# 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:** 22
**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:** [January 2, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/421 "2017-01-02T14:31:57Z")
Some preliminary stats (likely subject to minor revision once double-checked): 160 players 990 individual celebrities 714 unique picks 22 “themed” lists Celebs with 10+ picks: > [@](#): > > George HW Bush 40 > Valerie Harper 38 > Gord Downie 37 > Shannen Doherty 34 > Jimmy Carter 33 > Donald Drumpf 28 > Glen Campbell 27 > Val Kilmer 20 > Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 19 > Stephen Hawking 19 > Tommy Chong 19 > Joost van der Westhuizen 18 > Mary Tyler Moore 18 > Betty White 17 > Leah Bracknell 17 > Charlie Sheen 16 > Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka 15 > Queen Elizabeth 15 > Bill Cosby 14 > John Hurt 14 > Lindsay Lohan 14 > Billy Graham 13 > Keith Richards 13 > Kanye West 11 > Tom Brokaw 11 > Burt Reynolds 10 > Clive James 10 > Dick Cheney 10 > Jerry Lewis 10 > Paul Gascoigne 10 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/422 "2017-01-02T16:05:56Z")
I wonder, who is the most copied, the leader of the pack? That is, if you were the first person to nominate GHW Bush, you’d get 40 points. If you were the first person to nominate Val Kilmer, you’d get 20 points. If you were the first to nominate both, you’d score 40 + 20 = 60 points. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/423 "2017-01-02T16:11:38Z")
Problem with “first to nominate” is that I had, for example, GHW Bush on my list way last year but I didn’t post my list until toward the end of December. So, how do you decide who had someone “first”. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/424 "2017-01-02T16:46:32Z")
Between: 1. carry-overs from previous year’s 2. re-posting of edited lists 3. the complexity of trying to track all this I think it would be painfully difficult to attempt to document “first to nominate” and “leaders” ---
**Author:** ![1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/58956e/32.png) [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1b3bz18c9ed269201)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/425 "2017-01-02T19:28:24Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > You get 13 picks plus 3 alternates, and your list is 10 picks and 3, making 13 10 picks plus 3 alternates - I need Chi Chi to replace Wilt Chamberlain who died quite a few years ago. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/426 "2017-01-02T19:39:22Z")
> [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](#): > > 10 picks plus 3 alternates - I need Chi Chi to replace Wilt Chamberlain who died quite a few years ago. By listing only 10 picks and 3 alternates, you only have 12 valid picks: > [@](#): > > Barbara Walters > Dennis Rodman > Henry Kissinger > Clint Eastwood > Steven Hawking > Billy Graham > Bob Newhart > Bill Russell > Bill Cosby > Chi-Chi Rodriguez > Jimmy Carter > Tommy Lasorda ---
**Author:** ![1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/58956e/32.png) [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1b3bz18c9ed269201)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/427 "2017-01-02T19:44:37Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Wilt Chamberlain died in 1999. The sad thing is that I knew Wilt was dead but he got on the list anyway…I hate getting old! He has been replaced by Chi Chi Rodriguez from my alternates list ---
**Author:** ![1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/58956e/32.png) [@1b3bz18c9ed269201](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1b3bz18c9ed269201)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/428 "2017-01-02T19:54:47Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > By listing only 10 picks and 3 alternates, you only have 12 valid picks: :smack: Thought it was 10 picks plus 3 alternates. At this stage I stand by my list. As the past has taught me, Anyone on this list will live for another year so it probably won’t matter. Barbara Walters Dennis Rodman Henry Kissinger Clint Eastwood Steven Hawking Billy Graham Bob Newhart Bill Russell Bill Cosby Chi-Chi Rodriguez Jimmy Carter Tommy Lasorda ---
**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:** [January 2, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/429 "2017-01-02T19:56:33Z")
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/430 "2017-01-02T23:22:00Z")
[Henrich Schiff](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/23/world-renowned-cellist-heinrich-schiff-dies-in-vienna) has bowed out at 35 points. Did anyone have him? ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/431 "2017-01-03T00:24:16Z")
[Jean Vuarnet](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38491589) winner of the Gold for downhill in 1960 has died. 17 points. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/432 "2017-01-03T01:25:09Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > [Henrich Schiff](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/23/world-renowned-cellist-heinrich-schiff-dies-in-vienna) has bowed out at 35 points. Did anyone have him? For 2016. He died in 2016. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/433 "2017-01-03T21:33:45Z")
Nobody had **Bill Marshall** or **Jean Vuarnet.** ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/434 "2017-01-03T22:47:22Z")
[John Berger](http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/02/john-berger-art-critic-and-author-dies-at-90-in-paris/) art critic and author, died at 90. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/435 "2017-01-04T00:39:46Z")
I think one player has Manson as a regular. **freckafree** has him as an alternate. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/436 "2017-01-04T01:00:40Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I think one player has Manson as a regular. **freckafree** has him as an alternate. Charles or Marilyn? I see [Charles Manson is said to be hospitalized](http://http://abc7ny.com/news/killer-charles-manson-alive-amid-reports-he-was-hospitalized-official-says/1684879/), so I’m guessing him. **Nema98** has him. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/437 "2017-01-04T01:59:17Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Charles or Marilyn? I see [Charles Manson is said to be hospitalized](http://http://abc7ny.com/news/killer-charles-manson-alive-amid-reports-he-was-hospitalized-official-says/1684879/), so I’m guessing him. **Nema98** has him. Oh Goodie. The gates of Hell are slowly opening. I hope they shoot his corpse out of a canon towards the La Brea Tar pits. Yippee! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/438 "2017-01-04T01:59:53Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Charles or Marilyn? I see [Charles Manson is said to be hospitalized](http://http://abc7ny.com/news/killer-charles-manson-alive-amid-reports-he-was-hospitalized-official-says/1684879/), so I’m guessing him. **Nema98** has him. That’s who I meant. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/439 "2017-01-04T02:28:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I think one player has Manson as a regular. **freckafree** has him as an alternate. Yep. Came here to check as soon as I heard he was circling the drain, just to see if anyone had him on their list. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/440 "2017-01-04T05:08:00Z")
Mack Machowicz has died of brain cancer. I don’t know how I missed this one. He was the host of the show Future Weapons on Discovery and a former Navy SEAL. In incredible physical condition with black belts in multiple martial arts and cancer takes him at 51. > **[Former SEAL and host of Discovery's 'Future Weapons' loses battle with cancer](https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-trending/former-seal-and-host-of-discoverys-future-weapons-richard-machowicz-dies/)** > > A popular former SEAL and television host Richard "Mack" Machowicz passed away Jan. 2 after a two-year bat… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=23)