# 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:** 40
**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:** [February 16, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/782 "2016-02-16T20:22:16Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > And his son, Sven? …and their daughter, Good(but they called her Miss Molly, I understand). ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/783 "2016-02-16T21:46:52Z")
> [@RobotDevilDog](#): > > Sadly, another small band had something similar happen yesterday. They were from Dayton, Ohio. > > [http://abc22now.com/news/local/three-people-killed-in-i-75-crash-were-members-of-local-band](http://abc22now.com/news/local/three-people-killed-in-i-75-crash-were-members-of-local-band) Given the circumstances of the crash, the band’s name is horribly ironic. ---
**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 16, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/784 "2016-02-16T21:48:44Z")
Alexa McAllister, a contestant on “The Bachelor” is [dead of an apparent suicide](http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/16/bachelor-contestant-dead-suicide/#ixzz40N05J2ic) at 69 points. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/785 "2016-02-16T22:03:17Z")
I guess she’ll be getting plenty of roses now. ---
**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 16, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/786 "2016-02-16T22:26:28Z")
[Christy O’Donnel](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/brother-die-advocate-christy-odonnell-dies-36844927) won the right but not in time to use it. Interesting situation of someone who became a celebrity tangentially related to her disease. It’s not the disease itself that made her famous but the the lobbying she did for getting a right-to-die law passed. Of course, without the disease, she probably wouldn’t have done all that work that made here famous, so even if someone had thought of picking her she’s probably not a valid pick. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/787 "2016-02-17T03:51:11Z")
[George Gaynes](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/george-gaynes-punky-brewster-police-academy-fame-dies-98-n519806), of Punky Brewster and Police Academy has left us with a confused but good-hearted two points. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/788 "2016-02-17T06:07:02Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [George Gaynes](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/george-gaynes-punky-brewster-police-academy-fame-dies-98-n519806), of Punky Brewster and Police Academy has left us with a confused but good-hearted two points. Aw, I was just watching one of the dozens of T.V. episodes in which he guest-starred. I certainly knew his name, and watched almost every one of the shows on which he was regular. He is survived by another favorite of mine, his wife Allyn Ann McLerie, with whom he often worked. He was her second husband; they were married for 63 years. I guess sometimes the second time is the charm. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/789 "2016-02-17T10:49:53Z")
I had Gaynes back in the 2013 game. I had a themed list, celebrities at least 95 years old. One role of his I liked was the actor, playing a doctor, who fell for Dustin Hoffman’s _Tootsie_. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/790 "2016-02-17T11:29:57Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Alexa McAllister, a contestant on “The Bachelor” is [dead of an apparent suicide](http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/16/bachelor-contestant-dead-suicide/#ixzz40N05J2ic) at 69 points. Surprisingly, she is the second to commit suicide out of that group of twenty-five women. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/791 "2016-02-17T16:34:04Z")
I missed one in January: [Ken McCray](http://www.riverfronttimes.com/musicblog/2016/01/11/rip-ken-mccray-st-louis-best-drummer), drummer, dead at 43. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/792 "2016-02-17T16:55:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Surprisingly, she is the second to commit suicide out of that group of twenty-five women. And people complain that kids these days are afraid to commit. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/793 "2016-02-17T23:10:41Z")
1 CAMJAY77 252 5 3 2 Registered at Last 84 2 1 3 guylevesque 58 2 1 4 jeezums 53 2 1 5 Loach 45 1 1 6 phungi 42 1 0 7 Team Dirt 41 2 0 8 Dung Beetle 33 1 1 9 cardboardbox 27 1 0 9 cazwhatever 27 1 0 9 Eliahna 27 1 0 9 RobotDevilDog 27 1 0 9 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 sir viks 7 1 1 19 a35362 6 1 0 19 Czarcasm 6 1 0 19 Flik the Blue 6 1 0 19 kopek 6 1 0 19 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 19 Shoeless 6 1 0 RAL leaps into second place with the passing of McCray. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/794 "2016-02-18T12:33:59Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Alexa McAllister, a contestant on “The Bachelor” is [dead of an apparent suicide](http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/16/bachelor-contestant-dead-suicide/#ixzz40N05J2ic) at 69 points. Another reality TV star is dead. [Big Ang got whacked at 45 points](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/big-ang-dead-mob-wives-star-dies-at-age-55-w164723). Who will be number 3? ---
**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 18, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/795 "2016-02-18T12:56:21Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Another reality TV star is dead. [Big Ang got whacked at 45 points](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/big-ang-dead-mob-wives-star-dies-at-age-55-w164723). Who will be number 3? Damn, she was one of my alternates. She got demoted from my list when she reported she was improving. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/796 "2016-02-18T15:50:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Damn, she was one of my alternates. She got demoted from my list when she reported she was improving. You killed Big Ang, you bastard! ---
**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:** [February 18, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/797 "2016-02-18T17:59:14Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I had Gaynes back in the 2013 game. I had a themed list, celebrities at least 95 years old. One role of his I liked was the actor, playing a doctor, who fell for Dustin Hoffman’s _Tootsie_. How is that 2013 list holding up? Have you checked on it lately? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/798 "2016-02-18T19:41:41Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > You killed Big Ang, you bastard! I had her for next year’s list. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/799 "2016-02-18T20:06:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > How is that 2013 list holding up? Have you checked on it lately? Actually yes, I did check up on it when I heard of the death of Gaynes. Well, I got three points that year, one from **Rise Stevens** and two from **Anna Wing**. **Alicia Rhett** , damn her, died January 4th of 2014, depriving me of her points.. **Don Keefer** died in 2014, at the age of two points. **Ellen Albertini Dow** died less that a year ago, at 101. **Renee Asherson** died in 2014, at 99. **George Gaynes** was not to far from 99. **Efrem Zimbalist Jr.** died at 95, in 2014. It looks like I should have done the list the next year That leaves five still with us, from my 2013 list. Renowned cinematographer **Douglas Slocombe** is still with us, at 103. **Norman Lloyd is 97**. **Marsha Hunt** is 98. **Earl Cameron** is also 98. Last but not least, **Nehemiah Persoff** is 96. He was the youngest not quite 95 when I made the list. I wanted them all to be unique, so a couple of older ones, or less well known, I didn’t use. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/800 "2016-02-18T22:09:41Z")
[Zsa Zsa is in a hospital, but is fighting to hold on.](http://www.etonline.com/news/182601_zsa_zsa_gabor_husband_prince_frederic_von_anhalt_says_she_is_fighting_right_now/) ---
**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:** [February 19, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/801 "2016-02-19T03:43:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Zsa Zsa is in a hospital, but is fighting to hold on.](http://www.etonline.com/news/182601_zsa_zsa_gabor_husband_prince_frederic_von_anhalt_says_she_is_fighting_right_now/) C’mon Zsa Zsa! Bim Boom Butt! Kick the Grim Reaper, Right in the nutz! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=41)