# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/402 "2026-01-04T17:47:52Z")
Well, Shit! šŸ˜’ I was hoping for a Top 100 finish. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/403 "2026-01-04T20:09:47Z")
Do we have an official first death of the year yet? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/404 "2026-01-04T20:53:14Z")
Eva Schloss, Anne Frankā€™s stepsister, died aged 96. > **[Anne Frank stepsister and Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss dies aged 96](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/auschwitz-survivor-eva-schloss-dies-king-charles-leads-tributes)** > > The king, who danced with Anne Frankā€™s stepsister in 2022, said he and Queen Camilla ā€˜admired her deeplyā€™ > When her mother, Elfriede, married Anne Frankā€™s father, Otto, in 1953, Schloss became Anne Frankā€™s stepsister. I guess that makes her posthumous stepsister. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/405 "2026-01-04T21:17:38Z")
Looks like Diane Krump died on New Yearā€™s Day, but I donā€™t know that anyone had her. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/406 "2026-01-04T21:18:49Z")
I am just looking at the first-listed on our Death Pool. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/407 "2026-01-04T21:20:55Z")
[The post announcing Diane Krumpā€™s death.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/401) ---
**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:** [January 4, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/408 "2026-01-04T21:22:46Z")
Did someone have her on their list? That is _all_ I am concerned with-whether a name on someoneā€™s list has died yet. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/409 "2026-01-04T21:24:07Z")
Ah, okay. I misunderstood what you were asking for. I donā€™t think anyoneā€™s won the **Kickoff** award yet. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/410 "2026-01-04T23:46:08Z")
[quote=ā€œPardel-Lux, post:404, topic:1025318, full:trueā€] When her mother, Elfriede, married Anne Frankā€™s father, Otto, in 1953, Schloss became Anne Frankā€™s stepsister. I guess that makes her posthumous stepsister. [/quote] Yes, it does, and in her book _Evaā€™s Story: A Survivorā€™s Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank_, Schloss calls her ā€œmy posthumous step-sister Anneā€. They did know each other as fellow refugees from Germany and neighbors of the same age. They had friends in common and played together but werenā€™t close. Eva saw Otto Frank in Auschwitz, where he recognized her from Amsterdam, and asked her if sheā€™d seen Anne and Margot. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/411 "2026-01-05T14:46:43Z")
Ahn Sung-ki, Korean actor, has died at only 74 years of age. > **[South Korean movie star Ahn Sung-ki, dubbed 'The Nation's Actor,' dies at 74](https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-obit-ahn-sungki-7b0c31f3d2ff56e21efcfe4d405a6e34)** > > South Korean film star Ahn Sung-ki, whose prolific career earned him the nickname ā€œThe Nation's Actor,ā€ has died. He was 74 and had had blood cancer for years. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/412 "2026-01-06T10:17:37Z")
Two people who lived interesting lives have died: > **[Oldest former MP Sir Patrick Duffy dies age 105](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr57mdp0p6do)** > > The miner's son, from Doncaster, died in hospital on 2 January after a short illness. > **[Obituary: Molly Parkin, artist, writer and fashion editor](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgeyrg5e7xo)** > > Artist, fashion designer, broadcaster and writer Molly Parkin was one of Wales' most colourful personalities. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/413 "2026-01-06T18:14:59Z")
Congressman Doug LaMalfa at 65 [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/us/politics/doug-lamalfa-dead.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/us/politics/doug-lamalfa-dead.html) ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/414 "2026-01-06T18:46:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Mr. LaMalfaā€™s death shrinks the Republicansā€™ narrow majority in the House to 218-213, with four vacancies. Thatā€™s nice. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/415 "2026-01-07T00:59:15Z")
Lower your hoagie to half staff. > **[Former CEO of Pennsylvania-based Sheetz dies at 77, company says](https://www.wtae.com/article/pa-based-convenience-store-death-former-ceo-steve-sheetz/69919279)** > > Former Sheetz Corp. President and CEO Steve Sheetz, who oversaw the expansion of the Altoona-based convenience store chain, died this week at the age of 77. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/416 "2026-01-07T01:12:05Z")
> The 31-year veteran of the CIA is believed to have compromised more than 100 intelligence operations and sent a number of Soviet agents to their deaths or prison, as he traded information for large sums of money that funded his lavish lifestyle > **[Aldrich Ames, CIA officer convicted of spying for Russia, dies at age 84](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aldrich-ames-dies-age-84-russia-spy/)** > > Aldrich Ames was a counterintelligence officer for the CIA who spied for the Soviet Union and later Russia. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/417 "2026-01-07T03:09:51Z")
Michael Reagan, Ronaldā€™s son, has died. > **[Michael Reagan, eldest son of President Reagan, dies at 80](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/michael-reagan-eldest-son-president-234429155.html)** > > He was a contributor to the Newsmax TV network and was known for his talk radio program. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/418 "2026-01-07T16:02:39Z")
Bob Pulford > **[Pulford, 4-time Stanley Cup champion with Maple Leafs, dies at 89 | NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/news/bob-pulford-dead-at-age-89)** > > Hockey Hall of Famer also coached Kings, won 1975 Jack Adams Award ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/419 "2026-01-07T20:08:44Z")
Michael Reaganā€¦I seem to recall that when he graduated from high school or college, Reagan (then Governor of California) spoke at the convocation. Afterwards, he did a meet and greet with the new grads, and asked one of them, ā€œWhat is your name?ā€ ā€œMichael **Reagan**. Iā€™m your adopted son.ā€ ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/420 "2026-01-07T20:15:33Z")
What is the longest time the Kickoff Award has gone unclaimed? ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/421 "2026-01-07T20:35:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What is the longest time the Kickoff Award has gone unclaimed?. January 21. 2010. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=22)