# Celebrity Death Pool 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517 "2016-12-01T07:00:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 103
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2041 "2017-12-29T02:32:08Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > According to the AP, a family spokesman says actress Rose Marie, best known for “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” has died at 94. > [@commasense](#): > > Sad. That only leaves Dick, Carl Reiner, and Larry Matthews (Ritchie) among the regular cast members. Official - [http://missrosemarie.com/](http://missrosemarie.com/) She was 94. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2042 "2017-12-29T02:42:41Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > According to the AP, a family spokesman says actress Rose Marie, best known for “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” has died at 94. 6 points for me. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2043 "2017-12-29T04:23:55Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > 6 points for me. And possibly the award for the latest person to die ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2044 "2017-12-29T14:48:57Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > 6 points for me. Rose Marie, 6 points for **racer72** and **rucciface** , both currently holding the \*Final Hours \*Award: ```auto Rank Name Score Picks(Unique) 1 carnivorousp 331 6(3) 2 phungi 306 7(5) 3 basset hound 303 8(2) 4 Registered@Last 291 7(3) 5 jeezums 256 7 6 bowler girl 245 7(1) 7 RTFirefly 234 4 8 Andrew 21 213 7 9 Captain Klutz 208 4 10 Quartz 176 3(1) 11 GigoBuster 173 4 12 Rocket Surgery! 171 5 13 Tangent 168 4 14 RobotDevilDog 163 5(1) 15 minionkat 153 3 16 Martonio 151 4 17 DeaderThanDead 144 4 18 Team Dirt 138 3 19 Hoopy Frood 121 3 20 FavreCo 112 5(2) 21 Loach 110 3 22 42fish 102 2 22 Hockey Monkey 102 2 22 QueenAnneLace 102 4(1) 25 septimus 95 4 26 J-P-L 92 3 27 Jack Batty 89 3 28 motu 86 2 29 Dr. Girlfriend* 83 3(2) 29 melondeca 83 2 29 Scoobysnax 83 2 32 notfrommensa 82 2 33 Jeep's Phoenix 77 3 34 lel 74 2 35 zoog 73 2 36 cazwhatever 72 2 37 Yllaria 70 2 38 Maus Magill 67 2 39 Clams* 66 1 39 Vunderbob 66 2 41 Biotop 61 3(3) 42 Superdude 58 4 43 cardboardbox 56 2(1) 44 Tit Whistle 54 3 45 Labtrash 51 3(1) 46 bowler guy 50 2 46 Dung Beetle 50 2 48 5 time champ 47 1 48 Eliahna 47 1 48 emcee2k 47 1 48 Happy Lender… 47 1 48 Lsura 47 1 48 NurseCarmen 47 1 48 Sarabellum1976 47 1 48 Squonk 47 1 56 RivkahChaya 43 2 57 Lancia 42 2 58 Idle Thoughts 41 3 59 kayT 39 2 59 rucciface 39 5(1) 59 Spiff 39 2 59 TexCat* 39 1(1) 63 ataraxy22 33 4(2) 63 Mean Mr.Mustard 33 1(1) 63 Mona Lott 33 2 66 DigitalC 32 2 67 Paul in Qatar 31 2 68 Randy Seltzer* 30 2(2) 69 computergeek 29 2 69 Dolores Reborn 29 2 69 Old Wench 29 2(2) 72 Allecher 28 2 72 JohnT 28 2 72 racer72 28 3 72 Taco the cat 28 3 76 Avarie537 24 2 77 amarinth 23 1 77 Borborygmi 23 1 77 freckafree 23 1 77 kopek 23 1 77 Mahaloth* 23 1 82 PaulParkhead 21 1 83 Bayaker* 20 1 83 Clothahump 20 1 83 panache45* 20 1 83 swampbear 20 1 83 Two Many Cats 20 1 88 BACI 19 1 88 Buttercup Smith 19 1 88 maplekiwi 19 1 88 Simmerdown 19 1 88 SpoilerVirgin 19 1 88 Tread* 19 1 94 Nema98 17 1(1) 95 Sternvogel* 16 1(1) 96 GuanoLad 14 2(1) 97 InvisibleChimp* 13 1(1) 98 RollOutTheBrl 12 1 99 cutielemon07 11 1(1) 100 Kitten Mitten* 10 1(1) 100 RandMcnally 10 1 102 Carlos'Weiner 9 1 102 imthjckaz 9 1 102 justmeetee 9 1 102 Little Nemo 9 1 102 Little_Pig 9 1(1) 102 meghan 9 1 102 UncaStuart 9 1 102 Uncle Frank 9 1 102 wolf_meister 9 1 111 Baker 8 1(1) 112 critter42 5 1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2045 "2017-12-29T19:37:32Z")
According to the AP, mystery writer Sue Grafton has died after two-year battle with cancer. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2046 "2017-12-29T19:54:13Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > According to the AP, mystery writer Sue Grafton has died after two-year battle with cancer. No takers ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2047 "2017-12-29T19:56:28Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > No takers \*\*\*“U is for Unpicked” \*\*\* ---
**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:** [December 30, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2048 "2017-12-30T07:06:37Z")
Her “Alphabet Series” books ended at “Y.” Seriously. No joke there. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2049 "2017-12-30T07:08:24Z")
