# 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:** 42
**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 19, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/821 "2017-02-19T15:07:16Z")
Lord High Everything Else. ---
**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, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/822 "2017-02-19T15:27:08Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > \*\* > Death Shroom\*\* Seconded! ---
**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, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/823 "2017-02-19T16:01:53Z")
Oh I _like_ **Death Shroom**! ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/824 "2017-02-19T18:39:28Z")
I for one welcome our new death overlord **death shroom**!2 ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/825 "2017-02-19T20:39:14Z")
While my Board name is a play on “fun guy” (my first name starts with “ph”), I do tend to grow on you: All hail Death Shroom! ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/826 "2017-02-19T22:10:31Z")
Assuming I have everything correct, here is a list of all deaths that scored points thus far: > [@](#): > > 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 > Tara Palmer Tomkinson – 55 points > Mike Ilitch – 13 points > Stuart McLean – 32 points > George “The Animal” Steele – 21 points > Ivan Koloff – 26 points > Peter Skellern – 31 points Here are the current standings: ```auto Rank Name Score Total Picks 1 Quartz 176 3 2 Andrew 21 125 4 3 carnivorousp 121 2 3 RTFirefly 121 2 5 jeezums 113 3 6 bowler girl 105 3 6 Rocket Surgery! 105 3 8 Registered@Last 87 2 9 motu 86 2 10 GigoBuster 82 2 11 basset hound 64 2 12 42fish 55 1 12 Captain Klutz 55 1 12 Hockey Monkey 55 1 12 Hoopy Frood 55 1 12 lel 55 1 12 minionkat 55 1 12 notfrommensa 55 1 12 Tangent 55 1 20 Biotop 47 2 20 RobotDevilDog 47 2 22 RivkahChaya 43 2 22 Tit Whistle 43 2 24 cardboardbox 37 1 25 Queen Anne Lace 36 2 26 DeaderThanDead 31 1 27 Dr. Girlfriend* 27 1 27 FavreCo 27 1 27 Idle Thoughts 27 1 27 Jeep's Phoenix 27 1 27 Labtrash 27 1 27 Loach 27 1 27 Martonio 27 1 27 Superdude 27 1 27 Team Dirt 27 1 36 amarinth 23 1 36 Borborygmi 23 1 36 DigitalC 23 1 36 freckafree 23 1 36 Jack Batty 23 1 36 kopek 23 1 36 Lancia 23 1 36 Mahaloth* 23 1 36 Yllaria 23 1 45 Avarie537 20 1 45 Bayaker* 20 1 45 Clothahump 20 1 45 computergeek 20 1 45 Dolores Reborn 20 1 45 kayT 20 1 45 Maus Magill 20 1 45 Mona Lott 20 1 45 panache45* 20 1 45 Paul in Qatar 20 1 45 septimus 20 1 45 Spiff 20 1 45 swampbear 20 1 45 Two Many Cats 20 1 59 Randy Seltzer* 18 1 60 Everyone Else 0 0 ``` Let me know if you find any errors. I was out of town for a few days and may take a few more to get fully caught up and such. Your unexpected Death Shroom (but given my point total thus far, call me Amanita verna, aka “Fool’s Mushroom”) phungi ---
**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, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/827 "2017-02-19T22:25:00Z")
**phungi** , Steve Sumner, 39 points, should be on your list of corpses. (See post #755.) A couple of players had him. ---
**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 19, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/828 "2017-02-19T23:42:08Z")
Thanks for taking over,\*\* phungi\*\*. The only corrections that I see are adding the following points: **notfrommensa** - 27 pts (Jiimmy Snuka) **Team Dirt** - 39 pts (Steve Sumner) me - 39 pts (Steve Sumner) and 55 pts (Joost van der Westhuizen) ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/829 "2017-02-20T01:50:25Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > 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. I do what I can. Seriously, fuck that guy. ---
**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 20, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/830 "2017-02-20T02:06:56Z")
> [@zoog](#): > > I do what I can. > > Seriously, fuck that guy. You are a good man, zoog. ---
**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 20, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/831 "2017-02-20T21:01:47Z")
This should be up-to-date: ```auto 1 Quartz 176 3 2 basset hound 158 4 3 Andrew 21 125 4 4 carnivorousp 121 2 4 RTFirefly 121 2 6 jeezums 113 3 7 bowler girl 105 3 7 Rocket Surgery! 105 3 9 Registered@Last 87 2 10 motu 86 2 11 GigoBuster 82 2 11 notfrommensa 82 2 13 Team Dirt 66 2 14 42fish 55 1 14 Captain Klutz 55 1 14 Hockey Monkey 55 1 14 Hoopy Frood 55 1 14 lel 55 1 14 minionkat 55 1 14 Tangent 55 1 21 Biotop 47 2 21 RobotDevilDog 47 2 23 RivkahChaya 43 2 23 Tit Whistle 43 2 25 cardboardbox 37 1 26 QueenAnneLace 36 2 27 DeaderThanDead 31 1 28 Dr. Girlfriend* 27 1 28 FavreCo 27 1 28 Idle Thoughts 27 1 28 Jeep's Phoenix 27 1 28 Labtrash 27 1 28 Loach 27 1 28 Martonio 27 1 28 Superdude 27 1 36 amarinth 23 1 36 Borborygmi 23 1 36 DigitalC 23 1 36 freckafree 23 1 36 Jack Batty 23 1 36 kopek 23 1 36 Lancia 23 1 36 Mahaloth* 23 1 36 Yllaria 23 1 45 Avarie537 20 1 45 Bayaker* 20 1 45 Clothahump 20 1 45 computergeek 20 1 45 Dolores Reborn 20 1 45 kayT 20 1 45 Maus Magill 20 1 45 Mona Lott 20 1 45 panache45* 20 1 45 Paul in Qatar 20 1 45 septimus 20 1 45 Spiff 20 1 45 swampbear 20 1 45 Two Many Cats 20 1 59 Randy Seltzer* 18 1 60 Everyone Else 0 ``` ---
