# 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:** 41
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/802 "2016-02-19T15:39:26Z")
[Harper Lee dead as a mockingbird at 89.](http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/harper_lee_dead_at_age_of_89_t.html) No more watchmen will be set. ---
**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 19, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/803 "2016-02-19T15:52:52Z")
Damn, she could _write._ ---
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/804 "2016-02-19T20:29:48Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > [Harper Lee dead as a mockingbird at 89.](http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/harper_lee_dead_at_age_of_89_t.html) > > No more watchmen will be set. Damn! I picked her but swapped her out for [George Kennedy.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kennedy) Damn!!! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/805 "2016-02-19T21:03:16Z")
I am really surprised that nobody had Harper Lee in this game. Another DP I run had one player picking her, and an English board I play on had three people with Lee. ---
**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, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/806 "2016-02-19T22:38:39Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I am really surprised that nobody had Harper Lee in this game. Another DP I run had one player picking her, and an English board I play on had three people with Lee. I had read that mentally, Lee was in “La-La land”, but I figured she’d escape the Grim Reaper’s grasp by a year or two. Meanwhile, [Zsa Zsa keeps rolling along.](http://www.etonline.com/news/182601_zsa_zsa_gabor_husband_prince_frederic_von_anhalt_says_she_is_fighting_right_now/)Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/807 "2016-02-20T00:00:11Z")
Harper Lee and Umberto Eco on the same day ---
**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 20, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/808 "2016-02-20T00:37:23Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Harper Lee and Umberto Eco on the same day [Umberto Eco died?](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35620368) :eek:☹ Two of my favorites on the same day. Today sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/809 "2016-02-20T00:46:33Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Two of my favorites on the same day. Today sucks. 2016 is being a hard year in general for people I admire. It’s a function of age I suppose. ---
**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 20, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/810 "2016-02-20T01:33:19Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Another DP I run had one player picking her, and an English board I play on You should speak with your Minister or Physician. :dubious: ---
**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:** [February 20, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/811 "2016-02-20T03:07:51Z")
Tony Phillips, Whose Play Sealed 1989 World Series, Dies at 56. > **[Tony Phillips, Whose Play Sealed 1989 World Series, Dies at 56 (Published 2016)](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/sports/baseball/tony-phillips-whose-play-sealed-1989-world-series-dies-at-56.html?_r=0)** > > Mr. Phillips spent half of his 18-year major league career with the Oakland Athletics, finding glory with them in a World Series delayed by an earthquake. ---
**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 20, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/812 "2016-02-20T03:36:52Z")
[Jim Davenport, my all-time favorite Giant, has also died.](http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Original-SF-Giant-Jim-Davenport-dies-6842357.php) ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/813 "2016-02-20T07:21:15Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Harper Lee and Umberto Eco on the same day Bah. They both fit my theme, yet I didn’t pick either one. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/814 "2016-02-20T18:02:00Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Tony Phillips, Whose Play Sealed 1989 World Series, Dies at 56. > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/sports/baseball/tony-phillips-whose-play-sealed-1989-world-series-dies-at-56.html?\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/sports/baseball/tony-phillips-whose-play-sealed-1989-world-series-dies-at-56.html?_r=0) I think next year I’m going to change my theme to former major league baseball players. One of the only people I’ve gotten points for in this game was a baseball player, Gary Carter. ---
**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 20, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/815 "2016-02-20T20:51:28Z")
[Nathan Barksdale](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nathan-barksdale-drug-kingpin-dies_us_56c3f15be4b0b40245c87091?hpcrime=y), drug kingpin and inspiration for characters on the wire. ---
**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 21, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/816 "2016-02-21T01:58:38Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > I think next year I’m going to change my theme to former major league baseball players. One of the only people I’ve gotten points for in this game was a baseball player, Gary Carter. Yeah, but it is happening this year. :dubious: ---
**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 22, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/817 "2016-02-22T19:38:21Z")
[Peter Mondavi of winemaking family sinks his last bottle at 101.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/peter-mondavi-of-winemaking-family-is-dead-at-101/2016/02/22/ff3c90a8-d983-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_ob-main-mondavi-113pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory) ---
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/818 "2016-02-22T20:36:13Z")
Here’s my list, the 13 oldest baseball Hall of Famers: 1. Bobby Doerr, b. 1918 2. Red Schoendienst, b. 1923 3. Tom Lasorda, b. 1927 4. Doug Harvey, b. 1930 5. Willie Mays, b. 1931 6. Jim Bunning, b. 1931 7. Whitey Herzog, b. 1931 8. Hank Aaron, b. 1934 9. Luis Aparicio, b. 1934 10. Al Kaline, b. 1934 11. Frank Robinson, b. 1935 12. Bob Gibson, b. 1935 13. Sandy Koufax, b. 1935 ---
**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 22, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/819 "2016-02-22T20:41:10Z")
> [@Cardboard](#): > > Here’s my list, the 13 oldest baseball Hall of Famers: > > 1. Bobby Doerr, b. 1918 > 2. Red Schoendienst, b. 1923 > 3. Tom Lasorda, b. 1927 > 4. Doug Harvey, b. 1930 > 5. Willie Mays, b. 1931 > 6. Jim Bunning, b. 1931 > 7. Whitey Herzog, b. 1931 > 8. Hank Aaron, b. 1934 > 9. Luis Aparicio, b. 1934 > 10. Al Kaline, b. 1934 > 11. Frank Robinson, b. 1935 > 12. Bob Gibson, b. 1935 > 13. Sandy Koufax, b. 1935 Bobby Doerr is [the last living person](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Doerr) who played in the major leagues in the 1930s. ---
**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/820 "2016-02-22T20:49:11Z")
Crazy isn’t it? The early 1940s are barely represented at all. Only one guy who debuted in 1940 is still alive, only three who debuted in 1941 are still kicking and only four who debuted in 1942 are still with us. In fact, only [72 players who played in the 1940s at all are still alive.](http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/List_of_living_major_league_players_from_the_1940s) ---
**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 22, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/821 "2016-02-22T21:16:06Z")
> [@Cardboard](#): > > Here’s my list, the 13 oldest baseball Hall of Famers: You are too late for this game. The cutoff was last New Year’s Eve. The 2017 game starts on December 1st. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=42)