# 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:** 81
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1601 "2017-08-23T01:23:25Z")
The [print edition of the Village Voice](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/nyregion/village-voice-to-end-print-publication.html) is dead at 38 points. ---
**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 23, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1602 "2017-08-23T02:54:38Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > I am simply not very good at this game. If you don’t have at least a working copy of next years list you aren’t playing correctly. ---
**Author:** ![FavreCo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a698b9/32.png) [@FavreCo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FavreCo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1603 "2017-08-24T01:00:35Z")
> [@FavreCo](#): > > “Mean” Gene Okerlund > “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka - dead at age 73 > Greg Allman - dead at age 69 > Hugh Hefner > Della Reese > Mel Stottlemyre > Lil Wayne > Tione “T-Boz” Watkins > Tony Booth - musician > Brian Wilson - Beach Boys > George H.W. Bush > Danniella Westbrook > Sara Coward - [Sara Coward - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Coward) dead at age 69 > Alternates: > Valerie Harper > Carol Burnett > Bob Newhart > Jake Lamotta I should be at 3 dead - 89 points. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1604 "2017-08-24T05:26:46Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > If you don’t have at least a working copy of next years list you aren’t playing correctly. Does having a lot of all-to-healthy leftovers from this year count? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1605 "2017-08-24T08:55:00Z")
One good place to start, if you’re putting together a list from scratch, is the leftovers from the top scorers’ lists. Some of the still-living ones have recovered or gone into remission, or were bad guesses in the first place. But a good number of them are people who are on those lists for good reason, but will stagger into 2018 nonetheless. A celeb can be terminal but still take a few years to die, after all. ---
**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 24, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1606 "2017-08-24T12:59:00Z")
> [@FavreCo](#): > > I should be at 3 dead - 89 points. Laying low since February, Sara Coward, dead at 31 points and a Unique Pick for **FavreCo** ```auto Rank Name Score Picks(Unique) 1 RTFirefly 242 4 2 phungi 222 5(4) 3 Registered@Last 218 5(2) 4 carnivorousp 216 4(1) 5 basset hound 177 5(1) 6 Quartz 176 3(1) 7 jeezums 158 5 8 GigoBuster 156 4 9 motu 141 3 10 bowler girl 136 4 11 Hoopy Frood 129 3 12 Andrew 21 125 4 13 Rocket Surgery! 124 4 14 Clams* 121 2 15 42fish 110 2 15 Captain Klutz 110 2 17 J-P-L 100 3 18 septimus 94 3 18 Spiff 94 3 20 FavreCo 89 3(1) 21 notfrommensa 82 2 22 zoog 81 2 23 Jeep's Phoenix 77 3 24 lel 74 2 24 Tangent 74 2 26 cutielemon07 66 2(1) 26 RobotDevilDog 66 3 26 Team Dirt 66 2 29 meghan 64 2 30 Biotop 61 3(3) 31 Superdude 58 4 32 cardboardbox 56 2(1) 33 5 time champ 55 1 33 Carlos'Weiner 55 1 33 emcee2k 55 1 33 EnlightMeditat 55 1 33 Hockey Monkey 55 1 33 Little Nemo 55 1 33 minionkat 55 1 33 QueenAnneLace 55 3(1) 33 Wallet* 55 1 42 Martonio 53 2 43 bowler guy 50 2 43 Dung Beetle 50 2 45 RivkahChaya 43 2 45 