Top 20 celebrities and public figures predicted to die in 2024

With the death of game show host Bob Barker last year, former President Jimmy Carter moves up a notch in the dead pool rankings at Stiffs.com to become the public figure most likely to die in 2024.
Carter has been in the top five of the Stiffs.com dead pool competition for the last five years. Will this be the year the grim reaper finally catches up with him?
Of the top 20 public figures marked for death in 2023 by Stiffs.com, seven bought the farm. They included Barker, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, singer Tony Bennett, cartoonist Al Jaffee, sitcom writer and producer Norman Lear, singer and actor Harry Belafonte and former first lady Rosalyn Carter.
In last year’s Stiffs.com competition, two people correctly picked actor Matthew Perry, 54, to die in 2023. Also, two people correctly forecast the death of singer Sinead O’Connor, 56.
What follows are the top 20 public figures (with their ages) predicted to die in 2024, according to Stiffs.com.

1. Jimmy Carter, 99, former U.S. president
2. Dick Van Dyke, 98, actor
3. Mel Brooks, 97, comedian, writer, actor, director
4. Glynis Johns, 100, British actress
5. Eva Marie Saint, 99, actress
6. Shannen Doherty, 52, actress
7. Bob Newhart, 94, actor and comedian
8. Alan Greenspan, 97, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve
9. Gene Shalit, 97, film critic for NBC’s “The Today Show”
10. June Lockhart, 98, actress
11. David Attenborough, 97, broadcaster and naturalist
12. Ethel Kennedy, 95, widow of U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy
13. Joanne Woodward, 93, actress
14. Marv Levy, 98, pro football coach
15. Buzz Aldrin, 93, U.S. astronaut
16. Clint Eastwood, 93, actor and director
17. Gene Hackman, 93, actor
18. Yoko Ono, 90, Japanese multimedia artist and peace activist
19. Willie Nelson, 90, country music singer and songwriter
20. Doc Severinsen, 96, jazz trumpeter and band leader

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

25. Celine Dion, 55, singer
26. Val Kilmer, 64, actor
63. Michael J. Fox, 62, actor
96. Toby Keith, 62, country music singer and songwriter
116. Britney Spears, 42, singer
128. Michael Schumacher, 54, Formula One racecar driver
137. William “The Refrigerator” Perry, 61, former football player
141. Charlie Sheen, 58, actor
149. Artie Lange, 56, comedian
150. Bam Margera, 44, skateboarder, “Jackass” stuntman
164. Madonna, 65, singer
167. Sir Mix-a-Lot, 60, rapper
174. Amanda Bynes, 37, actress

Photo: Britney Spears dancing with knives in social media video (TMZ)