# 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:** 113
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2243 "2016-12-26T14:28:15Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > And the winner of the Bad Taste Joke of the Year goes to… **Hoopy Frood**! _wild applause_ Can I at least pull in a Second Place with --------- now wanting his sex seems just a little kinkier than it did before? 😃 ---
**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 26, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2244 "2016-12-26T23:01:37Z")
Still holding steady in 92nd place! ---
**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 27, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2245 "2016-12-27T00:45:31Z")
Liz Smith, “Nana” from _The Royle Family_ and Mrs. Cropley in _The Vicar of Dibley_, [has died at 95](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38440648). ---
**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 27, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2246 "2016-12-27T01:18:12Z")
Is it just me, or is 2016 trying to pick up the pace to get its quota in? [Vera Rubin, the groundbreaking astrophysicist who discovered evidence of dark matter, died Sunday night at the age of 88.](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/26/507022497/vera-rubin-who-confirmed-existence-of-dark-matter-dies-at-88?utm_campaign=storyshare) ---
**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 27, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2247 "2016-12-27T02:08:10Z")
And the [voice of the Heat Miser](http://www.playbill.com/article/american-actor-george-s-irving-dies) has passed at age 94. [I’m Mr. Heat Miser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfgVEk-mxQ) ---
**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 27, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2248 "2016-12-27T05:45:26Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > And the winner of the Bad Taste Joke of the Year goes to… **Hoopy Frood**! _wild applause_ He certainly had his “Last Christmas” didn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2249 "2016-12-27T17:03:56Z")
Richard Adams, author of _Watership Down_, has gone to join the Black Rabbit’s Owsla, aged 96. > **[Watership Down author Richard Adams dies aged 96](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38446309)** > > The author of Watership Down, Richard Adams, has died aged 96, his daughter says. ---
**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 27, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2250 "2016-12-27T17:58:41Z")
Princess Leia? ---
**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 27, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2251 "2016-12-27T18:02:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Iconic Star Wars Actress Carrie Fisher Dies at 60: ‘She Was Loved by the World and She Will Be Missed Profoundly’ > **[Carrie Fisher Dies at 60](https://people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-dies/)** > > Carrie Fisher, the actress perhaps best known as Princess Leia Organa, has died after suffering a heart attack May the force be with you… ---
**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 27, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2252 "2016-12-27T18:04:20Z")
One person almost had her. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2253 "2016-12-27T18:43:49Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > [Carrie Fisher Dies at 60](http://people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-dies/) > > May the force be with you… I think most people were hoping the force would be with her for at least 5 more days, when her 40 points would actually count… ---
**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 27, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2254 "2016-12-27T19:37:05Z")
So, the USA lost a Prince and Princess this year… ☹ ---
**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 27, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2255 "2016-12-27T21:35:46Z")
Actor and comedian [Ricky Harris](http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id5571) dies at 54. ---
**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 27, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2256 "2016-12-27T22:28:52Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Richard Adams, author of _Watership Down_, has gone to join the Black Rabbit’s Owsla, aged 96. > > [Watership Down author Richard Adams dies aged 96 - BBC News](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38446309) RIP Mr. Adams. _Watership Down_ has been one of my favorite novels since I first read it back in high school. I’ve read it multiple times since, as well as _Tales from Watership Down_. Love the movie, too, and am looking forward to the upcoming Netflix series adaptation. ---
**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 27, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2257 "2016-12-27T22:32:12Z")
Years ago, my girlfriend gave me _The Girl in a Swing_, which was one of Adams’ better books. ---
**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 28, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2258 "2016-12-28T00:11:00Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Liz Smith, “Nana” from _The Royle Family_ and Mrs. Cropley in _The Vicar of Dibley_, [has died at 95](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38440648). I\*'ve seen her “die” so often in different TV shows, the perennial elderly granny. ---
**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 28, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2259 "2016-12-28T01:15:01Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > One person almost had her. > [@Spiff](#): > > Alternates: > Rob Ford > Carrie Fisher Yep, Spiff. Should have used your alternates, dude. Both dead. ---
**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 28, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2260 "2016-12-28T01:24:58Z")
But would they be dead if **Spiff** had used them? **Spiff** is responsible for the demise of Carrie Fisher! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2261 "2016-12-28T01:39:51Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > But would they be dead if **Spiff** had used them? And if a tree falls in the woods but doesn’t kill a celebrity ------------- 😉 ---
**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 28, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2262 "2016-12-28T02:03:16Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Is it just me, or is 2016 trying to pick up the pace to get its quota in? > > [Vera Rubin, the groundbreaking astrophysicist who discovered evidence of dark matter, died Sunday night at the age of 88.](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/26/507022497/vera-rubin-who-confirmed-existence-of-dark-matter-dies-at-88?utm_campaign=storyshare) [Vera Rubin](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/science/vera-rubin-astronomist-who-made-the-case-for-dark-matter-dies-at-88.html), who was awarded the National Medal of Science and who ushered in the cosmic realization that most of the universe is invisible, or Carrie Fisher, who played … Jeepers, I am so confused 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=114)