# 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:** 20
**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 3, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/382 "2016-01-03T15:19:47Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > If you had done this and she recovered, I would pay you to keep her on your list. _Us_. Pay _us._ :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/383 "2016-01-03T16:15:14Z")
Maybe you and **swampy** should get a room? Elly May Clampett’s moved to that great Beverly Hills in the sky. [Donna Douglas](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/01/02/beverly-hillbillies-star-donna-douglas-dies-at-81/21195559/), dead at 82. Bet _somebody_ here picked up those 18 points. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/384 "2016-01-03T16:32:59Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Maybe you and **swampy** should get a room? > > Elly May Clampett’s moved to that great Beverly Hills in the sky. [Donna Douglas](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/01/02/beverly-hillbillies-star-donna-douglas-dies-at-81/21195559/), dead at 82. Bet _somebody_ here picked up those 18 points. Again? ---
**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 3, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/385 "2016-01-03T18:10:32Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Again? “Ya’ll come back now, you hear.”:eek: I thought about making a “critters” joke and then remembered we went through all that last year. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/386 "2016-01-03T22:13:28Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Again? Sheesh. :smack: I get to blame this one on my wife. I came downstairs and she asked, “was Donna Douglas on your list?” “No, who’s she?” I replied. “She played Ella May Clampett.” “Well, I don’t have her, but I’m sure somebody must.” And of course, when I googled her name, the story came up right away, and the 2015 in the date didn’t register because…you know how it is at the beginning of the year: you’re still writing checks (if you still write checks) with the wrong year in the date, and all that. Not sure exactly how my wife got misled, but anyway: sheesh. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/387 "2016-01-03T22:17:27Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > How many of the top 10 picks died last year? > > How many in years before that? Following up on Baker’s analysis of 2014-15, here’s the top vote-getters from 2008-13. In the Death Thread pools for 2007 and earlier I couldn’t find any nice “here’s a summation of the top vote-getter” posts. 2013 George H.W. Bush 85 **Hugo Chavez 73** Lindsay Lohan 67 Fidel Castro 57 Bonnie Franklin 41 Muhammad Ali 32 Bashar al-Assad 30 Zsa Zsa Gabor 30 **Margaret Thatcher 28 Nelson Mandela 28** Billy Graham-e 26 **Roger Ebert 23** Nancy Reagan 22 4/13 2012 **Robin Gibb 71 Etta James 70** Lindsay Lohan 50 **Joe Paterno 46** Zsa Zsa Gabor 39 Fidel Castro 38 Dick Cheney 31 Michael Douglas 30 Penny Marshall 29 Billy Graham-e 27 Hugo Chavez 25 **Abdelbaset al-Megrahi 24** Margaret Thatcher 24 Raven Alexis 24 Aretha Franklin 23 Muhammad Ali 23 Charlie Sheen 22 **Gary Carter 22** Ariel Sharon 21 5/19 2011 Aretha Franklin 76 Michael Douglas 67 Zsa Zsa Gabor 50 Fidel Castro 41 **Kim Jong-Il 35** Ariel Sharon 34 Lindsay Lohan 33 Margaret Thatcher 33 Dick Cheney 30 **Amy Winehouse 27** Abdelbaset al-Megrahi 24 **Christopher Hitchens 23** Nancy Reagan 23 Dick Clark 22 **Elizabeth Taylor 21** Roger Ebert 21 Muhammad Ali 18 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 17 George H.W. Bush 15 Jimmy Carter 15 **Harmon Killebrew 15** 5/20 2010 Fidel Castro 57 Amy Winehouse 51 Kim Jong-Il 41 **Zelda Rubinstein 36** Rush Limbaugh 31 Steve Jobs 30 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 29 Roger Ebert 26 Bryant Gumbel 25 Muhammad Ali 25 Elizabeth Taylor 25 **Elizabeth Edwards 24** Stephen Hawking 24 David Hasselhoff 23 Ariel Sharon 22 Lindsay Lohan 22 Orlando Thomas 22 Abdelbaset al-Megrahi 21 Dick Clark 20 Nancy Reagan 20 2/20 2009 **Patrick Swayze 96** Fidel Castro 76 **Ted Kennedy 69** Amy Winehouse 67 **Michael Jackson 45** Ariel Sharon 38 Nancy Reagan 35 Rev. Billy Graham 33 **Farrah Fawcett 32** Elizabeth Taylor 28 Steve Jobs 26 Kim Jong-il 25 Kirk Douglas 23 Queen Elizabeth II 19 Bob Barker 19 Seve Ballesteros 19 Elizabeth Edwards 18 Roger Ebert 18 Robert Novak 18 Muhammad Ali 17 5/20 2008 Fidel Castro 85 Ariel Sharon 49 Farrah Fawcett 47 Britney Spears 41 Amy Winehouse 35 Elizabeth Taylor 34 Kirk Douglas 30 Billy Graham 28 Muhammad Ali 27 Elizabeth Edwards 21 **Suzanne Pleshette 21** Dick Cheney 19 Lindsay Lohan 19 Margaret Thatcher 18 Bob Barker 17 Dick Clark 17 Eunice Kennedy Shriver 17 Stephen Hawking 17 Jack Kevorkian 16 **Tony Snow 16** 2/20 ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/388 "2016-01-03T22:23:11Z")
BTW, the title for ultimate death pool tease goes to Fidel Castro, who from 2008 to 2015 appeared on participants’ lists a total of 438 times and is still alive and kicking. Runner up is Lindsay Lohan with 275 mentions in the same time period. Bronze goes to Muhammad Ali with 196 listings. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/389 "2016-01-04T00:29:31Z")
