# 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:** 87
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1721 "2017-09-24T01:06:49Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > [Charles Bradley](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/charles-bradley-acclaimed-soul-singer-dead-at-68-w505141) dead at 68, Unique Pick and 32 points for **Basset Hound** (who also takes the lead for “Quantity not Quality” with a Pool-leading 6 picks): Damn, he was a better James Brown then James Brown. JB looked like a parody of himself in later years. ---
**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:** [September 26, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1722 "2017-09-26T02:13:03Z")
[Barbara Blaine](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-barbara-blaine-snap-dies-20170925-story.html), founder of the priest-abuse victims group SNAP, has died at 61. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1723 "2017-09-26T02:27:14Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Barbara Blaine](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-barbara-blaine-snap-dies-20170925-story.html), founder of the priest-abuse victims group SNAP, has died at 61. I thought for a moment that you were talking about [Barbara **Bain**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Bain), she is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1724 "2017-09-28T03:32:49Z")
Hef has lef’ (Hugh Hefner) ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1725 "2017-09-28T03:44:07Z")
> [@Simmerdown](#): > > Hef has lef’ (Hugh Hefner) Official cite at 9 points: [https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/hugh-hefner-playboy-magazine-mogul-dies-91-n657521](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/hugh-hefner-playboy-magazine-mogul-dies-91-n657521) ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1726 "2017-09-28T04:04:51Z")
> [@Simmerdown](#): > > Hef has lef’ (Hugh Hefner) Now his whole body is stiff, not just one part. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1727 "2017-09-28T04:11:05Z")
Oh, the hughmanity! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1728 "2017-09-28T04:18:25Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Now his whole body is stiff, not just one part. Or: Finally found a way to get stiff without a little blue pill. ---
**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 28, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1729 "2017-09-28T05:03:24Z")
I hope they dress him for eternity in a robe or casual clothes. I’ve seen pictures of him on suits and tuxes and he just never looked right like that. ---
**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 28, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1730 "2017-09-28T05:54:39Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I hope they dress him for eternity in a robe or casual clothes. I’ve seen pictures of him on suits and tuxes and he just never looked right like that. how about with long ears and a fluffy tail ---
**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 28, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1731 "2017-09-28T12:23:34Z")
Points to 9 'dopers: **DigitalC, Taco the Cat, Uncle Frank, FavreCo, Delores Reborn, Carlos’ Weiner, Little Nemo, septimus, Allecher** , and first points of the year for **Uncle Frank** : ```auto Rank Name Score Picks(Unique) 1 carnivorousp 282 5(2) 2 RTFirefly 242 4 3 GigoBuster 228 5 4 phungi 222 5(4) 5 Registered@Last 218 5(2) 6 basset hound 209 6(2) 7 Quartz 176 3(1) 8 jeezums 158 5 9 motu 141 3 10 Team Dirt 138 3 11 bowler girl 136 4 12 Andrew 21 130 5 13 Hoopy Frood 129 3 14 Rocket Surgery! 124 4 15 Clams* 121 2 16 42fish 110 2 16 Captain Klutz 110 2 18 septimus 103 4 19 J-P-L 100 3 20 FavreCo 98 4(1) 21 Spiff 94 3 22 notfrommensa 82 2 23 zoog 81 2 24 Jeep's Phoenix 77 3 25 lel 74 2 25 Tangent 74 2 27 cutielemon07 66 2(1) 27 RobotDevilDog 66 3 29 Carlos'Weiner 64 2 29 Little Nemo 64 2 29 meghan 64 2 32 Biotop 61 3(3) 33 Superdude 58 4 34 cardboardbox 56 2(1) 35 5 time champ 55 1 35 emcee2k 55 1 35 EnlightMeditat 55 1 35 Hockey Monkey 55 1 35 minionkat 55 1 35 QueenAnneLace 55 3(1) 35 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 DigitalC 32 2 55 ataraxy22 29 3(2) 55 computergeek 29 2 55 Dolores Reborn 29 2 55 Old Wench 29 2(2) 59 Allecher 28 2 59 JohnT 28 2 59 Taco the cat 28 3 62 Dr. Girlfriend* 27 1 62 Loach 27 1 64 amarinth 23 1 64 Borborygmi 23 1 64 freckafree 23 1 64 kopek 23 1 64 Mahaloth* 23 1 