# 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:** 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:** [March 3, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/842 "2026-03-03T01:43:28Z")
Bruce Campbell has announced he has cancer. “Treatable, not curable” he’s been told. ☹ ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/843 "2026-03-03T02:15:59Z")
Based on my record now and in previous years, I think we should start a “race to the bottom” award for those of us who have no picks by the end of the year. The tie breaker could be for the oldest aggregate age of the posters’ picks. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/844 "2026-03-03T02:20:10Z")
Mine are dropping like _ **Turritopsis dohrnii** _. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/845 "2026-03-03T13:52:05Z")
The 28th Beatle Len Garry died. He was a member of The Quarrymen which later morphed into the Beatles. > **[Tributes paid to The Quarrymen's Len Garry who has died aged 84](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgjzw2n4078o)** > > Len Garry was a member of The Quarrymen and played alongside Paul McCartney and John Lennon. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/846 "2026-03-03T20:09:26Z")
Former NASCAR driver Chase Pistone has [died at 42.](https://ew.com/chase-pistone-dead-former-nascar-driver-was-42-11918285) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/847 "2026-03-04T00:01:52Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > If anyone is interested, “Sedaka” is “justice” or “righteousness” in Hebrew. Hey, I knew that! Like Melchizedek in Genesis. But since we’re talking about Neil Sedaka, what is ‘sappiness’ in Hebrew? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/848 "2026-03-04T00:05:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > My sister has helped me fix my mouse so tomorrow afternoon I will go overseveral dead celebs and tote up the points players have earned I am _so_ relieved!!! We were all worried about you! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/849 "2026-03-04T20:31:32Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Melchizedek “My king is righteous.” ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/850 "2026-03-04T21:45:27Z")
> **[Lou Holtz, Hall of Fame coach who restored Notre Dame and won 1988 national...](https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/lou-holtz-dies-89/)** > > Holtz is the only coach to lead six different programs to bowl games and four to a top 15 ranking. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/851 "2026-03-04T22:16:07Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > It looks like Allecher is going to pick up 11 points since there are 11 months left in the year and: He must be a legendary coach to enable ME to pick up some points this year! ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/852 "2026-03-05T13:59:31Z")
And here you are: > **[Lou Holtz, college football staple who coached Notre Dame to 1988 national...](https://apnews.com/article/lou-holtz-dies-notre-dame-espn-c420c4b52b6f490490bb964f9c5d4699)** > > Lou Holtz, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Notre Dame to a national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, has died. He was 89. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/853 "2026-03-05T15:04:48Z")
If he dropped the last ‘e’ he’d have a perfect name for a NASCAR driver. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/854 "2026-03-05T16:11:59Z")
Despite the shows name, it took _Deadliest Catch_ 21 seasons to get a death filmed on one of the ships participating. > **[Tragic details of ‘Deadliest Catch’ star Todd Meadows’ death revealed](https://pagesix.com/2026/03/03/celebrity-news/tragic-details-of-deadliest-catch-star-todd-meadows-death-revealed/)** > > The rookie deckhand was 25. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/855 "2026-03-05T16:25:07Z")
> **[Andrew Gunn, producer of 'Freaky Friday' and 'Sky High,' dies at 58](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/03/04/andrew-gunn-dies-producer-disney-freaky-friday-sky-high/88977792007/)** > > Andrew Gunn was known for producing several popular Disney films including "Freaky Friday" and "Sky High." ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/856 "2026-03-05T16:33:37Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > If he dropped the last ‘e’ he’d have a perfect name for a NASCAR driver. Wasn’t he the guy that top prize in that Pixar movie about race cars some years back was named for? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/857 "2026-03-05T21:06:03Z")
I could have sworn Lou Holtz died a couple years ago. Who the hell am I thinking of? Is there some other ex-coach-turned-broadcaster that died in the last year or two? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/858 "2026-03-05T21:27:35Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I could have sworn Lou Holtz died a couple years ago. Who the hell am I thinking of? Is there some other ex-coach-turned-broadcaster that died in the last year or two? There were stories of his ailing health for awhile. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/859 "2026-03-05T22:36:54Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I could have sworn Lou Holtz died a couple years ago. Who the hell am I thinking of? Is there some other ex-coach-turned-broadcaster that died in the last year or two? John Madden? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/860 "2026-03-05T22:50:12Z")
Nope, not Madden. The person I thought maybe I was confusing him with is apparently still alive, so I don’t know… maybe I was just remembering reports of Holtz’s poor-health-but-not-death. I think I’ll just mosey on out of this thread and save myself any further embarrassment. 😜 ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/861 "2026-03-06T01:03:06Z")
Happens to me all the time. LOL Maybe you’re thinking of 90 year old Lee Corso… who I put on my themed list instead of Lou Holtz. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=44)