# 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:** 59
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1162 "2016-03-31T11:04:48Z")
And it’s goodnight from him. [Ronnie Corbett](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35934024), dead at 15 points. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1163 "2016-03-31T11:22:28Z")
First there were two Ronnies. Then there was one Ronnie. No more Ronnies. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1164 "2016-03-31T15:30:36Z")
Tom Whedon, TV writer and father of Joss, died on March 23. > **[Golden Girls writer Tom Whedon dies at 83](https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/golden-girls-writer-tom-whedon-14751083)** > > Joss and Jed Whedon’s father is surrounded by family in final moments ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1165 "2016-04-01T01:50:49Z")
Rocker Andy [Thunderclap](http://www.contactmusic.com/the-who/news/rocker-andy-thunderclap-newman-dies_5191268?track=mail_news) Newman died, leaving 17 points for anyone who had him. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1166 "2016-04-01T03:46:18Z")
[Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid has died at the age of 65.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/arts/design/zaha-hadid-architect-dies.html?hp&clickSource=image&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1&module=Slide®ion=SlideShowTopBar&version=SlideCard-11&action=Click&contentCollection=Obituaries&slideshowTitle=A+Look+at+Zaha+Hadid%E2%80%99s+Designs¤tSlide=11&entrySlide=1&pgtype=imageslideshow) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1167 "2016-04-01T04:58:01Z")
Gilbert Horn Sr., a decorated World War II veteran honored for his service as a Native American code talker, died Sunday at the Northern Montana Care Center in Havre. He was 92. No one had him but his passing should be noted. > **[Decorated World War II hero, code talker Gilbert Horn Sr. dies](https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2016/03/30/decorated-world-war-ii-hero-code-talker-gilbert-horn-sr-dies/)** > > Gilbert Horn Sr., a decorated World War II veteran honored for his service as a Native American code talker, died Sunday at the Northern Montana Care Center in Havre. He was 92. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1168 "2016-04-02T20:58:48Z")
Imre Kertesz, the Hungarian writer who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature, has died at the age of 86. Book publishing firm Magveto Kiado said Kertesz died at his home in Budapest in the early hours of Thursday after a long illness. The writer’s fiction was drawn largely on his own experiences as a teenage prisoner of Nazi concentration camps. > **[Nobel Prize-winning author Imre Kertesz dies at 86](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35933390)** > > Imre Kertesz, the Hungarian writer who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature, dies at the age of 86. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1169 "2016-04-03T23:13:06Z")
Porn star Amber Rayne has passed away at the age of 31. The cause of death is not yet known. Possibly NSFW link to the source of this news on AVN, Adult Video News: [Amber Rayne Passes Away | AVN](http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Amber-Rayne-Passes-Away-646475.html) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1170 "2016-04-04T00:04:12Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Imre Kertesz, the Hungarian writer who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature, has died at the age of 86. > Book publishing firm Magveto Kiado said Kertesz died at his home in Budapest in the early hours of Thursday after a long illness. > The writer’s fiction was drawn largely on his own experiences as a teenage prisoner of Nazi concentration camps. > > [Nobel Prize-winning author Imre Kertesz dies at 86 - BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35933390) A unique pick for **Invisible Chimp** , who is now on the board! 