# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/22 "2015-12-02T06:01:57Z")
Tommy Chong Valerie Harper Jimmy Carter Linda Rondstadt George HW Bush Monty Hall Al Jaffee Pat Harrington Jenny Diski Joey Feek Artie Lange Dick Dale Mark Calaway Alternates Nancy Reagan Steve Schirripa David Schwimmer Clarifying one entry: Mark Calaway is the professional wrestler known as The Undertaker. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/23 "2015-12-02T09:56:55Z")
The year the music dies… Stevie Wonder Randy Meisner Smokey Robinson Jim Steinman Peter Yarrow Keith Richards Robert Plant David Bellamy Rod Stewart Elton John Glen Campbell Gloria Gaynor Pat Boone Alternates Meat Loaf Bill Anderson Lionel Richie ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/24 "2015-12-02T15:43:14Z")
I usually keep people alive by putting them on my list, but last year I got Leonard Nimoy. Sooooo…who to replace him with? Hmmm…Charles Osgood, who hosts Sunday Morning, ain’t lookin’ all that good these days. So my list of semi-immortals, with a rookie joining up: George H. W. Bush Barbara Bush Lindsay Lohan Queen Elizabeth Olivia de Havilland Jimmy Carter Muhammad Ali Angela Lansbury Johnny Depp Tom Selleck Judi Dench William Shatner Charles Osgood Alternates Pope Francis Vladimir Putin ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/25 "2015-12-02T15:47:18Z")
Abe Vigoda Harlan Ellison Muhammad Ali Meat Loaf Jimmy Carter The Amazing Johnathan Pat Boone Pat Robertson Kirk Douglas John Rhys-Davies Hal Holbrook Burt Reynolds Loni Anderson ---
**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 2, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/26 "2015-12-02T17:47:48Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I am making no changes this year. I am convinced that sooner or later at least some of these celebs will shuffle off this mortal coil. It’s gotten personal. 😃 The problem with finally having someone from my list die is that now I want them all **DEADDEADDEAD!** Not enough to break the rules and actually do some in myself though. Sacrificing some chickens, maybe - but other than that ---
**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 2, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/27 "2015-12-02T17:57:49Z")
We still have almost 4 weeks before submissions. What’s the rush? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/28 "2015-12-02T17:57:58Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > The problem with finally having someone from my list die is that now I want them all > **DEADDEADDEAD!** > > Not enough to break the rules and actually do some in myself though. > > Sacrificing some chickens, maybe - but other than that Can I put **kopek’s** chickens on my list? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/29 "2015-12-02T19:28:47Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I was hoping someone would notice that list!😃 Too bad you couldn’t squeeze Phill Kline in there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/30 "2015-12-03T02:16:18Z")
\*\*Making my list Checking it twice Hoping to guess who is going to be stiff and nice…\*\* Yes, I’ll be over here in the handbasket… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/31 "2015-12-03T02:28:00Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Too bad you couldn’t squeeze Phill Kline in there. 😉 I knew I was forgetting somebody. If I had I would have bumped the lieutenant governor and put Kline in his place. ---
**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 3, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/32 "2015-12-03T02:41:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Can I put **kopek’s** chickens on my list? **I am so ashamed for what I am about to post** Probably not; only my cock is famous and that is just regionally 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/33 "2015-12-03T04:39:24Z")
Since my group all decided to stiff me out of points this year (see what I did there?) I’ve decided to shake my list up a little bit. So here is NotherYinzer’s List of **People Who Will Almost Assuredly Survive 2016:** Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sandy Koufax…Will the “Left Arm of God” meet his maker? Pope Palpatine…er, Benedict Jerry Lee Lewis George HW Bush…Perhaps a skydiving accident? June Foray…Rocky the Dying Squirrel Drew Barrymore Kurt Busch…NASCAR driver. Gotta be a gimme. Gavin MacLeod Abe Vigoda…Patron saint of “I ate’n’t dead” Jimmy Carter Roger Moore Louis CK **Alternates:** Sidney Poitier Julie Newmar Rose Marie \*\*CLEAN LIST: \*\* Ruth Bader-Ginsburg Sandy Koufax Pope Benedict Jerry Lee Lewis George HW Bush June Foray Drew Barrymore Kurt Busch Gavin MacLeod Abe Vigoda Jimmy Carter Roger Moore Louis CK **Alternates:** Sidney Poitier Julie Newmar Rose Marie ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/34 "2015-12-03T06:39:52Z")
I’ve threatened this for a few years - Rappers who (could) die young. Probably a lot of uniques. I’ll be back with real names - just placing a marker. Chief Keef Waka Flocka Flame ScHoolboy Q Ty Dolla Sign Tech N9ne Birdman Young Thug Pusha T Riff Raff Bobby Shmurda Wale X-Raided Max B Alts. Lil Twist Shyne Turk ---
**Author:** ![Willcross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Willcross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Willcross)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/35 "2015-12-03T08:35:14Z")
Jeff Goldblum Bruce Springsteen Howard Stern Betty White The Iron Sheik Chuck Berry Mick Jagger Val Kilmer Justin Beiber Britney Spears Terry Funk John McCain Axel Rose First time participating! Good luck everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/36 "2015-12-03T10:40:43Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > **I am so ashamed for what I am about to post** > > Probably not; only my cock is famous and that is just regionally 🙂 I see we’re pre-warming the handbasket this year. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/37 "2015-12-03T16:44:43Z")
> [@Sario](#): > > I see we’re pre-warming the handbasket this year. No need - we never give it a chance to cool off! 🙂 ---
**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 3, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/38 "2015-12-03T17:10:46Z")
George H. W. Bush Barbara Bush That would make an amazing murder/suicide. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/39 "2015-12-03T17:40:17Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > George H. W. Bush > Barbara Bush > > That would make an amazing murder/suicide. See, what did I just say? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/40 "2015-12-04T06:12:33Z")
Valarie Harper Kim Novak Joan Van Ark Priscilla Presley Bobby Rydell Shelley Fabares Bill Macy Barrie Chase Ruth Bader Ginsburg Paul Simon Prince Phillip Stephen Hawking Aretha Franklin Alternates: Pope Benedict Princess Anne Burt Reynolds ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/41 "2015-12-04T12:36:55Z")
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