# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/521 "2017-01-12T23:32:15Z")
I think so. He’s got the unfortunate (for him) combination of notoriety and fame. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/522 "2017-01-12T23:33:24Z")
Either way, he has a greater chance of dying than the average celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/523 "2017-01-13T10:16:00Z")
It’s January 13, and still no points, so we’re moving up in the rankings. In 2004-2009, 2011, and in 2013-2016, the first points were scored in the first week. We’ve just passed 2012, when the first death for points was on January 12. So the only year from 2004 on\* where we went deeper into the year without any points was 2010, when the first points weren’t scored until January 21. We need to call up the DOD and ask them to hurry up and blow up al-Baghdadi in a drone strike. 🙂 - I’m thinking of 2000-2003 the way baseball fans think of 19th-century MLB stats. They’re there, but not really comparable. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/524 "2017-01-13T13:20:34Z")
Guitarist [Tommy Allsup](http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/13/backup-guitarist-tommy-allsup-dies-at-85/) is dead at 85. Also, cancer researcher [Peter Nowell](http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/13/peter-nowell-leukemia-researcher-dies-at-88/) has died at 88. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/525 "2017-01-13T15:37:10Z")
[William Peter Blatty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Peter_Blatty), age 89-author of _The Exorcist_. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/526 "2017-01-13T16:51:06Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [William Peter Blatty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Peter_Blatty), age 89-author of _The Exorcist_. Please tell me he died [falling down the stairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcist_steps). ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/527 "2017-01-14T15:42:34Z")
[Lord Snowdon](http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/13/photographer-who-married-princess-margaret-dies/), photographer who married into the British royal family, has died at 86. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/528 "2017-01-14T18:01:08Z")
Radio call-in show pioneer Milton Metz has died at 95. I suspect he’s more of a local celebrity than a national/worldwide one, however. > **[Milton Metz](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Metz)** > > Milton Metz (c. 1921 – January 12, 2017) was an American radio and television personality in Louisville, Kentucky. He occasionally did commercial work for local radio and television stations until he was unable to due to his health in the last year of his life. > Metz was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In the 1930 census he is listed as eight years old, living in Cleveland with his father, Russian-born Solomon Metz, his mother, English-born Sarah (Silverman) Metz, and two older sisters, Florance and Mil... ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/529 "2017-01-14T19:43:27Z")
[Dick Gautiar has died](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dick-gautier-dead-get-smart-actor-was-85-964369?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR+Breaking+News_now_2017-01-14+09%3A38%3A51_MJang&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_breakingnews), at age 85. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/530 "2017-01-14T19:52:26Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Dick Gautiar has died](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dick-gautier-dead-get-smart-actor-was-85-964369?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR+Breaking+News_now_2017-01-14+09%3A38%3A51_MJang&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_breakingnews), at age 85. Could he not be repaired? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/531 "2017-01-14T21:18:43Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Could he not be repaired? They lost half the manual and no one could read the French half. ---
**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 15, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/532 "2017-01-15T03:36:16Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Dick Gautiar has died](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dick-gautier-dead-get-smart-actor-was-85-964369?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR+Breaking+News_now_2017-01-14+09%3A38%3A51_MJang&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_breakingnews), at age 85. Since I always got him mixed up with Dick Shawn I thought he died 30 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/533 "2017-01-15T15:52:39Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Dick Gautiar has died](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dick-gautier-dead-get-smart-actor-was-85-964369?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR+Breaking+News_now_2017-01-14+09%3A38%3A51_MJang&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_breakingnews), at age 85. Of course he has. I removed him from my list this year. Sorry, Dick, rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![cardboardbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@cardboardbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardboardbox)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/534 "2017-01-15T16:08:04Z")
I have Bishop Eddie Long > **[Controversial megachurch pastor Eddie Long dies at 63 | CNN](http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/15/us/bishop-eddie-long-dead/index.html)** > > Bishop Eddie Long, the controversial leader of one of the nation's largest megachurches, has died, according to the suburban Atlanta church he presided over. He was 63. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/535 "2017-01-15T18:25:31Z")
Finally, the Opening Kickoff Award! That’s a juicy 37 points. Enjoy your time in first place! ---
**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 15, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/536 "2017-01-15T20:18:36Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Finally, the Opening Kickoff Award! > > That’s a juicy 37 points. Enjoy your time in first place! Superfly Jimmy Snuka died too. Who died first? ---
**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 15, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/537 "2017-01-15T20:19:57Z")
> **[WWE star dies after being ruled unfit to stand trial over 'girlfriend's murder'](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/wrestling/wwes-jimmy-superfly-snuka-dead-9628904)** > > Snuka was living in hospice care and was told in late 2016 that he had just months to live I guess he really was too sick to stand trial. 27 points off the top rope. ---
**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 15, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/538 "2017-01-15T20:30:13Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Dick Gautiar has died](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dick-gautier-dead-get-smart-actor-was-85-964369?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR+Breaking+News_now_2017-01-14+09%3A38%3A51_MJang&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_breakingnews), at age 85. He played Robin Hood in Mel Brooks 1975 sitcom television series [When Things Were Rotten](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Things_Were_Rotten), which was a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/539 "2017-01-15T21:23:41Z")
About Snuka and Long, it appears they died on the same day. Hard to tell who passed first. A few years ago Mario Cuomo and Jeff Golub died on January 1. As I was DeathMistress at the time, I declared a tie. Don’t know what **Idle Thoughts** will do. I wan’t macabre enough to do the sort of research that would find out exact time of death. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/540 "2017-01-15T21:30:39Z")
Well, I guess I have to share the opening kickoff award like It happened to me a few years back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=28)