# 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:** 67
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1322 "2016-05-19T16:50:36Z")
Holy crap. [Morley Safer died](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/19/478696449/morley-safer-longtime-60-minutes-correspondent-dies?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160519). He just retired! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1323 "2016-05-19T17:12:39Z")
Wow. Talk about pulling an Andy Rooney! ---
**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:** [May 19, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1324 "2016-05-19T20:42:41Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Well, to be “fair”, I grew up when this persons ad was a huge hit. I incorrectly assumed that other Gentle Readers would recall it. Sorry… Sure. But the Gentle Search Function (either the one built into the board or the simple version using Ctrl-F in your browser) doesn’t recall dick about anything but text in previous posts. So if you try to search for a name, and no one’s put that name anywhere in the thread, it’s going to come up empty. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1325 "2016-05-20T01:40:46Z")
[Original Beastie Boys Member John Berry Dead at 52](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/original-beastie-boys-member-john-berry-dead-at-52-20160519) ---
**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:** [May 20, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1326 "2016-05-20T05:41:13Z")
We’re losing too many Beasties. First Adam Yauch in 2012… ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1327 "2016-05-20T23:51:18Z")
[Actor Alan Young](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alan-young-dead-mister-ed-816846) has joined his old co-star, Bamboo Harvester, in that Great Feedlot in the Sky. Good for 4 points – no cash value. Cecil Adams interviewed Young for the September 25, 1987 Straight Dope column: [How did they get Mr. Ed to talk?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/383/how-did-they-get-mr-ed-to-talk) ---
**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:** [May 21, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1328 "2016-05-21T00:24:33Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > [Actor Alan Young](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alan-young-dead-mister-ed-816846) has joined his old co-star, Bamboo Harvester, in that Great Feedlot in the Sky. Good for 4 points – no cash value. Cecil Adams interviewed Young for the September 25, 1987 Straight Dope column: [How did they get Mr. Ed to talk?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/383/how-did-they-get-mr-ed-to-talk) Willllll-Burrr… ---
**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:** [May 21, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1329 "2016-05-21T01:35:06Z")
Unca Scrooge! ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1330 "2016-05-21T02:12:11Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > [Actor Alan Young](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alan-young-dead-mister-ed-816846) has joined his old co-star, Bamboo Harvester, in that Great Feedlot in the Sky. Good for 4 points – no cash value. Cecil Adams interviewed Young for the September 25, 1987 Straight Dope column: [How did they get Mr. Ed to talk?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/383/how-did-they-get-mr-ed-to-talk) Sing it with me! Aaaaa corpse is a corpse of course of course And no one can talk to a corpse of course, That is, of course unless the corpse Is the famous Mr. Dead! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1331 "2016-05-21T03:06:53Z")
With Wilbur’s death **Idle Thoughts** leaps from 75 th place to a tie for 74th. 1 CAMJAY77 396 8 3 2 Registered at Last 332 7 3 3 Fear Itself 278 6 2 4 RobotDevilDog 188 4 0 5 guylevesque 172 5 0 6 Team Dirt 163 5 0 7 Captain Klutz 161 3 0 7 Maus Magill 161 3 0 9 Loach 159 3 1 10 phungi 156 3 0 11 jeezums 154 4 1 12 Quartz 144 3 0 13 lel 140 3 1 14 basset hound 139 3 0 15 GIGObuster 134 3 1 16 Hockey Monkey 114 2 0 16 Jeep’s Phoenix 114 2 0 16 notfrommensa 114 2 0 16 Squonk 114 2 0 16 VunderBob 114 2 0 21 42fish 107 2 0 21 Andrew21 107 2 0 21 carnivorousplant 107 2 1 21 Catamount 107 2 1 21 Hoopy Frood 107 2 0 21 Mahaloth 107 2 1 21 Mean Mr. Mustard 107 2 1 21 minionkat 107 2 1 21 RTFirefly 107 2 0 21 septimus 107 2 0 21 Shirley Ujest 107 2 0 32 Happy Lendervedder 106 3 0 33 Dung Beetle 93 2 0 34 cardboardbox 87 2 0 34 cazwhatever 87 2 0 34 Eliahna 87 2 0 37 zoog 86 2 1 38 Tangent 81 2 0 38 The Vorlon 81 2 0 40 bowler girl 74 2 0 41 Shoeless 72 3 0 42 a35362 66 3 0 42 anyrose 66 2 0 42 Clothilde 66 2 0 42 critter42 66 2 0 42 Dolores Reborn 66 2 0 42 Flik the Blue 66 2 0 42 Jack Batty 66 2 0 42 Lsura 66 2 0 42 Mona Lott 66 2 0 51 5 time champ 60 1 1 51 amarinth 60 1 1 51 Borborygmi 60 1 0 51 candide 60 1 0 51 CreaseMunky 