# 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:** 67
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1321 "2017-06-11T14:58:20Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > If confirmed, here is one death that would make feel better after losing Major West: > > [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/isis-leader-killed-strike-syria-10602577?ICID=ref\_fark](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/isis-leader-killed-strike-syria-10602577?ICID=ref_fark) This may be credible, but will wait for confirmation. There was a [news report a week ago](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/04/iraqi-forces-retake-key-town-of-baaj-from-isis) suggesting there was knowledge of his location, but, for now, the 18 players who picked Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi will have to wait ---
**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:** [June 11, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1322 "2017-06-11T15:03:28Z")
This just in, [Julia “Jupe” Perez](http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/indonesian-actress-julia-perez-36-10603780) dead at 64 points, unique pick and onto the board in 2017 for yours truly. BTW, [Wiki has a great resource](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2017). ```auto Rank Name Score Picks 1 RTFirefly 187 3 2 Quartz 176 3(1) 3 carnivorousp 161 3(1) 4 basset hound 158 4(1) 5 Registered@Last 137 3(2) 6 bowler girl 136 4 7 Andrew 21 125 4 8 jeezums 113 3 9 Rocket Surgery! 105 3 10 motu 86 2 11 GigoBuster 82 2 11 notfrommensa 82 2 13 Clams* 66 1 13 Team Dirt 66 2 15 phungi 64 1(1) 16 Biotop 61 3(3) 17 FavreCo 58 2 17 Jeep's Phoenix 58 2 19 42fish 55 1 19 Captain Klutz 55 1 19 Hockey Monkey 55 1 19 Hoopy Frood 55 1 19 lel 55 1 19 minionkat 55 1 19 Tangent 55 1 26 Superdude 49 3 27 RobotDevilDog 47 2 28 RivkahChaya 43 2 28 Tit Whistle 43 2 30 TexCat* 39 1(1) 31 cardboardbox 37 1(1) 31 Idle Thoughts 37 2 33 QueenAnneLace 36 2(1) 34 bowler guy 31 1 34 DeaderThanDead 31 1 34 Dung Beetle 31 1 37 Old Wench 29 2(2) 38 Dr. Girlfriend* 27 1 38 Labtrash 27 1 38 Loach 27 1 38 Martonio 27 1 42 amarinth 23 1 42 Borborygmi 23 1 42 DigitalC 23 1 42 freckafree 23 1 42 Jack Batty 23 1 42 kopek 23 1 42 Lancia 23 1 42 Mahaloth* 23 1 42 Yllaria 23 1 51 ataraxy22 21 2(1) 51 cazwhatever 21 1 51 PaulParkhead 21 1 54 Avarie537 20 1 54 Bayaker* 20 1 54 Clothahump 20 1 54 computergeek 20 1 54 Dolores Reborn 20 1 54 kayT 20 1 54 Maus Magill 20 1 54 Mona Lott 20 1 54 panache45* 20 1 54 Paul in Qatar 20 1 54 septimus 20 1 54 Spiff 20 1 54 swampbear 20 1 54 Two Many Cats 20 1 68 Randy Seltzer* 18 1(1) 69 GuanoLad 14 2(1) 70 InvisibleChimp* 13 1(1) 71 RollOutTheBrl 12 1 72 RandMcnally 10 1 72 rucciface 10 1 72 Taco the cat 10 1 ``` ---
**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:** [June 12, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1323 "2017-06-12T01:01:56Z")
[Sam Panopoulos](http://www.cbc.ca/news/hawaiian-pizza-sam-panopoulos-1.4155044?cmp=rss), Candadian restaurateur and inventor of the Hawaiian Pizza. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1324 "2017-06-12T01:49:54Z")
[Vic Edelbrock Jr.,](http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/vic-edelbrock-jr-1936-2017)son of the founder of the company renowned for it’s automotive aftermarket parts, passes at 80. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1325 "2017-06-12T13:36:14Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > I blame [Mayor Bee](https://youtu.be/aIzmXHharOw). I’ll probably miss him more for that than Batman. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Batman. But Mayor West just appealed to me more. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1326 "2017-06-12T15:57:46Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I’ll probably miss him more for that than Batman. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Batman. But Mayor West just appealed to me more. Me, too. He’ll always be my mayor. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1327 "2017-06-14T09:07:12Z")
Am watching the movie “Barbarella” now and looking up someone in it, found out she just died. RIP Anita Pallenberg, who had a relationship with The Rolling Stones Brian Jones and then Keith Richards with whom she had 3 children. > **[Anita Pallenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Pallenberg)** > > Anita Pallenberg (6 April 1942 – 13 June 2017) was a German-Italian actress, artist, and model. A style icon and "It Girl" of the 1960s and 1970s, Pallenberg was credited as the muse of the Rolling Stones: she was the romantic partner of the Rolling Stones founder, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, and later, from 1967 to 1980, the partner of Stones guitarist Keith Richards, with whom she had three children. > Pallenberg was born on 6 April 1942 in Rome, the daughter of Arnold "Arnaldo" Palle... ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1328 "2017-06-14T15:15:44Z")
Saudi arms dealer and Iran-Contra figure [Adnan Khashoggi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnan_Khashoggi) died on June 6 at age 81. His name isn’t on our excellent Death Shroom’s scoresheet, so 19 unclaimed points apparently. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1329 "2017-06-14T16:59:07Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Am watching the movie “Barbarella” now and looking up someone in it, found out she just died. RIP Anita Pallenberg, who had a relationship with The Rolling Stones Brian Jones and then Keith Richards with whom she had 3 children. > [Anita Pallenberg - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Pallenberg) “Barbarella” has to be one of the campiest films ever. 😛 ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1330 "2017-06-15T03:38:42Z")
