# 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:** 33
**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 27, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/641 "2017-01-27T15:47:27Z")
Perhaps we could have two score keepers? ---
**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 27, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/642 "2017-01-27T15:56:30Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > So **phungi** isn’t keeper of the score sheet? I’m scorekeeper/host. He posts the scores (if he wishes) in the style that you, **KayT** , and a few others likes, but that’s pretty much a favor he volunteers to do. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/643 "2017-01-27T16:13:44Z")
You’re confused. I was assuming he was doing it in cooperation with you, because his rankings were in \*\*your \*\*way, rather than the way many of us prefer. IOW, your ranking and phungi’s both tell you what place the number of your score has, relative to the numbers of the other scores: 47 is in first place, 37 is in second place, 27 is in third, 20 in fourth, and 18 in fifth. 18 is in fifth because four numbers that people have for scores are ahead of it, regardless of how many people’s scores coincide with those four numbers. ---
**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 27, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/644 "2017-01-27T16:17:11Z")
He wasn’t doing it in cooperation with me…but no matter or worries, I have already PMed him and we’ve had a discussion and worked things out. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/645 "2017-01-27T16:45:59Z")
By the way, the chart says I have no unique picks. Does that mean that someone else has the two remaining Dionne Quintuplets? ---
**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 27, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/646 "2017-01-27T16:52:39Z")
**Idle Thoughts** and I shared a few messages and ironed out strategies for moving forward. He is running the Pool and I created a Scorekeeper that previously was only used in the background. He will post updates, and I will follow with scores in the “old format”. If anyone wants to keep score on their own, PM me for a copy of the spreadsheet. Will check the “unique picks” logic and try to update. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/647 "2017-01-27T16:54:17Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > There’s an autoimmune form of it that can strike an adult at any age. It runs in my family, but tends not to hit until the late 60s. If anyone is interested, these are the people you hear about whose diabetes was cured with a pancreas transplant. In my family, kidney disease is rare, but many people who face adult-onset T1D also have kidney failure and need a transplant. T1D is better managed through injections or an insulin pump, and taking anti-rejection drugs is riskier than insulin injections; however, if someone is having a kidney transplant anyway, surgeons will often use the pancreas from the same donor, and if all the organs “take,” the person no longer needs shots. They will be taking anti-rejection drugs for the kidney anyway, so they might as well have the pancreas. ---
**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 27, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/648 "2017-01-27T17:07:15Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > By the way, the chart says I have no unique picks. Does that mean that someone else has the two remaining Dionne Quintuplets? The stats only reflect Unique Picks once they “expire”. I had not considered figuring out way to document the number of individuals on people’s lists that are unique, but might tackle this next year. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/649 "2017-01-28T01:39:27Z")
[John Hurt hurts no more.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=817571) ---
**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 28, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/650 "2017-01-28T01:45:20Z")
[Secretary to some lawyer dies](http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/barbara-hale-dead-perry-mason-secretary-della-street-1201971817/), survived by superhero son. ---
**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 28, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/651 "2017-01-28T01:50:55Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > [John Hurt hurts no more.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=817571) ☹ RIP, my fault, I was considering him for my list this year but did drop him… ---
**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 28, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/652 "2017-01-28T01:59:03Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I’m scorekeeper/host. He posts the scores (if he wishes) in the style that you, **KayT** , and a few others likes, but that’s pretty much a favor he volunteers to do. He is a volunteer? So you are paid to do this? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/653 "2017-01-28T02:04:33Z")
[Barbara Hale, Della Street on Perry Mason, dead at 94.](http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/barbara-hale-dead-perry-mason-secretary-della-street-1201971817/) ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/654 "2017-01-28T02:32:47Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > ☹ RIP, my fault, I was considering him for my list this year but did drop him… No this one is on me as well. I dropped him because reports were he beat the cancer. ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/655 "2017-01-28T02:45:37Z")
No, I AM SPARTACUS! Er, I had him as an alternate. dammit. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/656 "2017-01-28T02:57:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > No, I AM SPARTACUS! > Er, I had him as an alternate. > dammit. As did I double dammit ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/657 "2017-01-28T03:13:08Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > No, I AM SPARTACUS! > Er, I had him as an alternate. > dammit. I’m right there with you. I had Moore as an alternate. A couple years back I would have a unique pick worth 50+ points had I had that Dutch prince on my list instead of as an alternate. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/658 "2017-01-28T03:18:36Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > ☹ RIP, my fault, I was considering him for my list this year but did drop him… So far the _ **Alien** _ actors are dying in the same order their characters in the movie did! ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/659 "2017-01-28T04:15:03Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [Mike Connors, star of Mannix, dead at 91.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mike-connors-dead-star-mannix-was-91-969213) > He is survived by an extremely loud sports coat. It’s amazing he lived this long after being shot every week. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/660 "2017-01-28T10:52:07Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > [Barbara Hale, Della Street on Perry Mason, dead at 94.](http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/barbara-hale-dead-perry-mason-secretary-della-street-1201971817/) I’ll always remember her for her [greatest role](https://youtu.be/Bksvon-hSDM). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=34)