# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Tit\_Whistle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Tit\_Whistle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tit_Whistle)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/141 "2011-12-14T16:22:19Z")
Gary Carter Fats Domino Zsa Zsa Gabor Robin Gibb João Gilberto Lindsay Lohan Charles Manson Penny Marshall George Michael Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi Joe Paterno Ray Price Bill Wyman (Ray Price the old-time country singer) ---
**Author:** ![Boxermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Boxermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boxermom)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/142 "2011-12-14T16:37:20Z")
> [@Boxermom](#): > > My themed entry, **Leftist Moonbats and Loathsome Dictators** : > > George Soros > Louis Farrakhan > Hugo Chavez > Robert Mugabe > Michael Moore > Kim Jong-Il > Bill Moyers > **Bashir Assad** > Maxine Waters > Nancy Pelosi > Harry Reid > Eric Holder > Jon Corzine > Alternates: > Rosie O’Donnell > Bill Ayers > Rahm Emanuel I want to correct a name: Bashar al-Assad, not Bashir Assad. My corrected list: George Soros Louis Farrakhan Hugo Chavez Robert Mugabe Michael Moore Kim Jong-Il Bill Moyers Bashar al-Assad Maxine Waters Nancy Pelosi Harry Reid Eric Holder Jon Corzine The alternates are unchanged. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/143 "2011-12-14T17:33:28Z")
Thanks for the specification Boxermom. I’d already entered it figuring you meant the guy with the "a’ and not the “i” but I suppose I should have asked you. The spelling of names that weren’t originally written in English, or the “roman” alphabet, can be problematic. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/144 "2011-12-14T18:39:34Z")
Well, with the month almost half over we have forty-four players so far. It seems there’s usually a lot right at first, then it slows down, and picks up again as the month nears it’s end, with a ton of entries on 12/31. The top ten celebrities so far are: Robin Gibb 15 Fidel Castro 12 Michael Douglas 10 Lindsay Lohan 9 Dick Cheney 8 Jerry Lewis 8 Billy Graham-e 7 Hugo Chavez 7 Kim Jong Il 7 Zsa Zsa Gabor 7 ---
**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 14, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/145 "2011-12-14T20:57:07Z")
THEME: Scandinavian Pop Stars [ol][li]Sir Stirling Moss, race car driver (9/17/29)[/li][li]Jean-Claude Carrière, French actor/director (9/17/31)[/li][li]Shelby Flint, singer (9/17/39)[/li][li]David Souter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (9/17/39)[/li][li]Reinhold Messner, mountaineer (9/17/44)[/li][li]Phil Jackson, NBA head coach (9/17/45)[/li][li]Rita Rudner, stand-up comic (9/17/56)[/li][li]Richie Ramone, of The Ramones (9/17/57)[/li][li]Baz Luhrmann, director (9/17/62)[/li][li]Bryan Singer, director (9/17/65)[/li][li]Doug E. Fresh, rapper (9/17/66)[/li][li]Rasheed Wallace, NBA player (9/17/74)[/li][li]Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR driver (9/17/75)[/ol][/li]Alt: Mary Mohler, Olympic swimmer (9/17/84) Stirling Moss Jean-Claude Carrière Shelby Flint David Souter Reinhold Messner Phil Jackson Rita Rudner Richie Ramone Baz Luhrmann Bryan Singer Doug E. Fresh Rasheed Wallace Jimmie Johnson ---
**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 14, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/146 "2011-12-14T21:09:45Z")
Lindsay Lohan is only 26. She needs another year before she can join the 27 club. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/147 "2011-12-15T20:11:16Z")
I don’t know who half the people on my list are, but Google tells me they are celebrities with serious health issues(except Michael Jordan, he’s just a WAG long shot). If any of them die, we can debate whether they’re celebrity “enough”. Robin Gibb Marcia Strassman Christopher Hitchens Bashar al-Assad Ethan Zohn Molly Meldrum Missy Elliot Derrick Hall Giuliana Rancic Darren Fletcher Jennifer Saunders George Michael Michael Jordan ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/148 "2011-12-16T04:41:44Z")
Finally got around to gathering up my list from this year and making up a list for 2012, in coordination with my daughter - who gave me Anna Nicole Smith a few years back, so I always ask for her input now. At any rate, here we go for 2012: Zsa Zsa Gabor Evangelist Billy Graham Jerry Lewis Kim Kardashian Andy Dick Jimmy Carter Dick Cheney Aretha Franklin Nancy Reagan Lindsay Lohan Angelina Jolie Doctor Oz Dick Clark Alternates: Ron Glass Fidel Castro Some are hold-overs from 2011; others are new to the list for 2012 (Kim Kardashian for example LOL perhaps she has been too much in the news for my liking of late …? ;)). She moved Bob Barker off the list this year, so maybe Mr. Barker should be ultra careful after the 1st of January now. Ah well, good luck all! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/149 "2011-12-16T05:52:31Z")
