Friday, January 1, 2016

Top 20 celebrities predicted to die in 2016

Zsa Zsa Gabor refuses to give up the ghost. The 98-year-old actress leads the list of public figures predicted to die in the coming year for the sixth straight year, according to the Stiffs.com dead pool.
Of the top 20 celebrities marked for death in 2015 by Stiffs.com, only two died: Sam Simon, co-creator of the TV series “The Simpsons”; and ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott. (That compares with five in 2014, seven in 2013, five in 2012 and seven in 2011.)
New to the top 20 list this year are former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, country music star Glen Campbell, football coach Buddy Ryan, children’s book writer Beverly Cleary, and actress Carol Channing.
Here are the top 20 public figures (with their ages) predicted to die in 2016, according to Stiffs.com:
  1. Zsa Zsa Gabor, 98, actress
  2. Kirk Douglas, 99, actor
  3. Billy Graham, 97, Christian evangelist
  4. George H.W. Bush, 91, former U.S. president
  5. Olivia de Havilland, 99, actress
  6. Nancy Reagan, 94, former First Lady
  7. Jimmy Carter, 91, former U.S. president
  8. Herman Wouk, 100, author
  9. Irwin Corey, 101, comedian
  10. Valerie Harper, 76, actress
  11. Fidel Castro, 89, Cuban leader
  12. Roberta McCain, 103, political matriarch
  13. Abe Vigoda, 94, actor
  14. David Rockefeller, 100, American banker and philanthropist
  15. Prince Philip, 94, husband of Queen Elizabeth II
  16. Glen Campbell, 79, country music star
  17. Clive James, 76, author and journalist
  18. Buddy Ryan, 84, football coach
  19. Beverly Cleary, 99, children’s book writer
  20. Carol Channing, 94, actress
Here are some notable younger public figures predicted to die this year by Stiffs.com dead-pool players:

41. Val Kilmer, 56, actor
55. Rob Ford, 46, Canadian politician
69. Charlie Sheen, 50, actor
74. Lamar Odom, 36, basketball player
127. Lindsay Lohan, 29, actress
133. Steven Morrissey, 56, singer
178. Macaulay Culkin, 35, actor
186. Andy Dick, 50, actor
233. Miley Cyrus, 23, singer
242. Sinead O’Connor, 49, singer
251. Amanda Bynes, 29, actress
254. Axl Rose, 53, rock star
260. Darryl Strawberry, 53, baseball player
281. Justin Bieber, 21, singer
282. Kim Kardashian, 35, reality-TV star

Photo: Actress Lindsay Lohan.

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