George R. R. Martin is only 67, but if he dies before he finishes writing ASoIaF, I will really be pissed. It’s not so much that I’ll miss him, but rather the novels that he he needs to write.
Jerry hit me quite hard…The day he passed i got mail order tickets to 6 nights of the closing of Boston Gardens. 
Bobby will hit me much worse than Phil cause, sadly, with Phil it is a matter of time and his seems to be running out.
Noam Chomsky. Whether you agree with him or not there’s no one on the scene who has the same kind of uncorrupted political intellect. He really is the last of a kind, and an entire perspective will go with him.
Norman Lloyd. Actor, producer, and director. 101 years old. He got his start in show business in 1932 and has been working ever since. His career is older than many of these other people mentioned so far. As of 2016, he is the oldest actor who is currently working.
Yes, Queen Elizabeth. Especially since I remember watching her coronation on tv in 1953. But really, not much will change with her death, except the money and stamps. Come to think of it . . . Charles’ profile on the coinage? :eek: Keep his mum alive until after HE dies!
Oh, and I forgot a few:
Mary Tyler Moore, who’s 79.
Barbra Streisand, who’ll be 74 this month.
Bob Newhart, who’s 86.
Mary Tyler Moore (79), Tommy Chong (77), Don Rickles (89). They made me laugh.
And Stephen Hawking (74). He’s a celebrity, right? He made me wonder.
June Lockhart, 90. She starred in three series, Lassie, Lost in Space, and Petticoat Junction, and guest starred in many other TV shows. My favorite guest shot was in the Drew Carey Show when she played Lewis’s mother, Misty Kiniski.
Misty is watching TV with Drew’s mom, Beulah, played by Marion Ross.
Beulah: Oh, look. That show with the collie is on!
Misty: I think the mother is definitely the star of that show.
Beulah: Oh, no. It’s the dog.
John Astin, 86. As far as I’m concerned, the one and only Gomez Addams.
Abe Vigoda.
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I feel the same way about Tony Iommi. I’ve been a lover of Ozzy and Ronnie fronted Black Sabbath since I was 11 or 12 (40 some years ago) and Tony’s stage presence just reeks of class to me - no cool guitar hero poses, histrionics or theatrics (not that there’s anything wrong with that), just sheer professionalism onstage. I absolutely love watching him perform. I remember reading a review that described him as “elegant”.
I also feel the same way about Geezer Butler as well.
I also agree with others upthread about the Queen Elizabeth. I’m more or less agnostic about the monarchy but she was the queen since before my birth and I was in the Canadian Forces for 32 years of my working life so that will be hard to believe at first.
Ennio Morricone, he composed some of the greatest film music (hell, some of the greatest any music) of the last century. Still working at age 87. I had a ticket to see him in New York a couple years ago, conducting a 140-piece orchestra, but it was cancelled for health reasons. Damn, I’m sorry to have missed that; imagine it would have been something like this
Not much will change? C’mon, the lyrics to the national anthem will change. Habits can be tough to break, though; when someone sings “God save the queen” in front of King Charles, it’s gonna be an issue.
According to “Z Nation,” he doesn’t die and will be doing autograph signings well into the zombie apocalypse.
I have to agree about Queen Elizabeth. She is as close to ‘forever’ as anything has been in my life. She was on the throne when I was born, and at the rate she’s going, may still be when I die.
I have long thought she realizes how unfit her son is for the role and that observation has steeled her will to survive and thrive to her grand old age. And what about her husband, Prince Phillip? He’s clearly stayed strong for her as well.
I don’t think we tend to view Liz and Phil as a love story, but clearly they are. I believe that once one of them passes, the other will follow shortly thereafter.
Way to go, your Majesty. Doing the same job (even though a well-compensated one) for 60+ years is really quite impressive.
He’s a medical anomaly. How can someone with that dreadful disease survive into his seventies?
No mention of Tom Baker, the fourth Doctor, the definite article you might say? He’s 82, and I’m surprised he’s made it this far, frankly. Pleased, but surprised.
Is this a whoosh or did you not know he died in January?
Jack Nicholson,
Keith Richards.
Helen Mirren.
I’m sure you were whooshed. People Magazine mistakenly printed Vigoda’s obituary in the 80s and it’s been a running joke ever since. There’s even a website called “Is Abe Vigoda Dead?”
Yes. 
I was watching an old Route 66 episode on my DVR when I recognized Ed Asner, who is now 86. He appeared in a great many early TV episodes before appearing in his signature role as Lou Grant in two different TV series.