# 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:** 62
**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 24, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1221 "2017-05-24T19:19:27Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > 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. Talk about poetic justice. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1222 "2017-05-24T22:12:27Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Talk about poetic justice. Or karma. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1223 "2017-05-25T01:18:24Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > 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. Good for the elephant!!! ---
**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 25, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1224 "2017-05-25T01:48:30Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Good for the elephant!!! That’s why I always put a stuffed mouse on my hat when I’m hunting elephants. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1225 "2017-05-25T14:35:47Z")
[Janet Edmonds](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/janet-edmonds-obituary-1.4125969), Canadian (Newfoundland to be specific) actress was claimed by cancer last weekend. A bit of [digging](https://obittree.com/obituary/ca/newfoundland/st-johns/barretts-funeral-homes-ltd/janet-edmonds/2936559/)shows her to be only 50. Sad for her family and the Canadian artistic community. But points is points. ---
**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 25, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1226 "2017-05-25T19:22:37Z")
Speaking of Bond, it looks like no one noticed the exit of one Dahlia Lavi about three weeks ago at 24[sup]\*[/sup]. She was in the _good_ version of _Casino Royale_. \*pts, of course ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1227 "2017-05-26T11:52:45Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Speaking of Bond, it looks like no one noticed the exit of one Dahlia Lavi about three weeks ago at 24[sup]\*[/sup]. She was in the _good_ version of _Casino Royale_. > > \*pts, of course There was a thread in Cafe Society though… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1228 "2017-05-26T12:30:54Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > [Janet Edmonds](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/janet-edmonds-obituary-1.4125969), Canadian (Newfoundland to be specific) actress was claimed by cancer last weekend. A bit of [digging](https://obittree.com/obituary/ca/newfoundland/st-johns/barretts-funeral-homes-ltd/janet-edmonds/2936559/)shows her to be only 50. > > Sad for her family and the Canadian artistic community. But points is points. Hey, movement on the leader board at last! Per our Death Shroom’s most recent scoreboard, that should be good for a jump from ninth to third. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1229 "2017-05-26T23:48:00Z")
89 yr old Tommy Lasorda had successful surgery to replace his pacemaker. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1230 "2017-05-27T02:47:43Z")
[Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/us/zbigniew-brzezinski-dead-national-security-adviser-to-carter.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65359133&pgtype=Homepage&_r=1) dead at 11 points. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1231 "2017-05-27T03:20:52Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > [Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/us/zbigniew-brzezinski-dead-national-security-adviser-to-carter.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65359133&pgtype=Homepage&_r=1) dead at 11 points. **ataraxy22** gets points! ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1232 "2017-05-27T04:37:43Z")
[Writer Denis Johnson](http://www.avclub.com/article/rip-denis-johnson-author-jesus-son-and-tree-smoke-255971?utm_content=Main&utm_campaign=SF&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing) dead at 67. He would have fit my themed list, but I didn’t have him. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1233 "2017-05-27T07:03:01Z")
PHILADELPHIA — Jared Martin, who became a fan favorite with his portrayal of the charming cowboy Dusty Farlow on the 1980s soap opera “Dallas,” has died. He was 75. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jared-martin-who-played-dusty-farlow-on-dallas-dies/2017/05/26/4568f57e-423f-11e7-b29f-f40ffced2ddb\_story.html?utm\_term=.33963b9e24c0](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jared-martin-who-played-dusty-farlow-on-dallas-dies/2017/05/26/4568f57e-423f-11e7-b29f-f40ffced2ddb_story.html?utm_term=.33963b9e24c0) ---
**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 27, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1234 "2017-05-27T08:11:37Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > [Zbigniew Brzezinski](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/us/zbigniew-brzezinski-dead-national-security-adviser-to-carter.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=65359133&pgtype=Homepage&_r=1) dead at 11 points. Too bad proper names aren’t allowed in Scrabble. Playing his name would virtually ensure victory. ---
**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 27, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1235 "2017-05-27T19:08:02Z")
Former Major League Baseball pitcher and Kentucky politician Jim Bunning has died at 85. > **[Jim Bunning](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bunning)** > > James Paul David Bunning (October 23, 1931 – May 26, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician who represented Kentucky in both chambers of the United States Congress. He was the sole Major League Baseball athlete to have been elected to both the United States Senate and the National Baseball Hall of Fame. > Bunning pitched from 1955 to 1971 for the Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Los Angeles Dodgers. When Bunning retired, he had the second... ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1236 "2017-05-27T19:52:55Z")
[Gregg Allman](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7759662/gregg-allman-dead) dead at 69. Points for several DPers. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1237 "2017-05-27T20:07:32Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > [Gregg Allman](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7759662/gregg-allman-dead) dead at 69. Points for several DPers. Oh, no. One of the mainstays of my music genre. ---
**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 27, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1238 "2017-05-27T22:55:10Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > [Gregg Allman](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7759662/gregg-allman-dead) dead at 69. Points for several DPers. Didn’t he use to Bang Cher? Oh yeah, “as the Vietnam War intensified, Allman decided to find a way to avoid the draft. So he shot himself in the [foot](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-gregg-allman-dead-20170527-story.html).” I always thought Dickey Betts made that band. ---
**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 27, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1239 "2017-05-27T23:05:20Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Former Major League Baseball pitcher and Kentucky politician Jim Bunning has died at 85. > > [Jim Bunning - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bunning) He was a great pitcher but a flaming asshole [as a politician](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/27/sports/baseball/jim-bunning-hall-of-fame-pitcher-and-blunt-spoken-senator-dies-at-85.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0). ---
**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 28, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1240 "2017-05-28T00:00:08Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > [Gregg Allman](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7759662/gregg-allman-dead) dead at 69. Points for several DPers. Damn damn damn He was on the top of next years list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=63)