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