# 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:** 4
**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:** [December 6, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/61 "2025-12-06T21:51:57Z")
Thank you for getting back to me on that. I was genuinely perplexed. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/62 "2025-12-06T22:29:46Z")
This is not as clean as our Death Mistress is asking for. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/63 "2025-12-06T22:38:56Z")
## People, just type your list out, no numbers, no explanations, single-spaced in txt or doc file and then copy-paste it here. The woman doing this for us doesn’t ask for much for all the work she does. 13 names, single-spaced, unnumbered, clean. I want everyone’s list to be included so I can have the glorious satisfaction of kicking all of your rudy-poo candy asses in next year’s Death Pool, but Baker _will_ _not include your list of it’s not formatted properly._ So please, PLEASE: 13 names, single-spaced, unnumbered, clean. ---
**Author:** ![MrGrump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@MrGrump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrGrump)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/64 "2025-12-06T22:44:03Z")
**2026 list** Alan Alda Bernie Ecclestone Chris Hoy Dick Van Dyke Esther Rantzen Frankie Valli Joanne Woodward Judith Chalmers Mel Brooks Nigel Starmer-Smith Pete Murray Stanley Baxter Stuart Hall ---
**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:** [December 6, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/65 "2025-12-06T23:28:21Z")
No alternates? Your confidence is impressive. 😎 ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/66 "2025-12-07T00:13:20Z")
Welcome to the boards! ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/67 "2025-12-07T00:24:11Z")
I had that same confidence a few years ago and then Pele screwed me over by dying on December 29. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/68 "2025-12-07T00:35:00Z")
OK, with the formatting fixed and three more added: Joni Mitchell Pat Buchanan Bruce Dern Van Morrison Newt Gingrich Ted Turner Christopher Lloyd Jim Bakker Gary Player Michel Houellebecq Grace Zabriskie Steven Seagal Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Alternates: Mitch McConnell Frankie Valli Candice Bergen ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/69 "2025-12-07T00:41:49Z")
I once had a list of celebs over ninety five. I got three points from two picks, and another died 1/4. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/70 "2025-12-07T12:20:25Z")
Ok, here’s my current pass. Could be updated before 12/31, but wanted one in since a couple of years ago I forgot to submit. Donald Trump Mitch McConnell Sylvester Stallone Arnold Schwarzenegger John Travolta King Charles III Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor James Van Der Beek Bill Clinton Chuck Grassley Dave Coulier Harrison Ford Mark Hamill Alternates: William Shatner George Takei Dolly Parton ---
**Author:** ![MarkF2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@MarkF2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF2004)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/71 "2025-12-07T16:14:14Z")
Sir Alex Ferguson Andrew Flintoff Judi Dench John Major John Cleese Sharon Osbourne Paul Michael Glaser Donald Trump Jack Nicholson Angie Dickinson Ursula Andress Julie Andrews Roy Hodgson Brigitte Bardot Christopher Walken Ben Vereen ---
**Author:** ![MarkF2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@MarkF2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF2004)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/72 "2025-12-07T16:17:28Z")
It wasn’t for the want of trying. I went back to notepad to avoid all the formatting crap but that is why it was messing about. It is not always the reason you may jump to conclusions about. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/73 "2025-12-07T16:37:25Z")
I’ve been so busy I almost forgot about the new “Poo.” The people I’ve been listing have gotten really good at not dying but sooner or later one is going to slip up and bam! I’ll get points. (Sorry about the spaces. They are added automatically and I can’t get rid of them.) Reeses\_Monkeys “Hurry up and give me points already!” list for 2026: Benjamin Netenyahu Dick Smothers Woody Allen Jerry Mathers John Williams Warren Buffett Barbara Eden Tom Cruise Mel Brooks Hal Linden Max Gail Bill Cosby Billy Connolly Alternates: Frankie Valli Britney Spears Ronnie Milsap ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/74 "2025-12-07T19:15:34Z")
Jim Belushi Candice Bergen Connie Chung Phil Collins Alice Cooper Jeff Dunham Temple Grandin Davis Hasselhoff LaToya Jackson Madonna Liza Minnelli Will Smith (double indemnity for unnatural death?) James Woods ---
**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:** [December 7, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/75 "2025-12-07T19:18:17Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > There is a button in the top left of the reply window that you can toggle between “M(down arrow)” and “A”. > > I have no idea what those mean, but if you set it on “M(down arrow)” it will single-space instead of double-space. Noted, thank you! ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/76 "2025-12-08T01:50:38Z")
I never list alternates. Or see a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/77 "2025-12-08T09:46:08Z")
**PLEASE** players, don’t double space your selections. How many timrd do I have to ask? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/78 "2025-12-08T14:01:43Z")
I couldn’t get the double spacing to go away. I did try. When I backspace, all of the names run together. I have no idea how the last name is single-spaced. Sorry. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/79 "2025-12-08T14:08:37Z")
Never mind! 😊 ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/80 "2025-12-08T14:09:20Z")
Let’s try this again. Reeses\_Monkeys “Hurry up and give me points already!” list for 2026: Benjamin Netenyahu Dick Smothers Woody Allen Jerry Mathers John Williams Warren Buffett Barbara Eden Tom Cruise Mel Brooks Hal Linden Max Gail Bill Cosby Billy Connolly Alternates: Frankie Valli Britney Spears Sandy Koufax [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=5)