# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/121 "2019-05-29T15:15:43Z")
> [@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. Depending on the season he was paid between 1MM and 1.8MM per episode and appeard in 178 episodes. So, at least around $200MM+ over the run of the show. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/122 "2019-05-29T16:03:56Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > 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. He did, in fact, stop taking his anti-virals for a while to try some alternative drugs from Mexico. Dr. Oz, of all people, convinced him to go back on them. He seems like a man who is easily fooled by snake-oil salesmen. ---
**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, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/123 "2019-05-29T16:08:48Z")
Speaking of the Sheen family, Martin is 79. And proof that genetics isn’t always reliable. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/124 "2019-05-30T00:49:42Z")
> [@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. He was a fairly rich movie star before he ever had a hit TV series. Certainly as rich as a retired basketball player, I’d wager. In any case, he’s not some penniless beggar with no way to pay for life prolonging treatment, even if he has to pick up more acting gigs (and you know he’d be able to find work, even after his bad departure from 2.5 men). ---
**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 30, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/125 "2019-05-30T13:15:21Z")
Every time I read this thread time, the name that pops into my head is Barry Manilow. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/126 "2019-05-31T06:36:57Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Tina Turner is in a bad way. I read that she’s reached the stage where she’s planning her own funeral. What’s wrong with her (besides the fact that she’s a lot older than most people think she is)? Whoopi Goldberg almost died a few months ago; she got pneumonia and went septic, and implied that she was on life support for a while. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/127 "2019-05-31T16:18:50Z")
Is it too late to mention Larry King? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/128 "2019-05-31T16:29:10Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Is it too late to mention Larry King? He’s 85, just had angioplasty to open up vessels that were put in during a previous bypass. He’s diabetic, has prostate and lung cancer. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/129 "2019-05-31T16:29:47Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > What’s wrong with her (besides the fact that she’s a lot older than most people think she is)? Tina Turner. She’s 80. In the last few years she had a stroke, intestinal cancer, and kidney failure. She got a kidney transplant. Is or was considering assisted suicide. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745/130 "2019-05-31T21:38:10Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Tina Turner. > > She’s 80. In the last few years she had a stroke, intestinal cancer, and kidney failure. She got a kidney transplant. Is or was considering assisted suicide. Now that you mention it, I do remember hearing about the stroke. Didn’t know about the other things. I also know that she lives in Switzerland, which does do physician-assisted suicide to people who qualify. Sorry to see all that; she’s wonderfully talented and a survivor in so many other ways. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-be-the-next-big-celebrity-to-die/830745.md?page=6)