The following ‘celebrities’ have died this year, but weren’t picked by any team this year. However, they have all been chosen by teams in previous years. Hopefully by listing them here, it will alert players to non-eligible picks & to give those who are now gone their brief moment of fame on this site. The other reason for listing them here is that the teams who chose them can rue their bad luck or decisions!!
| Name | Date of Death | Year Last Picked |
| George C Lodge | 4 January 2026 | 2020 |
| Glenn Hall | 7 January 2026 | 2024 |
| Uljana Semjonova | 8 January 2026 | 2024 |
| Trevor A. Toussaint | 11 January 2026 | 2022 |
| Donald Douglas | 14 January 2026 | 2025 |
| Norman Gifford | 19 January 2026 | 2025 |
| Rifaat Al-Assad | 20 January 2026 | 2016 |
| Princess Desiree | 21 January 2026 | 2025 |
| Michael Parenti | 24 January 2026 | 2025 |
| Sir Mark Tully | 25 January 2026 | 2017 |
| Rafael Pineda | 25 January 2026 | 2014 |
| Eric Russell | 28 January 2026 | 2025 |
| Myra McPherson | 2 February 2026 | 2022 |
| Saif Al-Gaddafi | 3 February 2026 | 2019 |
| Lee Hamilton | 3 February 2026 | 2025 |
| Jim Morrison | 3 February 2026 | 2018 |
| John Virgo | 4 February 2026 | 2025 |
| Andrew Ranken | 10 February 2026 | 2025 |
| Shelly Desai | 10 February 2026 | 2025 |
| Bud Cort | 11 February 2026 | 2016 |
| Roy Medvedev | 13 February 2026 | 2022 |
| Michael Silverblatt | 14 February 2026 | 2023 |
| Jan Timman | 18 February 2026 | 2012 |
| Alexander Avdonin | 20 February 2026 | 2025 |
| Bill Mazeroski | 20 February 2026 | 2024 |
| Try Sutrisno | 2 March 2026 | 2024 |
| Dennis Cometti | 4 March 2026 | 2016 |
| Bernard Lafayette | 5 March 2026 | 2025 |
| Augie Meyers | 7 March 2026 | 2017 |
| Allan Legere | 9 March 2026 | 2013 |