# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/121 "2011-12-09T04:39:41Z")
I do a revision of my list on the last days of December, but usually I post a preliminary one just in case I forget later (to deal with copy cats or new developments too) so: Mostly from my old list and some bandwagons: **David Hasselhoff** , overdoser \*\* Muhammad Ali\*\*, Sting \*\*by \*\*a bee! **Robin Gibb** , Sting by Bee Gees! \*\* Dennis Frederiksen\*\*, and Toto too! **Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi** , mad bomber. **Penny Marshall** , Director. **Ron Smith** , Baltimore radio announcer. **Rich Buhler** , California Christian radio voice. **Christopher Hitchens** , Heathen voice. **Michael Guzman** , infamous New Mexico rapist killer. **Pakistan’s Zardari** , needs a heart. **Dick Cheney** , no heart, no pulse, undead. **Sir Terry Pratchett** , the writer. \* Alternates: **Superstar Billy Graham** , the wrestler. Guinea Bissau President **Malam Bacai Sanha** **William John “Bill” Janklow** , former South Dakota governor, bad driver. Simple list: David Hasselhoff Muhammad Ali Robin Gibb Dennis Frederiksen Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi Penny Marshall Ron Smith Rich Buhler Christopher Hitchens Michael Guzman Asif Ali Zardari Dick Cheney Sir Terry Pratchett Superstar Billy Graham Malam Bacai Sanha William John “Bill” Janklow - most ☹ entry on my list if it happens. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/122 "2011-12-10T11:29:35Z")
Adam West Burt Ward Yvonne Craig Julie Newmar John Astin Van Williams Robert Clary Richard Dawson Dick Van Dyke Ken Berry Lyle Waggoner Larry Storch Ann B Davis Alternates Lee Meriwether Rose Marie ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/123 "2011-12-10T18:08:18Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > - most ☹ entry on my list if it happens. and unless I missed him somewhere else, this is his first mention. He’s on the list I’m making, and would be my saddest as well… ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/124 "2011-12-11T02:44:44Z")
Arnold Palmer Arnold Schwarzenegger Clint Eastwood Barbara Bush-mother of GWB Nancy Reagan Zsa Zsa Gabor Liza Minelli Billy Graham-the Evangelist Nelson Mandela Olivia De Havilland Margaret Thatcher Kirk Douglas Michael Douglas PLAIN LIST Arnold Palmer Arnold Schwarzenegger Clint Eastwood Barbara Bush Nancy Reagan Zsa Zsa Gabor Liza Minelli Billy Graham Nelson Mandela Olivia De Havilland Margaret Thatcher Kirk Douglas Michael Douglas ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/125 "2011-12-11T04:15:29Z")
Considering the wonderful events of this year I shall be optimistic. Kim Jong-Il Fidel Castro Bashar Al-Assad Ayman Al-Zawahiri Omar Al-Bashir Ali Khamenei Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hasan Nasrallah Hugo Chavez Evo Morales Robert Mugabe Charles Taylor Alexander Lukashenko ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/126 "2011-12-11T15:40:21Z")
I don’t think I ever get a single point in this game, but here’s my 2012 list anyway. Betty White Jerry Lewis Harold Camping Dick Clark Fidel Castro Jean Beliveau Bob Barker Robin Gibb Jimmy Carter Jacques Parizeau Clint Eastwood Aretha Franklin Charlie Sheen Alternate: Muhammed Ali Notes: Jean Beliveau, retired hockey player. Jacques Parizeau, Quebec politician and separatist. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/127 "2011-12-12T00:11:52Z")
**audit1** and I had the same idea! I swear I have been working on this all week! William Schallert Jim Nabors Frank Cady Marcia Strassman Robert Guillaume Richard Dawson Doris Day Phyllis Diller Marjorie Lord Mary Tyler Moore Ernest Borgnine Abe Vigoda Jack Klugman Alternates: Bob Newhart Andy Griffith Al Molinaro ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/128 "2011-12-12T12:14:34Z")
My theme is music: [ol] [li]Tony Martin (December 25, 1913)[/li][li]Patty Andrews (February 16, 1918)[/li][li]B. B. King (September 16, 1925)[/li][li]Chuck Berry (October 18, 1926)[/li][li]Fats Domino (February 26, 1928)[/li][li]Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937)[/li][li]Peter Tork (February 13, 1942)[/li][li]Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942)[/li][li]Keith