# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/101 "2016-12-08T04:04:10Z")
Bette Cooper Frances Marie Burke Jo-Carroll Dennison Venus Ramey BeBe Shopp Sharon Kay Ritchie Marian McKnight Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur Lynda Lee Mead Shea Nancy Anne Fleming Maria Beale Fletcher Jacquelyn Jeanne “Jackie” Mayer Donna Idelle Axum ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/102 "2016-12-08T15:15:01Z")
(Low-hanging fruit) Clint Eastwood Willie Nelson Queen Elizabeth II John Madden Steven Tyler Oliver Platt Gabe Kaplan Jimmy Carter Doyle Brunson (Pick the right young[ish] actor) Michael Cudlitz Sam Richardson (from Veep) (More politicians) Uhuru Kenyatta Volodymyr Groysman ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/103 "2016-12-08T16:10:42Z")
Bill Dana Fats Domino Monty Hall Larry Storch Chuck Berry Bernard Fox Joyce Randolph Doris Day June Lockhart Rose Marie Henry Kissinger Nita Talbot Roy Clark alts: Bill Daily Kaye Ballard Pat Carroll ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/104 "2016-12-08T17:20:37Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > From here on, I’m only going to be answering game questions, not “debating about rule changes” stuff. Fair enough, we’ve already got [this thread to debate rules changes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=777530) that you started a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/105 "2016-12-08T18:10:32Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Uhuru Kenyatta No fair picking Star Trek characters. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/106 "2016-12-08T21:56:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No fair picking Star Trek characters. Then I pick Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram as an alternate. The Sultan of Sulu ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/107 "2016-12-08T23:25:57Z")
Here’s my attempt at keeping people alive for another year. George H. W. Bush Barbara Bush Lindsay Lohan Queen Elizabeth Mary Tyler Moore Jimmy Carter Al Gore Angela Lansbury Dick Van Dyke Tom Selleck Judi Dench William Shatner Charles Osgood Alternates Pope Francis Vladimir Putin ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/108 "2016-12-09T01:07:43Z")
Jake Lamotta (July 10, 1921) George H. W. Bush (June 12, 1924) Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936) Valerie Harper (August 22, 1939) John Hurt (January 22, 1940) Mel Stottlemyre (November 13, 1941) Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka (May 18, 1943) Rod Carew (October 1, 1945) Craig Sager (June 29, 1951) Malcolm Young (January 6, 1953) Vivian Campbell (August 25, 1962) Gord Downie (February 6, 1964) Joost van der Westhuizen (February 20, 1971) Alternates: Dick Van Dyke (December 13, 1925) Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933) Helmut Kohl (April 3, 1930) Jake Lamotta George H. W. Bush Mary Tyler Moore Valerie Harper John Hurt Mel Stottlemyre Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka Rod Carew Craig Sager Malcolm Young Vivian Campbell Gord Downie Joost van der Westhuizen Alternates: Dick Van Dyke Ruth Bader Ginsburg Helmut Kohl ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/109 "2016-12-09T04:09:10Z")
duplicate thread, sorry ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/110 "2016-12-09T04:10:49Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Fair enough, we’ve already got [this thread to debate rules changes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=777530) that you started a year ago. I just went and read that thread, **RFirefly**. Thanks for calling it to my attention. It seems to me that this game has now changed from our game to the death master’s game, and that makes me sad. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/111 "2016-12-09T11:18:18Z")
Please play though, keep it alive. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/112 "2016-12-09T12:34:08Z")
Here we go: Shannon Doherty Michael Douglas Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Matt Lauer Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Michael J. Fox Gord Downie Donald Trump Julie Andrews George HW Bush Newt Gingrich Chris Christie Rudy Giuliani Alternates: John Williams Matt Lauer Queen Elizabeth II ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/113 "2016-12-09T12:47:32Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I’m not going to be counting any invalid picks toward the “quantity, not quality” award. > > This means I will not count anyone over 100 or exactly 100 towards that award, on anyone’s list. > > I put it in the rules in the OP. > > Valid picks cannot already be 100. So, in reality, this rules out anyone 99 also since they will be turning 100 next year. