# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1122 "2026-04-23T19:16:58Z")
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. [https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5797482/michael-tilson-thomas-dead](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/23/nx-s1-5797482/michael-tilson-thomas-dead) ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1123 "2026-04-23T19:24:24Z")
Moved him to my alt list after having him on my list for several years. Blerg. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1124 "2026-04-23T20:16:26Z")
A great conductor. But some points for me. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1125 "2026-04-25T16:47:46Z")
Not exactly a well-known celebrity, but former MLB catcher Ellie Rodríguez passed away on April 23 at the age of 79. He played for six big-league clubs over a 9-year career. In 1969, he was picked up the in the expansion draft by the Kansas City Royals, and that season he became the club’s first All-Star representative. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1126 "2026-04-25T17:14:35Z")
David Wilcock, personality from _Ancient Aliens_ dead at 53. [David Wilcock dead: History Channel star dies at 53 in police incident](https://ew.com/david-wilcock-dead-ancient-aliens-star-11956715) ---
**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 25, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1127 "2026-04-25T17:17:58Z")
Mentioned upthread. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1128 "2026-04-25T19:35:33Z")
> [@Thumper668](#): > > David Wilcock, personality from _Ancient Aliens_ dead at 53. Already mentioned. Suicide, by the way. Always tragic even if I haven’t heard of this guy. I’d rather hear your problems than read of your death. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1129 "2026-04-26T23:33:14Z")
> **[Lionel Rosenblatt, whose advocacy for refugees began with derring-do in...](https://kdhnews.com/news/world/lionel-rosenblatt-whose-advocacy-for-refugees-began-with-derring-do-in-vietnam-dies-at-82/article_d01c1493-8d51-52da-a53d-27543b95f393.html)** > > Lionel Rosenblatt, a high-profile advocate for refugee rights, has died at 82 after a battle with cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1130 "2026-04-27T09:48:40Z")
> **[Nedra Talley Ross, last surviving member of the Ronettes, dies aged 80](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/27/nedra-talley-ross-ronettes-dies-aged-80)** > > Singer performed hits including Be My Baby with her cousins Ronnie Spector and Estelle Bennett ---
**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 27, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1131 "2026-04-27T14:40:33Z")
1970s TV staple and longtime Broadway actress Mariclaire Costello has died at 90. She was also the longtime wife of Allan Arbus. > **[Mariclare Catherine Costello Arbus Obituary - Peoria Journal Star](https://www.pjstar.com/obituaries/pils1462002)** > > Mariclare Catherine Costello Arbus passed away on the morning of Friday, April 17, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY, at the age of 90. > She was born in 1936 in... ---
**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 27, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1132 "2026-04-27T19:55:21Z")
_The Voice_ contestant Dylan Carter [has died at 24 in a car accident.](https://ew.com/the-voice-contestant-dylan-carter-dies-24-car-accident-11959094) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1133 "2026-04-28T00:40:00Z")
[Dean Tavoularis](https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/dean-tavoularis/), Oscar winning production designer on over 30 films including The Godfather trilogy (he won the Oscar for The Godfather II), Apocalypse Now, The Brink’s Job, One from the Heart, and Bonnie and Clyde. ---
**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 28, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1134 "2026-04-28T21:59:22Z")
Anyone have Barney Frank? He’s entering hospice. [https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28/barney-frank-hospice-democrats-00897112](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28/barney-frank-hospice-democrats-00897112) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1135 "2026-04-29T03:36:30Z")
> **[Raghu Rai: The photographer who showed India to itself](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk1k8n1j4do)** > > With Rai's passing, India has lost a visual historian who was a chronicler of its most defining and often painful moments. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1136 "2026-04-29T18:02:59Z")
The cartoonist Nicole Hollander died last week, [according to her friend Sara Paretsky](https://www.facebook.com/SaraParetsky), the detective novelist. Hollander wrote and drew the wonderful [Sylvia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_(comic_strip)) comic strip. I can’t find any other mention of this on the Web yet, but I have no reason to distrust Paretsky, whose work I’ve been familiar with almost as long as Hollander’s. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1137 "2026-04-29T22:41:16Z")
Not a celebrity, but a sad story. Peter Falk’s daughter just died from suicide. Age 66. ☹ > **[“Columbo” Star Peter Falk's Daughter Jacqueline Dies by Suicide at Age 60](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/columbo-star-peter-falks-daughter-164029023.html)** > > Jacqueline Falk, the daughter of late 'Columbo' star Peter Falk, was found at a Los Angeles residence, according to medical examiner records ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1138 "2026-04-30T04:14:51Z")
Looks like no. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1139 "2026-04-30T05:00:12Z")
I’m seeing reports that David Allan Coe has died at age 86. No confirmation yet that his last words were “Take this life and shove 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:** [April 30, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1140 "2026-04-30T09:49:30Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m seeing reports that David Allan Coe has died at age 86. Confirmed. > **[David Allan Coe, Singer of the 'Perfect Country and Western Song,' Dead at 86](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/david-allan-coe-dead-obituary-1218831/)** > > David Allan Coe, the outlaw country singer known for songs like 'The Ride' and 'You Never Even Called Me by My Name,' has died at age 86. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1141 "2026-04-30T12:45:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No confirmation yet that his last words were “Take this life and shove it.” That was Johnny Paycheck [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=58)