Top 20 celebrities predicted to die in 2020

Actor Kirk Douglas is one tough SOB. At age 103, Douglas has topped the Stiffs.com annual dead pool for four straight years.
Of the top 20 public figures marked for death in 2019 by players on Stiffs.com, five died last year. They were author Herman Wouk, 103; actress Carol Channing, 97; architect I.M. Pei, 102; actress, singer, and animal welfare activist Doris Day, 97; and actress Valerie Harper, 80.
Who’s likely to bite the dust in 2020?
What follows are the top 20 public figures (with their ages) predicted to die in 2020, according to Stiffs.com.

1. Kirk Douglas, 103, actor 
2. Olivia de Havilland, 103, actress 
3. Jimmy Carter, 95, former U.S. president 
4. Prince Philip, 98, husband of Queen Elizabeth II 
5. Alex Trebek, 79, “Jeopardy” game show host 
6. Roberta McCain, 107, political matriarch 
7. Bob Dole, 96, retired U.S. senator 
8. Beverly Cleary, 103, children’s book writer 
9. Vera Lynn, 102, singer 
10. Bob Barker, 96, game show host 
11. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 86, U.S. Supreme Court justice 
12. Betty White, 97, actress 
13. Henry Kissinger, 96, former U.S. secretary of state 
14. Hugh Downs, 98, TV news anchor 
15. Olivia Newton-John, 71, singer 
16. Carl Reiner, 97, comedian, actor, writer and director 
17. Sumner Redstone, 96, media magnate 
18. Queen Elizabeth II, 93, queen of the United Kingdom 
19. Ed Asner, 90, actor 
20. Dick Van Dyke, 94, actor 

Here are some notable younger public figures predicted to die this year by multiple Stiffs.com dead-pool players:

65. Val Kilmer, 60, actor
67. Eddie Van Halen, 64, rocker
105. Michael J. Fox, 58, actor
112. William “The Refrigerator” Perry, 57, football player
123. Charlie Sheen, 54, actor
135. Artie Lange, 52, comedian
142. Kim Jong-un, 36, supreme leader of North Korea
149. Shannen Doherty, 48, actress
168. Julian Assange, 48, WikiLeaks founder
177. Demi Lovato, 27, singer
183. Johnny Depp, 56, actor
184. Lindsay Lohan, 33, actress
230. Lamar Odom, 40, basketball player
236. Matthew Perry, 50, actor
242. R. Kelly, 52, singer

Photo: Movie poster for “Spartacus” (1960), starring Kirk Douglas.