# 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:** 83
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1641 "2017-09-07T04:16:39Z")
[Bernard Pomerance](http://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/bernard_pomerance.html), playwright of “The Elephant Man” ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1642 "2017-09-07T12:24:10Z")
Not sure if it is only my computer/browser, but looks like the site update has changed the way ```auto tags display the rankings. Any advice from the mods on how to best display a list of text? [quote="phungi, post:1618, topic:773517"] 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** : ``` 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) ```auto [/QUOTE] ``` ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1643 "2017-09-07T13:29:02Z")
Wow, that’s horrible! I tried using ```auto myself just now, copying from a Notepad file - looks like it doesn't recognize 'Enter' as a carriage return anymore. And it isn't like the keyboard has any other way of telling the word processor that you're beginning a new line. Used to be, whatever you had in Notepad, ``` would show it just as it was in Notepad. Not now. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1644 "2017-09-07T14:39:57Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Wow, that’s horrible! > > I tried using > > ```auto > > myself just now, copying from a Notepad file - looks like it doesn't recognize 'Enter' as a carriage return anymore. And it isn't like the keyboard has any other way of telling the word processor that you're beginning a new line. > > Used to be, whatever you had in Notepad, > > ``` > > would show it just as it was in Notepad. Not now. Seems like I can try tweeking the format using the ````php tags... ```php Rank Name Score Picks 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) ```` ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1645 "2017-09-07T15:12:27Z")
Gene “Stick” Michael built the Jeter era dynasty with the Yankees dead at 79. [https://www.google.com/amp/nypost.com/2017/09/07/gene-stick-michael-architect-of-yankees-dynasty-dead-at-79/amp/](https://www.google.com/amp/nypost.com/2017/09/07/gene-stick-michael-architect-of-yankees-dynasty-dead-at-79/amp/) ---
**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:** [September 7, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1646 "2017-09-07T16:04:01Z")
No takers for Gene Michael or Bernard Pomerance… ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1647 "2017-09-08T20:22:38Z")
[Troy Gentry of the county music duo Montgomery Gentry](https://montgomerygentry.com/news/448944/troy-gentry-of-popular-country-duo-montgomery-gent) was killed today in a helicopter crash. He was 50. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1648 "2017-09-08T23:52:31Z")
Alex Pournelle reports that her husband, SF author Jerry Pournelle, [died today in his sleep](https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/275067/), at age 84. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1649 "2017-09-09T00:01:04Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Alex Pournelle reports that her husband, SF author Jerry Pournelle, [died today in his sleep](https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/275067/), at age 84. Correction, Alex is not Jerry’s wife. Alex is Jerry’s **son**. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1650 "2017-09-09T00:18:20Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Correction, Alex is not Jerry’s wife. Alex is Jerry’s **son**. Damn those unisex names! Seriously, though, this is a great loss to science fiction. Vaya con Dios, Jerry. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1651 "2017-09-09T01:31:05Z")
Dammit. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1652 "2017-09-09T03:24:28Z")
Don Williams, the Country Music Hall of Fame member whose imposing height and warm, reassuring voice earned him the nickname “Gentle Giant,” died Friday, September 8th, after a short illness. An internationally popular country star, Williams recorded dozens of hit songs, including “Tulsa Time,” “Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good” and “It Must Be Love.” He was 78. > **[Don Williams, Country's 'Gentle Giant,' Dead at 78](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/don-williams-countrys-gentle-giant-dead-at-78-202607/)** > > Distinctive stylist scored chart-topping hits with “Tulsa Time” and “It Must Be Love” ---
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1653 "2017-09-09T03:40:18Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Alex Pournelle reports that her husband, SF author Jerry Pournelle, [died today in his sleep](https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/275067/), at age 84. He gone off to take that Hammer back to Lucifer. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1654 "2017-09-09T04:28:24Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [Troy Gentry of the county music duo Montgomery Gentry](https://montgomerygentry.com/news/448944/troy-gentry-of-popular-country-duo-montgomery-gent) was killed today in a helicopter crash. He was 50. Well today I learned that Montgomery Gentry wasn’t the name of one county singer. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1655 "2017-09-09T04:31:29Z")
Former child actor [Blake Heron](http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/%E2%80%98shiloh%E2%80%99-star-blake-heron-dies-at-35/ar-AArwGq7?li=BBnbfcL) dead at 35. My kids loved the movie Shiloh. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1656 "2017-09-09T15:28:26Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [Troy Gentry of the county music duo Montgomery Gentry](https://montgomerygentry.com/news/448944/troy-gentry-of-popular-country-duo-montgomery-gent) was killed today in a helicopter crash. He was 50. Unfortunately for him, he wasn’t landed Gentry. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 9, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1657 "2017-09-09T20:26:15Z")
No takers for Gentry, Heron, Pournelle, Williams… But, the ```auto tag functionality appears to have been brought back from the dead... ``` ---
**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:** [September 11, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1658 "2017-09-11T00:58:38Z")
Comics legend [Len Wein](http://www.cbr.com/len-wein-wolverine-creator-dead/), dead at 69. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1659 "2017-09-11T01:20:50Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Unfortunately for him, he wasn’t landed Gentry. > > 😃 But at least he bought the farm. I am _so ashamed_ of that one ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1660 "2017-09-11T12:59:40Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > the > > ```auto > > tag functionality appears to have been brought back from the dead... > > ``` Now I’m just hoping the same thing doesn’t happen with al-Baghdadi. 😉 > [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Unfortunately for him, he wasn’t landed Gentry. :golf clap: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=82) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=84)