Some trivia. I just noticed that daddy Bush turned 7 a couple days ago. John Adams set the age record for ex-presidents, which stood for 175 years until Reagan passed him up. A few years later, Ford outlasted him by about a month. If Bush the elder, now in 3rd, has not paid out by Black Friday, he will take the longevity cup. Jimmy Carter trails him by a bit more than 3 months. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1331 "2017-06-15T04:21:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Some trivia. I just noticed that daddy Bush turned 7 a couple days ago. John Adams set the age record for ex-presidents, which stood for 175 years until Reagan passed him up. A few years later, Ford outlasted him by about a month. If Bush the elder, now in 3rd, has not paid out by Black Friday, he will take the longevity cup. Jimmy Carter trails him by a bit more than 3 months. He just 7? Does he have Benjamin Button disease? Is he part canine? ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1332 "2017-06-15T08:38:25Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > He just 7? Does he have Benjamin Button disease? Is he part canine? Points. I believe he is on a list or two here. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1333 "2017-06-15T10:40:56Z")
Everyone is born into this game at the age of 82, and slowly ticks down towards zero. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1334 "2017-06-15T15:21:01Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > Am watching the movie “Barbarella” now and looking up someone in it, found out she just died. RIP Anita Pallenberg, who had a relationship with The Rolling Stones Brian Jones and then Keith Richards with whom she had 3 children. > [Anita Pallenberg - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Pallenberg) [Here is](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/anita-pallenberg-rolling-stones-muse-was-queen-of-underground-w488024) the Rolling Stone take, plus a studio video of the making of Sympathy For The Devil. Reportedly the lyrics are a take off of Jagger’s interpretation of Michael Buljakov’s [_The Master and Margarita_](https://www.amazon.com/Master-Margarita-50th-Anniversary-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143108271/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497539915&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Master+and+Margarita). ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1335 "2017-06-15T16:33:55Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Holy Tombstones Batman! [Adam West](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adam-west-dead-batman-star-832264), Straight-Faced Star of TV’s ‘Batman,’ Dies at 88 [Bat-signal](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-june-bat-signal-to-glow-at-l-a-city-hall-in-1497537015-htmlstory.html) will be seen in Los Angeles on Thursday night. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1336 "2017-06-15T19:41:55Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Everyone is born into this game at the age of 82, and slowly ticks down towards zero. _You too can be a big hero once you learn to count backwards to zero…_ But most people never make it to zero, which is what makes our game interesting. 🙂 > [@eschereal](#): > > Some trivia. I just noticed that daddy Bush turned 7 a couple days ago. John Adams set the age record for ex-presidents, which stood for 175 years until Reagan passed him up. A few years later, Ford outlasted him by about a month. If Bush the elder, now in 3rd, has not paid out by Black Friday, he will take the longevity cup. Jimmy Carter trails him by a bit more than 3 months. It is kinda weird that every President up through Nixon had a shorter lifespan than Adams did, and every President from Ford on has lived longer than Adams did, at least so far. (Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush 41 have cleared the bar, with Clinton, Bush 43, Obama, and Trump still undetermined.) Adams took over the Presidential longevity crown from his immediate predecessor, George Washington, on August 22, 1803 (if I’ve counted the days correctly). So he was the longevity champ for a tad over 198 years. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1337 "2017-06-15T19:57:17Z")
In lesser known deaths: A.R Gurney, playwright died at 86. He was a multiple Pulitzer finalist with almost 50 plays, musicals, and 3 novels. AP Patricia Knatchbull died at 93. She was known as Countess Mountbatten of Burma. A longtime member of Britain’s titled elite. NY Times ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1338 "2017-06-15T20:20:05Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > _You too can be a big hero > once you learn to count backwards to zero…_ _In German, und English, I know how to count down, Und I’m learning Chinese, says Werner von Braun._ I loved that song. Not my favorite, but up there. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1339 "2017-06-15T20:30:02Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > _In German, und English, I know how to count down, > Und I’m learning Chinese, says Werner von Braun._ > > I loved that song. Not my favorite, but up there. Several months ago, I found out by accident that Dr. Wernher von Braun is buried in the same cemetery that my father is buried in, Ivy Hill Cemetery in Alexandria, VA. I mentioned this to two of my officemates (one is about 40, the other early 20s), and they both said, “Who’s Dr. Wernher von Braun?” I explained who he was, and mentioned that he was the subject of a song by Tom Lehrer. “Who’s Tom Lehrer?” was their response. Ouch. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1340 "2017-06-15T21:59:04Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > “Who’s Tom Lehrer?” was their response. Ouch. [who, indeed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1TfPDlA1xE) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=68)