# 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:** 74
**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 25, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1461 "2012-04-25T03:09:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Chris Ethridge, the bassist and founding member of the Flying Burrito Brothers, [has passed away](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/chris-ethridge-founding-member-of-flying-burrito-brothers-dies-at-65.html), _The Los Angeles Times_ reports. Ethridge reportedly died of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 65. [Chris Ethridge Dead: Flying Burrito Brothers Bassist Dies At 65 | HuffPost Entertainment](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/chris-ethridge-dead-dies-flying-burrito-brothers_n_1449245.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1462 "2012-04-26T20:37:07Z")
[Tommy Marth](http://www.tvguide.com/News/Tommy-Marth-Dies-1046547.aspx), saxophonist for The Killers, suicide at 33. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1463 "2012-04-26T21:17:04Z")
With 3 IRL deaths in as many weeks I don’t have a lot of stomach for this game at the moment. But one from my short list passed away earlier this month (I don’t think anyone had him): [Takeshi Aono](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-09/voice-actor-takeshi-aono-passes-away)- Japanese Voice Actor passed away at age 76 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1464 "2012-04-26T21:37:30Z")
Poker Legend Doyle Brunson just tweeted that another Poker Legend, Thomas Preston, aka [Amarillo Slim](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim), is about to muck his cards. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1465 "2012-04-26T22:20:49Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Poker Legend Doyle Brunson just tweeted that another Poker Legend, Thomas Preston, aka [Amarillo Slim](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim), is about to muck his cards. If he makes it through 2012, Texas Dolly’s on my next list. ---
**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 27, 2012, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1466 "2012-04-27T10:22:29Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > [Tommy Marth](http://www.tvguide.com/News/Tommy-Marth-Dies-1046547.aspx), saxophonist for The Killers, suicide at 33. Tonight on the Irony Channel… ---
**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 27, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1467 "2012-04-27T12:30:10Z")
No points for the man [with a world record bullet in his head](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=william-lawlis-pace&pid=157271543) Say what? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1468 "2012-04-27T21:30:49Z")
[Former Yankee Moose (Bill) Skowron dies at 81.](http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7863126/moose-skowron-4-time-all-star-dies-81-illinois) He played for six World Series champions (five with the Yankees) in the '50s and '60s and was an 8-time All Star. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1469 "2012-04-30T15:05:50Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Poker Legend Doyle Brunson just tweeted that another Poker Legend, Thomas Preston, aka [Amarillo Slim](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim), is about to muck his cards. [Cards mucked](http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/poker-great-thomas-amarillo-slim-preston-jr-dies-at-age-83-helped-raise-pro-games-profile/2012/04/30/gIQATdxcrT_story.html). ---
**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:** [April 30, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1470 "2012-04-30T15:08:06Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > [Cards mucked](http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/poker-great-thomas-amarillo-slim-preston-jr-dies-at-age-83-helped-raise-pro-games-profile/2012/04/30/gIQATdxcrT_story.html). Wow. He used to be on my “thought he was dead” list, kind of like Abe Vigoda. I did know he was alive for the last few years, though. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1471 "2012-04-30T19:47:13Z")
And the news just keeps getting [del]worse[/del] er better! yeah, THAT’S the ticket!: [Robin Gibb to Leave Hospital This Week](http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11470552-report-robin-gibb-to-leave-hospital-this-week?lite) ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1472 "2012-04-30T19:52:38Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > And the news just keeps getting [del]worse[/del] er better! yeah, THAT’S the ticket!: > > [Robin Gibb to Leave Hospital This Week](http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11470552-report-robin-gibb-to-leave-hospital-this-week?lite) …in a hearse? 🆒 Oh. ☹ Not in a hearse. Just regular style. ---
**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 30, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1473 "2012-04-30T20:20:00Z")
[Robin Gibb Teminator/]: He’ll be back. [/Robin Gibb Teminator] ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1474 "2012-05-01T02:16:41Z")
I’m going to keep my fingers crossed that no other celebrity dies in the next two and a half hours, because I’m going to post the current standings for April. We had five deaths this month, Levon Helm, Susan Clark, Dick Clark, Mike Wallace, and Young-Woo Kang. There’s a two way tie for first place now, with Captain Lance Murdoch falling back a bit. CAMJAY77 196 5 Registered at Last 196 5 Captain Lance Murdoch 153 4 Wheelz 140 4 zoog 129 3 Randy Seltzer 125 3 Loach 114 4 Walkabout 114 3 Captain Klutz 102 3 GIGObuster 98 3 phungi 98 3 Baker 97 3 MsWhatsit 97 3 Hal Briston 85 3 It’s Not Rocket Surgery! 85 3 Jack Batty 85 3 notfrommensa 85 3 Shirley Ujest 85 3 Squonk 85 3 Tom Scud 85 3 Cazzle 82 2 5 time champ 79 2 42fish 70 3 Nurse Carmen 70 2 Rico 60 3 Sternvogel 60 3 Dr. Girlfriend 58 2 Tit Whistle 58 2 BACI 55 1 pohjonen 52 1 Dusty Rose 45 2 malkavia 45 2 Tangent 45 2 Fear Itself 43 1 Mean Mr. Mustard 43 1 VunderBob 43 1 appleciders 42 2 cheldie 42 2 Drain Bead 42 2 Duckster 42 2 Duke 42 2 Eleanor of Aquitaine 42 2 Jeep’s Phoenix 42 2 J-P L 42 2 Kitten Mitten 42 2 Kolak of Twilo 42 2 kunilou 42 2 Mahaloth 42 2 Quarter Lane 42 2 Tamex 42 2 The Vorlon 42 2 Tristan 42 2 arnesw 34 2 cadolphin 33 2 critter42 33 2 Long Time First Time 33 2 a35362 27 1 amarinth 27 1 anactoria 27 1 Andrew 21 27 1 Avarie537 27 1 booklover 27 1 Borborygmi 27 1 Boyo Jim 27 1 cardboardbox 27 1 carnivorousplant 27 1 D N T 27 1 Dung Beetle 27 1 freckafree 27 1 Gleena 27 1 HappyLendervedder 27 1 lel 27 1 Little Nemo 27 1 Monstera deliciosa 27 1 Mustardseed 27 1 Small Hen 27 1 superbia-acedia 27 1 swampbear 27 1 The Librarian 27 1 tygre 27 1 Antigen 18 1 anyrose 18 1 drastic quench 18 1 etv 18 1 imthjckaz 18 1 missred 18 1 Paul in Qatar 18 1 rucciface 18 1 tarragon 18 1 Auntie Pam 15 1 candide 15 1 chizzuk 15 1 clipper 15 1 Enuma Elish 15 1 Hockey Monkey 15 1 Johnny L.A. 15 1 Labtrash 15 1 Lsura 15 1 MOIDALIZE 15 1 not what you’d expect 15 1 Sarabellum 15 1 Spiff 15 1 Idle Thoughts 7 1 zamboniracer 7 1 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1475 "2012-05-01T02:31:52Z")
I’m **etv78** BTW. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1476 "2012-05-01T02:38:02Z")
Five stiffs in four months! 🆒 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1477 "2012-05-01T02:45:45Z")
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:** [May 1, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1478 "2012-05-01T12:49:44Z")
Wow still in the top ten. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1479 "2012-05-01T14:55:21Z")
now, if only the rest of my bandwagon picks would croak . . . . ---
**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:** [May 1, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1480 "2012-05-01T15:33:16Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Wow still in the top ten. Wow, still in the top. . . half. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=75)