Dead Pool 22nd February 2026

Quite a few notable deaths last week, however only Eric Dane was a point worthy passing. I can award Laura U, Lee U, Mark K, and Ian K 97 points each. Well done all of you!

Look Who You Could Have Had:

Tom Noonan, 74, American actor (Manhunter, Synecdoche, New York, Damages).
Robert Duvall, 95, American actor (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Tender Mercies).
Jane Baer, 91, American animator (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Black Cauldron).
Jesse Jackson, 84, American civil rights activist and politician.
Eric Dane, 53, American actor (Grey’s Anatomy, The Last Ship, Euphoria), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

In Other News

Following multi-millionaire Eric Dane‘s death on Thursday, his friends and fans are weirdly donating their hard earned cash to his family as they grieve. Friends of Dane and wife Rebecca Gayheart’s family have launched a GoFundMe page to raise funds to help support their two teen daughters Billie and Georgie, after Eric died at age 53 following a recent ALS diagnosis. Seeking to crowdsource $250,000, the campaign has surpassed it as of today and is now heading toward $300k. “It is with profound sadness that we share the loss of Eric Dane after a hard-fought battle with ALS, leaving behind his devoted wife, Rebecca, and his two teenage daughters, Billie and Georgia, who were the centre of his world,” reads the statement in the GoFundMe page. They continued, “Any contribution, no matter the size, will help provide stability during this incredibly difficult time and in the future for Eric’s wonderful daughters. Thank you.” Dane and his family, allegedly worth around $7 million at the time of his death, really need your help, so if you feel like pissing on Eric Dane’s legacy by donating towards his family’s affluent lifestyle, please click on this link.

Pulp Fiction actor Peter Greene, who was found lifeless in his Manhattan apartment on December 12th, died after accidentally shooting himself in the left armpit, The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New York City has determined. The Medical Examiner’s office confirmed to the Flying Monkeys that Greene’s cause of death was a gunshot wound “of left axilla with injury of brachial artery.” The wound caused extensive bleeding; the manner of death was determined by the ME as accidental. 60-year-old Greene was discovered in his Lower East Side apartment after a neighbour phoned the landlord and the police to conduct wellness checks. Neighbour’s had reported hearing Christmas music coming from Greene’s apartment nonstop for several days. The actor, born in Montclair, New Jersey, was candid about his past struggles with addiction, though he reportedly had been sober for at least a couple years at the time of his death.

Alcoholic and general arsehole Shia LaBeouf was arrested in New Orleans early Tuesday morning after starting a fight end losing during the city’s Mardi Gras celebration. LaBeouf is facing two counts of battery and is accused of repeatedly using homophobic slurs while hitting multiple people and is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday afternoon. The 39-year-old actor was reportedly involved in an incident shortly after midnight outside a bar in New Orleans’ French Quarter. In a video LaBeouf is shown receiving medical attention from paramedics. The New Orleans Police Department alleged that LaBeouf was causing a disturbance and becoming increasingly aggressive at a business on Royal Street. According to the police, a staff member attempted to remove LaBeouf from the business but said that the actor hit one man several times with closed fists. LaBeouf left but came back, allegedly becoming more aggressive. The police report said multiple people attempted to hold LaBeouf down but he was let up “in hopes that he would leave.” Police allege LaBeouf then resumed hitting the same man, then punched another person in the nose before he was held down until officers arrived. LaBeouf was taken to a hospital for unknown injuries and then arrested and charged. LaBeouf’s arrest comes after the actor went on an extended weekend bar crawl during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, employees of various establishments told the Flying Monkeys. “He is terrorising the city,” one bartender, who waited on LaBeouf last Thursday said.

On This Day

1651 – St. Peter’s Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people.
1797 – The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
1974 – Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but commits suicide after being wounded by police.
1997 – In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned, all Welshmen rejoice!

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