# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/221 "2016-12-27T11:46:42Z")
RivkahChaya’s 2017 list: 1. John Hurt 2. & 3. Either of the remaining Dionne quintuplets 3. Carrie Fisher 4. Larry Kramer 5. Jimmy Carter 6. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 7. Valerie Harper 8. Mary Tyler Moore 9. Charlie Sheen 10. Steve Wozniak 11. George HW Bush 12. Stephen Hawking Alts: Alex Trebek; Scott Peterson (by getting shivved or beaten up in the shower) ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/222 "2016-12-27T12:33:35Z")
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi George H. W. Bush Glen Campbell Jimmy Carter Shannon Doherty Bob Dole Gord Downie Valerie Harper Hugh Hefner Val Kilmer Mary Tyler Moore Hosni Mubarak Burt Reynolds Alternates: Donald Trump Tommy Chong ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/223 "2016-12-27T13:30:54Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Billy Swan - musician - Apr. 10, 2017 Does he count as 101 points if he dies _in utero_? 😛 ---
**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 27, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/224 "2016-12-27T17:59:31Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > well, well, then. > > replacing her with David Duchovny, actor You need an extra bit of carrion. 🙂 Your list has only 12 people, you need to add another one, which of your alternates you will put on your list? ---
**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 27, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/225 "2016-12-27T18:08:36Z")
Oh, and for all the ones that added Carrie Fisher to their lists, the Grim reaper has force choked you… > **[Carrie Fisher, Princess Leia in 'Star Wars,' Dead at 60](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/carrie-fisher-princess-leia-in-star-wars-dead-at-60-114018/)** > > Actress, author and screenwriter dies following massive heart attack ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/226 "2016-12-27T19:11:57Z")
Joost van der Westhuizen Gord Downie Valerie Harper Kanye West Paul Gascoigne Donald Trump JT Holmes Alex Honnold Shannen Doherty Scott Matzka Joost van der Westhuizen Gord Downie Valerie Harper Kanye West Paul Gascoigne Donald Trump JT Holmes Alex Honnold Shannen Doherty Scott Matzka Carrie Fisher Charlie Sheen Brooke Mueller Joost van der Westhuizen Gord Downie Valerie Harper Kanye West Paul Gascoigne Donald Trump JT Holmes Alex Honnold Shannen Doherty Scott Matzka Carrie Fisher Charlie Sheen Brooke Mueller The Amazing Johnathan, John Edward Szeles Charlie Sheen Brooke Mueller Replacing Carrie Fisher with The Amazing Johnathan real name John Edward Szeles. Which name do you prefer we use Deathmaster? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/227 "2016-12-27T19:48:02Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > RivkahChaya’s 2017 list: > > 1. John Hurt > 2. & 3. Either of the remaining Dionne quintuplets > 3. Carrie Fisher > 4. Larry Kramer > 5. Jimmy Carter > 6. Kareem Abdul Jabbar > 7. Valerie Harper > 8. Mary Tyler Moore > 9. Charlie Sheen > 10. Steve Wozniak > 11. George HW Bush > 12. Stephen Hawking > > Alts: Alex Trebek; Scott Peterson (by getting shivved or beaten up in the shower) For the Dionne quints, you should say Annette Dionne and Cecile Dionne. The way you listed it, as either/or, is not specific. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/228 "2016-12-27T19:49:56Z")
Clint Eastwood Caitlyn Jenner Bill Clinton Jimmy Carter George HW Bush Dick Cheney Glen Campbell Queen Elizabeth Betty White Bob Barker Prince Phillip Dan Rather Charlie Sheen Here is a new clean list. ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/229 "2016-12-27T20:01:13Z")
Nm ---
**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 27, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/230 "2016-12-27T20:57:04Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Another change, based on today’s news: > > Drop Courtney Love, and add Carrie Fisher Goddammit, Carrie. Let me go back to: Jimmy Carter Jerry Lewis Billy Graham Burt Reynolds Mamie Van Doren Don Rickles Donald Trump Bill Clinton Stephen Hawking Courtney Love Leon “Big Van Vader” White Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka Adam West ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/231 "2016-12-27T21:15:27Z")
Is there no prize for having the highest score on a themed list? I’m trying a themed list this year and was wondering. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/232 "2016-12-27T21:20:28Z")
