# 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:** 28
**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 15, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/541 "2017-01-15T21:39:25Z")
I’ll update the scores tonight, there should finally be a lot. ---
**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 15, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/542 "2017-01-15T21:59:31Z")
Nobody had **Francine York, Nat Hentoff, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Peter Sarstedt, Mário Soares, James Mancham, Abdulkadir Kure, Michael Chamberlain, Buddy Greco, Tommy Allsup, Peter Nowell, William Peter Blatty, Lord Snowden, Dick Gautiar** , or **Milton Metz** , by the way. ---
**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 15, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/543 "2017-01-15T22:16:51Z")
Okay, so…I’m going to award the **Opening Kickoff Award** as a tie as well, so it goes to all of the people below. The scores now are… **cardboardbox** has 37 points. **Superdude, Labtrash, Andrew 21, GIGOBuster, Dr Girlfriend, Martonio, Mahaloth, FavreCo, Team Dirt, RobotDevilDog, It’s Not Rocket Surgery!, jeezums, Jeep’s Phoenix, Loach, bowler girl, notfrommensa** , and **Idle Thoughts** all have 27 points. Everyone here gets the **Opening Kickoff Award**. _ **~Congrats!~** _ ---
**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:** [January 15, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/544 "2017-01-15T23:11:01Z")
nm ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/545 "2017-01-15T23:27:09Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Okay, so…I’m going to award the **Opening Kickoff Award** as a tie as well, so it goes to all of the people below. > > The scores now are… > > **cardboardbox** has 37 points. > > **Superdude, Labtrash, Andrew 21, GIGOBuster, Dr Girlfriend, Martonio, Mahaloth, FavreCo, Team Dirt, RobotDevilDog, It’s Not Rocket Surgery!, jeezums, Jeep’s Phoenix, Loach, bowler girl, notfrommensa** , and **Idle Thoughts** all have 27 points. > > Everyone here gets the **Opening Kickoff Award**. > > _ **~Congrats!~** _ High fives all around. 12 to go. ---
**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 16, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/546 "2017-01-16T00:39:54Z")
Nice to be on the board early. Last year I had all of one person…Joey Feek, who didn’t die until March. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/547 "2017-01-16T00:44:26Z")
I think it is my first ever award. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/548 "2017-01-16T02:41:09Z")
Not eligible as a death pool pick, but certainly a celebrity in his own right, [Tilikum](http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/06/us/sea-world-orca-tilikum-dies/index.html)’s murderous days have ended. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/549 "2017-01-16T15:54:51Z")
[Levi Felix](http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/13/technology/digital-detox-founder-levi-felix-dies/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool), founder of Digital Detox, has died at 32. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/550 "2017-01-16T17:25:37Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Okay, so…I’m going to award the **Opening Kickoff Award** as a tie as well, so it goes to all of the people below. > > The scores now are… > > **cardboardbox** has 37 points. > > **Superdude, Labtrash, Andrew 21, GIGOBuster, Dr Girlfriend, Martonio, Mahaloth, FavreCo, Team Dirt, RobotDevilDog, It’s Not Rocket Surgery!, jeezums, Jeep’s Phoenix, Loach, bowler girl, notfrommensa** , and **Idle Thoughts** all have 27 points. > > Everyone here gets the **Opening Kickoff Award**. > > _ **~Congrats!~** _ I was here to witness the event. Can I get a participation ribbon? Buy a tee-shirt? ---
**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 16, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/551 "2017-01-16T18:08:16Z")
Philly crime boss Little Nicky Scarfo dies in a prison hospital at 87. [https://www.google.com/amp/www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Tyrannical-Philly-Mafia-boss-Nicodemo-Little-Nicky-Scarfo-dies-in-prison-hospital.html%3Famphtml%3Dy?client=safari](https://www.google.com/amp/www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Tyrannical-Philly-Mafia-boss-Nicodemo-Little-Nicky-Scarfo-dies-in-prison-hospital.html%3Famphtml%3Dy?client=safari) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/552 "2017-01-16T20:51:23Z")
And we have one less moonwalker.:mad: [RIP Gene Cernan](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/eugene-cernan-last-man-to-walk-on-the-moon-dead-at-82/ar-AAlVhOv?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5HDHP) The worlds smallest club grows smaller. ---
**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 16, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/553 "2017-01-16T21:08:57Z")
Man, that moon dust must be bad for the health. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/554 "2017-01-16T21:25:28Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > And we have one less moonwalker.:mad: > > [RIP Gene Cernan](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/eugene-cernan-last-man-to-walk-on-the-moon-dead-at-82/ar-AAlVhOv?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5HDHP) > > The worlds smallest club grows smaller. I had him a couple of years ago, I had all astronauts/cosmonauts. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/555 "2017-01-16T23:58:10Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Man, that moon dust must be bad for the health. After letting you live to over 80, not so sure about that. ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/556 "2017-01-17T01:13:28Z")
Nobody had **Levi Felix, Nicky Scarfo** , or **Gene Cernan**. ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/557 "2017-01-17T01:49:02Z")
I recall Cernan on television, proud of how many Apollo astronauts were naval aviators. ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/558 "2017-01-17T01:51:54Z")
Now I am trying to imagine the Apollo 17 crew trying to pinpoint their position by pointing a sextant out the CM window. ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/559 "2017-01-17T02:16:36Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Now I am trying to imagine the Apollo 17 crew trying to pinpoint their position by pointing a sextant out the CM window. Not exactly _out_… ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/560 "2017-01-17T02:23:18Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Now I am trying to imagine the Apollo 17 crew trying to pinpoint their position by pointing a sextant out the CM window. They had some [darned expensive](http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=91021#.WH1_prmrFhY) ones. “Arrr! There be women aboard!” Sorry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=29)