# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/161 "2016-12-20T08:27:49Z")
Hi Everyone. Firstly, thanks to Baker for doing such a great job running the Death Pool. I’m hoping to enjoy Idle Thoughts Reign of Terror equally! 😃 I’m from NZ & my dates are written NZ style. Kang Kek Iew or Comrade Duch 17/11/42 Rolf Harris 30/3/30 Bridgette Bardot 28/9/34 Sinead O’Connor 8/12/66 Phil Judd 20/3/53 Founding member of both The Swingers & highly influential NZ band Split Enz. CK Stead 17/10/32 New Zealand’s most eminent poet Keri Hulme 9/3/47 Gordon Lightfoot 17/11/38 Yoko Ono 18/2/33 Marianne Faithfull 29/12/46 Alain Delon 8/11/35 Sir Colin Meads 3/6/36 Hard to believe that cancer could fell “Pinetree” Kanye West 8/6/77 Alternates Zayn Malik 12/1/93 Harry Lyon Ricky Ball Lyon & Ball are both from NZ band Hello Sailor. They would be around 65. I’ll find out their birthdates if necessary Clean List Kang Kek Iew Rolf Harris Bridgette Bardot Sinead O’Connor Phil Judd CK Stead Keri Hulme Gordon Lightfoot Yoko Ono Marianne Faithfull Alain Delon Sir Colin Meads Kanye West Alternates Zayn Malik Harry Lyon Ricky Ball ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/162 "2016-12-20T17:44:37Z")
> [@rucciface](#): > > Bill Dana > Fats Domino > Monty Hall > Larry Storch > Chuck Berry > Bernard Fox > Joyce Randolph > Doris Day > June Lockhart > Rose Marie > Henry Kissinger > Nita Talbot > Roy Clark > alts: > Bill Daily > Kaye Ballard > Pat Carroll Well, one of my picks died before the game started! R.I.P., Bernard Fox. This has never happened to me before. Is the protocol for me to submit a new list? If so, here ya go! (What would have happened had I not noticed his passing before year end? Would a random alternate have been chosen for me?) Bill Dana Fats Domino Monty Hall Larry Storch Chuck Berry Pat Carroll Joyce Randolph Doris Day June Lockhart Rose Marie Henry Kissinger Nita Talbot Roy Clark alts: Bill Daily Kaye Ballard ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/163 "2016-12-20T20:25:06Z")
Sean Penn Warren Beatty Dick Cavett Peter Fonda Carly Simon Agnetha Faltskog Ronnie Spector Dawn Wells Stephen Stills Tito Jackson Earl Campbell Willie Mays Jan Hammer Alternates: Stevie Wonder Bernie Taupin Jackson Browne ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/164 "2016-12-20T20:50:41Z")
Well another year with no points. So for the third straight year… Charlie Watts Bart Starr Jimmy Carter George H W Bush Joe Namath Don Shula Bob Uecker Doc Severinsen Jerry Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Doris Day Cloris Leachman Betty White Alternatives Bob Newhart Carol Burnett ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/165 "2016-12-20T21:50:01Z")
> [@rucciface](#): > > This has never happened to me before. Is the protocol for me to submit a new list? If so, here ya go! (What would have happened had I not noticed his passing before year end? Would a random alternate have been chosen for me?) In the past, alternates are promoted in the order listed. In your case, Bill Dailey. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/166 "2016-12-21T01:52:50Z")
I think I’ve earned two points (not in the same year) in the years I’ve played. Last time was 2015, and I only needed to remove one from that’s year’s list – Harper Lee. But just for fun, I changed it up some anyway. William Shatner Valerie Harper John Hurt Teri Garr George H. W. Bush Kareem Abdul Jabar Bill Clinton Sarah Hyland Bob Newhart Tommy Chong Robert Mugabe Tom Brokaw Liza Minnelli Alternates: Clive James Charles Manson ---
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/167 "2016-12-21T02:37:46Z")
John Hurt is probably a good pick, although he is rather old. I have him as an alternate. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/168 "2016-12-21T03:18:17Z")
Harlan Ellison Donald Trump Vince Dooley Glen Campbell Peter Dinklage Warren Buffett Charlie Munger Bill Russell Jerry Lewis Jane Asher Tina Fey Michael J. Fox Mel Brooks ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/169 "2016-12-22T03:44:03Z")
Petula Clark Diana Ross Dionne Warwick Barbara Pierce Bush Tony Danza George H. W. Bush Valerie Harper Mary Tyler Moore Burt Reynolds Keith Richards Jim Nabors Alan Alda Bill Cosby Loretta Lynn Aretha Franklin Pete Rose ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/170 "2016-12-22T04:50:24Z")
