# 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:** 51
**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:** [April 4, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1001 "2017-04-04T17:49:42Z")
Fair enough. I’m not above being wooshed. Former MLB player Pedro Guererro is reportedly near death. Some reports say he has already died. > **[Pedro Guerrero's health has reportedly taken a grave turn](https://www.yahoo.com/gma/pedro-guerreros-health-has-reportedly-taken-a-grave-turn-155046255.html)** > > Los Angeles Dodgers batter Pedro Guerrero follows through after connecting on a New York Yankees pitch in a World Series game, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1981, New York. According to several reports, former Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Pedro Guerrero may be... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [April 4, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1002 "2017-04-04T17:59:48Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Fair enough. I’m not above being wooshed. > > Former MLB player Pedro Guererro is reportedly near death. Some reports say he has already died. > > [Pedro Guerrero's health has reportedly taken a grave turn](https://gma.yahoo.com/pedro-guerreros-health-has-reportedly-taken-a-grave-turn-155046255.html) > > Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk This is sad. He was one of my all-time favorite players. We even had a wonderful dog who we named Pedro after the slugger. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1003 "2017-04-04T21:34:37Z")
This is his [second](http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19076429/former-los-angeles-dodgers-star-pedro-guerrero-fighting-life-stroke) major stroke, and they’ve both been within the last 2 years. After his first one, he had a cerebral bypass done. It’s essentially like the cardiac/arterial bypasses that people have done, only it’s in his brain. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1004 "2017-04-05T00:58:47Z")
The power cord for [Bernie “Mr. RadioShack” Appel](http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article142448799.htm) has been unplugged at the age of 85. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1005 "2017-04-05T13:15:09Z")
[Ikutaro Kakehashi](http://www.pressherald.com/2017/04/03/digital-music-pioneer-ikutaro-kakehashi-dies-at-87/), digital music engineer and founder of Roland Corp, dead at 87. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1006 "2017-04-05T14:49:21Z")
No one has Appel, Kakehashi, Guererro ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1007 "2017-04-06T18:09:00Z")
TMZ: Don Rickles dead at 90 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1008 "2017-04-06T18:17:10Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > TMZ: Don Rickles dead at 90 Yep, sad day for comedy. A true legend. Ya’ Hockey Puck! ---
**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:** [April 6, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1009 "2017-04-06T18:23:01Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > TMZ: Don Rickles dead at 90 Very good, you win a cookie. Well, hell. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1010 "2017-04-06T18:33:12Z")
Don Rickles = 10 more Points for **Superdude, Idle Thoughts**. First points of 2017 for **ataraxy22, GuanoLad, Taco the Cat** ```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 Biotop 61 3(3) 15 42fish 55 1 15 Captain Klutz 55 1 15 Hockey Monkey 55 1 15 Hoopy Frood 55 1 15 lel 55 1 15 minionkat 55 1 15 Tangent 55 1 22 RobotDevilDog 47 2 23 RivkahChaya 43 2 23 Tit Whistle 43 2 25 TexCat* 39 1(1) 26 cardboardbox 37 1(1) 26 Idle Thoughts 37 2 26 Superdude 37 2 29 QueenAnneLace 36 2(1) 30 DeaderThanDead 31 1 31 Dr. Girlfriend* 27 1 31 FavreCo 27 1 31 Jeep's Phoenix 27 1 31 Labtrash 27 1 31 Loach 27 1 31 Martonio 27 1 37 amarinth 23 1 37 Borborygmi 23 1 37 DigitalC 23 1 37 freckafree 23 1 37 Jack Batty 23 1 37 kopek 23 1 37 Lancia 23 1 37 Mahaloth* 23 1 37 Yllaria 23 1 46 Avarie537 20 1 46 Bayaker* 20 1 46 Clothahump 20 1 46 computergeek 20 1 46 Dolores Reborn 20 1 46 kayT 20 1 46 Maus Magill 20 1 46 Mona Lott 20 1 46 panache45* 20 1 46 Paul in Qatar 20 1 46 septimus 20 1 46 Spiff 20 1 46 swampbear 20 1 46 Two Many Cats 20 1 60 Randy Seltzer* 18 1(1) 61 InvisibleChimp* 13 1(1) 61 Old Wench 13 1(1) 63 ataraxy22 10 1 63 GuanoLad 10 1 63 RandMcnally 10 1 63 rucciface 10 1 63 Taco the cat 10 1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1011 "2017-04-06T18:33:44Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Fair enough. I’m not above being wooshed. > > Former MLB player Pedro Guererro is reportedly near death. Some reports say he has already died. > > [Pedro Guerrero's health has reportedly taken a grave turn](https://gma.yahoo.com/pedro-guerreros-health-has-reportedly-taken-a-grave-turn-155046255.html) > > Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk to paraphrase Monty Python - “He got better” [Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Pedro Guerrero wakes from coma - ESPN](http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19084159/former-los-angeles-dodgers-star-pedro-guerrero-wakes-coma) ---
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1012 "2017-04-06T19:21:18Z")
[Trans-Siberian Orchestra Founder Paul O’Neill Dead at 61](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/trans-siberian-orchestra-founder-paul-oneill-dead-at-61-w475347) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1013 "2017-04-06T19:38:51Z")
Those are 10 points that I wished I didn’t get to earn. I loved Don Rickles. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1014 "2017-04-06T20:28:16Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Those are 10 points that I wished I didn’t get to earn. I loved Don Rickles. So did his Wife. I wonder if she is still “lying in bed, signaling ships at sea with here jewelry”. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 6, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1015 "2017-04-06T21:46:54Z")
> [@jeezums](#): > > [Trans-Siberian Orchestra Founder Paul O’Neill Dead at 61](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/trans-siberian-orchestra-founder-paul-oneill-dead-at-61-w475347) ☹ He did good work. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1016 "2017-04-06T21:50:10Z")
Will there be a week-long vigil to make sure Don Rickles stays dead? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1017 "2017-04-06T21:53:51Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Will there be a week-long vigil to make sure Don Rickles stays dead? How do you mean, Jerry Lewis drives a stake through his heart? :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:** [April 6, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1018 "2017-04-06T21:59:18Z")
Johnny Carson. [“Quido says ‘HI’”](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/time-don-rickles-dropped-by-carsons-tonight-show-kiss-sinatra-991737) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1019 "2017-04-06T21:59:41Z")
[Chelsea Brown](http://www.noise11.com/news/r-i-p-laugh-in-star-chelsea-brown-1947-2017-20170406), an actress and comic who is perhaps best remembered for her appearances on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In_, has died at the age of 69. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1020 "2017-04-06T23:18:52Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Don Rickles = 10 more Points for **Superdude, Idle Thoughts**. First points of 2017 for **ataraxy22, GuanoLad, Taco the Cat** First points _ever_ for me in the sporadic years of playing this game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=52)