# 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:** 68
**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:** [May 25, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1342 "2016-05-25T01:59:35Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > According to the article, his license plate was Gold36. I remember watching the feature on him during the 2012 Games. I may be old, my hearing is gone, I can barely see past the sea of floaters in my eyes, I have fits of dementia, irrational anger and periodic blackouts, I doze off unexpectedly and have already forgotten more than I ever knew, but at least I still have my drivers license. ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1343 "2016-05-25T06:30:22Z")
[Beth Howland, Accident-Prone Waitress From the Sitcom Alice,’Dies at 74.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/arts/television/beth-howland-accident-prone-waitress-from-the-sitcom-alice-dies-at-74.html) Ooops… Ouch… Crash…BaNg…BoOm… - She was a “Dish” and was married to [url=“[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael\_J.\_Pollard.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Pollard.)”]this knucklehead.[\url] ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1344 "2016-05-25T06:38:29Z")
Aw, I liked ‘Vera.’ Oh, and the article you linked says that she died on December 31, 2015. So, not eligible for this year’s Death Pool. > [@](#): > > Beth Howland, who made high anxiety an art form as the ditsy, accident-prone waitress Vera Louise Gorman on the 1970s and ’80s sitcom “Alice,” died on Dec. 31, 2015, in Santa Monica, Calif., her husband said on Tuesday. He had refrained from announcing her death earlier in keeping with her wishes. She was 74. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1345 "2016-05-25T12:00:08Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [Beth Howland, Accident-Prone Waitress From the Sitcom Alice,’Dies at 74.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/arts/television/beth-howland-accident-prone-waitress-from-the-sitcom-alice-dies-at-74.html) Ooops… Ouch… Crash…BaNg…BoOm… > > - She was a “Dish” and was married to [url=“[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael\_J.\_Pollard.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Pollard.)”]this knucklehead.[\url] They married when she was 19. At the time of her death she was married to Charles Kimbrough who played anchorman Jim Dial on Murphy Brown. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1346 "2016-05-25T22:26:14Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > 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! You should get an honorary point for that! 😃 ---
**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 25, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1347 "2016-05-25T22:52:30Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Oh, and the article you linked says that she died on December 31, 2015. So, not eligible for this year’s Death Pool. Damn Tangent! Nice catch. How the Hell did I miss that?😕 The obit states that, “(Her husband) had refrained from announcing her death earlier in keeping with her wishes.” What did she say? “Wait until May 24th of 2016 to make the announcement?”. - How inconsiderate of her towards SDMB Dead Poolers? Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1348 "2016-05-26T01:39:25Z")
Geez it’s sad that Beth Howland (Vera Louise Gorman) is gone. ☹ She played such a naive, innocent and very lovable character - and she did it well. RIP “Vera” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1349 "2016-05-26T02:31:44Z")
I wonder why some families decide not to have a service or memorial at all. My boss owns two cafes. His other baker died of a heart attack a couple of years ago. Seemed to be a nice guy, but his family, siblings I think, didn’t even have a death announcement in the paper, much less an obituary or a service. I’ve seen that with other people too. Here in my city there is a Catholic high school that has a chapter of the Joseph of Arimathea Society. I’d never heard of them until the paper carried an article on their service. The young people provide pall bearer assistance to families who have nobody able to do it, or for people who die alone. They attend the service and help carry the coffin, then will pray afterwards. I imagine it could be a comfor to those who have no family to speak of. [http://www.haydencatholic.org/faith-service/st-joseph-of-arimathea-societypray](http://www.haydencatholic.org/faith-service/st-joseph-of-arimathea-societypray) ---
**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:** [May 26, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1350 "2016-05-26T11:46:08Z")
Momma and Mis Peach cartoonist [Mell Lazarus](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/arts/design/mell-lazarus-cartoonist-of-miss-peach-and-momma-dies-at-89.html?_r=0) at 89. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1351 "2016-05-26T17:58:46Z")
> [@Fleetwood](#): > > Momma and Mis Peach cartoonist [Mell Lazarus](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/arts/design/mell-lazarus-cartoonist-of-miss-peach-and-momma-dies-at-89.html?_r=0) at 89. How many days before we can be sure he’s not coming back? ---
**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:** [May 26, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1352 "2016-05-26T19:01:25Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > How many days before we can be sure he’s not coming back? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1353 "2016-05-26T19:34:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > How many days before we can be sure he’s not coming back? > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > :dubious: His last name is the clue ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1354 "2016-05-26T19:56:02Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > His last name is the clue Also does he have a friend named Jesus and sisters named Mary and Martha? ---
**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:** [May 26, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1355 "2016-05-26T20:04:18Z")
Depends on whether Keith Richards decides to roll his stone away. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1356 "2016-05-26T20:04:57Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > His last name is the clue :dubious: ---
**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:** [May 26, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1357 "2016-05-26T20:08:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > :dubious: Did your mom not warn you that if you keep doing that your face will get stuck in that expression? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1358 "2016-05-26T21:51:03Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Damn Tangent! Nice catch. How the Hell did I miss that?😕 > > The obit states that, “(Her husband) had refrained from announcing her death earlier in keeping with her wishes.” > > What did she say? “Wait until May 24th of 2016 to make the announcement?”. - How inconsiderate of her towards SDMB Dead Poolers? Sheesh! He probably got tired of people asking, “Where’s Beth these days? Did you two get divorced?” ---
**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 28, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1359 "2016-05-28T20:34:02Z")
[http://www.si.com/nba/2016/05/28/new-orleans-pelicans-bryce-dejean-jones-dies?&adSuppress=all](http://www.si.com/nba/2016/05/28/new-orleans-pelicans-bryce-dejean-jones-dies?&adSuppress=all) via [http://cbssportsapp.com](http://cbssportsapp.com) New Orleans Pelicans player Bryce Dejean Jones has died at age 23, reportedly from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1360 "2016-05-31T01:04:25Z")
[Lucille “Lou” Richards](http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15816113/lucille-richards-shortstop-first-women-pro-baseball-league-dies-90) has stopped short. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1361 "2016-05-31T01:38:08Z")
For a minute I thought there were some points coming, but it’s a different Lou Richards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=69)