# 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:** 33
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/642 "2026-02-14T16:39:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Hmmm. That is kind of long. Could be nothing, though. You’d think if the snowstorm of Jan 24-25 knocked out her power, she’d be back up by now, and if it knocked out her internet, she’d be able to get to a Starbucks to at least say, “I’m OK,” but maybe it never occurred to her that we’d worry. And maybe the snowstorm caused her real problems. Anyone know if she owns or rents? and where she lives, more or less, to know if she got hit by the snowstorm? I’m getting more and more fidgety. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/643 "2026-02-14T16:44:59Z")
IIRC, she is in Topeka, which I think is at the outer edge of the cataclysm. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/644 "2026-02-14T18:10:58Z")
I PM’d @engineer_comp_geek, and he informed me that she was actively reading/visiting the forums on February 4. ETA: Thanks, ECG, for the info. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/645 "2026-02-14T22:49:50Z")
See now THIS is why I stopped posting here 20 fucking years ago. It just took me literally 40 minutes to get to the newest post of the one thread I give a shit about. How you regulars still do this in the age of social media I do NOT understand. How Baker makes any sense of this thread is likewise a mystery to me. ---
**Author:** ![FrostyKmart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@FrostyKmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrostyKmart)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/646 "2026-02-15T01:05:44Z")
The layout of threads is different than anywhere else I’ve seen. But really once you get all the data into an excel sheet it’s not so bad to track everything. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/647 "2026-02-15T02:56:15Z")
Okay, if I didn’t miss anybody and did the math right, here are the current scores: Martonio77 - 137 points RobotDevilDog - 137 points Schubert - 137 points Superdude - 137 points WolfpackJeep - 137 points jeezums - 125 points Little\_Nemo - 105 points Tristan - 105 points gkster - 85 points Happy\_Lendervedder - 85 points Hoopy\_Frood - 85 points Registered\_at\_Last - 85 points Catamount - 84 points Cazzle - 84 points Dung\_Beetle - 84 points GIGObuster - 84 points Moriarty - 84 points Scoobysnax - 84 points Stephe96 - 84 points Thumper668 - 84 points Wheelz - 84 points It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery - 83 points phungi - 83 points Railer13 - 74 points SirCreep - 70 points Dancer\_Flight - 53 points Loach - 53 points billiefan2000 - 52 points CreaseMunky - 52 points Dr.Girlfriend - 52 points imthjckaz - 52 points IKnowItsOver - 52 points Jack\_Batty - 52 points JakeYourBooty - 52 points Jegpeg - 52 points Lsura - 52 points Mean\_Mr.Mustard - 52 points RTFirefly - 52 points smithsb - 52 points xizor - 52 points Pardel-Lux - 42 points ataraxy22 - 32 points candide - 32 points Culling\_The\_Herd - 32 points Gyrate - 32 points kitap - 32 points Mahaloth - 32 points Monstera\_deliciosa - 32 points nearwildheaven - 32 points notfrommensa - 32 points RivkahChaya - 32 points SunUp - 32 points irritant - 11 points ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/648 "2026-02-15T03:38:02Z")
Thank you for tallying the score. This is the highest I’ve ever been ranked. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/649 "2026-02-15T03:38:36Z")
I don’t think you added in Van Der Beek’s points (at least for me). I should have 137 (32 for Adams, 53 for Arnold, 52 for Van Der Beek). ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/650 "2026-02-15T03:51:42Z")
Yes, I missed that one (and probably several others). You should be in the 137 points group. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/651 "2026-02-15T04:04:36Z")
I don’t want to think how complicated this would have been if Tatiana Schlossberg had lived seventy-two hours longer. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/652 "2026-02-15T04:30:26Z")
Still, thanks for the updates! ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/653 "2026-02-15T05:41:49Z")
Thanks for the update @Little_Nemo ! I’d forgotten that I jumped onto poor Brad Arnold’s bandwagon at the last minute when making up my list, but points are points. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/654 "2026-02-15T07:37:55Z")
I only have Bob Weir on my list, so I should have only 22 points. Not the 74 you have listed for me. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/655 "2026-02-15T13:27:52Z")
And I should have points for Van der Beek. Between Adams and VdB the bandwagon is carrying me further than usual. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/656 "2026-02-15T14:00:47Z")
Amended score list Happy\_Lendervedder - 137 points Martonio77 - 137 points RobotDevilDog - 137 points Schubert - 137 points Superdude - 137 points WolfpackJeep - 137 points jeezums - 125 points Little\_Nemo - 105 points Tristan - 105 points gkster - 85 points Hoopy\_Frood - 85 points Registered\_at\_Last - 85 points Catamount - 84 points Cazzle - 84 points Dung\_Beetle - 84 points GIGObuster - 84 points Gyrate - 84 points Moriarty - 84 points Scoobysnax - 84 points Stephe96 - 84 points Thumper668 - 84 points Wheelz - 84 points It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery - 83 points phungi - 83 points SirCreep - 70 points Dancer\_Flight - 53 points Loach - 53 points billiefan2000 - 52 points CreaseMunky - 52 points Dr.Girlfriend - 52 points imthjckaz - 52 points IKnowItsOver - 52 points Jack\_Batty - 52 points JakeYourBooty - 52 points Jegpeg - 52 points Lsura - 52 points Mean\_Mr.Mustard - 52 points RTFirefly - 52 points smithsb - 52 points xizor - 52 points Pardel-Lux - 42 points ataraxy22 - 32 points candide - 32 points Culling\_The\_Herd - 32 points kitap - 32 points Mahaloth - 32 points Monstera\_deliciosa - 32 points nearwildheaven - 32 points notfrommensa - 32 points RivkahChaya - 32 points SunUp - 32 points Railer13 - 22 points irritant - 11 points ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/657 "2026-02-15T23:26:47Z")
I’m still at zero. I’m just waiting for all of you to have your picks die off so I can make my big push at the end of the year! ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/658 "2026-02-16T00:31:26Z")
[![](https://c.tenor.com/DXZVgqq3ORsAAAAC/tenor.gif) ](https://c.tenor.com/DXZVgqq3ORsAAAAC/tenor.gif) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/659 "2026-02-16T01:05:49Z")
Halfway through February, I have 1 checked off, and that is huge for me. Even the year I won at Fathom, I don’t think anyone actually died until about May. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/660 "2026-02-16T18:02:53Z")
> **[Legendary Actor Robert Duvall Dead at 95](https://www.tmz.com/2026/02/16/robert-duvall-dead/)** > > Robert Duvall died at his home Sunday. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/661 "2026-02-16T18:23:13Z")
I just posted about how interesting it is that he outlived the actor that Frank Burns tore down in MASH by saying, “Too late. You killed him.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=34)