# 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:** 76
**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 31, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1501 "2017-07-31T15:48:19Z")
Actor/writer/playwright [Sam Shepard](http://theweek.com/speedreads/715470/pulitzer-prizewinning-playwright-sam-shepard-dies-73), 73. ---
**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 31, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1502 "2017-07-31T16:57:15Z")
No takers for Sklar, Moreau, Deutsch, Shepard ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1503 "2017-07-31T17:35:44Z")
NM, did not realize we were on a new page… ---
**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:** [August 2, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1504 "2017-08-02T04:33:40Z")
[Herbert Needleman](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/herbert_needleman.html), the real-life tooth fairy and anti-lead crusader. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1505 "2017-08-02T09:04:03Z")
[Kenneth Wilkinson](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-40791988), 11th remaining pilot of the Battle of Britain. 1 point. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1506 "2017-08-02T14:02:44Z")
[Ara Parseghian](http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20225019), college football coach, age 94. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1507 "2017-08-02T23:44:33Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > [Ara Parseghian](http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/20225019), college football coach, age 94. My fault… I took him off my list this year. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1508 "2017-08-03T16:39:00Z")
Robert Hardy, aged 91. Harry Potter and All Creatures Great and Small. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1509 "2017-08-03T22:00:23Z")
Jazz guitarist Chuck Loeb, from the groups Fourplay and Steps Ahead, [dies at 61](http://wbgo.org/post/versatile-guitarist-chuck-loeb-member-fourplay-and-steps-ahead-dies-61#stream/0). ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1510 "2017-08-04T12:38:11Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > Robert Hardy, aged 91. Harry Potter and All Creatures Great and Small. I met him once, perhaps 20 years ago. Seemed a nice guy. In other news, [Hywel Bennett](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40814843) has died at 27 points. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1511 "2017-08-04T18:26:41Z")
I’m not a participant in this game, but I just discovered that [Goldy McJohn](http://ultimateclassicrock.com/goldy-mcjohn-steppenwolf-dead/), keyboard player one of the founding members of Steppenwolf, has died at age 72. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1512 "2017-08-04T19:31:09Z")
Man, this game makes me feel old. I recall arguing about Magic Carpet Ride lyrics with a friend. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1513 "2017-08-04T20:55:40Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > Robert Hardy, aged 91. Harry Potter and All Creatures Great and Small. Robert Hardy was an expert on medieval weaponry, especially the longbow. The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth asked him to help them sort out the proper usage of the weapons they have there. He also wrote two books on the longbow ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1514 "2017-08-04T21:32:27Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Man, this game makes me feel old. > I recall arguing about Magic Carpet Ride lyrics with a friend. Drug song vs. non-drug song? Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1515 "2017-08-05T19:47:36Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Man, this game makes me feel old. > I recall arguing about Magic Carpet Ride lyrics with a friend. _Feel_ old? If you were arguing those lyrics with a friend back when it was on the radio, you aren’t exactly a spring chicken. Of course, neither am I. Heard that song on the radio the other day, and for just a brief moment, it was 1968. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1516 "2017-08-05T20:31:16Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > _Feel_ old? If you were arguing those lyrics with a friend back when it was on the radio, you aren’t exactly a spring chicken. > > Of course, neither am I. Heard that song on the radio the other day, and for just a brief moment, it was 1968. I think it was after 1972. Guy kept playing base guitar on his little stereo with head phones and popping power transistors. I heard he works in electronics repair now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1517 "2017-08-07T03:03:30Z")
Darren Daulton, former Philadelphia Phillie, has died of brain cancer at the age of 55. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1518 "2017-08-07T03:07:27Z")
Betty Cuthbert, Australian Olympian aged 79. > **['Golden Girl' Betty Cuthbert an inspiration on and off the track](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/golden-girl-and-olympic-great-betty-cuthbert-an-inspiration/8780940?pfmredir=sm)** > > Betty Cuthbert is remembered as one of Australia's Olympic greats, the original 'Golden Girl' and an inspiration to so many. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1519 "2017-08-07T04:39:33Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > Robert Hardy, aged 91. Harry Potter and All Creatures Great and Small. Some people will always be one role in my head no matter how many other parts they play. He will always be Siegfried. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1520 "2017-08-07T12:09:20Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Darren Daulton, former Philadelphia Phillie, has died of brain cancer at the age of 55. As a Philly guy, this is sad news. As a Death Pool player, this is 45 points and a Unique Pick for me. ```auto Rank Name Score Picks(Unique) 1 RTFirefly 242 4 2 carnivorousp 216 4(1) 3 phungi 203 4(4) 4 Registered@Last 192 4(2) 5 Quartz 176 3(1) 6 basset hound 158 4(1) 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) ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=77)