Celebrity Death Watch 2018

Happy 2017.  I'm a little late with the list this year but... it's time for my incredibly morbid Celebrity Death Watch.  From 2011 to 2016 I have predicted 6, 7, 4, 8, and 4 celebrity deaths.  This past year, 2016, I predicted nine loses in the celebrity world.

2016 was a sad year in celebrity deaths.  We lost so many great talents like Alan Rickman, David Bowie, Prince, Harper Lee, Muhammad Ali, Doris Roberts, Merle Haggard, Patty Duke, Nancy Reagan, George Gaynes, Abe Vigoda, and many others.  There were also the incredibly sad and unexpected deaths of Anton Yelchin and Christina Grimmie, both gone too soon.  Anton was one of my favorites.  He was so young and talented and was just starting to explode in his career.  And then, to kick us in the feels once more, at the end of the year we lost Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds within a day of each other.  Debbie was always one of my favorites.

Here are my past correct predictions for celebrity deaths of each year...

In 2011, I predicted 6 deaths correctly (author Lillian Jackson Braun - 97, actor Peter Falk - 83, Kim Jong-il - 69, Andy Rooney - 91, Elizabeth Taylor -78, and Amy Winehouse - 27).

In 2012, I correctly predicted 7 with Ray Bradbury - 91, Dick Clark - 82, Robin Gibb - 62, Andy Griffith - 85, Larry Hagaman - 80, Etta James -73, and Joe Paterno - 85.

2013 was a down year for my predictions with only 4.  Patty Andrews - 94, Nelson Mandela -  95, Peter O'Toole - 81, and Margaret Thatcher - 87 all died this past year.  However, we also lost those we didn't expect, like Paul Walker, James Gandolfini, Cory Monteith,

In 2014, I hit 8 correct predictions with actress and screen legend Lauren Bacall - 89, Sid Caesar - 91, actor (and one of my favorites) James Garner - 86, author PD James - 94, actor (The Professor from Gilligan's Island) Russel Johnson - 89, lawyer (and sister of author Harper Lee) Alice Lee - 103, actor Mickey Rooney - 93, and world leader Ariel Sharon - 85.

For 2015, I only got 4 correct including music legend B.B. King - 89, actor Christopher Lee - 93, actress Maureen O'Hara - 93 (what a legend), and author Terry Pratchett - 67.  Then there were the shocking deaths of Robin Williams and others that no one could predict.

In 2016, I had 10 hits on my list (Rene Angelil - 73, Muhammad Ali - 74, Fidel Castro - 90, Zsa Zsa Gabor - 98, John Glenn - 95, Merle Haggard - 79, Harper Lee - 89, Nancy Reagan - 94, Abe Vigoda - 94, Gene Wilder - 83).

2017 had 9 people die from the list (Chuck Berry - 90, Hugh Hefner - 90, Jerry Lewis - 90, Rose Marie - 90, Mary Tyler Moore - 80, Roger Moore - 89, Don Rickles - 90, David Rockefeller - 101, Adam West - 88).  It was a bad year for Dick Van Dyke as he lost several friends.

Hopefully we won't lose as many in 2018...

Celebrity Death Watch 2018
Buzz Aldrin - 87
Ed Asner - 88
John Astin - 87

David Attenborough - 90
Bob Barker - 94
Ned Beatty - 80
Honor Blackman - 92
Wilford Brimley - 83
Tom Brokaw - 77
Mel Brooks - 91
Gary Busey - 73
Barbara Bush - 92
George HW Bush - 93
Amanda Bynes - 31
Jimmy Carter - 92
Rosalynn Carter - 90
Carol Channing - 96
Cher - 71

Chevy Chase - 74
Dick Cheney - 76
Chris Christie - 55
Beverly Cleary - 101
Joan Collins - 84
Tim Conway - 84
Macaulay Culkin - 37
Charlie Daniels - 81
Doris Day - 95
Olivia De Havilland - 101
Bob Dole - 94
Kirk Douglas - 101
Jared Fogle - 39
Aretha Franklin - 75
Teri Garr - 69
Annie Glenn - 97
John Goodman - 65
Mikhail Gorbachev - 86
Billy Graham - 99
Steven Hawking - 76
Tippi Hedren - 87
Hal Holbrook - 92
Glynis Johns - 94
Louis Jourdan - 96
George Kennedy - 92
Val Kilmer - 58

