# 2026 \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 5, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430 "2025-12-05T15:20:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/21 "2025-12-15T05:09:27Z")
Continuing my streak of making a theme based on wordplay–even though I have never had someone die on my themed pools–I now present: The Celebrity Meth Pool (Celibrities who have admitted to–or been credibly associated with–methamphetamine use.) Andre Agassi Delta Burke Kevin Clash Heidi Fleiss Fergie Jodie Sweetin Demi Lovato Lalaine Vergara-Paras Stephanie Pratt Jael Strauss Jenna Jameson Shaun Weiss Robert Downey Jr. Alternate: Lindsay Lohan Note: Fergie is singer/songwriter Stacy Ann Ferguson, most known for the Black Eyed Peas. Not Sarah Ferguson who was married to former Prince Andrew. ---
**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 15, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/22 "2025-12-15T20:12:10Z")
My Themed Death Pool for 2026 Theme: Former Race Car Drivers 1 A. J. Foyt 1935 former Indy race car driver 2 Donnie Allison 1939 former Nascar race car driver 3 Emerson Fittipaldi 1946 former Indy race car driver 4 Darryl Waltrip 1947 former Nascar race car driver 5 Harry Gant 1940 former Nascar race car driver 6 Jackie Stewart 1939 former F1 race car driver 7 Leonard Earle Wood 1934 former NASCAR crew chief, engine builder and co-founder of Wood Brothers Racing. 8 Mario Andretti 1940 former F1 & Indy race car driver 9 Michael Schumacher 1969 former F1 race car driver 10 Ned Jarret 1932 former Nascar race car driver 11 Richard Petty 1937 former Nascar race car driver 12 Rick Hendrick 1949 former Nascar race car driver & current team owner 13 Roger Searle Penske 1937 American auto racing team owner, businessman, and retired professional driver Alt: 1 Rick Mears 1951 former Indy race car driver 2 Ricky Rudd 1956 former Nascar race car driver Clean list: A. J. Foyt Donnie Allison Emerson Fittipaldi Darryl Waltrip Harry Gant Jackie Stewart Leonard Earle Wood Mario Andretti Michael Schumacher Ned Jarret Richard Petty Rick Hendrick Roger Penske Alt: Rick Mears Ricky Rudd ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/23 "2025-12-18T07:38:28Z")
As last year, 2001 Diamondbacks Rod Barajas Jay Bell David Dellucci Steve Finley Luis Gonzalez Mark Grace Randy Johnson Damian Miller Armando Reynoso Reggie Sanders Curt Schilling Matt Williams Tony Womack Alternates: Midre Cummings Craig Counsell Byung-Hyun Kim ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/24 "2025-12-21T00:41:47Z")
Amthony Hopkins Avram Hershko Sarah Miles Alex Ferguson Andy Summers Ben Kingsley Diane von Furstenberg Pius Ncube Tim Matheson Burton Cummings Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasieyv Tom Hamilton Fermin Goytisols James Remar Jane Badler Herman Tilke ---
**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 21, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/25 "2025-12-21T02:44:10Z")
**MASH Cast - TV or Movie** Alan Alda Mike Farrell Jamie Farr Gary Burghoff Jeff Maxwell G.W. Bailey Elliot Gould Robert Duvall Fred Williamson Tom Skerritt Mike Altman Loudon Wainwright III John Schuck ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/26 "2025-12-22T22:21:57Z")
I totally blanked on submitting a themed list last year. Back in the saddle! **Hollywood Scum** James Corden, jerk Bill Cosby, rapist Harvey Weinstein, rapist Woody Allen, creep Roman Polanski, rapist Ezra Miller, loony creep Ellen DeGeneres, jerk Chevy Chase, jerk Jared Leto, super creep Katherine Heigl, jerk Sean Combs, rapist Gérard Depardieu, rapist Clean List of Scum James Corden Bill Cosby Harvey Weinstein Woody Allen Roman Polanski Ezra Miller Ellen DeGeneres Chevy Chase Jared Leto Katherine Heigl Sean Combs Gérard Depardieu ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/27 "2025-12-24T02:04:49Z")
