# 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:** 112
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2223 "2016-12-25T07:35:15Z")
44 years ago Vesna Vulovic survived a 33,000 feet fall without a parachute but now has arrived at gate 34, points. > **[Serbian survivor of fall from plane explosion dies at 66](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/24/vesna-vulovic-serbian-survivor-of-fall-from-plane-explosion-dies-at-66)** > > Flight attendant Vesna Vulović set record for highest fall survived without a parachute, said to be 10,000 metres . ---
**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, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2224 "2016-12-25T07:47:49Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I, of all people, know that. I was referring to “The Final Hours” award. Explains why I was confused. I knew you knew that. I’d forgotten about “The Final Hours” award, and didn’t know she was the last picked celebrity to die (so far). Ah, well. Mea culpa. I follow (and occasionally post to) this thread because it’s an excellent way of keeping track of who died. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2225 "2016-12-25T14:28:24Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > 44 years ago Vesna Vulovic survived a 33,000 feet fall without a parachute but now has arrived at gate 34, points. > > [Serbian survivor of fall from plane explosion dies at 66 | Serbia | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/24/vesna-vulovic-serbian-survivor-of-fall-from-plane-explosion-dies-at-66) > . Yikes, the Russian fates wanted to give her a big sendoff. ☹ [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/world/europe/russian-military-plane-crash-alexandrov-ensemble.html?\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/world/europe/russian-military-plane-crash-alexandrov-ensemble.html?_r=0) The famed Alexandrov ensemble AKA Russian army choir feared dead in a plane crash in the Black Sea. ---
**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 25, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2226 "2016-12-25T16:45:28Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > The famed Alexandrov ensemble AKA Russian army choir feared dead in a plane crash in the Black Sea. If anyone had 13 of them, they’d likely now be high up the list. ☹ ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2227 "2016-12-25T20:09:26Z")
Vesna Vulovic, the flight attendant who survived a fall of 33,000 feet, and was the sole survivor of the Yugoslavian Airlines alleged terror attack that killed everyone else on board in 1972, has died at 66. She is the Guinness World Record holder for highest survived fall without a parachute. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2228 "2016-12-25T20:39:52Z")
Is the 2017 list up yet? I missed 2016, and I want to be sure not to miss 2017. ---
**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 25, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2229 "2016-12-25T20:43:42Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Is the 2017 list up yet? I missed 2016, and I want to be sure not to miss 2017. [2017 Death Pool: **Idle Thoughts’** Reign of Terror Begins](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=812514) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2230 "2016-12-25T21:01:21Z")
nm ---
**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 25, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2231 "2016-12-25T21:41:59Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > If anyone had 13 of them, they’d likely now be high up the list. ☹ We could never agree on the spelling of their names. ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2232 "2016-12-25T23:18:32Z")
Anyone have George Michael? ---
**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 25, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2233 "2016-12-25T23:22:20Z")
Stockton did, a unique(I think) 47 points. ---
**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 25, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2234 "2016-12-25T23:27:27Z")
What a way to bookend 2016. God damn. It says he died [peacefully](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38432862), I’m not sure what that implies, an illness maybe. 53 is way way too young. ---
**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 26, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2235 "2016-12-26T00:20:12Z")
His [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Michael#Death) page says “an AIDS-related complication.” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2236 "2016-12-26T00:20:25Z")
Did someone forget to Wake George up before he go-go? ---
**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 26, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2237 "2016-12-26T00:45:18Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Did someone forget to Wake George up before he go-go? He’s certainly never gonna dance again. I guess this Christmas he decided to give his heart to Death. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2238 "2016-12-26T00:52:00Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > His [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Michael#Death) page says “an AIDS-related complication.” Did it get edited? I don’t see that in the Wikipedia article. ---
**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 26, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2239 "2016-12-26T00:57:48Z")
It must have. Like I said in the George Michael thread in CS, I didn’t get a screen grab, but it was there when I first read it. Someone’s edited it out. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2240 "2016-12-26T01:12:32Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > It must have. Like I said in the George Michael thread in CS, I didn’t get a screen grab, but it was there when I first read it. Someone’s edited it out. Which is reason #1 why wiki should never be a trusted source. ---
**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 26, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2241 "2016-12-26T02:14:58Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > I guess this Christmas he decided to give his heart to Death. And the winner of the Bad Taste Joke of the Year goes to… **Hoopy Frood**! _wild applause_ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2242 "2016-12-26T03:15:46Z")
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