2026 Celebrity Death Pool

Prolific author Jane Yolen dead at 87.

And another one from the creative community:

Ronnie Schell, best known for playing Duke Slater on Gomer Pyle has died at 94.

6 points this a-way!

Ronnie Schell died on Jim Nabors’ birthday.

mmm

Speaking of people you already thought were dead…

6 players had Princess Bajrakitiyabha, putting phungi in the lead. Biotop gets a third unique pick for Ronnie Schell. And Moriarty gets a pointless unique pick for Gene Shalit.

1 phungi 262 6 1
2 Registered at Last 243 5
3 SirCreep 216 6 1
4 GIGObuster 200 5
5 RobotDevilDog 190 4
5 candide 190 4
7 jeezums 178 4
8 WolfpackJeep 167 5
9 gkster 157 4
9 Hoopy Frood 157 4
11 Martonio77 137 3
11 Schubert 137 3
11 Happy Lendervedder 137 3
11 Superdude 137 3
11 Culling The Herd 137 3
16 RivkahChaya 132 3
17 Cazzle 131 3
18 It’s Not Rocket Surgery 130 3
19 Tristan 105 2
19 Little Nemo 105 2
19 Jack Batty 105 2
19 imthjckaz 105 2
19 Mean Mr.Mustard 105 2
24 Gyrate 103 3
25 Catamount 100 3
25 Wheelz 100 3
25 Loach 100 2
28 notfrommensa 95 3
29 SunUp 92 3
30 Moriarty 84 3 1
30 Dung Beetle 84 2
30 Thumper668 84 2
30 Stephen96 84 2
30 Scoobysnax 84 2
35 Lord Feldon 73 3 2
36 Dancer Flight 53 1
36 Rebo 53 1
38 billiefan2000 52 1
38 Dr.Girlfriend 52 1
38 xizor 52 1
38 Lsura 52 1
38 IKnowItsOver 52 1
38 JakeYourBooty 52 1
38 Jegpeg 52 1
38 RTFirefly 52 1
38 CreaseMonkey 52 1
47 Captain Lance Murdoch 49 2 1
47 Railer13 49 3 1
49 nearwildheaven 48 2
50 CrashEdit 47 1
50 Fresh91 47 1
52 Pardel-Lux 42 2 1
53 NurseCarmen 35 1 1
54 Maus Magill 33 2
55 ataraxy22 32 1
55 kitap 32 1
55 Mahaloth 32 1
55 Monstera deliciosa 32 1
55 Precambrianmollusc 32 1
60 Biotop 28 3 3
61 Mrs Ducky 16 1
61 LoneRhino 16 1
61 Slow Moving Vehicle 16 1
64 MichaelBardella 14 1 1
64 Ponch8 14 1
66 AS123 13 1
66 Lamoral 13 1
68 irritant 11 1 1
68 Allecher 11 1 1
70 zadscmc 7 1
70 FrostyKmart 7 1 1

Appropriate nickname, but in the end Darth Vader had a redemption arc.

Thank you, @eschereal

mmm

Looks like my celebrity Life Pool took a hit today.

Damn. I moved her down to an alternate this year.

Feel free to go update the spreadhseet.

John Davis was a foodie live streamer who streamed with his Mom while making food, etc.

He died on the live stream two days ago and the video is just downright horrific. His poor elderly mother. My understanding is he weighed over 400 lbs and had bad heart, kidneys, and other things like diabetes.

His body just gives out during the video and he dies.

Horrific death to see on the video, but it only confirms how serious one needs to take their health. I wish he’d lost tons of weight and gotten taken care of.

He was 55.

No!!! I thought he was immortal.

He only wanted to outlast Rex Reed. They had a bet.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Former NFL defensive lineman Aldon Smith died Saturday in the Bay Area. He was 36.

Smith played six seasons in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders and Dallas Cowboys. The Niners originally selected him with the seventh pick in the 2011 NFL draft.

ESPN

ESPN link for verification.

Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized. They aren’t saying what his diagnosis is.

I’m usually tuned into pop culture enough to at least have heard of people putting out music. This one completely missed me. No idea who he was. Well he’s dead.

Damn, I took Turtle Man off my list this year.

His helicopter crashed into another one, and then fell into an electric car dealership.

If only it had crashed into the rainforest we could have done the “he’s oliver that tree” joke.

#thoughtsandprayersarewithhisfamily