# 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:** 109
**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 17, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2163 "2016-12-17T20:07:39Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > 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. G-d. ---
**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 17, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2164 "2016-12-17T20:22:35Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > 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. It should be, “_He just coughed up 4 points_.” ---
**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 17, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2165 "2016-12-17T20:52:28Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > 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. Well, that’s a real punch in the gut. ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2166 "2016-12-18T03:10:07Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > 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. [Wonderfully enough, he actually got to use his own maneuver to save a life just this May.](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/27/dr-heimlich-performs-heimlich-manoeuvre-for-first-time-aged-96) It’d only been used by him in drills until then. Very cute and nice. ---
**Author:** ![Premislaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Premislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Premislaus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2167 "2016-12-18T22:57:05Z")
[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/zsa-zsa-gabor-dies-at-189891](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/zsa-zsa-gabor-dies-at-189891) It finally happened. ---
**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 18, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2168 "2016-12-18T23:02:41Z")
Gabor is gone. ---
**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 18, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2169 "2016-12-18T23:03:55Z")
^Zsa Zsa Gabor, for those curious. ---
**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 18, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2170 "2016-12-18T23:21:26Z")
Wow. Finally. And I don’t mean any disrespect, but she’s been ill for a very, very long time. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2171 "2016-12-18T23:22:08Z")
She had a leg up on every other celebrity who died this year. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2172 "2016-12-18T23:22:14Z")
One lousy point! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2173 "2016-12-18T23:47:21Z")
Not much change, when players get one point. Of the twelve who had Zsa Zsa, only one is new to the list. We can congratulate **boffking** , as they lost their game virginity to a 99 year old woman. 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 118 4 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 109 6 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 50 amarinth 83 4 0 52 critter42 77 4 0 53 Clothilde 76 3 0 53 Lsura 76 3 0 55 a35362 72 5 0 55 Shoeless 72 3 0 57 BlossomDrearie 71 4 2 57 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 J-P L 23 3 0 95 Fleetwood 22 2 0 95 SpoilerVirgin 22 3 1 97 Idle Thoughts 19 3 1 98 Buttercup Smith 17 3 0 98 rucciface 17 3 0 98 valfatale 17 1 0 101 ataraxy22 16 2 0 101 meghan 16 2 0 101 PaulParkhead 16 2 0 104 Mr. Goob 13 2 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 Myrtle Beached Whale 7 2 0 113 kopek 6 1 0 113 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 113 Spiff 6 1 0 116 boffking 1 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2174 "2016-12-18T23:48:37Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > One lousy point! Good thing it happened now. Two more weeks and her death would have been… (•\_•) ( •\_•)\>⌐■-■ (⌐■\_■) …pointless. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2175 "2016-12-18T23:54:31Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Not much change, when players get one point. > 52 critter42 77 4 0 > 53 Clothilde 76 3 0 She broke the tie for 52nd! ---
**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 18, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2176 "2016-12-18T23:59:50Z")
Did she not also break my tie for 23rd? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2177 "2016-12-19T00:08:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did she not also break my tie for 23rd? I’ll fix that. And I want to thank all you great players for putting up with my errors all this time, I’m going to miss doing this for you. 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 118 4 0 24 Shirley Ujest 117 3 0 24 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 109 6 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 50 amarinth 83 4 0 52 critter42 77 4 0 53 Clothilde 76 3 0 53 Lsura 76 3 0 55 a35362 72 5 0 55 Shoeless 72 3 0 57 BlossomDrearie 71 4 2 57 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 J-P L 23 3 0 95 Fleetwood 22 2 0 95 SpoilerVirgin 22 3 1 97 Idle Thoughts 19 3 1 98 Buttercup Smith 17 3 0 98 rucciface 17 3 0 98 valfatale 17 1 0 101 ataraxy22 16 2 0 101 meghan 16 2 0 101 PaulParkhead 16 2 0 104 Mr. Goob 13 2 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 Myrtle Beached Whale 7 2 0 113 kopek 6 1 0 113 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 113 Spiff 6 1 0 116 boffking 1 1 0 ---
**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 19, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2178 "2016-12-19T00:23:18Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > We can congratulate **boffking** , as they lost their game virginity to a 99 year old woman. The Single Point Award. The Singularity Award. Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2179 "2016-12-19T00:32:58Z")
If no more die beofre the end of the year, they would have the Final Hours award. I won that once, with a death on 12/27. And it was my only points that year. ---
**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 19, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2180 "2016-12-19T00:45:44Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > If no more die beofre the end of the year, they would have the Final Hours award. I won that once, with a death on 12/27. And it was my only points that year. That is out-straightdope-standing! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2181 "2016-12-19T01:27:13Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That is out-straightdope-standing! Yep, Benazir Bhutto came through for me. ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2182 "2016-12-19T01:34:54Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > ^Zsa Zsa Gabor, for those curious. I remember Zsa Zsa once said she was a good housekeeper. Whenever she got divorced, she kept the house. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=110)