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Celebrity Deaths 2026

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This thread discusses the deaths of public figures. Please be mindful that some members may find this upsetting.

If you’ve recently experienced a loss or are finding the subject difficult, you may wish to avoid reading further.

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It's that time once again - Celebrity Deaths is back for its 2026 edition! :D

Same rules apply as usual.
  1. You must pick 20 celebrities who you think will die during the course of 2026.
  2. You can't pick anyone who's famous purely for being old.
  3. No changes to lists are allowed once they're submitted. The only exception to this is if someone on your list dies between you submitting your list and the game going live at midnight on Thursday 1st January 2026.
  4. If you can include what each person on your list is famous for, then that'd be appreciated. In a change to previous years, keeping them generic is the way to go. I know, it sucks, but I don't want to run the risk of getting in trouble thanks to the Online Safety Act.
  5. As I've done for the past few years, I'll have a spreadsheet set up to make it easier to work out who gets points when a celebrity dies. Not terribly relevant for you lot, but meh. :p
  6. Lists must not be submitted in the thread itself. This is to encourage people to do a bit more research into who they want on their lists instead of just taking ideas from the submissions of others. If anyone wishes to take part, then please submit your list to me via PM on the forum. :)
  7. Individuals who join Dignitas or any similar organisation are ineligible for selection for any further contests.

Think that's everything. So let's have those lists come in! :)

N.B. As usual, if anyone has any questions, please post in the thread or drop me a DM.

Scoreboard
Tom - 1pt

Jonathan
  1. Donald Trump (US president)
  2. Jairzinho (retired footballer)
  3. Sir John Major (former Prime Minister)
  4. Sir David Attenborough (broadcaster and naturalist)
  5. Sir Mick Jagger (musician)
  6. John Williams (film music composer)
  7. Rupert Murdoch (media mogul)
  8. Harvey Weinstein (film producer and convicted sex offender)
  9. Bernie Ecclestone (business magnate)
  10. Emperor Emeritus Akihito (former Emperor of Japan)
  11. Stockard Channing (actress)
  12. Petula Clark (singer)
  13. Dick van Dyke (actor)
  14. George Carey (former Archbishop of Canterbury)
  15. Dino Zoff (retired footballer)
  16. Sir Billy Connolly (stand-up comedian)
  17. Rita Moreno (actress)
  18. Mario Andretti (1978 F1 World Champion)
  19. Elon Musk (owner of Tesla)
  20. Mel Brooks (actor and filmmaker)

