# 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:** 83
**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:** [July 29, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1642 "2016-07-29T01:08:52Z")
I heard an interview with Sharon Jones on NPR’s _Fresh Air._ Damn, I feel guilty for having her on my list. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1643 "2016-07-29T05:22:05Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I liked the show and character, but I hated the boxing episode and the character being an alcoholic. He was on the wagon for most of the series though, with one spectacular fall in the fourth season. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1644 "2016-07-29T22:55:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I liked the show and character, but I hated the boxing episode and the character being an alcoholic. The boxing episode did kind of suck, but why hate that he was an alcoholic? ---
**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:** [July 30, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1645 "2016-07-30T01:39:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > The boxing episode did kind of suck, but why hate that he was an alcoholic? He was a Tough Guy, and I did not like his having a weakness. Walking up to the bar and saying, “Water, straight up!” was kind of cool. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1646 "2016-07-31T15:24:10Z")
I just saw this in the Sunday paper this morning where they list the notable people who died this week: cartoonist [Richard Thompson](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/27/richard-thompson-acclaimed-cul-de-sac-creator-and-post-contributor-dies-at-58/) (“Cul-de-Sac”) died this week at age 58. I remember when he had to take a break from the strip due to his Parkinson’s, and several other cartoonists pitched in to help out. Eventually, though, he just had to give it up. It makes me sad whenever strips like “Cul-de-Sac” have to end, and crap like Family Circus and Garfield just seem to go on forever. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1647 "2016-07-31T17:20:21Z")
Dave Schwartz, meteorologist on The Weather Channel, dies at 63. [http://www.people.com/article/weather-channel-dave-schwartz-dies-from-cancer](http://www.people.com/article/weather-channel-dave-schwartz-dies-from-cancer) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1648 "2016-08-03T00:42:38Z")
[Jack Davis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Davis_(cartoonist)) Cartoonist for Mad Magazine. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1649 "2016-08-03T03:29:36Z")
[Gary Paxton](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/07/29/gary-paxton-monster-mash-producer--obituary/) is now a graveyard smash. All of [Chris Sizemore’s](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/chris-sizemore-whose-multiple-personality-disorder-was-filmed-as-the-three-faces-of-eve-dies-at-89/2016/07/29/3ed468e2-55b4-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html) personalities are now dead. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1650 "2016-08-04T01:40:38Z")
Former Ohio Congressman Steve LaTourette, now voting absentee, [at 38 points.](http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/08/former_ohio_congressman_steve.html) ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1651 "2016-08-04T02:21:41Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Syracuse College Basketball Star, [Pearl Washington](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2016/04/20/pearl-washington-syracuse-death/83274252/), has gone to great Oyster Bed in the sky. 48 pts. > Unique pick for **lel**? Yeah, but then I haven’t had any points since April. Come on people, die already. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1652 "2016-08-04T02:28:19Z")
Dude, you have 140 points! Don’t be whining about “no points since April”. Oh boo hoo. Until recently I had gotten no points for TWO YEARS. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1653 "2016-08-05T03:47:42Z")
David Huddleston, “[The Big Lewbowski](http://variety.com/2016/film/news/the-big-lebowski-david-huddleston-dead-dies-actor-1201830924/)”, has died at age 85. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1654 "2016-08-05T04:22:32Z")
At least he has Brandt to take care of him… Has anyone checked on **The Other Jeffrey Lebowski**? ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1655 "2016-08-05T15:08:49Z")
**Now this is funny** I printed out my list and posted it at my desk so I could remember who I had picked. I just noticed I put **Kylie Kardashian** on my list but her name is actually **Jenner**. **Baker** will you please fix that for me? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1656 "2016-08-05T23:09:14Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > **Now this is funny** I printed out my list and posted it at my desk so I could remember who I had picked. I just noticed I put **Kylie Kardashian** on my list but her name is actually **Jenner**. **Baker** will you please fix that for me? No problem, it’s done. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1657 "2016-08-06T01:39:23Z")
Thank you Deathmistress. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1658 "2016-08-06T19:03:45Z")
[Pete Fountain](http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/entertainment_life/music/article_36cf33fa-5bd8-11e6-96da-6f4e15f54c5d.html) gets his own jazz funeral in New Orleans. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1659 "2016-08-06T20:56:17Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Dude, you have 140 points! Don’t be whining about “no points since April”. Oh boo hoo. Until recently I had gotten no points for TWO YEARS. I think this is only the second or third year I have scored any points. It was definitely meant a bit tongue in cheek for sure. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1660 "2016-08-06T21:17:33Z")
Yeah, me too. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1661 "2016-08-06T21:48:27Z")
> [@lel](#): > > I think this is only the second or third year I have scored any points. It was definitely meant a bit tongue in cheek for sure. This is the first year that I’ve scored ANY points. And that was off of someone who was terminal a while back [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=84)