# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/781 "2017-02-11T11:01:04Z")
Thanks, **Team Dirt** , **basset hound** , and **Queen Anne’s Lace** , for updates and corrections! Did I get all the changes right? Yes, there is an Excel spreadsheet. **phungi** created it, and earlier on, offered to share it with anyone who PMed him. I can’t speak for him, but I expect the offer still holds. Anyway, PM him about it. Again, I am not **Idle Thoughts** , and am not coordinating with him, so this list is **totally unofficial**. And don’t worry, **carnivorousplant** , I’m no longer crowding you on the #3 bench. 😉 ```auto Rank Name Score Total Picks Unique Picks 1 Quartz 176 3 1 2 basset hound 127 3 1 3 Andrew21 125 4 0 4 carnivorousplant 121 2 0 4 RTFirefly 121 2 0 6 bowler girl 105 3 0 6 Rocket Surgery! 105 3 0 8 GigoBuster 82 2 0 8 jeezums 82 2 0 8 notfrommensa 82 2 0 11 Mahaloth* 78 2 0 12 Team Dirt 66 2 0 13 42fish 55 1 0 13 Captain Klutz 55 1 0 13 Hockey Monkey 55 1 0 13 Hoopy Frood 55 1 0 13 lel 55 1 0 13 minionkat 55 1 0 13 motu 55 1 0 13 RegisteredAtLast 55 1 0 13 Tangent 55 1 0 22 RobotDevilDog 47 2 0 23 RivkahChaya 43 2 0 23 Tit Whistle 43 2 0 25 cardboardbox 37 1 1 26 Queen Anne's Lace 36 2 1 27 Dr. Girlfriend* 27 1 0 27 FavreCo 27 1 0 27 Idle Thoughts 27 1 0 27 Jeep's Phoenix 27 1 0 27 Labtrash 27 1 0 27 Loach 27 1 0 27 Martonio 27 1 0 27 Superdude 27 1 0 35 amarinth 23 1 0 35 Borborygmi 23 1 0 35 DigitalC 23 1 0 35 freckafree 23 1 0 35 Jack Batty 23 1 0 35 kopek 23 1 0 35 Lancia 23 1 0 35 Yllaria 23 1 0 43 Avarie537 20 1 0 43 Bayaker* 20 1 0 43 Clothahump 20 1 0 43 computergeek 20 1 0 43 Dolores Reborn 20 1 0 43 kayT 20 1 0 43 Maus Magill 20 1 0 43 Mona Lott 20 1 0 43 panache45* 20 1 0 43 Paul in Qatar 20 1 0 43 septimus 20 1 0 43 Spiff 20 1 0 43 swampbear 20 1 0 43 Two Many Cats 20 1 0 58 Randy Seltzer* 18 1 1 ``` - denotes themed list ---
**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 11, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/782 "2017-02-11T14:17:57Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Yes, there is an Excel spreadsheet. **phungi** created it, and earlier on, offered to share it with anyone who PMed him. I can’t speak for him, but I expect the offer still holds. Anyway, PM him about it. Offer remains good through Dec 31, 2017, after which it is rescinded and replaced with the offer to share next year’s Scorekeeper… ---
**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:** [February 11, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/783 "2017-02-11T21:20:03Z")
LTG Hal Moore who wrote the book We Were Soldiers Once…and Young and who was played by Mel Gibson in the movie has moved on to Fiddlers Green a couple of days before his 95th birthday. For those of you scoring at home that’s the third person to die this year that I took off of my list. ---
**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 11, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/784 "2017-02-11T21:48:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > For those of you scoring at home that’s the third person to die this year that I took off of my list. The name took up room for only five points. Points is points. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/785 "2017-02-12T00:06:52Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The name took up room for only five points. > > Points is points. When the cut to 13 comes sacrifices must be made. Or in my case big mistakes. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/786 "2017-02-12T00:50:09Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > For those of you scoring at home that’s the third person to die this year that I took off of my list. Note to self: next year make themed list called "People \*\*Loach \*_Took Off His List_. ---
**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 12, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/787 "2017-02-12T02:29:18Z")
Former Syracuse University basketball player Fab Melo, has [died](http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/syracuse-basketball-star-fab-melo-dead-26-article-1.2970139) at 26. ---
**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 12, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/788 "2017-02-12T15:54:23Z")
Anyone doing pro wrestlers? [Chavo Guerrero Sr. has died](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavo_Guerrero_Sr.) at age 68. ---
**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 12, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/789 "2017-02-12T16:10:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Anyone doing pro wrestlers? [Chavo Guerrero Sr. has died](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavo_Guerrero_Sr.) at age 68. I had the Jr. on my previous list and at the Giraffe Boards. Flying kick… missed. ---
**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 12, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/790 "2017-02-12T18:24:30Z")
[Al Jarreau](http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/al-jarreau-dead)died this morning at the age of 76. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/791 "2017-02-12T23:25:43Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Al Jarreau](http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/al-jarreau-dead)died this morning at the age of 76. Drag. He had a really sweet voice. ---
