# 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:** 61
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1201 "2017-05-23T15:08:08Z")
Jimmy LaFave, a local favorite on the Austin music scene, dies at 61. I don’t believe anybody had him on here. Good video in this link from an ACL appearance in 1996. > **[R.I.P. Jimmy LaFave - Austin City Limits](https://acltv.com/2017/05/22/r-i-p-jimmy-lafave/)** > > Austin City Limits was saddened to learn of the death of singer/songwriter Jimmy LaFave at the age of 61 after a yearlong battle with spindle cell sarcoma. The longtime Austin mainstay appeared on the show in 1996 as part of our Season 21. Born in... ---
**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:** [May 23, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1202 "2017-05-23T16:12:10Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > (Surprisingly) no one had Roger Moore \*I \*expected him to die. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1203 "2017-05-23T17:32:01Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > \*I \*expected him to die. Wrong Bond! ---
**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 23, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1204 "2017-05-23T18:06:23Z")
NFL Hall of Fame inductee [Cortez Kennedy](http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19444913/pro-football-hall-famer-cortez-kennedy-dies-age-48) has died at 48. ---
**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 23, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1205 "2017-05-23T18:53:56Z")
that sucks ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1206 "2017-05-23T19:14:02Z")
Dina Merrill dead at 93. As a member of the Hutton/Post family, she grew up at Mar-al-Lago. > **[Dina Merrill, heiress and actress, dies at 93](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/05/23/dina-merrill-heiress-and-actress-dead-at-93/102053278/)** > > Merrill's films included 'Operation Petticoat,' 'The Sundowners' and 'The Player.' ---
**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 23, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1207 "2017-05-23T20:21:53Z")
[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi](https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201705231053909577-daesh-leader-al-baghdadi-flees-mosul/), stand your ground! Fight like a man! I have you on my list. ---
**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 23, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1208 "2017-05-23T20:27:17Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi](https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201705231053909577-daesh-leader-al-baghdadi-flees-mosul/), stand your ground! Fight like a man! I have you on my list. umm … > [@](#): > > … It is reported that only four quarters of Mosul are currently under Daesh’s control. The rest of the city has been liberated.… Can someone help me with my math here? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1209 "2017-05-23T20:41:33Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Sir Roger Moore dead at 89. I’m both shaken and stirred… Brian ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1210 "2017-05-23T21:03:38Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > umm … > > Can someone help me with my math here? [Quarter.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(urban_subdivision)) Of which [Mosul has a lot more than 4 of](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosul#/media/File:Map_of_Mosul.svg). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1211 "2017-05-23T22:20:52Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > (Surprisingly) no one had Roger Moore Over On a smaller board I run a death pool game and one person there had Moore. ---
**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 23, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1212 "2017-05-23T22:31:55Z")
Just back in February Britain also lost journeyman footballer Les Cocker. So, as far as England is concerned, no Moore, no Les. ---
**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 23, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1213 "2017-05-23T22:38:29Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Just back in February Britain also lost journeyman footballer Les Cocker. So, as far as England is concerned, no Moore, no Les. _golf clap_ ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1214 "2017-05-24T03:31:21Z")
[Lisa Spoonauer](http://www.thewrap.com/clerks-lisa-spoonauer-dies-44-kevin-smith/), who played Caitlin Bree in Kevin Smith’s [Clerks](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109445/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3), has died at 44. No word yet on a cause that I’ve found. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2017, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1215 "2017-05-24T11:12:11Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Lisa Spoonauer](http://www.thewrap.com/clerks-lisa-spoonauer-dies-44-kevin-smith/), who played Caitlin Bree in Kevin Smith’s [Clerks](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109445/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3), has died at 44. No word yet on a cause that I’ve found. Her brothers set up a fund page to give to a patient advocate group for those dealing with chronic illness. They don’t mention specifically what her illness was but apparently it wasn’t sudden. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1216 "2017-05-24T13:56:37Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > umm … > > Can someone help me with my math here? I was told there’d be no math. :dubious: ---
**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:** [May 24, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1217 "2017-05-24T15:29:08Z")
Renowned big-game hunter Theunis Botha [crushed to death by wounded elephant](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/05/23/npr-south-african-man-crushed-to-death-by-wounded-elephant) for 49 points in the Secret Elephants’ Death Pool. ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1218 "2017-05-24T15:32:12Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > I was told there’d be no math. :dubious: You were misinformed. apparently ---
**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 24, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1219 "2017-05-24T15:38:16Z")
This banter is proof there is laughter in (the absence of) death (leading to points)… ---
**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 24, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1220 "2017-05-24T16:32:45Z")
On a semi-related note ---- the Old Wench was going for a basically Pittsburgh theme this year with a few wild cards stuck in. I suggested Russ Geotz and her response was “who?”. I knew basically because I went to school with his son for a while. I looked the other night and had she picked him, she would be even further ahead of me than she is. > **[Russ Goetz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Goetz)** > > Russell Louis Goetz (May 31, 1930 – March 15, 2017) was a professional baseball umpire who worked in the American League from 1968 to 1983. Goetz umpired 2,384 major league games in his 16-year career. He umpired in two World Series (1973 and 1979), two All-Star Games (1970 and 1975) and four American League Championship Series (1970, 1974, 1977, and 1981). > Goetz wore uniform number 5 when the American League adopted numbers in 1980. > He was one of the last five umpires using the outside chest... :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=62)