# Who do you think will be the next \*big\* celebrity to die? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2019, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745 "2019-03-08T06:52:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/21 "2019-03-08T15:38:21Z")
It won’t be Keith Richards. He’s gonna eventually transform into a living mummy. (if he hasn’t already) ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/22 "2019-03-08T15:59:12Z")
Not a single mention of Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Maybe everyone is afraid to bring politics into this? ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/23 "2019-03-08T16:21:42Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Yep, one of those two or Kirk Douglas (102) were my first thoughts when I read the thread title. > > Outside of them, and the obvious Olivia de Haviiland (102), Doris Day (96) and Betty White (97) come to mind. I didnt know Od-H was still alive I go for Regis Philbin and each year he keeps getting up each day. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/24 "2019-03-08T16:45:32Z")
Good calls on Carter, Dole, Stephen King, QEII/Prince Philip, Betty White and Clint Eastwood. Sadly, I think **Michael** Douglas dying now would be a bigger deal than his father. (IIRC, Michael Douglas had some grim prognosis a few years ago, but he seems to have overcome whatever it was.) And perhaps Dame Olivia hasn’t really “won” by outliving her sister, since Joan Fontaine’s death was the one that settled the matter of who would be the last woman standing. And I agree: cockroaches, Twinkies and Keith Richards will survive any extinction-level event. Mick Jagger dying, though, will be a huge deal. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/25 "2019-03-08T16:48:29Z")
Jan Michael Vincent? ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/26 "2019-03-08T16:59:58Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Jan Michael Vincent? I am going to go with “not big.” No mention on the front page of CNN, and (most importantly) I have never heard of him. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/27 "2019-03-08T17:37:11Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > I am going to go with “not big.” No mention on the front page of CNN, and (most importantly) I have never heard of him. I only know of him because he was part of a skit on Rick and Morty. Never heard of him before. ---
**Author:** ![Jamiedarke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/28 "2019-03-08T17:39:51Z")
The one whose heart stops beating first I guess, ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/29 "2019-03-08T17:41:25Z")
Here’s a list of famous people alive over the age of 85: [http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/viewdocs-nf/oldpeople](http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/viewdocs-nf/oldpeople) I didn’t Beverly Cleary was still alive at the age of 102; I’d be more upset at her death than any former politician or royal. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/30 "2019-03-08T17:57:57Z")
**dorvan** Joan Fontaine is on your list, and she’s been dead for over 5 years. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/31 "2019-03-08T17:59:42Z")
[Here’s my list of near centenarians from show biz.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21404927&postcount=175) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/32 "2019-03-08T18:55:15Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > And I agree: cockroaches, Twinkies and Keith Richards will survive any extinction-level event. Nitpicking but I’m pretty sure Twinkies aren’t alive. My post-apocalypse survivor roster: Keith, cockroaches, coyotes, and gonorrhea. Keith and coyotes being “good”, cockroaches and clap “bad.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/33 "2019-03-08T18:59:39Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > I am going to go with “not big.” No mention on the front page of CNN, and (most importantly) I have never heard of him. You never watched _ **Airwolf** _? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/34 "2019-03-08T19:06:58Z")
RBG and Phil the Greek seem to be tottering. And if Phil goes, Brenda will follow quickly from a broken heart. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/35 "2019-03-08T19:15:10Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > I am going to go with “not big.” No mention on the front page of CNN, and (most importantly) I have never heard of him. Just watched the first fifteen minutes of Damnation Alley the other day. I say Olivia De Havilland (who i see was born in …Tokyo?") And Burt Bacharach, God bless em. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/36 "2019-03-08T19:18:14Z")
The lovely June Lockliver. Oops, that’s from a '60s Mad Magazine- I meant June Lockhart, of Lassie and Lost in Space fame. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/37 "2019-03-08T19:21:24Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > **dorvan** Joan Fontaine is on your list, and she’s been dead for over 5 years. She got better. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/38 "2019-03-08T19:27:56Z")
Charlie Sheen will either OD or die in some foolish accident. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/39 "2019-03-08T19:45:06Z")
not exactly a celeb herself but John McCain’s mother is 107. At his funeral last year people thought she was his sister or another relative because they did not think his mother was still alive. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/40 "2019-03-08T19:58:16Z")
R Kelly, by his own hand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745.md?page=3)