# 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:** 70
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1381 "2017-06-27T20:40:17Z")
From The Hollywood Reporter: “Michael Nyqvist, who starred as Mikael Blomkvist in the original Swedish The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo movie thrillers, with Noomi Rapace, has died after battling lung cancer, his family said Tuesday. He was 56.” ---
**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 28, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1382 "2017-06-28T00:44:56Z")
Anthony Young, former Mayor League Baseball pitcher, has died at 51 due to an inoperable brain tumor. > **[Former Mets pitcher Anthony Young dies at age 51 due to inoperable brain tumor](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/former-mets-pitcher-anthony-young-dies-at-age-51-due-to-inoperable-brain-tumor/)** > > Young had a six-year MLB career and also spent time with the Cubs and Astros via [http://cbssportsapp.com](http://cbssportsapp.com) ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1383 "2017-06-28T02:21:50Z")
[John Sarno](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/john_sarno.html) no longer feels any pain. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1384 "2017-06-28T13:04:13Z")
The creator of _Paddington Bear_, [Michael Bond](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40432946), dies at 91. I didn’t even know he was still around. I’m glad he got to see the movie from a couple of years back, as it was a delight. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1385 "2017-06-28T14:04:15Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The creator of _Paddington Bear_, [Michael Bond](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40432946), dies at 91. I didn’t even know he was still around. I’m glad he got to see the movie from a couple of years back, as it was a delight. He had a cameo in the movie. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1386 "2017-06-28T20:52:06Z")
Afghan Whigs guitarist Dave Rosser dies at 50 years/points. [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-rosser-afghan-whigs-guitarist-dead-at-50-w485073](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-rosser-afghan-whigs-guitarist-dead-at-50-w485073) ---
**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 29, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1387 "2017-06-29T01:34:44Z")
Meteorologist Geoff Fox [in remission from Stage 4 Cancer](http://www.nhregister.com/lifestyle/20170628/tv-meteorologist-geoff-fox-returning-on-air-to-new-havens-wtnh-news-8), in part, from being placed on my list ---
**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 29, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1388 "2017-06-29T01:42:39Z")
Bill Dana and Venus Ramey = 8 points and Unique Pick for **rucciface** and **Baker** , respectively: ```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) 68 rucciface 18 2(1) 70 GuanoLad 14 2(1) 71 InvisibleChimp* 13 1(1) 72 RollOutTheBrl 12 1 73 RandMcnally 10 1 73 Taco the cat 10 1 75 Baker 8 1(1) ``` ---
**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 29, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1389 "2017-06-29T11:28:54Z")
No confirmation yet, but I saw a report saying that Casey Anthony was found dead at 29 years old. ETA: [Here’s the report I saw.](http://now8news.com/casey-anthony-found-dead-at-age-29/) NM: Just checked snopes. It’s not true. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1390 "2017-06-29T12:36:29Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > No confirmation yet, but I saw a report saying that Casey Anthony was found dead at 29 years old. > > ETA: [Here’s the report I saw.](http://now8news.com/casey-anthony-found-dead-at-age-29/) > > NM: Just checked snopes. It’s not true. Damn it! Why ya wanna do that to me,\*\* Superdude\*\*? ---
**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:** [June 29, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1391 "2017-06-29T14:55:57Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > No confirmation yet, but I saw a report saying that Casey Anthony was found dead at 29 years old. > > ETA: [Here’s the report I saw.](http://now8news.com/casey-anthony-found-dead-at-age-29/) > > NM: Just checked snopes. It’s not true. [ALWAYS check your source.](http://now8news.com/author/Now8News/)😃 ---
**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 29, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1392 "2017-06-29T20:08:10Z")
Geri Allen, an influential pianist and educator whose dense but agile playing reconciled far-flung elements of the jazz tradition, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Philadelphia. She was 60. Her publicist, Maureen McFadden, said the cause was cancer. > **[Geri Allen, Pianist Who Reconciled Jazz’s Far-Flung Styles, Dies at 60...](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/arts/music/geri-allen-dead-jazz.html)** > > Ms. Allen’s dense but agile piano playing formed a bridge between jazz’s midcentury past and its stylistically diffuse present. ---
**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 29, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1393 "2017-06-29T20:28:42Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Damn it! Why ya wanna do that to me,\*\* Superdude\*\*? I had to keep you on your toes. Either that, or admit I screwed up. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1394 "2017-06-30T02:07:23Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > No confirmation yet, but I saw a report saying that Casey Anthony was found dead at 29 years old. > > ETA: [Here’s the report I saw.](http://now8news.com/casey-anthony-found-dead-at-age-29/) > > NM: Just checked snopes. It’s not true. One tip off, Warren, Ohio is a good 50 miles from I-71. ---
**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 30, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1395 "2017-06-30T03:46:18Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > One tip off, Warren, Ohio is a good 50 miles from I-71. I-71 starts in Louisville (where I live), and runs up through Cincinnati. Beyond that, my Ohio geography is lacking. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1396 "2017-06-30T03:53:40Z")
It’s almost half-time and I haven’t scored yet? WT ever-loving F? I gotta come out hard for the second half. Eye on the prize, baby! ---
**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 30, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1397 "2017-06-30T17:54:16Z")
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Kiss [Him](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gary-decarlo-of-na-na-hey-hey-kiss-him-goodbye-fame-dead-w490246%22http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/gary-decarlo-of-na-na-hey-hey-kiss-him-goodbye-fame-dead-w490246) Goodbye ---
**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:** [June 30, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1398 "2017-06-30T20:10:15Z")
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still probably, [kinda sorta](http://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/middle-east/300617/iran-says-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-definitely-dead.html), mostly dead. ---
**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 30, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1399 "2017-06-30T20:24:26Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still probably, [kinda sorta](http://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/middle-east/300617/iran-says-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-definitely-dead.html), mostly dead. have we ever had a Death Pool scenario like this before? ---
**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 30, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1400 "2017-06-30T20:53:27Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > have we ever had a Death Pool scenario like this before? Yeah, I think so, something a little like it. Ten years ago there was that Fossett guy who crashed his plane in the Sierras and was not located for many months. Not sure if he was on any lists that year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=71)