Thursday, January 1, 2015

Top 20 celebrities predicted to die in 2015

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor continues to elude the grim reaper. For the fifth year in a row, Gabor, 97, has been picked as the celebrity most likely to die in the coming year, according to the Stiffs.com dead pool.
Of the top 20 celebrities marked for death in 2014 by Stiffs.com, only five died last year. (That compares with seven in 2013, five in 2012 and seven in 2011.)
The deceased public figures included actor Eli Wallach, actress Luise Rainer, actor Mickey Rooney, Hong Kong entertainment mogul Run Run Shaw and singer Maria Franziska von Trapp.
Here’s the list of public figures (with ages) predicted to die in 2015, according to Stiffs.com:
  1. Zsa Zsa Gabor, 97, actress
  2. Billy Graham, 96, Christian evangelist
  3. George H.W. Bush, 90, former U.S. president
  4. Kirk Douglas, 98, actor
  5. Sam Simon, 59, director, producer, writer
  6. Olivia de Havilland, 98, actress
  7. Nancy Reagan, 93, former First Lady
  8. Fidel Castro, 88, Cuban leader
  9. Irwin Corey, 100, comedian
  10. Valerie Harper, 75, actress
  11. Herman Wouk, 99, author
  12. David Rockefeller, 99, American banker and philanthropist
  13. Muhammad Ali, 72, boxer
  14. Roberta McCain, 102, political matriarch
  15. Prince Philip, 93, husband of Queen Elizabeth II
  16. Abe Vigoda, 93, actor
  17. Stuart Scott, 49, sportscaster
  18. Clive James, 75, author, journalist
  19. Gordie Howe, 86, professional hockey player
  20. Bob Dole, 91, former U.S. senator
Here are some notable younger public figures (with ages) predicted to die this year by Stiffs.com dead-pool players:

80. Lindsay Lohan, 28 (up from No. 86 last year)
82. Amanda Bynes, 28 (up from No. 135 last year)
91. Justin Bieber, 20
125. Kim Jong-un, 31
193. Miley Cyrus, 22 (down from No. 177 last year)

For other dead pools, check out The Death List and The Dead Pool.

Photo: Actress and reality-TV star Lindsay Lohan ranks No. 80 on the list of celebrities predicted to die in 2015 by Stiffs.com.
People magazine reported Dec. 31 that Lohan contracted chikungunya, a mosquito-borne illness, while vacationing in French Polynesia.

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