# 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:** 102
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2022 "2016-11-26T05:35:43Z")
So, who had [Fidel Castro?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro) ---
**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:** [November 26, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2023 "2016-11-26T05:36:05Z")
Anybody got Fidel? ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2024 "2016-11-26T05:47:36Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Anybody got Fidel? Only like 41 people. He was third in the conch list this year after Valerie Harper and Sam Simon (if I’m reading the search results correctly) ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2025 "2016-11-26T05:52:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So, who had [Fidel Castro?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro) A would-be god in dungarees, strangled by an illusion, that will-o’-the-wisp mirage that dangles from the sky in front of the eyes of all ambitious men, all tyrants. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2026 "2016-11-26T06:02:17Z")
I had Fidel for 10 points. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2027 "2016-11-26T06:14:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So, who had [Fidel Castro?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro) I might have but I can’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2028 "2016-11-26T06:20:24Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I might have but I can’t remember. Your list is on page 1. ---
**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 26, 2016, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2029 "2016-11-26T09:10:57Z")
I’m pretty sure I had him, as (as I recall) I pussed out and went with the top picks in the game at time of my posting. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2030 "2016-11-26T10:17:19Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So, who had [Fidel Castro?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro) I didn’t. If I had a bottle of champagne chilled, though, I’d pop that cork right now, I don’t care if it’s 5:15 a.m.! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2031 "2016-11-26T10:19:25Z")
31 people had him, according to **Baker** back on January 1: > [@Baker](#): > > Well, I do have the stats earlier than I thought I would. > > There are, by my count, 832 celebrities selected. Of those, 601 are unique. > > We have 140 players this year, for1818 selections. That’s an odd number, because one player had a choice disqualified(already dead) and one person was so dedicated to their theme that they picked only twelve choices. > > The top bandwagon thirteen are: > > Joey Feek 64 > Valerie Harper 41 > George H. W. Bush 40 > Jimmy Carter 35 > Fidel Castro 31 > Muhammad Ali 24 > Martin Crowe 22 > Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 21 > Tommy Chong 21 > Glen Campbell 20 > Nancy Reagan 19 > Kirk Douglas 18 > Joost van der Westhuizen 16 Five of the bandwagon 13 (Feek, Castro, Ali, Crowe, Reagan) have now kicked the bucket in 2016, which is better than usual IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2032 "2016-11-26T12:27:15Z")
If only I had remembered to play this year, I would have gotten 3 picks - Castro, Ali, and Nancy Reagan - for about 42 points ---
**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 26, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2033 "2016-11-26T13:58:43Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > See post #2008.🙂 Thanks Baker. Some Dopers must get an earlier news feed than I do here on the Left Coast. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2034 "2016-11-26T14:00:12Z")
Whew! I’m glad that’s over! 1 CAMJAY77 482 10 5 2 Fear Itself 389 8 2 3 Registered at Last 332 7 3 4 Team Dirt 262 7 0 5 phungi 235 5 2 6 Quartz 230 5 0 7 carnivorousplant 208 4 0 7 RTFirefly 208 4 0 9 RobotDevilDog 188 4 0 10 guylevesque 172 5 1 11 notfrommensa 165 5 0 12 Captain Klutz 161 3 0 12 Maus Magill 161 3 0 14 GIGObuster 160 4 1 15 Loach 159 3 1 16 basset hound 156 4 0 17 septimus 155 5 0 18 jeezums 154 4 1 19 lel 146 4 2 20 Squonk 136 4 0 21 Hoopy Frood 124 3 0 22 Jeep’s Phoenix 122 3 1 23 Mahaloth 117 3 0 23 Shirley Ujest 117 3 0 23 Tangent 117 4 1 26 Hockey Monkey 114 2 0 26 VunderBob 114 2 0 28 Dung Beetle 110 3 1 29 Flik the Blue 108 5 2 30 42fish 107 2 0 30 Andrew21 107 2 0 30 Catamount 107 2 0 30 Mean Mr. Mustard 107 2 0 30 minionkat 107 2 0 35 Happy Lendervedder 106 3 0 36 anyrose 102 4 0 36 Jack Batty 102 4 0 38 bowler girl 97 3 0 39 Borborygmi 96 3 0 39 JohnT 96 2 1 39 Labtrash 96 3 0 42 Dolores Reborn 92 3 0 43 cardboardbox 87 2 0 43 cazwhatever 87 2 0 43 Eliahna 87 2 0 46 MadTheSwine 86 2 0 46 Tit Whistle 86 2 0 46 zoog 86 2 1 49 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 83 2 0 50 amarinth 82 3 0 51 The Vorlon 81 2 0 52 Clothilde 76 3 0 52 critter42 76 3 0 52 Lsura 76 3 0 55 Shoeless 72 3 0 56 BlossomDrearie 71 4 2 56 Casey1505 71 2 0 58 melondeca 70 2 0 59 a35362 66 3 0 59 Mona Lott 66 2 0 61 Wallet 61 1 0 62 5 time champ 60 1 0 62 candide 60 1 0 62 CreaseMunky 60 1 0 62 irritant 60 1 0 62 Little Nemo 60 1 0 62 Lok 60 1 0 62 Mudshark 60 1 0 62 pachabel 60 1 0 62 Rico 60 1 0 62 Superdude 60 1 0 62 vivalostwages 60 1 0 73 ShaggyZ 54 1 0 74 maplekiwi 47 1 0 75 Baker 46 2 2 76 sir viks 45 3 1 77 Personal 43 1 1 78 Dr. Girlfriend 38 2 0 79 imthjckaz 36 2 0 80 Czarcasm 32 2 0 80 kayT 32 2 0 82 Little Pig 30 3 2 83 Clothahump 26 1 0 83 Hal Briston 26 1 0 83 Old Wench 26 2 1 83 Reepicheep 26 1 0 83 Schnitte 26 1 0 83 swampbear 26 1 0 83 Winston Smith 26 1 0 83 zadscmc 26 1 0 91 kunilou 25 3 1 91 tim-n-va 25 1 1 93 Invisible Chimp 24 2 2 94 Fleetwood 22 2 0 94 J-P L 22 2 0 96 SpoilerVirgin 21 2 1 97 Idle Thoughts 19 3 1 98 valfatale 17 1 0 99 ataraxy22 16 2 0 99 Buttercup Smith 16 2 0 99 meghan 16 2 0 99 PaulParkhead 16 2 0 99 rucciface 16 2 0 104 Mr. Goob 12 1 0 105 Aji de Gallina 10 1 0 105 Bewildebeest 10 1 0 105 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 105 Library1900 10 1 0 105 racer72 10 1 0 105 Stephe96 10 1 1 111 kopek 6 1 0 111 Myrtle Beached Whale 6 1 0 111 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 111 Spiff 6 1 0 Five players got their first points, and only twenty-seven players are still virgins. ---
**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 26, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2035 "2016-11-26T14:03:08Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So, who had [Fidel Castro?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro) This is interesting. No, really. They must be going Nutz in Miami. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2036 "2016-11-26T14:27:19Z")
It has been pointed out to me that one player did not get points for a certain celebrity, due to alternate spellings of the celebrities’ name. So carnivorousplant gets 38 points for Steve Latourette. 1 CAMJAY77 482 10 5 2 Fear Itself 389 8 2 3 Registered at Last 332 7 3 4 Team Dirt 262 7 0 5 carnivorousplant 246 5 0 6 phungi 235 5 2 7 Quartz 230 5 0 8 RTFirefly 208 4 0 9 RobotDevilDog 188 4 0 10 guylevesque 172 5 1 11 notfrommensa 165 5 0 12 Captain Klutz 161 3 0 12 Maus Magill 161 3 0 14 GIGObuster 160 4 1 15 Loach 159 3 1 16 basset hound 156 4 0 17 septimus 155 5 0 18 jeezums 154 4 1 19 lel 146 4 2 20 Squonk 136 4 0 21 Hoopy Frood 124 3 0 22 Jeep’s Phoenix 122 3 1 23 Mahaloth 117 3 0 23 Shirley Ujest 117 3 0 23 Tangent 117 4 1 26 Hockey Monkey 114 2 0 26 VunderBob 114 2 0 28 Dung Beetle 110 3 1 29 Flik the Blue 108 5 2 30 42fish 107 2 0 30 Andrew21 107 2 0 30 Catamount 107 2 0 30 Mean Mr. Mustard 107 2 0 30 minionkat 107 2 0 35 Happy Lendervedder 106 3 0 36 anyrose 102 4 0 36 Jack Batty 102 4 0 38 bowler girl 97 3 0 39 Borborygmi 96 3 0 39 JohnT 96 2 1 39 Labtrash 96 3 0 42 Dolores Reborn 92 3 0 43 cardboardbox 87 2 0 43 cazwhatever 87 2 0 43 Eliahna 87 2 0 46 MadTheSwine 86 2 0 46 Tit Whistle 86 2 0 46 zoog 86 2 1 49 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 83 2 0 50 amarinth 82 3 0 51 The Vorlon 81 2 0 52 Clothilde 76 3 0 52 critter42 76 3 0 52 Lsura 76 