The 2025 Dead Pool (Our 18th Annual!)

GOAL: Predict which notable* figures will die on/between January 1 and December 31, 2025, Eastern Time.

Produce a maximum of 50 names, to be PM'ed to me (NOT posted here) before the ball drops in Times Square (NYC) at midnight on New Years (i.e., 12AM ET, January 1, 2025) or perhaps later, if announced. The BB's default timestamp will determine entry time, but I often post after midnight so the west coast has a little extra time.

*It's assumed that all notable figures will have an entry, or be mentioned in an entry, at Google, Wikipedia or another legit source which you may have to prove.

Rules:

1) PLEASE alphabetize your list of 50 names by LAST name (regardless of profession), either in the form of FIRSTNAME LASTNAME -or- LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME, in *1* column of names.

2) If it's not obvious who the person is for most people, after the name please add why they're notable. For example: "Douglas Fraser, trade unionist" (Sorry, he's already dead). In addition, you may or may not choose to include the person's current age; for example: "Douglas Fraser, trade unionist (91)"

3) If you submit your list days before Midnight, January 1st, 2025, and someone on your list dies before 2025, you should substitute the person with another and resubmit your list (by the deadline). If you do not resubmit your list, and the person died in 2024, the person will obviously NOT count for 2025.

4) a) Thou Shalt Not Kill (anyone on your list); b) criminals subject to the Death Penalty or anyone kidnapped or held hostage in 2024 won't count -- unless they die of natural causes; c) "Dead" means permanently dead, not later revived, nor put in animated suspension, or any induced or natural coma starting before 2025 begins; d) do not edit Wikipedia with false death information.

Everyone's lists will be updated unofficially throughout the year, but year-end audits should be performed to determine the final winner sometime shortly after December 31, 2025. YOU are responsible for your own audit at years' end.

(The next post will contain all participants' lists for easy reference, sometime around Jan 1st)


Prize: Bragging Rights for 12 months.

Past Winners:
2024 - XDXC (14)
2023 - XDXC (12)
2022 - BAM (13)
2021 - XDXC (20!)
2020 - Don Marco (15)
2019 - SC (9) / Don Marco (9)
2018 - Mignon (14)
2017 - Don Marco (15)
2016 - SC (17)
2015 - Sr Vitelli (12)
2014 - SC (15)
2013 - DE NIRO (9)
2012 - SC (14)
2011 - Mignon (10)
2010 - SC (11)
2009 - JG (12)
2008 - JG (12)




Quick Link: Deaths in 2025 (wikipedia)