**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 13, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/792 "2017-02-13T05:14:48Z")
I’ll update the scores tomorrow. ---
**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 13, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/793 "2017-02-13T14:50:04Z")
> [@basset\_hound](#): > > I think **phungi** accidentally missed the updated scores for\*\* Mahaloth\*\* (78 pts.), **notfrommensa** (82 pts.) and me (88 pts.) on the February 8 post. Since then, **Quartz** has scored 55 more points, while\*\* Team Dirt\*\* and I have picked up an additional 39 points. > > By the way, thanks **phungi** and\*\* RTFirefly\*\* for helping out **Idle Thoughts** with the standings. It’s easy to follow the scores in that format. I looked back at the submissions, and **Mahaloth** posted an updated list (Post 232, 12-27-2016, 04:20 PM) which removed Joost van der Westhuizen. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Jimmy Carter > George HW Bush > Queen Elizabeth II > Prince Phillip > Mikhail Gorbachev > Jacques Chirac > Jiang Zemin > John Turner > Robert Mugabe > Girma Wolde-Giorgis > Bob Dole > Javier Perez de Cuellar > John Major > Themed list: World leaders, former and current. I’m counting Prince Phillip because of his prominence. Sue me. Bob Dole as well, since he was so close. It’s a vaugish, but I think reasonable. ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/794 "2017-02-14T18:29:05Z")
Bother; I had the wrong Kim! [The BBC are reporting](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38971655) that Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother has just been killed ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/795 "2017-02-14T18:36:16Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Bother; I had the wrong Kim! [The BBC are reporting](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38971655) that Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother has just been killed Apparently he was assassinated, which leads me to believe that friends and co-workers of Kim Jong-il should be exempt from this game-it’s somewhat akin to being on Death Row. ---
**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 14, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/796 "2017-02-14T18:43:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Apparently he was assassinated, which leads me to believe that friends and co-workers of Kim Jong-il should be exempt from this game-it’s somewhat akin to being on Death Row. I do hope you are living up to your user name and not proposing that we disallow a major point source. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/797 "2017-02-16T14:12:40Z")
Points I really, really did not want. I really hoped I was wrong on this one. [Stuart McLean](http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/stuart-mclean-dead-obit-1.3984826), broadcaster, storyteller, Canadian Icon, dead at 68 of melanoma. Many Canadians are sharing memories of Stuart on social media. I can safely say that many of us have sat in the car on a Sunday afternoon just listening to the end of the story. Sometimes with tears of joy or tears of laughter or tears of melancholy in our eyes but always with a song in our hearts. You will be missed Stuart. As will Dave and Morely and their many, many stories. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/798 "2017-02-17T17:18:19Z")
In the immortal words of George The Animal Steele, “Bachlund!..break!” Well said. May you have all the turnbuckles you can eat. [https://www.google.com/amp/ktla.com/2017/02/17/george-the-animal-steele-wwe-hall-of-famer-dies-at-79/amp/?client=safari](https://www.google.com/amp/ktla.com/2017/02/17/george-the-animal-steele-wwe-hall-of-famer-dies-at-79/amp/?client=safari) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/799 "2017-02-17T17:21:00Z")
Also in wrestling news Nicole Bass is being reported dead by many sites but in a few it says she is on life support. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/800 "2017-02-17T18:33:34Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > In the immortal words of George The Animal Steele, “Bachlund!..break!” Well said. May you have all the turnbuckles you can eat. > > [George ‘the Animal’ Steele, WWE Hall of Famer, Dies at 79 | KTLA](https://www.google.com/amp/ktla.com/2017/02/17/george-the-animal-steele-wwe-hall-of-famer-dies-at-79/amp/?client=safari) Holy Cow! 21 points! I think this is the earliest I have ever scored any points (unique pick too, I believe). Maybe I will get more than 1 celebrity this year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=41)