Greetings! I'm resurrecting our sick game of the celebrity death watch. Every January we look far into the future of the next year and predict who will "kick the bucket".
We will also use this thread to make note of those we lose in 2016, whether they make our lists or not.
This has been a new year ritual for me for many years. I can usually get a few but for the past couple of years I've been completely shut out. That's making me feel all powerful -- that these people on my list owe ME for adding to their longevity if only because I'm such a lousy prognosticator.
Now, a disclaimer is needed for this: this is not a mean-spirited exercise. It's meant in jest alone and is a small price for those we identify to pay for their celebrity. We certainly don't WISH for these people to kick off...we just think they might.
So posts your lists...and come back next year to see who made it...I mean, didn't make it: Here's my list:
1. Pope Benedict
2. Pope Francis
3. Billy Graham
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Zsa Zsa Gabor
6. Muhammad Ali
7. Shirley MacLaine
8. Angie Dickinson
9. Sean Connery
10. Angela Lansbury
We will also use this thread to make note of those we lose in 2016, whether they make our lists or not.
This has been a new year ritual for me for many years. I can usually get a few but for the past couple of years I've been completely shut out. That's making me feel all powerful -- that these people on my list owe ME for adding to their longevity if only because I'm such a lousy prognosticator.
Now, a disclaimer is needed for this: this is not a mean-spirited exercise. It's meant in jest alone and is a small price for those we identify to pay for their celebrity. We certainly don't WISH for these people to kick off...we just think they might.
So posts your lists...and come back next year to see who made it...I mean, didn't make it: Here's my list:
1. Pope Benedict
2. Pope Francis
3. Billy Graham
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Zsa Zsa Gabor
6. Muhammad Ali
7. Shirley MacLaine
8. Angie Dickinson
9. Sean Connery
10. Angela Lansbury