# 2026 Celebrity Death Pool

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025318/401 "2026-01-04T16:54:14Z")

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> **[Kentucky Derby's first female jockey, Diane Crump, dies of cancer](https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/horse-racing/2026/01/02/trailblazing-female-jockey-diane-crump-dies-of-brain-cancer/87997050007/)**
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> Diane Crump, who rode aboard Fathom in the 1970 Kentucky Derby, died Jan. 1. after being diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.

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