# 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:** 85
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1682 "2016-08-14T01:01:10Z")
Nobody had R2D2. ---
**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 14, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1683 "2016-08-14T01:31:18Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Nobody had R2D2. Well, a mere nineteen points. :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:** [August 14, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1684 "2016-08-14T02:31:25Z")
I wonder if his job will be filled by a robot ---
**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:** [August 14, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1685 "2016-08-14T03:16:47Z")
There’s an app for that! ---
**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 14, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1686 "2016-08-14T03:57:31Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Your link (and CNN) say he was 81…? Maybe they corrected it? When I saw it, the headline said 83. Too late to edit it now! ---
**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 14, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1687 "2016-08-14T23:49:36Z")
Fyvush Finkel has also died, [at 93](http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Artistic-Community-Mourns-the-Loss-of-Fyvush-Finkel-20160814) (and not 91). ---
**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 15, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1688 "2016-08-15T06:12:31Z")
That man had the greatest name ever. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1689 "2016-08-16T20:55:02Z")
[John McLaughlin has died at age 11 points.](http://tvline.com/2016/08/16/john-mclaughlin-dead-age-89-mclaughlin-group-host/) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1690 "2016-08-16T21:40:13Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [John McLaughlin has died at age 11 points.](http://tvline.com/2016/08/16/john-mclaughlin-dead-age-89-mclaughlin-group-host/) At age 11 points for _meeeeeeeee_! I’ve waited nine long years for this – he was part of the original group of 80-year-olds on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1691 "2016-08-16T22:55:51Z")
**SpoilerVirgin** loses their virginity to…ewwww! 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 SpoilerVirgin 11 1 1 95 Stephe96 10 1 1 96 ataraxy22 6 1 0 96 Buttercup Smith 6 1 0 96 kopek 6 1 0 96 kunilou 6 1 0 96 meghan 6 1 0 96 Myrtle Beached Whale 6 1 0 96 NotherYinzer 6 1 0 96 PaulParkhead 6 1 0 96 rucciface 6 1 0 96 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:** [August 16, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1692 "2016-08-16T23:02:30Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > At age 11 points for _meeeeeeeee_! > > I’ve waited nine long years for this – he was part of the original group of 80-year-olds on my list. **[WRONG!](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/mclaughlin-group/n9987)** Those points will go to the next player who can tell me what number John McLaughlin was thinking of when he died! Bye-bye! ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1693 "2016-08-19T05:45:52Z")
Arthur Miller won’t be telling another [Love Story](http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/obit-arthur-hiller-1.3725102). Dead at 8 points ---
**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 19, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1694 "2016-08-19T11:59:21Z")
Hiller, not Miller. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1695 "2016-08-19T18:59:01Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Hiller, not Miller. I knew that. He made a lot of good movies. Many that I like ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1696 "2016-08-19T19:38:29Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Hiller, not Miller. My first two thoughts were “Arthur Miller was still alive?” followed by “Arthur Miller had something to do with _Love Story_?” I was equally shocked by both of these. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1697 "2016-08-19T21:11:58Z")
Actor Jack Riley (Bob Newhart Show, High Anxiety) dead at 20 points [deathbeeper.com](http://deathbeeper.com/1638901.html) ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1698 "2016-08-21T02:18:53Z")
Lou Pearlman [Lou Pearlman Dead: Disgraced Backstreet Boys, ‘NSYNC Manager Dies at 62 | Billboard – Billboard](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7480171/lou-pearlman-dead) ---
**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 21, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1699 "2016-08-21T05:10:04Z")
[Matt Roberts](http://sixxsense.iheart.com/articles/national-rock-news-active-main-rock-104648/former-3-doors-down-guitarist-matt-15028542/), original guitarist for 3 Doors Down, has died at 38. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1700 "2016-08-21T10:32:18Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Matt Roberts](http://sixxsense.iheart.com/articles/national-rock-news-active-main-rock-104648/former-3-doors-down-guitarist-matt-15028542/), original guitarist for 3 Doors Down, has died at 38. [QUOTE=linked article] Matt’s dad Darrell tells TMZ he and Matt were just outside Wisconsin for a charity event [/QUOTE] Just outside Wisconsin? Curios what that means (perhaps 3 doors down from the border) Brian ---
**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:** [August 23, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1701 "2016-08-23T16:35:44Z")
[Stephen Hill](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/arts/television/steven-hill-trailblazing-tv-star-dies-at-94.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well) (you’d know him if you saw him) from ‘Law and Order’ leaves 6 points on the table. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=86)