Hello again! My 2026 theme is **The Pearly Gates** , and I look forward to another goose egg year. Barry Pearl Bill Gates David Gates Earl “The Pearl” Monroe Gareth Gates Gates McFadden Henry Louis Gates Jr Kevin Gates Pearl Aday Pearl Charles Pearl Lowe Pearl Thusi Robert Gates Alts: Josh Gates Mae Martin Raydon Gates Barry Pearl - American actor Bill Gates - American business man David Gates - American singer-songwriter Earl “The Pearl” Monroe - American basketball player Gareth Gates - English singer-songwriter Gates McFadden - American actor Henry Louis Gates Jr - American professor and historian Kevin Gates - American rapper Pearl Aday - American singer Pearl Charles - American singer-songwriter Pearl Lowe - English fashion designer Pearl Thusi - South African actress Robert Gates - American intelligence analyst Alt Josh Gates - American television presenter Mae Pearl Martin - Canadian comedian Raydon Gates - Australian senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/28 "2025-12-24T03:59:51Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > My 2026 theme is **The Pearly Gates** Clever! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/29 "2025-12-26T22:26:59Z")
Here’s to a “fab” 2026! Paul McCartney Ringo Starr Richard Lester Yoko Ono Julian Lennon Pete Best Sean Lennon Olivia Harrison Dhani Harrison Jane Asher Patti Boyd Harrison Zak Starkey Jimmy Nicol Alternates: Jeff Lynne Heather Mills May Pang ---
**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, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/30 "2025-12-29T01:41:49Z")
A rerun of my 2025 list. No one ever really died on the show either. Theme: Dark Shadows 1. Kathy Cody: Hallie Stokes 2. Katheryn Leigh Scott: Maggie Evans/Josette 3. Alexandra Isles: Victoria Winters 4. Nancy Barrett: Carolyn Stoddard 5. Marie Wallace: Eve 6. Kate Jackson: Daphne Harridge 7. Jerry Lacy: The Reverend Trask 8. Harvey Keitel: Uncredited Blue Whale Patron, Ep. 33 9. Roger Davis: Peter Bradford 10. David Selby: Quentin Collins 11. Terry Crawford: Beth Chavez 12. Jim Storm: Gerard Stiles 13. David Henesey: David Collins Alts: 14. Donna Wandrey: Roxanne Drew 15. Sharon Smyth: Sarah Collins Clean list: Kathy Cody Katheryn Leigh Scott Alexandra Isles Nancy Barrett Marie Wallace Kate Jackson Jerry Lacy Harvey Keitel Roger Davis David Selby Terry Crawford Jim Storm David Henesy Alternates: Donna Wandrey Sharon Smyth ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/31 "2025-12-29T14:58:25Z")
Only lost one of thirteen this year when Wink Martindale gave me nine points, so he’s being replaced by Pat Sajak for 2026. He seems like a nice guy IRL, so maybe my list will keep him going for at least another year. I was going to promote Joey Fatone – “Fat One” is right there in his name! – up from the alternates, but evidently he has lost a lot of weight (although it was due to plastic surgery, hmmm). **Game Show Hosts** Bill Anderson - _Fandango_ Tom Bergeron - _Hollywood Squares_ Drew Carey - _The Price is Right_ John Davidson - _Hollywood Squares, The $100,000 Pyramid_ Bob Eubanks - _The_ _Newlywed Game_ Jeff Foxworthy - _Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?_ Steve Harvey - _Family Feud_ Richard Karn - _Family Feud, Bingo America_ Jane Lynch - _Weakest Link, Hollywood Game Night_ John O’Hurley - _Family Feud_ Pat Sajak – _Wheel of Fortune_ Ben Stein - _Win Ben Stein’s Money_ Marc Summers - _Double Dare, History IQ_ **Alternates:** Brooke Burns - _Master Minds,_ _The Chase_ Joey Fatone - _Common Knowledge_ Clean List: **Game Show Hosts** Bill Anderson Tom Bergeron Drew Carey John Davidson Bob Eubanks Jeff Foxworthy Steve Harvey Richard Karn Jane Lynch John O’Hurley Pat Sajak Ben Stein Marc Summers Alternates: Joey Fatone Brooke Burns ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/32 "2025-12-31T20:00:47Z")
Okay. I’m going with a geo-political theme this year. Donald Trump, American felon Benjamin Netanyahu, Indicted Israeli Ban Sasse, Voted to convict Trump Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas leader Izz al-Din al-Haddad, Hamas military leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran. Voice of god on Earth. Mohammad Pokpour, Leader of Iran’s IRGC Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Leader of the IRGC Air Force Gholamreza Soleimani, Leader of Iran’s Basiji Esmail Qaani, Leader of Iran’s Quds Force Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan dictator Masoud Pezeshkian, Iranian president Reza Pahlavi, Iranian crown prince Alternate Donald Trump Jr., American Crown Prince, Coke Enthusiast Clean list: Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Ban Sasse Khalil al-Hayya Izz al-Din al-Haddad Ali Hosseini Khamenei Mohammad Pokpour Amir Ali Hajizadeh Gholamreza Soleimani Esmail Qaani Nicolás Maduro Masoud Pezeshkian Reza Pahlavi ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/33 "2025-12-31T23:30:29Z")
