2026 Celebrity Death Pool

When Sandy Duncan dies next week, you’re going to regret not being more specific.

Too late to post her response to the Popsicle Girls act, then.

I was literally reading this thread while watching an episode of Agatha Christie’s Poirot and wondering about the identity of an actor I recognized. It became all too clear when I saw the picture of Tim Curry (and as I type this, my TV is offering The Rocky Horror Picture Show in his memory).

I just remember Jaye P. Morgan singing Felix Unger’s masterpiece “Happy and Peppy and Bursting with Love” on The Odd Couple.

Man, why you gotta do Cher like that?

Meanwhile:

I’ve been to a big exhibition of her works including her mirror rooms and of course all the polka dots. She spent her life in and out of mental hospitals and a lot of her art reflected her hallucinations, so not a particularly happy life, but she leaves behind some amazing artwork.

Another great BBC broadcaster gone - Dame Jenni Murray passes away after being injured in a car crash.

Not to be too macabre (even for the Death Pool) but do you realize what kind of odds you could have gotten even last week if you had bet Mitch McConnell would outlive both Dolly Parton and Tim Curry?

Peter Cullen has rolled out

“Thanks for noticing…”

That’s a good one:

What a pity I was no longer thinking of him when I made my list. Still, glad to read. Life long sentence, dying in prison: he may still end up as a good example after all.

What a guy.
Makes you cry.
Und I did.

This just in: there’s been one child born in this world to carry on.

Well … in two months ago, anyway.

I would advise Monstera deliciosa to keep an eye open, as I just saw a report the Harald V of Norway is in worsening health.

Several of us picked Jordan Brunoli for our lists. He posted an update on his health a couple of weeks ago, saying his cancer has entered its final stages and that he was given a prognosis in June of having only three or four months left.

This game is getting Ugly. I’m glad I’m scoreless.

Norway’s King Harald V died. They’re falling like flies this week. It’s like 2016 all over again.

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So many people in my provisional list for next year are dying, it’s giving me ideas.

It’s a bad week to be in your 80s.