# 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:** 84
**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 8, 2016, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1662 "2016-08-08T10:15:07Z")
New standings please, Deathmistress? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1663 "2016-08-09T02:02:55Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > New standings please, Deathmistress? If I’ve read things correctly the last death that counted was Tim LaHaye. 1 CAMJAY77 482 10 5 2 Fear Itself 351 7 2 3 Registered at Last 332 7 3 4 Team Dirt 262 7 0 5 phungi 235 5 2 6 Quartz 192 4 0 7 RobotDevilDog 188 4 0 8 guylevesque 172 5 1 9 Captain Klutz 161 3 0 9 Maus Magill 161 3 0 11 GIGObuster 160 4 1 12 Loach 159 3 1 13 jeezums 154 4 1 14 notfrommensa 152 4 0 15 lel 140 3 1 16 basset hound 139 3 0 17 septimus 133 3 0 18 Hockey Monkey 114 2 0 18 Jeep’s Phoenix 114 2 0 18 Squonk 114 2 0 18 VunderBob 114 2 0 22 42fish 107 2 0 22 Andrew21 107 2 0 22 carnivorousplant 107 2 0 22 Catamount 107 2 0 22 Hoopy Frood 107 2 0 22 Mahaloth 107 2 0 22 Mean Mr. Mustard 107 2 0 22 minionkat 107 2 0 22 RTFirefly 107 2 0 22 Shirley Ujest 107 2 0 22 Tangent 107 3 1 33 Happy Lendervedder 106 3 0 34 bowler girl 97 3 0 35 JohnT 96 2 1 36 Dung Beetle 93 2 1 37 anyrose 92 3 0 37 Dolores Reborn 92 3 0 37 Jack Batty 92 3 0 40 cardboardbox 87 2 0 40 cazwhatever 87 2 0 40 Eliahna 87 2 0 43 Borborygmi 86 2 0 43 Labtrash 86 2 0 43 MadTheSwine 86 2 0 43 Tit Whistle 86 2 0 43 zoog 86 2 1 48 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 83 2 0 49 The Vorlon 81 2 0 50 Shoeless 72 3 0 51 BlossomDrearie 71 4 2 52 a35362 66 3 0 52 Clothilde 66 2 0 52 critter42 66 2 0 52 Flik the Blue 66 2 0 52 Lsura 66 2 0 52 Mona Lott 66 2 0 58 5 time champ 60 1 0 58 amarinth 60 1 0 58 candide 60 1 0 58 CreaseMunky 60 1 0 58 irritant 60 1 0 58 Little Nemo 60 1 0 58 Lok 60 1 0 58 melondeca 60 1 0 58 Mudshark 60 1 0 58 pachabel 60 1 0 58 Rico 60 1 0 58 Superdude 60 1 0 58 vivalostwages 60 1 0 71 ShaggyZ 54 1 0 72 maplekiwi 47 1 0 73 sir viks 45 3 1 74 Personal 43 1 1 75 Dr. Girlfriend 38 2 0 76 Czarcasm 32 2 0 76 kayT 32 2 0 78 Little Pig 30 3 2 79 Clothahump 26 1 0 79 Hal Briston 26 1 0 79 imthjckaz 26 1 0 79 Reepicheep 26 1 0 79 Schnitte 26 1 0 79 swampbear 26 1 0 79 Winston Smith 26 1 0 79 zadscmc 26 1 0 87 tim-n-va 25 1 1 88 Invisible Chimp 24 2 2 89 Idle Thoughts 19 3 1 90 Old Wench 13 1 1 91 Fleetwood 12 1 0 91 J-P L 12 1 0 91 Mr. Goob 12 1 0 94 Stephe96 10 1 1 95 ataraxy22 6 1 0 95 Buttercup Smith 6 1 0 95 kopek 6 1 0 95 kunilou 6 1 0 95 meghan 6 1 0 95 Myrtle Beached Whale 6 1 0 95 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 95 PaulParkhead 6 1 0 95 rucciface 6 1 0 95 Spiff 6 1 0 ---
**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:** [August 9, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1664 "2016-08-09T02:30:34Z")
[B E Taylor](https://www.google.com/amp/s/wtae.relaymedia.com/amp/entertainment/pittsburgh-musician-be-taylor-dies/41103166?client=ms-android-att-us), who sang Vitamin L, has left 35 points on the board. ---
**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 9, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1665 "2016-08-09T02:42:46Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > If I’ve read things correctly the last death that counted was Tim LaHaye. Two people had Steve Latourette. _\me\_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1666 "2016-08-09T14:05:41Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Two people had Steve Latourette. _\me\_ That’s some tic you have there. Must be Latourette’s Syndrome. 😉 ---
**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 9, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1667 "2016-08-09T20:25:51Z")
Former UNC, VA Tech, and Wake Forest football coach [Bill Dooley](http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17256526/bill-dooley-former-coach-north-carolina-tar-heels-virginia-tech-hokies-wake-forest-demon-deacons-dies-82) dies at 82. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1668 "2016-08-09T22:57:24Z")
Okay, **Fear Itself** and **Quartz** get points for LaTourette. Oddly enough the position of neither player changes. 