OFFICIAL 2016 APOLYTON CELEBRITY DEAD POOL

[Proteus_MST]

Balin is dead
According to the news he wasn't killed by orcs while defending Moria, however

To be more exactly we're talking about Marty Balin, Co-Founder of Jefferson Airplane, who was found dead at 76

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jefferson-airplane-co-founder-marty-balin-marty-balin-dies_us_5baec68ce4b027da00d35103

[pchang]

I really liked The Longest Yard, but then, did he really have to act for that?

[-Jrabbit]

Boogie Nights got him his only Oscar nomination, though his best acting was probably in Deliverance.

RIP.

[Uncle Sparky]

… and the feel good, family movie Boogie Nights.

[Proteus_MST]

RIP
I liked his Bandit movies

[pchang]

Burt Reynolds is dead at 82.

[Sava]

2016 ENTRIES - 8 teams

* = unique pick

Bugs ****ing Bunny
1. Tom Libous *
2. Joey Martin Feek
<strike>3. René Angélil </strike> - died January 14
4. King Bhumibol Adulyadej
5. Ken Hechler *
6. Robert "Bob" Ellis *
7. Howard Marks *
8. Tony Iommi * - promoted from reserve list -
9. John Hurt *
10. Peter Sallis *
11. Olivia de Havilland
12. Valerie Harper
13. George Bush Sr
14. Mary Tyler Moore
15. Tommy Chong
16. Clive James
17. Martin Crowe *
18. Zsa Zsa Gabor
19. Joao Havelange
20. Joost van der Westhuizen *

Dinner
1. Betty White
2. Hugh Hefner
3. Fidel Castro
4. Jimmy Carter
5. George H. W. Bush
6. Keith Richards *
7. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi *
8. Chuck Berry
9. Billy Graham
10. Bob Dole
11. Stephen Hawking
12. Hosni Mubarak *
13. Tommy Lasorda *
14. Lindsay Lohan
15. Little Richard Penniman *
16. Doris Day
17. Charlie Sheen *
18. Jerry Lewis
19. Michael J. Fox *
20. Henry Kissinger - promoted from reserve list -

embalmer42 - Death Takes A Holiday
1 Zsa Zsa Gabor
2 Doris Day
3 Larry King *
4 Kirk Douglas
5 Fidel Castro
6 John Madden *
7 Marla Gibbs *
8 Antoine "Fats" Domino *
9 Jim Nabors
10 George Gaynes *
11 Jimmy Carter
12 George H.W. Bush
13 Jerry Sandusky *
14 Lindsay Lohan
15 Olivia de Havilland
16 Robert Mugabe
17 Betty White
18 Vera Lynn *
19 Hugh Hefner
20 Jean Chrétien *

-Jrabbit -- Vicious Rabbits
1. Joey Feek
2. Jerry Maren *
3. Phil Spector *
4. Rev. Billy Graham
5. Olivia De Havilland
<strike>6. René Angélil</strike> - died January 14
7. Bobby Doerr *
8. Jake LaMotta
9. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
10. George H. W. Bush
11. Robert Mugabe
12. Monte Irvin *
13. Stan Mikita *
14. Kirk Douglas
15. Fidel Castro
16. Nancy Reagan *
17. Herman Wouk
18. June Foray *
19. Charles Aznavour *
20. Tommy Chong

Lorizael - Lori Einsteins
1. Mel Brooks *
2. Andrew Sachs *
3. Larry Gelman *
4. Simon Prescott *
5. Jim Norton *
6. Elliot Gould *
7. Philip Glass *
8. René Auberjonois *
9. Ronald Pickup *
10. Chris Sarandon *
11. Harry Shearer *
12. Ed Metzger *
13. Eugene Levy *
14. Danny Mann *
15. Robert Towers *
16. Yahoo Serious (Greg Pead) *
17. David Cross *
18. Andy Serkis *
19. Robert Downey Jr. *
20. Seth Green *

Ming
1 Zsa Zsa Gabor
2 Jerry Lewis
3 Fidel Castro
4 Kirk Douglas
5 Bob Barker
6 Muhammad Ali *
7 Richard O'Sullivan *
8 Michael Aspel *
9 Stephen Hawking
10 Chuck Berry
11 Dick Van **** *
12 Lindsay Lohan
13 Olivia de Havilland
<strike>14 Abe Vigoda *</strike> - died January 26
15 Queen Elizabeth II *
16 Rev Billy Graham
17 King Bhumibol Adulyadej
18 Harper Lee
19 Valerie Harper
20 Herman Wouk

SlowwHand
Zsa Zsa Gabor
João Havelange
Herman Wouk
Rev Billy Graham
Olivia de Havilland
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
George H.W. Bush
Prince Philip *
Fidel Castro
Kirk Douglas
Clive James
Valerie Harper
King Bhumibol Aduhyadei
Helmut Kohl *
Harper Lee
Bob Dole
Doris Day
Henry Kissinger
Jake LaMotta
Cliff Michelmore *

Uncle Sparky - Uncle Sparky's Creamytorium
1 Rev Billy Graham
2 Ken Berry (actor) *
3 Tom Lehrer *
4 Boris Spassky *
5 Shirley Jones *
6 Robert Mugabe
7 Fidel Castro
8 Mary Tyler Moore
9 Lee Meriwether *
10 Sharon Jones * (singer, Dap-Kings)
11 Bob Barker
12 Frankie Muniz *
13 Franco Zeffirelli *
14 Connie Francis *
15 Monty Hall *
16 Jim Nabors
17 Julie Newmar *
18 Larry Storch *
19 Zsa Zsa Gabor
20 Ryan O’Neal *

This is Not Quite Final...

1. A few names are awaiting disambiguation - Dinner and Bugs should check your PMs.

2. If I missed your team name, sorry. Happy to add it; just let me know.

3. Also, if you can't spell, at least learn how to copy/paste. Jeez.

[Uncle Sparky]

As long as there is prime rib in theatres, Neil Simon will never die.

[pchang]

Neil Simon, dead at 91.

[Uncle Sparky]

John McCain is dead.

The Canadian news noted a couple of interesting coincidences... 1) Ted Kennedy, a former lion in the US senate, died on the same day 9 years ago, and 2) Trump's sympathy tweet seems to be the same one he sends to various victims of gun violence.

[pchang]

Robin Leach has died apparently as a result of a stroke. Oh yeah and the Lynyrd Skynyrd guy too.

[BeBMan]

Kofi Annan - RIP.

[pchang]

Ok. The points part made me fixate in some sort of Scrabble connection.

[Uncle Sparky]

Apparently, FOXNews confused Patti LaBelle with Aretha Franklin for some reason, posting her pic with Aretha's name... Under such circumstance, how could the current POTUS know which ni… nice lady died?

[JohnT]

Instead of RESPECT, it is RIPect.

Obviously, when one has to explain the joke, the joke failed. C'est la vie.