# 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:** 29
**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, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/562 "2016-01-21T17:49:47Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > WTF? Correct me if I am wrong but this appears to be contrived. I’ve seen no contrary reports, and nothing disputing it on Snopes. ---
**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 21, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/563 "2016-01-21T19:17:54Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > 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). That was a different movie. The title of Scola’s movie gets translated as _Ugly, Dirty and Bad_. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/564 "2016-01-21T20:17:49Z")
His passing is sad, but wouldn’t count, as he wasn’t human. Well, not quite anyway!😃 Did you know he bowled _overhand_? ---
**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 21, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/565 "2016-01-21T21:17:24Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > That was a different movie. The title of Scola’s movie gets translated as _Ugly, Dirty and Bad_. I just rip’em from the headlines. You expect proofreading? In Italian?🙂 Didn’t look right to me either. I knew brurti was ugly so it was at least out of place. ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/566 "2016-01-22T03:19:36Z")
[Edmonde Charles-Roux](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/books/edmonde-charles-roux-novelist-and-editor-of-french-vogue-dies-at-95.html?_r=0) dies at 95. ---
**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 22, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/567 "2016-01-22T12:12:06Z")
Skiing bad boy and Olympic champion [Bill Johnson](http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2016/01/canzano_bill_johnson_--_olympi.html) has died at 55. I seem to recall someone had him on their list. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/568 "2016-01-22T12:34:29Z")
Too many deaths this month!!! and not one of them on my list! what a ripoff! ---
**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 22, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/569 "2016-01-22T14:48:12Z")
I’m getting reports I can not yet confirm that Abe Vigoda has entered hospice care. ☹ ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/570 "2016-01-22T15:31:42Z")
I haven’t seen anything substantiating that, **Loach** ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/571 "2016-01-22T15:43:30Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I haven’t seen anything substantiating that, **Loach** That’s why I said I can’t confirm it. I got it from someone who is slightly too obsessed with Abe’s death status. However, he is also a very accurate and precise in all aspects of his life. If he tells me something is a fact I believe him. I’m trying to find out where he got it. Vigoda is 94 so it’s not unreasonable. His future death will be a sad day for all death pools. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/572 "2016-01-22T16:18:05Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Vigoda is 94 so it’s not unreasonable. His future death will be a sad day for all death pools. Saw a FB post wondering what happens if the person who runs [abevigoda.com](http://www.abevigoda.com/) dies before Abe. Never thought of that. Hopefully there’s a line of succession to keep the site current. ---
**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 22, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/573 "2016-01-22T17:35:42Z")
The guy who posted said Vigoda’s niece announced it. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/574 "2016-01-22T18:10:32Z")
1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in Skiing, Bill Johnson’s health has been going downhill after a long illness. [Died today at age 55](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/be4d845b1d1c4f349fa303f61cc78274/former-olympic-downhill-champ-bill-johnson-dies-age-55) ---
**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 22, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/575 "2016-01-22T18:15:52Z")
When Abe Vigoda dies, no one will believe it. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/576 "2016-01-22T18:28:13Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Skiing bad boy and Olympic champion [Bill Johnson](http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/john_canzano/index.ssf/2016/01/canzano_bill_johnson_--_olympi.html) has died at 55. I seem to recall someone had him on their list. Missed this post ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/577 "2016-01-22T20:56:44Z")
**Loach** gets the points for Johnson 1 CAMJAY77 102 2 1 2 guylevesque 58 2 1 3 jeezums 53 2 1 4 Loach 45 1 1 5 Team Dirt 41 2 0 6 Dung Beetle 33 1 1 7 cardboardbox 27 1 0 7 cazwhatever 27 1 0 7 Eliahna 27 1 0 7 Registered at Last 27 1 0 7 RobotDevilDog 27 1 0 7 The Vorlon 27 1 0 13 BlossomDrearie 14 1 0 13 bowler girl 14 1 0 13 Happy Lendervedder 14 1 0 ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/578 "2016-01-22T21:21:33Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The guy who posted said Vigoda’s niece announced it. > I think it is yet another hoax. Jesse Vigoda Hurland is a guy and hasn’t posted on Twitter or Facebook in a long time ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/579 "2016-01-22T21:59:56Z")
> [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](#): > > Thanks! I really, _really_ ought to start tracking news stories throughout the year. This year and last, many of my picks had a decidedly November/December bent to them. > > Appreciate the work you put into this! Oh crap, I didn’t see this until now. **Baker** , could I have my alternate, Kentwan Balmer put in spot#13? Thank god for alternates. Second time I’ve had to use one. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/580 "2016-01-23T00:20:19Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Oh crap, I didn’t see this until now. > > **Baker** , could I have my alternate, Kentwan Balmer put in spot#13? > > Thank god for alternates. Second time I’ve had to use one. It’s done. ---
**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 23, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/581 "2016-01-23T04:44:17Z")
[Environmentalist Sylvia McLaughlin dies at age 99.](http://www.berkeleyside.com/2016/01/21/sylvia-mclaughlin-co-founder-of-save-the-bay-dies-at-99/) Ms. McLaughlin was one of the founders of the first modern grassroots environmental movements (San Francisco Bay Association - “Save the Bay”) in the country. “Words are hardly adequate to convey her profound influence on protecting the environment, restraining runaway development around the Bay and providing a powerful role model for those whose power is based not on wealth or inside political connections but on determination and a just cause." - Berkeley mayor Tom Bates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=30)