# 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:** 37
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/721 "2017-02-05T01:06:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Attempting to calculate the exchange rate. > Is your PC 32 or 64 bits? 64 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/722 "2017-02-05T01:13:52Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > That page made my browser freeze. Odd. I have no problems. [Here’s the BBC story.](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38831134) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/723 "2017-02-05T01:57:45Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > When some guy waltzes in and drains your swamp, leaving you just **bear** , you are bound to be confused. Especially when you realize that it is wetter and slimier than before. I can’t decide whether to be aroused or horrified by this. 😃 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/724 "2017-02-05T02:20:08Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I can’t decide whether to be aroused or horrified by this. 😃 Horrified, we are all horrified. Retire to the boudoir, and contemplate Good Things. :dubious: ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/725 "2017-02-05T02:20:46Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I can’t decide whether to be aroused or horrified by this. 😃 Why not both? :D:eek: ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/726 "2017-02-05T02:57:07Z")
> [@Sario](#): > > Why not both? :D:eek: He is a gentle bear, really. Lessin’ he’s riled! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/727 "2017-02-05T03:22:12Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > That page made my browser freeze. Well of course, it’s cold up in Canada.:rolleyes: ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/728 "2017-02-05T03:44:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > When some guy waltzes in and drains your swamp, leaving you just **bear** , you are bound to be confused. Especially when you realize that it is wetter and slimier than before. Actually it has to do with two men flirting when **Plant** isn’t paying attention. But I like your version too! The mental pictures it draws -------- 😉 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/729 "2017-02-05T15:35:03Z")
The only spinning [Mark Spitz](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7678014/marc-spitz-music-journalist-and-playwright-dies) will be doing now is in his grave. (The journalist, not the swimmer.) ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/730 "2017-02-05T17:11:53Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > The only spinning [Mark Spitz](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7678014/marc-spitz-music-journalist-and-playwright-dies) will be doing now is in his grave. (The journalist, not the swimmer.) And the name of the deceased is _Marc_ Spitz. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/731 "2017-02-06T05:34:37Z")
I’ll be updating the scores tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/732 "2017-02-06T13:59:17Z")
[Joost van der Westhuizen](http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/38882762) 45 years old. 55 points for me! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/733 "2017-02-06T14:40:22Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > [Joost van der Westhuizen](http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/38882762) 45 years old. > > 55 points for me! And 17 others, including me! **Andrew 21** was one of the people who had him, so he stays in first place. But there’s a bunch of us close behind. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/734 "2017-02-06T14:47:31Z")
I had Joost van der Westhuizen too on post #399, I only point that out because \*\*phungi \*\*has me as having a themed list; but I posted my final list on 12/31, it is not themed now. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/735 "2017-02-06T14:52:52Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I had Joost van der Westhuizen too on post #399, I only point that out because \*\*phungi \*\*has me as having a themed list; but I posted my final list on 12/31, it is not themed now. WIll correct that for next posting of scores ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/736 "2017-02-06T18:08:25Z")
Not that it matters much, but I _do_ have a themed list\* and there is no asterisk after my name. \*Actors from The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoffs. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/737 "2017-02-06T18:54:18Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > Not that it matters much, but I _do_ have a themed list\* and there is no asterisk after my name. > > \*Actors from The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoffs. got it… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/738 "2017-02-07T06:19:52Z")
Would it be possible to list the stiffs with the score? Too hard to find the players picks in 15 pages of thread. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/739 "2017-02-07T15:16:27Z")
I _think_ these are all the stiffs that scored points for anyone so far. Note that Bissessarsingh’s and Westhuizen’s deaths aren’t yet reflected in any of the posted scores. Angelo Bissessarsingh - 66 points Bishop Eddie Long - 37 points Eugene Cernan - 18 points Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka - 27 points John Hurt - 23 points John Wetton - 33 points Joost van der Westhuizen - 55 points Mary Tyler Moore - 20 points ---
**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:** [February 7, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/740 "2017-02-07T15:32:05Z")
And the good news is that one of my more lucrative picks is going to be a bust. [John Bain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalBiscuit) is on my list but according to Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > However as of January 2017 they’ve made progress and the treatment is now curative and not just delaying the inevitable [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=38)