# 2026 Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 2, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318 "2025-12-02T04:28:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/181 "2025-12-20T01:25:31Z")
Talk about nym/post matching. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/182 "2025-12-20T04:48:34Z")
Sorry, Baker, but I’m making another amendment. I’m removing David Lee Roth and replacing him with. Tatiana Schlossberg Amended list: John Travolta Bill Burr Thomas Middleditch Tom Cruise Clint Eastwood Harrison Ford Morgan Freeman Bill Cosby Jerry Sandusky Harvey Weinstein Dave Coulier Jason Collins Tatiana Schlossberg Same alternates as before. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/183 "2025-12-20T20:20:01Z")
Tom Baker Alan Alda Melissa Jaffer William Shatner Dave Blunts Denny Mclain David Attenborough Neeme Jarvi Tatiana Schlossberg Reggie Bannister Scott Adams Bruce Willis Andy Dick ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/184 "2025-12-21T00:49:01Z")
Walt Menninger Nancy Landon Kassebaum Mike Torrez Kerry Livgren band Kansas Bob Benoit Trey Lewis Bill Kurtis Thomas Fox Averill Mark Turgeon > **[List of people from Topeka, Kansas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Topeka,_Kansas)** > > This is a list of people from Topeka, Kansas. Annette Bening Phil Ehar Pat Roberts ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/185 "2025-12-21T00:57:03Z")
For whatever reason I can’t seem to edit my entry above. In place of the link I want Gary Woodland ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/186 "2025-12-21T01:21:05Z")
Here you go, @Baker. Did you want any alternates? Walt Menninger Nancy Landon Kassebaum Mike Torrez Kerry Livgren Bob Benoit Trey Lewis Bill Kurtis Thomas Fox Averill Mark Turgeon Gary Woodland Annette Bening Phil Ehar Pat Roberts ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/187 "2025-12-21T01:35:26Z")
No, but thanks for the change ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/188 "2025-12-21T15:39:57Z")
For a moment I thought you were putting the entire population of Topeka on your list. Didn’t know we could do that. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/189 "2025-12-22T00:37:57Z")
Bill Cosby Lindsay Lohan Donald Trump Courtney Love Keith Richards Dave Coulier Bruce Willis Andy Taylor James Van Der Beek Rudy Giuliani Tatiana Schlossberg Mitch McConnell Jason Collins Alternate: Alex Jones Donald Trump Jr Judi Dench ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/190 "2025-12-22T00:46:24Z")
@imthjckaz, you’ll need to resubmit your list with no blank lines between the names. Several previous posters above have described how to do this. If you don’t, your entry may not be accepted. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/192 "2025-12-22T20:13:21Z")
Some may want to revise a list > ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/193 "2025-12-22T22:13:05Z")
My list for the Grim Reaper. May it have more success than my 2025 list. Farah Pahlavi, former queen of Iran Scott Adams, MAGAt cartoonist Jesse Jackson, founder of the Rainbow Coalition Justin Timberlake, in a bad place James Van Der Beek, cancer patient Bruce Willis, dementia patient William Shatner, Ro…cket…Man. _Rocketman_ John Cleese, grumpy Python Bill Cosby, squanderer of goodwill Tom Baker, connoisseur of long scarves Celine Dion, no longer singing Dave Coulier, cancer patient Victoria Jackson, cancer patient Alternates Geraldo Rivera, old Charles III, old JD Vance, idiot Clean List Farah Pahlavi Scott Adams Jesse Jackson Justin Timberlake James Van Der Beek Bruce Willis William Shatner John Cleese Bill Cosby Tom Baker Celine Dion Dave Coulier Victoria Jackson Alternates Geraldo Rivera Charles III JD Vance ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/194 "2025-12-23T00:21:36Z")
Helping out imtz… Bill Cosby Lindsay Lohan Donald Trump Courtney Love Keith Richards Dave Coulier Bruce Willis Andy Taylor James Van Der Beek Rudy Giuliani Tatiana Schlossberg Mitch McConnell Jason Collins Alternate: Alex Jones Donald Trump Jr Judi Dench ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/195 "2025-12-23T01:05:48Z")
Thank you, I don’t understand what the problem is following directions. ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/196 "2025-12-23T06:32:33Z")
Next year put it right in the title, because they don’t seem to be reading the first post. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/197 "2025-12-23T06:49:24Z")
My picks: Donald Trump JD Vance Usha Vance Gregg Popovich Bashar Al-Assad Recep Tayyir Erdogan Kim Richards (former child actress) Ye Scott Adams Alexander Lukashenko Bruce Willis Christina Applegate Brooke Shields Alternates: Journalist Jane Ferguson George RR Martin Tom Brokaw ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/198 "2025-12-23T12:17:43Z")
A change: please take Larry Holmes out, Tatiana Schlossberg in. Larry Holmes goes to the alternate list at the end, Robert Tilton leaves: Thomas Gottschalk Luboslav Penev Ronnie Coleman Scott Adams Uri Geller Erich von Dänicken Roger Penrose Sophia Loren Adriano Celentano Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov Julio Iglesias Elon Musk Tatiana Schlossberg Reserve bench: Randy Moss Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez Larry Holmes ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/199 "2025-12-23T16:19:11Z")
Just to be a total pain in the ass … another amendment. I’m removing Bill Burr and including Ben Sasse. Amended list: John Travolta Thomas Middleditch Tom Cruise Clint Eastwood Harrison Ford Morgan Freeman Bill Cosby Jerry Sandusky Harvey Weinstein Dave Coulier Jason Collins Tatiana Schlossberg Ben Sasse Still same alts. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/200 "2025-12-23T16:33:18Z")
Annoying amendments for me as well - Remove: Willie Nelson and Diana Ross Add: Ben Sasse and Liza Minnelli. **Revised List** Scott Adams Tom Baker Pat Boone Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Geoff Hurst Ann-Margret Mitch McConnell Liza Minnelli Ben Sasse Michael Tilson Thomas Donald Trump James Van de Beek Bruce Willis ---
**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 23, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/201 "2025-12-23T16:53:31Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Joe Biden 11/20/1942 > > Scott Adams 6/6/1957 > > Tristan Rogers, actor, 6/3/1946 > > Linda Rondstat 7/15/1946 > > Robert Wagner 2/10/1930 > > Micky Dolenz 3/8/1945 > > Jordan Brunoli, musician (the Bugs) , 29 years old > > Brad Arnold, musician, 3 Doors Down 9/27/78 > > Raul Malo, musician, Mavericks, 8/7/65 > > Richard Sterban, musician, Oak Ridge Boys, 4/24/43 > > Paul Dooley, actor, 2/22/28 > > James Van Der Beek, actor, 3/8/77 > > Donald Trump, 6/14/46 > > **Clean list:** > > Joe Biden > Scott Adams > Tristan Rogers > Linda Rondstat > Robert Wagner > Micky Dolenz > Jordan Brunoli > Brad Arnold > Raul Malo > Richard Sterban > Paul Dooley > James Van Der Beek > Donald Trump > > **Alternates:** > Dolly Parton > Harrison Ford > Mitch McConnell @Baker , would you please replace Paul Dooley with Ben Sasse, the former Senator from Nebraska? Thank you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=11)