# 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:** 102
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2022 "2026-10-27T15:59:48Z")
[Here](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/susan-saint-james-dead-kate-and-allie-mcmillan-and-wife-1236932008/) is a Susan Saint James link. I’d completely forgotten about Kate & Allie. mmm ---
**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:** [October 27, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2023 "2026-10-27T16:24:10Z")
I remember her mainly from _McMillan & Wife_. (I was a big fan of the _Mystery Movie_ series with its rotating group of shows.) It appears John Shuck is now the sole surviving cast member. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2024 "2026-10-27T16:34:32Z")
Rats. I seem to have lots of trouble with links in this forum. Thanks for letting me know ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2025 "2026-10-27T16:37:20Z")
I’m from Ellwood City and my mother went to high school with Donnie. He was a few years ahead of her. Heck, since I’m an Italian from Ellwood, I’m probably related to him somehow. I have friends who went to Blackhawk High with his daughter. Donnie played at their senior prom. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2026 "2026-10-27T18:05:01Z")
Oh no! I heard Love Is Like a Rock on the radio earlier and thought, that’s nice, they don’t play it much (though I prefer Ah Leah). ---
**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:** [October 27, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2027 "2026-10-27T19:23:46Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > [Here](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/susan-saint-james-dead-kate-and-allie-mcmillan-and-wife-1236932008/) is a Susan Saint James link. > > I’d completely forgotten about Kate & Allie. > > mmm I only remember _Kate & Allie_ for two reasons: 1. the teen girls on that show had an episode where they created a fictitious love interest for someone, and said that he was dying of consumption. The punch line was “it’s only a matter of time before I’m completely consumed.” 2. the youngest kid showed up on _Oz_ as one of the resident racist’s sons, and it shocked me when he did full frontal. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2028 "2026-10-27T23:37:51Z")
1. Also Allison Smith, who played one of the daughters, later appeared as Mallory O’Brien (daughter of Leo McGarry) on _The West Wing_. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2029 "2026-10-28T01:05:33Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It appears John Shuck is now the sole surviving cast member. Wow, I would not have expected him to still be alive. He was also on a horrible 70s show called [Holmes and YoYo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_%26_Yoyo). ---
**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:** [October 28, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2030 "2026-10-28T15:52:39Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > Wow, I would not have expected him to still be alive. He was also on a horrible 70s show called [Holmes and YoYo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_%26_Yoyo). And a terrible sequel/reboot of _The Munsters_ (which somehow got three seasons?!?) But also various episodes of _Star Trek_ (DS9, Voyager _and_ Enterprise, plus films ST IV and ST VI)) and _Babylon 5_, whose casts he is also slowly outliving. At 86 he seems to be slowing down workwise, so maybe one for next year’s lists. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2031 "2026-10-28T16:02:53Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It appears John Shuck is now the sole surviving cast member. I saw him in a play version of Cory Ten Boom’s holocaust survival story play. He played the Dad, one of the great heroes of WW2. Hid numerous Jews in his house behind walls and all of them survived(He died in the war due to age). When his hiding scheme was discovered, the Nazis told him since he was bout 80, they would let him go if he promised not to take anyone. His daughter said he told them, “I am taking the next person that comes to my door.” ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2032 "2026-10-28T17:07:10Z")
**Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96** > Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation’s fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede!” that became a widespread rallying cry, has died. She was 96… > > This year, Huerta sent shockwaves through the Latino community when she revealed that she was [sexually abused in the 1960s](https://apnews.com/article/latino-leaders-speak-out-about-chavez-allegations-f1b24d3c6bdf71b326b63d51f80ea957) by the farmworker movement’s co-founder, César Chavez, leading to the birth of two children, a secret she kept for 60 years and long after he died. [https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/nx-s1-6020543/dolores-huerta-dies](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/nx-s1-6020543/dolores-huerta-dies) She had 13 children. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2033 "2026-10-28T17:11:46Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > Wow, I would not have expected him to still be alive. He was also on a horrible 70s show called [Holmes and YoYo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_%26_Yoyo). I remember that show. I loved it, but I _was_ six at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2034 "2026-10-28T17:37:21Z")
His wheelchair use is due to aging and recovery from foot surgery. However, that surgery was a few years ago and he is still seen being pushed around in a wheelchair by his husband. At 89, recovery can’t be easy. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2035 "2026-10-29T00:38:48Z")
Barbara Barrie has died at 95. > **[Barbara Barrie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Barrie)** > > Barbara Ann Barrie (née Berman; May 23, 1931 – October 28, 2026) was an American actress and author. Barrie's film breakthrough came in 1964 with her performance as Julie in the landmark film One Potato, Two Potato, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She is best known for her role as Evelyn Stohler in Breaking Away, which brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1979 and an Emmy Award nomination in 1981 when she reprised the role i... ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2036 "2026-10-29T00:43:45Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I remember that show. I loved it, but I _was_ six at the time. I was 10 and although I gave it a chance, I think I knew, even at that age, that its days were numbered. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2037 "2026-10-29T00:43:47Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Barbara Barrie She was also Barney Miller’s wife for the first two seasons of the show. mmm ---
**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:** [October 29, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2038 "2026-10-29T00:50:36Z")
I remember enjoying her as the mom in a televised stage production of _Barefoot in the Park_ with Richard Thomas and I can’t remember her name but I can see her face in my mind. ETA - it’s Bess Armstrong, it was on a TeeVee program called, “Standing Room Only,” that ran from 1976 - 1986, apparently. I just remember _Barefoot_. Just found it on [IMdB.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313258/?ref_=mv_close) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2039 "2026-10-29T12:32:18Z")
Elke Sommer has died at 85. > **[Elke Sommer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elke_Sommer)** > > Elke Sommer (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}German: \[ˈɛl.kə ˈzɔ.mɐ\] ⓘ; née Schletz, 5 November 1940 – 28 October 2026) was a German-born American actress who appeared in numerous films throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in The Pink Panther sequel A Shot in the Dark (1964), the Bob Hope comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Num... ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2040 "2026-10-29T12:50:21Z")
She has been on my Twilight Zone themed list for several years. Of course she dies the year I didn’t get my list submitted. 😠 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/2041 "2026-10-29T13:12:04Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > She has been on my Twilight Zone themed list for several years. AFAIK, she was never in _The Twilight Zone_. She may have been in another movie that shared a title or character name with a _The Twilight Zone_ episode. > [@Shoeless](#): > > Of course she dies the year I didn’t get my list submitted. 😠 That happened to me with Mary Travers and Dick Dale. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=103)