# 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:** 37
**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 20, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/722 "2026-02-20T10:12:19Z")
I am in no ways close to her-- however, I am an inveterate letter writer, and experienced at writing to people I have not met-- I’m that old, too-- people used to do that regularly, and not just for business, but socially. PM me the details, and I shall send her a handwritten letter on lovely stationery. I will include my own snail address, as well as my text number, and my email, and hope that she will take a few minutes to get in touch somehow, and give me permission to relay information. ---
**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 20, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/723 "2026-02-20T10:15:28Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > let’s not forget to light a candle for [Shirley Chisholm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm#1972_presidential_campaign) as well. She was one of the greatest women who ever lived, but in a world where the most qualified woman alive can’t win over a demented Cheeto with a penis, well. World is kinda fucked up like that. Recognizing it doesn’t mean admitting it’s right. ETA: I would have loved to say Pres. Barbara Jordan, myself. ---
**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 20, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/724 "2026-02-20T11:17:17Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > > [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > > > > > Jesse Jackson dies age 84: > > > > > > [Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84 | Jesse Jackson | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/jesse-jackson-civil-rights-icon-dies) > > > > Wow. Sad news. > > Jesse Jackson was also the first serious black candidate for president. I don’t think he ever had a chance of winning the primary, but he was high-profile, taken seriously by the press, got a lot of votes, and then begged by the Democrat party not to run independently, and siphon votes from the D-party’s candidate-- a very real concern. > > PS: I voted for him in the primary. In fact, Eddie Murphy had a very NSFW [bit in 1983 about Jesse Jackson being the first black president](https://youtu.be/2dHgeV9zMCI?si=EsueCtZIv3gkxCeH). ---
**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 20, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/725 "2026-02-20T15:43:17Z")
I was informed that Barack Obama was the second black president, after Bill Clinton. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/726 "2026-02-20T15:59:50Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I shall send her a handwritten letter on lovely stationery… Thank you for doing this. Hoping that everything about @Baker’s absence is a perfectly boring non-story. mmm ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/727 "2026-02-20T17:09:26Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I was informed that Barack Obama was the second black president, after Bill Clinton. Remember that group in New York who argued almost every significant person in history was Black? I think even George Washington was included. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/728 "2026-02-20T17:38:38Z")
I already hit 100 which is good. Unfortunately it looks like a high score is going to be needed this year. ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/729 "2026-02-20T17:47:24Z")
It’s going to be annoying if Donald Trump is the only bandwagon that doesn’t score. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/730 "2026-02-21T03:37:19Z")
me too. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/731 "2026-02-21T13:12:41Z")
Pittsburgh Pirates World Series hero Bill Mazeroski has made it home, aged 89. > **[Pirates legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski dies at 89](https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pirates-legened-bill-mazeroski-dies-at-89/)** > > The man known for his walk-off, ninth-inning World Series-winning home run died on Friday at age 89. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/732 "2026-02-21T13:26:09Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Would have been good for someone with a rapper themed list. (Looks through his rapper-themed list) Awww. I mean good! It’s _good_ that none on my list kicked it ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/733 "2026-02-21T15:37:53Z")
Perhaps I should have adopted the strategy of picking the _second_-oldest baseball Hall of Famer, instead of the oldest? In 1960, my dad, from Pittsburgh, was a Pirates fan, while my mom, who grew up largely in the northeast, was a Yankees fan. If Dad had needled Mom much more about Maz’s homer in that year’s Series, I might not have been born. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/734 "2026-02-21T19:16:02Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Perhaps I should have adopted the strategy of picking the _second_-oldest baseball Hall of Famer, instead of the oldest? I have Sandy Koufax on my themed list but not Bill Mazeroski. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/735 "2026-02-21T21:42:23Z")
I had Sandy on my list for a few years but took him off because he refused to get on the cart. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/736 "2026-02-21T22:01:14Z")
Obligatory: “You killed him!” Sorry. Such a waste of points. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/737 "2026-02-21T23:25:09Z")
> **[Willie Colón, architect of urban salsa music, dies at 75](https://apnews.com/article/willie-colon-salsa-musician-death-66ecf4eeec614e156d0c88382aec64b7)** > > Willie Colón, a key creator of urban salsa and a longtime social activist, has died. He was 75. His family and manager confirmed his death in social media posts Saturday. ---
**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 22, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/738 "2026-02-22T01:49:03Z")
Former NFL WR (and local standout) [Rondale Moore](https://www.wlky.com/article/nfl-wide-receiver-local-stand-out-rondale-moore-death-indiana/70448738) has died at 25. ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/739 "2026-02-22T03:10:06Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Former NFL WR (and local standout) [Rondale Moore](https://www.wlky.com/article/nfl-wide-receiver-local-stand-out-rondale-moore-death-indiana/70448738) has died at 25 I will be very impressed (and highly suspicious) if anybody had him on their list. ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/740 "2026-02-22T03:23:45Z")
I’d be surprised if anyone actually knew who he was, or were aware of his existence, prior to my posting that link. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/741 "2026-02-22T19:01:38Z")
I was a fan, American salsa legend Willie Colón, the pioneering trombonist, vocalist and composer, died on Saturday at age 75, his family said in a statement. CNN, NYT… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=38)