# 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:** 54
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1062 "2026-04-11T09:30:10Z")
It’s _My Favorite Murder_; it was originally a true crime podcast, but based on recent reviews they’ve shifted over to more historical crimes. (I opted to start listening from the first episode, so I’m a few hundred episodes behind at this point.) It’s my understanding that the podcast was occasionally categorized as comedy by various platforms early in its run, since it’s hosted by two comedians. The language definitely isn’t for everyone, and it is one of those shows where the hosts spend a few minutes at the beginning discussing recent life events. They haven’t discussed the podcast name too much; I think the last time it came up was when another casually-named true crime podcast updated their name? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1063 "2026-04-11T14:08:24Z")
Oh for chrissakes. I’ve heard of that podcast, and it never occurred to me that it was anything “dark web” or whatever. Maybe because the people who have discussed it went into detail about the content, not just the title. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1064 "2026-04-11T23:35:03Z")
I’m sad to report former Minnesota Viking [Joey Browner](https://www.vikings.com/news/joey-browner-safety-mourn-loss), a badass on the field and all around good guy when off, has passed away. He was 35 points for me. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2026, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1065 "2026-04-12T08:32:24Z")
John Nolan, Actor in Batman Films and ‘Person of Interest,’ Dies at 87. Various sources ---
**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:** [April 12, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1066 "2026-04-12T18:46:15Z")
Former MLB player and manager Phil Garner has [died at 76.](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48467343/three-all-star-former-manager-phil-garner-dies-age-76) ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1067 "2026-04-12T19:11:29Z")
[Asha Bhosle](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6ppd0qdp1do), the subject of that famous Cornershop song. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UPMe6U0VXM4/hqdefault.jpg "Cornershop Brimful of Asha (Radio Friendly Edit)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPMe6U0VXM4) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1068 "2026-04-12T20:38:15Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > John Nolan, Actor in Batman Films and ‘Person of Interest,’ Dies at 87. He was [terrific](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYtkDUGnztA) as Greer, the main bad guy of _PoI_. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1069 "2026-04-13T18:46:18Z")
> **[Former NFL cornerback Chris Payton-Jones dies at 30: ‘Everyone loved him’](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/13/former-nfl-cornerback-chris-payton-jones-dies-at-30-everyone-loved-him)** > > Former NFL cornerback Chris Payton-Jones died in a car accident Saturday night in Florida. He was 30 ---
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1070 "2026-04-13T19:02:45Z")
Sid Krofft, 0f Sid and Marty Krofft kid show fame, has died at age 96. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1071 "2026-04-13T21:18:27Z")
For those tracking next year’s nominees; here’s Dick Vitale. ESPN Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Vitale announced he has melanoma in his lung and liver cavity and will be starting immunotherapy soon. Vitale, one of the preeminent faces of men’s college basketball, has battled four different types of cancer in the past few years and most recently underwent surgery in the summer of 2024 after a biopsy of a lymph node in his neck showed cancer. “I’ve beaten melanoma. I’ve beaten lymphoma. I’ve beaten vocal cord cancer. I’ve beaten lymph node cancer,” Vitale, 86, said in a statement Monday. “I’m four-for-four and I’m fully confident I’m going to make it five-for-five.” ---
**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:** [April 13, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1072 "2026-04-13T22:04:56Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > ESPN Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Vitale announced he has melanoma in his lung and liver cavity Melanoma in the lungs and liver? That’s a new one. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1073 "2026-04-14T12:23:32Z")
> **Melanoma** is a type of [cancer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer), typically [skin cancer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_cancer); it develops from the [melanin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanin)-producing cells known as [melanocytes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanocyte).[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma#cite_note-NCI2015-1) It typically occurs in the skin, but may rarely occur in the mouth, intestines, or eye ([uveal melanoma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uveal_melanoma)).[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma#cite_note-NCI2015-1)[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma#cite_note-WCR2014-2) In very rare cases melanoma can also happen in the [lung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung), which is known as primary pulmonary melanoma and only happens in 0.01% of primary [lung tumors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_tumors).[[7]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma#cite_note-7) [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma) Guy rolled a 1. Dunno about liver. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1074 "2026-04-14T13:26:05Z")
Heard this this morning and as a resident of Atlanta, one time home of [The World of Sid and Marty Krofft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_of_Sid_and_Marty_Krofft), came to share but checked the thread first. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1075 "2026-04-14T18:06:02Z")
Dick Vitale is on my themed list… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1076 "2026-04-15T22:17:40Z")
> Dick Vitale is on my themed list… Annoying and Loud Announcers? ---
**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:** [April 16, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1077 "2026-04-16T00:59:29Z")
[https://people.com/joy-harmon-dead-cool-hand-luke-actress-turned-baker-11950915](https://people.com/joy-harmon-dead-cool-hand-luke-actress-turned-baker-11950915) ---
**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:** [April 16, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1078 "2026-04-16T01:11:30Z")
We may not have known her name, but we all remember her well. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1079 "2026-04-16T01:20:01Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Melanoma in the lungs and liver? That’s a new one. Often by the time it reaches the skin, it’s already worked its way through the body, which is why it’s so hard to cure. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1080 "2026-04-16T11:28:02Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > …it’s already worked its way through the body Where do we keep the _dubious_ emoji? mmm ---
**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:** [April 16, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1081 "2026-04-16T12:17:25Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Where do we keep the _dubious_ emoji?       🤨 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=55)