Richards (December 18, 1943)[/li][li]Peter Criss (December 20, 1945)[/li][li]Robin Gibb (December 22, 1949)[/li][li]Adam Ant (November 3, 1954)[/li][li]Justin Bieber (March 1, 1994)[/li][/ol] Alternates: [ol] [li]David Crosby (August 14, 1941)[/li][li]Eric Clapton (March 30, 1945)[/li][li]Charlie Watts (June 2, 1941)[/li][/ol] Tony Martin Patty Andrews B. B. King Chuck Berry Fats Domino Merle Haggard Peter Tork Aretha Franklin Keith Richards Peter Criss Robin Gibb Adam Ant Justin Bieber Alternates: David Crosby Eric Clapton Charlie Watts ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/129 "2011-12-12T14:56:35Z")
Ratko Mladic (12 March 1943) - Balkan dictators have a very short life span in The Hague. Casey Anthony (19 March 1985) - It’s a matter of time before someone “gets justice.” Robin Gibb (22 December 1949) - The big C Keira Knightley (26 March 1985) - 27 Club Kim Jong Il (16 February 1941) - tick tick tick Christopher Hitchens (13 April 1949) - The big C, frankly, I’m surprised he hasn’t gone yet. Stephen Hawking (8 January 1942) - He’s been in the hospital a couple of times of pneumonia. Dick Cheney (January 30, 1941) - No heart… literally, now. Hosni Mubarak (4 May 1928) - The big C Ariel Sharon (26 February 1928) - He’s got to go sometime, right? Right? King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand (5 December 1927) - The big C Terry Pratchett (28 April 1948) - Sad. No comment. Billy Graham (November 7, 1918) - tick tick tick —ALt Julian Assange (3 July 1971) - Look, if you piss off every intelligence agency in the world, don’t be surprised when you get the ricen umbrella treatment. * * * Plain list: Ratko Mladic Casey Anthony Robin Gibb Keira Knightley Kim Jong Il Christopher Hitchens Stephen Hawking Dick Cheney Hosni Mubarak Ariel Sharon King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand Terry Pratchett Billy Graham —ALt Julian Assange ---
**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:** [December 12, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/130 "2011-12-12T18:20:13Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > [ul] > [li]Justin Bieber (March 1, 1994)[/li][/ul] I feel like someone should point out that per rule 3(d), you’ll get no points if he dies before March 1. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/131 "2011-12-12T18:21:01Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > I feel like someone should point out that per rule 3(d), you’ll get no points if he dies before March 1. I’m assuming they are risking it. If you going to put him, it’s worth the risk. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/132 "2011-12-12T23:53:29Z")
Gary Busey Ashley Olsen (switching off each year between sisters) Bob Newhart Ben “Cooter from the Dukes of Hazzard” Jones Dick Tufeld (voice of the robot in “Lost in Space”) Lois Chiles (actress, Bond Girl in Moonraker) Mohammad Ali Jim Nabors Martin Landau Stephen Hawking Ariel Sharon Nick Nolte Robin Gibb Alternates will be Henry Kissenger, then Mel Gibson Everyone check my list, since it **virtually guarantees survival** plain list Gary Busey Ashley Olsen Bob Newhart Ben Jones Dick Tufeld Lois Chiles Mohammad Ali Jim Nabors Martin Landau Stephen Hawking Ariel Sharon Nick Nolte Robin Gibb ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/133 "2011-12-13T06:51:24Z")
M **u** hammad. He floats like a butterfly, he stings like a bee, he spells his name with a u. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2011, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/134 "2011-12-13T11:27:16Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > M **u** hammad. > > He floats like a butterfly, he stings like a bee, he spells his name with a u. Note that I changed the spelling in my list just for you **abunchanumbers**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Blistersonmefingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Blistersonmefingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blistersonmefingers)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/135 "2011-12-13T13:55:49Z")
