# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/261 "2016-12-29T04:45:59Z")
Should we all submit 13 alternates because of the pre-new years bloodbath that is surely coming? ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/262 "2016-12-29T06:11:46Z")
Demi Lovato Leah Remini Roman Polanski Gloria Steinem George H. W. Bush Prince Philip Bill Cosby Don King Judy Blume Jerry Sandusky Taylor Swift Tommy Chong Vivian Campbell ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/263 "2016-12-29T06:25:10Z")
Gallagher Larry King Lance Armstrong Barry Manilow Glen Campbell Bobby Hull Garrett Morris Barbara Walters Joni Mitchell Cokie Roberts Boy George Rob Kardashian Rick Wakeman Alternates: Henry Kissinger Mikhail Gorbachev My first time playing. I’m terrible with celebrities and their comings and “goings” as it were, so this was train-of-thought. Allow me to express my utter embarrassment if any of these people are already dead, and my sincerest apologies if any of them are also playing the game. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/264 "2016-12-29T06:27:49Z")
Alexis Neiers Ethan Couch Chief Keef John Waters Keion Carpenter Kay Hagan Valerie Harper Gord Downie Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Stephen Hawking Leah Bracknell Shannon Doherty Vladimir Putin Alternates: Xi Jinping Val Kilmer ---
**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:** [December 29, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/265 "2016-12-29T09:13:53Z")
No change but as threatened, the real names of the rappers. Your choice - death-master. Reference post 34: here are the real “boring” names of the rappers: Keith Cozart Juaquin James Malphurs Quincey Matthew Hanley Tyrone William Griffin, Jr. Aaron Dontez Yates Bryan Williams Jeffrey Lamar Williams, Terrence Thornton Horst Christian Simco Ackquille Jean Pollard Olubowale Victor Akintimehin Anerae Veshaughn Brown Charly Wingate Alts: Christopher Lynn Moore Moses Michael Levi Tab Virgil, Jr. From [thread=34]sbsmith[/thread]; the more colorful names: Chief Keef Waka Flocka Flame ScHoolboy Q Ty Dolla Sign Tech N9ne Birdman Young Thug Pusha T Riff Raff Bobby Shmurda Wale X-Raided Max B Alts: Lil Twist Shyne Turk ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/266 "2016-12-29T10:22:55Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Should we all submit 13 alternates because of the pre-new years bloodbath that is surely coming? Now that you mention it ----------- this does seem a busier final week than I recall seeing in the past. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/267 "2016-12-29T13:35:55Z")
Better get this knocked out before I go out of town tomorrow morning. Steve Gleason Ron Jeremy Riad Seif Suge Knight Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Omar Abdel-Rahman Mike Tyson Valerie Harper Val Kilmer Bryan Murray O.J. Brigance John Edward Szeles Tommy Chong Alternates: William “Refrigerator” Perry Gary Busey Bryan Murray is the hockey coach. I wonder if anybody has ever actually scored with an alternate? Meaning that you picked an alternate, one of your primaries died before 12/31, and then your alternate took a dirt nap the next year? At the rate this year is going, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a few players’ alternates move up. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/268 "2016-12-29T13:44:41Z")
Clean list: Chuck Barris Pope Benedict XVI Ashleigh Brilliant Don Cannon Joe DeNardo Murray Langston Tom Lehrer Agafia Lykov Katherine MacGregor Bill Mazeroski Art Rooney II Dan Rooney Bobby Vinton Alternates: Iris Apfel Anita Bryant Hugh Hefner Annotated list: Chuck Barris (host of “The Gong Show”) Pope Benedict XVI Ashleigh Brilliant (author & cartoonist) Don Cannon (former news anchor at WTAE & KDKA) Joe DeNardo (meteorologist at KDKA) Murray Langston (a/k/a “The Unknown Comic”) Tom Lehrer (composer & singer & mathematician) Bill Mazeroski (1960s Pittsburgh Pirate player) Agafia Lykov (Siberian hermit) Katherine MacGregor (actress - Mrs. Oleson in Little House on the Prairie) Art Rooney II (President, Pittsburgh Steelers) Dan Rooney (former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland) Bobby Vinton (singer) Iris Apfel (fashion icon) Anita Bryant Hugh Hefner ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/269 "2016-12-29T15:11:58Z")
Chuck Berry Pope Benedict XVI Kat Williams Tila Tequila Amanda Bynes George H.W. Bush Barbara Bush Bill Cosby Bill Clinton Hillary Clinton Brian Wilson Charlie Sheen Tommy Chong ---
**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, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/270 "2016-12-29T15:19:14Z")
Vin Scully Val Kilmer Greg Louganis Rose Marie Dionne Warwick Jerry Lewis George H. W. Bush Bob Barker Ed Asner Doris Day Valerie Harper Tommy Lasorda Jim Nabors Alternates Ned Beatty Marla Gibbs Gene Hackman ---