2025 GBB Dead Pool Entries

SC (RIP)(0) 1 Alan, Alda 2 3 4 5 6 Brooks, Mel 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Eastwood, Clint 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Lockhart, June 28 29 30 MacLaine, Shirley 31 32 33 34 35 36 Murdock, Rupert 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Van Dyke, Dick 49 50	JG (0) Akihito, Jap. Emperor (91) Buzz Aldrin, astronaut (94) David Attenborough, broadcaster (98) Stanley Baxter, actor (98) Tom Brokaw, journalist (84) Mel Brooks, actor/director (98) Cher, singer (78) Tommy Chong, pothead (86) Bill Clinton, 42nd president (78) Dave Coulier, Full House (65) Tom Cruise, daredevil actor (62) Tim Curry, actor (78) Kitty Dukakis, Michael's wife (88) Robert Duvall, actor (93) Clint Eastwood, actor (95) Morgan Freeman, actor (87) Leif Garrett, singer (63) Alan Greenspan, economist (99) Gene Hackman, actor (94) Kim Jong-un, dictator (40) Walter Koenig, Chekov (88) Artie Lang, Comedian (57) Lindsay Lohan, "actress" (38) Courtney Love, Hole (60) Joan Lunden, journalist (74) Imelda Marcos, shoe lover (95) Eva Marie Saint, actress (100) Bret Michaels, Poison (61) Morrisey, singer (65) Rupert Murdoch, media mogul (93) Willie Nelson, singer (92) Yoko Ono, John's wife (91) Sally Jessy Raphael, host (89) Keith Richards, eternal (81) Dennis Rodman, B-Baller (63) Linda Ronstadt, singer (78) Doc Severinsen, trumpeter (97) Charlie Sheen, winning tiger (59) Ian Smith, Aussie actor (86) Randy Travis, Country singer (65) Donald Trump, POtuS (78) Ted Turner, mogul (87) Dick Van Dyke (99) Robert Wagner, actor (94) Lil Wayne, rapper (42) Harvey Weinstein, scumbag (72) John Williams, composer (92) Montel Williams, TV host (68) Ron Wood, Rolling Stone (77) Joanne Woodward, actress (94)
XDXC (0) Buzz Aldrin (astronaut, 93) Ray Anthony (bandleader, 102) Christina Applegate (actress, 53) George Argyros (real estate, 87) David Attenborough (broadcaster, 98) Brigitte Auber (actress, 99) Joe Biden (46th POTUS, 82) Selma Blair (actress, 52) Mel Brooks (director/actor, 98) Dick Cheney (former VPOTUS, 83) Bill Cosby (actor/comedian, 87) William Daniels (actor, 97) Dame Judy Dench (actress, 90) Clint Eastwood (actor/director, 94) Bob Eubanks (Rose Parade guy, 86) Jane Fonda (actress, 87) Michael J. Fox (actor, 63) Francis (Pope, 88) David Frankham (actor, 98) Morgan Freeman (actor, 87) Josef Fritzl (Austrian criminal, 89) Lee Grant (actress, 99) Alan Greenspan (economist, 98) Gene Hackman (actor, 94) Tomiko Itooka (oldest person, 116) Val Kilmer (actor, 65) Cleo Laine (singer/actress, 97) June Lockhart (actress, 99) Lisa Lu (actress, 97) Caren Marsh-Doll (actress, 105) Steve "Mongo" McMichael (athlete, 67) Rupert Murdoch (businessman, 93) Yoko Ono (musician, 91) Priscilla Pointer (actress, 100) Jack Rader (actor, 103) Keith Richards (musician, 82) Maria Riva (actress, 100) Eva Marie Saint (actress, 100) William Shatner (actor, 93) Gene Shalit (critic, 98) Britney Spears (singer, 43) June Squibb (actress, 95) Donald Trump (45th, 47th POTUS, 78) Ted Turner (media mogul, 86) Dick Van Dyke (actor/comedian, 99) Robert Wagner (actor, 94) Elisabeth Waldo (violinist, 106) Julie Walters (actress, 74) Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins (singer, 54) Jacqueline White (actress, 102)	BAM (0) Alda, Alan-88 Aldrin, Buzz-94 Astin, John-94 Attenborough, David-98 Baer Jr, Max-87 Bolton, Michael-71 Brooks, Mel-98 Caine, Michael-91 Cheney, Dick-83 Collins, Phil-73 Cosby, Bill-87 Curry, Tim-78 Ditka, Mike-85 Dyke Van, Dick-99 Fox J, Michael-63 Glitter, Gary-80 Hackman, Gene-94 Hanna, Jack-77 Hedrin, Tippi-94 Hogan, Paul-85 Kilmer, Val-65 King, Stephen-77 Lazenby, George-85 Lockhart, June-99 Lynch, David-78 MacLaine, Shirley-90 Majors, Lee-85 Minnelli, Liza-78 Moss, Randy-47 Murdoch, Rupert-93 Neil, Sam-77 Nelson, Willie-91 Newmar, Julie-91 Nicholson, Jack-87 Ono, Yoko-91 Osbourne, Ozzy-76 Parsons, Estelle-97 Petty, Richard-87 Pointer, Priscella-100 Saint, Eva Marie-100 Shatner, William-93 Smith, Patti-77 Turner, Ted-86 Valli, Frankie-90 Wagner, Robert-94 Weinstein, Harvy-72 West-Kanye-47 Williams, John-92 Williams, Wendy-60 Willis, Bruce-69
DE NIRO (1) 1 Aldrin, Buzz (Astronaut) 2 Attenborough, David (naturalist) 3 Bardot,Briggite (Actress) 4 Baker, Tom (Actor) 5 Baxter Stanley (Comedian) 6 Brooks Mel (Actor) 7 Cheney, Dick (Politician) 8 Chubby Checker (Singer) 9 Connolly Billy (Comedian) 10 Chomsky Noam (Intellectual) 11 Dion (Singer) 12 Eastwood, Clint(Actor) 13 Francis,Connie (Singer) 14 Flack, Roberta (Singer) 15 Fox, Michael J (Actor) 16 Fritzl Josef (Monster) 17 Gall Sandy (Ex Journalist) 18 Gascoigne Paul (Footballer) 19 Gordy, Berry (Music Producer) 20 Greenspan Alan (Economist) 21 Hackman Gene (Actor) 22 Heseltine, Michael (Politician) 23 Itooka Tomika (Super Centurion) 24 Law Denis (Ex Footballer) 25 Le-Pen Jean Marie (Neo Nazi) 26 Lu Lisa (Actress) 27 Murdoch, Rupert (media mogul) 28 Murrey Pete (British Radio) 29 Nelson