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Celebrity Deaths 2025

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⚠ Content Warning: Bereavement
This thread discusses the deaths of public figures. Please be mindful that some members may find this upsetting.

If you’ve recently experienced a loss or are finding the subject difficult, you may wish to avoid reading further.

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It's that time once again - Celebrity Deaths is back for its 2025 edition! :D

Same rules apply as usual.
1. You must pick 20 celebrities who you think will die during the course of 2025.
2. You can't pick anyone who's famous purely for being old.
3. No changes to lists are allowed once they're submitted. The only exception to this is if someone on your list dies between you submitting your list and the game going live at midnight on Wednesday 1st January 2025.
4. If you can include what each person on your list is famous for, then that'd be appreciated. Nothing libellous, mind. Generic reasons will be applied for celebrities if none are given.
5. As I've done for the past few years, I'll have a spreadsheet set up to make it easier to work out who gets points when a celebrity dies. Not terribly relevant for you lot, but meh. :p
6. Lists must not be submitted in the thread itself. This is to encourage people to do a bit more research into who they want on their lists instead of just taking ideas from the submissions of others. If anyone wishes to take part, then please submit your list to me via PM on the forum. :)
7. Individuals who join Dignitas or any similar organisation are ineligible for selection for any further contests.

Think that's everything. So let's have those lists come in! :)

N.B. As usual, if anyone has any questions, please post in the thread or drop me a DM.

I’m also away from home at the moment, so may not be able to get PMs answered very easily for a few days. Please don’t worry - I will eventually get to them.

Scoreboard
Tibble - 3pts
Connor98 - 2pts
Alix - 1pt
DiogoJ42 & Kelpie - 1pt
Dipper_Dave - 1pt
Leigh - 1pt
MattyH - 1pt
Thameslink Rail - 1pt
Tom - 1pt
Zeock - 1pt

