# 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:** 55
**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:** [March 22, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1082 "2016-03-22T15:27:58Z")
54 points for me a few others. RIP to the [world’s greatest politician](http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/03/22/rob-ford-former-toronto-mayor-dead-after-battle-with-cancer.html). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1083 "2016-03-22T15:53:44Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > 54 points for me a few others. RIP to the [world’s greatest politician](http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/03/22/rob-ford-former-toronto-mayor-dead-after-battle-with-cancer.html). I can’t believe I didn’t think to include him. He was a huge pick a couple years ago, I think. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1084 "2016-03-22T15:56:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > He was a huge pick… Literally. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1085 "2016-03-22T15:57:50Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Hits a non-maskable interrupt? Went to wake up in the morning but failed the POST. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1086 "2016-03-22T16:10:08Z")
For the benefit of the board, 1. “Mr Chips” is Andy Grove Former CEO of Intel 2. and “World’s Greatest Politician” is Rob Ford, former Toronto mayor. I am noticing a bad trend when listing deaths on this board. It used to be that many would only say who died and give a link. Many times it would be an obscure ‘celebrity’ and you would have to open an additional tab to see who he/she was. Today, they are not even saying “Who died” and only giving a link to the announcement. I guess it is too much to ask to ID the person, and give a brief bio on who he/she was. /rant over ---
**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:** [March 22, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1087 "2016-03-22T16:38:23Z")
Rob Ford, Toronto ex-mayor, [dies aged 54 points.](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35872594) ---
**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:** [March 22, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1088 "2016-03-22T17:52:49Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > For the benefit of the board, > > 1. “Mr Chips” is Andy Grove Former CEO of Intel > 2. and “World’s Greatest Politician” is Rob Ford, former Toronto mayor. > > I am noticing a bad trend when listing deaths on this board. It used to be that many would only say who died and give a link. Many times it would be an obscure ‘celebrity’ and you would have to open an additional tab to see who he/she was. > > Today, they are not even saying “Who died” and only giving a link to the announcement. > > I guess it is too much to ask to ID the person, and give a brief bio on who he/she was. > > /rant over It’s only death. Don’t take it so seriously. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Premislaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Premislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Premislaus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1089 "2016-03-22T17:58:08Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Rob Ford, Toronto ex-mayor, [dies aged 54 points.](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35872594) Cancer, huh. Is it bad that my first guess was drug overdose? ---
**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:** [March 22, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1090 "2016-03-22T17:59:28Z")
> [@Premislaus](#): > > Cancer, huh. Is it bad that my first guess was drug overdose? That’s a different game. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1091 "2016-03-22T18:05:46Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Rob Ford, Toronto ex-mayor, [dies aged 54 points.](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35872594) 46 points that will not be mine in 2017. dammit. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1092 "2016-03-22T18:07:48Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > 46 points that will not be mine in 2017. > dammit. You mean 53 points that will not be yours next year. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1093 "2016-03-22T18:21:26Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > 46 points that will not be mine in 2017. > dammit. [del]54 points _ARE_ mine this year[/del]my condolences to the Ford family. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1094 "2016-03-22T18:47:18Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > [del]54 points _ARE_ mine this year[/del]my condolences to the Ford family. I, too, wish he had lived longer. \>sniff\< ---
**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:** [March 22, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1095 "2016-03-22T19:30:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You mean 53 points that will not be yours next year. No, he aged in Rob Ford years which are like seven regular years. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1096 "2016-03-22T20:37:46Z")
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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1097 "2016-03-22T23:35:49Z")
Anyone got TNT’s sports analyst, Craig Sager? His Leukemia is no longer in remission, and Doctors says he has 3-6 months to live. > ---
**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:** [March 22, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1098 "2016-03-22T23:57:37Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Anyone got TNT’s sports analyst, Craig Sager? > > His Leukemia is no longer in remission, and Doctors says he has 3-6 months to live. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/si_nba/status/712383033618403329) Shhh… he’s on my short list for 2017. If he makes it that long. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1099 "2016-03-23T00:14:07Z")
One player has Sager for 2016. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1100 "2016-03-23T01:11:57Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Shhh… he’s on my short list for 2017. If he makes it that long. I, too. 3-6. dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Martonio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Martonio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martonio)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1101 "2016-03-23T02:41:48Z")
Could I get an update for my (slightly late) death pool list? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=56)