# The Celebrity Death Pool 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655 "2012-12-01T05:59:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 31
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/601 "2013-01-26T16:19:36Z")
No! Not the Bandit! How will we get our Coors? (Not actually a beer drinker.) ---
**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:** [January 27, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/602 "2013-01-27T00:46:29Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > How will we get our Coors? Put a bucket under a Bavarian Clydesdale. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/603 "2013-01-27T14:42:35Z")
[QUOTE=NotherYinzer] How will we get our Coors? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Put a bucket under a Bavarian Clydesdale. [/QUOTE] 1. Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread is disqualified. It’s just a game, people. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/604 "2013-01-27T14:49:32Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > 1. Any poster who kills or otherwise contributes to the death of any celebrity mentioned in this thread is disqualified. It’s just a game, people. I’m missing something here. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/605 "2013-01-27T22:21:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’m missing something here. 😕 silly comment in response to drinking less-than-hearty beer… ---
**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:** [January 28, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/606 "2013-01-28T00:23:27Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > silly comment in response to drinking less-than-hearty beer… Ah. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/607 "2013-01-28T00:32:24Z")
Significant activity detected in[Ariel Sharon’s brain](http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/significant-activity-detected-in-ariel-sharon-s-brain.premium-1.496704) > [@](#): > > Soroka Medical Center reports that the former prime minister’s brain responded to pictures and voice of his family, as measured by an fMRI scan, adds it confirms their diagnosis that the former PM is in ‘state of minimal consciousness’ rather than coma. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/608 "2013-01-28T02:13:29Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Significant activity detected in[Ariel Sharon’s brain](http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/significant-activity-detected-in-ariel-sharon-s-brain.premium-1.496704) > > > [@](#): > > > > Soroka Medical Center reports that the former prime minister’s brain responded to pictures and voice of his family, as measured by an fMRI scan, adds it confirms their diagnosis that the former PM is in ‘state of minimal consciousness’ rather than coma. OTOH, there was the [Salmon Study](http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/dead-fish-wins-ig-nobel/) that won the IgNobel Prize last year. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/609 "2013-01-28T03:44:37Z")
[Leroy Bonner](http://www.spin.com/articles/ohio-players-leroy-sugarfoot-bonner-dead), frontman of Ohio Players. 31 points goes to waste. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/610 "2013-01-28T07:09:37Z")
[Stanley Karnow](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-stanley-karnow-20130128,0,6303040.story), journalist and Vietnam war historian, dies at age 87. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/611 "2013-01-28T19:43:28Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Significant activity detected in[Ariel Sharon’s brain](http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/significant-activity-detected-in-ariel-sharon-s-brain.premium-1.496704) He’s just fucking with me now. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/612 "2013-01-28T19:59:36Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He’s just fucking with me now. \>\>Insert appropriate Jewish Joke here.\<\< ---
**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:** [January 28, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/613 "2013-01-28T22:55:49Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He’s just fucking with me now. Aren’t they all: [Hugo Chavez not in coma, brother says](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/hugo-chavez-not-in-coma-brother-says/article7292385/) > [@](#): > > But older brother Adan Chavez, who is governor of the family’s home state of Barinas, said the president was improving daily, according to a news release on Saturday from his office. > > “The head of state continues to assimilate treatment well and his recovery is advancing daily,” the statement read. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/614 "2013-01-28T23:08:20Z")
:mad: ---
**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:** [January 28, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/615 "2013-01-28T23:12:16Z")
One of my Google News alerts suggests that Chavez bought the farm a couple of weeks ago. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/616 "2013-01-28T23:31:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > One of my Google News alerts suggests that Chavez bought the farm a couple of weeks ago. Thats fine too. I had him on last years list. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/617 "2013-01-29T00:51:38Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > One of my Google News alerts suggests that Chavez bought the farm a couple of weeks ago. According to my Cuban manager, you’ll be able to tell when Chavez dies because half of Miami will suddenly start cheering. The other half is holding out for Castro. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/618 "2013-01-29T06:45:51Z")
Barbara Walters remains hospitalized with chicken pox. She’s 83. > [@](#): > > Although the chicken pox infection is not considered life-threatening, it is more serious in adults than in children, since adults can sometimes develop complications such as [pneumonia](http://www.latimes.com/topic/health/diseases-illnesses/pneumonia-HEDAI0000061.topic), according to the European Respiratory Journal. [Barbara Walters remains hospitalized, now has chicken pox](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-barbara-walters-hospitalized-chicken-pox-whoopi-goldberg-20130128,0,911648.story) ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/619 "2013-01-29T21:27:15Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > [Leroy Bonner](http://www.spin.com/articles/ohio-players-leroy-sugarfoot-bonner-dead), frontman of Ohio Players. > > 31 points goes to waste. They had some good tunes. My uncle did the covers and gatefold to their “Honey” album. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655/620 "2013-01-29T22:20:50Z")
It’s coming towards the end of the month so I’m going to post the current standings. I can amend them if some other celeb dies in the next 48 hours. 1. Captain Klutz 33 1 0 2. Cumbrian 33 1 0 3. batsto 11 1 1 4. 5 time champ 8 1 0 5. Andrew21 8 1 0 6. etv78 8 1 0 7. Tazmanian Devil 8 1 0 8. zamboniracer 8 1 0 9. Spazcat 6 1 1 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2013/642655.md?page=32)