# 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:** 43
**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 21, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/841 "2017-02-21T17:10:40Z")
No one had Coryell or Churkin… ---
**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 21, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/842 "2017-02-21T20:40:03Z")
[Bruce Lansbury](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/bruce-lansbury-angela-brother-tv-producer-dead-87-article-1.2973846), producer. [Barbara Carroll](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/barbara_carroll.html), pioneering female jazz pianist. ---
**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 21, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/843 "2017-02-21T20:45:27Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Bruce Lansbury](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/bruce-lansbury-angela-brother-tv-producer-dead-87-article-1.2973846), producer. I remember him from is work on _Mission: Impossible_ and _Wild, Wild West_. ---
**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 22, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/844 "2017-02-22T16:34:39Z")
No movement in the rankings, but I figured out how to implement **eschereal’s** suggestion for dealing with unique picks… ```auto Rank Name Score Picks(Unique) 1 Quartz 176 3(1) 2 basset hound 158 4(1) 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(1) 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(2) 21 RobotDevilDog 47 2 23 RivkahChaya 43 2 23 Tit Whistle 43 2 25 cardboardbox 37 1(1) 26 QueenAnneLace 36 2(1) 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(1) 60 Everyone Else - ``` ---
**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 22, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/845 "2017-02-22T20:15:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > 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 - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Coryell) > > [Larry Coryell Dies: Legendary Jazz Guitarist Known as 'Godfather of Fusion' | Billboard](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7694346/larry-coryell-dies-obituary-legendary-jazz-guitarist-godfather-of-fusion) Oh No!!! ☹ ---
**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 23, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/846 "2017-02-23T14:23:44Z")
Breaking now: Alan Colmes dead at 66. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/847 "2017-02-23T17:27:39Z")
John Croitoru, aka pro rassler Johnny K-9, 47 points [http://m.thespec.com/news-story/7153963-clairmont-johnny-k-9-suspect-in-ancaster-murder-found-dead-at-toronto-halfway-house](http://m.thespec.com/news-story/7153963-clairmont-johnny-k-9-suspect-in-ancaster-murder-found-dead-at-toronto-halfway-house) ---
**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 23, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/848 "2017-02-23T19:06:16Z")
No one had Colmes or Croitoru ---
**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 24, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/849 "2017-02-24T01:43:35Z")
A bit late, and I did not have him, but I will note the passing this month of Hans Rosling. > **[Hans Rosling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Rosling)** > > Hans Rosling (Swedish pronunciation: \[ˈhɑːns ˈrûːslɪŋ\]; 27 July 1948 – 7 February 2017) was a Swedish physician, academic and public speaker. He was a professor of international health at Karolinska Institute and was the co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system. He held presentations around the world, including several TED Talks in which he promoted the use of data (and data visualization) to explore development issues. His post Roslin... Great buster of ignorance regarding statistics, developing nations stereotypes and population increase unfounded fears. > **[How not to be ignorant about the world](https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_and_ola_rosling_how_not_to_be_ignorant_about_the_world)** > > How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data (and an extra-extra-long pointer), demonstrates that you have a high statistical chance of being quite wrong about what you think... ---
**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 24, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/850 "2017-02-24T09:37:52Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Breaking now: Alan Colmes dead at 66. Sorry. Even nice nice guys have to spend One Billion Years In The Depths Of Hell for being affiliated with Fox. ---
**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 26, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/851 "2017-02-26T15:43:46Z")
[Bill Paxton has died at the age of 61](http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/02/26/reowned-actor-bill-paxton-dead-at-61-family-representative-confirms/), following complications of surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/852 "2017-02-26T15:47:43Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [Bill Paxton has died at the age of 61](http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/02/26/reowned-actor-bill-paxton-dead-at-61-family-representative-confirms/), following complications of surgery. :eek: Wow… I didn’t see that coming. ---
**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 26, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/853 "2017-02-26T15:49:47Z")
Game over man, game over. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/854 "2017-02-26T16:18:06Z")
My immediate thought was “Now I’ll have a way to easily differentiate between he and Bill Pullman”, but I know that by tomorrow I’ll be asking people “Did you hear that Bill Pullman died??” ---
**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 26, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/855 "2017-02-26T17:55:16Z")
Did anyone have [Elli Norkett](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-39094781)? Dead at 80 points. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/856 "2017-02-26T20:01:19Z")
[People’s Court’s Judge Wapner](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/joseph-wapner-judge-on-the-peoples-court-dies-at-97/2017/02/26/2664b1e0-fc58-11e6-8ebe-6e0dbe4f2bca_story.html?utm_term=.7caaee1173c9) has been ruled dead, ordered to pay 3 points. ---
**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 26, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/857 "2017-02-26T21:59:17Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > My immediate thought was “Now I’ll have a way to easily differentiate between he and Bill Pullman”, but I know that by tomorrow I’ll be asking people “Did you hear that Bill Pullman died??” Nice to know I’m not the only one with this problem! ---
**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 26, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/858 "2017-02-26T22:06:13Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > [People’s Court’s Judge Wapner](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/joseph-wapner-judge-on-the-peoples-court-dies-at-97/2017/02/26/2664b1e0-fc58-11e6-8ebe-6e0dbe4f2bca_story.html?utm_term=.7caaee1173c9) has been ruled dead, ordered to pay 3 points. Raymond will be very sad to hear this. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/859 "2017-02-26T22:06:24Z")
I thought “you mean the President who gave that rousing speech is dead?” Or maybe the crocodile got him. Count me in as a third who mixed the names up. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/860 "2017-02-26T22:06:28Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > [People’s Court’s Judge Wapner](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/joseph-wapner-judge-on-the-peoples-court-dies-at-97/2017/02/26/2664b1e0-fc58-11e6-8ebe-6e0dbe4f2bca_story.html?utm_term=.7caaee1173c9) has been ruled dead, ordered to pay 3 points. Well, now we don’t have to worry about Trump nominating him for the next SCOTUS vacancy. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=44)