# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/282 "2015-12-31T22:00:52Z")
Mine is going to be heavy on former wrestlers. Paul Vachon (former wrestler) General Adnan (Adnan Al-Kaissie, former wrestler) The Iron Sheik (Hossein Ali Vaziri, former wrestler) Mr. Fuji (Harry Fujiwara, former wrestler) Jake “The Snake” Roberts (former wrestler) Lord Littlebrook (Eric Tovey, foyer wrestler) Hulk Hogan (Terry Bolea, wrestler) El Mongol (Raul Molina, former wrestler) And some non-wrestlers Joey Feek (I’m on the bandwagon) Fidel Castro Pope Benedict XVI And two death pool classics Abe Vigoda Zsa Zsa Gabor Alternate, picked because I hope he doesn’t die Leonard Cohen The clean list Paul Vachon General Adnan The Iron Sheik Mr. Fuji Jake “The Snake” Roberts Lord Littlebrook Hulk Hogan El Mongol Joey Feek Fidel Castro Pope Benedict XVI Abe Vigoda Zsa Zsa Gabor Leonard Cohen ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/283 "2015-12-31T23:41:27Z")
1. Vivian Campbell – Guitarist 2. Stan Lee – godfather of Marvel 3. Billy Zoom – Guitarist 4. Jerry Jones – Cowboys owner 5. Jerry Gaskill – King’s X drummer 6. Bart Starr – Football player 7. Glen Campbell – Country singer 8. George H.W. Bush – Former president 9. Joe Jackson – Jackson 5 family patriarch 10. Tommy Chong – Stoner 11. Suge Knight – Record producer 12. Muhammad Ali – Boxer 13. David Quessenberry - Football player First alternate: Reverend Donald Wildmon – Raging Douchebag Clean: Vivian Campbell Stan Lee Billy Zoom Jerry Jones Jerry Gaskill Bart Starr Glen Campbell George H.W. Bush Joe Jackson Tommy Chong Suge Knight Muhammad Ali David Quessenberry ---
**Author:** ![sir\_viks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@sir\_viks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sir_viks)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/284 "2015-12-31T23:47:26Z")
My list: Gary Busey Artie Lange George W. Bush, Sr. Muhammad Ali Boutros Boutros-Ghali Corey Feldman Linda Ronstadt Gordie Howe Dick Cheney Alex Trebek Kirk Douglas Buzz Aldrin Valerie Harper Alternates: Billy Graham Bob Dole Nancy Reagan ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/285 "2016-01-01T00:02:01Z")
Happy Birthday Deathmistress!! & Thank you for all the hard work you have done (&will do) as Deathmistress! Sucking up done … here is my list: Bryan Murray (Ottawa Senator’s GM) Martin Crowe (still hanging in there – NZ cricket legend) Candye Kane (Blues singer) Tommy Chong(Treating cancer with pot … on my list you go) Joey Feek (this year’s bandwagon) Ken McCray (Drummer for Tilts and Superjam) The Amazing Johnathan AKA John Edward Szeles Joost van der Westhuizen (South African Rugby Player) Louise Plowright, (British stage actress) Jeff Lowe ( mountain climber) Mel Stottlemyre Sr. (Baseball legend) Rob Ford (Toronto’s ex-mayor & crackhead) René Angélil (Mr Celine Dion) Clean List: Bryan Murray Martin Crowe Candye Kane Tommy Chong Joey Feek Ken McCray The Amazing Johnathan Joost van der Westhuizen Louise Plowright Jeff Lowe Mel Stottlemyre Sr. Rob Ford René Angélil Alternates: Sharon Jones Senator Bob Bennett Clive Derby-Lewis Helen Fawkes ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/286 "2016-01-01T00:21:14Z")
As of the time I started totaling again we had 117 players. The top thirteen are as follows Joey Feek 51 Valerie Harper 36 George H. W. Bush 33 Jimmy Carter 30 Fidel Castro 26 Muhammad Ali 21 Glen Campbell 18 Nancy Reagan 18 Martin Crowe 17 Tommy Chong 17 Kirk Douglas 16 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 15 The Amazing Johnathan 14 Sixty people who played last year have not yet played, but we have a lot of folks who didn’t play and some newbies as well. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/287 "2016-01-01T00:32:05Z")
I’m making one change to my original list. I’m taking off “Boosie Badazz” and putting on Tony Iommi. He even fits in the same slot alphabetically as the guy he’s replacing. It’s destiny, I tells ya! So the list is: Jason Becker Bonnie Brown Vivian Campbell Dick Dale Pete Doherty Joey Feek Tony Iommi Wilko Johnson Lee Kerslake James Murphy John Prine Ricki Rockett Malcolm Young Alternates: Wade Hayes Rick Ross Delta Goodrem ---
**Author:** ![bowler\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@bowler\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bowler_girl)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/288 "2016-01-01T00:33:15Z")
Gordon Banks Bonnie Brown Vivian Campbell Aaron Carter Joey Feek Jared Fogle Paul Gascoigne John Hurt Val Kilmer Sinead O’Connor Pavel Srnicek Joost van der Westhuizen Malcolm Young Alternates: Pat Harrington Jr. Charlie Sheen Nicholas Brendan ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/289 "2016-01-01T00:43:03Z")