Larry King - 84

Henry Kissinger - 94
Kris Kristofferson - 81
Shia LaBeouf - 31
Angela Lansbury - 92
Cloris Leachman - 91

Stan Lee - 95
Little Richard - 84
Courtney Love - 53
Vera Lynn - 100
Lisa Minnelli - 71
Joni Mitchell - 74
Taylor Momson - 24
Walter Mondale - 89
Demi Moore - 55
Rumor Willis - 29
Jim Nabors - 87
Bob Newhart - 88
Nichelle Nichols - 85
Jack Nicholson - 80

Kim Novak - 94
Ozzy Osbourne - 69
Regis Philbin - 86
Prince Philip - 96

Christopher Plummer - 89

Sidney Poitier - 91
Pope Benedict XVI - 90

Carl Reiner - 95
Burt Reynolds - 81
Keith Richards - 74
Pat Robertson - 87
Marion Ross - 89
Eva Marie Saint - 94
George Segal - 83
Charlie Sheen - 52
Jerry Stiller - 90
Phil Spector - 77
Jeffrey Tambor - 73
Gloria Vanderbilt - 93
Jerry Van Dyke - 86
Robert Wagner - 87
Harvey Weinsten - 65
Betty White - 96
Joann Woodward - 87
Herman Wouk - 102

Celebrity Death Watch 2017

Happy 2017.  I'm a little late with the list this year but... it's time for my incredibly morbid Celebrity Death Watch.  From 2011 to 2016 I have predicted 6, 7, 4, 8, and 4 celebrity deaths.  This past year, 2016, I predicted nine loses in the celebrity world.

2016 was a sad year in celebrity deaths.  We lost so many great talents like Alan Rickman, David Bowie, Prince, Harper Lee, Muhammad Ali, Doris Roberts, Merle Haggard, Patty Duke, Nancy Reagan, George Gaynes, Abe Vigoda, and many others.  There were also the incredibly sad and unexpected deaths of Anton Yelchin and Christina Grimmie, both gone too soon.  Anton was one of my favorites.  He was so young and talented and was just starting to explode in his career.  And then, to kick us in the feels once more, at the end of the year we lost Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds within a day of each other.  Debbie was always one of my favorites.

Here are my past correct predictions for celebrity deaths of each year...

In 2011, I predicted 6 deaths correctly (author Lillian Jackson Braun - 97, actor Peter Falk - 83, Kim Jong-il - 69, Andy Rooney - 91, Elizabeth Taylor -78, and Amy Winehouse - 27).

In 2012, I correctly predicted 7 with Ray Bradbury - 91, Dick Clark - 82, Robin Gibb - 62, Andy Griffith - 85, Larry Hagaman - 80, Etta James -73, and Joe Paterno - 85.

2013 was a down year for my predictions with only 4.  Patty Andrews - 94, Nelson Mandela -  95, Peter O'Toole - 81, and Margaret Thatcher - 87 all died this past year.  However, we also lost those we didn't expect, like Paul Walker, James Gandolfini, Cory Monteith,

In 2014, I hit 8 correct predictions with actress and screen legend Lauren Bacall - 89, Sid Caesar - 91, actor (and one of my favorites) James Garner - 86, author PD James - 94, actor (The Professor from Gilligan's Island) Russel Johnson - 89, lawyer (and sister of author Harper Lee) Alice Lee - 103, actor Mickey Rooney - 93, and world leader Ariel Sharon - 85.

For 2015, I only got 4 correct including music legend B.B. King - 89, actor Christopher Lee - 93, actress Maureen O'Hara - 93 (what a legend), and author Terry Pratchett - 67.  Then there were the shocking deaths of Robin Williams and others that no one could predict.

In 2016, I had 10 hits on my list (Rene Angelil - 73, Muhammad Ali - 74, Fidel Castro - 90, Zsa Zsa Gabor - 98, John Glenn - 95, Merle Haggard - 79, Harper Lee - 89, Nancy Reagan - 94, Abe Vigoda - 94, Gene Wilder - 83).

Hopefully we won't lose as many in 2017...

