# 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:** 104
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2062 "2016-11-30T20:49:05Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > Time to shut down the grill for McDonald’s Big Mac inventor [Jim Delligatti](http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2016/11/30/big-mac-creator-jim-delligatti-dies/94664154/). Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions and 2 points on a sesame seed bun. Reminded me of [this](http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1975/08/25). ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2063 "2016-12-01T07:00:59Z")
[Celebrity Death Pool for 2017 is now up.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19821225#post19821225) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2064 "2016-12-01T08:23:31Z")
I’ll compile my list this weekend ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2065 "2016-12-01T20:38:24Z")
nm, posted in wrong thread ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2066 "2016-12-01T22:28:14Z")
[Buzz Aldrin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh6BY_fRXaw&feature=youtu.be) evacuated from the South Pole. Does anyone have him? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2067 "2016-12-01T23:19:12Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Buzz Aldrin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh6BY_fRXaw&feature=youtu.be) evacuated from the South Pole. Does anyone have him? Better check that link, unless Buzz is part of the fish tank background. [Here’s a correct link.](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/astronaut-buzz-aldrin-medically-evacuated-south-pole-n690616) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2068 "2016-12-01T23:51:16Z")
[Andrew Sachs](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/01/andrew-sachs-much-loved-fawlty-towers-actor-manuel-role-dies/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw), aka Manuel from _Fawlty Towers_, has died aged 86. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2069 "2016-12-02T00:01:17Z")
Awe. That sucks. He was brilliant! “I speak English. I learn it from a book.” ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2070 "2016-12-02T00:56:31Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > [Andrew Sachs](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/01/andrew-sachs-much-loved-fawlty-towers-actor-manuel-role-dies/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw), aka Manuel from _Fawlty Towers_, has died aged 86. He’s gone back to Barcelona. ☹ ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2071 "2016-12-02T01:16:23Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Better check that link, unless Buzz is part of the fish tank background. > > [Here’s a correct link.](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/astronaut-buzz-aldrin-medically-evacuated-south-pole-n690616) Thanks, Rocket. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2072 "2016-12-02T03:46:58Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > [Andrew Sachs](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/01/andrew-sachs-much-loved-fawlty-towers-actor-manuel-role-dies/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw), aka Manuel from _Fawlty Towers_, has died aged 86. It seems he had a full wonderful life but this still hurts. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2073 "2016-12-02T03:58:17Z")
[Former New York Jets and USC running back Joe McKnight killed in road rage incident.](http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18182683/joe-mcknight-former-usc-trojans-new-york-jets-rb-killed-louisiana) 72 points. ---
**Author:** ![moldmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@moldmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2074 "2016-12-02T16:11:55Z")
Micky Fitz, singer of the punk band The Business, has passed. > **[THE BUSINESS Frontman MICKY FITZ Dies After Battle With Cancer](https://blabbermouth.net/news/the-business-frontman-micky-fitz-dies-after-battle-with-cancer)** > > Singer Michael "Micky Fitz" Fitzsimmons of THE BUSINESS has died after a battle with cancer. No official statement has been released by the rest of the band, but condolences are pouring in from the punk, hardcore and oi! communities around the world.... ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2075 "2016-12-02T17:19:41Z")
Milt Moss, great character actor perhaps best known for [this classic Alka-Seltzer commercial,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZKg-GYsvtg) has been eternally relieved at age 93. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2076 "2016-12-02T18:04:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Milt Moss, great character actor perhaps best known for [this classic Alka-Seltzer commercial,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZKg-GYsvtg) has been eternally relieved at age 93. He ate the whole thing ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2077 "2016-12-02T20:23:10Z")
I can’t believe it. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2078 "2016-12-04T18:46:12Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > He ate the whole thing Was ‘the whole thing’ a healthy serving of General Tso’s Chicken, by any chance? Peng Chang-kuei, the chef who created that dish, [died this past week at age 98](http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-peng-chang-kueigeneral-tso-chicken-obituary-20161202-story.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:** [December 5, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2079 "2016-12-05T04:36:40Z")
[Alice Drummond’s](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/movies/alice-drummond-dead-actress.html?_r=0) laces were out. [Al Brodax](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/al_brodax.html), TV and movie producer. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2080 "2016-12-05T21:30:51Z")
[Van Williams(Green Hornet) dead at age 82.](http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/van-williams-dead-dies-green-hornet-1201933644/) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2081 "2016-12-05T22:17:38Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Alice Drummond’s](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/movies/alice-drummond-dead-actress.html?_r=0) laces were out. Awww, the _Ghostbusters_ librarian? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=105)