# 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:** 77
**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 4, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1521 "2012-05-04T18:57:07Z")
I felt awful. I thought I had him last year and dropped him. Looked and realized he was an alternate. So I feel better now. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1522 "2012-05-04T21:38:25Z")
> [@cardboardbox](#): > > Adam Yauch from beastie boys is dead at 47 > > [MCA Adam Yauch Dead -- Beastie Boys Rapper Dies at 47](http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/04/beastie-boys-adam-yauch-dead/) _What?_ I didn’t even know he had cancer! Dammit, now I’m sad. Time to listen to nonstop Beastie Boys starting with the video for [Body Movin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvRBUw_Ls2o&feature=colike)’. Any fan of MST3K will know why that is the greatest music video of all times. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1523 "2012-05-05T01:06:56Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > _What?_ > > I didn’t even know he had cancer! > > Dammit, now I’m sad. Time to listen to nonstop Beastie Boys starting with the video for [Body Movin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvRBUw_Ls2o&feature=colike)’. Any fan of MST3K will know why that is the greatest music video of all times. ::turns in his Beastie Boys AND MST3K Membership Cards:: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1524 "2012-05-05T03:25:30Z")
Did anyone else post about George Murdock’s passing? I wonder if I had him on my list for this year. I know I had him on it previously. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1525 "2012-05-05T10:23:22Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > ::turns in his Beastie Boys AND MST3K Membership Cards:: > > 😕 [Diabolik](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1494441457097345698). The very last episode of MST3K. I’ll just hold those cards until you catch up. According to Wikipedia, the video was released about a year before the episode was shown. Huh. Did not realize that. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1526 "2012-05-05T10:31:13Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Did anyone else post about George Murdock’s passing? > > I wonder if I had him on my list for this year. I know I had him on it previously. Nobody had him. Also, I’m sorry to say, you aren’t in this year’s game. Your list wasn’t posted until January 5th. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1527 "2012-05-05T23:44:48Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Nobody had him. > > Also, I’m sorry to say, you aren’t in this year’s game. Your list wasn’t posted until January 5th. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1528 "2012-05-05T23:48:22Z")
If it’s any consolation, none of your picks have died yet. It would really be too bad if you’d picked some of the bandwagons like Etta James or Joe Paterno. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1529 "2012-05-06T05:17:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > If it’s any consolation, none of your picks have died yet. It isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1530 "2012-05-06T16:58:50Z")
George Lindsay, aka GOOBER, dead according to a tweet from “Breaking News”. [link](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_GOOBER_PYLE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) Judy Judy Judy ---
**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 7, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1531 "2012-05-07T15:49:37Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > George Lindsay, aka GOOBER, dead according to a tweet from “Breaking News”. > > [link](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_GOOBER_PYLE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) > > Judy Judy Judy Figures - I’ve got Jim Nabors - the bastard’s immortal, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1532 "2012-05-08T01:08:02Z")
Bob Stewart, Come On Down, you are the next contestant on The Straight Dope Celebrity Death Pool. > [@](#): > > [Bob Stewart](http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/07/3598982/bob-stewart-creator-of-popular.html), a television producer who created such popular game shows as “To Tell the Truth,” “The $10,000 Pyramid,” and the enduring daytime hit “The Price Is Right,” has died. 80? Higher 100? Lower 90? higher 95? Lower 94? lower 93? Lower 92? Lower 91? Ding ding ding, you have won the first prize in the clock game. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1533 "2012-05-08T12:53:02Z")
I’m not a player, but [Maurice Sendak has died.](http://shelf-life.ew.com/2012/05/08/maurice-sendak-dies/) ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1534 "2012-05-08T12:56:31Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > I’m not a player, but [Maurice Sendak has died.](http://shelf-life.ew.com/2012/05/08/maurice-sendak-dies/) ☹ ---
**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 8, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1535 "2012-05-08T13:25:26Z")
Aroooo! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1536 "2012-05-08T18:02:48Z")
Nobody had him ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1537 "2012-05-09T19:46:42Z")
[Vidal Sassoon is now fashionably late](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/famed-fashion-icon-vidal-sassoon-dead-at-84.html) at age 84. I assume he left his fortune to his hairs. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1538 "2012-05-09T19:51:46Z")
And Spoiler Virgin gets a unique pick and 16 points! ---
**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 9, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1539 "2012-05-09T20:06:21Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > I assume he left his fortune to his hairs. Fie, Sir, Fie! Have you no shame? Christ, I wish I’d said that. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1540 "2012-05-09T20:37:37Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > And Spoiler Virgin gets a unique pick and 16 points! RIP Vidal. Yay, me! Spoiler “No longer a 2012 Death Pool” Virgin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=78)