# 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:** 67
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1321 "2012-04-08T15:05:17Z")
If I were Morley Safer, I’d be lookin’ over my shoulder for that big guy in the black robes. first Andy Rooney, then Mike Wallace - that tick.tick.tick.tick.tick.tick. sound is taking on a whole new meaning now ---
**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:** [April 8, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1322 "2012-04-08T16:10:23Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > If I were Morley Safer, I’d be lookin’ over my shoulder for that big guy in the black robes. > > first Andy Rooney, then Mike Wallace - that tick.tick.tick.tick.tick.tick. sound is taking on a whole new meaning now Anthony Scalia is killing them off? Did he make murder legal for Supreme Court justices? I can’t think of any other big guys in black robes… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1323 "2012-04-08T18:23:34Z")
Well, three posters [del]are happy[/del] send condolences to Wallace’s family. arnesw got seven more points, and Idle Thoughts and zamboniracer got on the board! ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1324 "2012-04-08T21:45:05Z")
Crap! I’ve got the rest of the 60 Minutes crew; Dan Rather and Bryant Gumbel. Still, “old friend.” You’ve managed to kill everyone else but like a poor marksman, you keep missing the target.😃 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1325 "2012-04-08T23:24:32Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Anthony Scalia is killing them off? Did he make murder legal for Supreme Court justices? I can’t think of any other big guys in black robes… \ Antonin ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1326 "2012-04-08T23:56:23Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Well, three posters [del]are happy[/del] send condolences to Wallace’s family. > > arnesw got seven more points, and Idle Thoughts and zamboniracer got on the board! Yeah, me! I mean, condolences to the Wallace Family. 😉 ---
**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:** [April 9, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1327 "2012-04-09T20:38:17Z")
Robin Gibb circling the drain… again. [Family members are coming to his bedside](http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/gibb-family-members-flock-to-bee-gee-robins-bedside-16142515.html). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1328 "2012-04-09T20:52:00Z")
[Blair Kiel](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/chi-blair-kiel-former-notre-dame-qb-dead-at-50-20120408,0,1906924.story), who was Notre Dame’s usual starter at quarterback from 1980 to '83, has died at the age of 50. Kiel also spent seven seasons in the National Football League, seeing spot duty for the Buccaneers, Colts, and Packers. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1329 "2012-04-09T21:10:58Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Robin Gibb circling the drain… again. [Family members are coming to his bedside](http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/gibb-family-members-flock-to-bee-gee-robins-bedside-16142515.html). Hopefully, none of them are on video chat on Skype! (I am so going to hell) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1330 "2012-04-09T21:38:54Z")
You know, I kinda hope Robin makes it. Seventy-three people have him as a pick, and working that out will be a lot of work for me. I am so going to hell. ---
**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 9, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1331 "2012-04-09T23:44:10Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I am so going to hell. I’ll push the hand cart. _B with an itch._ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1332 "2012-04-10T02:14:48Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Robin Gibb circling the drain… again. [Family members are coming to his bedside](http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/gibb-family-members-flock-to-bee-gee-robins-bedside-16142515.html). Hmmm - page link has expired. Ominous. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1333 "2012-04-10T02:38:58Z")
> [@Critical\_Mass](#): > > Hmmm - page link has expired. > > Ominous. Too bad the web page is less than 18 years old. I can’t get points for it. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1334 "2012-04-10T02:42:32Z")
[Jack Tramiel](http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/04/09/computer-legend-and-gaming-pioneer-jack-tramiel-dies-at-age-83/), founder of Commodore, died today. Age 83. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1335 "2012-04-10T03:26:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Mark Lenzi, the 1992 gold medalist in men’s springboard, [died Monday](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympic-gold-medalist-diver-mark-212210444--spt.html) at age 43. The American diver was hospitalized in Greenville, N.C. two weeks ago after suffering a series of fainting spells. > > Lenzi earned gold at the Barcelona Olympics and followed it up with a bronze medal performance in Atlanta. He was an All-American diver at the Indiana University, winning championships in the one-meter springboard, three-meter springboard and platform events in 1989. No American man has won a diving medal since Lenzi. [Mark Lenzi, Olympic diving gold medalist, dead at 43 - Yahoo Sports](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/mark-lenzi-olympic-diving-gold-medalist-dead-43-230644680.html) ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1336 "2012-04-13T17:06:00Z")
Andrew Love, the sax-playing half of [The Memphis Horns](http://www.memphishorns.com) [passed away at age 70](http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/apr/13/memphis-horns-saxophonist-andrew-love-dies/) ---
**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 13, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1337 "2012-04-13T21:46:18Z")
[Locherbie Bombie Guy](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/13/us-libya-megrahi-idUSBRE83C16O20120413) is circling the drain towards hell. Good Riddance. ---
**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 13, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1338 "2012-04-13T21:53:44Z")
[Locherbie Bombie Guy](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/13/us-libya-megrahi-idUSBRE83C16O20120413) is circling the drain towards hell. Good Riddance. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1339 "2012-04-13T21:55:27Z")
[Ahmed Ben Bella](http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-me-ahmed-ben-bella-20120412,0,1315199.story), who was Algeria’s first president after the North African country gained its independence from France, has died at the age of 95. Although imprisoned in France from 1956 to '63, he contributed enough to the struggle for freedom to be considered one of the six “historic leaders” of the revolt. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1340 "2012-04-14T02:47:46Z")
[Robin Gibb](http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/robin-gibb-fighting-for-life/story-e6frf96o-1226326416186) is reportedly in a coma. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=68)