3 0 55 Shoeless 72 3 0 56 BlossomDrearie 71 4 2 56 Casey1505 71 2 0 58 melondeca 70 2 0 59 a35362 66 3 0 59 Mona Lott 66 2 0 61 Wallet 61 1 0 62 5 time champ 60 1 0 62 candide 60 1 0 62 CreaseMunky 60 1 0 62 irritant 60 1 0 62 Little Nemo 60 1 0 62 Lok 60 1 0 62 Mudshark 60 1 0 62 pachabel 60 1 0 62 Rico 60 1 0 62 Superdude 60 1 0 62 vivalostwages 60 1 0 73 ShaggyZ 54 1 0 74 maplekiwi 47 1 0 75 Baker 46 2 2 76 sir viks 45 3 1 77 Personal 43 1 1 78 Dr. Girlfriend 38 2 0 79 imthjckaz 36 2 0 80 Czarcasm 32 2 0 80 kayT 32 2 0 82 Little Pig 30 3 2 83 Clothahump 26 1 0 83 Hal Briston 26 1 0 83 Old Wench 26 2 1 83 Reepicheep 26 1 0 83 Schnitte 26 1 0 83 swampbear 26 1 0 83 Winston Smith 26 1 0 83 zadscmc 26 1 0 91 kunilou 25 3 1 91 tim-n-va 25 1 1 93 Invisible Chimp 24 2 2 94 Fleetwood 22 2 0 94 J-P L 22 2 0 96 SpoilerVirgin 21 2 1 97 Idle Thoughts 19 3 1 98 valfatale 17 1 0 99 ataraxy22 16 2 0 99 Buttercup Smith 16 2 0 99 meghan 16 2 0 99 PaulParkhead 16 2 0 99 rucciface 16 2 0 104 Mr. Goob 12 1 0 105 Aji de Gallina 10 1 0 105 Bewildebeest 10 1 0 105 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 105 Library1900 10 1 0 105 racer72 10 1 0 105 Stephe96 10 1 1 111 kopek 6 1 0 111 Myrtle Beached Whale 6 1 0 111 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 111 Spiff 6 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2037 "2016-11-26T14:43:41Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It has been pointed out to me that one player did not get points for a certain celebrity, due to alternate spellings of the celebrities’ name. So carnivorousplant gets 38 points for Steve Latourette. > > 1 CAMJAY77 482 10 5 > 2 Fear Itself 389 8 2 > 3 Registered at Last 332 7 3 > 4 Team Dirt 262 7 0 > 5 carnivorousplant 246 5 0 > 6 phungi 235 5 2 > 7 Quartz 230 5 0 > 8 RTFirefly 208 4 0 > 9 RobotDevilDog 188 4 0 > 10 guylevesque 172 5 1 > … And **carnivorousplant** can stop griping that I’m crowding him. 😉 > [@critter42](#): > > Only like 41 people. He was third in the conch list this year after Valerie Harper and Sam Simon (if I’m reading the search results correctly) Wrong year, since Sam Simon died early in 2015. (I was among the large crowd of Deathpoolers who picked up those points. :)) With Fidel, Ali, and Nancy Reagan gone, that’s a whole bunch of the ‘evergreen’ picks, the ones who show up on a lot of lists year after year. But there’s still Valerie Harper. And a pair of ancient ex-Presidents. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2038 "2016-11-26T15:01:27Z")
This is a listing of all the celebs who had more than 10 picks. Those bolded are the ones who have passed/ **Joey Feek 65** Valerie Harper 43 George H. W. Bush 40 Jimmy Carter 35 **Fidel Castro 31 Muhammad Ali 24 Martin Crowe 23** Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 21 Glen Campbell 21 Tommy Chong 21 **Nancy Reagan 19** Kirk Douglas 18 Joost van der Westhuizen 16 The Amazing Johnathan 16 Charlie Sheen 15 Lindsay Lohan 15 Bashar al-Assad 14 Bill Cosby 13 Burt Reynolds 13 Prince Philip 13 **Rob Ford 13** Clive James 12 Zsa Zsa Gabor 12 Mary Tyler Moore 11 Stephen Hawking 11 Suge Knight 11 BTW. Kirk Douglas is just two weeks from his 100th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2039 "2016-11-26T15:41:51Z")
Finally, off the schneid. ---
**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 26, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2040 "2016-11-26T16:17:53Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So, who had [Fidel Castro?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro) So what about Castro’s Curveball? Word around the camp fire was that he wasn’t a bad pitcher. Any Dopers know the dope? ---
**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 26, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2041 "2016-11-26T16:56:23Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 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!!! So Baker, when can we expect the “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!!” rule book? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=103)