# 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:** 88
**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:** [August 25, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1742 "2026-08-25T21:52:38Z")
Dammit. Dolly Parton was _not_ the person I wanted to hear about dying at 80. I had her on my short list, but she didn’t make the final cut. Dammit again. ---
**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 25, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1743 "2026-08-25T22:43:38Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Dammit. Dolly Parton was _not_ the person I wanted to hear about dying at 80. Honestly, all the wrong 80+ folks are dying instead of a few I can think of that really should. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1744 "2026-08-26T09:18:04Z")
I refuse to accept that Dolly Parton has died. I prefer to think of her as having been “[translated to heaven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entering_heaven_alive)”. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1745 "2026-08-26T11:43:43Z")
I guess when we asked the Grim Reaper to take the wig-wearing 80-year-old who wears a lot of makeup and loves kids, with needed to be much more specific. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1746 "2026-08-26T13:22:35Z")
I remember watching her on _The Gong Show_. Jaye P. Morgan [gone at six points.](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jaye-p-morgan-dead-gong-show-singer-1236681831/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAT7x51jbGNrBPvHlnBkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEev4wvS_CgYxN2-xyce9fQOcPEIVB5HlR-GdAvRJtexYyCahEP9e9PCYohGo8_aem_rcgck8RfL3Tf6-4bRTOyfg) ---
**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 26, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1747 "2026-08-26T14:15:46Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > watching her on _The Gong Show_ I only knew her from that show. And I’m sorry I missed this episode, in which she briefly bared her breasts. (At about the 1:16 mark, if you’re interested…) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pyQA5vNjihs/hqdefault.jpg "The Gong Show Uncensored - Gene Gene the Dancing Machine") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyQA5vNjihs&list=PLoG5-YCU148TsifefTMtGs5J2PzqXIpKR) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1748 "2026-08-26T14:41:07Z")
I was a big fan of the Gong Show back in the day, and I always wondered “who the hell is Jaye P. Morgan?” Was she an actual celebrity or just famous for being on game shows? ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1749 "2026-08-26T14:41:46Z")
She was a pop singer in the 50s and 60s ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1750 "2026-08-26T15:01:11Z")
Add her to the “People I thought had died decades ago” list. I remember Morgan being very funny on The Gong Show but didn’t know her backstory until now. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1751 "2026-08-26T15:26:40Z")
TMZ is reporting that Tim Curry has died at 80 > **[Actor Tim Curry Dead at 80](https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/26/tim-curry-dead/)** > > Tim Curry -- the legendary film and TV actor best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" -- has died ... TMZ has learned. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1752 "2026-08-26T15:45:44Z")
Not a good summer for the crew of the Red October. ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1753 "2026-08-26T15:48:20Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > TMZ is reporting that Tim Curry has died at 80 Sick to my stomach learning of this. LOVED Clue. So many other performances, too. ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1754 "2026-08-26T15:54:39Z")
Two dead eighty-year-olds in two days? C’mon, GR - go for the trifecta. ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1755 "2026-08-26T15:55:16Z")
I first heard of him from this song [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kXPCsaO_55o/hqdefault.jpg "Tim Curry Official Music Video - I Do The Rock") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXPCsaO_55o) It has become a real time capsule. ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1756 "2026-08-26T16:04:35Z")
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**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:** [August 26, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1757 "2026-08-26T16:09:47Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Two dead eighty-year-olds in two days? > > C’mon, GR - go for the trifecta. From your lips to the deities’ ears ---
**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:** [August 26, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1758 "2026-08-26T16:14:05Z")
GODDAMN IT - ANOTHER WRONG 80-YEAR-OLD IN FLAMBOYANT MAKEUP Also: I took him off my list this year, alas. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1759 "2026-08-26T21:04:50Z")
I of course loved him in the Rocky Horror Picture show, but I liked his other roles as well. And in the late 80’s I heard an interview with him on the radio. He was in Lansing Michigan as part of a production of 42nd Street. He said that no matter what he was working on the first thing anyone wanted to know about was that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1760 "2026-08-26T23:33:16Z")
> **[Jaye P. Morgan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaye_P._Morgan)** > > Jaye P. Morgan (born Mary Margaret Morgan; December 3, 1931 – August 24, 2026) was an American singer, actress, and game show panelist. Morgan was born in Mancos in Montezuma County in far southwestern Colorado. Her family moved to California by the time she was in high school. Morgan had six siblings; five brothers and one sister. In the late 1940s, at Verdugo Hills High School in the Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles, she served as class treasurer (and got the nickname "Jaye P." after the b... Jaye P Morgan is gonged. ---
**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 26, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1761 "2026-08-26T23:38:25Z")
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