# 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:** 74
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1461 "2017-07-16T23:09:44Z")
Hugh Hefner?? Why yes, I think he did. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1462 "2017-07-16T23:14:38Z")
Happy to report that Hugh is alive and not so well. Sorry. ---
**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 16, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1463 "2017-07-16T23:20:19Z")
Schrodinger’s Abu Bakr Al-baghdadi. [Alive.](https://www.dailysabah.com/mideast/2017/07/16/daesh-leader-al-baghdadi-still-alive-iraqi-intelligence-official-says) [Dead.](http://hotair.com/archives/2017/07/15/isis-terrible-horrible-no-good-bad-week/) Sigh. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1464 "2017-07-17T01:26:40Z")
[Martin Landau](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martin-landau-dead-ed-wood-811318), gone at 89. Man, I loved him in _Ed Wood_. ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1465 "2017-07-17T01:31:05Z")
No one had George Romero, but Martin Landau earns 11 points and a Unique Pick for **Labtrash** Updated standings: ```auto Rank Name Score Picks 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 Labtrash 38 2(1) 44 cardboardbox 37 1(1) 44 Idle Thoughts 37 2 46 QueenAnneLace 36 2(1) 47 bowler guy 31 1 47 DeaderThanDead 31 1 47 Dung Beetle 31 1 50 Old Wench 29 2(2) 51 Dr. Girlfriend* 27 1 51 Loach 27 1 51 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:** ![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:** [July 17, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1466 "2017-07-17T13:23:30Z")
After having her on my list of since 2014 (with a year off when things were looking up in 2016) journalist [Helen Fawkes](http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-40290563) finally succumbs to her ovarian cancer at age 45. I will miss reading her blog. She really did live her life despite her terminal diagnosis. ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1467 "2017-07-17T13:35:47Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > No one had George Romero, So even if he does come back as a zombie, it is a moot point. :smack: The real question is would he come back as a shuffling original version zombie or one of those remake high-speed-meth zombies? ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1468 "2017-07-17T14:30:26Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > After having her on my list of since 2014 (with a year off when things were looking up in 2016) journalist [Helen Fawkes](http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-40290563) finally succumbs to her ovarian cancer at age 45. I will miss reading her blog. She really did live her life despite her terminal diagnosis. 55 points for **Registered at Last** and **Captain Klutz** : ```auto Rank Name Score Picks(Unique) 1 RTFirefly 242 4 2 carnivorousp 216 4(1) 3 Registered@Last 192 4(2) 4 Quartz 176 3(1) 5 basset hound 158 4(1) 6 motu 141 3 7 GigoBuster 137 3 8 bowler girl 136 4 9 Andrew 21 125 4 10 Clams* 121 2 11 jeezums 113 3 12 42fish 110 2 12 Captain Klutz 110 2 12 Hoopy Frood 110 2 15 Rocket Surgery! 105 3 16 phungi 96 2(2) 17 notfrommensa 82 2 18 septimus 75 2 18 Spiff 75 2 20 Team Dirt 66 2 21 Biotop 61 3(3) 22 FavreCo 58 2 22 Jeep's Phoenix 58 2 24 5 time champ 55 1 24 Carlos'Weiner 55 1 24 cutielemon07 55 1 24 emcee2k 55 1 24 EnlightMeditat 55 1 24 Hockey Monkey 55 1 24 J-P-L 55 1 24 lel 55 1 24 Little Nemo 55 1 24 meghan 55 1 24 minionkat 55 1 24 Tangent 55 1 24 Wallet* 55 1 24 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 Labtrash 38 2(1) 44 cardboardbox 37 1(1) 44 Idle Thoughts 37 2 46 QueenAnneLace 36 2(1) 47 bowler guy 31 1 47 DeaderThanDead 31 1 47 Dung Beetle 31 1 50 Old Wench 29 2(2) 51 Dr. Girlfriend* 27 1 51 Loach 27 1 51 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 17, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1469 "2017-07-17T14:53:52Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > After having her on my list of since 2014 (with a year off when things were looking up in 2016) journalist [Helen Fawkes](http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-40290563) finally succumbs to her ovarian cancer at age 45. I will miss reading her blog. She really did live her life despite her terminal diagnosis. Sad news. I became a fan of hers from reading her blog when I had her on my list a couple years back. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1470 "2017-07-17T15:03:56Z")
Now I see how you win this game: Cancer Blogs. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1471 "2017-07-17T15:51:34Z")
And so once again the rich get richer. ---
**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 17, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1472 "2017-07-17T17:27:33Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Now I see how you win this game: Cancer Blogs. Wow. That’s cold, man, but points is points, I guess. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1473 "2017-07-17T17:52:35Z")
How you actually do well is google phrases like “actor/politician/athlete/musician diagnosed with terminal cancer”. But as a side effect of keeping up to date with your list of ill people you get to find out about these really interesting folks. You listen to music you may never have discovered before. You follow blogs of people who are outside your normal little facebook bubble etc. And you sincerely mourn the passing of these people who have been a small part of your life. (not feeling at all defensive … really!;)) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1474 "2017-07-17T18:16:59Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > (not feeling at all defensive … really!;)) Well, why should you feel defensive? The Death Pool is all about getting points on account of people kicking the bucket. My 2017 list consists of three terrorists (two of whom are now dead, or at least are being counted as dead :D), and ten people who may well be (or may well have been, in two cases) perfectly nice people whose deaths I’m going to derive (or have derived) some modest pleasure from if and when they boost my score. We’re all ghouls here. _Say it loud, I’m a ghoul and I’m proud!_ 😃 ---
**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 17, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1475 "2017-07-17T18:38:43Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > So even if he does come back as a zombie, it is a moot point. :smack: > > The real question is would he come back as a shuffling original version zombie or one of those remake high-speed-meth zombies? Wouldn’t those be moot points? ---
**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 17, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1476 "2017-07-17T20:40:04Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > How you actually do well is google phrases like “actor/politician/athlete/musician diagnosed with terminal cancer”. Be forewarned… my 2017 list was comprised entirely of folks with Stage 4 cancer, 3-4 of whom are now in remission… I didn’t know there was remission from Stage 4 cancer, so there are no guarantees, even with specific targeted search strategies… ---
**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 18, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1477 "2017-07-18T23:01:24Z")
Harvey Atkin, who shot to fame playing Morty Melnick in _Meatballs_, has [died](http://pagesix.com/2017/07/18/harvey-atkin-of-meatballs-movie-dies-at-74/?_ga=2.132622478.126588476.1500412288-717329647.1500412288) at 74. ---
**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 19, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1478 "2017-07-19T00:12:44Z")
I named my cat after him\*. Morty. Not Harvey. Not Mickey, either. Morty. \*sort of ---
**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:** [July 19, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1479 "2017-07-19T00:46:44Z")
[David Yewdall](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/david_yewdall.html), pioneering movie sound editor. [Maryam Mirzakhani](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/maryam_mirzakhani.html), first woman and first Iranian to win the Fields Medal for mathematics. ---
**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 20, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1480 "2017-07-20T08:43:29Z")
For anyone wanting to get a potential “gimme” for next year, John McCain has been diagnosed with a glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive brain cancer. I have a friend who had one removed within the last year, and even with a successful surgery - which she had - she has about a 5 year lifespan. Sucks to hear it about a 35 year old woman, and I’m not sure that McCain would be able to make it a full 5 years. > **[Currently.com - AT&T Yahoo Email, News, Sports & More](https://currently.att.yahoo.com/)** > > Get the latest in news, entertainment, sports, weather and more on Currently.com. Sign up for free email service with AT&T Yahoo Mail. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=75)