# 2026 Celebrity Life Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 20, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879 "2025-12-20T01:21:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 20, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/1 "2025-12-20T01:21:44Z")
The Life Pool. Our little redeeming game to not make us feel so bad about the Death Pool. We’re back! Rules are very simple. 1. Submit 13 names 2. Only celebrities 81 and older count 3. Points awarded at end of year: 1 point for every year over 80 they are if they live through the year 4. Please post your list TWICE. - First, post your list in plain text. No spaces between names, just 13 names in a list. - Second, post a list of the names with their ages on January 1, 2026 \<–note, I mean final age if they survive the year! You can submit two alternates if you like, just in case someone dies in the next month. Feel free to help check the list through the year. I will make sure the game spreadsheet is available for public viewing and editing(I save it periodically in case of someone screwing it up). Fun/Joke Awards: Nostradamus Award - having the most surviving members. Good job, you saved them! Methuselah Medal - Joke award, just given to the oldest person in the game to NOT die. I mean, come on! Fountain of Youth(?) award - to the “youngest” death on the list. Why did you pick this person?? I would like to thank @distaccato , who creates the spreadsheet and is effectively co-modding by the fact they do this for us. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/2 "2025-12-20T03:16:24Z")
Gene Shalit Vincent Ball Mel Brooks Eva Marie Saint Clint Eastwood Dick Van Dyke Barbara Eden Peter Murray William Shatner William Daniels Dennis Skinner Robert Wagner David Attenborough Gene Shalit - 100 Vincent Ball - 103 Mel Brooks - 100 Eva Marie Saint - 102 Clint Eastwood - 96 Dick Van Dyke - 101 Barbara Eden - 95 Peter Murray - 101 William Shatner - 95 William Daniels - 99 Dennis Skinner - 94 Robert Wagner - 96 David Attenborough - 100 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/3 "2025-12-20T04:15:48Z")
Putting in some fresh young faces. Bonnie Bartlett - 17 William Daniels - 19 Clint Eastwood - 16 Barbara Eden - 15 Rosemary Harris - 19 James Hong - 17 Rita Moreno - 15 Willie Nelson - 13 Nancy Olson - 18 Yoko Ono - 13 Julie Andrews - 11 William Shatner - 15 June Squibb - 17 clean list: Bonnie Bartlett William Daniels Clint Eastwood Barbara Eden Rosemary Harris James Hong Rita Moreno Willie Nelson Nancy Olson Yoko Ono Julie Andrews William Shatner June Squibb Thank you for running this. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/4 "2025-12-20T13:21:01Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Second, post a list of the names with their ages on January 1, 2026 \<–note, I mean final age if they survive the year! I’m confused. They have to survive 2026 to be counted, right? Based on your own list, I think you meant to say that you want the second list to show their ages on Dec. 31, 2026, not Jan. 1, 2026. (Or did you mean to say Jan. 1, **2027**? ) ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/5 "2025-12-20T13:44:05Z")
Assuming my previous post is correct, and following @Mahaloth’s own list, here’s mine, a dupe of my entry in the 2026 Death Pool. Eva Marie Saint Dick Van Dyke David Attenborough Mel Brooks William Daniels Rosemary Harris Lee Grant Estelle Parsons James Ivory James Hong Tippi Hedren Robert Wagner Joanne Woodward Clint Eastwood Eva Marie Saint-22 Dick Van Dyke-21 David Attenborough-20 Mel Brooks-20 William Daniels -19 Rosemary Harris-19 Lee Grant-19 Estelle Parsons-19 James Ivory-18 James Hong-17 Tippi Hedren-16 Robert Wagner-16 Joanne Woodward-16 Clint Eastwood-16 ---