Celebrity Death Watch 2017
Buzz Aldrin - 86
Ed Asner - 87
Bob Barker - 95

Chuck Berry - 90
Honor Blackman - 91
Wilford Brimley - 82
Tom Brokaw - 76
Mel Brooks - 90
Gary Busey - 72
Barbara Bush - 91
George HW Bush - 92
Amanda Bynes - 30
Jimmy Carter - 91
Rosalynn Carter - 89
Carol Channing - 95
Cher - 70

Chevy Chase - 73
Chris Christie - 54
Beverly Cleary - 100
Joan Collins - 83
Tim Conway - 83
Macaulay Culkin - 36
Charlie Daniels - 80
Doris Day - 94
Olivia De Havilland - 100
Bob Dole - 93
Kirk Douglas - 100
Aretha Franklin - 75
Annie Glenn - 96
John Goodman - 64
Mikhail Gorbachev - 85
Billy Graham - 98
Steven Hawking - 75
Tippi Hedren - 86
Hugh Hefner - 90
Hal Holbrook - 91
Glynis Johns - 93
Louis Jourdan - 95
George Kennedy - 91
Larry King - 83

Henry Kissinger - 93
Kris Kristofferson - 80
Shia LaBeouf - 30
Angela Lansbury - 91
Cloris Leachman - 90

Stan Lee - 94
Jerry Lewis - 90
Courtney Love - 52
Rose Marie - 90
Lisa Minnelli - 70
Joni Mitchell - 73
Taylor Momson - 23
Demi Moore - 54
Mary Tyler Moore - 80
Roger Moore - 89
Jim Nabors - 86
Bob Newhart - 87
Kim Novak - 93

Ozzy Osbourne - 68
Regis Philbin - 85
Prince Philip - 95

Christopher Plummer - 88

Sidney Poitier - 90
Pope Benedict XVI - 89

Carl Reiner - 94
Burt Reynolds - 80
Keith Richards - 73
Don Rickles - 90
David Rockefeller - 101
Marion Ross - 88
Eva Marie Saint - 93
George Segal - 82
Charlie Sheen - 51
Jerry Stiller - 89
Phil Spector - 76
Jeffrey Tambor - 72
Gloria Vanderbilt - 92
Jerry Van Dyke - 85
Adam West - 88
Betty White - 95
Joann Woodward - 86
Herman Wouk - 101

Celebrity Death Watch 2016

It's that time of year again.  It's time for the annual Celebrity Death List.

In 2011, I predicted 6 deaths correctly (author Lillian Jackson Braun - 97, actor Peter Falk - 83, Kim Jong-il - 69, Andy Rooney - 91, Elizabeth Taylor -78, and Amy Winehouse - 27).

In 2012, I correctly predicted 7 with Ray Bradbury - 91, Dick Clark - 82, Robin Gibb - 62, Andy Griffith - 85, Larry Hagaman - 80, Etta James -73, and Joe Paterno - 85.

2013 was a down year for my predictions with only 4.  Patty Andrews - 94, Nelson Mandela -  95, Peter O'Toole - 81, and Margaret Thatcher - 87 all died this past year.  However, we also lost those we didn't expect, like Paul Walker, James Gandolfini, Cory Monteith,

In 2014, I hit 8 correct predictions with actress and screen legend Lauren Bacall - 89, Sid Caesar - 91, actor (and one of my favorites) James Garner - 86, author PD James - 94, actor (The Professor from Gilligan's Island) Russel Johnson - 89, lawyer (and sister of author Harper Lee) Alice Lee - 103, actor Mickey Rooney - 93, and world leader Ariel Sharon - 85.

For 2015, I only got 4 correct including music legend B.B. King - 89, actor Christopher Lee - 93, actress Maureen O'Hara - 93 (what a legend), and author Terry Pratchett - 67.  Then there were the shocking deaths of Robin Williams and others that no one could predict.

Who knows what this next year will bring.  Hopefully nothing too heartbreaking but... without further ado....

Celebrity Death Watch 2015
Rene Angelil - 73
Muhammad Ali - 74

Fred Armisen - 49
Ed Asner - 86
Bob Barker - 92
Chuck Berry - 89
Justin Bieber - 22
Tom Brokaw - 75
Mel Brooks - 89
Gary Busey - 71
Barbara Bush - 90
George HW Bush - 91
Amanda Bynes - 29
Jimmy Carter - 91
Fidel Castro - 90
Carol Channing - 94

