Celebrity Death Pool 2017

Here’s one example of the obituaries that are available. Also, the Google search page for “nicole bass dead” refers to her in the past tense.

Yes it appears that she is dead. At the time I posted there weren’t any mainstream sites that were reporting it and half that were said she wasn’t dead yet.

Chavo, Steele and Bass for the wrestling triple play.

Make it two unique picks in 2 days!

Ivan Koloff, the Russian Bear is dead. 26 points.

Not a good month for professional wrestlers.

Peter Skellern English singer-songwriter and pianist

Norma McCorvey, better known as Jane Roe, (Roe v Wade) has died at age 69.

Clyde Stubblefield, a Madison music legend, former drummer for James Brown and one of the most sampled artists of all time, died Saturday of kidney failure. He was 73.

OS ANGELES - Warren Frost, who played Dr. Will Hayward on “Twin Peaks” and appeared in dozens of other TV shows including “Matlock” and “Seinfeld,” has died. He was 91…

Anybody have Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind cleric who masterminded the 1993 WTC bombing? Dead in prison at age 78.

There’s a guy the world will not miss.

ETA: looks like nobody did. **zoog **killed him - good job, guy! - by taking him off his list this year.

Good god, give the drummer some!

I used to enjoy listening to Clyde play with the band on Michael Feldman’s Wha’dya Know when they were on the road. I always wondered why he never sat in when they were home in Madison.

**Major Change
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I cannot continue hosting this, I’m sorry. Phungi has agreed to take over, so thank you to him.

I, for one, welcome our new phungi overlord…

Thanks for the work you put in Idle Thoughts. Welcome aboard phungi.

phungi will be the perfect choice, as they have always kept score. I tried to keep score this year but lost track, so I couldn’t do it for this year.

I have been out of town for the weekend so will get to this task of updates tonight or tomorrow.

As I told Idle Thoughts, I am happy to assist and if things change this could be a temporary stint.

That said I hope I am merely holding a place for Baker, who (IMO) should still be referred to as “Death Mistress”

Good for you phungi. And I hope this time next year I’ll be seeing **Baker **in her rightful place (and I also hope I’ll have more points this time next year!) Best wishes, Idle Thoughts.

Aww, you say the sweetest things!:o I’ll be happy to go for it again in 2018, but for now you have all the data for 2017 so it might be easier to keep on.

What title should we give phungi?

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Death Shroom**

Short for Grand High Shroom of Death.

How about Death Cap?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_phalloides

Too deadly, for a fun guy with ony deadly thoughts and an anouncer he should be The Trumpet of Death!

QI - Killer Mushroom Roulette