The 2012 Off Topic Celebrity Dead Pool

[Guynemer]

I'm more than a little disappointed that my superfecta four-play of the the oldest living Academy Award winner, Nobelist, current-or-former Congressman, and Baseball Hall of Famer turned up ****-all last year.

So, naturally, I'm going double or nothing.

[Wezil]

Nobody outsiders complained so far about this pool that it is tasteless

We've come a long way. I think seeing what the DP is actually about over the past few years has tempered some attitudes.

It's as tasteful as tasteless can be.

[-Jrabbit]

I'm oddly comforted.

[DaShi]

**** this ****! Tasteless bastards all of us!

[Robert]

Nobody outsiders complained so far about this pool that it is tasteless
That takes a bit of the fun away. Can someone please whine at least a tad bit?

[Wezil]

Zombie picks would be awesome points.

[Uncle Sparky]

If my #10 pick, Tom Baker regenerates post-mortem, does he still count?

[Wezil]

Plato (Plato’s Legio Mortis)

4. *Abe Vigoda

Abe has been a Dead Pool pick for the past 30 years.

There's a reason no one else picked him.

[Wezil]

Guilty!

Had to start somewhere though, right?

Learn from the masters Grasshopper.

[PLATO]

New players often make the mistake of picking a celeb because the celeb is old.

Guilty!

Had to start somewhere though, right?

[Hauldren Collider]

Ariel Sharon is dead for all intents and purposes.

[Robert]

Hurray! Thanks Wezil!
I'm looking forward to another year.

I suddenly realise that I forgot to check my list against Ming's list....

[-Jrabbit]

Some phrases associated with Ariel Sharon (wiki) --

persistent vegetative state
second stroke
cerebral hemorrhage
heart infection
pneumonia
14-hour operation
ventilator
necrotic large intestine
paralysis in lower body
lengthy coma
tracheotomy

This has been going on since his second massive stroke, which was in January 2006. They just won't let him die, so I took him off my list.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Links to previous years, if you want to spend some time researching history

2008:

http://apolyton.net/showthread.php/173328-The-Off-Topic-2008-Celebrity-Dead-Pool

2009:

http://apolyton.net/showthread.php/182858-Apolyton-Celebrity-Dead-Pool-2009

2010: (hard to find for some reason)

http://apolyton.net/showthread.php/189685-The-Off-Topic-2010-Celebrity-Dead-Pool

2011:

http://apolyton.net/showthread.php/194407-The-2011-Off-Topic-Celebrity-Dead-Pool

one interesting tidbit - Ariel Sharon - he is still alive.

[Uncle Sparky]

Mayan's Choice Award

Could we have a "Mayan's Choice" award this year to commemorate the end of time?

I think that any celebrity that dies on December 21, 2012 should receive double points.
Maybe the Mayans weren't predicting the end of the word, but suggesting the world wouldn't be worth living in without [insert celebrity here].

Any thoughts?