# 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:** 6
**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:** [May 15, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/101 "2019-05-15T06:50:30Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > You’re mistaken. You can’t wish death on a poster to the message board. Still in bad taste. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/102 "2019-05-15T10:13:19Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Cloris Leachman hasn’t been mentioned. She’s 93. > > And while we’re on the subject… Also 93: Angela Lansbury. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/103 "2019-05-15T13:33:23Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’ll join you in your Happy Dance. And I’ll do another for Pat Robertson. Actually, #1 on my list is Orenthal James Simpsons. I will do a NAKED Happy Dance when he dies. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/104 "2019-05-16T21:52:29Z")
[Architect I.M. Pei has died at 102.](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/obituaries/im-pei-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/105 "2019-05-17T11:25:04Z")
Let us share a moment’s silence for the passing of that giant of modern media, whose very presence defined a generation’s outlook on life: [Grumpy Cat](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48308638) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/106 "2019-05-19T20:08:56Z")
Ric Flair’s been in and out of the hospital (he’s in at the moment, it seems) a lot over the last few years. In a occupation with guys regularly dropping under age 30, he’s positively ancient at 70, and he’s literally survived a plane crash. I don’t look forward to it, but won’t be surprised when the Nature Boy gives his final “WOOOOOOO” and goes strutting through those pearly gates. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/107 "2019-05-27T15:03:22Z")
Johnny Depp. He seems to have gone off the deep end. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/108 "2019-05-27T17:12:20Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Cloris Leachman hasn’t been mentioned. She’s 93. > > And while we’re on the subject… how about Ed Asner, Valerie Harper and Gavin MacLeod? All of them are on my themed death pool list so they’re probably safe for the rest of this year 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/109 "2019-05-28T13:50:47Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Johnny Depp. He seems to have gone off the deep end. I think Depp was born off the deep end. Ditto Tom Cruise. ETA: I’ve heard that Billy Joel is not in good shape, but that could just be scuttlebutt. ---
**Author:** ![CaptainSnazzy7402](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captainsnazzy7402/32/57_2.png) [@CaptainSnazzy7402](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainSnazzy7402)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/110 "2019-05-28T13:53:39Z")
Don’t know if anyone’s said it yet, but Betty White. She’s either gonna outlast us all or die before 2020 ends. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/111 "2019-05-28T20:15:43Z")
Jimmy Carter or the Queen I mean, those are major celebrities and they have had huge lives. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/112 "2019-05-28T20:37:49Z")
Bob Barker (95)? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/113 "2019-05-28T20:43:57Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Johnny Depp. He seems to have gone off the deep end. Charlie Sheen is another one. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/114 "2019-05-28T23:34:11Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Charlie Sheen is another one. Plus he’s got HIV, granted he’s rich enough that like Magic he could throw enough money at treatment and never wind up with full blown AIDS. But he’s crazy enough that he could just forget or think he’s cured or invulnerable or something. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/115 "2019-05-28T23:40:50Z")
> [@CaptainSnazzy7402](#): > > Don’t know if anyone’s said it yet, but Betty White. She’s either gonna outlast us all or die before 2020 ends. Over the weekend, one of my FBFs posted a meme about how hospitals should name themselves after celebrities who refuse to die, like Keith Richards. I replied that I probably wouldn’t want to go to that hospital, but the Betty White Clinic? Sure, why not? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/116 "2019-05-28T23:43:32Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Actually, #1 on my list is Orenthal James Simpsons. I will do a NAKED Happy Dance when he dies. One wonders how the media will respond to this. I’m guessing that network TV at the very least will break in, the way one channel did when Whitney Houston died, and be equally criticized, as will CNN for televising the funeral. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/117 "2019-05-29T01:01:53Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Charlie Sheen is another one. > > Plus he’s got HIV, granted he’s rich enough that like Magic he could throw enough money at treatment and never wind up with full blown AIDS. But he’s crazy enough that he could just forget or think he’s cured or invulnerable or something. Supposedly not as rich as you’d expect. The story is that he earned a lot on Two And A Half Men (several hundred million dollars) but spent most of it quite literally on hookers and blow. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/118 "2019-05-29T14:53:23Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Supposedly not as rich as you’d expect. The story is that he earned a lot on Two And A Half Men (several hundred million dollars) but spent most of it quite literally on hookers and blow. Sorry, I’m going to have to have a pretty convincing cite before I’ll believe that one actor could possibly earn even $100 million from a single show, much less “several hundred million.” Take the “hundred” out of that statement and I might buy it. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/119 "2019-05-29T15:01:00Z")
Tina Turner is in a bad way. I read that she’s reached the stage where she’s planning her own funeral. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/120 "2019-05-29T15:02:51Z")
Well, Ike did beat Tina to death (one of the best NY Post headlines ever) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745.md?page=7)