# 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:** 108
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2143 "2016-12-14T14:31:19Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > ‘To Sir, With Love’ author ER Braithwaite dies at 104 He was still alive?:eek: That book was a major part of my childhood, and the movie (starring Sidney Poitier) is pretty good, too. ---
**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 14, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2144 "2016-12-14T15:40:40Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Interestingly, the _Hollywood Reporter_ website has a slideshow of “Notable” deaths from 2016. The number of slides - at one slide per person - is 181. > > Has there been a year with a higher count? I don’t know but I just spent a few minutes clicking through CNN’s “People We Lost” for this year. I was very upset to find out that Prince Be from PM Dawn and Gloria Naylor both died this year. ☹ ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2145 "2016-12-15T02:08:41Z")
[Dr. Bombay](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bernard-fox-dead-bewitched-actor-who-played-dr-bombay-was-89-956294) has made his last house call. ☹ ---
**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 15, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2146 "2016-12-15T03:27:36Z")
> [@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. She won again with $8,199 for a two day total of $31,000 . ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2147 "2016-12-15T05:43:02Z")
Retired top jockey [Garrett Gomez](http://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-garrett-gomez-dead-20161214-story.html) dies at 44. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2148 "2016-12-15T08:26:23Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Dr. Bombay](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bernard-fox-dead-bewitched-actor-who-played-dr-bombay-was-89-956294) has made his last house call. ☹ Holy Cow! With just over two and a half weeks to go, one of my celebrities finally dies! The Crittenden Plan bears fruit. A unique pick, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2149 "2016-12-15T09:57:06Z")
A unique pick indeed! 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 Biotop 11 1 1 106 Aji de Gallina 10 1 0 106 Bewildebeest 10 1 0 106 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 106 Library1900 10 1 0 106 racer72 10 1 0 106 Stephe96 10 1 1 112 kopek 6 1 0 112 Myrtle Beached Whale 6 1 0 112 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 112 Spiff 6 1 0 ---
**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 15, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2150 "2016-12-15T20:39:24Z")
Craig Sager has died at 65, I say for no particular reason. ---
**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 15, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2151 "2016-12-15T21:58:16Z")
Here’s the article. 35 points. > **[Craig Sager dies; Turner Sports’ NBA reporter was 65](https://www.newsday.com/sports/media/craig-sager-dead-turner-sports-nba-reporter-was-65-u61032)** > > Craig Sager, the sartorially splendid sideline reporter for Turner Sports and one of the NBA’s most well-liked figures, died at age 65 on Thursday after a long battle with acute myeloid leukemia. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2152 "2016-12-16T00:46:31Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Craig Sager has died at 65, I say for no particular reason. He couldn’t have waited two weeks, could he? :mad: Rest in Peace, Mr. Sager. _heads over to update 2017 list_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2153 "2016-12-16T01:51:03Z")
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 Loach 194 4 2 10 RobotDevilDog 188 4 0 11 guylevesque 172 5 1 12 notfrommensa 165 5 0 13 Captain Klutz 161 3 0 13 Maus Magill 161 3 0 15 GIGObuster 160 4 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 Biotop 11 1 1 106 Aji de Gallina 10 1 0 106 Bewildebeest 10 1 0 106 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 106 Library1900 10 1 0 106 racer72 10 1 0 106 Stephe96 10 1 1 112 kopek 6 1 0 112 Myrtle Beached Whale 6 1 0 112 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 112 Spiff 6 1 0 ---
**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 16, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2154 "2016-12-16T02:35:29Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > He couldn’t have waited two weeks, could he? :mad: Rest in Peace, Mr. Sager. > > _heads over to update 2017 list_ I guess you weren’t paying attention last year. Back in the top 10 and my 2nd unique pick. ---
**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 16, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2155 "2016-12-16T03:27:35Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > She won again with $8,199 for a two day total of $31,000 . She won (Yet Again!) with $8,600 for a three day total of $39,600. ---
**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 16, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2156 "2016-12-16T22:34:40Z")
Muhammad Ali’s personal photographer, Howard Bingham, [adjusts the F-stop at 23 points.](http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/18288327/howard-bingham-lifelong-friend-photographer-muhammad-ali-dies-age-77) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2157 "2016-12-16T23:28:49Z")
And today she won again, $22400, so she’s got over $61000. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2158 "2016-12-17T01:49:35Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I guess you weren’t paying attention last year. Back in the top 10 and my 2nd unique pick. Nope, he wasn’t on my radar at all until earlier this year. Darn it all. I don’t follow the NBA and hadn’t heard about him until SportsCenter did a piece on him. ---
**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 17, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2159 "2016-12-17T03:29:31Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > And today she won again, $22400, so she’s got over $61000. That’s right **Baker**. $22,404 and correct me if I am wrong but, $66,201 for 4 days, me thinks. (PS, I’m on the Left Coast). Sorry but I have to run and change the channel because on our channel, Jeopardy is followed by **Wheel-Of-Fortu…, er, Dunces**. ---
**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 17, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2160 "2016-12-17T11:01:31Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > That’s right **Baker**. $22,404 and correct me if I am wrong but, $66,201 for 4 days, me thinks. (PS, I’m on the Left Coast). Sorry but I have to run and change the channel because on our channel, Jeopardy is followed by **Wheel-Of-Fortu…, er, Dunces**. That is the correct order of game shows. Here we have to suffer through \*\*Wheel \*\*before \*\*Jeopardy \*\*comes on. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2161 "2016-12-17T11:11:36Z")
ITN’s one-time war correspondent, [Michael Nicholson](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38349366), has died aged 79. ---
**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 17, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2162 "2016-12-17T19:51:27Z")
Dr. Heimlich maneuvered himself [into the grave](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-heimlich-idUSKBN1460QS?feedType=RSS&feedName=newsOne). He is survived by four points, who are all choked up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=107) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=109)