# 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:** 72
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1421 "2017-07-03T13:27:48Z")
Former wrestler, leader of the Hart Wrestling Family, and Prostate Cancer patient, Smith Hart, [dead at 68](http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/02/bret-hart-older-brother-smith-hart-dead-at-68/). Unique pick for me. ```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 phungi 96 2(2) 11 motu 86 2 12 GigoBuster 82 2 12 notfrommensa 82 2 14 Clams* 66 1 14 Team Dirt 66 2 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 RollOutTheBrrl 12 1 73 RandMcnally 10 1 73 Taco the cat 10 1 75 Baker 8 1(1) ``` ---
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1422 "2017-07-03T13:29:40Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Although some of the stories on the site, like “[Islamic State prescribes 50 lashes for bringing up Baghdadi’s death](http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/islamic-state-prescribes-50-lashes-bringing-baghdadis-death/)” and “[Islamic State execute preacher over Baghdadi’s death sermon](http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/islamic-state-execute-preacher-baghdadis-death-sermon/)” paint a picture of an ISIS regime fighting a losing battle to keep a lid on the news - news which would be easy to dispel if al-Baghdadi were alive and in sufficient health to record a 5-second taunt while holding a recent newspaper headline alleging his death. > > Still, I’d regard his death as more likely true than false, but not yet certain by any means. I am leaning towards “dead” but recognize that we have almost 6 more months to award points… ---
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1423 "2017-07-03T20:53:52Z")
Stevie Ryan, YouTube and VH1 personality, has [died](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/07/03/stevie-ryan-youtube-and-vh1-star-dead-by-hanging-at-age-33.html) at 33, from suicide by hanging. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1424 "2017-07-03T21:25:12Z")
“YouTube Star” Fuck I’m old. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1425 "2017-07-04T00:39:29Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > “YouTube Star” > > Fuck I’m old. If we can have You Tube stars, I wish I had that kid that talked his girl friend into shooting him through a book. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1426 "2017-07-04T11:51:26Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > I am leaning towards “dead” but recognize that we have almost 6 more months to award points… Tru dat - plenty of time to wait for better info. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1427 "2017-07-04T13:43:25Z")
Max Runager, former NFL punter, [dead at 61](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000818204/article/former-eagles-49ers-punter-max-runager-dies-at-61), no points though ---
**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:** [July 4, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1428 "2017-07-04T15:35:08Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Max Runager, former NFL punter, [dead at 61](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000818204/article/former-eagles-49ers-punter-max-runager-dies-at-61), no points though Well of course not. Now had he been a field-goal kicker … ---
**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:** [July 4, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1429 "2017-07-04T16:10:40Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Well of course not. Now had he been a field-goal kicker … _golf clap_ ---
**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:** [July 5, 2017, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1430 "2017-07-05T07:05:00Z")
[John Blackwell Jr.](https://www.yahoo.com/music/john-blackwell-jr-former-drummer-214525200.html), Former Drummer for Prince, Dead at 43 ---
**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:** [July 6, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1431 "2017-07-06T21:58:02Z")
[Ms. Sheila Michaels](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/us/sheila-michaels-ms-title-dies-at-78.html?hpw&rref=obituaries&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well) for 22 points. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1432 "2017-07-07T01:22:19Z")
[Joan Lee](http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/07/07/joan-lee-tribute-kevin-smith/), wife of Stan Lee, dies at 93. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1433 "2017-07-07T04:39:30Z")