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/114 "2016-12-09T12:49:11Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > It’s not a change, that’s how the ranking system originally was. > > Anyway, with all due respect, not every host is going to do it exactly like every other one. I’m a new guy, so I wanted to bring in a few new, small changes. I certainly don’t see it as anything huge or game breaking, but if you do…I’m sorry for it. > > I’m not going to sit in here and argue the case with people, though, so this is my last post on the subject. From here on, I’m only going to be answering game questions, not “debating about rule changes” stuff. So chaging stuff just to change stuff and managing to alienate a bunch of people in the process. You have sure started this off on the right foot! Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/115 "2016-12-09T14:54:40Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > It seems to me that this game has now changed from our game to the death master’s game, and that makes me sad. > [@critter42](#): > > So chaging stuff just to change stuff and managing to alienate a bunch of people in the process. You have sure started this off on the right foot! Awesome. As the person who wrote the original rules off the cuff, I’ll go on record to say I have no problem with people changing the rules in general or with Idle Thoughts’ changes in particular. I changed the rules several times when I ran the Deathpool threads. Other people changed the rules when they ran them. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/116 "2016-12-09T17:04:26Z")
For me it’s maybe more the attitude of “no discussion” than the actual changes. This used to be a fun game. Now it’s more like a dictatorship. Problem with that is, there’s too much of that in real life; I don’t like it here too. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/117 "2016-12-09T18:04:11Z")
We can still have fun though. I’m playing, and have a completely new list this year, nobody I’ve ever played. Now that’s different!😃 ---
**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:** [December 9, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/118 "2016-12-09T18:23:33Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > We can still have fun though. I’m playing, and have a completely new list this year, nobody I’ve ever played. Now that’s different!😃 Amen. The game is essentially the same, and I am sure someone could submit a list of all 100-year-old individuals and track their progress… it’s not like there is any real victory in victory. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/119 "2016-12-09T18:55:13Z")
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Glen Campbell Tommy Chong Mary Tyler Moore Robert Mugabe Burt Reynolds Wilford Brimley Henry Kissinger Andy Dick Shane MacGowan Keith Richards Paul Gascoigne Britney Spears Alternates: Michael Schumacher Valerie Harper ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/120 "2016-12-09T19:14:56Z")
Many thanks to Baker for her years of service and thanks to Idle Thoughts for continuing it this year. 1. [Valerie Harper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Harper), b. August 22, 1939. Actress. 2. [John Hurt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hurt), b. January 22, 1940. Actor. 3. [Pelé](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9), b. October 23, 1940. Soccer player. 4. [Roy Horn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Horn), b. October 3, 1944. Magician. 5. [Jimmy McMillan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McMillan), b. December 1, 1946. Political activist. 6. [Teri Garr](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teri_Garr), b. December 11, 1947. Actress. 7. [Linda Tripp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Tripp), b. November 24, 1949. Civil servant. 8. [Ayman al-Zawahiri](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayman_al-Zawahiri), b. June 19, 1951. Emir. 9. [Ron Jeremy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Jeremy), b. March 12, 1953. Actor. 10. [Charles Carreon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Carreon), b. January 1, 1956. Attorney. 11. [Lenny Dykstra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Dykstra), b. February 10, 1963. Baseball player. 12. [Artie Lange](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie_Lange), b. October 11, 1967. Comedian. 13. [Martin Shkreli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shkreli), b. March 17, 1983. Pharmaceutical executive. I really wanted to include “parkour stuntman” Oleg ‘Cricket’ Sherstyachenko, but I figure if I can’t find his birthdate anywhere on the Internet then I guess he isn’t enough of a celebrity even with our loose rules. Guy clearly has a deathwish, though. Alt1. [Chris Berman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Berman), b. May 10, 1955. Sportscaster. Alt2. [Bernard Madoff](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_madoff), b. April 29, 1938. Former investment advisor. Alt3. [John Edwards](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_edwards), b. June 10, 1953. Politician. Plain text version: Valerie Harper John Hurt Pelé Roy Horn Jimmy McMillan Teri Garr Linda Tripp Ayman al-Zawahiri Ron Jeremy Charles Carreon Artie Lange Lenny Dykstra Martin Shkreli Chris Berman Bernard Madoff John Edwards [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=7)