**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 20, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/832 "2017-02-20T21:48:56Z")
Mister **phungi** , might I offer a suggestion? In **RTF** ’s earlier, similar lists, he had a column for unique picks. Which was good, but it ends up being an extra column of mostly zeros. I propose a format that would look like ```auto place# player score #picks(#unique) ``` with the unique pick number only showing up where it is 1 or more. ---
**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 20, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/833 "2017-02-20T22:28:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Mister **phungi** , might I offer a suggestion? In **RTF** ’s earlier, similar lists, he had a column for unique picks. Which was good, but it ends up being an extra column of mostly zeros. I propose a format that would look like > > ```auto > > place# player score #picks(#unique) > > ``` > > with the unique pick number only showing up where it is 1 or more. You may (suggest) and I won’t even require you address me as “Death Schroom”. I do none of this by hand, and am using an Excel-based scorekeeper that has been developed over a few years (with the assistance of someone far more gifted with Excel than I… that said, I will tinker with the scorekeeper and see what i can do. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/834 "2017-02-20T23:07:30Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > This should be up-to-date: > > 60 Everyone Else 0 Yeah, that looks right to me.☹ ---
**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 20, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/835 "2017-02-20T23:19:19Z")
I can still see my house from up here! ---
**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 21, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/836 "2017-02-21T02:22:50Z")
Fox News anchor [Brenda Buttner](http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/02/fox_news_anchor_brenda_buttner.html) has died at 55. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/837 "2017-02-21T03:22:50Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > 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) Ah ha! Since yesterday, I’ve watched about 16 hours of QI on youtube. Since I had never seen the show before, I was wondering how I got hooked into it. I believe I have identified the culprit! Thanks. 😉 ---
**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 21, 2017, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/838 "2017-02-21T06:26:13Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > You may (suggest) and I won’t even require you address me as “Death Schroom”. How about “Amanita”? ---
**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 21, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/839 "2017-02-21T14:34:46Z")
This passed by a few days ago without me noticing which is a shame. The Godfather of Fusion, guitar great Larry Coryell died on the 19th. > **[Larry Coryell](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Coryell)** > > Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist. > Larry Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas, United States. He never knew his biological father, a musician. He was raised by his stepfather Gene, a chemical engineer, and his mother Cora, who encouraged him to learn piano when he was four years old. > In his teens he switched to guitar. After his family moved to Richland, Washington, he took lessons from a teacher who lent him ... > **[Legendary Jazz Guitarist Larry Coryell, ‘Godfather of Fusion,’ Dies at 73](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/larry-coryell-dies-obituary-legendary-jazz-guitarist-godfather-of-fusion-7694346/)** > > Legendary guitarist Larry Coryell died Sunday (Feb. 19) at the age of 73 in his New York City hotel room, according to a statement sent to Billboard. ---
**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 21, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/840 "2017-02-21T16:44:17Z")
Vitaly Churkin, Russian ambassador to the UN, has died one day before his 65th birthday, giving anyone who had him one extra point. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=43)