Tit Whistle 43 2 47 Jack Batty 42 2 47 Lancia 42 2 49 kayT 39 2 49 TexCat* 39 1(1) 51 Labtrash 38 2(1) 52 Idle Thoughts 37 2 53 DeaderThanDead 31 1 54 ataraxy22 29 3(2) 54 computergeek 29 2 54 Old Wench 29 2(2) 57 JohnT 28 2 58 Dr. Girlfriend* 27 1 58 Loach 27 1 60 amarinth 23 1 60 Borborygmi 23 1 60 DigitalC 23 1 60 freckafree 23 1 60 kopek 23 1 60 Mahaloth* 23 1 60 Yllaria 23 1 67 cazwhatever 21 1 67 PaulParkhead 21 1 69 Avarie537 20 1 69 Bayaker* 20 1 69 Clothahump 20 1 69 Dolores Reborn 20 1 69 Maus Magill 20 1 69 Mona Lott 20 1 69 panache45* 20 1 69 Paul in Qatar 20 1 69 swampbear 20 1 69 Two Many Cats 20 1 79 Allecher 19 1 79 BACI 19 1 79 Buttercup Smith 19 1 79 maplekiwi 19 1 79 Simmerdown 19 1 79 SpoilerVirgin 19 1 79 Taco the cat 19 2 79 Tread* 19 1 79 Vunderbob 19 1 88 Randy Seltzer* 18 1(1) 88 rucciface 18 2(1) 90 Sternvogel* 16 1(1) 91 GuanoLad 14 2(1) 92 InvisibleChimp* 13 1(1) 93 RollOutTheBrl 12 1 94 RandMcnally 10 1 95 imthjckaz 9 1 95 justmeetee 9 1 95 racer72 9 1 95 UncaStuart 9 1 95 wolf_meister 9 1 100 Baker 8 1(1) ``` ---
**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 24, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1607 "2017-08-24T19:42:56Z")
Jay Thomas longtime radio talk show host as well as comic actor dead at 69. > **[Comic actor Jay Thomas is dead at 69](https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/comic-actor-jay-thomas-dead-69-article-1.3439508)** > > 'Ray Donovan' star Jay Thomas is dead at 69 ---
**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 24, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1608 "2017-08-24T19:50:16Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Jay Thomas longtime radio talk show host as well as comic actor dead at 69. > [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/comic-actor-jay-thomas-dead-69-article-1.3439508](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/comic-actor-jay-thomas-dead-69-article-1.3439508) Awe shucks, not Eddie LeBec! He was an honourary Canadian! ---
**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:** [August 24, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1609 "2017-08-24T19:53:14Z")
Wow. What a bummer. I liked him in _Mr. Holland’s Opus_. I recently listened to him interviewed on Gilbert Gottfried’s podcast (I think it was an episode from many months back) and he was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1610 "2017-08-24T20:22:32Z")
I always liked the holiday tradition of Jay and Dave throwing footballs at the meatball on top of the Christmas tree on Late Show with David Letterman. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1611 "2017-08-24T22:48:05Z")
I first saw him in _Mork and Mindy_, and apparently so did most other people as it’s listed as his first TV show. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1612 "2017-08-25T15:06:42Z")
Anybody have bodybuilder [Rich Piana](http://people.com/bodies/rich-piana-obituary/)? 54 points if you did. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2017, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1613 "2017-08-26T06:19:53Z")
Thanks for the update. I posted about his being in a medically induced coma, but didn’t know anything after that. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [August 27, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1614 "2017-08-27T07:16:46Z")
