# 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:** 13
**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 31, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/242 "2015-12-31T01:25:11Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Boy, that “Squirrel Helper, Arkansas Style” on Facebook was the funniest thing that I’ve seen in a long while! > > Ha Ha, LMAO! > ROTF! > > What a funny guy you are, Swamp Bear! > Christ, this hurts so very, very badly. I hope you are not [living anywhere near Bentonville](http://www.squirrelcookoff.com/). ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/243 "2015-12-31T01:25:53Z")
Okay, here goes nothin’: Doris Day Shannen Doherty Rob Ford Zsa Zsa Gabor John Glenn Billy Graham Valerie Harper Shane MacGowan Prince Philip Nancy Reagan Eva Marie Saint Charlie Sheen Abe Vigoda Three alternates: 1. Lindsay Lohan 2. Frankie Muniz 3. Angelina Jolie ---
**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 31, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/244 "2015-12-31T01:29:10Z")
> [@BisserBoyz](#): > > Jerry Brown (Former Governor) > Willie Nelson > Hulk Hogan > Al Kaline > Lamar Odom > Wayne Newton > Randy Quaid > Cher > Barbra Streisand > Johnny Manziel > Oscar Pistorius > Ethan Couch > Kim Jong-un Jerry Brown will become the former California governor only after 2018; until then, if he dies, it will be as a Governor. ---
**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 31, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/245 "2015-12-31T02:16:58Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I hope you are not [living anywhere near Bentonville](http://www.squirrelcookoff.com/). Hell if I know. Conway, AR is not in Conway County. Benton is not in Benton County. By golly, upon consulting Wikipedia, Bentonville is the County Seat of Benton County! At least \*some \*sense of location, even though they do eat rodents. I rather like the little fellows, although they infuriate my little dog. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/246 "2015-12-31T02:30:27Z")
Hello again, Death Poolers! This will be my fifteenth† submitted list, so I’ve gone back over previous year’s lists. Being of a nerdy bent, and with time on my hands, I put together a spreadsheet that yielded some interesting‡ information. In 15 death pools: - I’ve chosen 107 unique celebrities - 38 are dead - 20 died in years when they were actually on my list - 7 died the year after appearing on my list - 23% of the celebrities on my 2001 list are dead, which means 77% are still alive. With that said, I grant the following people a 77% chance of still being alive in 15 years: **First Timers** **Joey Feek** , 7 Sep 1975 - breaking a personal rule to only choose people I’ve heard of. I learned nothing from the Raven Alexis fiasco of '12. **The Amazing Johnathon** , 9 Sep 1958 - A last minute addition to my list. **Malcolm Young** , 6 Jan 1953 - Has been in my December 31st Calendar Alert “Death Pool Possibilities” for most of the year. **Rene Angelil** , 16 Jan 1942 - A first timer on my list, but hopefully a one-timer. **Second Showing** **Clive James** , 10 July 1939 - How many interviews can one man give about being on death’s door? Previous year: 2014. **Valerie Harper** , 22 Aug 1939 - Giving her another round despite her perky interview in November. Previous year: 2014. **Third Time’s A Charm** **Judy Moran** , 18 Dec 1944 - Living in prison can’t be easy on an old bird… Previous years: 2013, 2014 **Four To The Floor** **Liza Minelli** , 3 Dec 1946 - This is me kidding myself. She’ll live forever. Previous years: 2001, 2009, 2010 **Albert Finney** , 5 Sep 1936 - Drop him after three years and watch him kick the bucket in January? Not a chance. Previous years: 2012, 2013, 2015 **Five Times Staying Alive** **Jerry Lewis** , 16 Mar 1936 - Could not have predicted in 2001 when I chose him for the first time that he’d still be around for the 2016 Death Pool. Previous years: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006 **Six years of this? Ridiculous!