# Celebrity Death Pool 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098 "2015-12-01T05:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 101
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2002 "2016-11-22T23:18:41Z")
> [@Tread](#): > > The year the music dies… > > Stevie Wonder > Randy Meisner > Smokey Robinson > Jim Steinman > Peter Yarrow > Keith Richards > Robert Plant > David Bellamy > Rod Stewart > Elton John > Glen Campbell > Gloria Gaynor > Pat Boone I’ve spotted your key mistake. Stevie Wonder had an album called “Songs in the Key of Life”. By listing him first, you formed a protective shield over all the choices. Also, I can’t believe you included Gloria “I Will Survive” Gaynor, who is clearly immortal. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2003 "2016-11-22T23:53:16Z")
I think **Tread** ’s mistake was not including David Bowie. Bowie was obviously the glue that held the universe together. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2004 "2016-11-23T02:42:58Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Bowie was obviously the glue that held the universe together. You are thinking of Wilhelm Richard Wagner. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2005 "2016-11-23T04:25:52Z")
I’d trade Pat Boone for David Bowie. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2006 "2016-11-23T05:47:15Z")
I am just happy that \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is still around, being odd. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2007 "2016-11-23T08:10:34Z")
[TK-421, why aren’t you at your post?](http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/11/vale-peter-sumner.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2008 "2016-11-23T15:57:06Z")
[Denton Cooley](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/denton_cooley.html), arguably the best heart surgeon who ever lived. [Jay Forrester](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/jay_forrester.html), led the team that came up with magnetic core memory for computers (and from where the term “core dump” originates). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2009 "2016-11-23T17:01:45Z")
[Ralph Branca](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/sports/baseball/ralph-branca-who-gave-up-shot-heard-round-the-world-dies-at-90.html) no longer has to be reminded about The Shot Heard Round the World. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2010 "2016-11-24T22:25:29Z")
[Whitney Smith](http://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Whitney-Smith-whose-passion-for-flags-became-a-10633490.php), whose passion for flags became a career, waves off. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2011 "2016-11-25T00:58:31Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Still the same. > 7 carnivorousplant 208 4 0 > 7 RTFirefly 208 4 0 RT, how much did we steal…how much were we inspired by each other? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2012 "2016-11-25T06:06:47Z")
[Florence Henderson](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2f3b33a3942d433fa542d092825f5353/florence-henderson-brady-bunch-mom-dies) dead at 82. RIP Mrs. Brady. (I loved her in _Shakes the Clown_.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2013 "2016-11-25T06:15:17Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Florence Henderson](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2f3b33a3942d433fa542d092825f5353/florence-henderson-brady-bunch-mom-dies) dead at 82. RIP Mrs. Brady. (I loved her in _Shakes the Clown_.) Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2014 "2016-11-25T06:29:44Z")
I was sure someone had Mrs. Brady, but nope. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2015 "2016-11-25T12:54:12Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Florence Henderson](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2f3b33a3942d433fa542d092825f5353/florence-henderson-brady-bunch-mom-dies) dead at 82. RIP Mrs. Brady. (I loved her in _Shakes the Clown_.) I thought I was the only person in existence who has seen this movie. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2016 "2016-11-25T13:56:30Z")
Are you shitting me? The Citizen Kaine of alcoholic clown movies? It’s a classic! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2017 "2016-11-25T14:24:56Z")
Ralph Branca is [FINALLY at peace.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/sports/baseball/ralph-branca-who-gave-up-shot-heard-round-the-world-dies-at-90.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=sports/baseball&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Baseball&action=swipe®ion=FixedRight&pgtype=article) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2018 "2016-11-25T14:33:08Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Ralph Branca is [FINALLY at peace.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/sports/baseball/ralph-branca-who-gave-up-shot-heard-round-the-world-dies-at-90.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=sports/baseball&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Baseball&action=swipe®ion=FixedRight&pgtype=article) See post #2008.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2019 "2016-11-25T14:37:53Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I thought I was the only person in existence who has seen this movie. Seen it? I own it. I’ve watched it enough that I can do Marty the mime’s lines AND gestures. > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Are you shitting me? The Citizen Kaine of alcoholic clown movies? It’s a classic! Fuckin’ A right; it’s a classic. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2020 "2016-11-25T15:33:24Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Ralph Branca is [FINALLY at peace.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/sports/baseball/ralph-branca-who-gave-up-shot-heard-round-the-world-dies-at-90.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=sports/baseball&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Baseball&action=swipe®ion=FixedRight&pgtype=article) I was just thinking about him yesterday while watching “42”. Never having been a fan of the Bums, I still hope he finally has some peace. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2021 "2016-11-25T16:25:12Z")
It’s a week now until the 2017 DeathPool thread should start. I’m hoping we can deal well with our new DeathMaster. I’ve still got the DP I do on another board though, so I’ll be reaping celebrities over there. And I do participate on a third board, although I’m not in charge of that one. Doing three boards gives me the chance to play three different lists of celebrities!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=102)