Willie (Singer/Songwriter) 30 Nicol Jimmie (Stand in Beatle) 31 Nolan Linda (Ex Nolan Sister) 32 Ono Yoko (Mrs Lennon) 33 Pruett,Jeanne (Singer) 34 Rader Jack (Actor) 35 Richards, Keith( Rolling Stone) 36 Rogers Julie (Singer) 37 Scales, Prunella (Actress) 38 Sedaka, Neil (Singer) 39 Sheen, Charlie (Actor) 40 Sinatra ,Nancy (US Singer) 41 Starr, Ringo (Beatle) 42 Stone Sly (Singer) 43 Turner Ted (Media Mogul) 44 Van Dyke, Dick (American Actor) 45 Waldo Elisabeth (Violinist) 46 Wagner,Robert (Actor) 47 Whale James (Broadcaster) 48 Wilson, Brian (Beach Boy) 49 Willis Bruce (Actor) 50 Woodward Joanne (Actress)	MIKEY_SUNSET (0) 1. Aldrin, Buzz 2. Attenborough, David 3. Baker, Colson (Machine Gun Kelly) 4. Bankman-Fried, Sam 5. Brooks, Mel (Melvin Kaminsky) 6. Burdon, Eric 7. Cardinale, Claudia 8. 9. Chianese, Dominic 10. Clark, Petula 11. Collins, Phil 12. 13. Davidson, Pete 14. Di'Anno, Paul - Iron Maiden 15. Dickinson, Angie 16. Durst, Will – Comic 17. Farr, Jamie 18. 19. Guy, Buddy 20. Hogan, Paul 21. Hughes, Jesse 22. Hurd, Trevor (Crip Mac) 23. Kilmer, Val 24. Kopell, Bernie 25. Lange, Artie 26. Lee, Ruta 27. Lockhart, June 28. Maxwell, Ghislaine 29. 30. McKellen, Sir Ian 31. Minnelli, Liza 32. Miret, Roger - Agnostic Front 33. Mitchell, Joni 34. 35. Nicholson, Jack 36. Ono, Yoko 37. Richardson Dandridge, Gloria 38. Ronstadt, Linda 39. Saint, Eva Marie 40. Scales, Prunella – Actress 41. 42. Van Doran, Mamie 43. Van Dyke, Dick 44. Walken, Christopher 45. Ward, Bill - Black Sabbath 46. 47. Williamson, Fred 48. Willis, Bruce 49. Woodward, Joanne 50. Wyman, Bill
SIGNOR VITELLI (0) 1. Aldrin, Buzz 2. Attenborough, David 3. Bardot, Brigitte 4. Blyth, Ann 5. Bradley, David (actor) 6. Burnett, Carol 7. Brooks, Mel 8. Chakiris, George 9. Cheney, Dick 10. Chong, Tommy 11. Collins, Joan 12. Cullum, John 13. Dickinson, Angie 14. Dunagan, Donnie (actor/USMC) 15. Eden, Barbara 16. Elliott, Ramblin’ Jack 17. Farrakhan, Louis 18. Feiffer, Jules 19. Granger, Kay (politician) 20. Grant, Lee 21. Grey, Joel 22. Hackman, Gene 23. Hanna, Jack 24. Harris, Rosemary 25. Hart, Susan (actress) 26. Lehrer, Tom 27. Linden, Hal 28. Lockhart, June 29. Max, Peter 30. McConnell, Mitch 31. Montes, Yolanda (Tongolele) 32. Moreno, Rita 33. Nelson, Willie 34. Nicholson, Jack 35. Ono, Yoko 36. Parsons, Estelle 37. Perrine, Valerie 38. Richards, Keith 39. Robinson, Ann (actress) 40. Saint, Eva Marie 41. Scales, Prunella 42. Severinsen, Doc 43. Shatner, William 44. Takei, George 45. Turner, Ted 46. Van Doren, Mamie 47. Van Dyke, Dick 48. Weinstein, Harvey 49. Williams, Edy 50. Woodward, Joanne	MR. BLONDE (0) Abdullah the Butcher, wrestler Ray Anthony, musician Bob Arum David Attenborough Selma Blair Tom Brokaw Mel Brooks Barbara Buttrick, boxer Michael Caine Marita Camacho Quiros, first lady Costa Rica Sean “P. Diddy” Combs Bill Cosby William Daniels, actor Alan Dershowitz Dan Dierdorf Vanessa Del Rio Bob Dylan Anulka Dziubinska, actress Marla Gibbs Johnny Gilbert Alan Greenspan Gene Hackman Englebert Humperdink Dorrie Jacobson, model Val Kilmer Don King War Machine Luigi Mangione Imelda Marcos Ghislaine Maxwell, inmate Mitch McConnell Vince McMahon Bill Mercer, wrestling announcer Rupert Murdoch Jack Nicholson Yoko Ono Estelle Parsons Eva Marie Saint Jerry Sandusky Charlie Sheen Giant Silva, wrestler Donald Trump Ted Turner Frankie Valli Dick Van Dyke Dick Vitale Robert Wagner Harvey Weinstein John Williams, composer Bruce Willis
DON MARCO (0) 1 Attenborough David 2 3 4 5 6 Brooks Mel 7 Button Dick 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Grant Lee 15 16 Greenspan Alan 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Kroft Sid 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Lockhart June 31 32 33 34 35 36 Perry William (politician) 37 38 39 Rader Jack 40 41 42 Saint Eva Marie 43 44 Severinsen Doc 45 Shalit Gene 46 47 Shaw Tim 48 49 50	TIS (0) . . . Bardot, Bridgette Breyer, Stephen (Supreme Court Judge) Brooks, Mel Burnett, Carol Buchanan, Pat Douglas, Michael Eastwood, Clint Eden, Barbara (actress) Hackman, Gene Jagger, Mick Ono, Yoko Nelson, Willie Novak, Kim Polanski, Roman Richards, Keith Saint, Eva Marie (actress) Sheen, Charlie Tyler, Steven (AeroSmith) Van Dyke, Dick Williams, Montel
MIGNON (0) 1. 2. 3. Bear, Max Jr. 4. 5. 6. 7. Brooks, Mel 8. Busey, Gary 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Culkin, Macaully 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Douglas, Michael 21. Garrett, Leif 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Lohan, LIndsay 32. Love, Courtney 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. Novak, Kim 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. Richards, Keith 44. 45. 46. Sheen, Charlie 47. Travis, Randy 48. Van Dyke, Dick 49. 50.	DUESPAID (0) . Browkaw, Tom Brooks,Mel Cosby, Bill Dyke Van, Dick Dylan, Bob Eastwood, Clint Kilmer, Val Lockhart, June Novak, Kim Osbourne, Ozzy Parsons, Estelle Pop, Iggy Wagner,Robert .