** **Lou Richards** , 15 Mar 1923 - Tenacious little bugger. Previous years: 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 **Seven - Lucky for some** **Lee Radziwill** , 3 Mar 1933 - Token socialite. Previous years: 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013 **Eight, Eight, Straight To Heaven’s Gate** **Richard O’Sullivan** , 5 Jul 1944 - Currently equal second with Elizabeth Taylor for most appearances on my list. If he makes it through this year, he’ll equal Deanna Durbin (d. 2013) for the top spot. Previous years: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 Alts: **Jeannie Little** , 11 May 1938 Previous years: 2012, 2013 **Fidel Castro** , 13 Aug 1926 Previous years: 2007, 2008, 2013 Clean list: Joey Feek The Amazing Johnathon Malcolm Young Rene Angelil Clive James Valerie Harper Judy Moran Liza Minelli Albert Finney Jerry Lewis Lou Richards Lee Radziwill Richard O’Sullivan Alts: Jeannie Little Fidel Castro † - My first list was submitted after closing, so I wasn’t really playing. ‡ - Facts not guaranteed interesting. No refunds will be offered. ---
**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 31, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/247 "2015-12-31T04:38:46Z")
Gene Wilder (Oompa Loompa doompity doo. I’ve got some cancer returning for you…) Suge Knight (Train wreck of a life for this rapper/music mogul may not have contributed to his health issues, but it certainly didn’t help, then again, neither is the prison doctor, apparently.) The Amazing Johnathan (AKA John Edward Szeles, Wikipedia has him listed under his magician stage name. He’s got no cure for cardiomyopathy up his sleeve.) Glen Campbell (Alzheimer’s isn’t being very gentle on this country singer’s mind.) Martin Crowe (NZ cricketer starring in the new J.J. Abrams movie “The Return of the Lymphoma.”) Joey Feek (All aboard the cancer bandwagon.) Brian Murray (Hockey coach would like to put his stage 4 colon cancer and secondary tumors on ice.) Valerie Harper (Death is all around…you’re going to make it after all. [Welcome back, btw.]) Mary Tyler Moore (Death is all around…you’re going to make it after all. [Welcome back, btw.]) Jeannie Little (Australian actress’s Alzheimer’s has progressed to the point she probably doesn’t even realize why she’s on this list) Scott Putesky (AKA Daisy Berkowitz; “We’re all stars now…in the Death Pool.” [Yeah, okay, he left the band before that song but I’m running out of cancer jokes.] Clive James (Yep. Cancer joke pool depleted.) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (He’s a joke all to himself.) Alternates: Henry McCullogh Pat Summitt Mohammed Dei Amanda Bynes Clean list: Gene Wilder Suge Knight The Amazing Johnathan Glen Campbell Martin Crowe Joey Feek Brian Murray Mary Tyler Moore Valerie Harper Jeannie Little Scott Putesky Clive James Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Alternates: Henry McCullogh Pat Summitt Mohammed Dei Amanda Bynes ---
**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 31, 2015, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/248 "2015-12-31T06:49:33Z")
Glynis Johns Rod Carew George P. Shultz Vladimir Kagan Harry Dean Stanton John Glenn Peter Marshall (entertainer) John Paul Stevens George Kennedy Art Shay (photographer) Joe Garagiola Nanette Fabray Lee Iacocca Three alternates: Zsa Zsa Gabor Mikhail Gorbachev Bob Newhart ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/249 "2015-12-31T07:30:19Z")
Keeping my Dead Letters theme from the last two years, replacing the dead and Beverly Cleary, who is 99 now. Alice Munro Margaret Atwood Ursula LeGuin Philip Roth George R R Martin Vernor Vinge Chuck Palahniuk Orson Scott Card Derek Walcott Stephen King Toni Morrison Tim LaHaye Imre Kertesz ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/250 "2015-12-31T08:14:33Z")
Going to change things up a bit this year: Paul McCartney Mick Jagger Bob Dylan Willie Nelson Jimmy Page Meat Loaf Charlie Daniels Roger Daltrey Ozzy Osborne Bobbie Gentry Don McLean John Fogerty Don Henley Alternates: Vince McMahon Bill Watts Jake Roberts ---
