# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/842 "2016-02-26T01:41:46Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 😃 > > For those who haven’t read the article, my comment was based on Ramon’s nickname. I know and I’m torn between saying “Kopek have deep feelings for Death Mistress” and “Then we’re awake… but we’re very puzzled.” ---
**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 26, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/843 "2016-02-26T02:15:31Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > 😃 > > For those who haven’t read the article, my comment was based on Ramon’s nickname. Well, for what it’s worth, \*I \*chuckled. ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/844 "2016-02-26T08:12:49Z")
[George “Dr. Nick” Nichopoulos, accused contributing to the death of Elvis by over-prescribing drugs, has died aged 88.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3464926/Elvis-Presley-s-physician-George-Nichopoulos-known-Dr-Nick-accused-helping-cause-King-s-death-prescribing-drugs-dies-aged-88.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:** [February 26, 2016, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/845 "2016-02-26T08:14:05Z")
[Actor Tony Burton, trainer of Apollo Creed and the Italian Stallion in Rocky movies, dies at 78.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3465113/Tony-Burton-trainer-Apollo-Creed-Italian-Stallion-Rocky-movies-dies-78-year-long-battle-illness.html) ---
**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 26, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/846 "2016-02-26T11:15:38Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [George “Dr. Nick” Nichopoulos, accused contributing to the death of Elvis by over-prescribing drugs, has died aged 88.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3464926/Elvis-Presley-s-physician-George-Nichopoulos-known-Dr-Nick-accused-helping-cause-King-s-death-prescribing-drugs-dies-aged-88.html) “Bye, everybody!” “Bye, Dr. Nick!” ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/847 "2016-02-26T11:35:23Z")
> [@Cardboard](#): > > 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) Not so crazy. Ending of WWII will be 71 years this year. Not many vets from that conflict are still around. People _ **born** _ in the 1940’s are beginning to die at an accelerated pace. ---
**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 26, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/848 "2016-02-26T12:38:18Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > “Bye, everybody!” > “Bye, Dr. Nick!” Bye Catamount! Can I help pave your way? - Dr. Nick. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/849 "2016-02-26T13:00:38Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Bye Catamount! Can I help pave your way? - Dr. Nick. She was Simpsonizing Dr Nick, silly man ---
**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 26, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/850 "2016-02-26T19:09:50Z")
[Jackie Baumgart, former catcher with the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, gets her last at bat at age 87.](http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/jackie-baumgart-professional-ballplayer-did-what-made-her-happy-b99676566z1--370264011.html) ---
**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 26, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/851 "2016-02-26T19:50:32Z")
In the excluded famous-for-being-ill category, there’s [Charlotte Eades](http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/26/cancer-vlogger-charlotte-eades-dies-aged-19) dead at 81 points. ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/852 "2016-02-27T03:06:58Z")
Miguel Encinias - WWII veteran who also flew in Korea and Vietnam has died at 92. Please read the whole story at: [http://www.abqjournal.com/730441/opinion/miguel-encinias-a-war-hero-man-of-letters-rip.html](http://www.abqjournal.com/730441/opinion/miguel-encinias-a-war-hero-man-of-letters-rip.html) From the article: Extraordinary people like Miguel Encinias contributed mightily to the legacy of the “Greatest Generation” that lived through the Great Depression and served in World War II. And while younger generations might pooh pooh what they don’t know and never have had to experience, it’s hard to argue with the sacrifice and dedication of people who willingly stepped up in times of national crisis. Encinias, a native of Las Vegas, N.M., died Saturday in Albuquerque. He was 92. Encinias served as a combat pilot not only in World War II, but also in the Korean and Vietnam wars. In the second World War, he was shot down over northern Italy and was held for 15 months a prisoner of war in Germany. He was awarded three Distinguished Flying Crosses, 14 Air Medals and two Purple Hearts. He retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel. ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/853 "2016-02-27T03:24:09Z")
Wow. ---
**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 27, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/854 "2016-02-27T06:01:30Z")
I hear [Yoko Ono is on the rocks.](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/yoko-ono-hospitalized-in-new-york-20160227) ---
**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 27, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/855 "2016-02-27T17:15:49Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > I hear [Yoko Ono is on the rocks.](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/yoko-ono-hospitalized-in-new-york-20160227) Not really what the article says, [QUOTE=Sean Ono Lennon] Hey guys it was only rumors from press: was NOT a stroke, just dehydration/tired. She is FINE. Thank you everyone for your concern.Only stroke Yoko Onohad was a Stroke of Genius! 🙂 She’s really fine. Thanks for all the well wishes! [/QUOTE] :rolleyes: ---
**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 27, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/856 "2016-02-27T19:53:06Z")
Goodnight, Sweetheart to [Lennie Baker](http://www.thewrap.com/lennie-baker-sha-na-na-singer-and-saxophone-player-dies-at-69/) of Sha Na Na. He doobie-doobie died at 31 points. ---
**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 28, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/857 "2016-02-28T18:49:52Z")
[1951 Miss Alabama/Miss America and later civil rights activist Yolande Betbeze](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/yolande-betbeze-fox-a-miss-america-who-rebelled-dies-at-87/2016/02/25/32374126-dbda-11e5-81ae-7491b9b9e7df_story.html) still refusing to wear a Catalina brand bathing suit in her pine box, leaves 13 points lying on the runway. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/858 "2016-02-28T19:05:57Z")
There are only five Miss America winners left who are older than Yolande Betbeze Fox. ---
**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 28, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/859 "2016-02-28T21:24:57Z")
“Only”? I think the word you were looking for is “still”. Are any of them supercentenarians? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/860 "2016-02-28T22:05:43Z")
No, the oldest living winner is 95. ---
**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 29, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/861 "2016-02-29T04:25:04Z")
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