Chevy Chase - 72
Chris Christie - 53
Beverly Cleary - 99
Tim Conway - 82
Macaulay Culkin - 35
Miley Cyrus - 23
Charlie Daniels - 79
Doris Day - 93
Olivia De Havilland - 100
Bob Dole - 92
Kirk Douglas - 99
Dick Van Dyke - 90
Aretha Franklin - 73
Zsa Zsa Gabor - 98
John Glenn - 94
John Goodman - 63
Billy Graham - 97
Merle Haggard - 79
Steven Hawking - 74
Hugh Hefner - 89
Hal Holbrook - 90
Glynis Johns - 92
Louis Jourdan - 94
George Kennedy - 90

Larry King - 82

Kris Kristofferson - 79
Shia LaBeouf - 29
Angela Lansbury - 90

Harper Lee - 89
Stan Lee - 93
Jerry Lewis - 89
Courtney Love - 51
Rose Marie - 89
Taylor Momson - 22
Demi Moore - 53
Mary Tyler Moore - 79
Roger Moore - 88
Jim Nabors - 85
Bob Newhart - 86

Prince Philip - 94

Christopher Plummer - 86

Sidney Poitier - 89
Pope Benedict XVI - 88

Nancy Reagan - 94
Carl Reiner - 93
Burt Reynolds - 79
Keith Richards - 72
Don Rickles - 89
George Segal - 81
Charlie Sheen - 50
Jerry Stiller - 88
Abe Vigoda - 94
Adam West - 87
Gene Wilder - 83
Joann Woodward - 85
Herman Wouk - 100
Alan Young - 97

Celebrity Death Watch 2015

It's that time of year again.  It's time for the annual Celebrity Death List.

In 2011, I predicted 6 deaths correctly (author Lillian Jackson Braun - 97, actor Peter Falk - 83, Kim Jong-il - 69, Andy Rooney - 91, Elizabeth Taylor -78, and Amy Winehouse - 27).

In 2012, I correctly predicted 7 with Ray Bradbury - 91, Dick Clark - 82, Robin Gibb - 62, Andy Griffith - 85, Larry Hagaman - 80, Etta James -73, and Joe Paterno - 85.

2013 was a down year for my predictions with only 4.  Patty Andrew - 94, Nelson Mandela -  95, Peter O'Toole - 81, and Margaret Thatcher - 87 all died this past year.  However, we also lost those we didn't expect, like Paul Walker, James Gandolfini, Cory Monteith,

In 2014, I hit 8 correct predictions with actress and screen legend Lauren Bacall - 89, Sid Caesar - 91, actor (and one of my favorites) James Garner - 86), author PD James - 94, actor (The Professor from Gilligan's Island) Russel Johnson - 89, lawyer (and sister of author Harper Lee) Alice Lee - 103, actor Mickey Rooney - 93, and world leader Ariel Sharon - 85.

Who knows what this next year will bring.  Hopefully nothing too heartbreaking but... without further ado....

Celebrity Death Watch 2015
Muhammad Ali - 73

Fred Armisen - 48
Ed Asner - 85
Bob Barker - 91
Chuck Berry - 88
Justin Bieber - 20
Tom Brokaw - 74
Gary Busey - 70
Barbara Bush - 89
George HW Bush - 90
Jimmy Carter - 90
Fidel Castro - 89
Carol Channing - 93

Chevy Chase - 71
Chris Christie - 52
Tim Conway - 81
Macaulay Culkin - 34
Miley Cyrus - 22
Charlie Daniels - 78
Doris Day - 92
Olivia De Havilland - 99
Bob Dole - 91
Kirk Douglas - 98
Dick Van Dyke - 88
Aretha Franklin - 72
Zsa Zsa Gabor - 97
Billy Graham - 96
Merle Haggard - 78
Steven Hawking - 73
Hal Holbrook - 89
Ron Howard - 60
Glynis Johns - 91
Louis Jourdan - 93
Ke$ha - 27
B.B. King - 89
Larry King - 81

Kris Kristofferson - 78
Shia LaBeouf - 28
Angela Lansbury - 89
Christopher Lee - 93

Harper Lee - 88
Stan Lee - 92
Jerry Lewis - 88
Lindsay Lohan - 28
Courtney Love - 50
Rose Marie - 88
Taylor Momson - 21
Demi Moore - 52
Mary Tyler Moore - 78
Maureen O'Hara - 93
Prince Philip - 93
Christopher Plummer - 85

Sidney Poitier - 88
Pope Benedict XVI - 87

Terry Pratchett - 67
Nancy Reagan - 93
Carl Reiner - 92
Burt Reynolds - 78
Keith Richards - 71
Don Rickles - 88
George Segal - 80
Charlie Sheen - 49
Jerry Stiller - 87
Abe Vigoda - 93
Joann Woodward - 84
Herman Wouk - 99
Alan Young - 96

SHORTLIST
Amanda Bynes - 28
John Goodman - 62
George Kennedy - 89
Roger Moore - 87
Jim Nabors - 84
Bob Newhart - 85
Adam West - 86

Celebrity Death Watch 2014

It's that time of year again.  No, not the holidays.  It's time for the annual Celebrity Death List.