Welcome to new player, Mr. Blonde!

I haven't heard from Mikey_Sunset, who apparently hasn't been on since this time last year. But if he pops in soon with an updated list, I'll adjust it...

Welcome Mr Blonde, good to have someone new join

World's oldest person Tomiko Itooka dies aged 116

Me and X picked her . RIP

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9830vpp2p0o

Unfortunately, while it was reported in 2025, she apparently died on Dec 29, 2024. Sorry...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...son-tomiko-itooka-dies-in-japan-aged-116

Bob Newhart should be removed from Don Marco's list and Janis Paige should be removed from Mikey_Sunset's. They both passed in 2024.


Signor V.

Seems your right.

Weird.... Newhart was on Mikey's (not Marco's) list for 2024, which was updated. But don't see Paige on either list for 2025...

Let me know if I missed something....

Jean-Marie Le Pen - founder of French far right and 'Devil of the Republic' dies aged 96

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c84z7pl4193o

I picked him.

Peter Yarrow singer songwriter from Peter Paul and Mary dies aged 86 from bladder cancer..

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...lk-trio-peter-paul-and-mary-dies-aged-86

Weird, indeed... I'd swear I saw those names where I thought I saw them, and I even remember double-checking those lists where the names appeared.

Obviously, I imagined it?


Signor V.

Singer Linda Nolan dies aged 65


https://news.sky.com/story/singer-l...-love-with-siblings-by-her-side-13289386

I picked her. RIP

Ex footballer Denis Law died on Friday aged 84

another one i picked RIP.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ckgvny01x9go

Writer and cartoonist Jules Feiffer died January 17, age 95.

I was the only one who picked him.

R.I.P.


Signor V.

Legendary Mexican dancer/actress Yolanda (Tongolele) Montes passed away February 16, age 93.

American-born, she was one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.

I was the only one who picked her.

R.I.P.


Signor V.

Of course, it's well known by now that Academy Award winning actor Gene Hackman has passed away at the age of 95.

He was on quite a number of lists:

JG
XDCX
BAM
DE NIRO
Mr. Blonde
TIS
...and myself.

Come to think of it, it might have been easier to list who didn't pick him.

A fine actor, a professional who gave his all to his craft, managed to live life on his own terms and retain his privacy in this absolutely celebrity-crazy world.

R.I.P.


Signor V.