**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:** [December 20, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/6 "2025-12-20T13:58:05Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I’m confused. They have to survive 2026 to be counted, right? I meant 2027. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/7 "2025-12-20T19:24:54Z")
Do they have to be 81 on Jan 1, 2026, or 81 by Dec 31, 2026? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/8 "2025-12-20T19:46:31Z")
Annette Dionne Julie Andrews Morgan Freeman Dame Helen Mirren Martha Stewart Jane Fonda Tippi Hedren Eva Marie Saint Rita Moreno Estelle Parsons Dame Judi Dench Sir Ian McKellan Valentina Tereshkova Alternates: Johnny Gilbert William Shatner Robert Wagner Annette Dionne 92 Julie Andrews 91 Morgan Freeman 89 Dame Helen Mirren 81 Martha Stewart 85 Jane Fonda 88 Tippi Hedren 96 Eva Marie Saint 102 Rita Moreno 95 Estelle Parsons 99 Dame Judi Dench 92 Sir Ian McKellan 87 Valentina Tereshkova 89 Alternates: Johnny Gilbert 98 William Shatner 96 Robert Wagner 96 I have a 3rd alternate just in case Dame Helen is disqualified by being only 80 on Jan 1, 2026. In other words, alternates 1 & 2 are for “untimely” deaths, and Robert Wagner is specifically for the disqualification, if such should be, of Dame Helen. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/9 "2025-12-21T01:15:38Z")
Here’s my list for 2026: Dick Van Dyke David Attenborough June Squibb Noam Chomsky Robert Wagner Joanne Woodward Clint Eastwood Vera Miles Warren Buffett William Shatner Willie Nelson Emperor Akihito Tom Baker Alternates: Shirley MacLean Josef Fritzl Dick Van Dyke 101 David Attenborough 100 June Squibb 97 Noam Chomsky 98 Robert Wagner 96 Joanne Woodward 96 Clint Eastwood 96 Vera Miles 96 Warren Buffett 96 William Shatner 95 Willie Nelson 93 Emperor Akihito 93 Tom Baker 92 Alternates: Shirley MacLean 92 Josef Fritzl 91 ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/10 "2025-12-21T02:33:14Z")
## My 2026 Celebrity Life Pool A. J. Foyt Bill Cosby Buzz Aldrin Donnie Allison Jackie Stewart Jean Chretien Leonard Earle Wood Mario Andretti Ned Jarret Richard Petty Roger Searle Penske William Shatner Willie Nelson Alternates Clint Eastwood A. J. Foyt 91 Bill Cosby 89 Buzz Aldrin 96 Donnie Allison 87 Jackie Stewart 87 Jean Chretien 92 Leonard Earle Wood 92 Mario Andretti 86 Ned Jarret 94 Richard Petty 89 Roger Searle Penske 89 William Shatner 95 Willie Nelson 93 Alternates Clint Eastwood 96 ------------------------ More Details -------------------------------------- A. J. Foyt 90 1935/01/16 former Indy race car driver Bill Cosby 88 1937/07/12 Disgraced American Actor Buzz Aldrin 95 1930/01/20 American Former Astronaut Donnie Allison 86 1939/09/07 former Nascar race car driver Jackie Stewart 86 1939/06/11 former F1 race car driver Jean Chretien 91 1934/01/11 Former Prime Minister of Canada Leonard Earle Wood 91 1934/09/22 former NASCAR crew chief, engine builder and co-founder of Wood Brothers Racing. Mario Andretti 85 1940/02/28 former F1 & Indy race car driver Ned Jarret 93 1932/10/12 former Nascar race car driver Richard Petty 88 1937/07/02 former Nascar race car driver Roger Searle Penske 88 1937/02/20 American auto racing team owner, businessman, and retired professional driver William Shatner 94 1931/03/22 Canadian Actor of Star Trek Fame Willie Nelson 92 1933/04/29 American Country Singer ========================== Alternates Clint Eastwood 95 1930/05/31 American Actor / Director ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/11 "2025-12-27T02:14:49Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Annette Dionne She’s dead now: **Annette Dionne, Last of the Celebrated Quintuplets, Dies at 91** [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/canada/annette-dionne-dead.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/canada/annette-dionne-dead.html) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/12 "2025-12-27T02:22:01Z")
Oh! yay! more points in the death pool! Could you change the Dionne sister to William Shatner? ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/13 "2025-12-27T18:19:19Z")