**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, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/271 "2016-12-29T18:27:05Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Reince Priebus - person (blocking an assassination attempt) I am working on the scorekeeper, and this is the list I have for you. Please advise: Chris Christie Gene Hackman John Oates Joe Clark Carol Channing Betty White David Duchovny Temple Grandin Frank Langella Angela Landsbury Cito Gaston Roseanne Barr Jocelyn Guevremont ---
**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, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/272 "2016-12-29T18:41:10Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > Olivia de Havilland-100 > Kirk Douglas-100 > Shannen Doherty > Abdelaziz Bouteflika-Algerian President > Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said-Sultan of Oman > Ali Khamenei- Supreme Leader of Iran > Robert Mugabe-president of Zimbabwe > Charles Manson > George Herbert Walker Bush > Queen Elizabeth of UK > Kare Willoch-former pm of Norway > Javier Perez de Cuellar-former UN secretary general age 96 > Hosni Mubarak-former president of Egypt Working on the scorekeeper. Need a ruling on the first 2 from Idle Thoughts regarding the age rule ---
**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, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/273 "2016-12-29T19:07:25Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > No change but as threatened, the real names of the rappers. Your choice - death-master. > > Reference post 34: here are the real “boring” names of the rappers: > > Keith Cozart > Juaquin James Malphurs > Quincey Matthew Hanley > Tyrone William Griffin, Jr. > Aaron Dontez Yates > Bryan Williams > Jeffrey Lamar Williams, > Terrence Thornton > Horst Christian Simco > Ackquille Jean Pollard > Olubowale Victor Akintimehin > Anerae Veshaughn Brown > Charly Wingate > Alts: > Christopher Lynn Moore > Moses Michael Levi > Tab Virgil, Jr. > > From [thread=34]sbsmith[/thread]; the more colorful names: > > Chief Keef > Waka Flocka Flame > ScHoolboy Q > Ty Dolla Sign > Tech N9ne > Birdman > Young Thug > Pusha T > Riff Raff > Bobby Shmurda > Wale > X-Raided > Max B > > Alts: > Lil Twist > Shyne > Turk I have them as the original/“colorful” names in the scorekeeper I am working on. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/274 "2016-12-29T19:47:37Z")
Rob Kardashian hospitalized. If he can just hang on for a couple more days… ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/275 "2016-12-29T21:32:20Z")
Ok. So last year, I went pussy. I originally picked a list consisting of all of my favorite comedians. But that depressed me too much (thankfully, if I’d kept that list, I’d’ve scored a goose-egg) so I cherry picked the thirteen most popular picks, at the time. Didn’t do too bad. Looks like I’m tied for 36th with 102 pts (Joey Feek, Fidel Castro, Muhammad Ali & Nancy Reagan). But this year I did my homework. Well, some homework. Granted, I never heard of Gord Downie before this thread, but this thread counts as homework, right. I digress … Here’s my list: Gord Downie The Amazing Jonathan (John Szelas) Vivian Campbell Mel Stottlemyre John Hurt Paul Gascoigne Teri Garr Glen Campbell Valerie Harper Shannen Doherty Betty White George H. W. Bush Tommy Chong No alternates because I hate homework. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/276 "2016-12-29T21:54:10Z")
Carol Channing Sophia Loren Angie Dickenson Ann-Margret Jaqueline Bissett Julie Christie Catherine Deneuve Sally Field Goldie Hawn Lauren Hutton Diana Rigg Diane Keaton Hellen Mirren Alternates: Morgan Fairchild Selena Gomez Lucy Liu ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/277 "2016-12-29T21:55:33Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Kat Williams [Kat Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Williams) or [Katt Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katt_Williams)? ---
**Author:** ![FavreCo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a698b9/32.png) [@FavreCo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FavreCo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/278 "2016-12-29T21:59:53Z")
“Mean” Gene Okerlund “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka Greg Allman Hugh Hefner Della Reese Mel Stottlemyre Lil Wayne Tione “T-Boz” Watkins Tony Booth - musician Brian Wilson - Beach Boys George H.W. Bush Danniella Westbrook Sara Coward Alternates: Valerie Harper Carol Burnett Bob Newhart Jake Lamotta ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/279 "2016-12-30T00:45:10Z")
Cloris Leachman George HW Bush Hugh Hefner Donald Trump Lamar Odom Rob Kardashian Charlie Sheen Bill Cosby Suge Knight Ned Beatty Cher Shannon Doherty John Hurt ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/280 "2016-12-30T01:02:00Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > [Kat Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Williams) or [Katt Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katt_Williams)? Good catch. New list: Chuck Berry Pope Benedict XVI Katt Williams Tila Tequila John Edward Szeles George H.W. Bush Barbara Bush Bill Cosby Bill Clinton Hillary Clinton Brian Wilson Maggie Smith Betty White [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=15)