[Director Tobe Hooper](http://variety.com/2017/film/news/tobe-hooper-dead-dies-texas-chain-saw-massacre-poltergeist-director-dies-1202539868/), dead at age 74. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1615 "2017-08-27T10:38:00Z")
I didn’t know he directed Billy Idol’s “Dancing with Myself.” ---
**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 29, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1616 "2017-08-29T16:13:45Z")
George “Jud” Melvin Heathcote, [dies at 90](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/20491525/jud-heathcote-coached-michigan-state-ncaa-title-dies-90), Unique Pick and first points of the year for Kitten Mitten. ```auto Rank Name Score Picks(Unique) 1 RTFirefly 242 4 2 phungi 222 5(4) 3 Registered@Last 218 5(2) 4 carnivorousp 216 4(1) 5 basset hound 177 5(1) 6 Quartz 176 3(1) 7 jeezums 158 5 8 GigoBuster 156 4 9 motu 141 3 10 bowler girl 136 4 11 Hoopy Frood 129 3 12 Andrew 21 125 4 13 Rocket Surgery! 124 4 14 Clams* 121 2 15 42fish 110 2 15 Captain Klutz 110 2 17 J-P-L 100 3 18 septimus 94 3 18 Spiff 94 3 20 FavreCo 89 3(1) 21 notfrommensa 82 2 22 zoog 81 2 23 Jeep's Phoenix 77 3 24 lel 74 2 24 Tangent 74 2 26 cutielemon07 66 2(1) 26 RobotDevilDog 66 3 26 Team Dirt 66 2 29 meghan 64 2 30 Biotop 61 3(3) 31 Superdude 58 4 32 cardboardbox 56 2(1) 33 5 time champ 55 1 33 Carlos'Weiner 55 1 33 emcee2k 55 1 33 EnlightMeditat 55 1 33 Hockey Monkey 55 1 33 Little Nemo 55 1 33 minionkat 55 1 33 QueenAnneLace 55 3(1) 33 Wallet* 55 1 42 Martonio 53 2 43 bowler guy 50 2 43 Dung Beetle 50 2 45 RivkahChaya 43 2 45 Tit Whistle 43 2 47 Jack Batty 42 2 47 Lancia 42 2 49 kayT 39 2 49 TexCat* 39 1(1) 51 Labtrash 38 2(1) 52 Idle Thoughts 37 2 53 DeaderThanDead 31 1 54 ataraxy22 29 3(2) 54 computergeek 29 2 54 Old Wench 29 2(2) 57 JohnT 28 2 58 Dr. Girlfriend* 27 1 58 Loach 27 1 60 amarinth 23 1 60 Borborygmi 23 1 60 DigitalC 23 1 60 freckafree 23 1 60 kopek 23 1 60 Mahaloth* 23 1 60 Yllaria 23 1 67 cazwhatever 21 1 67 PaulParkhead 21 1 69 Avarie537 20 1 69 Bayaker* 20 1 69 Clothahump 20 1 69 Dolores Reborn 20 1 69 Maus Magill 20 1 69 Mona Lott 20 1 69 panache45* 20 1 69 Paul in Qatar 20 1 69 swampbear 20 1 69 Two Many Cats 20 1 79 Allecher 19 1 79 BACI 19 1 79 Buttercup Smith 19 1 79 maplekiwi 19 1 79 Simmerdown 19 1 79 SpoilerVirgin 19 1 79 Taco the cat 19 2 79 Tread* 19 1 79 Vunderbob 19 1 88 Randy Seltzer* 18 1(1) 88 rucciface 18 2(1) 90 Sternvogel* 16 1(1) 91 GuanoLad 14 2(1) 92 InvisibleChimp* 13 1(1) 93 RollOutTheBrl 12 1 94 Kitten Mitten* 10 1(1) 94 RandMcnally 10 1 96 imthjckaz 9 1 96 justmeetee 9 1 96 racer72 9 1 96 UncaStuart 9 1 96 wolf_meister 9 1 101 Baker 8 1(1) ``` ---
**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 29, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1617 "2017-08-29T22:48:52Z")
[Bea Wain](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/bea_wain.html), big band singer who was first to record “Over the Rainbow” dead at 0 points. [Jeannie Rousseau](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/jeannie_rousseau.html), French spy for the Allies during WWII who was most famous for exposing the German V-2 plans died at 98. ---