Greetings. here is my death list virginity being popped Margaret Thatcher - Milk Snatcher/former British prime minister Muhammed Ali - Former Boxer Dick van Dyke - Actor with no sense of accent geography Pope Benedict XVI - Scary eyed religious leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Bat shit crazy Iranian leader Dickie Bird - yorkshire legend and former cricket umpire Charlie Sheen - winning for much longer? LeBron James - 27 club candidate? Dolph Lundgren - if he slurs anymore he’s basically Sly Paul Gascoigne - former crying footballer and general crazy mother fucker Terry Pratchett - Discworld author Joe Biden - Vice President David Frost - once went toe to toe with Nixon and won. My subs Fidel Castro John Madden Freda Payne ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/136 "2011-12-13T14:00:53Z")
> [@Blistersonmefingers](#): > > Greetings. here is my death list virginity being popped > > Margaret Thatcher - Milk Snatcher/former British prime minister > Muhammed Ali - Former Boxer > Dick van Dyke - Actor with no sense of accent geography > Pope Benedict XVI - Scary eyed religious leader > Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Bat shit crazy Iranian leader > Dickie Bird - yorkshire legend and former cricket umpire > Charlie Sheen - winning for much longer? > LeBron James - 27 club candidate? > Dolph Lundgren - if he slurs anymore he’s basically Sly > Paul Gascoigne - former crying footballer and general crazy mother fucker > Terry Pratchett - Discworld author > Joe Biden - Vice President > David Frost - once went toe to toe with Nixon and won. > > My subs > Fidel Castro > John Madden > Freda Payne You don’t lose that virginity until you score. And you won’t score until you submit a second edition of your list showing just the names like your alternates. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/137 "2011-12-13T17:29:17Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Note that I changed the spelling in my list just for you **abunchanumbers**. 😃 Hey, don’t do it for me. Do it for the champ. He’s the greatest. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/138 "2011-12-13T19:02:52Z")
> [@Blistersonmefingers](#): > > Greetings. here is my death list virginity being popped > > Margaret Thatcher - Milk Snatcher/former British prime minister > Muhammed Ali - Former Boxer > Dick van Dyke - Actor with no sense of accent geography > Pope Benedict XVI - Scary eyed religious leader > Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Bat shit crazy Iranian leader > Dickie Bird - yorkshire legend and former cricket umpire > Charlie Sheen - winning for much longer? > LeBron James - 27 club candidate? > Dolph Lundgren - if he slurs anymore he’s basically Sly > Paul Gascoigne - former crying footballer and general crazy mother fucker > Terry Pratchett - Discworld author > Joe Biden - Vice President > David Frost - once went toe to toe with Nixon and won. > > My subs > Fidel Castro > John Madden > Freda Payne As your friendly DeathMistress for this game I do request that you submit a simple list. It’s back somewhere in that mess of rules I call an OP. Welcome to the SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Spicy\_Weiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Carlos\_Spicy\_Weiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlos_Spicy_Weiner)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/139 "2011-12-14T05:39:54Z")
Here it is for 2012 , hoping for early points on the board most of them have a foot in the grave already , minus the alternates . Fidel Castro Jerry Lewis Angela Lansbury Zsa Zsa Gabor Billy Graham Nancy Reagan James Lipton William Shatner Clint Eastwood Sean Connery Joan Rivers Barbra Bush Yoko Ono alts Tim Tebow Joe Paterno Burt Reynolds ---
**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:** [December 14, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/140 "2011-12-14T13:48:34Z")
Penny Marshall Zsa Zsa Gabor Michael Douglas Andy Williams Giuliana Rancic Marcia Strassman Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Robin Gibbs Kathryn Joosten Muhammed Ali Venus Williams Roger Ebert Jerry Lewis Bob Schieffer Willie Nelson Billy Graham (Billy Graham the preacher) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=8)