# 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:** 75
**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:** [July 20, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1481 "2017-07-20T11:32:08Z")
McCain’s on my list for this year. Go brain cancer! (What can I say, I need some points! I got bupkis so far this year…) ---
**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 20, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1482 "2017-07-20T13:57:22Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > 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](http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-doctors_sen_john_mccain_has_brain_tumor-ap) glioblastoma is like fudge ripple ice cream… the problem lies in removing the ripple and not the ice cream. If he makes it to January 2018, at age 81 (after Aug 29) he will be a near-consensus pick ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1483 "2017-07-20T19:04:27Z")
The lead singer of Linkin Park, Chester Bennington, has hung himself, it is being reported. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1484 "2017-07-20T19:07:12Z")
[Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park, committed suicide at 41.](http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/20/linkin-park-singer-chester-bennington-dead-commits-suicide/) ---
**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 22, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1485 "2017-07-22T14:02:23Z")
Deborah Watling, companion of Dr. Who, [dies](http://www.thewrap.com/deborah-watling-first-doctor-who-companion-dies-at-69/) at 69. ---
**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 22, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1486 "2017-07-22T14:30:03Z")
In order to make things less confusing John Heard has died in the same year as John Hurt. No no one has to try and figure out which one was still alive. 72 years old. [https://www.google.com/amp/amp.tmz.com/2017/07/22/john-heard-dead-at-72-home-alone](https://www.google.com/amp/amp.tmz.com/2017/07/22/john-heard-dead-at-72-home-alone) ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1487 "2017-07-22T17:40:35Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Deborah Watling, companion of Dr. Who, [dies](http://www.thewrap.com/deborah-watling-first-doctor-who-companion-dies-at-69/) at 69. How was she the \*first \*companion if she traveled with the \*\*second \*\*Doctor? What about Ian and Barbara? ---
**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 23, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1488 "2017-07-23T02:15:42Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > How was she the \*first \*companion if she traveled with the \*\*second \*\*Doctor? What about Ian and Barbara? I have no idea. I don’t watch the show. I was enjoying reading the comments section about it. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk ---
**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 23, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1489 "2017-07-23T13:25:02Z")
[Bhai Jagraj Singh](http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/jagraj-singh-dead-hugely-influential-everythings-13-basics-sikhi-founder-loses-cancer-battle-1631258), YouTuber, CEO of Sikh Mission “Everythings 13” dead at 38. Unique pick for your’s truly. ```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) 5 phungi 158 3(3) 7 motu 141 3 8 GigoBuster 137 3 9 bowler girl 136 4 10 Andrew 21 125 4 11 Clams* 121 2 12 jeezums 113 3 13 42fish 110 2 13 Captain Klutz 110 2 13 Hoopy Frood 110 2 16 Rocket Surgery! 105 3 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:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1490 "2017-07-25T20:01:45Z")
[Barbara (Mrs. Frank #4) Sinatra died at 90.](http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2017/07/25/barbara-sinatra-dies-90/459197001/) ---
**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:** [July 26, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1491 "2017-07-26T15:50:36Z")
Well, I’m ahead of Swampbear, if only alphabetically. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1492 "2017-07-26T19:16:21Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Well, I’m ahead of Swampbear, if only alphabetically. > > 😃 I have managed to score points in the last two DP. I’m on a roll! ---
**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 26, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1493 "2017-07-26T19:22:47Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I have managed to score points in the last two DP. I’m on a roll! Impressive! ---
**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 27, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1494 "2017-07-27T07:40:16Z")
This is terrible: June Foray, Voice of Bullwinkle Shows’s Rocky and Natasha, Dead at 99 “…her impressive career spanned eight decades in radio, television, and film. Some of her credits include Aunt May in The Amazing Spider-Man, Grandma Fu in Mulan, Granny and Witch Hazel in the Looney Tunes cartoons, and Jokey Smurf and Mrs. Sourberry in The Smurfs. Foray played Cindy Lou Who in the 1968 Grammy Award-winning cast of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. She also won a daytime Emmy for her part as Mrs. Cauldron in The Garfield Show and received four Annie Awards.” > **[June Foray, Voice of Bullwinkle Shows’s Rocky and Natasha, Dead at 99](https://www.vulture.com/2017/07/june-foray-voice-of-rocky-the-flying-squirrel-dead-at-99.html)** > > Foray also voiced characters in The Amazing Spider-Man, Looney Tunes, and more. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1495 "2017-07-27T10:54:54Z")
Hokey Smokes! What a career. :(:(☹ Brian ---
**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 27, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1496 "2017-07-27T21:09:09Z")
No points but a fantastic story. Margaret Bergmann Lambert, Jewish Athlete Excluded From Berlin Olympics, Dies at 103. > **[Margaret Bergmann Lambert, Jewish Athlete Excluded From Berlin Olympics, Dies...](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/sports/olympics/margaret-bergmann-lambert-dead-barred-from-1936-olympics.html)** > > She was a dominant, German-born world-class athlete, but the Nazis said she had not qualified for the 1936 Games. “Ms. Lambert continued to compete in track and field events, but for only a few more years. She won the United States women’s high-jump and shot-put championships in 1937 and the high jump again in 1938. She was preparing to try out for the 1940 United States Olympic team when war broke out in Europe, after which she focused her attention on trying to get her parents out of Germany, which she was eventually able to do.” The story continues with mentions of track and field complexes named for her in the US and Germany and finally a reconciliation with her returning to Germany and her contributions and high jump record recognized. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1497 "2017-07-27T23:16:07Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > This is terrible: > June Foray, Voice of Bullwinkle Shows’s Rocky and Natasha, Dead at 99 It’s worse than you know. She waited until I took her off my list before she cheated me of a point. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1498 "2017-07-29T04:41:38Z")
[Comedienne and “Match Game” panelist Patti Deutsch has succumbed to cancer at 73.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/patti-deutsch-dead-laugh-match-game-comedienne-was-73-1025096) ---
**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 31, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1499 "2017-07-31T03:30:55Z")
[Martin Sklar](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/leading-disney-parks-imagineer-martin-sklar-dies-83-48900941), head Disney Imagineer. [D.L. Menard](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/back-door-singer-menard-dead-85-48902906), the “Cajun Hank Williams”. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1500 "2017-07-31T12:44:59Z")
[Jeanne Moreau](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40774985), French superstar, dead at age 89. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=76)