Gene Conley, Dual-Sport Threat With World Series and N.B.A. Titles, Dies at 86. It was this year, I checked.🙂 > **[Gene Conley, Dual-Sport Threat With World Series and N.B.A. Titles, Dies at...](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/sports/baseball/gene-conley-dead-won-titles-in-baseball-and-basketball.html)** > > Very few athletes have won championships in two major American professional sports. Conley was one. "At 6 feet 8 inches — he was the tallest pitcher in the major leagues at the time — he also carved out a parallel career in professional basketball, playing during baseball’s off-season and winning three N.B.A. titles with the Boston Celtics, from 1958 to 1961. The only other pro athlete to rival that feat was Otto Graham, the Hall of Fame quarterback for the Cleveland Browns during their dominant years, in the 1940s and ’50s. Aside from his pro football titles, Graham, in 1946, won a championship with the Rochester Royals of the National Basketball League, a precursor of the N.B.A. But that was before Graham began his football career. Unlike Conley, who maintained a grueling two-sport schedule for almost a decade, Graham never again played in two different sports seasons in one year." ---
**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:** [July 8, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1434 "2017-07-08T22:58:24Z")
Nelsan Ellis, of True Blood, aged 39. > **[Nelsan Ellis, Lafayette in True Blood, dies aged 39](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jul/08/true-blood-nelsan-ellis-dies-lafayette-reynolds)** > > Tributes paid to ‘genius and beautiful soul’ after actor who played Lafayette Reynolds suffers complications from heart failure ---
**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:** [July 9, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1435 "2017-07-09T00:50:38Z")
He died from heart failure, according to Variety. I didn’t know he was sick. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1436 "2017-07-11T15:49:03Z")
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had “confirmed information” that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi [has been killed](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-baghdadi-idUSKBN19W1AW). ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1437 "2017-07-11T15:55:44Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > He died from heart failure, according to Variety. I didn’t know he was sick. The family released information today that it was from complications of alcohol withdrawal. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/11/nelsan-ellis-died-from-alcohol-withdrawal-family-hopes-his-death-will-be-a-cautionary-tale/](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/11/nelsan-ellis-died-from-alcohol-withdrawal-family-hopes-his-death-will-be-a-cautionary-tale/) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1438 "2017-07-11T15:57:24Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had “confirmed information” that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi [has been killed](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-baghdadi-idUSKBN19W1AW). I am calling this one: [Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi = dead](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4685292/ISIS-admits-leader-Abu-Bakr-al-Baghdadi-dead.html). 55 points to 18 players: ```auto Rank Name Score Picks(Unique) 1 RTFirefly 242 4 2 carnivorousp 216 4(1) 3 Quartz 176 3(1) 4 basset hound 158 4(1) 5 motu 141 3 6 GigoBuster 137 3 6 Registered@Last 137 3(2) 8 bowler girl 136 4 9 Andrew 21 125 4 10 Clams* 121 2 11 jeezums 113 3 12 42fish 110 2 12 Hoopy Frood 110 2 14 Rocket Surgery! 105 3 15 phungi 96 2(2) 16 notfrommensa 82 2 17 septimus 75 2 17 Spiff 75 2 19 Team Dirt 66 2 20 Biotop 61 3(3) 21 FavreCo 58 2 21 Jeep's Phoenix 58 2 23 5 time champ 55 1 23 Captain Klutz 55 1 23 Carlos'Weiner 55 1 23 cutielemon07 55 1 23 emcee2k 55 1 23 EnlightMeditat 55 1 23 Hockey Monkey 55 1 23 J-P-L 55 1 23 lel 55 1 23 Little Nemo 55 1 23 meghan 55 1 23 minionkat 55 1 23 Tangent 55 1 23 Wallet* 55 1 23 zoog 55 1 38 Superdude 49 3 39 RobotDevilDog 47 2 40 RivkahChaya 43 2 40 Tit Whistle 43 2 42 TexCat* 39 1(1) 43 cardboardbox 37 1(1) 43 Idle Thoughts 37 2 45 QueenAnneLace 36 2(1) 46 bowler guy 31 1 46 DeaderThanDead 31 1 46 Dung Beetle 31 1 49 Old Wench 29 2(2) 50 Dr. Girlfriend* 27 1 50 Labtrash 27 1 50 Loach 27 1 50 Martonio 27 1 54 amarinth 23 1 54 Borborygmi 23 1 54 DigitalC 23 1 54 freckafree 23 1 54 Jack Batty 23 1 54 kopek 23 1 54 Lancia 23 1 54 Mahaloth* 23 1 54 Yllaria 23 1 63 ataraxy22 21 2(1) 63 cazwhatever 21 1 63 PaulParkhead 21 1 66 Avarie537 20 1 66 Bayaker* 20 1 66 Clothahump 20 1 66 computergeek 20 1 66 Dolores Reborn 20 1 66 kayT 20 1 66 Maus Magill 20 1 66 Mona Lott 20 1 66 panache45* 20 1 66 Paul in Qatar 20 1 66 swampbear 20 1 66 Two Many Cats 20 1 78 Randy Seltzer* 18 1(1) 78 rucciface 18 2(1) 80 GuanoLad 14 2(1) 81 InvisibleChimp* 13 1(1) 82 RollOutTheBrl 12 1 83 RandMcnally 10 1 83 Taco the cat 10 1 85 Baker 8 1(1) ``` ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1439 "2017-07-11T19:45:02Z")
Woohoo!!! Looks like al-Baghdadi picked up 10 of his 72 virgins right here, as a bunch of our players lost their 2017 Death Pool virginity to him… :eek: 😃 ---
**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:** [July 11, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1440 "2017-07-11T19:56:19Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Woohoo!!! Congratulations! 🙂 dammit. he had him, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=73)