# 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:** 105
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2082 "2016-12-06T03:24:23Z")
[Margaret Whitton](http://deadline.com/2016/12/margaret-whitton-dies-major-league-actress-rachel-phelps-1201864810/), best known as the former-showgirl-owner who wanted to move the team in _Major League_, has died at age 67. According to the obit, she actually WAS a baseball fan. ---
**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 6, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2084 "2016-12-06T16:15:22Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2085 "2016-12-06T18:28:58Z")
Hate to steal a line, but it is too perfect– Peter Vaugan’s watch has ended at 7 points: > **[And Now His Watch Is Ended: Peter Vaughan Passes Away At Age 93](https://winteriscoming.net/2016/12/06/now-watch-ended-peter-vaughan-passes-away-age-93/)** > > Peter Vaughan, who played Maester Aemon Targaryen in Game of Thrones, has passed away, according to his family. The actor was 93. According to the BBC: His... (he played Aemon Targaryen on Game of Thrones) Brian ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2086 "2016-12-06T22:09:11Z")
Rashaan Salaam, winner of the 1994 Heisman Trophy and former Chicago Bears running back, was found dead outside a Boulder, Colo. park Monday night. He was 42. > **[Former Heisman Winner Rashaan Salaam Dead At 42](https://deadspin.com/former-heisman-winner-rashaan-salaam-dead-at-42-1789748216)** > > Rashaan Salaam, winner of the 1994 Heisman Trophy and former Chicago Bears running back, was found dead outside a Boulder, Colo. park Monday night. He was 42. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2087 "2016-12-07T01:31:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Van Williams(Green Hornet) dead at age 82.](http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/van-williams-dead-dies-green-hornet-1201933644/) [Check out the blonde!](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/arts/television/van-williams-tvs-green-hornet-dies-at-82.html) Oh, the 60’s! And he was in “77 ‘Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb’ Sunset Strip”. ---
**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 7, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2088 "2016-12-07T05:23:45Z")
[Sammy Lee](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/sammy_lee.html), Olympic Diver and trainer. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2089 "2016-12-08T14:31:04Z")
[Greg Lake](http://ultimateclassicrock.com/greg-lake-dies/) of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Palmer lost both bandmates this year. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2090 "2016-12-08T20:38:21Z")
[John Glenn](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/12/john-glenn/john-glenn.html) has taken his last step ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2091 "2016-12-08T20:47:19Z")
[‘Jeopardy!’ contestant Cindy Stowell](https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-cindy-stowell) dies of cancer before show airs. ---
**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 8, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2092 "2016-12-08T20:47:40Z")
> [@Reepicheep](#): > > [John Glenn](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/12/john-glenn/john-glenn.html) has taken his last step I believe you confuse your astronauts. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2093 "2016-12-08T20:54:03Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [‘Jeopardy!’ contestant Cindy Stowell](https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-cindy-stowell) dies of cancer before show airs. unfortunately (and this sounds bad, but it’s not meant that way) - she does not count for the purpose of the rules since she is not a celebrity. Not to mention that NO ONE but Alex, producers and her friends/family knew about her condition until this story was posted. I would helpfully suggest that this thread is not for general obits. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2094 "2016-12-08T20:54:34Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > [Greg Lake](http://ultimateclassicrock.com/greg-lake-dies/) of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Palmer lost both bandmates this year. So lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2095 "2016-12-08T21:16:46Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > unfortunately (and this sounds bad, but it’s not meant that way) - she does not count for the purpose of the rules since she is not a celebrity. Not to mention that NO ONE but Alex, producers and her friends/family knew about her condition until this story was posted. I would helpfully suggest that this thread is not for general obits. As DeathMistress I don’t mind. I find it’s a way to keep up with mortality. But your opinion is equally valid. As a Jeopardy watcher I find this story sad. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2096 "2016-12-08T21:17:02Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I believe you confuse your astronauts. Now we have to think of something better than that. What can we say about John Glenn? He has orbited his last…orbit. He has…what? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2097 "2016-12-08T21:18:25Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > unfortunately (and this sounds bad, but it’s not meant that way) - she does not count for the purpose of the rules since she is not a celebrity. Not to mention that NO ONE but Alex, producers and her friends/family knew about her condition until this story was posted. I would helpfully suggest that this thread is not for general obits. Agreed. My bad. ---
**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 8, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2098 "2016-12-08T21:18:53Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > As DeathMistress I don’t mind. I find it’s a way to keep up with mortality. But your opinion is equally valid. > > As a Jeopardy watcher I find this story sad. I find it inspiring. She lived her dream. Her dream was to be on _Jeopardy!_, not to watch herself on _Jeopardy!_ ---
**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 8, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2099 "2016-12-08T21:21:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Now we have to think of something better than that. What can we say about John Glenn? > > He has orbited his last…orbit. > > He has…what? John Glenn has boarded the _Friendship Infinity_. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2100 "2016-12-08T21:31:08Z")
Three players get points for Glenn. 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 The Vorlon 86 3 0 46 Tit Whistle 86 2 0 46 zoog 86 2 1 50 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 83 2 0 51 amarinth 82 3 0 52 Clothilde 76 3 0 52 critter42 76 3 0 52 Lsura 76 3 0 55 Shoeless 72 3 0 56 a35362 71 4 0 56 BlossomDrearie 71 4 2 56 Casey1505 71 2 0 59 melondeca 70 2 0 60 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 Little Pig 35 4 2 81 Czarcasm 32 2 0 81 kayT 32 2 0 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:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2101 "2016-12-08T21:52:10Z")
Talk about 5 points that I did not want… Wonder how many Gemini astronauts are left? (Scurrys off to do research) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2102 "2016-12-08T22:34:48Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Talk about 5 points that I did not want… > Wonder how many Gemini astronauts are left? (Scurrys off to do research) Glenn was a Mercury astronaut. The original Mercury Seven are all gone now, Glenn was the last. Of the Gemini astronauts these are left Frank Borman Jim Lovell James McDivitt Thomas Stafford John Young Buzz Aldrin Eugene Cernan Michael Collins Richard Gordon David Scott I always feel bad for Collins, to get so close but not to land. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=104) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=106)