# 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:** 94
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1862 "2016-10-01T12:29:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > \*“Cause if I were an Oscar Meyer weiner. > Everyone would be in love with me!” > \* > > 😃 > > My dachshund is named Nathan, for the hotdog brand, but I once met two dachshunds named, you guessed it, Oscar and Meyer. I guess that’s better than “Hebrew” and “National” ---
**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:** [October 1, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1863 "2016-10-01T15:58:09Z")
But you would never take Nathan to the ballpark. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1864 "2016-10-01T16:31:13Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > But you would never take Nathan to the ballpark. She would if it’s a ballpark where Nathan gets to chase balls. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1865 "2016-10-02T02:23:25Z")
Folk singer/songwriter Oscar Brand has left 4 points on the stool by the mic > **[Oscar Brand, ‘Folksong Festival’ Radio Host, Dies at 96](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/oscar-brand-folksong-festival-radio-host-dies-at-96-7526607/?utm_source=twitter)** > > Oscar Brand, a longtime force on the American folk scene whose radio program “Folksong Festival” showcased Woody Guthrie and a young Bob Dylan among music greats and newcomers, has died… He was from my hometown. His son was a grade behind me in school ---
**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:** [October 2, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1866 "2016-10-02T02:44:17Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > He was from my hometown. His son was a grade behind me in school ☹ ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1867 "2016-10-03T12:02:45Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > \*“Cause if I were an Oscar Meyer weiner. > Everyone would be in love with me!” > \* > > 😃 > > My dachshund is named Nathan, for the hotdog brand, but I once met two dachshunds named, you guessed it, Oscar and Meyer. My brother had a dachshund named Oscar. She lived 18 years. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1868 "2016-10-05T20:48:17Z")
UFC fighter Josh Samman is dead at 28. > **[UFC fighter Josh Samman dead at 28](https://sports.yahoo.com/news/ufc-fighter-josh-samman-dies-after-coma-163935595.html)** > > UFC fighter Josh Samman died Wednesday morning in South Florida after being hospitalized late last week. He was 28 years old. A friend found Samman, along with roommate Troy Kirkingburg, unresponsive last Thursday evening at their... ---
**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:** [October 6, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1869 "2016-10-06T19:30:30Z")
[Gary Glasberg](http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/gary-glasberg-ncis-showrunner-dead-at-1201872973/)Executive Producer of NCIS at 50. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1870 "2016-10-07T00:33:00Z")
Brock Yates, Car and Driver’s Assassin, lost his long battle with Alzheimer’s on October 5, 2016. We take solace in the words he crafted for this publication, his screenplays, and his books, a legacy that long ago became permanent and prominent chapters of the American legend. Brock Yates 1933–2016 [http://blog.caranddriver.com/brock-yates-1933-2016/](http://blog.caranddriver.com/brock-yates-1933-2016/) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1871 "2016-10-08T18:42:48Z")
You know, there are five players in this game who are probably, in their secret heart of hearts, thinking _“C’mon, Donald, do the **right** thing!”_ ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1872 "2016-10-08T18:56:41Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > You know, there are five players in this game who are probably, in their secret heart of hearts, thinking _“C’mon, Donald, do the **right** thing!”_ Next year. In 2017. Wait until then. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1873 "2016-10-08T20:27:50Z")
“_only the good die young_” ---
**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:** [October 8, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1874 "2016-10-08T20:36:23Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “_only the good die young_” Yeah, but he might bust something if he loses the election. With that red face, he must have high blood pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1875 "2016-10-08T22:18:06Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Brock Yates, Car and Driver’s Assassin, lost his long battle with Alzheimer’s on October 5, 2016. We take solace in the words he crafted for this publication, his screenplays, and his books, a legacy that long ago became permanent and prominent chapters of the American legend. > > Brock Yates 1933–2016 > > [http://blog.caranddriver.com/brock-yates-1933-2016/](http://blog.caranddriver.com/brock-yates-1933-2016/) He was the inventor of The Cannonball Run. R.I.P., Brock Yates. As a long time subscriber to Road & Track, I enjoyed your works. Remembering Brock Yates: > **[Memories of Brock](https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a31067/memories-of-brock-yates/)** > > Brock Yates, influential automotive journalist and inventor of the Cannonball Run, died on Wednesday. He was a true legend to the very end. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1876 "2016-10-10T02:04:24Z")
[Sir Neville Marriner](http://www.express.co.uk/news/obituaries/718957/Sir-Neville-Mariner-conductor-violinist-obituary) conductor and violinist dead at 8 points. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1877 "2016-10-10T02:44:14Z")
I play a slate of DeathPool choices on a forum based in the UK, and when this death occured last week I posted it there as “the real day the music died” ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1878 "2016-10-10T12:23:42Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I play a slate of DeathPool choices on a forum based in the UK, and when this death occured last week I posted it there as “the real day the music died” ☹ ---
**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:** [October 10, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1879 "2016-10-10T12:25:21Z")
I often heard the Academy Of St Martin In The Fields on the local classical station. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1880 "2016-10-10T18:17:16Z")
[Aaron Pryor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Pryor), former junior welterweight champion boxer, heard the ten count at age 60. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098/1881 "2016-10-11T13:38:24Z")
> **[Donn Fendler, hero of classic ‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine,’ dies at 90](https://www.pressherald.com/2016/10/11/donn-fendler-author-of-classic-lost-on-a-mountain-in-maine-dies-at-90/)** > > At age 12, Fendler survived nine days in the woods without food, walking 48 miles and losing 16 pounds before finally stumbling upon a hunting camp. Donn Fendler died at 90. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=93) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2016/739098.md?page=95)