# 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:** 59
**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:** [May 15, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1161 "2017-05-15T03:50:43Z")
[Powers Boothe](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/powers-boothe-dead-agents-shield-sin-city-actor-was-68-1003667), a great villainous actor with an intimidating charismatic presence, who I think I know best from _Deadwood_, has died aged 68. ---
**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 15, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1162 "2017-05-15T04:42:05Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > [Powers Boothe](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/powers-boothe-dead-agents-shield-sin-city-actor-was-68-1003667), a great villainous actor with an intimidating charismatic presence, who I think I know best from _Deadwood_, has died aged 68. Huh. That story does not mention the one movie I associate him with. The one where his best line is “_Well … Bye._” ---
**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 15, 2017, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1163 "2017-05-15T05:41:09Z")
Not sure if you watched it on PSB, King Charles III airs after [sudden death of actor Tim Pigott-Smith](https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2017/05/14/king-charles-iii-airs-after-sudden-death-of-actor-tim-pigott-smith.html). ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Anne_s_Lace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1164 "2017-05-15T11:25:42Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > [Powers Boothe](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/powers-boothe-dead-agents-shield-sin-city-actor-was-68-1003667), a great villainous actor with an intimidating charismatic presence, who I think I know best from _Deadwood_, has died aged 68. I am not sure what to believe but there was also this: [http://en.mediamass.net/people/powers-boothe/deathhoax.html](http://en.mediamass.net/people/powers-boothe/deathhoax.html) ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Anne_s_Lace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1165 "2017-05-15T11:35:45Z")
> [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](#): > > I am not sure what to believe but there was also this: [http://en.mediamass.net/people/powers-boothe/deathhoax.html](http://en.mediamass.net/people/powers-boothe/deathhoax.html) Should have taken a little time to check this out before posting. Tried to edit but was beyond the 5 minute limit. Anyway, googled him and many reputable sites are reporting that Powers has indeed passed away. RIP. ---
**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 15, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1166 "2017-05-15T11:54:44Z")
> [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](#): > > I am not sure what to believe but there was also this: [http://en.mediamass.net/people/powers-boothe/deathhoax.html](http://en.mediamass.net/people/powers-boothe/deathhoax.html) [I wouldn’t be using Mediamass as a source](http://en.mediamass.net/blog/mediamass-project) if I were you-it is a satire site. ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1167 "2017-05-15T12:34:09Z")
Too many for me to list a favorite, but Powers Boothe’s portrayal of Curly Bill in [Tombstone](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108358/?ref_=nm_knf_i4) was way up there. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1168 "2017-05-15T12:40:41Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [I wouldn’t be using Mediamass as a source](http://en.mediamass.net/blog/mediamass-project) if I were you-it is a satire site. “The thing we said isn’t true, isn’t true, which means it is true. Satire! We’re so hilarious and you’re stupid idiots to fall for it! HA!” I hate those sites. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1169 "2017-05-15T17:09:37Z")
The [BBC are reporting](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39923463) that Moors Murderer Ian Brady is gravely ill. ---
**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 15, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1170 "2017-05-15T17:45:19Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Too many for me to list a favorite, but Powers Boothe’s portrayal of Curly Bill in [Tombstone](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108358/?ref_=nm_knf_i4) was way up there. Agreed Superdude. Well … bye. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1171 "2017-05-15T21:49:22Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > The [BBC are reporting](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-39923463) that Moors Murderer Ian Brady is gravely ill. And he’s died, [aged 79](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39929538). ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1172 "2017-05-16T00:26:08Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > First in with the big news: [_Michael Jackson has died!_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson_(wide_receiver)) May he rest in peace and God’s grace and peace to his family and to the family of the other killed in the accident, and I know one shouldn’t speak ill of the dead, but Jackson was such a frustrating wide receiver. He was so fast he’d get wide open and then he’d drop the ball. Again. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1173 "2017-05-16T00:52:07Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > And he’s died, [aged 79](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39929538). And I’m up and running this year. ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1174 "2017-05-17T01:54:47Z")
[William Baumol](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/william_baumol.html) is no longer suffering from cost disease. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1175 "2017-05-17T16:28:21Z")
I appear to have cured another cancer patient by including them on my list: [Joe Simpson Cancer-free](http://people.com/celebrity/joe-simpson-cancer-free/) ---
**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:** [May 18, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1176 "2017-05-18T08:19:03Z")
Just… the worst. [Chris Cornell](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/chris-cornell-dead-soundgarden-audioslave-aged-52-a7742046.html), at least half a century too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1177 "2017-05-18T08:40:33Z")
Damn, that is the worst! A song of his came on the radio earlier tonight before the news broke and I found myself thinking how much I liked him and the songs he’d done all these years. Major, major bummer! ---
**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:** [May 18, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1178 "2017-05-18T11:30:44Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Just… the worst. > [Chris Cornell](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/chris-cornell-dead-soundgarden-audioslave-aged-52-a7742046.html), at least half a century too soon. [QUOTE=The article] The death was called “sudden and unexpected” in the statement. [/QUOTE] I’ll say the hell it was! :eek: Goddammit, I loved Cornell’s music. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1179 "2017-05-18T11:40:21Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Just… the worst. > [Chris Cornell](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/chris-cornell-dead-soundgarden-audioslave-aged-52-a7742046.html), at least half a century too soon. No words. He will be greatly missed. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1180 "2017-05-18T12:38:51Z")
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