# 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:** 28
**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 19, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/542 "2016-01-19T00:02:47Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Former WWF wrestler Iron Mike Sharpe has died at age 64. I am slapping my Leather forearm guard in his honor. ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/543 "2016-01-19T01:07:55Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > But he’s aaalready gone… > > Should we say “rest in peace,” or just “take it easy”? I was going to post a link about Frey dying, but I’ve been beaten to it. I’m a Johnny Come Lately ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/544 "2016-01-19T01:27:59Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I was going to post a link about Frey dying, but I’ve been beaten to it. I’m a Johnny Come Lately That’s okay. Everybody loves you, so don’t let them down. If you do, we’ll start lookin’ the other way ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/545 "2016-01-19T02:40:54Z")
Mott the Hoople Drummer Dale Griffin Dies at 67 > **[Mott the Hoople Drummer Dale Griffin Dies at 67](https://ultimateclassicrock.com/mott-the-hoople-dale-griffin-dies/?trackback=fbshare_top_flat_3)** > > Dale Buffin Griffin of Mott the Hoople has died after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/546 "2016-01-19T03:09:28Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Mott the Hoople Drummer Dale Griffin Dies at 67 > > [Mott the Hoople Drummer Dale Griffin Dies at 67](http://ultimateclassicrock.com/mott-the-hoople-dale-griffin-dies/?trackback=fbshare_top_flat_3) Jesus Christ…OK, we’re officially a lead guitarist away from a full five-piece rock band…I’m thinking Jimmy Page better watch his back… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/547 "2016-01-19T13:19:55Z")
I’ll carry the news to all the (not so) young dudes. ---
**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 19, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/548 "2016-01-19T13:24:28Z")
[Yasutaro Koide](http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/yasutaro-koide-worlds-oldest-man-dies-at-112/article8123773.ece), who was the world’s oldest living man, passes the torch at age 112. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/549 "2016-01-19T15:35:47Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Frey is a unique pick for **Dung Beetle**. Woohoo! Thank you, Glenn! ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/550 "2016-01-19T15:54:55Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > Jesus Christ…OK, we’re officially a lead guitarist away from a full five-piece rock band…I’m thinking Jimmy Page better watch his back… We got another singer plus a heck of an recording engineer. [Gary Loizzo](http://ultimateclassicrock.com/gary-loizzo-dies/), leas singer of one hit wonder American Breed and engineer of many the the classic Styx albums has joined the band at 70. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/551 "2016-01-19T20:19:35Z")
[Mic Gillette](http://ultimateclassicrock.com/mic-gillette-dies/), the trumpeter/trombonist who co-founded Tower of Power and appeared on numerous other artists’ albums, has joined the “ultimate supergroup” at the age of 65. ---
**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 19, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/552 "2016-01-19T21:01:46Z")
[Dallas Taylor dies at 66; drummer for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young](http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-dallas-taylor-20150119-story.html) ---
**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 19, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/553 "2016-01-19T21:04:43Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [Dallas Taylor dies at 66; drummer for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young](http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-dallas-taylor-20150119-story.html) Damn! It was from the LA Times Archive. He died in 2015. :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: ---
**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 20, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/554 "2016-01-20T00:07:18Z")
Well it was about time that the Grim Reaper got to start picking the bad ones: > **[Masked 'Jihadi John' in beheading videos confirmed dead by ISIS | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jihadi-john-dead-isis-1.3410824)** > > ISIS has acknowledged the death of the masked militant known as "Jihadi John," who appeared in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages, the SITE Intelligence Group reported Tuesday. “Jihadi John” Mohammed Emwazi the MC of beheadings of ISIS/DAESH was declared officially dead. Now the twist: “The U.S. military said in November it was “reasonably certain” it had killed Emwazi in a drone strike.” I did not have him so it may had been a pointless death. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/555 "2016-01-20T00:47:10Z")
Chrissakes! Look what Bowie did. He’s dragging half of the 70’s musical universe into the abyss with him. ---
**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 20, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/556 "2016-01-20T01:16:19Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Chrissakes! Look what Bowie did. He’s dragging half of the 70’s musical universe into the abyss with him. “When I go I’m taking all of you with 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 20, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/557 "2016-01-20T02:19:56Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Well it was about time that the Grim Reaper got to start picking the bad ones: > > ['Jihadi John' confirmed dead by ISIS-linked media outlet | CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jihadi-john-dead-isis-1.3410824) > > “Jihadi John” Mohammed Emwazi the MC of beheadings of ISIS/DAESH was declared officially dead. > > Now the twist: “The U.S. military said in November it was “reasonably certain” it had killed Emwazi in a drone strike.” I did not have him so it may had been a pointless death. 🙂 ISIS has an English-language magazine? Do Tell. ---
**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 20, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/558 "2016-01-20T04:58:22Z")
> **[Italian Director Ettore Scola Dies at 84](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/ettore-scola-dead-italian-director-857401/)** > > He was perhaps best known for ‘We All Loved Each Other So Much,’ his 1977 tableau about post-war Italy. ROME (AP) — Ettore Scola, one of the last greats of Italian film, has died at age 84. RAI state radio and the ANSA news agency say Scola died late Tuesday at a Rome hospital after falling ill on Sunday. Scola, who started out as a screenwriter, won best director in 1976 at the Cannes Film Festival for Brutti, Sporchi, Cattivi (The Good, Bad and Ugly). But he was perhaps best known for We All Loved Each Other So Much, his 1977 tableau about post-war Italy, and the Oscar-nominated A Special Day featuring Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren as neighbors who meet during Hitler’s visit to Italy in 1938. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/559 "2016-01-20T05:33:59Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > ISIS has an English-language magazine? Do Tell. [7 Things I Learned Reading Every Issue Of ISIS’s Magazine](http://www.cracked.com/blog/isis-wants-us-to-invade-7-facts-revealed-by-their-magazine/) ---
**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:** [January 21, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/560 "2016-01-21T12:27:32Z")
[And yet another rock legend is gone at age 66.](http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2016/01/20/rock-legend-animal-dies-aged-66/) Known throughout the world…but he died unshaven and threadbare. So sad. ---
**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 21, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/561 "2016-01-21T17:44:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [And yet another rock legend is gone at age 66.](http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2016/01/20/rock-legend-animal-dies-aged-66/) Known throughout the world…but he died unshaven and threadbare. > So sad. WTF? Correct me if I am wrong but this appears to be contrived. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=29)