# 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:** 41
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/801 "2017-02-17T20:07:45Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Also in wrestling news Nicole Bass is being reported dead by many sites but in a few it says she is on life support. [Here’s one example](http://extratv.com/2017/02/17/wwe-star-nicole-bass-dead-at-52/) of the obituaries that are available. Also, the Google search page for “nicole bass dead” refers to her in the past tense. ---
**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 18, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/802 "2017-02-18T01:21:30Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Here’s one example](http://extratv.com/2017/02/17/wwe-star-nicole-bass-dead-at-52/) of the obituaries that are available. Also, the Google search page for “nicole bass dead” refers to her in the past tense. Yes it appears that she is dead. At the time I posted there weren’t any mainstream sites that were reporting it and half that were said she wasn’t dead yet. Chavo, Steele and Bass for the wrestling triple play. ---
**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 18, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/803 "2017-02-18T15:44:12Z")
Make it two unique picks in 2 days! [Ivan Koloff](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=/amp/www.wrestlezone.com/news/807289-breaking-news-pro-wrestling-legend-ivan-koloff-passes-away-following-battle-w-liver-disease/amp&ved=0ahUKEwiYzLnI_ZnSAhWF8CYKHdg4AJEQFgjVATAs&usg=AFQjCNF0p2YpRaqsFKs5LK26PwCp0PkX4w&sig2=IFRfbcL-a0Xsa8DCxVSGlw), the Russian Bear is dead. 26 points. Not a good month for professional wrestlers. ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/804 "2017-02-18T18:28:32Z")
[Peter Skellern English singer-songwriter and pianist](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-39006899) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/805 "2017-02-18T19:06:21Z")
[Norma McCorvey](https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/18/norma-mccorvey-the-original-jane-roe-in-roe-vs-wade-has-died/21716843/), better known as Jane Roe, (Roe v Wade) has died at age 69. ---
**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 18, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/806 "2017-02-18T22:12:57Z")
> **[Madison funk music legend Clyde Stubblefield dies at 73](https://captimes.com/entertainment/music/madison-funk-music-legend-clyde-stubblefield-dies-at-73/article_a3958a35-4d16-51c5-abae-17e9b3a7666c.html)** > > Clyde Stubblefield, a Madison music legend, former drummer for James Brown and one of the most sampled artists of all time, died Saturday of kidney failure. Clyde Stubblefield, a Madison music legend, former drummer for James Brown and one of the most sampled artists of all time, died Saturday of kidney failure. He was 73. ---
**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 18, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/807 "2017-02-18T22:14:26Z")
> **[Actor Warren Frost dies in Middlebury](https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/02/18/actor-warren-frost-dies-middlebury/98095266/)** > > He was known for roles on ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Seinfeld,’ and ‘Matlock’ OS ANGELES - Warren Frost, who played Dr. Will Hayward on “Twin Peaks” and appeared in dozens of other TV shows including “Matlock” and “Seinfeld,” has died. He was 91… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/808 "2017-02-18T22:21:30Z")
Anybody have [Omar Abdel-Rahman](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/18/515985157/omar-abdel-rahman-radical-cleric-connected-to-1993-world-trade-center-bombing-di), the blind cleric who masterminded the 1993 WTC bombing? Dead in prison at age 78. There’s a guy the world will not miss. ETA: looks like nobody did. \*\*zoog \*\*killed him - good job, guy! - by taking him off his list this year. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/809 "2017-02-18T22:51:14Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Madison funk music legend Clyde Stubblefield dies at 73](http://host.madison.com/ct/entertainment/music/madison-funk-music-legend-clyde-stubblefield-dies-at/article_1937a6e4-9959-5c4e-81e8-e1ad1c59caec.html) > > Clyde Stubblefield, a Madison music legend, former drummer for James Brown and one of the most sampled artists of all time, died Saturday of kidney failure. He was 73. Good god, give the drummer some! I used to enjoy listening to Clyde play with the band on Michael Feldman’s Wha’dya Know when they were on the road. I always wondered why he never sat in when they were home in Madison. ---
**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 19, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/810 "2017-02-19T05:38:43Z")
\*\*Major Change \*\* I cannot continue hosting this, I’m sorry. **Phungi** has agreed to take over, so thank you to him. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/811 "2017-02-19T10:24:41Z")
I, for one, welcome our new **phungi** overlord… ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/812 "2017-02-19T11:59:40Z")
Thanks for the work you put in **Idle Thoughts**. Welcome aboard **phungi**. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/813 "2017-02-19T12:16:15Z")
**phungi** will be the perfect choice, as they have always kept score. I tried to keep score this year but lost track, so I couldn’t do it for this year. ---
**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 19, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/814 "2017-02-19T13:07:06Z")
I have been out of town for the weekend so will get to this task of updates tonight or tomorrow. As I told Idle Thoughts, I am happy to assist and if things change this could be a temporary stint. That said I hope I am merely holding a place for Baker, who (IMO) should still be referred to as “Death Mistress” ---
**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:** [February 19, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/815 "2017-02-19T13:13:51Z")
Good for you **phungi**. And I hope this time next year I’ll be seeing \*\*Baker \*\*in her rightful place (and I also hope I’ll have more points this time next year!) Best wishes, **Idle Thoughts**. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/816 "2017-02-19T14:31:09Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > That said I hope I am merely holding a place for Baker, who (IMO) should still be referred to as “Death Mistress” Aww, you say the sweetest things!:o I’ll be happy to go for it again in 2018, but for now you have all the data for 2017 so it might be easier to keep on. What title should we give **phungi**? ---
**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 19, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/817 "2017-02-19T14:32:57Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > What title should we give **phungi**? \*\* Death Shroom\*\* ---
**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 19, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/818 "2017-02-19T14:37:00Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > \*\* > Death Shroom\*\* Short for Grand High Shroom of Death. ---
**Author:** ![distaccato](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/distaccato/32/16779_2.png) [@distaccato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/distaccato)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/819 "2017-02-19T14:40:00Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Aww, you say the sweetest things!:o I’ll be happy to go for it again in 2018, but for now you have all the data for 2017 so it might be easier to keep on. > > What title should we give **phungi**? How about Death Cap? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita\_phalloides](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_phalloides) ---
**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 19, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/820 "2017-02-19T14:59:02Z")
Too deadly, for a fun guy with ony deadly thoughts and an anouncer he should be The Trumpet of Death! [QI - Killer Mushroom Roulette](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWtSR3mV4b8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=42)