# 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:** 94
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1862 "2026-09-20T18:22:52Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > The Giants announced Sunday that Accorsi died Saturday, surrounded by his family Just once I’d like to see a statement that someone died surrounded by his enemies. mmm ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1863 "2026-09-20T18:34:35Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > someone died surrounded by his enemies. Qaddafi? ---
**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:** [September 20, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1864 "2026-09-20T20:10:03Z")
Chad Gilbert ruining my 2017 list. > **[Chad Gilbert, New Found Glory's Founding Guitarist, Dead at 45](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chad-gilbert-new-found-glory-founding-guitarist-dead-obit-1235629366/)** > > Chad Gilbert, founding member and lead guitarist for New Found Glory, has died at the age of 45. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1865 "2026-09-20T23:32:39Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Just once I’d like to see a statement that someone died surrounded by his enemies. Or the rare obituary that reads something to the effect of “[Person] has died, was deeply horrible, and will not be missed.” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1866 "2026-09-20T23:39:31Z")
I look for that one daily. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1867 "2026-09-21T01:45:30Z")
That will be the orange guy. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1868 "2026-09-21T03:36:17Z")
[Here’s a few of those](https://beyondthedash.com/blog/obituary-writing/the-top-5-most-savage-obituaries/7316). ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1869 "2026-09-21T04:21:04Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Chad Gilbert ruining my 2017 list You had him 9 years ago? I see that several players had _Rhod_ Gilbert, which is only two letters off. Kinda funny, that. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1870 "2026-09-21T04:33:07Z")
Presley Gerber, 27. Son of Cindy Crawford. [Cindy Crawford's Son Presley Gerber Dead at 27](https://www.tmz.com/2026/09/20/presley-gerber-dead/) ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1871 "2026-09-21T04:42:52Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > Chad Gilbert ruining my 2017 list > > You had him 9 years ago? > > I see that several players had _Rhod_ Gilbert, which is only two letters off. Kinda funny, that. Typo. 2027. I had him on my short list for next year. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1872 "2026-09-21T14:36:19Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Son of Cindy Crawford. [Cindy Crawford's Son Presley Gerber Dead at 27](https://www.tmz.com/2026/09/20/presley-gerber-dead/) While in rehab. Very tragic. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1873 "2026-09-22T01:15:33Z")
Among many other roles he played five different characters of 4 different species across multiple Star Trek shows. He died back in July but his family reported the information now. > **[James Sloyan, Actor in ‘The Sting,‘ ‘Xanadu’ and ‘Oh Madeline,’ Dies at 85](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/james-sloyan-dead-the-sting-oh-madeline-xanadu-1236706919/)** > > He also appeared five times on television in the 'Star Trek' universe and was the voice of Lexus in commercials for almost two decades. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1874 "2026-09-22T20:09:50Z")
> **[Jennifer Eckhart, ex-Fox producer who accused Ed Henry of rape, dies at 36](https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/21/jennifer-eckhart-dead-suicide-ed-henry-rape-accuser-fox/)** > > Former Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart, who accused a colleague of rape, is dead at 36. Authorities in Florida said she slit her own throat. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1875 "2026-09-22T20:54:54Z")
Whoa there NY Daily News, we don’t need that detail in the opening blurb. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1876 "2026-09-22T21:07:54Z")
If you do not like dark weirdness, fail to read the story (I resorted to [one](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/jennifer-eckhart-dies-suicide-36-221633150.html?bcmt=1) sans paywall). ---
**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:** [September 22, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1877 "2026-09-22T23:48:54Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Or the rare obituary that reads something to the effect of “[Person] has died, was deeply horrible, and will not be missed.” Unfortunately it now requires a site signup, but [Sharon Begley’s obituary of James Watson](https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/james-watson-remembrance-from-dna-pioneer-to-pariah/) (the DNA guy) was scintillatingly brutal. It is made more amazing by the fact that she had died four years before Watson and still got it ready to go for the occasion. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1878 "2026-09-23T06:45:00Z")
Australian singer **Angry Anderson** of the band Rose Tattoo has died aged 79. I was not very familiar with his music, but he was a known character across the country. > **[Vale: Angry Anderson | TV Tonight](https://tvtonight.com.au/2026/09/vale-angry-anderson.html)** > > Rose Tattoo frontman, who featured regularly on Midday and A Current Affair, has died aged 79. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1879 "2026-09-23T07:04:54Z")
He was very well known in his heyday. Did a lot of advocacy work for disadvantaged young people. Can’t say I was politically aligned with him, but there were things I admired about his charity works and stance on child protection. And, of course, he sang the Scott and Charlene wedding anthem for that famous _Neighbours_ wedding in the 80s. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1880 "2026-09-23T10:00:14Z")
I was trying to remember where I knew him from. Turns out he was in **Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome**. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1881 "2026-09-23T15:45:14Z")
> **[‘Amazing Race’ alum and professional eater Tim Janus dead at 49](https://ew.com/tim-janus-dead-amazing-race-alum-professional-eater-12136519)** > > Tim Janus, who competed with Joey Chestnut in season 30 of ‘The Amazing Race,’ has died at 49 following a cancer battle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=93) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318.md?page=95)