# 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:** 69
**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 17, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1361 "2012-04-17T23:01:41Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Dammit Loach. I’ve got to do the school run in a minute. I don’t have time to Google 13 people. He’s not dead yet.😃 ---
**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 18, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1362 "2012-04-18T01:49:54Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I just read something that makes me sad and very happy I didn’t change my list. I won’t jinx it any more. You have Levon Helm? ---
**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 18, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1363 "2012-04-18T05:37:24Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You have Levon Helm? Yes ---
**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 18, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1364 "2012-04-18T11:41:41Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Yes I didn’t have the heart to pick him. Big mistake on my part. ---
**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 18, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1365 "2012-04-18T12:51:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I didn’t have the heart to pick him. > Big mistake on my part. I’ve had him for a couple years. ---
**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 18, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1366 "2012-04-18T13:03:28Z")
Perhaps he’ll tell us what _The Weight_ is about now. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1367 "2012-04-18T15:24:36Z")
Porn Star, [Sledge Hammer](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/16/sledge-hammer-tasered-_n_1429287.html), tasered to death. [More info here](http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Former-Colleagues-Remember-Gentle-Giant-Sledge-Hammer-472879.html) Vital Statistics. Age 39, 6’4" tall, Article didn’t say, but I made you look ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1368 "2012-04-18T15:58:33Z")
“He’s a giant teddy bear; real nice guy,” said director Bobby Manila, who worked with Hammer last year in Mom’s Cuckold 6 and 7. Such collegiality. ---
**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 18, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1369 "2012-04-18T19:01:23Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > “He’s a giant teddy bear; real nice guy,” said director Bobby Manila, who worked with Hammer last year in Mom’s Cuckold 6 and 7. > > Such collegiality. The plots started to get thin after #3. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1370 "2012-04-18T19:37:33Z")
I missed it at the time, but one of my picks, [Young-Woo Kang](http://iamkoream.com/obituary-young-woo-kang-advocate-for-the-disabled-dies-at-68/), died in February. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1371 "2012-04-18T19:46:53Z")
ABC is reporting Dick Clark has died. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1372 "2012-04-18T19:47:01Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The plots started to get thin after #3. and it is ‘girth’ that counts. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1373 "2012-04-18T19:50:47Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > ABC is reporting Dick Clark has died. Nah, they just need to open him up and spray his CPU with duster. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1374 "2012-04-18T19:52:35Z")
I take Dick Clark off my list this year and he dies. Need more proof I am the angel of life? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Total\_PKG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Total\_PKG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Total_PKG)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1375 "2012-04-18T19:53:54Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > ABC is reporting Dick Clark has died. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… flatline beeeeeeeeeeep… ---
**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 18, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1376 "2012-04-18T19:55:48Z")
Sad that one of the Founding Fathers has finally past. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1377 "2012-04-18T19:57:08Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > ABC is reporting Dick Clark has died. Oh, what a waste! (because I had him on my list of alternates) ---
**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 18, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1378 "2012-04-18T20:01:45Z")
**[Dick Clark Dies – Dead at 82](http://www.tmz.com/2012/04/18/dick-clark-dead-heart-attack/)** Cite. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1379 "2012-04-18T20:04:11Z")
Oh, man. I took him off my list this year. It’s all my fault. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1380 "2012-04-18T20:15:47Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Nah, they just need to open him up and spray his CPU with duster. No, they need to replace the motherboard. He’ll be all right after a reboot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=70)