1 CAMJAY77 482 10 5 2 Fear Itself 389 8 2 3 Registered at Last 332 7 3 4 Team Dirt 262 7 0 5 phungi 235 5 2 6 Quartz 230 5 0 7 RobotDevilDog 188 4 0 8 guylevesque 172 5 1 9 Captain Klutz 161 3 0 9 Maus Magill 161 3 0 11 GIGObuster 160 4 1 12 Loach 159 3 1 13 jeezums 154 4 1 14 notfrommensa 152 4 0 15 lel 140 3 1 16 basset hound 139 3 0 17 septimus 133 3 0 18 Hockey Monkey 114 2 0 18 Jeep’s Phoenix 114 2 0 18 Squonk 114 2 0 18 VunderBob 114 2 0 22 42fish 107 2 0 22 Andrew21 107 2 0 22 carnivorousplant 107 2 0 22 Catamount 107 2 0 22 Hoopy Frood 107 2 0 22 Mahaloth 107 2 0 22 Mean Mr. Mustard 107 2 0 22 minionkat 107 2 0 22 RTFirefly 107 2 0 22 Shirley Ujest 107 2 0 22 Tangent 107 3 1 33 Happy Lendervedder 106 3 0 34 bowler girl 97 3 0 35 JohnT 96 2 1 36 Dung Beetle 93 2 1 37 anyrose 92 3 0 37 Dolores Reborn 92 3 0 37 Jack Batty 92 3 0 40 cardboardbox 87 2 0 40 cazwhatever 87 2 0 40 Eliahna 87 2 0 43 Borborygmi 86 2 0 43 Labtrash 86 2 0 43 MadTheSwine 86 2 0 43 Tit Whistle 86 2 0 43 zoog 86 2 1 48 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 83 2 0 49 The Vorlon 81 2 0 50 Shoeless 72 3 0 51 BlossomDrearie 71 4 2 52 a35362 66 3 0 52 Clothilde 66 2 0 52 critter42 66 2 0 52 Flik the Blue 66 2 0 52 Lsura 66 2 0 52 Mona Lott 66 2 0 58 5 time champ 60 1 0 58 amarinth 60 1 0 58 candide 60 1 0 58 CreaseMunky 60 1 0 58 irritant 60 1 0 58 Little Nemo 60 1 0 58 Lok 60 1 0 58 melondeca 60 1 0 58 Mudshark 60 1 0 58 pachabel 60 1 0 58 Rico 60 1 0 58 Superdude 60 1 0 58 vivalostwages 60 1 0 71 ShaggyZ 54 1 0 72 maplekiwi 47 1 0 73 sir viks 45 3 1 74 Personal 43 1 1 75 Dr. Girlfriend 38 2 0 76 Czarcasm 32 2 0 76 kayT 32 2 0 78 Little Pig 30 3 2 79 Clothahump 26 1 0 79 Hal Briston 26 1 0 79 imthjckaz 26 1 0 79 Reepicheep 26 1 0 79 Schnitte 26 1 0 79 swampbear 26 1 0 79 Winston Smith 26 1 0 79 zadscmc 26 1 0 87 tim-n-va 25 1 1 88 Invisible Chimp 24 2 2 89 Idle Thoughts 19 3 1 90 Old Wench 13 1 1 91 Fleetwood 12 1 0 91 J-P L 12 1 0 91 Mr. Goob 12 1 0 94 Stephe96 10 1 1 95 ataraxy22 6 1 0 95 Buttercup Smith 6 1 0 95 kopek 6 1 0 95 kunilou 6 1 0 95 meghan 6 1 0 95 Myrtle Beached Whale 6 1 0 95 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 95 PaulParkhead 6 1 0 95 rucciface 6 1 0 95 Spiff 6 1 0 ---
**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:** [August 9, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1669 "2016-08-09T23:15:38Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Oddly enough the position of neither player changes. [Donald Trump]It’s rigged! [quote] ---
**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 10, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1670 "2016-08-10T00:03:02Z")
[Padraig Duggan, one of Clannad’s founding members, has died at 67 years of age.](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37022580) This is horrible news. I love Clannad, and I was fortunate enough to see them play the Keswick when they returned to touring a few years back. ---
**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 10, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1671 "2016-08-10T02:44:05Z")
[Ahmed Zewail](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/08/08/ahmed-zewail-nobel-prize-winning-chemist--obituary/), father of Femtochemistry and first Arab to win the Nobel prize dead at 70. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1672 "2016-08-10T15:36:42Z")
Long time ESPN host [John Saunders](http://www.tmz.com/2016/08/10/espns-john-saunders-dead-at-61/) has died at 61. Apparently unexpectedly. ---
**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 10, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1673 "2016-08-10T16:56:13Z")
Well, fart in a jar. He was one of the good ones. ---
**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 10, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1674 "2016-08-10T17:19:30Z")
There are rumors that Edward Snowden was killed. His girlfriend “pronounced” him dead. Other reports say he’s alive, but I don’t think that he has actually been seen. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1675 "2016-08-10T17:26:05Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > There are rumors that Edward Snowden was killed. His girlfriend “pronounced” him dead. Other reports say he’s alive, but I don’t think that he has actually been seen. [His lawyer says he is alive and well.](http://themillenniumreport.com/2016/08/snowden-alive-and-well-lawyer-quashes-dead-man-switch-theories/) ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1676 "2016-08-10T21:51:39Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > He was one of the good ones. This ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1677 "2016-08-13T16:31:20Z")
Kenny Baker, who played R2D2, [has died at 83](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/13/kenny-baker-r2-d2-dies-star-wars?CMP=twt_gu). ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1678 "2016-08-13T16:39:56Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1679 "2016-08-13T23:37:01Z")
I believe that’s good for _beep-boop-squee-squee-beep_ points. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1680 "2016-08-13T23:43:29Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Kenny Baker, who played R2D2, [has died at 83](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/13/kenny-baker-r2-d2-dies-star-wars?CMP=twt_gu). Your link (and CNN) say he was 81…? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1681 "2016-08-14T00:21:52Z")
Ok, _deedle-deedle-boop-squee-beep_ points. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=85)