# 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:** 76
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1502 "2026-07-12T22:00:59Z")
Mitch finally speaks: > **[McConnell says hospitalization was due to a fall | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/12/politics/mitch-mcconnell-hospital-announcement)** > > Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Sunday announced, after weeks of speculation, that he had a fall last month that landed him in the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1503 "2026-07-12T22:06:54Z")
Is a "a mild case of pneumonia” enough to keep someone in the hospital for a month? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1504 "2026-07-12T22:07:06Z")
Kind of odd that they’d perform CPR on someone who just tripped. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1505 "2026-07-12T22:11:00Z")
Just because the lighting makes that picture look Photoshopped, doesn’t mean it was. Does it? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1506 "2026-07-12T22:14:57Z")
They can do amazing things with AI these days ---
**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:** [July 12, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1507 "2026-07-12T22:15:50Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Just because the lighting makes that picture look Photoshopped, doesn’t mean it was. Does it? Just because a Republican is talking doesn’t mean you’re hearing a lie. But the odds are good. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1508 "2026-07-12T22:16:33Z")
Speaking of which, the photo they’ve included with their proof-of-life picture (which has Elaine Chao in it (I thought she was in China)) has been manipulated. Check it: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55389858575_e09aa9e0a8_z.jpg "HND0IOfW8AAWEs3") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/204260084@N04/55389858575/) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1509 "2026-07-12T23:18:37Z")
At his age? Probably. When dad was in his 80s he had had to be admitted because of some serious side of affect of, I think, Crestor. While he was there - 3 or 4 days - his muscles lost enough tone that he spent about 4 weeks in rehab. Assuming the Turtle is really awake, I’m sure, if he’s out of the hospital, he’s in rehab. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1510 "2026-07-13T04:44:11Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > @eschereal Derryn Hinch is on my list, so 18 points to me 😁 Sorry, missed that one. It will be on the next list, when we have a proper die-off (perhaps somebody bronze-ish or something). Right now it puts you alone in 13th place. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1511 "2026-07-13T04:56:46Z")
Woot! Lucky 13. Thank you. And thanks for stepping up to do the scoring. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1512 "2026-07-13T06:05:04Z")
Oh no! Sam Neill RIP. > **[Breaking: Actor Sam Neill dies aged 78](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-13/sam-neill-dies-jurassic-park-actor/103425588)** > > New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who starred in My Brilliant Career and Jurassic Park, has died aged 78. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1513 "2026-07-13T06:41:45Z")
The worst news a New Zealander living in Australia can hear. 😥 ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1514 "2026-07-13T06:53:27Z")
Sam Neill will put **Larry Borgia** and **Pheoinix** on the board and move **Little Nemo** from 19th place all the way up to … 19th place. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1515 "2026-07-13T08:30:27Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Oh no! > > Sam Neill RIP. 🫣 But…but… _My Brilliant Career_ ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1516 "2026-07-13T08:36:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Louise Lasser, Louise Lasser died on the 6th. Age 87. Wait-- Louise Lasser was alive? That was a long run for someone whose death I remember being prematurely reported a couple of times. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1517 "2026-07-13T08:54:10Z")
Somewhere between post 1188 and 1206, I went from 30th to 15th place, and 2 deaths to 3, but I can’t figure out who the third is. There’s no one posted interveningly who is on my list. NM figured it out ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1518 "2026-07-13T12:44:30Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Oh no! > > Sam Neill RIP. > > [Actor Sam Neill, star of Jurassic Park, dies - ABC News](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-13/sam-neill-dies-jurassic-park-actor/103425588) He was on my short list but it seemed like he was doing better so I didn’t pick him. Meanwhile, those I did pick All seem to be doing much better now. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1519 "2026-07-13T12:49:22Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > move **Little Nemo** from 19th place all the way up to … 19th place. Now it’s all mine. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1520 "2026-07-13T13:23:01Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > figured it out Well? Spill the tea. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1521 "2026-07-13T15:17:11Z")
Did we announce the death of [Broadway actor Josh Grisetti](https://ew.com/josh-grisetti-dead-broadway-and-marvelous-mrs-maisel-star-was-44-12016795)? He appears to have been in a few episodes of _The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel_, as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=77)