# 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:** 17
**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:** [January 1, 2016, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/322 "2016-01-01T05:34:58Z")
We are running out of time to pick the people who are running out of time! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/323 "2016-01-01T05:35:37Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Just half an hour to go, it is [the final countdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw) to 2016! I was afraid maybe you had linked to [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH1biQdyiQI&list=RDiH1biQdyiQI) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/324 "2016-01-01T05:47:43Z")
Martin Crowe, 53, New Zealand cricket champion Joey Feek, musician Steven Latourette, 58, Ohio State Representative Johan Cruyff, 68, Dutch soccer great Thijsje Oenema, 27, Dutch speed skating champion Thomas Fekete, Surfer Blood guitarist David Kochel, 51, Jeb Bush’s chief strategist Janet Kanini Ikua, Kenyan property show host Kurtis Haiu, 31, New Zealand rugby star Debbie Smith, 59, Nevada state senator Said el Marouk, director Errol Christie, 52, English middleweight boxer  Howard Marks, 70, Author Alternates: Monica Pearson, former Atlanta TV anchor Angela “Big Ang” Raiola, Mob Wives star Martin Crowe Joey Feek Steven Latourette Johan Cruyff Thijsje Oenema Thomas Fekete David Kochel Janet Kanini Ikua Kurtis Haiu Debbie Smith Said el Marouk Errol Christie Howard Marks Monica Pearson Angela Raiola ---
**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, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/325 "2016-01-01T05:51:42Z")
Changing my list a bit and to the tune of the old Donnie and Marie Osmond song: _I’m a little bit country_ Joey Feek Glen Campbell _And I’m a little bit rock 'n roll_ Malcolm Mitchell Young Suge Knight \* I’m a little bit of movie and sport stars\* Joost van der Westhuizen Wayne Gino Odjick Mohammed Ali Martin Crowe Burton Leon “Burt” Reynolds Paul Gascoigne _With a little bit of world leaders with dark soul_ Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi \*I don’t know if they are bad or good: \*John Edward Szeles Bob Ellis \*But I know I love it so It’s a little bit death pool And a little bit gruesome too! \* Alternates: Clive James Tom Libous Clean List: **Joey Feek Glen Campbell Malcolm Mitchell Young Suge Knight Joost van der Westhuizen Wayne Gino Odjick Mohammed Ali Martin Crowe Burton Leon “Burt” Reynolds Paul Gascoigne Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi John Edward Szeles Bob Ellis** Alternates: **Clive James Tom Libous** ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/326 "2016-01-01T05:55:32Z")
\*Late Breaking Final Amended List \*(Disregard **George Zimmerman** , **Tommy Lasorda** , and \*\*William Perry \*\* from previous list): **Len Dawson** (Former QB) **Alan Simpson** (Former Senator) \*\*Clark Howard \*\*(Money Expert) **Tony Dow** (Wally) \*\*Ronnie Schell \*\*(Duke Slater) **David Selby** (Quentin Collins) \*\*Joe Wurzelbacher \*\*(Plumber) **Ivan Koloff** (Former Pro Wrestler) \*\*Dawn Wells \*\*(Mary Ann) **Burt Ward** (Robin) \*\*Ernest “Fritz” Hollings \*\*(Former Senator) **Colin Dexter** (Author) \*\*Bernard Fox **(Doctor Bombay/Colonel Crittendon) Alternates: \*\* Chevy Chase** (Sat Nite Live) **Eric Braeden** (Young and Restless) **Roger Waters** (Pink Floyd) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Clean List Len Dawson Alan Simpson Clark Howard Tony Dow Ronnie Schell David Selby Joe Wurzelbacher Ivan Koloff Dawn Wells Burt Ward Ernest “Fritz” Hollings Colin Dexter Bernard Fox Alternates: Chevy Chase Eric Braeden Roger Waters ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/327 "2016-01-01T05:56:15Z")
I’ll post commentary tomorrow. But in order to hit the midnight deadline, here’s my clean list: Chief Keef Suge Knight Kim Jong-un Jerry Sandusky William Perry Louis King Johnson Jr. Jeremiah Ratliff Azealia Banks Ethan Couch Heather Mack Martin Shkreli Joaquín Guzmán Lil Durk \*William Perry is the former Chicago Bear \*\*Louis King Johnson Jr. is the hip-hop artist also known as “King Louie” or “King L” ---
**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, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/328 "2016-01-01T05:57:12Z")
And, according to my clock, that’s it. _May the odds be ever in your favor!_ ---
**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:** [January 1, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/329 "2016-01-01T05:58:29Z")
Let the pleas to post late entries commence! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/330 "2016-01-01T05:58:34Z")
Happy New Year, everybody! 🙂 ---
**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, 2016, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/331 "2016-01-01T06:00:29Z")
Time is up. And for all the ones that are participating: Happy New Year. [It’s your life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE), make it count! ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/332 "2016-01-01T06:15:45Z")
RIP Wayne Rogers. AKA Trapper John from Mash at the age of 82. ---
