# 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:** 106
**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, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2103 "2016-12-08T22:44:33Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > He has orbited his last…orbit. Chris Cooper was the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenn just went up and down, to see if the damn thing worked. ---
**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, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2104 "2016-12-08T22:47:01Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I always feel bad for Collins, to get so close but not to land. In his autobiography, he said that despite being guaranteed a landing, he quit to spend more time…well, _any_ time with his family. I imagine that many NASA wives worried about the Apollo 1 fire. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2105 "2016-12-08T23:13:07Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Chris Cooper was the first American to orbit the Earth. > Glenn just went up and down, to see if the damn thing worked. Incorrect. Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. Alan Shepard was the test pilot on the sub-orbital flight. ---
**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 8, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2106 "2016-12-08T23:39:43Z")
> [@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? He must have had the right stuff to last to 95. ---
**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 9, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2107 "2016-12-09T00:02:11Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Incorrect. Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. Alan Shepard was the test pilot on the sub-orbital flight. Yes, Shepherd and Grissom made sure the damn thing worked. You fight ignorance, Fear! I lived on Col. Glenn Road, and Cooper Orbit Road is nearby. Named for his making 22, unlike the previous 0, 3, and 6. [Project Mercury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury#Manned) ---
**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 9, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2108 "2016-12-09T00:14:40Z")
> [@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? > [@Czarcasm](#): > > John Glenn has boarded the _Friendship Infinity_. I think “Godspeed, John Glenn” would be an appropriate send-off. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5soUes2-LrU/hqdefault.jpg "Godspeed, John Glenn") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5soUes2-LrU) ---
**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 9, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2109 "2016-12-09T00:17:39Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Chris Cooper was the first American to orbit the Earth. > Glenn just went up and down, to see if the damn thing worked. > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Incorrect. Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. Alan Shepard was the test pilot on the sub-orbital flight. Also, it’s Gordon (“Gordo”) Cooper. ---
**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 9, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2110 "2016-12-09T00:54:01Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Also, it’s Gordon (“Gordo”) Cooper. Thanks again. ---
**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 9, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2111 "2016-12-09T02:13:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What can we say about John Glenn? Whatever we say, it will be written in his orbituary. ---
**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 9, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2112 "2016-12-09T12:36:03Z")
Let’s all wish Kirk Douglas a happy 100th birthday. From this day forward, his will be a pointless death. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2113 "2016-12-09T21:34:48Z")
happy birthday spartacus!!! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2114 "2016-12-09T21:36:10Z")
happy birthday spartacus!!! And his death before NYE wouldn’t be entirely pointless, it could count towards Quantity not Quality awards. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2115 "2016-12-09T21:46:52Z")
Re John Glenn, how about: The first American to orbit the Earth has made his last orbit of the Sun. In addition to Shepard, Grissom, Glenn, Carpenter, and Cooper, Wally Schirra was also a Mercury astronaut. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2116 "2016-12-09T21:51:44Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > happy birthday spartacus!!! > > And his death before NYE wouldn’t be entirely pointless, it could count towards Quantity not Quality awards. Emphasis on ‘[before NYE](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19837399&postcount=96)’, unfortunately. ---
**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 10, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2117 "2016-12-10T01:07:44Z")
I am still holding out the Zsa Zsa Gabor will produce a point. Will I dare risk the 37 days she lives in 2017 before turning 100 and put her on my list? I’m not sure. ---
**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 10, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2118 "2016-12-10T01:46:41Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > happy birthday spartacus!!! _I_ am Spartacus! ---
**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 10, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2119 "2016-12-10T03:00:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > _I_ am Spartacus! Happy birthday. ---
**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 10, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2120 "2016-12-10T03:05:50Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Happy birthday. dammit, you’re supposed to say, “No! _I_ am Spartacus!” Get with the program. :dubious: ---
**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 10, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2121 "2016-12-10T03:08:34Z")
I have seen Kirk Douglas die in several films, but I have never watched the last few minutes of\* Lonely Are the Brave\*, because I don’t want to see the horse be killed. ---
**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 10, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2122 "2016-12-10T03:12:39Z")
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