Top 20 celebrities and public figures predicted to die in 2025

Contestants at the dead pool website Stiffs.com have chosen actor Dick Van Dyke, 99, as the public figure most likely to croak in 2025.
The annual list contains the usual geriatrics and those suffering health problems.
But one younger person on the list is music mogul P. Diddy, aka Sean Combs, 55. Many folks on social media have speculated that Combs might get “suicided” like fellow accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, so he won’t be able to implicate other powerful people in his alleged misdeeds.
Of the top 20 public figures marked for death in 2024 by Stiffs.com, five bought the farm. They included former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, comedian Bob Newhart and actress Shannen Doherty.
That’s a weaker showing than recent dead pool contests. Nine of the top 20 died in 2020 and 2021. Eight died in 2022 and seven in 2023. I’ve been tracking the forecasting abilities of dead pool players in earnest since 2012.
What follows are the top 20 public figures (with their ages) predicted to die in 2025, according to Stiffs.com.

1. Dick Van Dyke, 99, actor
2. Mel Brooks, 98, comedian, writer, actor, director
3. Alan Greenspan, 98, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve
4. Eva Marie Saint, 100, actress
5. David Attenborough, 98, broadcaster and naturalist
6. Gene Shalit, 98, film critic for NBC’s “The Today Show”
7. June Lockhart, 99, actress
8. Gene Hackman, 94, actor
9. Clint Eastwood, 94, actor and director
10. Joanne Woodward, 94, actress
11. Marv Levy, 99, pro football coach
12. Buzz Aldrin, 94, U.S. astronaut
13. Tippi Hedren, 94, actress
14. Harvey Weinstein, 72, film producer and accused sex offender
15. Doc Severinsen, 97, jazz trumpeter and band leader
16. Robert Duvall, 93, actor
17. Yoko Ono, 91, Japanese multimedia artist and peace activist
18. Bruce Willis, 69, actor
19. Robert Wagner, 94, actor
20. Noam Chomsky, 96, academic and social critic

Of note, President-elect Donald Trump, 78, who survived an assassination attempt on July 13, 2024, ranks No. 23 on the 2025 list.
And current President Joe Biden, 82, who is in failing health, ranks No. 26.

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

52. P. Diddy, aka Sean Combs, 55, rapper, music producer and accused sex offender
67. Randy Moss, 47, football player
95. Britney Spears, 43, singer
141. Kate Middleton, 42, princess of Wales
153. Charlie Sheen, 59, actor
183. Christina Applegate, 53, actress
207. R. Kelly, 57, singer and convicted sex offender

Photo: Sean Combs performing in 2008 at the eTalk Festival Party. (Photo by Richard Burdett.)