The Celebrity Death Pool 2012

It is amazing, but not a record. From 2009:

Congrats, Registered!

My best finish ever!

My first time playing. Thanks to Andy Griffith I was not shut out.

Congrats Registered at Last! :slight_smile:

I figure I didn’t do too bad for my first try. Two deaths but no one since February. Maybe this year I can build on that.

5th! Best finish yet! Wooo!

Top 20, 5 winners and 1 unique. By far my best year. I’ve done my best to screw that up this year.

Thanks for the congrats & right back at everyone!

I guess it is time for the traditional acceptance speech…

First off thanks to all the corpses for being open enough about their pending demise to be google-able. And thanks to my mum for instilling my morbid sense of humour in me. As she lay dying in late March 2005 she talked of the ongoing “death watch” that the world media was engrossed in. She described it as “that poor girl (Terri Schiavo), that stubborn old man (Pope John Paul II), the prince (Prince Ranier of Monaco) and me (my Mum)” I dedicate this win to her. Miss you always Mum!

And of course, a huge Thank You to **Baker ** for all the hard work in the past year and that in the year to come and thanks to all my fellow competitors. Good luck everyone in 2013!

Thanks, Baker! By the way, in the rankings, the score is obvious, and the next number is the number of correct picks, but what does the “1” or the “0” at the end of the scores mean?

Thanks for your hard work, Baker. Good game, all!

That’s how many unique picks a player had. So Captain Klutz, Spoiler Virgin, and amarinth had a “2” after their scores, as they won the “Inside Track with the Grim Reaper Award” That’s what I’m going for in 2013. all my picks are unique and elderly.

Fourth place, and a share of the “Inside Track with the Grim Reaper” Award. (incidentally, it’s a bit surprising that 2 unique picks was enough to win that this year)

That’s my best finish, and now 2013 is off to a flyer with the opening kickoff award!

A big thank you to Baker for running this game

My 13 picks landed me in 13th place, which I figure is a good omen for my chances in 2013. :smiley:

I was 12th in 2012; do we get a cookie?

If anyone has any questions about their points or standings in 2012 I’m going to save the spreadsheets for one more week, then delete them.

Why would you delete them?

Should be sent to the National Archives as a historical document.

As a person who rarely throws away old files, yeah - why delete the spreadsheets?

Thanks Baker and Congratz to all the winners. Very well done.

Gee, I’d forgotten I had Jack Klugman. I made some Twilight Zone actor picks (which is why I had William Windom on my list), and when Klugman died, I thought, “He should have been on my Twilight Zone list!” Evidently, he was.

Thanks, Baker! Unfortunately, I forgot to get my list in for 2013.

:frowning: That’s too bad

Maybe I should run a seperate contest for all the latecomers!:smiley: Who would you have picked?