A close call: **Lindsay Lohan** is [bitten by a snake in Thailand!](https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/lindsay-lohan-bitten-by-a-snake-while-vacationing-in-thailand/ar-BBHsgzU?li=BBnb7Kz&OCID=ansmsnnews11) But it seems she is going to be OK. No word on the snake ---
**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:** [December 30, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2050 "2017-12-30T07:26:45Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > A close call: > > **Lindsay Lohan** is > [bitten by a snake in Thailand!](https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/lindsay-lohan-bitten-by-a-snake-while-vacationing-in-thailand/ar-BBHsgzU?li=BBnb7Kz&OCID=ansmsnnews11) > > But it seems she is going to be OK. No word on the snake I was going to make a joke about snakes being attracted to the scent of bourbon and vicodin, but Phuket ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2051 "2017-12-30T08:10:55Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > A close call: > > **Lindsay Lohan** is > [bitten by a snake in Thailand!](https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/lindsay-lohan-bitten-by-a-snake-while-vacationing-in-thailand/ar-BBHsgzU?li=BBnb7Kz&OCID=ansmsnnews11) > > But it seems she is going to be OK. No word on the snake The snake had to check into a rehab facility. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2052 "2017-12-30T13:49:35Z")
Finalizing my list for 2018, and this guy [Eric Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sun) has to leave before his time… I wasn’t sure if he would pass the “celebrity test”, but that’s a sad loss… ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2053 "2017-12-30T15:45:36Z")
I had received two PMs asking if [Erica Garner](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/erica-garner-died-obituary_us_5a446518e4b0b0e5a7a49a79), daughter of of police chokehold victim Eric Garner, was a celebrity, in hopes of including her on their 2018 list. I did not think she “passed muster” as a celebrity, but now, she has simply “passed”. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2054 "2017-12-30T18:08:39Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Finalizing my list for 2018, and this guy [Eric Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sun) has to leave before his time… I wasn’t sure if he would pass the “celebrity test”, but that’s a sad loss… I had him on my sights for the edited list of 2018, so yeah. A pointless death. But seriously: RIP. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2055 "2017-12-31T17:30:41Z")
[Dominic Frontiere](http://variety.com/2017/music/news/dominic-frontiere-dead-dies-composer-outer-limits-1202648539/), Emmy winning TV composer whose shows included _The Outer Limits_ and _The Flying Nun_, dead at 86. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2056 "2017-12-31T20:33:05Z")
_We’re Death Shroom Phungi’s morbid Death Pool band, we’d like to thank you once again We’re Death Shroom Phungi’s one and only morbid Death Pool band, we’re getting very near the end Death Shroom Phungi’s morbid Death Pool, Death Shroom Phungi’s morbid Death Pool, Death Shroom Phungi’s morbid Deeeaath Poooool Baaaaannd!_ 😃 ---
**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:** [December 31, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2057 "2017-12-31T20:48:50Z")
Boy, can he suck up, or not? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2058 "2017-12-31T23:19:21Z")
At this moment I have zero points and am rooting for all my picks to survive the rest of the night because points would be pointless. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2059 "2017-12-31T23:40:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Boy, can he suck up, or not? :dubious: Just havin’ a little fun. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 31, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/2060 "2017-12-31T23:48:50Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > At this moment I have zero points and am rooting for all my picks to survive the rest of the night because points would be pointless. You’d have bragging rights for the last 2017 death [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=104)