Ted Templeman Elaine May Mighty Sparrow Archie Bell Brigitte Auber Katharine Ross Frank Langella Jac Holzman Leontyne Price Manfred Mann Leslie Caron Ratko Mladik William Bulger William B. Davis Tippi Hedren Ted Templeman 84 Elaine May 94 Mighty Sparrow 91 Archie Bell 82 Brigitte Auber 101 Katharine Ross 86 Frank Langella 88 Jac Holzman 95 Leontyne Price 99 Manfred Mann 86 Leslie Caron 95 Ratko Mladik 84 William Bulger 92 William B. Davis 88 Tippi Hedren 96 ---
**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:** [December 28, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/14 "2025-12-28T23:08:53Z")
Hello! Longtime Death Pooler, first time Life Pooler. My old nemesis Richard O’Sullivan is 81, qualifying him for the Life Pool. O’Sullivan denied me Death Pool points in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2015-2025 inclusive. At this point, having him on my Life Pool may be the only exculpating evidence in my defence if he does die in 2026. I have 12 surviving previous Death Pool picks over 81, including O’Sullivan. I’m playing them all, with three ringers to bring me up to 13 plus two alts. So without further ado, I present my list of immortals: Richard O’Sullivan Paul Dooley William Shatner Judd Hirsch Dawn Fraser George Hamilton Alan Jones Molly Meldrum Barry Manilow Derryn Hinch Michael Douglas Judy Moran John Howard Alts: Germaine Greer John Cleese For disambiguation: Richard O’Sullivan, English actor Paul Dooley, American actor William Shatner, American actor Judd Hirsch, American actor Dawn Fraser, Australian Olympian George Hamilton, American actor Alan Jones, Australian radio host Molly Meldrum, Australian music critic Barry Manilow, American singer Derryn Hinch, Australian journalist Michael Douglas, American actor Judy Moran, Australian crime family matriarch John Howard, Australian former Prime Minister Alts Germaine Greer, Australian writer John Cleese, English actor Game on! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/15 "2025-12-29T02:09:06Z")
Eva Marie Saint Kim Novak Tippi Hedron Lee Grant Rosemary Harris Marion Ross Vera Miles Joanne Woodward Sophia Loren Rita Moreno Estelle Parsons Barbara Eden Barbara Feldon Alt Joan Collins * * * Eva Marie Saint 102 Kim Novak 93 Tippi Hedron 96 Lee Grant 101 Rosemary Harris 99 Marion Ross 98 Vera Miles 96 Joanne Woodward 96 Sophia Loren 92 Rita Moreno 95 Estelle Parsons 99 Barbara Eden 95 Barbara Feldon 93 Alt Joan Collins 93 ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/16 "2025-12-29T15:10:31Z")
I’ll take last year’s list again, changing the two who have not made it through the year: William Shatner - born March 22, 1931, will be 96 on January, 1st 2027, so 16 points, right? Buzz Aldrin - January 20, 1930, 16 points James Ivory - June 7, 1928, 18 points Dick Van Dyke - 21 points Gene Shallit - born March 25, 1926, 20 points Clint Eastwood - born May 31, 1930, 15 points Eva Marie Saint - born July 4, 1924, 22 points Lee Grant - born “October 31, mid '20s”, say 20 points? See **[here.