# 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:** 116
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2303 "2017-01-01T01:09:53Z")
[Father Mulcahey died today](http://abc7.com/entertainment/william-christopher-father-mulcahy-on-mash-dies-at-84/1680901/), at 84. 2016 just couldn’t give it a rest. I loved William Christopher’s portrayal of that gentle, caring, strong man. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2304 "2017-01-01T01:10:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > No. 2016 doesn’t get to take you too. Jesus, what a tacky thing to say. Take care, Baker, we can wait. Get taken care of. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2305 "2017-01-01T01:37:14Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Father Mulcahey died today](http://abc7.com/entertainment/william-christopher-father-mulcahy-on-mash-dies-at-84/1680901/), at 84. > > 2016 just couldn’t give it a rest. I loved William Christopher’s portrayal of that gentle, caring, strong man. Goodbye, farewell, and Amen Padre ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2306 "2017-01-01T01:43:39Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Father Mulcahey died today](http://abc7.com/entertainment/william-christopher-father-mulcahy-on-mash-dies-at-84/1680901/), at 84. > > 2016 just couldn’t give it a rest. I loved William Christopher’s portrayal of that gentle, caring, strong man. No more jocularity. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2307 "2017-01-01T04:35:05Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Father Mulcahey died today](http://abc7.com/entertainment/william-christopher-father-mulcahy-on-mash-dies-at-84/1680901/), at 84. > > 2016 just couldn’t give it a rest. I loved William Christopher’s portrayal of that gentle, caring, strong man. God Dammit! If There Is a God, **YOU STOP THIS SHIT! _NOW!!!_** * * * Sorry. I’m a little irritated. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2308 "2017-01-01T06:16:57Z")
And with that, just about the most appropriate theme music that the year 2016 deserves: (Mash tv show theme, yes, Mr. year 2016, did you know the title of that piece is "suicide is painless"? Just die already!) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2309 "2017-01-01T07:24:35Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I want to ask the forgiveness of those playing this game. I’m feeling very ill, and I may go to urgent care, or the ER. > > It will probably be at least Monday before I post the final results. Take care of yourself, the game can wait. You’re in my thoughts and prayers. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2310 "2017-01-01T07:37:16Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I want to ask the forgiveness of those playing this game. I’m feeling very ill, and I may go to urgent care, or the ER. > > It will probably be at least Monday before I post the final results. Baker, thanks so much for being such a great host for all these years. Looking forward to hearing that you’re feeling better- the scores can wait. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2311 "2017-01-01T09:19:35Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Father Mulcahey died today](http://abc7.com/entertainment/william-christopher-father-mulcahy-on-mash-dies-at-84/1680901/), at 84. Just my luck. He’s one of my alternates for 2017. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2312 "2017-01-01T09:23:30Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I want to ask the forgiveness of those playing this game. I’m feeling very ill, and I may go to urgent care, or the ER. Good heavens! There’s no need to apologise for that. Take care of yourself and get well soon! And thank you. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2313 "2017-01-01T11:34:48Z")
Damn, 2016 is finally over. Good Riddance. Hey **Baker**! Let us know how you are doing. _Do Tell_. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2314 "2017-01-01T17:07:59Z")
So, what’s the theoretical high score of the big names? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2315 "2017-01-01T19:56:07Z")
Im out of bed long enough to give the finals. You have until midnight CST to dispute them. of course, as you will see, **CAMJAY77** had the most points. I wonder if anyone will ever be able to break the 500 ceiling? **CAMJAY77** wins three special awards. First, the “Quantity not Quality Award” with ten deaders. Then the “Inside Track with the Grim Reaper” award, with five unique picks. Finally, the “Robbing the Cradle Award” for the youngest legal celebrity. **guylevesque** wins the “Opening Kickoff Award” for Michel Delpech, who started the year off by dying on Jan2. **stockton** wins the “Final Hours Award” for George Michael. HUZZAH TO ALL THE WINNERS!!! Your Deathmistress came in at 76th place. 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 74 stockton 47 1 1 76 Baker 46 2 2 77 sir viks 45 3 1 78 Personal 43 1 1 79 Dr. Girlfriend 38 2 0 80 imthjckaz 36 2 0 81 Little Pig 35 4 2 82 Czarcasm 32 2 0 82 kayT 32 2 0 84 Clothahump 26 1 0 84 Hal Briston 26 1 0 84 Old Wench 26 2 1 84 Reepicheep 26 1 0 84 Schnitte 26 1 0 84 swampbear 26 1 0 84 Winston Smith 26 1 0 84 zadscmc 26 1 0 92 kunilou 25 3 1 92 tim-n-va 25 1 1 94 Invisible Chimp 24 2 2 95 J-P L 23 3 0 96 Fleetwood 22 2 0 96 SpoilerVirgin 22 3 1 98 Idle Thoughts 19 3 1 99 Buttercup Smith 17 3 0 99 rucciface 17 3 0 99 valfatale 17 1 0 102 ataraxy22 16 2 0 102 meghan 16 2 0 102 PaulParkhead 16 2 0 105 Mr. Goob 13 2 0 106 Biotop 11 1 1 107 Aji de Gallina 10 1 0 107 Bewildebeest 10 1 0 107 Grits and Hard Toast 10 1 0 107 Library1900 10 1 0 107 racer72 10 1 0 107 Stephe96 10 1 1 113 Myrtle Beached Whale 7 2 0 114 kopek 6 1 0 114 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 114 Spiff 6 1 0 117 schnitte 3 1 1 118 boffking 1 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2316 "2017-01-01T20:00:24Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > So, what’s the theoretical high score of the big names? Do you mean the top thirteen picks? If so, you can work it out from this, There’s a tie for thirteenth place though. The number behind the names is obviously not the age, but how many picks they had. Joey Feek 65 Valerie Harper 43 George H. W. Bush 40 Jimmy Carter 35 Fidel Castro 31 Muhammad Ali 24 Martin Crowe 23 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 21 Glen Campbell 21 Tommy Chong 21 Nancy Reagan 19 Kirk Douglas 18 Joost van der Westhuizen 16 The Amazing Johnathan 16 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2317 "2017-01-01T20:12:07Z")
Are you feeling better? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2318 "2017-01-01T20:21:12Z")
12th place! Yeah for me. Thanks Baker for all you have done and hope you are feeling better. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2319 "2017-01-01T21:17:48Z")
Top ten, baby! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2320 "2017-01-01T21:34:55Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Top ten, baby! Congratulations! 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2321 "2017-01-01T21:50:48Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Top ten, baby! Me too. First time. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/2322 "2017-01-01T22:52:26Z")
Right now I’m only mostly dead, and no, you ghouls can’t pick me for 2017 because it’s too late and I’m a registered member of the boards. Oh, and I’m totally obscure. I have some chicken and rice soup heating on the stove, and after that is consumed I’m getting back to bed. I called in to work tomorrow. Hell of a way to spend my holiday weekend, but, as my mother says, if that’s the worst thing that ever happens to you, count yourself lucky. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=115) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=117)