# 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:** 38
**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 23, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/742 "2026-02-23T01:56:26Z")
> **[Tom Noonan, actor known for Heat and Manhunter, dies aged 74](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/18/tom-noonan-actor-dies-aged-74)** > > Actor, whose credits also included RoboCop 2, Anomalisa and Heaven’s Gate, was also an accomplished playwright ---
**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 23, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/743 "2026-02-23T16:03:12Z")
2-time WNBA champion Kara Braxton has [died at 43 years old.](https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/48011917/kara-braxton-two-wnba-champion-detroit-shock-dies-43) ---
**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 23, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/744 "2026-02-23T18:05:57Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > 2-time WNBA champion Kara Braxton has [died at 43 years old.](https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/48011917/kara-braxton-two-wnba-champion-detroit-shock-dies-43). Ouch. I wonder what was up. I saw the Dtroit Shock in their prime so I probably saw her play. ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/745 "2026-02-23T19:42:36Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > 2-time WNBA champion Kara Braxton has [died at 43 years old.](https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/48011917/kara-braxton-two-wnba-champion-detroit-shock-dies-43) This came as a shock. mmm ---
**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 23, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/746 "2026-02-23T20:03:33Z")
Go to your room and think about what you did. ---
**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 24, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/747 "2026-02-24T03:17:48Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Ouch. I wonder what was up. I saw the Dtroit Shock in their prime so I probably saw her play. It’s reported that it was an automobile accident. Also, [Jordan James Parke,](https://people.com/botched-star-jordan-james-parke-dies-plastic-surgery-11911910) who was featured on the TV show _Botched_ (and who was known as “The Lip King”), died February 18 at the age of 38. Arrests have been made. The case is currently being treated as a manslaughter case. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/748 "2026-02-24T04:54:10Z")
Sad day for nerds; > **[Actor Robert Carradine Dies At Age 71](https://deadline.com/2026/02/robert-carradine-dead-age-71-1236734055/)** > > Actor Robert Carradine Dies At Age 71 ---
**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:** [February 24, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/749 "2026-02-24T05:32:54Z")
Wow, bummer. Suicide. Bi-polar disorder. I had no idea. ---
**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 24, 2026, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/750 "2026-02-24T07:25:44Z")
I didn’t know that he was Martha Plimpton’s uncle. ---
**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 24, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/751 "2026-02-24T13:25:33Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Wow, bummer. Suicide. Bi-polar disorder. I had no idea. Ugh, the worst. I hate learning this for anyone. Just terrible. I feel so bad for Robert and all of his family. Stephen Fry and George Michael were on a show and talked about the physical, yes…the physical, pain of being depressed. It’s actually painful and hard to live with. I haven’t seen his movies, but a very sad thing to learn today about carradine. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/752 "2026-02-24T21:50:34Z")
Martin Short’s daughter Katherine has died at 42 by suicide, according to People. I am very sorry, because I really have always liked Marty. ---
**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 24, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/753 "2026-02-24T21:54:56Z")
Ugh that’s horrible. ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/754 "2026-02-25T02:06:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Martin Short’s daughter Katherine has died at 42 by suicide, according to People. Martin Short does not deserve such pain. His wife gone. Now a suicide in the family, the worst of all pain. He always seems like such a fun, nice guy. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/755 "2026-02-25T11:08:59Z")
I think @Baker’s absence has to stop being an idle curiosity and start being a proper investigation. Surely somebody here has a way to contact her. ---
**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 25, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/756 "2026-02-25T15:32:18Z")
> **[Lauren Chapin, 'Father Knows Best' star, dies at 80](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/02/25/lauren-chapin-dead-father-knows-best-death/88858679007/)** > > Lauren Chapin, the actress best known for playing the youngest child on the classic sitcom "Father Knows Best," has died. She was 80. ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/757 "2026-02-25T16:18:24Z")
Yeah, I’m fairly worried myself. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/758 "2026-02-25T16:39:19Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I think @Baker’s absence has to stop being an idle curiosity and start being a proper investigation. Surely somebody here has a way to contact her. I was able to obtain **Baker** ’s real-world name and address from a Doper who participated in a Secret Santa exchange with her a couple years back. @RivkahChaya subsequently offered to take on the task of writing and mailing a letter. Assuming the information I was given is still current, we don’t know if **RC** will even get a response back, or how long it will take if she does. At least it’s something, though. ---
**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 25, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/759 "2026-02-25T18:46:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > > > Martin Short’s daughter Katherine has died at 42 by suicide, according to People. > > Martin Short does not deserve such pain. His wife gone. Now a suicide in the family, the worst of all pain. When he was a boy, his older brother died in a car accident. His mom died when he was 17, and his dad when he was 20. No person should know his pain. > **[Martin Short’s Daughter’s Death Comes After He Lost His Brother, Mom, Dad,...](https://apple.news/AE-8SqtB2RSW7xC68cpq14w)** > > “My heart breaks for him. That is so much loss to endure in a lifetime.” ---
**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 25, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/760 "2026-02-25T19:39:30Z")
Not that it means anything, but the person who ran the monthly photo competitions vanished around two years ago and, as far as I know, their vanishing act remains a mystery. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/761 "2026-02-25T19:58:51Z")
I hope @Baker is taking a sabbatical and will be back among us when the time is right. I, too, am worried, but completely understand that life gets in the way at times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=39)