# 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:** 83
**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:** [August 9, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1642 "2026-08-09T02:22:17Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > I would not blame autocorrect when I can point to Freudian subconscious. A Freudian slip is when you mean one thing, but say your mother. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1643 "2026-08-09T02:45:52Z")
The old joke: I made a Freudian slip at breakfast with the wife the other day. I meant to say, “Honey, can you pass the butter,” but it came out, “you bitch, you ruined my life.” ---
**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:** [August 9, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1644 "2026-08-09T22:16:27Z")
Don Nelson, NBA player and coach, has shot his last one-handed free throw at age 86. Nelson won five championships with the Celtics as a player and won the second-most games as an NBA coach. > **[Don Nelson, second-winningest coach in NBA history, dies at 86](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49568985/don-nelson-second-winningest-coach-nba-history-dies-86)** > > Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history and a five-time champion as a player, died at the age of 86 on Sunday. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MBP-FAjxzNQ/hqdefault.jpg "Don Nelson shocking Free Throw") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBP-FAjxzNQ) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1645 "2026-08-09T23:36:07Z")
Chuck Grassley now sucks slightly less. > **[Senator bids farewell to Beth, his ‘faithful’ vacuum cleaner](https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/chuck-grassley-senator-vacuum-beth-ms70x68f2)** > > For Chuck Grassley, 92, who has been in Congress for 45 years, one servant has been by his side longer than any other: his mother-in-law’s beige Hoover ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1646 "2026-08-10T01:25:27Z")
Congressman Cooter is gone. > **[Ben Jones, Cooter Davenport on ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ Dies at 84](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ben-jones-dead-dukes-of-hazzard-cooter-1236669823/)** > > After he overcame a drinking problem, he spent seven seasons on the hit CBS show and represented Georgia during two terms in Congress. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1647 "2026-08-10T06:45:04Z")
I don’t think anybody took him but Christopher Lambert collapsed while signing autographs at a convention and has been hospitalized. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1648 "2026-08-10T13:02:02Z")
Was Clancy Brown nearby by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1649 "2026-08-10T14:17:07Z")
# [Violet Hensley dead at 109](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/violet-hensley-dead-at-109/ar-AA29IqYt?ocid=edgntpruby&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a79d57346de4e22b743145028d5ec60&uxmode=ruby&ei=15) Violet Hensley, who is known as the Whittlin’ Fiddler, was a fiddle player and builder who made her Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 99. She also appeared on _The Beverly Hillbillies, Captain Kangaroo,_ and _Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee._ She died on August 7 at the age of 109. No COD given, but authorities are not ruling out a Skateboarding accident. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1650 "2026-08-10T15:28:56Z")
Of all these pointless deaths, that has to be the pointlessest. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1651 "2026-08-10T17:45:20Z")
No word on if she shot her eye out. > **[Tedde Moore, who played Miss Shields in 'A Christmas Story,' dies at 79](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2026/08/10/tedde-moore-dead-a-christmas-story/91240306007/)** > > Actress Tedde Moore, who played Miss Shields in the holiday classic "A Christmas Story," has died at the age of 79. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1652 "2026-08-11T00:36:30Z")
> **[Jon Cypher, Actor in ‘Cinderella,’ ‘Hill Street Blues’ and ‘Major Dad,’ Dies...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jon-cypher-dead-hill-street-blues-major-dad-cinderella-1236670478/)** > > On the big screen, he faced off against Burt Lancaster in ‘Valdez Is Coming’ and played Man-at-Arms in ‘Masters of the Universe’ opposite Dolph Lundgren. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1653 "2026-08-11T00:45:23Z")
Cypher becomes naught. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1654 "2026-08-11T00:48:00Z")
**Reggie Bannister** from the Phantasm movies has died at age 80. I had him on my list. No idea if anyone else did. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1655 "2026-08-11T00:49:42Z")
Were there any little silver balls flying about? ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1656 "2026-08-11T00:54:16Z")
I just realized Jason Collins died a few months ago. I had him as well. Was this noted and counted here? ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1657 "2026-08-11T00:55:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Were there any little silver balls flying about? He was a pretty fun guy. He mainly just starred in those Phantasm movies. Didn’t do much else in movies. I always hear he was fun at conventions. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1658 "2026-08-11T01:54:36Z")
Yeah. [I posted about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1206). ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1659 "2026-08-11T02:07:58Z")
And he got tallied up. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1660 "2026-08-11T02:21:41Z")
It looks like I had your first list and somehow missed your second list (though for some reason the list I had did not have Tatiana Schlossberg). ---
**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:** [August 11, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1661 "2026-08-11T02:24:23Z")
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