# 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:** 3
**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 14, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/41 "2026-01-14T17:57:00Z")
And… we’re off! | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 32 | 1(1) | The bad boys and girls with bad guts. | ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/42 "2026-02-01T03:06:50Z")
I’m on the board with 21 points for Demond Wilson. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/43 "2026-02-02T14:28:23Z")
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 32 | 1(1) | The bad boys and girls with bad guts. | | 2 | Little\_Nemo | 21 | 1(1) | Battle of the Network Stars | ---
**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:** [February 4, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/44 "2026-02-04T01:56:06Z")
If I can just maintain this pace, I’ll be looking at over two hundred points by the end of the year. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/45 "2026-02-05T00:51:25Z")
> **[Mickey Lolich, hero of the 1968 World Series for the Detroit Tigers, dies at 85](https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/mlb/mickey-lolich-1968-world-series-detroit-tigers-dies-rcna257469)** > > Lolich, who had three complete-game victories for the Detroit Tigers in the 1968 World Series, the last Major League Baseball pitcher to post the incredible feat, died Wednesday. 15 Points for me ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/46 "2026-02-05T13:27:44Z")
And then there were three… | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 32 | 1(1) | The bad boys and girls with bad guts. | | 2 | Little\_Nemo | 21 | 1(1) | Battle of the Network Stars | | 3 | zadscmc | 15 | 1(1) | NY Mets | ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/47 "2026-02-12T16:49:20Z")
I just noticed I picked up 19 points on January 20 with the demise of Ronald Joseph. > **[Ronald Joseph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Joseph)** > > Ronald Joseph (October 9, 1944 – January 20, 2026) was an American pair skater who competed with his sister, Vivian Joseph. They were the 1964 Olympic bronze medalists, 1965 World silver medalists, and 1965 North American champions. > Joseph was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 9, 1944, and was the elder brother of Vivian Joseph. He was Jewish until converting to Catholicism before his death. He worked as a hand surgeon in Arizona and Florida. > He married St. Johns County Commissioner Krista ... ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/48 "2026-02-16T18:24:05Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Robert Duvall I get 5 points for Duvall dying. He was on my MASH list. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/49 "2026-02-16T20:29:44Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > Robert Duvall > > I get 5 points for Duvall dying. He was on my MASH list. Too bad you didn’t have Bud Cort. It would have been a good week for you. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/50 "2026-02-16T21:02:15Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Too bad you didn’t have Bud Cort. It would have been a good week for you. Yeah, I didn’t know who the actor was until he died. He only has a line or two. People talk about Nurse Ratched as evil villains, but that moment with Frank Burns always stood out in my mind as just so cruel. “Too late. You killed him.” Only a monster would suggest that in war. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/51 "2026-02-17T18:36:31Z")
Updated Rankings: | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 32 | 1(1) | The bad boys and girls with bad guts. | | 2 | Little\_Nemo | 21 | 1(1) | Battle of the Network Stars | | 3 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 19 | 1(1) | Older People with ALS (OPALS) | | 4 | zadscmc | 15 | 1(1) | NY Mets | | 5 | Mahaloth | 5 | 1(1) | MASH Cast - TV or Movie | ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/52 "2026-03-01T00:04:26Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Ayatollah Ali Khamenei May be dead, may give me points, unlike the other allathola called Ebrahim that I also have on my list, I missed that he died 2 years ago… ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/53 "2026-03-01T02:28:36Z")
I mean, **Ayatollah** , and yes, they confirmed I got points: > **[Iran’s supreme leader killed in major attack by US and Israel](https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-explosion-tehran-c2f11247d8a66e36929266f2c557a54c)** > > Iranian state media have confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a major attack by Israel and the United States. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/54 "2026-03-01T17:36:57Z")
Looks like the supreme leader (former) and past president Mahmud Ahmadinejad for me. That’s the hell’s handbasket tally. I’m upset about all the other deaths going on. Our space rock is run by monsters worshipping gods, money, power, glory. Been that way since recorded history. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/55 "2026-03-01T19:35:54Z")
> [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](#): > I scored on Ali Khamenei and Mohammad Pakpour. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/56 "2026-03-03T18:35:52Z")
> [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](#): > > Mohammad Pakpour. These are “losses” we can celebrate! | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 46 | 2(2) | The bad boys and girls with bad guts. | | 2 | Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch | 36 | 1(1) | geo-political | | 3 | Little\_Nemo | 21 | 1(1) | Battle of the Network Stars | | 4 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 19 | 1(1) | Older People with ALS (OPALS) | | 5 | zadscmc | 15 | 1(1) | NY Mets | | 6 | smithsb | 14 | 1(1) | Middle East Troublemakers | | 7 | Mahaloth | 5 | 1(1) | MASH Cast - TV or Movie | ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/57 "2026-03-21T21:48:12Z")
> **[Baseball journeyman, who famously spoiled a perfect game, dies at 84](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-15667293/larry-stahl-baseball-perfect-game-illinois.html)** > > While he played 10 seasons across four different clubs, his name is etched into the record books for his role in the 'near-perfect' game of Milt Pappas. Larry Stahl, he is on my list. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/58 "2026-03-22T11:51:32Z")
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 46 | 2(2) | The bad boys and girls with bad guts. | | 2 | Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch | 36 | 1(1) | geo-political | | 3 | zadscmc | 31 | 2(2) | NY Mets | | 4 | Little\_Nemo | 21 | 1(1) | Battle of the Network Stars | | 5 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 19 | 1(1) | Older People with ALS (OPALS) | | 6 | smithsb | 14 | 1(1) | Middle East Troublemakers | | 7 | Mahaloth | 5 | 1(1) | MASH Cast - TV or Movie | ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/59 "2026-03-27T23:40:17Z")
James Tolkan has died. A few points for me. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430/60 "2026-03-28T13:00:35Z")
> [@RobotDevilDog](#): > > James Tolkan points is points! | Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | GIGObuster | 46 | 2(2) | The bad boys and girls with bad guts. | | 2 | Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch | 36 | 1(1) | geo-political | | 3 | zadscmc | 31 | 2(2) | NY Mets | | 4 | Little\_Nemo | 21 | 1(1) | Battle of the Network Stars | | 5 | Happy\_Lendervedder | 19 | 1(1) | Older People with ALS (OPALS) | | 6 | smithsb | 14 | 1(1) | Middle East Troublemakers | | 7 | RobotDevilDog | 6 | 1(1) | Back to the Future | | 8 | Mahaloth | 5 | 1(1) | MASH Cast - TV or Movie | [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-themed-celebrity-death-pool/1025430.md?page=4)