Celebrity Death Pool 2017

I got to see Greg Allman in 2015 at the Maine State Pier. He looked pretty frail, but it was a great show. His Hammond was wailing!

Doonesbury, 1975: Duke becomes Rolling Stone’s Gregg and Cher bureau chief.

ISTR Trudeau commenting on the demise of Berry Oakley, something to the effect that the Allman Brothers Band was disbanding by means of attrition.

He mentions this during his cameo on Family Guy.

“Probably over some contract dispute.”

Former Blue Peter presenter John Noakes has died aged 83.

5 Players had Gregg Allman (bowler girl, bowler guy, Dung Beetle, Jeep’s Phoenix, FavreCo), current standings:



Rank	Name	Score	Picks
1	Quartz      	176	3(1)
2	basset hound	158	4(1)
3	bowler girl	136	4
4	Andrew 21	125	4
5	carnivorousp	121	2
5	RTFirefly	121	2
7	jeezums        	113	3
8	Rocket Surgery!	105	3
9	Registered@Last	87	2(1)
10	motu        	86	2
11	GigoBuster	82	2
11	notfrommensa	82	2
13	Team Dirt	66	2
14	Biotop        	61	3(3)
15	FavreCo        	58	2
15	Jeep's Phoenix	58	2
17	42fish        	55	1
17	Captain Klutz	55	1
17	Hockey Monkey	55	1
17	Hoopy Frood	55	1
17	lel        	55	1
17	minionkat	55	1
17	Tangent        	55	1
24	RobotDevilDog	47	2
25	RivkahChaya	43	2
25	Tit Whistle	43	2
27	TexCat*        	39	1(1)
28	cardboardbox	37	1(1)
28	Idle Thoughts	37	2
28	Superdude	37	2
31	QueenAnneLace	36	2(1)
32	bowler guy	31	1
32	DeaderThanDead	31	1
32	Dung Beetle	31	1
35	Old Wench	29	2(2)
36	Dr. Girlfriend*	27	1
36	Labtrash	27	1
36	Loach        	27	1
36	Martonio	27	1
40	amarinth	23	1
40	Borborygmi	23	1
40	DigitalC	23	1
40	freckafree	23	1
40	Jack Batty	23	1
40	kopek        	23	1
40	Lancia        	23	1
40	Mahaloth*	23	1
40	Yllaria        	23	1
49	ataraxy22	21	2(1)
49	cazwhatever	21	1
49	PaulParkhead	21	1
52	Avarie537	20	1
52	Bayaker*	20	1
52	Clothahump	20	1
52	computergeek	20	1
52	Dolores Reborn	20	1
52	kayT        	20	1
52	Maus Magill	20	1
52	Mona Lott	20	1
52	panache45*	20	1
52	Paul in Qatar	20	1
52	septimus	20	1
52	Spiff        	20	1
52	swampbear	20	1
52	Two Many Cats	20	1
66	Randy Seltzer*	18	1(1)
67	InvisibleChimp*	13	1(1)
68	GuanoLad	10	1
68	RandMcnally	10	1
68	rucciface	10	1
68	Taco the cat	10	1


Author Brian Doyle has died.

Whoa, that puts carnivorousplant in second place on this board!

Ahem … Sir Mr Death Shroom … check out post 1225. I got some points too.

Sports writer Frank Deford dead at 78. I liked a lot of his writing and he did some great work on HBO’s Real Sport.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/sports/wp/2017/05/29/frank-deford-legendary-sports-writer-and-commentator-dies-at-78/

I heard him on NPR a few times.

No wonder I was noticing recently that something was missing on NPR on Wednesday mornings. Besides his writing, the way he read his articles on the air made them really special.

Aww that sucks. I always enjoyed DeFord’s commentaries on NPR. I didn’t always agree with him, but he was fun to listen to.

For decades Deford was a tireless advocate for Cystic Fibrosis research and treatment after his daughter died from the disease.

An Hawaiian celebrity death.
Martin Pahinui dead at 65 after a long battle with cancer. Gifted vocalist, musician, and recording artist. Son of the late Gabby Pahinui.

Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno-Politician-Age 89.

He finally got away …

umm, no. My mother turns 85 in about a month, and she is more than a year older than he was.

And here I assumed you meant Brian Doyle, the baseball player.