**42fish** I looked over your rather impressive list of top vote getters and realized that Etta James in 2012 was the last time I scored any points. Thus proving the fact that I really, really, really suck at CDP. ---
**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 4, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/390 "2016-01-04T01:38:43Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **42fish** I looked over your rather impressive list of top vote getters and realized that Etta James in 2012 was the last time I scored any points. Thus proving the fact that I really, really, really suck at CDP. I couldn’t pick Etta James, but you did? Oh for shame! Points is points, but [Etta James?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k-_yGWmHkg) :dubious: ---
**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 4, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/391 "2016-01-04T03:31:50Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Again? That pesky “5”, it looks just like a “6”. ---
**Author:** ![Martonio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Martonio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martonio)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/392 "2016-01-04T03:40:20Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 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! Please do. I didn’t find this until about 3 minutes before your deadline. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/393 "2016-01-04T19:11:11Z")
Craig Strickland found dead ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/394 "2016-01-04T19:29:54Z")
They finally found his body? ---
**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 4, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/395 "2016-01-04T20:06:25Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > They finally found his body? [Yes.](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/01/04/body-country-singer-craig-strickland-found-after-days-searching/) It looks like he dies on the 27th when the boat capsized. ---
**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 4, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/396 "2016-01-04T23:14:17Z")
[Lt Cdr David Balme](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12078997/Lieutenant-Commander-David-Balme-obituary.html) of Enigma fame has died. ---
**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 5, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/397 "2016-01-05T00:14:12Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > [Lt Cdr David Balme](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12078997/Lieutenant-Commander-David-Balme-obituary.html) of Enigma fame has died. That was quite interesting. I joined this thread to be ghoulish, not to learn stuff. ---
**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 5, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/398 "2016-01-05T23:22:36Z")
[Sian Blake](http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/05/sian-blake-three-bodies-found-in-hunt-for-missing-former-eastenders-actor), former actress, 43, has been found dead, likely murdered. Note that she was last seen mid-December, so she may have been dead for some time. :eek: ---
**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:** [January 6, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/399 "2016-01-06T04:02:11Z")
[Gilbert Kaplan](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/gilbert-kaplan-millionaire-businessman-and-self-taught-maestro-of-mahler-dies-at-74/2016/01/04/53ec1f9c-b2f6-11e5-9388-466021d971de_story.html), millionaire businessman and self-taught Mahler maestro is now confining himself to a much smaller repertoire. The aliens apparently abducted [Riley Martin](http://www.tmz.com/2016/01/05/riley-martin-dead-howard-stern-show/) last month and are just returning his dead body now. (In other words, no points available since he died just before XMas.) ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/400 "2016-01-06T14:20:35Z")
[Robert Stigwood](http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/robert-stigwood-former-bee-gees-manager-and-grease-producer-dies-at-81/ar-AAgm0cx?ocid=ansmsnent11) is no longer Stayin’ Alive ---
**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 6, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/401 "2016-01-06T14:21:46Z")
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