# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/81 "2025-12-08T18:36:39Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > 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. Seriously - @Baker will be entering literally hundreds of lists. Please make her life easier. Also try to get your lists in as early as possible. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/82 "2025-12-08T18:47:21Z")
Yoko Ono James Van Der Beek Willie Nelson Tina Louise Bruce Willis Bill Cosby Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell Scott Adams Dave Coulier John Fetterman Bam Margera Jimmy Page Alternates: Britney Spears Suze Orman Marc Maron ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/83 "2025-12-08T18:51:42Z")
If I were @Baker and someone posted an overblown and/or double-spaced list with the expectation that it will be “fixed” for them because they couldn’t be bothered to do it themselves, after instructions on how to fix the problem have been posted more than once, I wouldn’t hesitate to just ignore that list. ---
**Author:** ![MarkF2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@MarkF2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF2004)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/84 "2025-12-08T19:05:44Z")
For anyone having bother, can I suggest using Notepad to compile the info, it keeps everything exactly as it appears on your screen. If that doesn’t work, I’m sure someone will mention it… ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/85 "2025-12-08T19:11:41Z")
> [@MarkF2004](#): > > For anyone having bother, can I suggest using Notepad to compile the info, it keeps everything exactly as it appears on your screen. > > If that doesn’t work, I’m sure someone will mention it Already done, although in not explicit terms of the application. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > People, just type your list out, no numbers, no explanations, single-spaced in txt or doc file and then copy-paste it here. ---
**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 8, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/86 "2025-12-08T20:54:05Z")
(I only have an iPhone) retyped single spaced in Notes, when copy and pasted here it turned double spaced again. Sent myself a text single spaced; again pasted back her double spaced. Unless someone has a hack for iPhone, I certainly don’t begrudge @Baker taking the Draconian advice above and deleting. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/87 "2025-12-08T20:58:01Z")
Might I suggest giving the list to someone vis private message, having them fix it and send it back, then you past that corrected list here? ---
**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 8, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/88 "2025-12-08T21:14:55Z")
The upper left-hand corner of the reply box has a small M⬇️ next to a small A. Tap on that and you should be able to single-space your posts ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/89 "2025-12-08T21:15:06Z")
Here is Slithy\_Tove’s list, without spaces Jim Belushi Candice Bergen Connie Chung Phil Collins Alice Cooper Jeff Dunham Temple Grandin Davis Hasselhoff LaToya Jackson Madonna Liza Minnelli Will Smith James Woods ---
**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 8, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/90 "2025-12-08T21:15:51Z")
Is there a reason why everyone’s reply box is defaulting to double spacing these days? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/91 "2025-12-08T23:37:28Z")
I can’t say there’s a specific reason, but when I click on the M/A box it switches to the “Markdown Editor” and everything goes into double-spacing. I suspect either it’s a default or a lot of people accidently hit that key and aren’t really aware of it. OTOH, I don’t see a lot of posts on the Board in general that are double-spaced. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/92 "2025-12-08T23:49:22Z")
They are only double spaced between paragraphs, not within. The problem with the name lists is that there is a new paragraph every time you hit Return or [ENTER] after each name. In your post, for instance: did you make a double space between your two paragraphs by clicking the M/A box or by hitting Return or [ENTER] twice? ETA: By copy & pasting your text into a new text document it seems the former is the case, so perhaps you have activated the “wrong” M/A setting too. In fact, the really misterious thing IMO is the lack of a double spacing only in the last two entries of @Reeses_Monkey’s list in post # 73, but in all the others there is double spacing. Who claims in post #77 that it was not done on purpose, which makes no sense. _That_ is weird. ---
**Author:** ![Max1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@Max1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max1)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/93 "2025-12-09T00:27:18Z")
1. Eva Marie Saint 2. Ann Blyth 3. Ray Stevens 4. Nicholas F. Brady 5. William Daniels 6. Sir Tom Baker 7. Marlo Thomas 8. Estelle Parsons 9. Frankie Valli 10. Richard Benjamin 11. Hal Linden 12. Shirley Jones 13. Petula Clark ---
**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 9, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/94 "2025-12-09T00:29:39Z")
Welcome to the Sdmb. Please just type your list out, no numbers, no explanations, single-spaced (if you need to, type it in a txt or doc file and then copy-paste it here with no spaces between entries). It will not be entered into the contest unless formatted this way. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/95 "2025-12-09T00:58:50Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > In your post, for instance: did you make a double space between your two paragraphs by clicking the M/A box or by hitting Return or [ENTER] twice? @Pardel-Lux **I’m old**. I always double space between paragraphs. I also type two spaces between sentences. That’s how I learned to type. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/96 "2025-12-09T01:27:54Z")
It is different here. I was taught on a manual typewriter, and learned how to use a slipstick (slide rule), but I continued to learn until new ways stuck. ---
**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 9, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/97 "2025-12-09T01:34:26Z")
Here’s you list formatted properly: Note: this list belongs to @Max1 and not me. Eva Marie Saint Ann Blyth Ray Stevens Nicholas F. Brady William Daniels Sir Tom Baker Marlo Thomas Estelle Parsons Frankie Valli Richard Benjamin Hal Linden Shirley Jones Petula Clark ---
**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:** [December 9, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/98 "2025-12-09T17:16:56Z")
> [@Max1](#): > > 1. Eva Marie Saint > > 2. Ann Blyth > > 3. Ray Stevens > > 4. Nicholas F. Brady > > 5. William Daniels > > 6. Sir Tom Baker > > 7. Marlo Thomas > > 8. Estelle Parsons > > 9. Frankie Valli > > 10. Richard Benjamin > > 11. Hal Linden > > 12. Shirley Jones > > 13. Petula Clark Helping out Baker and the rest of us, who do you mean when you say Sir Tom Baker? The Doctor Who actor isn’t a knight. He was awarded a MBE but that’s not a knighthood. Google shows a Tom Baker as a Saville Row Tailor with a shop called Sir Tom Baker. I can’t find out if he is an actual knight or that’s just what the store is called. I’m also hazy on whether he is at all famous. ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/99 "2025-12-09T17:24:15Z")
@Baker , since Raul Malo decided to be a jerk and die before 2026, would you substitute Billy Joel instead? 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 9, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/100 "2025-12-09T20:32:32Z")
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