Thank you, but given the history of “gotta be a winner” lists, I fear you have just assured the immortality of my thirteen 
BTW I meant this Gordon Moore. If that’s necessary.
Regards,
Shodan
Here is my list.
Lukasz Gottwald
Donald Trump
Bashar Assad
Justin Bieber
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Pat Robertson
Kim Kardashian
Hassan Nasrallah
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
Steve Bannon
Wayne LaPierre
Louis Farrakhan
Roger Waters
Alternates:
James Taylor
Bob Seger
Little Richard
Hopefully all 13 people on my main list die in 2019 (or 2018), while the alternates are just random musicians I picked off the top of my head.
Oh well, I’ve just checked on one of my sure-fire picks for 2019 and found he has died. 
The rest are, of course, now sure-fire survivors.
And another, Jael Strauss, bit the dust just the other day.
Stephen King
Tommy Lasorda
Ruth Bader-Ginsberg
Jimmy Carter
Queen Elizabeth
Paul McCartney
Kirk Douglas
David Hasselhoff
Olivia De Havilland
Betty White
Hal Holbrook
Woody Allen
Bill Cosby
Charlie Sheen
Johnny Depp
Michael J. Fox
Duly noted a couple days ago in the 2018 thread.
She’d been on my list of prospects too - found out (like you probably did) when I was Googling my prospects to verify that they were (a) still living, and (b) still in questionable health.
I’ll be rooting for you. 
Here’s my list.
Bob Barker
Pope Benedict XVI
Thad Cochran
Bill Cosby
Neil Diamond
Tony Dorsett
Selena Gomez
Sarah Hyland
José José
Demi Lovato
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Nichelle Nichols
Regis Philbin
Alternates
Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
It has been entirely too long.
Without further ado:
George Takei
Jimmy Carter
Meat Loaf
Melania Trump
Jane Dee Hull
Sandra Day O’Connor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Angela Merkel
Johnny Manziel
Urban Meyer
Melania Trump
Rex Tillerson
Stevie Nicks
Alternates:
Fritz Hollings
Meghan Markle
Valerie Bertinelli
She’s over 100.
I’m rerunning most of my list from last year. What can I say, I’m a traditionalist. And lazy.
Prince Philip (6/10/21) - Consort of Queen Elizabeth II with chronic foot-in-mouth disease
Bob Dole (7/22/23) - Aged politician who’s only trotted out for big Republican events like conventions and funerals to class the joint up a little
Elizabeth II (4/21/26) - by the Grace of God and Genetics, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Queen, Defender of the Faith
Thich Nhat Hanh (10/11/26) - Buddhist monk and author who, having suffered a stroke a couple of years ago, has returned home to Vietnam after several decades in exile overseas
Harry Belafonte (3/1/27) - Calypso crooner who was the first to get “The Banana Boat Song” stuck in your head. You’re hearing it now, aren’t you? Sorry.
Sandra Day O’Connor (3/26/30) - Former Supreme Court Justice with Alzheimer’s
Warren Buffett (8/30/30) - Famous rich guy
Caroll Spinney (12/26/33) - The original Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
Bill Cosby (7/12/37) - Squanderer of goodwill
Ric Flair (2/25/49) - Former wrestler and WOO! enthusiast
Paul Manafort (4/1/49) - Traitor and bad suit enthusiast
Michael Flynn (12/5/58) - Chatty traitor
Macaulay Culkin (8/26/80) - Actor who peaked at 13
Alternates
Donald Trump (6/14/46) - <heavy sigh>
William Perry (12/16/62) - former football player of “Refrigerator” fame
CLEAN LIST
Prince Philip
Bob Dole
Elizabeth II
Thich Nhat Hanh
Harry Belafonte
Sandra Day O’Connor
Warren Buffett
Caroll Spinney
Bill Cosby
Ric Flair
Paul Manafort
Michael Flynn
Macaulay Culkin
Alts
Donald Trump
William Perry
From the OP:
Here we go again…
Gary Busey
Bob Newhart
Ben Jones
Peter Noone
Mel Brooks
Mary Kate Olsen
Nick Nolte
Tommy Chong
Jimmy Carter
Ed Asner
Carl Reiner
Kenny Rogers
Prince Phillip
Alternates
Henry Kissenger
Henry Winkler
Melania Trump was listed twice.
All the following have refused to die in 2018. I am somewhat taken aback by their rudeness but am willing to give 'em all another chance in 2019.
Cher
David Hasselhoff
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Michael Douglas
Penny Marshall
Courtney Love
Charlie Sheen
Pamela Anderson
Lady Gaga
Lindsay Lohan
Miley Cyrus
Toni Braxton
Billy Joel
Alternates:
Alex Trebec
Michael J. Fox
Kim Woo-Bin
Leah Bracknell
Fatima Ali
Jill Gascoine
Mike Willesee
Kathie Lee Gifford
Valerie Harper
Steve Gleason
Fernando Ricksen
George Perles
Richard Tandy
Beth Chapman
Angela Trimbur
Alternates:
Hugh Downs
Jimmy Carter
Ted Koppel
I am entering this esteemed contest for the first time. Here’s my list, for what it’s worth:
Meat Loaf
Jesse Ventura
Willie Mays
Elke Sommer
Steven Tyler
Phil Donahue
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Sandusky
Phil Spector
Kim Jong-un
Wilford Brimley
Olivia Newton-John
Joni Mitchell
Alternates:
Sean Connery
Pope Benedict XVI
Valerie Harper
Welcome back Baker! The Famous Mushroom did a great job but you are the one and only Death Mistress. Here are my latest picks who will now live forever.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bill Cosby
Roselyn Carter
Jimmy Carter
“Mac” Rebennack (Dr. John)
Pat Boone
Valerie Harper
Tina Turner
Margaret Atwood
Joni Mitchell
Sara Paretsky
Anne Rice
Alternates
Louise Penny
Tim Conway
Liza Minnelli
I think the last few days of December are going to be busy. Only 24 entries so far. Jimmy Carter has 7 picks and seems to have taken GHW Bush’s lead. Bless his heart!