# 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:** 38
**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 7, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/741 "2017-02-07T15:44:31Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > 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: I believe that we should charge them money. ---
**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, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/742 "2017-02-07T15:50:11Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > 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: Well, _rats_, I mean, um, good for him! 😛 Yeah, I have him too, carried over from last year. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/743 "2017-02-07T16:18:34Z")
Technically, any cure is still just delaying the inevitable. ---
**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 7, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/744 "2017-02-07T17:04:59Z")
The World’s Foremost Authority, Professor Irwin Corey, [has died at age 102.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/irwin-corey-comic-who-styled-himself-the-worlds-foremost-authority-dies-at-102/2017/02/07/b39560ae-ed36-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html?utm_term=.ac8e9255a115) ---
**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, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/745 "2017-02-07T17:12:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The World’s Foremost Authority, Professor Irwin Corey, [has died at age 102.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/irwin-corey-comic-who-styled-himself-the-worlds-foremost-authority-dies-at-102/2017/02/07/b39560ae-ed36-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html?utm_term=.ac8e9255a115) Not a bad job of delaying the inevitable! ---
**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 7, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/746 "2017-02-07T19:13:00Z")
**Score Update** Nobody had **Rob Stewart** or **Marc Spitz**. Three people had **Angelo Bissessarsingh: carnivorousplant, Quartz** , and **RTFirefly**. TWENTY people had **Joost van der Westhuizen** : **carnivorousplant, lel, Hockey Monkey, Andrew 21, GIGOBuster, Mahaloth, Hoopy Frood, 42fish, Captain Klutz, basset hound, motu, It’s Not Rocket Surgery, jeezums, RTFirefly, Quartz, bowler girl, notfrommensa, Tangent, minionkat** , and **Registered At Last.** Okay, so wagering all those scores in… * * * **Andrew 21** still keeps his lead now with an astounding _125 points._ Then there is **carnivorousplant** , **RTFirefly** and **Quartz** , all with _121 points_. All three make their first points this game and it’s a dilly. Behind that, we have **bowler girl** and **It’s Not Rocket Surgery** both now at _105 points._ These two just can’t seem to let go of each other. And then comes **basset hound** with _88 points_… **GIGOBuster** , **notfrommensa** AND **jeezums** with _82 points_… …and slightly behind them, there is **Mahaloth** with _78 points._ Then is the first big bunch that consists of NEW SCORERS: **lel, Hockey Monkey, Hoopy Frood, 42Fish, Captain Klutz, motu, Tangent, minionkat** , and **Registered At Last** …they all have _55 points_. **RobotDevilDog** comes next still with _47 points_ and right behind him sits **RivkahChaya** and **Tit Whistle** , very patiently, who both have gotten themselves a nice _43 points._ Trailing a little behind that crowd is **cardboardbox** , who has _37 points_ Still bunched up are **Dr. Girlfriend, FavreCo, Idle Thoughts, Jeep’s Phoenix, Labtrash, Loach, Martonio, Superdude** , and **Team Dirt** …all with _27 points_. And then comes another big bunching consisting of:\*\* Lancia, Kopek, Borborygmi, freckafree, Jack Batty, DigitalC, Yllaria, amarinth\*\*, and **Queen Anne’s Lace**. They all have _23 points_. And then comes the last big bunching who all have _20 points_:\*\* Avarie537, Bayaker, Clothahump, computergeek, Dolores Reborn, kayT, Maus Magill, Mona Lott, panache45, Paul in Qatar, septimus, Spiff, swampbear\*\*, and **Two Many Cats** Lastly there is **Randy Seltzer** with _18 points_. ---
**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 7, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/747 "2017-02-07T19:21:47Z")
How many non-scorers are left? ---
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/748 "2017-02-07T19:29:56Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > **Andrew 21** still keeps his lead now with an astounding _125 points._ > > Then there is **carnivorousplant** , **RTFirefly** and **Quartz** , all with _121 points_. All three make their first points this game and it’s a dilly. Ah, four points off the lead! It [feels familiar, like I’ve](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18441596&postcount=1447) [been here before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18982419&postcount=2227). At least this time, I’ve got company. 🙂 > [@Czarcasm](#): > > How many non-scorers are left? 104, if I’m counting right. ---
**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 7, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/749 "2017-02-07T19:34:31Z")
You still take up too much space on the bench. Hey! I can see my house! ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/750 "2017-02-08T00:19:21Z")
Frack. [Richard Hatch](http://www.nydailynews.com/amp/entertainment/richard-hatch-battlestar-galactica-star-dead-71-article-1.2966680) has died at 71 of pancreatic 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:** [February 8, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/751 "2017-02-08T00:33:59Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Frack. [Richard Hatch](http://www.nydailynews.com/amp/entertainment/richard-hatch-battlestar-galactica-star-dead-71-article-1.2966680) has died at 71 of pancreatic cancer. _All My Children_ and _The Waltons?_ Wow. ---
**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 8, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/752 "2017-02-08T00:36:00Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > At least this time, I’ve got company. 🙂 Dis we all three co-operate? :dubious: ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/753 "2017-02-08T01:28:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Hey! I can see my house! What the hell are you doing on the Чукотка peninsula? ---
**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 8, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/754 "2017-02-08T01:57:52Z")
[Marta Becket](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/arts/dance/marta-becket-dead.html), maybe not quite a celebrity, but she seemed to be fairly well known, if nothing more than for building a theater in Death Valley. [Harold Rosen](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/harold_rosen.html), who created the first geosynchronous satellite. ---
**Author:** ![basset\_hound](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/basset_hound/32/1432_2.png) [@basset\_hound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/basset_hound)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/755 "2017-02-08T01:58:20Z")
New Zealand soccer great Steve Sumner dies at age 61. [Former New Zealand captain Steve Sumner dies at 61](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2017/02/07/former-new-zealand-captain-steve-sumner-dies-at-61/97607108/) ---
**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 8, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/756 "2017-02-08T02:43:46Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > What the hell are you doing on the Чукотка peninsula? Are you some kind of Rooskie Commie? :dubious: ---
**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 8, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/757 "2017-02-08T02:45:02Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Harold Rosen](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/harold_rosen.html), who created the first geosynchronous satellite. On the advice of Ray Bradbury, if I am not mistaken. ---
**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 8, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/758 "2017-02-08T03:03:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > On the advice of Ray Bradbury, if I am not mistaken. Arthur C. Clarke, actually. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/759 "2017-02-08T03:04:31Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Are you some kind of Rooskie Commie? :dubious: Oh, oops, it says _Arkansas_, for some reason I was thinking it said Alaska. ---
**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 8, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/760 "2017-02-08T11:43:00Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Arthur C. Clarke, actually. Thanks, Hoopy Frood. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=39)