# 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:** 58
**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:** [May 10, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1141 "2017-05-10T21:40:59Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Yeah, I grew up watching him on TV in the show “Then Came Bronson”. He was Way Cool. > > Well, hang in there Michael. I think I was 13 with a Honda sport 50 when that show was on. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1142 "2017-05-10T22:37:46Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > [Kathy Berman,](http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/19349242/kathy-berman-wife-espn-icon-chris-berman-dies-car-accident?sf77737922=1) wife of ESPN’s Chris Berman, died in a two car wreck last night. She was 67. Well, that’ll put a damper on Boomer’s birthday today. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1143 "2017-05-11T00:11:34Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I think I was 13 with a Honda sport 50 when that show was on. He rode a 1969 XLH 900cc [Harley-Davidson Sportster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley-Davidson_Sportster). The Bronson character was a newspaperman who becomes disillusioned after the suicide of his best friend Nick ([Martin Sheen](https://www.google.com/search?biw=1600&bih=770&tbm=isch&q=young+martin+sheen&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA5YSQxubTAhVqzlQKHYeDCysQhyYIJw#imgrc=kqH0FT418yOqoM:)), and with “working for the man” after a heated argument with his editor. Here is the [opening segway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnPIOH8bCfk). Enjoy **carnivorousplant**. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1144 "2017-05-11T01:08:30Z")
They changed the bike for things like an off road contest. He used the electric starter when he used the kick start. I always wanted a [Norton Villiers](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/bb/2f/c0/bb2fc0e94d1ff53715127ef86c06dfb8.jpg) cafe racer. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 11, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1145 "2017-05-11T02:19:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > They changed the bike for things like an off road contest. > He used the electric starter when he used the kick start. > I always wanted a [Norton Villiers](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/bb/2f/c0/bb2fc0e94d1ff53715127ef86c06dfb8.jpg) cafe racer. 🙂 Yeup. I always figured they “goosed” things. Good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1146 "2017-05-11T12:56:23Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Well, that’ll put a damper on Boomer’s birthday today. OTOH, more cake for everyone else. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1147 "2017-05-11T14:00:24Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Yeah, I grew up watching him on TV in the show “Then Came Bronson”. He was Way Cool. “Where-ever I end up, I guess” ------ I don’t know how many times I’ve used that line in the last 44 years of riding. I went so far as to build a copy of that bike once. You don’t see them as often as you do Captain America clones but its a worthwhile project. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1148 "2017-05-11T14:12:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > They changed the bike for things like an off road contest. > He used the electric starter when he used the kick start. > I always wanted a [Norton Villiers](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/bb/2f/c0/bb2fc0e94d1ff53715127ef86c06dfb8.jpg) cafe racer. 🙂 I had a John Player Special for a while. Somewhere I still have the small pair of needle-nosed I used to put the key in and out of the ignition. There was no freaking way my fingers were getting up under that clip-on. Now the one I regret NOT keeping was my 500cc one-banger Manx Norton. I just got way tired back then of always having to park it on hills so bump-starting it was possible. 😉 ---
**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:** [May 11, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1149 "2017-05-11T15:05:47Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I had a John Player Special for a while. Somewhere I still have the small pair of needle-nosed I used to put the key in and out of the ignition. There was no freaking way my fingers were getting up under that clip-on. Now the one I regret NOT keeping was my 500cc one-banger Manx Norton. I just got way tired back then of always having to park it on hills so bump-starting it was possible. 😉 A review in a bike magazine said that most Norton owners lived on hilltops. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1150 "2017-05-12T03:04:12Z")
Master Sgt. Wilburn K. Ross, Medal of Honor winner, [died on May 9th at the age of 94](Master Sgt. Wilburn K. Ross). ---
**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:** [May 12, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1151 "2017-05-12T19:12:24Z")
First in with the big news: [_Michael Jackson has died!_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson_(wide_receiver)) ---
**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:** [May 12, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1152 "2017-05-12T19:19:14Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > First in with the big news: [_Michael Jackson has died!_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson_(wide_receiver)) Speaking of Chris Berman, I will always remember when on Prime Time he remarked on his catches like: “And that was great catch from… “heeee-heeee!!!”… Michael Jackson…” ---
**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:** [May 12, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1153 "2017-05-12T20:27:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > First in with the big news: [_Michael Jackson has died!_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson_(wide_receiver)) Ddamn; he killed the lady in the car too. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1154 "2017-05-13T04:16:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > First in with the big news: [_Michael Jackson has died!_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson_(wide_receiver)) Being a Vikings fan stuck in Pittsburgh ------ never heard of him. But I just had to click the link and read. :smack: ---
**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:** [May 13, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1155 "2017-05-13T04:16:56Z")
Did we skip over [Roscoe Lee Brown](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001975/) (16) last month? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1156 "2017-05-13T05:47:28Z")
Yes, we did. But then ten years past and everything was okay. Roscoe died in 2007. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1157 "2017-05-13T06:00:01Z")
:smack: ---
**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:** [May 14, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1158 "2017-05-14T19:03:12Z")
For those who grew up in the Philly area: [Pixanne](https://www.pixanne.com/) has taken her final flight. Stage and screen actress Jane Norman has died at age 83. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1159 "2017-05-14T19:30:19Z")
Former Major League baseball umpire - and Major League umpire supervisor - Steve Palermo has [died](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Palermo) at 67. In 1991, he was [shot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Palermo#1991_shooting_and_recovery) during an altercation outside of a restaurant in Dallas, and was initially paralyzed from the waist down. After intense rehab, he was able to walk with the aid of a leg brace and a cane. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1160 "2017-05-15T01:44:24Z")
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