My 2026 Themed List (NY Mets) Ron Swoboda Jerry Koosman Jack Fisher Bob Aspomonte Joe Torre Craig Swan Nolan Ryan Mickey Lolich Bob Apodaca Hank Webb George Theodore Al Weis Larry Stahl ALTS: Ron Hunt JC Martin ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/34 "2026-01-01T02:11:49Z")
**The bad boys and girls with bad guts.** David Irving Scott Addams Milo Yiannopoulos Harvey Weinstein Joseph James DeAngelo Donald Trump Asma al-Assad Vladimir Putin Victoria Jackson Nicolás Maduro President Isaias Afwerki Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/35 "2026-01-01T02:28:20Z")
Theme: Hope I Die Before I Get Old 2 - Rock Stars Andy Taylor Steven Tyler Bob Dylan Glenn Tipton Vivian Campbell Glenn Hughes Jimmy Page Bill Ward Peter Frampton Ann Wilson Linda Ronstadt Bill Wyman Neil Young ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/36 "2026-01-01T04:08:45Z")
I haven’t had a themed list in a while. I noticed I had a few Aussies on my regular list so I give you…. **Death Down Under** Magda Szubanski George Lazenby Damien Martyn Lexy Thornberry Alea O’Shea Melanie Shilling John Farnham Paul Hogan Geoffrey Rush Bryan Brown Vernon Wells John Noble Jack Thompson Mostly thrown together at the last minute. I’ll be pissed if this one scores higher than my main list. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/37 "2026-01-01T05:17:03Z")
Well, I chose the wrong Canadians last year. A couple of changes this year: **The Canadians** Michael Sadler Paul Henderson Tommy Chong Michael J Fox Joni Mitchell Krista Temple Stephen Lewis Robert Munsch Catherine Wreford Celine Dion Jeanne Becker Anne Cools Jacques Gourde Alternate Dave Stanley Daoust Gabriela Dabrowski ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/38 "2026-01-06T20:15:27Z")
32 Participants this year, let the games begin! | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Baker | 0 | 0 | Dec 31 Birthdays | | 1 | Bayaker | 0 | 0 | Game Show Hosts | | 1 | Biotop | 0 | 0 | Dark Shadows | | 1 | Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch | 0 | 0 | geo-political | | 1 | Catamount | 0 | 0 | Hollywood Scum | | 1 | Cazzle | 0 | 0 | The Pearly Gates | | 1 | commasense | 0 | 0 | Destroyers of Democracy | | 1 | CreaseMunky | 0 | 0 | Hope I Die Before I Get Old - Rock Stars | | 1 | Dancer\_Flight | 0 | 0 | Star Trek VII | | 1 | DesertDog | 0 | 0 | 2001 Diamondbacks | | 1 | Dr.Girlfriend | 0 | 0 | The 14th Annual All-Star Sports Edition | | 1 | GIGObuster | 0 | 0 | The bad boys and girls with bad guts. | | 1 | GuanoLad | 0 | 0 | British Sitcom Stars | | 1 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 0 | 0 | Older People with ALS (OPALS) | | 1 | Hoopy\_Frood | 0 | 0 | The Celebrity Meth Pool | | 1 | J-P\_L | 0 | 0 | Former Race Car Drivers | | 1 | Little\_Nemo | 0 | 0 | Battle of the Network Stars | | 1 | Loach | 0 | 0 | Death Down Under | | 1 | Mahaloth | 0 | 0 | MASH Cast - TV or Movie | | 1 | Pardel-Lux | 0 | 0 | German players in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups | | 1 | phungi | 0 | 0 | Howard Stern Wack Pack Members | | 1 | Railer13 | 0 | 0 | Former NFL Head Coaches | | 1 | Rebo | 0 | 0 | Still Living Match Game Celebrities | | 1 | Reeses\_Monkey | 0 | 0 | Close, But “Still” No Cigar | | 1 | Registered\_at\_Last | 0 | 0 | The Canadians | | 1 | RobotDevilDog | 0 | 0 | Back to the Future | | 1 | silenus | 0 | 0 | Team Evil | | 1 | smithsb | 0 | 0 | Middle East Troublemakers | | 1 | Stephe96 | 0 | 0 | Beatles | | 1 | xizor | 0 | 0 | Crooners: | | 1 | zadscmc | 0 | 0 | NY Mets | ---
**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:** [January 7, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/39 "2026-01-07T02:29:30Z")
Did anyone have an Eastern European athletes theme? Because two of them have died this week. Hungarian Olympic canoeist Miklos Dudas died at age 34 yesterday. And Brazilian (but he played in Russia) football player Alex Felipe died today at 32. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/40 "2026-01-14T01:23:12Z")
> **[Scott Adams, Dilbert creator and conservative commentator, dies aged 68](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/scott-adams-dilbert-dies)** > > Cartoonist – who was dropped from US papers in 2023 after calling Black people a ‘hate group’ – had prostate cancer Points for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430.md?page=3)