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Grant)** Mel Brooks - born June 28, 1926, 20 points Julio Le Parc - born September 23, 1928, 18 points Mary Violet Leontine Price, February 10, 1927, 19 points George Joseph, **[insurer and billionaire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Joseph_(insurer))**, born September 11, 1921, 25 points Robert Kuok, born 6 October 1923, Malaysia’s **[richest man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kuok)**, 22 points Alternate, just in case: Brigitte Auber, born 27 April 1925, 21 points Maximal number of points without the alternate: 252 Those calculations were so difficult (not counting the problem with Lee Grant, which I have set at 20 points but this is arguable) that I can only express my admiration and gratitude to **Mahaloth** for organizing and computing all this. What a mess! I guess I miscounted sommewhere anyway. Clean list: William Shatner Buzz Aldrin James Ivory Dick Van Dyke Gene Shallit Clint Eastwood Eva Marie Saint Lee Grant Mel Brooks Julio Le Parc Mary Violet Leontine Price George Joseph Robert Kuok Reserve: Brigitte Auber ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/17 "2025-12-30T05:25:04Z")
My list with ages rather than point values. Bonnie Bartlett - 97 William Daniels - 99 Clint Eastwood - 96 Barbara Eden - 95 Rosemary Harris - 99 James Hong - 97 Rita Moreno - 95 Willie Nelson - 93 Nancy Olson - 98 Yoko Ono - 93 Julie Andrews - 91 William Shatner - 95 June Squibb - 97 ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/18 "2025-12-31T01:20:07Z")
> Lee Grant - born “October 31, mid '20s”, say 20 points? I checked Ancestry. Her birth was registered in 1925 with a date of 31 October, NY birth certificate number 12540. Hope that helps! [Ancestry record link (subscription required)](https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61457/records/1141318?tid=&pid=&queryId=da1a18ff-db6d-44b9-9e63-ee0af6ee2aa9&_phsrc=CwL2475&_phstart=successSource) ---
**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:** [December 31, 2025, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/19 "2025-12-31T03:58:01Z")
I didn’t calculate points. 1 Jan: 73 potential points 31 Dec: 86 potential points. Reposting same list with DOBs. Richard O’Sullivan 5 July 1944 Paul Dooley 22 February 1928 William Shatner 22 March 1931 Judd Hirsch 15 March 1935 Dawn Fraser 4 September 1937 George Hamilton 12 August 1939 Alan Jones 13 April 1941 Molly Meldrum 29 January 1943 Barry Manilow 17 June 1943 Derryn Hinch 2 September 1944 Michael Douglas 25 September 1944 Judy Moran 18 December 1944 John Howard 26 July 1939 Alts Germaine Greer 29 January 1939 John Cleese 27 October 1939 ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879/20 "2025-12-31T10:16:11Z")
RivkahChaya’s list, reposted with some tweaks; I’ve replaced Annette Dionne (RIP) with William Shatner, and added John Cleese to my alternates, then shifted around the alternates. Disregard all previous lists. Sorry for the extra work. William Shatner Julie Andrews Morgan Freeman Dame Helen Mirren Martha Stewart Jane Fonda Tippi Hedren Eva Marie Saint Rita Moreno Estelle Parsons Dame Judi Dench Sir Ian McKellan Valentina Tereshkova Alternates: Johnny Gilbert Robert Wagner John Cleese (to replace Dame Helen, if she does not qualify) William Shatner 96 Julie Andrews 91 Morgan Freeman 89 Dame Helen Mirren 81 Martha Stewart 85 Jane Fonda 88 Tippi Hedren 96 Eva Marie Saint 102 Rita Moreno 95 Estelle Parsons 99 Dame Judi Dench 92 Sir Ian McKellan 87 Valentina Tereshkova 89 Alternates: Johnny Gilbert 98 Robert Wagner 96 John Cleese 87 I have a 3rd alternate just in case Dame Helen is disqualified by being only 80 on Jan 1, 2026. In other words, alternates 1 & 2 are for “untimely” deaths, and **John Cleese** is specifically for the disqualification, if such should be, of Dame Helen. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-life-pool/1025879.md?page=2)