Zeock
  1. George Soros (investor and philanthropist)
  2. Sir David Attenborough (broadcaster and naturalist)
  3. Sir Michael Caine (actor)
  4. Buzz Aldrin (astronaut)
  5. Alejandro Jodorowsky (filmmaker)
  6. Dame Judi Dench (actress)
  7. Warren Buffett (investor and philanthropist)
  8. Dick van Dyke (actor)
  9. Jürgen Habermas (philosopher)
  10. Rupert Murdoch (media mogul)
  11. Norman Foster (architect)
  12. Josef Fritzl (sex offender)
  13. Alvin Plantinga (philosopher)
  14. William Shatner (actor)
  15. Noam Chomsky (professor)
  16. Morgan Freeman (actor)
  17. Dennis Skinner (former MP)
  18. Clint Eastwood (actor)
  19. Mel Brooks (actor and filmmaker)
  20. Dame Julie Andrews (actress)
Jb85
  1. Sir Paul McCartney (musician)
  2. Sir Ringo Starr (musician)
  3. Bob Dylan (musician)
  4. Diana Ross (musician)
  5. Dolly Parton (musician)
  6. Warren Buffett (investor and philanthropist)
  7. Rupert Murdoch (media mogul)
  8. Sir David Attenborough (broadcaster and naturalist)
  9. Bernie Sanders (senior US Senator for Vermont)
  10. Sir Michael Caine (actor)
  11. Donald Sutherland (actor)
  12. Sir Ian McKellen (actor)
  13. Dustin Hoffman (actor)
  14. Sir Patrick Stewart (actor)
  15. Jeff Bezos (businessman)
  16. Ellen DeGeneres (comedian)
  17. Liam Neeson (actor)
  18. Britney Spears (singer)
  19. Mel Brooks (actor and filmmaker)
  20. Wayne Rooney (footballer)
Leigh
  1. Bruce Willis (actor)
  2. Sir Michael Caine (actor)
  3. Mel Brooks (actor and filmmaker)
  4. Dick van Dyke (actor)
  5. William Shatner (actor)
  6. Clint Eastwood (actor)
  7. Sir David Attenborough (broadcaster and naturalist)
  8. Buzz Aldrin (astronaut)
  9. Rupert Murdoch (media mogul)
  10. John Williams (film music composer)
  11. Tom Baker (actor)
  12. George Takei (actor)
  13. Sir Ringo Starr (musician)
  14. Dame Mary Berry (food writer and chef)
  15. Rita Moreno (actress)
  16. Sir Paul McCartney (musician)
  17. Joe Biden (former US president)
  18. Jane Fonda (actress)
  19. Sir Anthony Hopkins (actor)
  20. Morgan Freeman (actor)
Dipper_Dave
  1. Mel Brooks (actor and filmmaker)
  2. Bernie Ecclestone (business magnate)
  3. Don King (boxing promoter)
  4. Yoko Ono (artist and musician)
  5. Dame Joan Collins (actress)
  6. Roman Polanski (filmmaker)
  7. Tom Baker (actor)
  8. Jane Fonda (actress)
  9. Jim Norton (actor)
  10. Rod Laver (retired tennis player)
  11. Sir Trevor McDonald (broadcaster)
  12. Paul Hogan (actor)
  13. Jack Nicklaus (retired golfer)
  14. Sir Ringo Starr (musician)
  15. Jimmy Tarbuck (comedian)
  16. Eric Idle (comedian and actor)
  17. Colin Baker (actor)
  18. Roy Chubby Brown (comedian)
  19. Barry Gibb (musician)
  20. Steven Tyler (musician)
rob666
  1. King Charles III
  2. Adrian Edmondson (actor and comedian)
  3. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (third child of Queen Elizabeth II)
  4. Jeremy Clarkson (broadcaster and farmer)
  5. Sir Ben Kingsley (actor)
  6. Jarvis Cocker (musician)
  7. Dame Judi Dench (actress)
  8. Sir Geoffrey Boycott (retired cricketer)
  9. Kevin Keegan (retired footballer)
  10. William Hague (former MP and leader of the Conservative Party)
  11. Malcolm McDowell (actor)
  12. Joe Biden (former US president)
  13. Paul Elliott (actor)
  14. Brian Blessed (actor)
  15. Alan Bennett (playwright)
  16. Donald Trump (US president)
  17. David Hockney (artist)
  18. Sir Paul McCartney (musician)
  19. Sir Michael Palin (actor and broadcaster)
  20. Jane McDonald (singer)
MattyH
  1. King Charles III
  2. Sir Ian McKellen (actor)
  3. Charles Grassley (senior US Senator from Iowa)
  4. Sir Paul McCartney (musician)
  5. Donald Trump (US president)
  6. John Cleese (comedian and actor)
  7. Oprah Winfrey (talk show host)
  8. Steve Martin (comedian and actor)
  9. Noel Edmonds (TV presenter)
  10. Dame Jacqueline Wilson (children's author)
  11. SGT Slaughter (voice actor and retired professional wrestler)
  12. Dame Mary Berry (food writer and chef)
