# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/442 "2016-01-09T20:44:46Z")
Abe Vigoda Al Jaffee Alan Greenspan Albert Finney Angela Lansbury Ara Parseghian Aretha Franklin Artie Lange Ayman al-Zawahiri Barbara Bush Bashar al-Assad Ben Jones Bernie Madoff Betty White Billy Graham Bob Barker Bob Dole Bob Dylan Bob Newhart Bobby Doerr Boy George Brian Wilson Britney Spears BruceCaitlyn Jenner Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake Bryant Gumbel Burt Reynolds Burt Ward Casey Anthony Charles Manson Charlie Sheen Chuck Berry Clint Eastwood Clive James Courtney Love Courtney stodden Dan Rather Dana Carvey Danica Patrick David Hasselhoff David Soul Dennis Rodman Dick Cheney Dick Van Dyke Don Reid Don Rickles Don Williams Doris Day Drew Brees Ed Asner Eddie Van Halen Fats Domino Fidel Castro Frankie Muniz Gary Busey Gavin MacLeod Gene Wilder George H.W. Bush George Michael Gerald McRaney Gina Lollobrigida Glen Campbell Hamid Karzai Harlan Ellison Harold Reid Hillary Clinton Hosni Mubarak Hugh Hefner Ian Brady James Dobson Jerry Jones Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lewis Jerry Sandusky Jim Nabors Jimmy Carter Joanne Woodward John Madden John McCain John McLaughlin John Paul Stevens Jonathan Rhys Meyers Judith Krantz Juice Newton Julie Andrews Justin Bieber Keith Richards Kim Jong-un King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand Kirk Douglas Lady Gaga Kurtis Haiu Lance Armstrong Larry Storch LeAnn Rimes Lil Wayne Lindsay Lohan Liza Minelli Loretta Lynn Martin Landau Mary Tyler Moore Meat Loaf Michael Douglas Michael J. Fox Mick Jagger Mike Ditka Mike Huckabee Mike Tyson Muhammad Ali Nancy Reagan Nick Nolte OJ Simpson Olivia de Havilland Omar Abdel-Rahman Omar al-Bashir Pamela Anderson Pat Summit Paul Gascoigne Paz de la Huerta Penny Marshall Pete Doherty Phil Balsley Philip Roth Pope Benedict XVI Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Queen Elizabeth II Ralphie May Randy Quaid Raul Castro - Brother of Fidel Rex Ryan Ringo Starr Robert Mugabe Robert Redford Ron Jeremy Rosalynn Carter Rosie O’Donnell Rush Limbaugh Ruth Bader-Ginsburg Ryan O’Neal Sandra Day O’Connor Shane MacGowan Silvio Berlusconi Stephen Hawking Steve Gleason Suge Knight Tanya Tucker Taylor Momsen Tom Baker Tom Selleck Tony Danza Val Kilmer Vin Scully Vladimir Putin Warren Jeffs William Shatner William the Refrigerator Perry Willie Nelson Yoko Ono Zsa Zsa Gabor ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/443 "2016-01-09T21:02:48Z")
I’m glad to see that I avoided putting any of them on my list. The only one I seriously considered was Kurtis Haiu, who I noticed because he was on **Fear Itself** ’s list last year. But since there didn’t seem to be much recent news about his health, I figured he was probably in no hurry to take his rugby game to the, um, next level. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/444 "2016-01-09T21:09:03Z")
The fact that Drew Brees, Juice Newton and LeAnn Rimes are on that list surprises me. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/445 "2016-01-09T21:16:01Z")
[Chicago soul legend and vocal master Otis Clay, bites the dust.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/reich/ct-otis-clay-obit-ent-0111-20160109-column.html) Drag. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/446 "2016-01-09T21:38:36Z")
In “I hate to hear it, even though they’ll be my first points ever in this contest” news, [Joey Feek](http://http://www.etonline.com/news/179292_rory_feek_posts_heartwarming_photo_of_joey_reading_to_their_daughter/) is claiming that she’s near death. Her morphine dosage has quadrupled in recent days. ---
**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 9, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/447 "2016-01-09T21:52:45Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > The only one I seriously considered was Kurtis Haiu, who I noticed because he was on **Fear Itself** ’s list last year. But since there didn’t seem to be much recent news about his health, I figured he was probably in no hurry to take his rugby game to the, um, next level. Now that you have take him off your list, I am already counting those points. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/448 "2016-01-09T22:33:56Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Now that you have take him off your list, I am already counting those points. 😉 Before they’re…well, ‘hatched’ is the wrong end of life. ‘Buried’? ‘Boxed’? Something like that. 🙂 ---
**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 9, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/449 "2016-01-09T22:57:56Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Anyone want to know who they are? I took most of them off _my_ list. Therefore they’re doomed. 🙂 ---
**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 9, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/450 "2016-01-09T23:02:43Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Before they’re…well, ‘hatched’ is the wrong end of life. ‘Buried’? ‘Boxed’? Something like that. 🙂 Deep fried? No… Plucked! ---
**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 10, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/451 "2016-01-10T00:09:30Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Before they’re…well, ‘hatched’ is the wrong end of life. ‘Buried’? ‘Boxed’? Something like that. 🙂 Planted ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/452 "2016-01-10T00:14:05Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Planted Counting your points before they’re planted. That works. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/453 "2016-01-10T00:53:08Z")
Why isn’t Valerie Harper on the list? Did we not include her in enough years? ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/454 "2016-01-10T00:56:36Z")
I did something different this year and failed to enter my picks. I didn’t get it done before I went on vacation and then ended up coming back late on the 31st. Hope y’all have fun this year ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/455 "2016-01-10T02:07:46Z")
Oh well, **computergeek** , it’s not so bad. Whenever anyone at all dies you can just say “I had him” or “I had her.” ---
**Author:** ![7happycreations](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/8e8cbc/32.png) [@7happycreations](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7happycreations)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/456 "2016-01-10T02:18:12Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [John Bradbury, Drummer for the Specials, Dies at 62](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/arts/music/john-bradbury-drummer-for-the-specials-dies-at-62.html) That is sad news for me. I love The Specials. He was a great drummer. ---
**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 10, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/457 "2016-01-10T03:05:22Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Planted “Planted” is good. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/458 "2016-01-10T10:34:09Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Why isn’t Valerie Harper on the list? Did we not include her in enough years? That’s apparently the case. According to Wikipedia, “She announced on March 6, 2013, that tests from a January hospital stay revealed she has leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare condition in which cancer cells spread into the meninges, the membranes surrounding the brain. She said her doctors had given her as little as three months’ life expectancy.” And that’s why she’s been on people’s lists from 2014 on. She’s not on anyone’s list in either 2012 or 2013, and her first mention in either of those threads is on March 6, 2013, immediately after her announcement. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/459 "2016-01-10T19:42:46Z")
Anybody have this guy? [Angus Scrimm](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/10/angus-scrimm-obituary-phantasm) He was in Phantasm. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/460 "2016-01-11T06:57:01Z")
Anyone pick [David Bowie](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-bowie-dead-legendary-artist-854364)? Apparently he has had cancer for the past year. ---
**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/461 "2016-01-11T08:21:46Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Because I have nothing better to do I went back through the 2012 to 2016 lists of selected celebrities and made a count of how many of them have been there for all five years. Kind of a “these folks are immortal” list. There are, as best I can tell, one hundred and fifty-nine names on the list. > > Anyone want to know who they are? [QUOTE=Baker] Juice Newton [/QUOTE] I get most of the names on the list, but WTF? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=24)