# 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:** 75
**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:** [May 2, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1481 "2012-05-02T03:20:25Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Five stiffs in four months! 🆒 Ummm, this is a death pool. Not a complaints area about your sex life. Whut? 😃 ---
**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:** [May 2, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1482 "2012-05-02T03:51:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Norway’s Alexander Dale Oen, the defending world champion in the 100 breaststroke and a top contender for a gold medal at the London Olympics, was found dead in his bathroom late Monday night. The 26-year-old, who was training with the Norwegian national team in Arizona, died of cardiac arrest. [Alexander Dale Oen, gold medal swimming favorite, found dead in Arizona - Yahoo Sports](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/alexander-dale-oen-gold-medal-swimming-hopeful-found-143311269.html) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1483 "2012-05-02T15:03:04Z")
woohoo! tied for third to last place! suck it, non-deaders (un-deaders? un-dead pickers?)! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1484 "2012-05-02T17:28:35Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > woohoo! > > tied for third to last place! > > suck it, non-deaders (un-deaders? un-dead pickers?)! 😃 I don’t think our resident Mistress of the Dead listed all the people who have not broken their 2012 death pool cherries. So you are not third from last! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1485 "2012-05-02T18:31:30Z")
Local news here in San Diego is reporting that former NFL star Junior Seau has been found dead at his Oceanside home, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot. Age 43. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1486 "2012-05-02T18:32:39Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I don’t think our resident Mistress of the Dead listed all the people who have not broken their 2012 death pool cherries. > > So you are not third from last! Look at the list again. If no points = last place (not listed), then 7 points = second from last 15 points (me) = 3rd from last 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1487 "2012-05-02T18:36:10Z")
Junior Seau found dead in his home. He was 43 years old. [http://kdvr.com/2012/05/02/nfl-great-junior-seau-dead/](http://kdvr.com/2012/05/02/nfl-great-junior-seau-dead/) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1488 "2012-05-02T18:40:11Z")
> [@Tazmanian\_Devil](#): > > Junior Seau found dead in his home. He was 43 years old. [http://kdvr.com/2012/05/02/nfl-great-junior-seau-dead/](http://kdvr.com/2012/05/02/nfl-great-junior-seau-dead/) There’s one for the “holy crap!” file. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1489 "2012-05-02T23:54:10Z")
> [@Tazmanian\_Devil](#): > > Junior Seau found dead in his home. He was 43 years old. [http://kdvr.com/2012/05/02/nfl-great-junior-seau-dead/](http://kdvr.com/2012/05/02/nfl-great-junior-seau-dead/) Sucks. Not only did I like him as a player, but he would’ve fit into my theme perfectly and I didn’t pick him! room for me in that handbasket? ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1490 "2012-05-03T00:29:33Z")
[Composer Joel Goldsmith has died at age 54.](http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55426) ---
**Author:** ![sco3tt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@sco3tt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sco3tt)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1491 "2012-05-03T00:49:05Z")
> [@Tazmanian\_Devil](#): > > Junior Seau found dead in his home. He was 43 years old. [http://kdvr.com/2012/05/02/nfl-great-junior-seau-dead/](http://kdvr.com/2012/05/02/nfl-great-junior-seau-dead/) I wonder… after shooting himself, did Junior say “Ow!”? ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1492 "2012-05-03T14:31:50Z")
The Cheezie inventor, [James E. Marker](http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1172233--cheezies-inventor-dies-in-belleville-ont-at-90), died on Tuesday at age 90. First the Doritos inventor and now this … what will become of us? ---
**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 3, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1493 "2012-05-03T14:51:40Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > First the Doritos inventor and now this … what will become of us? We will probably devour our own flesh. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1494 "2012-05-03T15:00:14Z")
Only until the Soylent Green inventor kicks the bucket. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1495 "2012-05-03T15:29:00Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > Only until the Soylent Green inventor kicks the bucket. Harry Harrison is apparently in good health (or at least not widely known to be in ill health) and only worth 13 points. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1496 "2012-05-03T15:29:23Z")
Soylent Green is people?! ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1497 "2012-05-03T15:35:04Z")
Nah, soybeans and lentils. Thus the name. ---
**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 3, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1498 "2012-05-03T15:39:17Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Soylent Green is people?! No, it’s cilantro and matzoh brie. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1499 "2012-05-03T15:47:24Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > No, it’s cilantro and matzoh brie. Bleccch. Rather it was people. ---
**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 3, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1500 "2012-05-03T15:51:40Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Bleccch. > > Rather it was people. Exactly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=76)