The funny thing is, I think I knew that. I think I’m the one who posted it in last year’s thread even.
I knew it sounded familiar, but it came across a feed I follow of dead celebrities, so I thought maybe I imagined it. I should have double-checked the date on my post which also indicates 2017.
Make it a foursome with Doug Ford, Carol Mann and Peter Thomson.
World Golf Hall of Famer passed away, Hubert Green at age 71. He won the 1977 US Open and 1985 PGA Championship.
Within hours Jimmy Wapo killed in a drive by in Pittsburgh.
Or as I saw a friend say, the day the shitty music died.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.intouchweekly.com/posts/jimmy-wopo-shot-pittsburgh-162035.amp
Big Van Vader gives me some Big Van Points.
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.tmz.com/2018/06/20/vader-dead-heart-complications-wwe-wrestler
Looks like at least 3 others picked him. I didn’t look him up by his real name.
Met Hubert many years ago before he won his Major Championships. He played a round at my Grandfathers Country Club in a small Pennsylvania town when we were visiting. “Pap” was sort of a big shot there, took me along, followed Hubie around then met him afterwords. Started rooting for him from then on.
With the mixed-up names, 5 folks picked “Leon White” or “Big Van Vader”, so 37 points for Loach, zoog, Happy Frood, Team Dirt, bowler guy… first points of the year for bowler guy, zoog, Happy Frood. Not a lot of movement at the top, although **Team Dirt **climbs into the top-5, while bowler girl and guy are battling it out for control of bowler nation.
Rank Player Score Picks(Unique)
1 jeezums 227 4(1)
2 CAMJAY77 212 4
3 basset hound 135 2
4 Registered@Last 133 3(1)
5 Team Dirt 108 2
6 RTFirefly 92 2
7 GIGObuster 71 1
8 candide 64 1
8 carnivorousp 64 1
8 Martonio 64 1
8 phungi 64 1
12 Loach 57 2(1)
13 ataraxy22 50 3(2)
14 bowler girl 39 1
14 FavreCo 39 1
16 bowler guy 37 1
16 Happy Frood 37 1
16 zoog 37 1
19 Oakminster 32 2
20 Jacquernagy 28 2(2)
21 1b3bz18c9ed… 25 2
21 computergeek 25 2
21 critter42 25 2
24 Dr. Girlfriend 24 1
24 Grits&HardToast 24 1
24 kayT 24 1
24 krondys 24 1
24 Labtrash 24 1
24 Maus Magill 24 1
24 tangent 24 1
31 Biotop 23 1(1)
32 Old Wench 13 1(1)
32 The Vorlon 13 1(1)
34 Rico 10 1(1)
35 Clothahump 8 1
35 J-P-L 8 1
35 PaulParkhead 8 1
35 peedin 8 1
35 picker 8 1
40 amarinth 1 1
40 Catamount 1 1
40 Jeep's Phoenix 1 1
40 Spiff 1 1
R.I.P. Koko the gorilla, age 46.
Interestingly, the Death Pool rules do not stipulate that the celebrity needs to be “human”, so Koko would have been an arguably legitimate pick
But the life expectancy for a gorilla is 35-40 years, so she would have been worth 0 points. 
Yeah, I noticed that! Because of course I was going to add something like, “per Death Pool rule 3(h), no points were left on the table,” but the rule excluding non-humans wasn’t there when I looked.
A wee bit too late to come up with a list of celebrity animals for the 2018 Death Pool, though. 
Next year I’m going to promote the shit out of my goldfish, then put them all on a themed Death Pool. WIN!
edited to add: Strike that-I’m going with mayflies.
I missed out by not listing my pulchers. I lost thirty when a heater failed.
My delphinium looks like it will outlive me.
Yeah, I guess he was that big a turd.
I only make one exception to not talk ill about the dead, and that is when in life they helped or advised governments to jump to the precipice and cause chaos and death to others:
That was Krauthamer showing how he supported the Iraq invasion and told the UN and the rest of the world (except Britain and the pathetic coalition of the willing) that they should be forgotten. :rolleyes:
Later, he proposed that the war was going to herald democracy and peace in the middle east. I’m still waiting.
“Hoopy” not “Happy”.
Aww, Hoopy sad? Me hope Hoopy feel better soon!
“Hoopy Frood” is not actually a name, per se, it is a descriptive. Like if a poster chose something like “Kewl Dewd” to post under. I mean, do you even have your towel?