# 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:** 90
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1781 "2012-06-04T17:51:28Z")
I like the way they tell you the story of his birth, his marriage, his family – he’s not dead yet, folks! :dubious: ☹ ---
**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:** [June 5, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1782 "2012-06-05T19:25:09Z")
Pedro Borbon, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds during their 70’s Big Red Machine era, died yesterday at age 65. [http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial\_opinion/editorials/articles/2012/06/05/pedro\_borbon\_pitched\_for\_cincinnatis\_big\_red\_machine/](http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2012/06/05/pedro_borbon_pitched_for_cincinnatis_big_red_machine/) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1783 "2012-06-06T03:32:41Z")
Penny Marshall finally admits she HAD cancer but is in remission now. And Sheryl Crow has a brain tumor?! :eek: ☹ [From PerezHilton.com](http://perezhilton.com/2011-10-12-the-enquirer-was-right-about-penny-marshall-battling-with-cancer-even-though-she-denied-it-for-two-years), so take with a grain of salt…? ---
**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 6, 2012, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1784 "2012-06-06T08:36:22Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Penny Marshall finally admits she HAD cancer but is in remission now. > > And Sheryl Crow has a brain tumor?! :eek: ☹ > > [From PerezHilton.com](http://perezhilton.com/2011-10-12-the-enquirer-was-right-about-penny-marshall-battling-with-cancer-even-though-she-denied-it-for-two-years), so take with a grain of salt…? Don’t despair! Robin Gibb announced he was getting better too. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1785 "2012-06-06T14:35:58Z")
Farewell, Ray Bradbury. > **[R.I.P. Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles](https://gizmodo.com/r-i-p-ray-bradbury-author-of-fahrenheit-451-and-the-m-5916175)** > > Ray Bradbury — author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and many more literary classics — died this morning in Los Angeles, at the age of 91. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1786 "2012-06-06T14:42:00Z")
I’m sorry to hear it. A great man. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1787 "2012-06-06T14:59:23Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Celebrity Death Pool 2012 > … > Ray Bradbury > … > > 1. Ray Bradbury – Beloved Author > … Finally a match! ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1788 "2012-06-06T15:02:19Z")
It’s a sad day, tempered only slightly by the fact that he scores me my first ever Death Pool points. At least, I think it does, I certainly meant to include him. ---
**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 6, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1789 "2012-06-06T15:54:44Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Farewell, Ray Bradbury. Damn. I just finished reading _October Country_ about thirty minutes ago. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1790 "2012-06-06T16:06:50Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Farewell, Ray Bradbury. > > [http://io9.com/5916175/rip-ray-bradbury-author-of-fahrenheit-451-and-the-martian-chronicles](http://io9.com/5916175/rip-ray-bradbury-author-of-fahrenheit-451-and-the-martian-chronicles) I thought I was finally on the board with Bradbury, but I see that I had Joe Paterno on the list. I think this is the first time I’ve gotten points in the pool. Bradbury lived just a couple of miles from me when I lived in L.A. I have his address somewhere, but I never wrote him. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1791 "2012-06-06T16:25:25Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Farewell, Ray Bradbury. > > [http://io9.com/5916175/rip-ray-bradbury-author-of-fahrenheit-451-and-the-martian-chronicles](http://io9.com/5916175/rip-ray-bradbury-author-of-fahrenheit-451-and-the-martian-chronicles) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1792 "2012-06-06T18:06:15Z")
Soviet hockey great [Vladimir Krutov](http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Former+Vancouver+Canuck+Soviet+superstar+Vladimir+Krutov+died+Moscow+hospital/6733586/story.html) has passed away at age 52. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1793 "2012-06-06T18:30:29Z")
Former basketball stars [LeRoy Ellis and Jack Twyman](http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-me-passings-20120604,0,4872773.story) have died. Ellis, who was 72 at his passing, played fourteen seasons in the NBA and helped the Los Angeles Lakers win the league’s championship series in 1972. Twyman, who was 78, averaged 31.2 points per game for the Cincinnati Royals during the 1959-60 season. He was also known for becoming the guardian of fellow player Maurice Stokes after Stokes was paralyzed as the result of an injury suffered in a 1958 game. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1794 "2012-06-07T17:06:55Z")
No news links yet, but Joan Collins is reporting on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/joancollinsobe/status/210661702113562626) that fashion designer Nolan Miller has died. That is a loss to the fashion world, and 23 points for me. ---
**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1795 "2012-06-07T22:35:06Z")
Second time this year, right band, wrong member [bob welch dead of self inflicted gunshot wound](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/former-fleetwood-mac-member-bob-welch-dead-at-65-20120607) ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1796 "2012-06-08T02:20:25Z")
How thoughtful of him to shoot himself where his wife would be the one to find him. ---
**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 8, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1797 "2012-06-08T02:42:34Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > How thoughtful of him to shoot himself where his wife would be the one to find him. Perhaps that is why he did it. On the other hand as Robert Johnson sings, “i don’t care where you bury me, I’ll be dead.” ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1798 "2012-06-08T08:56:07Z")
Just me, or does June seem kinda busy this year? Are we approaching a record? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1799 "2012-06-08T19:52:02Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > No news links yet, but Joan Collins is reporting on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/joancollinsobe/status/210661702113562626) that fashion designer Nolan Miller has died. That is a loss to the fashion world, and 23 points for me. SpoilerVirgin, most news outlets are reporting that Miller was 79 when he died, so that would be 21 points. But it is a unique pick for you! ---
**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 8, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1800 "2012-06-08T19:58:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > SpoilerVirgin, most news outlets are reporting that Miller was 79 when he died, so that would be 21 points. Lesser Death Mistresses would have fallen for it. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679.md?page=91)