60 1 0 51 irritant 60 1 1 51 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 60 1 0 51 JohnT 60 1 0 51 Labtrash 60 1 0 51 Little Nemo 60 1 0 51 Lok 60 1 0 51 MadTheSwine 60 1 0 51 melondeca 60 1 0 51 Mudshark 60 1 0 51 pachabel 60 1 0 51 Rico 60 1 0 51 Superdude 60 1 0 51 Tit Whistle 60 1 0 51 vivalostwages 60 1 0 70 ShaggyZ 54 1 0 71 maplekiwi 47 1 0 72 Personal 43 1 1 73 tim-n-va 25 1 0 74 Idle Thoughts 19 3 1 74 Little Pig 19 2 0 76 BlossomDrearie 14 1 0 76 Invisible Chimp 14 1 0 78 Stephe96 10 1 0 79 sir viks 7 1 0 80 ataraxy22 6 1 1 80 Buttercup Smith 6 1 0 80 Czarcasm 6 1 0 80 kayT 6 1 0 80 kopek 6 1 0 80 kunilou 6 1 0 80 meghan 6 1 0 80 Myrtle Beached Whale 6 1 0 80 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 80 PaulParkhead 6 1 0 80 rucciface 6 1 0 80 Spiff 6 1 0 ---
**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:** [May 21, 2016, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1332 "2016-05-21T10:07:21Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > [Actor Alan Young](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alan-young-dead-mister-ed-816846) has joined his old co-star, Bamboo Harvester, in that Great Feedlot in the Sky. Good for 4 points – no cash value. Cecil Adams interviewed Young for the September 25, 1987 Straight Dope column: [How did they get Mr. Ed to talk?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/383/how-did-they-get-mr-ed-to-talk) He couldn’t have done this last year when I had him on my list? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1333 "2016-05-21T11:04:37Z")
**critter42** , anyone who can make me laugh first thing in the morning deserves high praise indeed. Well played, sir/ma’am. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1334 "2016-05-21T11:33:08Z")
I had him a couple or three years ago muself but changed my theme, so no, I didn’t get anything either. I’m still pointless. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1335 "2016-05-22T18:25:20Z")
[Nick Menza](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7378350/nick-menza-former-megadeth-drummer-dies-on-stage-at-51-ohm-dave-mustaine), drummer, Megadied at 49 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:** [May 23, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1336 "2016-05-23T01:03:32Z")
This won’t mean anything to anyone here, but Kiwi actor [Ian Watkin](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11641475) died a few days ago. He was a widely popular character actor very familiar to NZ audiences from TV ads and movies. You might know him from Peter Jackson’s _Braindead_, aka _Dead Alive_. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1337 "2016-05-23T13:49:46Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > [Nick Menza](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7378350/nick-menza-former-megadeth-drummer-dies-on-stage-at-51-ohm-dave-mustaine), drummer, Megadied at 49 points. At first glance I thought that was autocorrect. Nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1338 "2016-05-23T18:05:45Z")
Sandor Tarics, (formerly) oldest Olympic Gold Medalist, died this past weekend at age 102. He was part of the Hungarian Gold Medal winning Water Polo Team back in 1936. He attended the London games in 2012. > **[Oldest Olympic champion Sandor Tarics, Berlin veteran, dies at 102](https://www.aol.com/article/2016/05/21/oldest-olympic-champion-sandor-tarics-berlin-veteran-dies-at-1/21381289/)** > > The world's oldest Olympic champion, Sandor Tarics, has died at the age of 102 in San Francisco, according to the Hungarian Olympic Committee. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1339 "2016-05-24T18:53:40Z")
Burt Kwouk, who played Cato in the “Pink Panther” movies, has died at 85. > **[Burt Kwouk, Cato from Pink Panther, dies age 85](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/24/burt-kwouk-cato-from-pink-panther-dies-age-85)** > > British-born actor who grew up in China starred in three James Bond movies and Last of the Summer Wine as well as his celebrated role alongside Peter Sellers ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1340 "2016-05-24T22:49:08Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Sandor Tarics, (formerly) oldest Olympic Gold Medalist, died this past weekend at age 102. > > He was part of the Hungarian Gold Medal winning Water Polo Team back in 1936. > > He attended the London games in 2012. > > [News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com](http://www.aol.com/article/2016/05/21/oldest-olympic-champion-sandor-tarics-berlin-veteran-dies-at-1/21381289/) Holy cats – 1936. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1341 "2016-05-25T00:27:29Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Holy cats – 1936. Wow. According to the article, his license plate was Gold36. I remember watching the feature on him during the 2012 Games. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=68)