In 2011, I predicted 6 deaths correctly (author Lillian Jackson Braun - 97, actor Peter Falk - 83, Kim Jong-il - 69, Andy Rooney - 91, Elizabeth Taylor -78, and Amy Winehouse - 27).

In 2012, I correctly predicted 7 with Ray Bradbury - 91, Dick Clark - 82, Robin Gibb - 62, Andy Griffith - 85, Larry Hagaman - 80, Etta James -73, and Joe Paterno - 85.

2013 was a down year for my predictions with only 3.  Patty Andrew - 94, Nelson Mandela -  95, Peter O'Toole - 81 all died this past year.  However, we also lost those we didn't expect, like Paul Walker, James Gandolfini, Cory Monteith,

Who knows what this next year will bring.  Hopefully nothing too heartbreaking but... without further ado....

Celebrity Death Watch 2014
Muhammad Ali - 72

Fred Armisen - 47
Ed Asner - 84
Lauren Bacall - 89
Bob Barker - 90
Chuck Berry - 87
Justin Bieber - 19
Gary Busey - 69
Barbara Bush - 88
George HW Bush - 89
Jimmy Carter - 89
Sid Caesar - 92
Fidel Castro - 87
Tim Conway - 80
Macaulay Culkin - 33
Miley Cyrus - 21
Charlie Daniels - 77
Doris Day - 91
Olivia De Havilland - 98
Bob Dole - 90
Kirk Douglas - 97
Dick Van Dyke - 87
Aretha Franklin - 71
Zsa Zsa Gabor - 96
James Garner - 85
Billy Graham - 95
Merle Haggard - 77
Valerie Harper - 74
Steven Hawking - 72
Ron Howard - 59
PD James - 93
Glynis Johns - 90
Russel Johnson - 89 (Gilligan's Island)
Ke$ha - 26
Larry King - 80

Kris Kristofferson - 77
Shia LaBeouf - 27
Angela Lansbury - 88
Christopher Lee - 91

Alice Lee - 102

Harper Lee - 87
Stan Lee - 91
Jerry Lewis - 87
Lindsay Lohan - 27
Courtney Love - 49
Rose Marie - 87
Taylor Momson - 20
Demi Moore - 51
Mary Tyler Moore - 77
Prince Philip - 92
Christopher Plummer - 84

Sidney Poitier - 87

Terry Pratchett - 66
Nancy Reagan - 92
Carl Reiner - 91
Keith Richards - 70
Mickey Rooney - 93
George Segal - 79
Ariel Sharon - 85 (He's been in a coma since 2006)
Charlie Sheen - 48
Margaret Thatcher - 88
Abe Vigoda - 92
Herman Wouk - 98

DWTS Dream Season - a list in progress

7 seasons ago I started watching Dancing with the Stars ONLY because Shawn Johnson was on Season 8.  Little did I know that I would fall in love with the competition so quickly.  It is now my favorite competition show that I always have to watch.

So, as I wait for the announcement of the Season 16 cast I will list the people I would love to see perform on the show.

John Stamos

Dick Van Dyke

Mary Tyler Moore

Nastia Liukin

Lindsay Lohan

Kirk Cameron

Jamie Lee Curtis

Bonnie Hunt

Candace Cameron Bure

Tom Selleck

Vanessa Hudgins

Mary Kate Olsen

Ashley Olsen

Girl Crush List

Everyone has a crush on someone of the same sex.  It's just a rule of life.  It doesn't mean you're gay (and I'm not saying that's wrong) but it just happens.  The person is usually someone exceptional who you have to see or hear everything they do.  You fangirl them.  It's just something that happens.

Now, my list is short.  The people on it are talented and wonderful people who I believe are amazing in their field.  So, here it is...

 

Emily's Girl Crush List

 

Zooey Deschanel

 

 

 

Emma Stone

 

 

Katy Perry

 

 

Anna Kendrick

 

 

Tina Fey