# The Celebrity Death Pool 2012

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679>\
**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:** 97

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**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1922 "2012-07-01T00:26:17Z")

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Chimera - I’ll kill one of yours if you’ll kill one of mine!!😃

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**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:** [July 1, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1923 "2012-07-01T00:33:38Z")

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> [@Enuma\_Elish](#):
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> Chimera - I’ll kill one of yours if you’ll kill one of mine!!😃

Gentlemen, I would suggest that you PM each other on this subject.  
:rolleyes:

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**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:** [July 1, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1924 "2012-07-01T00:37:39Z")

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> [@SpazCat](#):
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> Meanwhile Ariel Sharon keeps on keepin’ on.

What the fuck?

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**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1925 "2012-07-01T00:42:06Z")

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Quote: Originally Posted by Enuma Elish  
Chimera - I’ll kill one of yours if you’ll kill one of mine!!

Gentlemen, I would suggest that you PM each other on this subject.

I’m sorry, carnivorousplant, did you want in on this?😛

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**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1926 "2012-07-01T00:43:16Z")

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Gah - why can’t I get this stupid milti-quote thing to work…😕

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1927 "2012-07-01T00:54:55Z")

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> [@Enuma\_Elish](#):
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> Gah - why can’t I get this stupid milti-quote thing to work…😕

press the button with the quote marks, then when you’ve chosen all you want, hit the big quote button and edit as needed

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1928 "2012-07-01T00:55:55Z")

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> [@Enuma\_Elish](#):
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> Chimera - I’ll kill one of yours if you’ll kill one of mine!!😃

> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Gentlemen, I would suggest that you PM each other on this subject.  
> :rolleyes:

> [@Enuma\_Elish](#):
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> I’m sorry, carnivorousplant, did you want in on this?😛

Like that

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**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1929 "2012-07-01T01:20:53Z")

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Thank you! I will try to remember that…:dubious: (I’ve been drinking…:))

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**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:** [July 1, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1930 "2012-07-01T02:02:47Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> Like that

This isn’t Facebook, it’s Murder Incor…

Never mind.  
Nothing to see here.  
Everyone move along.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1931 "2012-07-01T03:00:11Z")

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[Doris Singleton](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/arts/television/doris-singleton-i-love-lucy-neighbor-dies-at-92.html), actress, Age 92

Probably best known for playing Carolyn Appleby on _I Love Lucy_.

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**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:** [July 1, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1932 "2012-07-01T03:05:04Z")

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> [@Loach](#):
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> What the fuck?

As in he has been in a coma for six years and taking up a slot on my list for five years.

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1933 "2012-07-01T06:37:49Z")

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> [@SpazCat](#):
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> As in he has been in a coma for six years and taking up a slot on my list for five years.

He’s waiting on one thing, Spaz,

For you to take him off your list.

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**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:** [July 1, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1934 "2012-07-01T20:32:11Z")

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> [@Meeko](#):
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> He’s waiting on one thing, Spaz,
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> For you to take him off your list.

The only way he gets off my list without getting off my list is if he lasts another 17 years. Then it would just be another pointless death.

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1935 "2012-07-01T21:43:17Z")

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> [@SpazCat](#):
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> The only way he gets off my list without getting off my list is if he lasts another 17 years. Then it would just be another pointless death.

Putting people on your list that are close to 100.

I should probably try that one of these years.

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**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:** [July 3, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1936 "2012-07-03T13:19:13Z")

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Alan Poindexter, 50, a two-time space shuttle astronaut, has [died after a personal watercraft accident](http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/03/us-usa-astronaut-poindexter-idUSBRE8610W220120703)in Pensacola, Florida.

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**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:** [July 3, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1937 "2012-07-03T14:53:51Z")

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[Andy Griffith](http://www.eonline.com/news/andy_griffith_matlock_mayberrys/327572), at age 86.

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**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:** [July 3, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1938 "2012-07-03T15:00:37Z")

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> [@Spiff](#):
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> [Andy Griffith](http://www.eonline.com/news/andy_griffith_matlock_mayberrys/327572), at age 86.

Looks like 14 points for **critter42** , **tim-n-va** and **BobLibDem** (but not **Sigmagirl** , who had him as an alternate).

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**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:** [July 3, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1939 "2012-07-03T15:23:03Z")

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> [@SpazCat](#):
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> As in he has been in a coma for six years and taking up a slot on my list for five years.

I know. He’s been on mine for 6.

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**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1940 "2012-07-03T15:56:46Z")

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Sergio Pininfarini, the Italian godfather of car design renowned for crafting sleek Ferrari race cars and revolutionizing the automobile, died Tuesday at the age of 85.  
**[Sergio Pininfarini, godfather of Italian car design, ‘genius’ behind Ferrari …](http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/sergio-pininfarini-godfather-italian-car-design-genius-behind-ferrari-race-cars-dead-85-article-1.1106914)**

**Beautiful cars, not just for Ferrari. Sad to see him go, a real style genius.**

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**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/1941 "2012-07-03T16:39:25Z")

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> [@Spiff](#):
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> [Andy Griffith](http://www.eonline.com/news/andy_griffith_matlock_mayberrys/327572), at age 86.

No whistling! I SAID NO WHISTLING!

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