# 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:** 98
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1942 "2026-10-08T01:02:32Z")
Sorry, but when I saw that name my first thought was didn’t she pass away a long time ago? But then I realized I was thinking of Margaret Hamilton the actress, best known for playing the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz _“I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog,too!”_ ---
**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:** [October 8, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1943 "2026-10-08T01:29:03Z")
You weren’t the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1944 "2026-10-08T01:54:58Z")
I bet a lot of us made the same mistake. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1945 "2026-10-08T01:59:10Z")
The odds of there being two Margaret Hamiltons must be astronomical. Craaaaaazy! You know who could calculate those odds? Margaret Hamilton. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1946 "2026-10-08T02:14:52Z")
Margaret Hamilton the actor gave up 18 points, 41 years ago (before most of us were playing Death Pool). Margaret Elaine (Heafield) Hamilton was a few years younger than the actor, except from about 2018 on. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2026, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1947 "2026-10-08T09:01:26Z")
I have her [Lego figurine](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39129674). [![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/15A99/production/_94892788_lego1.jpg.webp) ](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/15A99/production/_94892788_lego1.jpg.webp) ETA: Hamilton also coined the term “software engineering”. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1948 "2026-10-08T10:04:37Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > I bet a lot of us made the same mistake. Yep. I presumed she had melted. mmm ---
**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:** [October 8, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1949 "2026-10-08T14:23:11Z")
> [@X.L.Lent](#): > > I realized I was thinking of Margaret Hamilton the actress, best > known for playing the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz _“I’ll get you, > my pretty, and your little dog,too!”_ Nope. it was this woman. [![](https://i.ibb.co/DDJtJh7v/IMG-2326.webp) ](https://i.ibb.co/DDJtJh7v/IMG-2326.webp) ---
**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:** [October 8, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1950 "2026-10-08T14:27:59Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Nope. it was this woman. That has to be the most famous picture of her. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1951 "2026-10-08T19:41:52Z")
A blue block saying “Uploading this content requires registration”? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1952 "2026-10-08T19:53:05Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > A blue block saying “Uploading this content requires registration” She sure was photogenic, wasn’t she? It worked for about 5 minutes. There’s a picture of her standing next to the computer code used to send the astronauts to the moon. It’s taller than her. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1953 "2026-10-08T20:41:45Z")
Oh, I have seen that. And I must confess that to me, Margaret Hamilton will always be the Wicked Witch of the West. Or that lady from Maxwell House coffee. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1954 "2026-10-09T03:50:48Z")
She was also Morticia’s mother in three eps of _The Addams Family_. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1955 "2026-10-09T09:04:53Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > There’s a picture of her standing next to the computer code used to send the astronauts to the moon. It’s taller than her. As represented in the Lego version above. I like how the Lego designers, at a loss on how to add some detail to a representation of a very simple picture, just went “Fuck it - let’s put in the coat rack.” ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1956 "2026-10-09T15:29:30Z")
Mike Ditka has died. > **[Legendary coach, Hall of Fame TE Mike Ditka dies at age 86](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50140701/legendary-coach-hall-fame-te-mike-ditka-dies-age-86)** > > Mike Ditka, a Hall of Fame tight end who became an NFL legend for his time as coach of the Bears, has died at the age of 86. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1957 "2026-10-09T15:42:47Z")
I guess maybe he was only podcast famous, but I really admired this man: [Curtis Flowers, US man wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years, dies aged 56 | Mississippi | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/08/curtis-flowers-wrongful-conviction-mississippi-dead) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1958 "2026-10-09T15:52:03Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Mike Ditka has died. I wonder when they’ll have DA BURIAL… ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1959 "2026-10-09T15:59:28Z")
His casket will be placed on da bier. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1960 "2026-10-09T16:37:30Z")
Was Ditka a good coach? I know he got the Bears a Super Bowl, but how does he rank overall? Pretty effective? I know he was famous, those SNL sketches helped a lot. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/1961 "2026-10-09T16:47:32Z")
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