**Author:** ![Martonio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Martonio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martonio)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/333 "2016-01-01T06:50:33Z")
Rene Angelil Rob Ford Bryan Murray (Ottawa Senators GM) Val Kilmer Joey Feek Big Ang Mary Tyler Moore Valerie Harper Gene Wilder OJ Simpson Alternates: Don Imus Scott Putesky (Daisy Berkowitz) Burt Reynolds CLEAN LIST: Rene Angelil Rob Ford Bryan Murray Val Kilmer Joey Feek Big Ang Mary Tyler Moore Valerie Harper Gene Wilder OJ Simpson Alternates: Don Imus Scott Putesky Burt Reynolds ---
**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, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/334 "2016-01-01T12:20:59Z")
I’m very sorry **Martonio** , but your list will not count, it was submitted too late, fifty minutes after the deadline. If you like I will keep track of your entry seperately so you can see how you do this time. Better luck next year! ---
**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, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/335 "2016-01-01T12:27:55Z")
> [@Ellenriley612\_gmail.com](#): > > Bill O’Reilly > Attorney John Ashcroft > Ted Nugent > Chris W. Cox > Dave Mustaine > Eddie Van Halen > Clint Eastwood > Karl Rove > Antonio Scala > Bill Cosby > Former pope Benedict XVI > Kim Jong-IL > George H. W. Bush Ellen I wish you had put in alternates, your choice of Kim Jong-IL is not one that qualifies, as he is already dead. You probably meant his son, but since entries are over it can’t be changed now, sorry. The rest of the list looks like a good one though. ---
**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, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/336 "2016-01-01T13:42:47Z")
Well, I do have the stats earlier than I thought I would. There are, by my count, 832 celebrities selected. Of those, 601 are unique. We have 140 players this year, for1818 selections. That’s an odd number, because one player had a choice disqualified(already dead) and one person was so dedicated to their theme that they picked only twelve choices. The top bandwagon thirteen are: Joey Feek 64 Valerie Harper 41 George H. W. Bush 40 Jimmy Carter 35 Fidel Castro 31 Muhammad Ali 24 Martin Crowe 22 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 21 Tommy Chong 21 Glen Campbell 20 Nancy Reagan 19 Kirk Douglas 18 Joost van der Westhuizen 16 ---
**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, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/337 "2016-01-01T13:47:06Z")
> [@dba\_Fred](#): > > Dear _Beloved_ **Death Mistress** , > > For voyeurs like me (who like to observe but stay out of the handbasket), I’d like to request being entered as a Consensus Participant; that is to say, as my pick I’d like have whoever the group of the Top 13 choices are after you have the final tally. > > _Respectfully,_ dba Fred I’d argue against allowing an entry of this sort. I’ve no problem with people picking bandwagon lists: your list is your list, and you can put whatever names you want on it. The problem I have is the notion of posting a marker for a not-yet-determined list whose names would be filled in on the basis of what names are included on the lists of players who haven’t posted their lists yet. If you want to stay up to 11:59pm CST on 12/31 and post your list at the last minute based on the lists other players have already posted, there’s nothing wrong with that. But I’d be against any sort of ‘depending on what other players post later, here’s how the Death Mistress should construct my list’ sort of thing, even one as simple as ‘my list will be the 13 most frequently selected celebs.’ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/338 "2016-01-01T13:58:13Z")
I agree. If you didn’t post a list before the deadline, you aren’t in the game. Sorry. ---
**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, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/339 "2016-01-01T14:16:25Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’d argue against allowing an entry of this sort. I’ve no problem with people picking bandwagon lists: your list is your list, and you can put whatever names you want on it. > > The problem I have is the notion of posting a marker for a not-yet-determined list whose names would be filled in on the basis of what names are included on the lists of players who haven’t posted their lists yet. > > If you want to stay up to 11:59pm CST on 12/31 and post your list at the last minute based on the lists other players have already posted, there’s nothing wrong with that. But I’d be against any sort of ‘depending on what other players post later, here’s how the Death Mistress should construct my list’ sort of thing, even one as simple as ‘my list will be the 13 most frequently selected celebs.’ > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I agree. If you didn’t post a list before the deadline, you aren’t in the game. Sorry. I spoke with that poster by PM and explained the situation yesterday. I explained they had to make an entry on their own or it wouldn’t be counted. Since I have to keep track of all entries anyway I offered to let them know at the end of the year how they would have done. But I didn’t hear back from them. ---
**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, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/340 "2016-01-01T14:36:18Z")
7 unique picks and 2 others only 1 other poster selected 🙂 All they have to do is die this year ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/341 "2016-01-01T16:34:18Z")
Singer Natalie Cole, [unforgettable at 35 points.](http://www.tmz.com/2016/01/01/natalie-cole-dead/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=18)