# 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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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2012/604679/535 "2012-01-03T13:39:52Z")

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from last year’s thread, posted today:

> [@The Celebrity Death Pool 2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/2672):
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> [Don Mueller](http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/former-giants-star-don-mueller-dies-at-84-his-hit-helped-set-up-thomsons-famed-1951-homer/2011/12/30/gIQAEG9ZRP_story.html), whose single was part of the rally that culminated in Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard 'Round the World” three-run homer that gave the New York Giants the 1951 National League pennant, died on December 28 at the age of 84. Although the Giants lost the World Series that year, they captured the Fall Classic in 1954, capping a season in which Mueller led the majors with 212 hits.

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