# The Celebrity Death Pool 2012

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/2961 "2012-12-30T03:27:40Z")

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> [@Tangent](#):
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> I’m assuming the rules are as before: all dates and times (including day and time of death) will be marked according to US Central Time, no matter where the death takes place.

Is that the rule? In 2005 the rule was as follows:

> [@The Celebrity Death Pool 2005](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2005/277574/307):
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> However, if Dick Clark (or anyone else) dies after midnight in whatever time zone he or she is in, it’s good for 2005.

As far as I know, that rule was never changed.

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