# 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:** 111
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2203 "2016-12-22T01:15:22Z")
She finally lost today. She was a strong second, but even though she got the correct answer, so did the guy in first, and he bet enough to beat her. There was a short epilogue from Alex, after the program was over, about her illness, and a picture of Cindy that said “In Memoriam”. ☹ ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2204 "2016-12-22T03:28:33Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > She finally lost today. She was a strong second, but even though she got the correct answer, so did the guy in first, and he bet enough to beat her. > > There was a short epilogue from Alex, after the program was over, about her illness, and a picture of Cindy that said “In Memoriam”. > > ☹ Man, that epilogue was tuff. ☹ ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2205 "2016-12-22T03:45:48Z")
[Lawrence Colburn](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/lawrence_colburn.html), the last surviving member of the chopper crew that exposed the Mai Lai massacre is dead at 67 of cancer. ---
**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 23, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2206 "2016-12-23T00:16:20Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > She finally lost today. She was a strong second, but even though she got the correct answer, so did the guy in first, and he bet enough to beat her. > > There was a short epilogue from Alex, after the program was over, about her illness, and a picture of Cindy that said “In Memoriam”. > > ☹ A clip from [Cindy Stowell In Her Own Words](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kIArSWymjY) and [a message from](http://www.cancerresearch.org/news-publications/our-blog/december-2016/remembering-six-time-jeopardy-champion-cindy-stowell) The Cancer Research Institute. ---
**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 23, 2016, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2207 "2016-12-23T09:14:26Z")
How did we miss this one? [Lou Harris, pollster for presidents and others officeholders, dies at 95](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lou-harris-pollster-for-presidents-and-others-officeholders-dies-at-95/2016/12/19/e7f49c2a-c626-11e6-bf4b-2c064d32a4bf_story.html?utm_term=.b7c065456062). I guess Zsa Zsa grabbed the headline. My bad. ---
**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 23, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2208 "2016-12-23T10:47:26Z")
^It was covered: > [@Czarcasm](#): > > [67.3% of Americans believe that famous pollster Lou Harris died Saturday at age 95.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lou-harris-pollster-for-presidents-and-others-officeholders-dies-at-95/2016/12/19/e7f49c2a-c626-11e6-bf4b-2c064d32a4bf_story.html?utm_term=.83ab7cd78636) ---
**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 23, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2209 "2016-12-23T10:57:13Z")
This is old but I just found out about it: [Torgo has taken over the place since The Master is permanently away.](http://www.cracked.com/article_24499_25-famous-people-you-didnt-notice-died-in-2016-part-2.html) (Scroll down to November 12.) ---
**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 23, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2210 "2016-12-23T23:04:47Z")
[Carrie Fisher had a "cardiac episode"](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/star-wars-actress-carrie-fisher-suffers-heart-attack-plane-sources-n699646)while flying from London to LA. LAFD said she was “aggressively treated.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2211 "2016-12-23T23:07:52Z")
_waves hand_ These are not the points you want. Nobody has her ---
**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 23, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2212 "2016-12-23T23:52:36Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Nobody has her Then she is doomed. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2213 "2016-12-24T00:23:06Z")
[Piers Sellers](https://t.co/JMtSa9rLoo), a British-born climate scientist turned NASA astronaut, dies at age 61. > [@](#): > > The death was confirmed in a statement by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Dr. Sellers, who had been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in October 2015, **went public with his diagnosis in a New York Times column in January 2016** {emphasis mine} Went Public in Jan 2016? Thanks for nuttin’ ---
**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 24, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2214 "2016-12-24T00:31:44Z")
Damn, I had him for next year. ---
**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 24, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2215 "2016-12-24T01:36:47Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Then she is doomed. Come to the Dark Side. We have cookies. ---
**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 24, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2216 "2016-12-24T10:26:23Z")
N/m - ninjaed. ---
**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 24, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2217 "2016-12-24T17:48:19Z")
Howard Stern “Wack Packer” Joey Boots has [died](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/joey-boots-dead-howard-sterns-wack-packer-dies-at-49-w457731), leaving 51 points to anyone who wants to ride the Sybian. ---
**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 24, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2218 "2016-12-24T21:57:22Z")
[Rick Parfitt, Status Quo Guitarist, Dead at 68](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rick-parfitt-status-quo-guitarist-dead-at-68-w457741) […Matchstick men](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQyB5buEV5s) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2219 "2016-12-24T23:09:06Z")
One more week to go. Wouldn’t it be cool if Zsa Zsa, the perennial DP pick, was the final celebrity of the 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 25, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2220 "2016-12-25T00:33:19Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > One more week to go. > > Wouldn’t it be cool if Zsa Zsa, the perennial DP pick, was the final celebrity of the year? 😕 She died about a week ago. ---
**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 25, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2221 "2016-12-25T04:46:18Z")
[Former Yankee pitching coach](http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18343455/son-says-former-new-york-yankees-pitcher-mel-stottlemyre-fighting-life) Mel Stottlemeyer is “fighting for his life.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2222 "2016-12-25T05:40:33Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > 😕 She died about a week ago. I, of all people, know that. I was referring to “The Final Hours” award. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=112)