**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:** [December 31, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/251 "2015-12-31T12:35:00Z")
There have been some amazing recoveries on my 2015 list. 3 have apparently cured cancer. 3 have miraculously battled back from drug and mental health issues. And one who almost died from a heart attack walked away form a head on motor vehicle crash. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/252 "2015-12-31T12:37:11Z")
\*\* HAPPY BIRTHDAY OH MISTRESS OF DEATH!!! \*\* Hey, I can suck up with the best of 'em! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/253 "2015-12-31T12:51:53Z")
_ **HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAKER!!!** _ I suck up better, and she already likes me. 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/254 "2015-12-31T12:53:35Z")
Pat Summit Bret Michaels Linda Ronstadt Pat Buchanan Joey Feek Angela Lansbury Larry McMurtry Jimmy Carter Glen Campbell Valerie Harper Rush Limbaugh Bill Cosby David Spade Alternates: Alan Greenspan Francis Ford Coppola Warren Buffett (Yeah, I f-ed up the 13 and 3 thing again. Sorry!) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/255 "2015-12-31T12:57:42Z")
The following is a list of all those who have at least ten picks, just in case you are into bandwagons. Joey Feek 40 Valerie Harper 32 George H. W. Bush 29 Jimmy Carter 26 Fidel Castro 22 Nancy Reagan 17 Glen Campbell 14 Kirk Douglas 14 Muhammad Ali 14 Charlie Sheen 13 Martin Crowe 13 Tommy Chong 13 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 12 Lindsay Lohan 12 Bashar al-Assad 11 The Amazing Johnathan 11 Burt Reynolds 10 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/256 "2015-12-31T13:13:42Z")
Happy birthday, **Baker**! May your day be filled with the best chocolate! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/257 "2015-12-31T13:17:45Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Happy birthday, **Baker**! May your day be filled with the best chocolate! 🙂 Oh yes! You know what I like. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/258 "2015-12-31T13:18:44Z")
Dionne Warwick Musician Dick Butkus HOF Football Player Edgar Winter Musician Alan Page HOF Football Player John Madden HOF Football Coach Jimmy Carter Ex-POTUS Pope Benedict XVI Ex-Pope Glen Campbell Musician Carl Yastrzemski HOF Baseball Player Fidel Castro Despot Gordie Howe HOF Hockey Player Mike Ditka HOF Football Player James Caan Actor Randy Travis Musician Graham Kerr Celebrity Chef Arlo Guthrie Musician Dionne Warwick Dick Butkus Edgar Winter Alan Page John Madden Jimmy Carter Pope Benedict XVI Glen Campbell Carl Yastrzemski Fidel Castro Gordie Howe Mike Ditka James Caan Randy Travis Graham Kerr Arlo Guthrie ---
**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 31, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/259 "2015-12-31T14:02:41Z")
Birthday greetings, Baker! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/260 "2015-12-31T14:16:23Z")
Happy Birthday, Baker. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/261 "2015-12-31T15:18:14Z")
Another year where I had hoped to put some time in with the list but put it off till the last minute. Three scores last year, not bad for me. Joey Feek -country singer, band wagon Jimmy Snuka -wrestler, murderer Rob Ford -world’s greatest living politician, crackhead Craig Sager -sports commentator, master of sartorial splendor Amazing Jonathan -magician, comedian Clive James -Author, poet Bill Johnson -gold medal winner, skiing bad boy Leon Redbone -singer, possibly alien Tommy Chong -cannabis spokesman Vivian Campbell -Def Leopard guitar player John Hurt -wand maker Bart Starr -NFL hall of fame Gary Dourdan -CSI actor alternate in case Joey doesn’t make it to midnight Hal Moore -author, general Malcolm Young -AC/DC Joey Feek Jimmy Snuka Rob Ford Craig Sager Amazing Jonathan Clive James Bill Johnson Leon Redbone Tommy Chong Vivian Campbell John Hurt Bart Starr Gary Dourdan alternate in case Joey doesn’t make it to midnight Hal Moore Malcolm Young [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=14)