# 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:** 80
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1581 "2012-05-17T16:04:38Z")
Summer is a unique picke for **twickster**! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1582 "2012-05-17T16:05:36Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Summer is a unique picke for **twickster**! Double yay! ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1583 "2012-05-17T16:12:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > We’re halfway through May and only one death so far. And a unique pick at that. and we’ve now doubled that > [@](#): > > Somebody out there is reading the Dope and getting healthy just to spite us. That would have to be either Zsa Zsa or Robin Gibb (my money is on Robin) - or both ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1584 "2012-05-17T16:16:31Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > That would have to be either Zsa Zsa or Robin Gibb (my money is on Robin) - or both My prediction is Zsa Zsa will croak about 30 seconds after hitting the age of irrelevence. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1585 "2012-05-17T16:22:21Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > My prediction is Zsa Zsa will croak about 30 seconds after hitting the age of irrelevence. And some of us thought that already happened. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1586 "2012-05-17T16:44:21Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > And some of us thought that already happened. _MY_ definition of irrelevence is the age of 100, where you will no longer accumulate points for the death of a celeb. She has 5 years to go. As far as no longer having an influence on culture, arts, and society, I’m with ya there… 😛 ---
**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:** [May 17, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1587 "2012-05-17T18:14:48Z")
Queen of Disco does within days of the Godfather of Go-Go? I sense a conspiracy, possibly involving Randy Quaid’s whackers. ---
**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 17, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1588 "2012-05-17T18:29:48Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > _Terminator 3_ star Nick Stahl, 32, has been [missing for a week.](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/nick-stahl-latest-victim-terminator-curse/story?id=16359817#.T7TqW8WTX90) Maybe he’s just in hiding somewhere. That yellow bastard… ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1589 "2012-05-17T19:34:35Z")
Gotta do it… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oxSMlTpn7sk/hqdefault.jpg "Na Na, Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye - Donna Summer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxSMlTpn7sk) Oh, I see an empty seat on that bus to hell and it looks like it’s got my name all over it… ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1590 "2012-05-17T19:40:23Z")
I was in love with Donna Summer’s bottom lip when I was a kid. The rest of her wasn’t bad either. ---
**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 17, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1591 "2012-05-17T20:10:12Z")
Comedian [Ron Shock](http://www.lvrj.com/news/comedian-ron-shock-dies-after-battle-with-cancer-151918555.html), 69, of urethral cancer. Somebody better make with the update on his [web site](http://www.ronshock.com/). The whole “Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated” quote on there goes on the slab next to him. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1592 "2012-05-18T05:05:17Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Somebody better make with the update on his [web site](http://www.ronshock.com/). The whole “Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated” quote on there goes on the slab next to him. If it were me, I’d take down the t-shirts with his catch phrase on them “You’re Gonna Die Anyway”. At least for a week or so. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1593 "2012-05-18T15:55:43Z")
German baritone [Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18118722) has died at age 85. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1594 "2012-05-18T19:00:28Z")
[Doug Dillard](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-doug-dillard-obituary-20120518,0,663551.story) died this week. Fans of \*The Andy Griffith Show \*will remember him as one of the Darlin’ family. ---
**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 19, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1595 "2012-05-19T02:20:57Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > German baritone [Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18118722) has died at age 85. Damn. Was he Alberich in the Vienna Philharmonic _Ring_? Or the RIAA _Ring_? Perhaps Fafner… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1596 "2012-05-19T03:04:18Z")
[Kevin Hickey](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/ct-spt-0517-hickey-white-sox-chicago--20120517,0,6919919.story), who pitched for his hometown Chicago White Sox despite never playing high school baseball, has died at the age of 56. Hickey served as a left-handed relief specialist from 1981 to '83 with the Sox, then was out of the major leagues until surfacing with the Baltimore Orioles in 1989. ---
**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 19, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1597 "2012-05-19T16:38:54Z")
> [@](#): > > **CROWDED House drummer Peter Jones has lost a battle with brain cancer.** Jones joined the band after founding drummer Paul Hester quit Crowded House in 1994. Jones, a former school teacher, passed away on Friday. [http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/crowded-house-drummer-peter-jones-dies-after-battle-with-brain-cancer/story-e6frfn09-1226361115652](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/crowded-house-drummer-peter-jones-dies-after-battle-with-brain-cancer/story-e6frfn09-1226361115652) ---
**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 19, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1598 "2012-05-19T20:49:58Z")
Hey now! I didn’t dream it’d be over. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1599 "2012-05-19T23:42:33Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Well, three posters [del]are happy[/del] send condolences to Wallace’s family. > > arnesw got seven more points, and Idle Thoughts and zamboniracer got on the board! Whoa, really? I’m just now seeing this (and catching up in this topic, heh). ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1600 "2012-05-20T12:47:01Z")
Who had the Lockerbie bomber? > **[Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi dies in Tripoli](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18137896)** > > Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi dies at home in Tripoli, nearly three years after he was controversially freed from a Scottish prison. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=81)