Celebrity Death Pool 2016

I hope his last words were “Girls! Drink!”

Former NHL MVP Andy Bathgate.

George Kennedy has died.

Kennedy was a good actor and in many great films. Academy Award winner. RIP George

Kennedy gives a spot on the board to Idle Thoughts and Little Pig.

1 CAMJAY77 252 5 3
2 Registered at Last 84 2 1
3 guylevesque 58 2 1
4 jeezums 53 2 1
5 Loach 45 1 1
6 phungi 42 1 0
7 Team Dirt 41 2 0
8 Fear Itself 40 1 1
9 Dung Beetle 33 1 1
10 cardboardbox 27 1 0
10 cazwhatever 27 1 0
10 Eliahna 27 1 0
10 RobotDevilDog 27 1 0
10 The Vorlon 27 1 0
15 tim-n-va 25 1 1
16 BlossomDrearie 14 1 0
16 bowler girl 14 1 0
16 Happy Lendervedder 14 1 0
19 Idle Thoughts 9 1 0
19 Little Pig 9 1 0
21 sir viks 7 1 1
22 a35362 6 1 0
22 Czarcasm 6 1 0
22 Flik the Blue 6 1 0
22 kopek 6 1 0
22 NotherYinzer 6 1 0
22 Shoeless 6 1 0

LA area disc jockey Charlie Tuna signs off for the last time at 29 points.

Sorry, Charlie!

Ka-Ching!

Joey Feek is down to a “few days.”

I thought this was pretty cool. Actor and one time contributor here Jim Beaver posted on his Facebook page that when he was a boy he sent George Kennedy a request for an autographed photo. Kennedy sent one back. And then for the next 25 years he sent Jim a Christmas card.

AOL co-founder James Kimley [sic] dies of cancer at 76 -

Comments attached to the tweet say his name was James Kimsey.

He certainly was!

Hawk from American Gladiator dead at 49. Maybe a themed list for next year?

Douglas Slocombe, the cinematographer for Indiana Jones and many, many other movies, died.

-3 points.

Yep, he was 103.

I had him in 2013, the same year I had George Gaynes, who died not long ago. It was people in film who were at least 95 years old.

See post #798.

NPR newscaster Craig Windham dies unexpectedly of a pulmonary embolism at 34 points.

The Oakland Tribune and San Jose Mercury News bite the dust.

At 142 years old, no points awarded.

Aubrey McClendon dead in car accident.
Thunder part owner Aubrey McClendon died Wednesday morning in a one-car crash, according to Oklahoma City police.

There was “no indication McClendon tried to stop his car from wrecking,” police said, according to Graham Lee Brewer of The Oklahoman.

McClendon, 56, was indicted Tuesday on conspiracy charges. He is alleged of conspiring to suppress oil and gas prices while serving as CEO of Chesapeake Energy, the company that owns the naming rights to the Thunder’s arena.
http://www.si.com/nba/2016/03/02/aubrey-mcclendon-thunder-owner-killed-car-crash

Martin Crowe is dead.