# 2026 Celebrity Life Pool

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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

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