**Baker** , can you be sure to replace Christopher Hitchens with my first alternate, Jerry Lewis? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/150 "2011-12-16T09:20:02Z")
OK, I guess it’s about that time before I forget completely. Goose egg this year. If I go 0-fer next year with THIS list, I’m just going to go with a list of the world’s oldest people next year and damn the points! 🙂 **Zsa Zsa Gabor** - that other leg has GOT to give out finally…BEFORE Feb 6 so we all get that extra point **Robin Gibb** - bad enough off he may kick off before the end of this year, otherwise, yay me **Ruth Bader Ginsburg** **Mickey Rooney** - he’s old and did The Muppets cameo - that’s gotta be some kinda goodbye, right? **Andy Griffith** - he’s old too. **T-Pain** - he’ll be 27 this year. His eulogy will be autotuned. **James Randi** - hero to skeptics everywhere **Sylvia Browne** - ooooh, the irony if she and Randi both go the same year **Dick Clark** - this may be the last time his ball drops… **George Michael** - a friend is reporting “he’s getting better” - ALWAYS a red flag **Joe Paterno** - two hip fractures AND a career-killing scandal? There’s only one place this can end… **Terry Pratchett** - ☹ **Mindy McCready** - seems like a classic “death spiral”-type story Clean list: Zsa Zsa Gabor Robin Gibb Ruth Bader Ginsburg Mickey Rooney Andy Griffith T-Pain James Randi Sylvia Browne Dick Clark George Michael Joe Paterno Terry Pratchett Mindy McCready Walternates: Fidel Castro Elton John ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/151 "2011-12-16T09:36:57Z")
With the senseless (AKA unscoreable) death of Christopher Hitchens, I must revert to my original list. > [@VunderBob](#): > > Connie Newton Needham > Robin Gibb > Ron Smith > Mari Hulman George > George Soros > Louis Farrakhan > Ryan Leaf > Harlan Ellison > Marcia Strassman > Hugo Chavez > Theresa Heinz Kerry > Gary Carter > Michael Douglas > > Alternates: > > James Garner > Burt Reynolds > Joni Mitchell ---
**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:** [December 16, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/152 "2011-12-16T15:57:28Z")
Ted V. Mikels Joe Paterno Steven Adler Scott Stapp Martin Kemp Andrés Galarraga Margaret Thatcher Phil Collins Al Roker Dorothy Hamill Courtney Love Jenny McCarthy Tom Delay **Alternates:** Mario Lemieux Mister T ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/153 "2011-12-16T19:59:57Z")
Stephen Hawking Magic Johnson Michael Douglas Tom Baker Leonard Nimoy Lindsay Lohan Mary Kate Olsen John Goodman Bernard Cribbins Betty White Charlie Sheen James Hellwig Alternates: Stephen Fry William Shatner Hulk Hogan Hellwig is a batshit insane wrestler better known as The Ultimate Warrior. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/154 "2011-12-16T20:14:10Z")
Can I replace Magic Johnson with Roger Ebert? I meant to put him on and forgot. ---
**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 16, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/155 "2011-12-16T20:33:31Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > Can I replace Magic Johnson with Roger Ebert? I meant to put him on and forgot. You can submit edited lists all the way up to 11:59:59 CST December 31st. We must make sure this happens so that **Baker** can celebrate her birthday wallowin’ in death. 😃 ETA: **Baker’s** birthday is December 31st. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/156 "2011-12-16T20:38:40Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > You can submit edited lists all the way up to 11:59:59 CST December 31st. We must make sure this happens so that **Baker** can celebrate her birthday wallowin’ in death. 😃 I wont let her down. On her birthday, she will have both cake _and_ death!\* Stephen Hawking Roger Ebert Michael Douglas Tom Baker Leonard Nimoy Lindsay Lohan Mary Kate Olsen John Goodman Bernard Cribbins Betty White Charlie Sheen James Hellwig Alternates: Stephen Fry William Shatner Hulk Hogan Hellwig is a batshit insane wrestler better known as The Ultimate Warrior. \*I apologize for my lame joke. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/157 "2011-12-16T20:43:37Z")
Resubmitting my list to add Etta James (replacing Michael Douglas) Barbara Bush (Sr) Nancy Reagan Fred Phelps Dick Clark Jonathan Rhys Meyers Etta James Hugo Chavez Billy Graham (preacher) Jerry Lewis Michael Lohan Kate Major Brooke Mueller Warren Jeffs Alternates: William Shatner Axl Rose ---
**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:** [December 16, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/158 "2011-12-16T20:48:31Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > **Mickey Rooney** - he’s old and did The Muppets cameo - that’s gotta be some kinda goodbye, right? > **Andy Griffith** - he’s old too. Anyone else have to do a double take with “I thought he just died”? I always get Mickey & Andy mixed up and you had to put ANOTHER Andy in the list right after Mickey. Harumph. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/159 "2011-12-16T21:34:35Z")
Small Hen, you have only twelve on your list. Do you want to add your first alternate? Unless I hear otherwise that’s how I’ll be doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/160 "2011-12-16T21:43:12Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Small Hen, you have only twelve on your list. Do you want to add your first alternate? Unless I hear otherwise that’s how I’ll be doing it. Wow. I suck at this. Hang on: Stephen Hawking Magic Johnson Roger Ebert Michael Douglas Tom Baker Leonard Nimoy Lindsay Lohan Mary Kate Olsen John Goodman Bernard Cribbins Betty White Charlie Sheen James Hellwig Alternates: Stephen Fry William Shatner Hulk Hogan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=9)