27 50 amarinth 27 50 anactoria 27 50 Andrew 21 27 50 arnesw 27 50 Avarie537 27 50 booklover 27 50 Borborygmi 27 50 Boyo Jim 27 50 cardboardbox 27 50 carnivorousplant 27 50 D N T 27 50 Dung Beetle 27 50 Dusty Rose 27 50 freckafree 27 50 Gleena 27 50 HappyLendervedder 27 50 lel 27 50 Little Nemo 27 50 malkavia 27 50 Monstera deliciosa 27 50 Mustardseed 27 50 Small Hen 27 50 superbia-acedia 27 50 swampbear 27 50 Tangent 27 50 The Librarian 27 50 tygre 27 78 Auntie Pam 15 78 cadolphin 15 78 candide 15 78 chizzuk 15 78 clipper 15 78 critter42 15 78 Enuma Elish 15 78 Hockey Monkey 15 78 Johnny L.A. 15 78 Labtrash 15 78 Long Time First Time 15 78 Lsura 15 78 MOIDALIZE 15 78 not what you’d expect 15 78 Sarabellum 15 78 Spiff 15 ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1282 "2012-04-04T01:04:39Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > For March there were two celebrity deaths that mattered to us sickos. > > Captain Klutz had a unique pick with Ian Turpie, garnering 32 points. > > Then ten of us had Jim Stynes, giving those who picked him 55 points. A big month for the Aussies! ---
**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:** [April 4, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1283 "2012-04-04T01:55:38Z")
27 miserable points. Oh, the shame! 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 4, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1284 "2012-04-04T11:34:05Z")
Tied for 11th is still better than I have ever done. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1285 "2012-04-04T11:36:37Z")
I’m still tied for last which is as well as I have ever done. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1286 "2012-04-04T14:27:34Z")
Wow, fourth place and spittin’ distance from the lead! I’m going to be happy with this while I can, since most of my high-confidence picks have already croaked. I think I’m a long-shot from here on out. Baker, would it be possible to include each player’s corpse count alongside their point totals? I find that an interesting aspect of the game. (No big deal if you don’t though. You’re already performing well above your pay grade, and we do appreciate it!) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1287 "2012-04-04T19:06:38Z")
Sure, I can do that next time, no problem. It is kind of interesting. There’s two posters that have the same score, BACI and GIGObuster(55), but one has two corpses, and the other has one. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1288 "2012-04-05T11:05:05Z")
11th place! I cannot even farking remember who I picked to die this year or who on my list has died, but I’m in 11th. YAY me! ---
**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:** [April 5, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1289 "2012-04-05T14:01:08Z")
I think all the 11th placers have the same 3 - Etta James, Joe Paterno, Gary Carter. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1290 "2012-04-05T17:36:03Z")
**[Jim Marshall, founder of Marshall amps, dies at 88](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/jim-marshall-founder-marshall-amps-dies-88-article-1.1056635?localLinksEnabled=false)** Jim Marshall, who helped shape the sound of rock ‘n’ roll with his groundbreaking amplifier designs, died in a hospice Thursday morning, his family said. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1291 "2012-04-05T17:37:10Z")
What a coincidence. I think my Marshall amp might have died this week as well. In fact … hold the phone. The week Steve Jobs dies, my iPod goes tits up. Now Marshall dies and my amp shuffles loose its mortal coil. We need to keep the inventor of beer alive as long as possible. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1292 "2012-04-05T17:39:14Z")
[Jim Marshall](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/famed-founder-marshall-amplification-dies-88-16077923) founder of Marshall Amps has died. No word yet on where he will be interred but it is assumed he will be stacked on top of other Marshalls. Damn that wasn’t there when I was trying to get the link. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1293 "2012-04-05T17:45:56Z")
Breaking News Twitter Feed just announced: (no link) > [@](#): > > Former Dallas Cowboys coach Joe Avezzano dies after suffering heart attack in Italy ---
**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:** [April 5, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1294 "2012-04-05T18:08:42Z")
**[Ferdinand Porsche, 911 Sports Car Designer, Dies](http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/ferdinand-porsche-sports-car-designer-dies-16079680)** He designed Porsche’s classic 911 sports car - the sleek model that evokes power, wealth and envy among aficionados - cementing his grandfather’s name into the modern psyche Ferdinand Alexander Porsche died Thursday in Salzburg, Austria at age 76. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1295 "2012-04-05T18:08:51Z")
Did Jim Marshall go to 11th heaven? ---
**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:** [April 5, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1296 "2012-04-05T18:10:54Z")
At least I don’t own a Porsche. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1297 "2012-04-05T20:11:21Z")
I would be checking out which rock stars drive Porsches and use Marshall amps and hope they’re on your list… ---
**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:** [April 5, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1298 "2012-04-05T20:58:55Z")
It’s been a bad couple of weeks to be a legendary banjo player- first it was Earl Scruggs, now it’s [“Banjo” Barney McKenna](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJd_talN78-rkHpGab6VF132AHrQ?docId=a030f5ce52214303908131626a13743d), last of the original Dubliners, dead at 72 of an apparent heart attack. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1299 "2012-04-06T00:38:15Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I think all the 11th placers have the same 3 - Etta James, Joe Paterno, Gary Carter. Dead Pool Sluts! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1300 "2012-04-06T16:44:33Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > What a coincidence. I think my Marshall amp might have died this week as well. > > In fact … hold the phone. The week Steve Jobs dies, my iPod goes tits up. Now Marshall dies and my amp shuffles loose its mortal coil. > > We need to keep the inventor of beer alive as long as possible. You’re over by 4000 years and change. According to legend, Osiris taught ancient Egyptians the art of brewing beer, but the brewing of beer was traditionally but not exclusively a female activity though which women could earn a little extra money (or bartered goods) for themselves and their families. Beer also figures prominently in Egyptian literature and sayings. For example in this inscription dated to around 2200 BC… The mouth of a perfectly contented man is filled with beer. [http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/beer.html](http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/beer.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=66)