64 Yllaria 23 1 70 cazwhatever 21 1 70 PaulParkhead 21 1 72 Avarie537 20 1 72 Bayaker* 20 1 72 Clothahump 20 1 72 Maus Magill 20 1 72 Mona Lott 20 1 72 panache45* 20 1 72 Paul in Qatar 20 1 72 swampbear 20 1 72 Two Many Cats 20 1 81 BACI 19 1 81 Buttercup Smith 19 1 81 maplekiwi 19 1 81 Simmerdown 19 1 81 SpoilerVirgin 19 1 81 Tread* 19 1 81 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 Little_Pig 9 1(1) 96 racer72 9 1 96 UncaStuart 9 1 96 Uncle Frank 9 1 96 wolf_meister 9 1 103 Baker 8 1(1) 104 critter42 5 1 ``` ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1732 "2017-09-28T14:44:33Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > how about with long ears and a fluffy tail I think he’s had enough tail while he was alive. 😉 Here’s a fond goodbye to the main reason I need glasses; at least according to Sister DiPasquali. ---
**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 28, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1733 "2017-09-28T18:40:52Z")
Actress Anne Jeffreys [has died at age 94.](http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/anne-jeffreys-dead-dies-topper-general-hospital-1202575270/) ---
**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 28, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1734 "2017-09-28T20:37:44Z")
> [@Variety article Czarcasm linked](#): > > In the ’60s she appeared in television shows including “L.A. Law” and “Murder, She Wrote.” How did she appear in _L.A. Law_ and _Murder, She Wrote_ twenty years before they aired? Was she a Time Lord? Did she just fake her death to hide her next regeneration? ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1735 "2017-09-30T02:40:31Z")
“Hello boys, I’m back.” Quaid “I’ll be back.” Schw something ger Bakr al-Baghdadi - making a comeback. [ISIS leader heard alive, talking about North Korea in new recording – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/isis-leader-alive-talking-north-korea-new-recording-article-1.3527973) :eek: ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1736 "2017-09-30T14:10:53Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > “Hello boys, I’m back.” Quaid > “I’ll be back.” Schw something ger > Bakr al-Baghdadi - making a comeback. > [ISIS leader heard alive, talking about North Korea in new recording – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/isis-leader-alive-talking-north-korea-new-recording-article-1.3527973) :eek: We have until Dec 31st to ultimately decide, but it may be noteworthy that Wikipedia [does not list him as being dead.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi) ---
**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 30, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1737 "2017-09-30T19:38:22Z")
Herbert Kalmbach, Who Figured in Watergate Payoffs, Dies at 95. Died 15 Sept, just reported. > **[Herbert Kalmbach, Who Figured in Watergate Payoffs, Dies at 95 (Published 2017)](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/obituaries/herbert-kalmbach-who-figured-in-watergate-payoffs-dies-at-95.html?mcubz=3)** > > Nixon’s personal lawyer was the conduit for hush money to the defendants who bungled the break-in. He pleaded guilty in an illegal fund-raising scheme and served time in jail. Article has Cliff Notes of the slush fund activities, bribes, and backroom deals he did for Nixon and his cabal. Ironically, our supreme court and government have made many of these “funding” sources legal. ---
**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 30, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1738 "2017-09-30T22:53:00Z")
[Monty Hall zonked at age 96.](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/monty-hall-legendary-host-deal-dead-96-article-1.3532862) ---
**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 30, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1739 "2017-09-30T23:11:36Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Monty Hall zonked at age 96.](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/monty-hall-legendary-host-deal-dead-96-article-1.3532862) Let’s make a corpse. ---
**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 30, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1740 "2017-09-30T23:31:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Monty Hall zonked at age 96.](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/monty-hall-legendary-host-deal-dead-96-article-1.3532862) 11 months shy of door number 3 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=88)