Jimmy Carter George HW Bush Queen Elizabeth II Prince Phillip Mikhail Gorbachev Jacques Chirac Jiang Zemin John Turner Robert Mugabe Girma Wolde-Giorgis Bob Dole Javier Perez de Cuellar John Major Themed list: World leaders, former and current. I’m counting Prince Phillip because of his prominence. Sue me. Bob Dole as well, since he was so close. It’s a vaugish, but I think reasonable. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/233 "2016-12-27T21:32:47Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Joost van der Westhuizen > Gord Downie > Valerie Harper > Kanye West > Paul Gascoigne > Donald Trump > JT Holmes > Alex Honnold > Shannen Doherty > Scott Matzka > Joost van der Westhuizen > Gord Downie > Valerie Harper > Kanye West > Paul Gascoigne > Donald Trump > JT Holmes > Alex Honnold > Shannen Doherty > Scott Matzka > Carrie Fisher > Charlie Sheen > Brooke Mueller > Joost van der Westhuizen > Gord Downie > Valerie Harper > Kanye West > Paul Gascoigne > Donald Trump > JT Holmes > Alex Honnold > Shannen Doherty > Scott Matzka > Carrie Fisher > Charlie Sheen > Brooke Mueller > The Amazing Johnathan, John Edward Szeles > Charlie Sheen > Brooke Mueller > > Replacing Carrie Fisher with The Amazing Johnathan real name John Edward Szeles. Which name do you prefer we use Deathmaster? I’ll trim that down for you: Joost van der Westhuizen Gord Downie Valerie Harper Kanye West Paul Gascoigne Donald Trump JT Holmes Alex Honnold Shannen Doherty Scott Matzka Charlie Sheen Brooke Mueller The Amazing Johnathan, John Edward Szeles ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/234 "2016-12-27T21:45:15Z")
I felt a great disturbance in the Net, as if millions of Death Pool lists required revision. I fear something terrible has happened. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/235 "2016-12-27T21:53:30Z")
Are there going to be any celebrities left for 2017? ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/236 "2016-12-27T22:18:09Z")
I think I will try to keep these people alive, [Boris Spassky](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spassky) [Pelé](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9) [Ali Khamenei](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei) [Ralph Steadman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Steadman) [Alberto Fujimori](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Fujimori) [Aung San Suu Kyi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi) [Vangelis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vangelis) [Grace Mugabe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Mugabe) [Thijs van Leer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thijs_van_Leer) [Dalai Lama](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama) [Akihito](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihito) [Ginger Baker](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Baker) [Russell Coutts](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Coutts) alternates [Pedro Almodovar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Almod%C3%B3var) [Daniel Ortega](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ortega) [Peter Garrett](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Garrett) I mean, it has been working so far. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/237 "2016-12-27T22:30:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Jimmy Carter > George HW Bush > Queen Elizabeth II > Prince Phillip > Mikhail Gorbachev > Jacques Chirac > Jiang Zemin > John Turner > Robert Mugabe > Girma Wolde-Giorgis > Bob Dole > Javier Perez de Cuellar > John Major > Themed list: World leaders, former and current. I’m counting Prince Phillip because of his prominence. Sue me. Bob Dole as well, since he was so close. It’s a vaugish, but I think reasonable. Does this list replace the list in post #203? ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/238 "2016-12-27T22:54:49Z")
Donald J Trump Mike Pence Steve Bannon Kellyanne Conway Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn Gen. James Mattis Jeff Sessions Scott Pruitt Ben Carson Reince Priebus Rex W. Tillerson Rick Perry Donald Trump Jr. Theme: Our lovely new administration plus the delightful Don Trump Jr. ---
**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 27, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/239 "2016-12-27T22:55:52Z")
Now that I’ve lost one of the names on my list, does my first alternate automatically fill the void, or do I need to resubmit? ---
**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:** [December 27, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/240 "2016-12-27T22:57:48Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Does this list replace the list in post #203? Yes. With Carrie Fisher’s death, I just decided to go for all world leaders. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=13)