The anniversary of my first post, the list. 12 of 13 are from 2015 (I suck at this) Hope full gimmies are; Zsa Zsa, George 41, Gordie Howe & John Hurt. Abu (drones are circling) ISIS Baghdadi One prime rib away from BAM! Is Emeril and Steve Christy Small planes are bad for Han Solo and John Travolta. Drugs are bad M’kay? Courtney Love, Charlie Sheen and Edward Furlong will prove. Last but not least for the sake of humanity The Donald. Zsa Zsa Gabor George H W Bush John Hurt Gordie Howe Abu Baker al-Baghdadi Steve Christy Emeril Lagasse John Travolta Harrison Ford Courtney Love Edward Furlong Charlie Sheen Donald Trump ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/290 "2016-01-01T00:46:18Z")
Dammit I forgot to invoke the blessing of our patron Saint: All hail Abe Vigoda. We’ll see you here in 2116… ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/291 "2016-01-01T01:01:38Z")
King Bhumibol Adulyadej Barbara Bush Jimmy Carter Fidel Castro Olivia De Havilland Joey Feek Zsa Zsa Gabor Billy Graham Valerie Harper Orrin Hatch Empress Michiko Prince Philip Gloria Vanderbilt ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/292 "2016-01-01T01:04:06Z")
> [@bowler\_girl](#): > > Gordon Banks > > Pavel Srnicek He’s already dead ---
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Spicy\_Weiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Carlos\_Spicy\_Weiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlos_Spicy_Weiner)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/293 "2016-01-01T01:06:36Z")
List for 2016 after 2 years off . Charlie Sheen Amanda Bynes Burt Renyolds George H.W. Bush Clint Eastwood Paula Deen Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Josh Duggar Hugh Heffner Bill Cosby Bobby Brown Dick Cheney Joseph Ratzinger alts Betty White Justin Bieber Suge Knight ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/294 "2016-01-01T01:18:12Z")
Theme list this year. Unfortunately, there are only twelve people currently living who fit my theme. Bonus internet points for figuring out the theme! Christopher Plummer - 13 December 1929 Ellen Burstyn - 7 December 1932 Quincy Jones - 14 March 1933 Tony Walton - 24 October 1934 Maggie Smith - 28 December 1934 Vanessa Redgrave - 30 July 1937 Al Pacino - 25 April 1940 Helen Mirren - 26 Juy 1945 Liza Minnelli - 12 March 1946 Jeremy Irons - 19 September 1948 Geoffrey Rush - 6 July 1951 Frances McDormand - 23 June 1957 * * * Christopher Plummer Ellen Burstyn Quincy Jones Tony Walton Maggie Smith Vanessa Redgrave Al Pacino Helen Mirren Liza Minnelli Jeremy Irons Geoffrey Rush Frances McDormand ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/295 "2016-01-01T01:20:06Z")
Theme: A List of Evilness (IMO, most sadly still around from 2015 list) \*Anders Behring Breivik - Norwegian mass murderer \*Kim Jong-un - Supreme Leader of North Korea \*Robert Mugabe - President of Zimbabwe \*Bernard Madoff - disgraced financier - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - putative leader of ISIS - Abu Muhammad al-Adnani - ISIS director of external operations \*Charles Taylor - Former President of Liberia \*Casey Anthony - Acquitted of killing her 2 year old daughter \*Pedro Lopez - Columbian serial killer \*Omar al-Bashir - President of Sudan \*Mengistu Haile Mariam - - Ethiopian politician, responsible for millions of deaths \*Vladimir Putin - President of Russia \*Than Shwe - Senior General of Burma Plain List: Anders Behring Breivik Kim Jong-un Robert Mugabe Bernard Madoff Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abu Muhammad al-Adnani Charles Taylor Casey Anthony Pedro Lopez Omar al-Bashir Mengistu Haile Mariam Vladimir Putin Than Shwe ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/296 "2016-01-01T01:25:29Z")
I missed last year and it has been a hole in my black, black heart. I don’t have any theme. Without further adieu: George Zimmerman Gary Sandusky Ethan Couch Martin Crowe Cliven Bundy Warren Jeffs Abu Bakr-Al Baghaddi Joey Feek Malcolm Young Jason Becker Bahar Al Assad Fernando Ricksen Fidel Castro Good luck to all and to all a Happy Year of Reaping! ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/297 "2016-01-01T01:47:42Z")
No theme just a list Kirk Douglas Muhammad Ali Kim Jong-un Vladimir Putin Rush Limbaugh Michelle Malkin George Soros Pope Emirates Benedict XVI Rahm Emanuel Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman Alt Jimmy Carter Enrique Iglesias ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/298 "2016-01-01T01:57:38Z")
**Reep** , you get 13 picks. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/299 "2016-01-01T02:17:01Z")
Thank you – it will teach me to read the instructions: Michael J. Fox Kirk Douglas Muhammad Ali Kim Jong-un Vladimir Putin Rush Limbaugh Michelle Malkin George Soros Pope Emirates Benedict XVI Rahm Emanuel Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman Jimmy Carter Enrique Iglesias ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/300 "2016-01-01T02:17:24Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Jim Kelly Just to clarify, the former Bills QB. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/301 "2016-01-01T02:23:14Z")
If anyone has Wayne Rogers, you better switch. He just died at the last moment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=16)