**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 30, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1618 "2017-08-30T17:39:34Z")
Looks like there was a pick for “Colin Meads” instead of “Sir Colin Meads”. Thanks to **Jane** for catching this, there are 19 points for **DeaderThanDead** : ```auto Rank Name Score Picks(Unique) 1 RTFirefly 242 4 2 phungi 222 5(4) 3 Registered@Last 218 5(2) 4 carnivorousp 216 4(1) 5 basset hound 177 5(1) 6 Quartz 176 3(1) 7 jeezums 158 5 8 GigoBuster 156 4 9 motu 141 3 10 bowler girl 136 4 11 Hoopy Frood 129 3 12 Andrew 21 125 4 13 Rocket Surgery! 124 4 14 Clams* 121 2 15 42fish 110 2 15 Captain Klutz 110 2 17 J-P-L 100 3 18 septimus 94 3 18 Spiff 94 3 20 FavreCo 89 3(1) 21 notfrommensa 82 2 22 zoog 81 2 23 Jeep's Phoenix 77 3 24 lel 74 2 24 Tangent 74 2 26 cutielemon07 66 2(1) 26 RobotDevilDog 66 3 26 Team Dirt 66 2 29 meghan 64 2 30 Biotop 61 3(3) 31 Superdude 58 4 32 cardboardbox 56 2(1) 33 5 time champ 55 1 33 Carlos'Weiner 55 1 33 emcee2k 55 1 33 EnlightMeditat 55 1 33 Hockey Monkey 55 1 33 Little Nemo 55 1 33 minionkat 55 1 33 QueenAnneLace 55 3(1) 33 Wallet* 55 1 42 Martonio 53 2 43 bowler guy 50 2 43 DeaderThanDead 50 2 43 Dung Beetle 50 2 46 RivkahChaya 43 2 46 Tit Whistle 43 2 48 Jack Batty 42 2 48 Lancia 42 2 50 kayT 39 2 50 TexCat* 39 1(1) 52 Labtrash 38 2(1) 53 Idle Thoughts 37 2 54 ataraxy22 29 3(2) 54 computergeek 29 2 54 Old Wench 29 2(2) 57 JohnT 28 2 58 Dr. Girlfriend* 27 1 58 Loach 27 1 60 amarinth 23 1 60 Borborygmi 23 1 60 DigitalC 23 1 60 freckafree 23 1 60 kopek 23 1 60 Mahaloth* 23 1 60 Yllaria 23 1 67 cazwhatever 21 1 67 PaulParkhead 21 1 69 Avarie537 20 1 69 Bayaker* 20 1 69 Clothahump 20 1 69 Dolores Reborn 20 1 69 Maus Magill 20 1 69 Mona Lott 20 1 69 panache45* 20 1 69 Paul in Qatar 20 1 69 swampbear 20 1 69 Two Many Cats 20 1 79 Allecher 19 1 79 BACI 19 1 79 Buttercup Smith 19 1 79 maplekiwi 19 1 79 Simmerdown 19 1 79 SpoilerVirgin 19 1 79 Taco the cat 19 2 79 Tread* 19 1 79 Vunderbob 19 1 88 Randy Seltzer* 18 1(1) 88 rucciface 18 2(1) 90 Sternvogel* 16 1(1) 91 GuanoLad 14 2(1) 92 InvisibleChimp* 13 1(1) 93 RollOutTheBrl 12 1 94 Kitten Mitten* 10 1(1) 94 RandMcnally 10 1 96 imthjckaz 9 1 96 justmeetee 9 1 96 racer72 9 1 96 UncaStuart 9 1 96 wolf_meister 9 1 101 Baker 8 1(1) ``` ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1619 "2017-08-30T20:37:48Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > George “Jud” Melvin Heathcote, [dies at 90](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/20491525/jud-heathcote-coached-michigan-state-ncaa-title-dies-90), Unique Pick and first points of the year for Kitten Mitten. and today, [Rollie Massimino dies at 82](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/20509434/coaching-legend-rollie-massimino-dies-82); led Villanova to 1985 title, had 816 wins. So who is going to be the third coaching legend to die? Bobby Knight? Denny Crum? John Thompson ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1620 "2017-08-31T12:17:41Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > and today, [Rollie Massimino dies at 82](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/20509434/coaching-legend-rollie-massimino-dies-82); led Villanova to 1985 title, had 816 wins. The Ballhog mourns. > [@](#): > > As Goodgulf stepped onto the bridge the passage echoed with an ominous _dribble, dribble_, and a great crowd of narcs burst forth. In their midst was a towering dark shadow too terrible to describe. In its hand it held a huge black globe and on its chest was written in cruel runes, “Villanova.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=80) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=82)