1 CAMJAY77 359 7 3 2 Registered at Last 286 6 2 3 RobotDevilDog 188 4 0 4 Fear Itself 179 4 1 5 Captain Klutz 161 3 0 5 Maus Magill 161 3 0 7 Loach 159 3 1 8 phungi 156 3 0 9 jeezums 154 4 1 10 Hockey Monkey 114 2 0 10 Jeep’s Phoenix 114 2 0 10 notfrommensa 114 2 0 10 Squonk 114 2 0 10 VunderBob 114 2 0 15 42fish 107 2 0 15 Andrew21 107 2 0 15 basset hound 107 2 0 15 carnivorousplant 107 2 0 15 Catamount 107 2 0 15 GIGObuster 107 2 0 15 Hoopy Frood 107 2 0 15 Mahaloth 107 2 0 15 Mean Mr. Mustard 107 2 0 15 minionkat 107 2 0 15 Quartz 107 2 0 15 RTFirefly 107 2 0 15 septimus 107 2 0 15 Shirley Ujest 107 2 0 29 guylevesque 105 3 1 30 Team Dirt 101 3 0 31 Dung Beetle 93 2 1 32 lel 92 2 0 33 cardboardbox 87 2 0 33 cazwhatever 87 2 0 33 Eliahna 87 2 0 36 The Vorlon 81 2 0 37 bowler girl 74 2 0 37 Happy Lendervedder 74 2 0 39 Shoeless 72 3 0 40 a35362 66 3 0 40 anyrose 66 2 0 40 Clothilde 66 2 0 40 critter42 66 2 0 40 Dolores Reborn 66 2 0 40 Flik the Blue 66 2 0 40 Jack Batty 66 2 0 40 Lsura 66 2 0 40 Mona Lott 66 2 0 49 5 time champ 60 1 0 49 amarinth 60 1 0 49 Borborygmi 60 1 0 49 candide 60 1 0 49 CreaseMunky 60 1 0 49 irritant 60 1 0 49 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 60 1 0 49 JohnT 60 1 0 49 Labtrash 60 1 0 49 Little Nemo 60 1 0 49 Lok 60 1 0 49 MadTheSwine 60 1 0 49 melondeca 60 1 0 49 Mudshark 60 1 0 49 pachabel 60 1 0 49 Rico 60 1 0 49 Superdude 60 1 0 49 Tangent 60 1 0 49 Tit Whistle 60 1 0 49 vivalostwages 60 1 0 49 zoog 60 1 0 70 ShaggyZ 54 1 0 71 maplekiwi 47 1 0 72 tim-n-va 25 1 1 73 Little Pig 19 2 1 74 Idle Thoughts 15 2 0 75 BlossomDrearie 14 1 0 75 Invisible Chimp 14 1 1 77 Stephe96 10 1 1 78 sir viks 7 1 1 79 ataraxy22 6 1 0 79 Buttercup Smith 6 1 0 79 Czarcasm 6 1 0 79 kayT 6 1 0 79 kopek 6 1 0 79 kunilou 6 1 0 79 meghan 6 1 0 79 Myrtle Beached Whale 6 1 0 79 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 79 PaulParkhead 6 1 0 79 rucciface 6 1 0 79 Spiff 6 1 0 ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1171 "2016-04-05T01:25:27Z")
> **[Winston Moseley, man behind infamous 1964 rape and murder of Kitty Genovese,...](https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/man-murdered-kitty-genovese-1964-dead-81-article-1.2588429)** > > The Queens slaying of Genovese, whose desperate cries for help were ignored, set the standard for urban indifference. The man who raped and murdered Kitty Genovese — in what became one of the most sensational crimes in the history of New York City — has died, officials said. Winston Moseley 81, who spent more than 50 years in prison for the crime, was one of the state’s longest-serving inmates, and was denied parole 18 times, including his last bid in November 2015. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1172 "2016-04-05T01:26:31Z")
The voice behind Star Wars’ Admiral Ackbar has died at 93. Eric Bauersfeld, who voiced the Rebellion leader in Return of the Jedi, and recently in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, died Sunday morning of natural causes at his home in Berkeley, California, his manager, Derek Maki, confirmed to PEOPLE. [http://www.people.com/article/star-wars-admiral-ackbar-voice-actor-erik-bauersfeld-dies-93](http://www.people.com/article/star-wars-admiral-ackbar-voice-actor-erik-bauersfeld-dies-93) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1173 "2016-04-05T01:27:32Z")
Gato Barbieri, Grammy-winning saxophonist heard on ‘Last Tango in Paris’ score, dies at 83. > **[Gato Barbieri, Grammy-winning saxophonist heard on ‘Last Tango in Paris’...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/gato-barbieri-grammy-winning-saxophonist-heard-on-last-tango-in-paris-score-dies-at-83/2016/04/04/4fd5eb02-fa74-11e5-80e4-c381214de1a3_story.html)** > > In a long career, he mixed the experimental stylings of 1960s jazz with his own Latin roots. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1174 "2016-04-05T02:09:42Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > The voice behind Star Wars’ Admiral Ackbar has died at 93. > > Eric Bauersfeld, who voiced the Rebellion leader in Return of the Jedi, and recently in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, died Sunday morning of natural causes at his home in Berkeley, California, his manager, Derek Maki, confirmed to PEOPLE. > > [http://www.people.com/article/star-wars-admiral-ackbar-voice-actor-erik-bauersfeld-dies-93](http://www.people.com/article/star-wars-admiral-ackbar-voice-actor-erik-bauersfeld-dies-93) I am not believing “natural causes”, I think he got caught in some sort of trap. I want to think his last words … ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1175 "2016-04-05T02:39:37Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Porn star Amber Rayne has passed away at the age of 31. The cause of death is not yet known. > > Possibly NSFW link to the source of this news on AVN, Adult Video News: > > [http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Amber-Rayne-Passes-Away-646475.html](http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Amber-Rayne-Passes-Away-646475.html) I suspect that might not be the best jounalistic cite. It says she died peacefully in her sleep. The LA Times article I saw said she collapsed at her home. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1176 "2016-04-05T02:51:55Z")
In remembrance of Rayne, all of her past male costars will be at half-mast. She was one of the ones who accused James Deen of violating her on-set, right? Wonder if the other will start dropping dead now. I doubt that it’s a conspiracy to knock-off his accusers, but, then, adult film stars aren’t really known for their good decision-making (and here I’m thinking of John Holmes and Wonderland, not the decision to go into adult films in the first place). ---
**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:** [April 6, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1177 "2016-04-06T00:02:48Z")
Coca Crystal died back on 1 March. She was an “interesting” woman. Ms. Crystal, who died on March 1 in Rochelle Park, N.J., at 68, went on to gain cult celebrity as the host of “If I Can’t Dance, You Can Keep Your Revolution,” a variety show on public-access cable television that ran for nearly 20 years. It attracted a devoted audience — David Letterman and cast members of “Saturday Night Live” counted themselves as fans — and prompted TV Guide, in a 1980 article, to call her “the smiling Queen of New York City cable.” She and others self-described as the Emma Goldman Brigade were noted for apple pies to the face of celebrities and other stunts. Her real name was Jacqueline Diamond. > **[Coca Crystal, Avatar of Counterculture and Provocateur, Dies at 68 (Published...](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/nyregion/coca-crystal-avatar-of-counterculture-dies-at-68.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=7&pgtype=sectionfront)** > > With an anarchist past that included a well-aimed apple pie and lab rats at a luncheon, Ms. Crystal hosted the public-access channel variety show “If I Can’t Dance, You Can Keep Your Revolution.” ---
**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:** [April 6, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1178 "2016-04-06T01:42:18Z")
[Mike Sandlock Dies at 100; Was Oldest Living Big Leaguer.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/sports/baseball/mike-sandlock-dies-at-100-was-oldest-living-big-leaguer.html) The title now passes to the 99-year-old Eddie Carnett, who played for three teams during World War II, mostly in the outfield. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1179 "2016-04-06T12:09:58Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > In remembrance of Rayne, all of her past male costars will be at half-mast. > > She was one of the ones who accused James Deen of violating her on-set, right? Wonder if the other will start dropping dead now. I doubt that it’s a conspiracy to knock-off his accusers, but, then, adult film stars aren’t really known for their good decision-making (and here I’m thinking of John Holmes and Wonderland, not the decision to go into adult films in the first place). The results of the autopsy have been deferred until the lab results come back but shockingly it is said to be likely a drug overdose. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1180 "2016-04-06T17:30:03Z")
BREAKING Country music legend Merle Haggard has died, his manager confirmed. This from WSMV-TV in Nashville. He was 79. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1181 "2016-04-06T18:21:13Z")
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