Theme: A List of Evilness (IMO, most sadly still around from 2016 list) \*Donald Trump - orange hued evil incarnate \*Anders Behring Breivik - Norwegian mass murderer \*Kim Jong-un - Supreme Leader of North Korea \*Robert Mugabe - President of Zimbabwe \*Bernard Madoff - disgraced financier - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - putative leader of ISIS \*Charles Taylor - Former President of Liberia \*Casey Anthony - Acquitted of killing her 2 year old daughter \*Omar al-Bashir - President of Sudan \*Mengistu Haile Mariam - Ethiopian politician, responsible for millions of deaths \*Vladimir Putin - President of Russia \*Than Shwe - Senior General of Burma \*Bashar al-Assad - President of Syria Alternate: - Alexander Lukashenko - President of Belarus Plain List: Donald Trump Anders Behring Breivik Kim Jong-un Robert Mugabe Bernard Madoff Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Charles Taylor Casey Anthony Omar al-Bashir Mengistu Haile Mariam Vladimir Putin Than Shwe Bashar al-Assad Alternate: Alexander Lukashenko ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/171 "2016-12-22T06:01:10Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > **Prince Phillip** > Johnny Knoxville > **Queen Elizabeth** > Charlie Sheen > Steve-O > Travis Pastrana > Bam Margera > Andy Bell > Josh Todd > Bombshell McGee > Danny Bonaduce > Michael Schumacher > Max Verstappen The two changes are in **BOLD**. Going for the low-hanging fruit. Kinda funny seeing the Queen sandwiched between Knoxville and Sheen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/172 "2016-12-22T20:52:57Z")
Here is my list: Tim Curry Gord Downie Bam Margera Macaulay Culkin Paris Jackson Travis Barker Axl Rose Keith Richards Malcolm Young Kanye West Alternate: Rob Kardashian ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/173 "2016-12-22T21:01:05Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > Here is my list: > > Tim Curry > Gord Downie > Bam Margera > Macaulay Culkin > Paris Jackson > Travis Barker > Axl Rose > Keith Richards > Malcolm Young > Kanye West > > Alternate: > Rob Kardashian Still can’t count and missed the edit window. Here is my updated list Tim Curry Gord Downie Bam Margera Macaulay Culkin Paris Jackson Travis Barker Axl Rose Keith Richards Malcolm Young Kanye West Shannon Doherty Sinead O’Connor William Shatner Alternate: Rob Kardashian ---
**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:** [December 22, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/174 "2016-12-22T21:04:16Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > Still can’t count I have that problem, too. Thirteen picks, and only ten fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/175 "2016-12-22T21:14:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I have that problem, too. > Thirteen picks, and only ten fingers. That’s why you have toes. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/176 "2016-12-22T21:20:19Z")
Valerie Harper Larry King Jimmy Carter Lindsay Lohan Katie Couric Pope Emeritus Benedict Billy Graham Charlie Sheen Betty White Micheal J. Fox Kanye West Tom Brokaw Hillory Clinton Billy Graham is the evangelist ---
**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:** [December 22, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/177 "2016-12-22T21:58:24Z")
> [@Sario](#): > > That’s why you have toes. 😛 Maybe thirteen picks and four alternates. Michael J. Fox?!? Have you no shame?!? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/178 "2016-12-22T22:02:29Z")
This sounds like fun! I’ve always thought about playing but never actually played before. I’ll try to assemble my list in the next few days. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/179 "2016-12-23T01:59:30Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Michael J. Fox?!? Have you no shame?!? > :dubious: I can’t speak for **Sario** but as for myself, having been a public school teacher at one low point in my life, ----------- nope. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/180 "2016-12-23T11:54:45Z")
Swinging for the fences in 2017… uh… Well, this’ll likely be another strikeout year for me 1. Shannen Doherty (actress perhaps best known as Brenda on _Beverly Hills 90210_ TV series) 2. Justin Bieber (singer) 3. Amanda Bynes (actress) 4. Natasha Lyonne (actress best known for her role in _American Pie_) 5. Edward Furlong (actor most famous for being kid John Connor in _Terminator 2_) 6. ‘Mama’ June Shannon (reality show star from _Here Comes Honey Boo Boo_) 7. Charlie Sheen (actor) 8. Kylie Jenner (reality show star) 9. Maurice Clarette (former high profile Ohio State football athlete and NFL draftee) 10. Ryan Leaf (former NFL athlete) 11. Johnny Manziel (former NFL athlete) 12. Lamar Odom (former NBA athlete) 13. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (reported to be ISIL leader) Alternates 1. Flava Flav (rapper) 2. Owen Wilson (actor) Simplified list for ye ole’ spreadsheet entry… Shannen Doherty Justin Bieber Amanda Bynes Natasha Lyonne Edward Furlong June Shannon Kylie Jenner Maurice Clarette Ryan Leaf Johnny Manziel Lamar Odom Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Alternates Flava Flav Owen Wilson [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=10)