# 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:** 33
**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 31, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/642 "2016-01-31T09:13:19Z")
Jovial UK TV host [Terry Wogan has died](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35453541) aged 77. I think he’s possibly best known as the wry commenter of Eurovision. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/643 "2016-01-31T09:23:36Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Jovial UK TV host [Terry Wogan has died](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35453541) aged 77. I think he’s possibly best known as the wry commenter of Eurovision. After a short battle with cancer. At this point, I’m beginning to question the effectiveness of the NHS. ---
**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 31, 2016, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/644 "2016-01-31T11:03:48Z")
77 is a good innings. ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/645 "2016-01-31T12:16:34Z")
British actor [Frank Finlay](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/frank-finlay-dead-british-oscar-nominated-actor-who-played-opposite-olivier-dies-aged-89-a6844566.html) has died too. I only really know him as the Witchsmeller Pursuivant in an episode of [Blackadder](http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsF/tve5704-6-41.jpg), but he was a distinguished veteran of stage and screen. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/646 "2016-01-31T12:55:47Z")
Today is the last day of January. Could we please squeeze in someone from _my_ list? ---
**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 31, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/647 "2016-01-31T14:07:31Z")
I’m still waiting for anyone from any of my lists, EVER, to fall on their sword for me. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/648 "2016-01-31T14:37:44Z")
I loved Frank Finlay as Porthos. Sorry to hear he is gone. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/649 "2016-02-01T14:32:52Z")
He was my favorite Porthos. Come to think of it, the entire movie was perfectly cast. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/650 "2016-02-01T15:23:26Z")
Suspected suicide of ‘world’s best chef’ . Benoit Violier dead at 44 [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/01/suspected-suicide-of-worlds-best-chef-highlights-pressure-cooker-of-haute-cuisine/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/01/suspected-suicide-of-worlds-best-chef-highlights-pressure-cooker-of-haute-cuisine/) After reading that, a 2017 death pool list of top chef’s may be in order ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/651 "2016-02-01T23:16:21Z")
[Walt Williams](http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/index.ssf/2016/02/cleveland_indians_of_my_youth.html), a Major League Baseball outfielder known by his nickname of “No Neck”, has died at the age of 72. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/652 "2016-02-02T00:18:37Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Walt Williams](http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/index.ssf/2016/02/cleveland_indians_of_my_youth.html), a Major League Baseball outfielder known by his nickname of “No Neck”, has died at the age of 72. Yet another former Major Leaguer that I have a baseball card of ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/653 "2016-02-02T00:19:04Z")
a New Zealand professional mountain bike rider, Kelly McGarry, [died at age 33](http://dirtmountainbike.com/news/147575.html#FKzzwhG5TtPArfAU.97) Howard Stern “wack-pack” member, Crackhead Bob, [did at age 56](http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/01/crackhead-bob-dead-howard-stern-show/) ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/654 "2016-02-02T00:21:36Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Yet another former Major Leaguer that I have a baseball card of Possible themed list for next year? ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/655 "2016-02-02T00:58:07Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Possible themed list for next year? I think the best Chefs of the World theme is the one to do. Way too many former baseball players ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/656 "2016-02-02T03:11:42Z")
[Mike Minor](http://metv.com/stories/rip-mike-minor-of-petticoat-junction) of Petticoat Junction catches the Hooterville Cannonball for 25 points. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/657 "2016-02-02T10:41:29Z")
The death of Minor puts **tim-n-va** on the board. 1 CAMJAY77 144 3 1 2 guylevesque 58 2 1 3 jeezums 53 2 1 4 Loach 45 1 1 5 phungi 42 1 0 6 Team Dirt 41 2 0 7 Dung Beetle 33 1 1 8 cardboardbox 27 1 0 8 cazwhatever 27 1 0 8 Eliahna 27 1 0 8 Registered at Last 27 1 0 8 RobotDevilDog 27 1 0 8 The Vorlon 27 1 0 14 tim-n-va 25 1 1 15 BlossomDrearie 14 1 0 15 bowler girl 14 1 0 15 Happy Lendervedder 14 1 0 18 a35362 6 1 0 18 Czarcasm 6 1 0 18 Flik the Blue 6 1 0 18 kopek 6 1 0 18 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 18 Shoeless 6 1 0 ---
**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:** [February 2, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/658 "2016-02-02T22:21:04Z")
[Kenny Sailors](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/sports/basketball/kenny-sailors-a-pioneer-of-the-jump-shot-dies-at-95.html?_r=0) life just threw up an air ball. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/659 "2016-02-03T14:31:46Z")
A death certificate has been granted for [Lord Lucan](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35481376) at 19 points. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/660 "2016-02-03T15:11:27Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > A death certificate has been granted for [Lord Lucan](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35481376) at 19 points. Heh. A shirttail relative. My ancestors immigrated to America in the 1600’s, his stayed in Blighty. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/661 "2016-02-03T15:33:23Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > A death certificate has been granted for [Lord Lucan](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35481376) at 19 points. Once considered for the role of James Bond, Lucan was a charismatic man with expensive tastes; he raced power boats and drove an Aston Martin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=34)