# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/462 "2016-01-11T09:50:59Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Anyone pick [David Bowie](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-bowie-dead-legendary-artist-854364)? Apparently he has had cancer for the past year. Looks like your post is the first mention of his name in this year’s thread. So long, Ziggy Stardust. I’m sure your spaceship knows which way to go, but we’ll miss you. ---
**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 11, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/463 "2016-01-11T11:47:01Z")
So sad. I can’t even find words. One of my true heroes. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/464 "2016-01-11T12:24:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Anyone pick [David Bowie](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-bowie-dead-legendary-artist-854364)? Apparently he has had cancer for the past year. What the FUCK? ☹ ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/465 "2016-01-11T13:59:46Z")
I officially hate what this game has Bowie can die, and one of my first thoughts is “How did I not know that _he_ had cancer? Missed points!” Very bad news to wake up to. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/466 "2016-01-11T14:12:18Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I officially hate what this game has Bowie can die, and one of my first thoughts is “How did I not know that _he_ had cancer? Missed points!” > > Very bad news to wake up to. Part of me is incredibly grateful that he and his family/friends were able to keep his illness so quiet. Though I would have liked the points, and I feel vaguely guilty about that. ---
**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 11, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/467 "2016-01-11T14:36:21Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > Part of me is incredibly grateful that he and his family/friends were able to keep his illness so quiet. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/468 "2016-01-11T16:20:49Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > Part of me is incredibly grateful that he and his family/friends were able to keep his illness so quiet. > > Though I would have liked the points, and I feel vaguely guilty about that. Same here on both fronts. With him and Lou Reed both gone, the world of music is somehow smaller. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/469 "2016-01-11T17:57:21Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Juice Newton > [@Squonk](#): > > I get most of the names on the list, but WTF? [Country singer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice_Newton), Grammy Award winner. Had a couple of really big pop crossover hits in the early 1980s. She’s in her 60’s now, so not a completely lunatic choice. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/470 "2016-01-11T19:02:17Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Same here on both fronts. With him and Lou Reed both gone, the world of music is somehow smaller. :mad: For some reason that reminded me of a “news item” in an old National Lampoon about Bowie and Lou Reed getting in a fight outside a NYC nightclub. “Witnesses described it as looking like two little old ladies trying to put a fire out on each other’s tummies.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/471 "2016-01-11T20:50:47Z")
We had a lot of Davids but not Bowie. It rather surprised me when I went checking. In 2013 cazwhatever had Bowie and in 2015 Shodan did. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/472 "2016-01-12T01:35:33Z")
It’s looking like Sean Penn put his own name on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/473 "2016-01-12T03:59:11Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > It’s looking like Sean Penn put his own name on the list. That could well be. Nobody has him this year either. Oops.😛 ---
**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 12, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/474 "2016-01-12T05:19:18Z")
Disney actor Michael Galeota (Jerseys, Clubhouse Detectives) has died at 31. [https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/s/disney-star-michael-galeota-dead-223336112.html](https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/s/disney-star-michael-galeota-dead-223336112.html) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/475 "2016-01-12T18:07:17Z")
Death toll continues to swell from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake [William A. “Bill” Del Monte](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/survivor-1906-san-francisco-earthquake-dead-109-36223112) died at a retirement home in nearby Marin County on Monday. He was 11 days shy of his 110th birthday. His niece, Janette Barroca of San Francisco confirmed his death of natural causes. Natural Causes? :dubious: ---
**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 12, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/476 "2016-01-12T20:43:46Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Death toll continues to swell from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake > > [William A. “Bill” Del Monte](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/survivor-1906-san-francisco-earthquake-dead-109-36223112) died at a retirement home in nearby Marin County on Monday. He was 11 days shy of his 110th birthday. His niece, Janette Barroca of San Francisco confirmed his death of natural causes. > > Natural Causes? :dubious: It comes in threes. Another Monte, [Monte Irvin](http://baseballhall.org/news/remembering-monte-irvin) died at 96. He was the first black player on the NY Giants (baseball) and a Hall of Famer. Monty Hall better watch his ass. ---
**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 12, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/477 "2016-01-12T22:09:01Z")
Convicted child killer, [Robert Black](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/12096069/Child-killer-Robert-Black-dies-in-prison-leaving-mystery-of-missing-teenager-unsolved.html), dead at 32 points. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/478 "2016-01-13T02:47:21Z")
Former Butler center and professional basketball player Andrew Smith dead at 75 points [Andrew Smith, Butler center on Final Four teams, dies at age 25 - ESPN](http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14556988/andrew-smith-butler-center-final-four-teams-dies-age-25) ---
**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 13, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/479 "2016-01-13T03:08:30Z")
Another David: David Margulies, Ghostbusters Mayor and New York Stage Veteran, Dead at 78 > **[David Margulies, Ghostbusters Mayor and New York Stage Veteran, Dead at 78](https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/david-margulies-obituary_75561.html/)** > > David Gordon|Margulies appeared in 13 Broadway shows and countless off-Broadway productions. ||New York City|Broadway,David Margulies,Ghostbusters,Obituary,Off-Broadway ---
**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:** [January 13, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/480 "2016-01-13T05:12:21Z")
Young cancer death, too young. Former Butler University center Andrew Smith died at the age of 25 on Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer. The former Bulldogs player suffered from non-Hodgkin lymphoma and later leukemia. > **[Former Butler Basketball Player Dies After Battle With Cancer](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/andrew-smith-dead-cancer-butler-player_n_56957418e4b05b3245dae499?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular)** > > Celtics coach Brad Stevens had skipped a game to visit the former basketball player just last week. ---
**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 13, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/481 "2016-01-13T05:50:33Z")
[Ted Stanley](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/us/ted-stanley-medical-philanthropist-dies-at-84.html?_r=0), mental illness philanthropist and founder of the Danbury Mint. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=25)