# 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:** 99
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1961 "2017-12-07T06:13:06Z")
Porn star August Ames is dead at age 23 in a suspected suicide. > **[Death Of Porn Star August Ames, Who Sparked A Major Backlash On Twitter, Is...](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiarosenbaum/porn-star-august-ames-is-found-dead-days-after-sparking)** > > August Ames, who has more than 270 adult film credits to her name, experienced intense criticism just days before her death after saying she would not work with men who had also done gay porn. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1962 "2017-12-07T15:20:40Z")
[Conrad Brooks, B-Movie superstar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Brooks)-86. Check out [his filmography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Brooks#Filmography). ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1963 "2017-12-07T15:35:30Z")
[Johnny Hallyday](http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/johnny-hallyday-obituary-1.4434910), the “French Elvis” has died of lung cancer at 74. He was on my very first DP entry. Not this year though. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1964 "2017-12-07T16:17:39Z")
No takers for Conrad Brooks or Johnny Hallyday. As for August Ames, well, who didn’t see that one coming… ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1965 "2017-12-07T19:02:53Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > No takers for Conrad Brooks or Johnny Hallyday. As for August Ames, well, who didn’t see that one coming… Uh… I never even heard of her. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1966 "2017-12-07T20:03:04Z")
whoooosh … splat ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1967 "2017-12-07T20:03:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > whoooosh … splat ew ---
**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:** [December 7, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1968 "2017-12-07T21:05:13Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Porn star August Ames is dead at age 23 in a suspected suicide. > > [Death Of Porn Star August Ames, Who Sparked A Major Backlash On Twitter, Is Ruled A Suicide](https://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiarosenbaum/porn-star-august-ames-is-found-dead-days-after-sparking?utm_term=.fjOd9qeWw#.uyvVPRO8N) I find it interesting that her real first name is one that an actress might use as part of their stage name. Mercedes. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1969 "2017-12-08T13:10:43Z")
Two Time European Ryder Cup Pro Golfer [Tommy Horton](https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/12/08/golfing-legend-tommy-horton-dies/), has died at age 76. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1970 "2017-12-10T18:29:57Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > As for August Ames, well, who didn’t see that one coming… I see what you did there ---
**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:** [December 11, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1971 "2017-12-11T15:46:48Z")
Actor Steve Reevis, best known as Shep Proudfoot in the film “Fargo,” has [died](http:// [Currently.com - AT&T Yahoo Email, News, Sports & More](http://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/page_six-fargo_actor_steve_reevis_dead_at_55-rnypost)) at age 55. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1972 "2017-12-11T16:11:48Z")
Not to be confused with actor/bodybuilder Steve Reev **e** s, who died in 2000. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1973 "2017-12-11T18:09:03Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Not to be confused with actor/bodybuilder Steve Reev **e** s, who died in 2000. His movies weren’t too abysmal. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1974 "2017-12-11T22:59:43Z")
Popular UK TV host [Keith Chegwin](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42313706), aka Cheggers, has died at age 60. A lot of Brits will know him from their childhood when he hosted Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, but he also was a host of a nudist show, where everbody, including him, got completely starkers on TV. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1975 "2017-12-12T16:05:37Z")
[Ed Lee, Mayor of San Francisco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Lee_(politician))-65. [Vera Katz, former mayor of Portland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Katz)-84. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1976 "2017-12-12T16:19:13Z")
No takers for Steve Reevis, Keith Chegwin, Ed Lee, Vera Katz ---
**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:** [December 12, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1977 "2017-12-12T23:02:27Z")
[Bruce Brown](http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bruce-brown-20171211-story.html)’s summer has finally ended. ---
**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1978 "2017-12-13T08:48:06Z")
**[Pat DiNizio](http://variety.com/2017/music/news/pat-dinizio-smithereens-dead-1202638793/)** of The Smithereens dead at 62. No cause of death yet. **[A Girl Like You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4JFqfqIPKA)** ---
**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:** [December 13, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1979 "2017-12-13T16:42:40Z")
> [@CAMJAY77](#): > > **[Pat DiNizio](http://variety.com/2017/music/news/pat-dinizio-smithereens-dead-1202638793/)** of The Smithereens dead at 62. No cause of death yet. > **[A Girl Like You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4JFqfqIPKA)** That sucks. Local band for me. I know he’s had a lot of health issues lately. ---
**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 13, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517/1980 "2017-12-13T18:54:59Z")
[Football star Tommy Nobis](http://www.ajc.com/sports/football/tommy-nobis-falcon-dead/8uKW0SZQmnBtgPP6JVer6I/amp.html) passes away at 74. The man averaged 20 tackles _per game_ in his college career and was the first player drafted by the Atlanta Falcons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=98) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2017/773517.md?page=100)