# 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:** 64
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1262 "2026-05-26T17:46:50Z")
I (and the facts) agree-I was just explaining where the confusion likely came from. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1263 "2026-05-26T17:53:34Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [Joni Lamb, founder of one of the largest Christian TV networks in the world, dies at 65 | Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/05/11/joni-lamb-founder-of-one-of-the-largest-christian-tv-networks-in-the-world-dies-at-65/) Update on this: It’s been said that [a back injury exacerbated an existing medical condition kept private](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/joni-lamb-cause-of-death-was-bone-cancer-fact-checking-claim-after-hurt-back-update-in-daystar-founders-demise-101778291410927.html). As that article states, at least one person online is saying that she had bone cancer. Also, it’s been revealed this month that actress Ann Robinson [died in September of 2025](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2026/05/18/ann-robinson-dead-war-of-the-worlds/90141257007/). She appeared in the first _War of the Worlds_ film in 1953. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1264 "2026-05-26T18:39:24Z")
> **[Clarence B. Jones, Civil Rights lawyer and adviser to MLK, dies at 95](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/25/clarence-b-jones-close-advisor-to-martin-luther-king-jr-dies-at-95/90254338007/)** > > Clarence B. Jones, a lawyer to the Civil Rights Movement and close adviser to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has died at age 95. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1265 "2026-05-26T19:11:23Z")
Manny Fernandez, a professional football player who was part of the Miami Dolphins “no name defense” of the early 1970s, has died at age 79. > **[Manny Fernandez Dies at Age 79, Won 2 Super Bowls as Part of Dolphins'...](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25431016-manny-fernandez-dies-age-79-won-2-super-bowls-part-dolphins-no-name-defense)** > > Manny Fernandez, two-time Super Bowl champion with the Miami Dolphins, has died at age 79. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1266 "2026-05-26T20:19:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I (and the facts) agree-I was just explaining where the confusion likely came from. It was indeed where the confusion came from. Especially since the AI blurb that came up when I searched was itself confused by the two names, and then I went to the wikipedia page of the guy the AI blurb claimed was the guy with Rob Base and found he was still alive. (Granted, I probably should have read the full page and I would have realized the error since Rob Base isn’t mentioned at all.) ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1267 "2026-05-26T23:41:59Z")
Another post of concern for @Baker. Anyone have any inside knowledge on if she’s okay? It’s been weeks… ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1268 "2026-05-26T23:54:26Z")
Just to note the passing of eminent music theorist Carl Schachter at the age of 93. His textbook (with Felix Salzer) _Counterpoint in Composition_ was the standard for all music students when I was at college. It hasn’t hit the media yet (and probably won’t) but Juilliard and others in the music theory community have reported it. > **[Carl Schachter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schachter)** > > Carl E. Schachter (born June 1, 1932, died May 22, 2026) was an American music theorist noted for his expertise in Schenkerian analysis. > Born in Chicago, he attended Austin High School, graduating at age 16. > Beginning in 1948 he began studies at the Mannes School of Music. He studied piano with Sara Levee, Isabelle Vengerova and Israel Citkowitz, and conducting with Carl Bamberger \[de\]. Most significantly he studied with Felix Salzer, who was later co-author with Schachter of the influential... ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1269 "2026-05-26T23:54:33Z")
I’m concerned too. I hope she’s just the right kinds of busy with real life. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1270 "2026-05-27T00:38:19Z")
> **[Bob Horner dies at 68: Braves slugger 'built a career out of being first'](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/bob-horner-dies-at-68-braves-slugger/)** > > Horner, a star at Arizona State, was the first overall pick in the 1978 MLB Draft and skipped the minors entirely ---
**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:** [May 27, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1271 "2026-05-27T00:45:22Z")
That sucks. A childhood friend of mine was a huge Braves fan back in the 80s, while I was/am a Cub fan. Despite us living in Indiana, we argued about our allegiances nonstop. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1272 "2026-05-27T01:04:12Z")
She’s been sighted in the postcard exchange thread. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1273 "2026-05-27T01:07:02Z")
Well that’s good ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1274 "2026-05-27T02:00:12Z")
Jools Topp, of Aotearoa New Zealand’s beloved country music comedy duo The Topp Twins, has succumbed to cancer, aged 68. I am pretty sure I saw them perform live at an open air show. I also once saw them cycle past me on a tandem dressed as their characters Camp Leader and Camp Mother. > **[Topp Twins star Dame Jools Topp dies at home surrounded by family and pets](https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/360983499/topp-twins-star-dame-jools-topp-dies-home-surrounded-family-and-pets)** > > A mighty totara has fallen': Topp Twins manager pays tribute after Dame Jools dies ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1275 "2026-05-27T07:23:57Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Manny Fernandez, a professional football player who was part of the Miami Dolphins “no name defense” of the early 1970s, has died at age 79. He was part of their great 1972 perfect season team that would win back-to-back Super Bowls (VII and VIII) and on the first ever team to appear in 3 consecutive Super Bowls (they lost VI). > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Another post of concern for @Baker. Anyone have any inside knowledge on if she’s okay? It’s been weeks… Oh no — I hope she is okay. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1276 "2026-05-27T13:44:42Z")
According to her profile, she posted 1 day ago. I’m thinking she may just need a bit of a breather before wading back into the minutiae and detail of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1277 "2026-05-27T13:55:17Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Especially since the AI blurb that came up when I searched was itself confused by the two names, and then I went to the wikipedia page of the guy the AI blurb claimed was the guy with Rob Base and found he was still alive. The wonders of AI. 🙄 ---
**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:** [May 28, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1278 "2026-05-28T02:09:54Z")
> **[7-Eleven Japan founder Toshifumi Suzuki dies at 93 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/asia/711-japan-founder-dies-intl-hnk)** > > Toshifumi Suzuki, the founder of Seven-Eleven Japan and widely regarded as the father of Japan’s convenience store industry, died of heart failure on May 18, Seven & i Holdings said on Monday. He was 93. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2026, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1279 "2026-05-28T04:53:51Z")
> **[Pierre Deny, ’Emily in Paris’ Star, Dies at 69 After ALS Battle](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/pierre-deny-dead-emily-in-paris-1236606561/)** > > The French actor passed away on May 25 after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1280 "2026-05-28T05:52:41Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > [https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/asia/711-japan-founder-dies-intl-hnk](https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/asia/711-japan-founder-dies-intl-hnk) For an extra $.75, he can be buried in a coffin double the size of the one he’s currently occupying. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1281 "2026-05-28T18:12:46Z")
As a New Jersey Devils fan this really sucks. Way too young. > **[Claude Lemieux, four-time Stanley Cup champion and Devils hero, dead at 60](https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/sports/claude-lemieux-four-time-stanley-cup-champion-dead-at-60/)** > > The Quebec native, who won his first Cup with the Canadiens in 1986, was in attendance as Montreal hosted the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=65)