  13. Darby Allin (wrestler)
  14. Harry Shearer (voice actor)
  15. Sebastian Vettel (4-time F1 World Champion)
  16. Miriam Margolyes (actress)
  17. LadBaby (YouTuber)
  18. Stuart Ashen (YouTuber)
  19. MrBeast (YouTuber)
  20. Wolfgang Weber (retired footballer)
Tom
  1. Rupert Murdoch (media mogul)
  2. Stuart Hall (TV presenter and convicted sex offender)
  3. Dick van Dyke (actor)
  4. Guillermo Rodríguez (former dictator of Ecuador)
  5. Rosemary Harris (actress)
  6. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (king of Saudi Arabia)
  7. Mel Brooks (actor and filmmaker)
  8. Baron Christopher (businessman and trade unionist)
  9. Sir David Attenborough (broadcaster and naturalist)
  10. Ludek Miklosko (retired footballer)
  11. Hans Blix (diplomat)
  12. Robert "Bob" Gimlin (filmmaker)
  13. Dennis Skinner (former MP)
  14. Josef Fritzl (sex offender)
  15. Ray Anthony (retired bandleader and musician)
  16. Julie Goodyear (actress)
  17. Melvyn Hayes (actor)
  18. Eileen Derbyshire (actress)
  19. Raúl Castro (former President of Cuba)
  20. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Supreme Leader of Iran)
Kelpie & DiogoJ42
  1. Sir Geoff Hurst (retired footballer)
  2. Tim Curry (actor)
  3. Clint Eastwood (actor)
  4. Tom Baker (actor)
  5. Phil Collins (musician)
  6. Dame Virginia McKenna (actress)
  7. Lord Neil Kinnock (former MP and leader of the Labour Party)
  8. Michael Aspel (TV presenter)
  9. Ian Smith (actor)
  10. Sir Chris Hoy (retired cyclist)
  11. Bruce Willis (actor)
  12. Bernie Ecclestone (business magnate)
  13. Sir David Attenborough (broadcaster and naturalist)
  14. Dick van Dyke (actor)
  15. Baron Christopher (businessman and trade unionist)
  16. Pauline Quirke (actress)
  17. Michael Fish (weather forecaster)
  18. Buzz Aldrin (astronaut)
  19. Fred Haise (astronaut)
  20. Chappell Roan (musician)
Slugjc
  1. Donald Trump (US president)
  2. Sir Ringo Starr (musician)
  3. Ian Callaghan (retired footballer)
  4. Sir Alex Ferguson (retired football manager)
  5. Sir Billy Connolly (stand-up comedian)
  6. Peter Kay (comedian)
  7. Jodie Foster (actress)
  8. Noddy Holder (musician)
  9. Michael Heseltine (former MP)
  10. Michael J Fox (actor)
  11. Dick van Dyke (actor)
  12. Dame Julie Andrews (actress)
  13. Michael Aspel (TV presenter)
  14. Graeme Garden (comedian and actor)
  15. David Walliams (actor)
  16. Charles Bronson (criminal)
  17. Adriano Celentano (singer-songwriter)
  18. Lord Sugar (businessman)
  19. Miles Jupp (comedian)
  20. Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)
 
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Do keep up you lot.

Designer Valentino has died.

As has the very interesting Erich von Daniken...author of Chariots of the Gods, pseudoscience cobblers that could have been the base for the 5d cineama attraction/indoor "park" at Blackpool Central redevelopment...I can always get a thoosie link in...that didn't happen, again.

Double thoosie link...he also designed the double failed Swiss park Mystery Park/Jungfrau in Interlaken.
That went bust twice.

Very interesting character...dodgy con who wrote the follow up book while in prison for fraud.
 
Sly Dunbar, reggae drummer supreme has passed away.
You will have at least one of his drum beats somewhere, sampled by many thousands of others.
Played with most of the top stars over the years.
Damn shame.
RIP
 
rob666 said:
Sly Dunbar, reggae drummer supreme has passed away.
You will have at least one of his drum beats somewhere, sampled by many thousands of others.
Played with most of the top stars over the years.
Damn shame.
RIP
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Had to look him up. For a second, I wondered if he might have been behind the infamous "Amen Break"?
But no.
 
A tragic loss of a national treasure.
.... And I can't help but chuckle that the MoT call this "breaking news"
 
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