# 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:** 88
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1741 "2012-06-01T20:49:50Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > {Hand goes up} I have three stiffs, not two. As best I can tell you have just two, Etta James and Joe Paterno. I checked your list and didn’t see any other deaders. **notfrommensa** , no worries, it was a typo on my part. Eliahna, I’ll put in the name change, I wasn’t made aware of it until now. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1742 "2012-06-01T23:02:08Z")
Thanks Baker 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1743 "2012-06-01T23:20:52Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > As best I can tell you have just two, Etta James and Joe Paterno. I checked your list and didn’t see any other deaders. He picked the only Gibb that isn’t dead yet. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1744 "2012-06-01T23:51:10Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > As best I can tell you have just two, Etta James and Joe Paterno. I checked your list and didn’t see any other deaders. > > **notfrommensa** , no worries, it was a typo on my part. > > Eliahna, I’ll put in the name change, I wasn’t made aware of it until now. I’ve also changed my name to CAMJAY77 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1745 "2012-06-02T02:20:27Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I’ve also changed my name to CAMJAY77 So what’s Registered at Last? Chopped liver? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1746 "2012-06-02T17:14:22Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > As best I can tell you have just two, Etta James and Joe Paterno. I checked your list and didn’t see any other deaders. > > **notfrommensa** , no worries, it was a typo on my part. > > Eliahna, I’ll put in the name change, I wasn’t made aware of it until now. I don’t think Mr. Gibb is comming down for breakfast any more. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1747 "2012-06-02T17:50:08Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I’ve also changed my name to CAMJAY77 Ok, what does it stand for, how did you come up with that name? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1748 "2012-06-02T17:51:57Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > \ > > CLEAN LIST: > Joseph Ratzinger > Barry Gibb > Etta James > Mohamed Ali > Hugo Chavez > Fidel Castro > Lindsey Lohan > Margaret Thatcher > Joe Paterno > Ashar al Assad > Hosni Mubarak > Dick Cheney > Penny Marshal > > ALTS > Ariel Sharon > Dave Maynard > Hugh Hefner You didn’t pick the right BeeGee ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1749 "2012-06-02T19:16:42Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > You didn’t pick the right BeeGee If there’s a BeeGees Reunion before the end of the year, he’ll have a unique pick… ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1750 "2012-06-02T20:00:08Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Ok, what does it stand for, how did you come up with that name? **Killjoy?** 😃 🙂 It stands for getting first place in Deathpool\*, I came up with the name by putting letters and numbers together\*\*, I think I was born and married\*\*\* in that year. - And if It doesn’t, could you please forward your points Meeko, Care Of SDMB Deathpool 20 **11** he would like to have them. Haven’t seen much of that Meeko kid here recently… \*\* Isn’t this the same question as the first ? \*\*\* I’m also my own grandpa, but that’s something else. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1751 "2012-06-02T20:03:55Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > {Hand goes up} I have three stiffs, not two. Things a male conjoined Triplet might say. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1752 "2012-06-02T22:26:21Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > \*\*\* I’m also my own grandpa, but that’s something else. Folks with time machines are not allowed to participate in the Death Pool. Difficulties metastatic, Charles. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1753 "2012-06-02T22:40:06Z")
Mrs. Landingham from The West Wing has died, again. [Kathryn Joosten](http://gawker.com/5915186/the-west-wings-mrs-landingham-dies--for-real-this-time), who played Jed Bartlett’s secretary, died of lung cancer at 72. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1754 "2012-06-02T23:11:38Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Mrs. Landingham from The West Wing has died, again. [Kathryn Joosten](http://gawker.com/5915186/the-west-wings-mrs-landingham-dies--for-real-this-time), who played Jed Bartlett’s secretary, died of lung cancer at 72. This will make **Dolores Reborn** [del]very happy[/del] sad at the death of a good actress. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1755 "2012-06-02T23:16:51Z")
Dammit, I don’t think I kept her. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1756 "2012-06-02T23:56:50Z")
Former NBA player and Notre Dame Basketball player Orlando Woolridge, will Alley Oop no more. [He died Thursday](http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/7996539/former-notre-dame-fighting-irish-chicago-bulls-player-orlando-woolridge-dead-52) at age 52. Seems like I heard a few years ago that he was very sick. Cursory search of this thread indicates that no one picked him. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1757 "2012-06-03T00:00:01Z")
I should say that the death of Mrs. Landingham in The West Wing led to one of the best episodes of the sceries and one of the best scenes with the President asking everyone to leave the cathedral after her service and he lights a cigarette and goes off on a tirade against God, mostly in Latin. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1758 "2012-06-03T02:08:43Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Mrs. Landingham from The West Wing has died, again. [Kathryn Joosten](http://gawker.com/5915186/the-west-wings-mrs-landingham-dies--for-real-this-time), who played Jed Bartlett’s secretary, died of lung cancer at 72. Damn took her off my list this year. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1759 "2012-06-03T13:54:22Z")
[Richard Dawson](http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/03/richard-dawson-dead-family-feud-host/), dead at 79. Esophageal cancer. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1760 "2012-06-03T14:09:41Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > [Richard Dawson](http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/03/richard-dawson-dead-family-feud-host/), dead at 79. Esophageal cancer. Better known (to me) as Newkirk from Hogan’s Heroes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=89)