Jonathan
  1. Donald Trump (**** businessman, convicted criminal)
  2. Prunella Scales (rancorous coiffured old sow)
  3. Jairzinho (former Brazilian footballer)
  4. Sir John Major (former Tory PM)
  5. Sir David Attenborough (naturalist and broadcaster)
  6. Sir Mick Jagger (musician and case study for how many drugs someone can take & not die)
  7. John Williams (film music composer)
  8. Rupert Murdoch (media mogul and absolute scumbag)
  9. Harvey Weinstein (convicted nonce)
  10. Bernie Ecclestone (former F1 commercial rights owner and general ******)
  11. Emperor Emeritus Akihito (former Emperor of Japan)
  12. Stockhard Channing (actor - famously played Rizzo in Grease)
  13. Petula Clark (actor and singer)
  14. Dick van Dyke (actor)
  15. George Carey (former Archbishop of Canterbury)
  16. Dino Zoff (former Italian footballer)
  17. Sir Billy Connolly (comedian)
  18. Rita Moreno (actor)
  19. Mario Andretti (1978 F1 World Champion)
  20. Elon Musk (********, far-right bootlicker)
Zeock
  1. George Soros (businessman)
  2. David Attenborough (biologist)
  3. Michael Caine (actor)
  4. Buzz Aldrin (former astronaut)
  5. Ali Khamenei (supreme leader of Iran)
  6. Judi Dench (actor)
  7. Warren Buffett (businessman)
  8. Dick van Dyke (actor)
  9. Pope Francis (Pope)
  10. Rupert Murdoch (entrepreneur)
  11. Norman Foster (architect)
  12. Josef Fritzl (kidnapper and rapist)
  13. Judith O'Dea (actress)
  14. William Shatner (actor)
  15. Noam Chomsky (professor and intellectual)
  16. Morgan Freeman (actor)
  17. Dennis Skinner (former MP)
  18. Clint Eastwood (actor and director)
  19. Mel Brooks (actor and comedian)
  20. Julie Andrews (actress and singer)
Jb85
  1. Paul McCartney (81) - Musician, Songwriter
  2. Ringo Starr (83) - Musician, Drummer
  3. Bob Dylan (82) - Musician, Singer-Songwriter
  4. Diana Ross (79) - Singer, Actres
  5. Dolly Parton (78) - Musician, Singer-Songwriter
  6. Warren Buffett (93) - Investor, Business Magnate
  7. Rupert Murdoch (92) - Media Mogul
  8. David Attenborough (97) - Natural History Broadcaster, Narrator
  9. Bernie Sanders (82) - Politician, Senator
  10. Michael Caine (90) - Actor
  11. Donald Sutherland (88) - Actor
  12. Ian McKellen (84) - Actor
  13. Dustin Hoffman (86) - Actor, Director
  14. Patrick Stewart (83) - Actor
  15. Jeff Bezos (59) - Business Magnate, Entrepreneur
  16. Ellen DeGeneres (65) - Talk Show Host, Comedian, Actress
  17. Liam Neeson (71) - Actor
  18. Britney Spears (43) - singer
  19. Mel Brooks (97) - Director, Writer, Actor
  20. Wayne Rooney (38) - Footballer, Shrek
rob666
  1. King Charles.
  2. Adrian Edmonson (comedian)
  3. Prince Andrew (Duke of York and probable nonce)
  4. Jeremy Clarkson (television personality and farmer)
  5. Sir Ben Kingsley (actor)
  6. Jarvis Cocker (musician)
  7. Dame Judi Dench (actress)
  8. Geoffrey Boycott (former cricketer, former cricket commentator, and wife-beater)
  9. Kevin Keegan (former footballer and manager)
  10. William Hague (former Conservative party leader)
  11. Malcolm McDowell (actor)
  12. Joe Biden (ex president)
  13. Sir Bernard Ingham (former politician)
  14. Brian Blessed (actor)
  15. Alan Bennett (playwright)
  16. Donald Trump.(president and felon).
  17. David Hockney (painter)
  18. John Barry (composer)
  19. Sir Michael Palin (actor and television presenter)
  20. Jane McDonald (musician)
Matt N
  1. Sir David Attenborough (wildlife broadcaster)
  2. Dick Van Dyke (actor)
  3. Mary Berry (TV baker)
  4. Joe Biden (former US president)
  5. Donald Trump (US president-elect)
  6. John Cleese (actor)
  7. John Major (former UK Prime Minister)
  8. Clint Eastwood (actor)
  9. Michael Schumacher (former F1 driver)
  10. Michael Caine (actor)
  11. Prunella Scales (actor)
  12. David Jason (actor)
  13. Bernie Sanders (former US presidential candidate)
  14. Kenneth Clarke (former Tory chancellor)
  15. Michael J Fox (actor)
  16. Harrison Ford (actor)
  17. Jeremy Corbyn (former Labour leader)
  18. Delia Smith (TV chef)
  19. Angela Rippon (TV presenter)
  20. Ann Widdecombe (former Tory MP)
Connor98
  1. Frankie Valli (singer)
  2. Giorgio Armani (fashion designer)
  3. David Attenborough (naturalist and broadcaster)
  4. Ozzy Osborne (musician)
  5. Yoko Ono (artist, peace activist, once married John Lennon)
  6. June Lockhart (actor)
  7. Jack Nicholson (actor)
  8. Prunella Scales (actor)
  9. Buzz Aldrin (astronaut)
  10. Crissy Rock (actress and comedian)
  11. John Williams (film music composer)
  12. Sir David Jason (actor)
  13. P Diddy (rapper)
  14. Donald Trump (businessman)
  15. Clint Eastwood (actor and director)
  16. Sir Elton John (singer)
  17. Phil Collins (singer)
  18. Keith Richards (singer)
  19. Rose West (serial killer)
  20. Pope Francis
Dipper_Dave
  1. Mel Brooks (Film producer)
  2. Bernie Ecclestone (former Formula 1 Chief Executive, business magnate)
  3. Don King (boxing promoter)
  4. Yoko Ono (Widow of John Lennon)
  5. Dame Joan Collins (Actress)
  6. Roman Polanski (Film Director)
  7. Tom Baker (Dr Who)
  8. Roberta Flack (Singer)
  9. Jane Fonda (Actress)
  10. Jim Norton (Irish Actor)
  11. Rod Laver (Tennis Player)
  12. Sir Trevor McDonald (Broadcaster)
  13. Paul Hogan (Actor)
  14. Jack Nicklaus (Golfer)
  15. Jimmy Tarbuck (Comedian)
  16. Eric Idle (Actor)
  17. Colin Baker (Dr Who)
  18. Roy Chubby Brown (Comedian)
  19. Barry Gibb (Musician)
  20. Steven Tyler (Singer)
delta79
  1. Sir Ian McKellen (actor)
  2. Chris Rea (singer/songwriter. Maybe driving fatigue)
  3. Bruce Willis (actor)
  4. Michael J Fox (actor)
  5. Jack Osbourne (reality star. Son of Ozzy)
  6. Huw Edwards (ex news reader)
  7. Rustie Lee (TV chef)
  8. Donald trump (umm, president elect USA)
  9. Paula Vennells (umm, ex post master)
  10. Tom Baker (Doctor who)
  11. Pete Wicks (reality star)
  12. Katie Price (ex model, full of plastic)
  13. Jeremy Clarkson (presenter, can I get a bonus for farming related death) - Note from Jon: No, you can't :p
  14. James Corden (actor, writer, 'comedian')
  15. Nick Park (Wallace and Gromit creator)
  16. Channing Tatum (film actor)
  17. Dylan Sprouse (Disney actor)
  18. Cole Sprouse (Disney Actor)
  19. Ryan Gosling (Actor)
  20. Claudia Winkleman (TV presenter)
Thameslink Rail
  1. King Charles III (no idea what he's famous for)
  2. Rupert Murdoch (Evil Billionaire)
  3. General Paul Rader (former general of the Salvation Army)
  4. Dick Van Dyke (Actor)
  5. Joe Biden (President for a bit)
  6. Sir David Jason (actor)
  7. Dennis Skinner (former MP)
  8. Brian Blessed (actor)
  9. Cliff Richard (singer)
  10. Buzz Aldrin (former astronaut)
  11. Sir Paul McCartney (musician)
  12. Sir Geoff Hurst (Footballer)
  13. Sir David Attenborough (naturalist)
  14. Sir Ringo Starr (musician)
  15. Sir John Major (former Prime Minister)
  16. Neil Kinnock (former Labour leader)
  17. Ken Livingstone (former Mayor of London)
  18. Pope Francis (Pope)
  19. Tom Baker (the 4th Doctor)
  20. Roy Hattersley (former politician)
DiogoJ42 & Kelpie
  1. Sir Geoff Hurst (footballer)
  2. Prunella Scales (actor)
  3. Tim Curry (actor)
  4. Clint Eastwood (actor)
  5. Tom Baker (actor)
  6. Patricia Routledge (actor)
  7. Mel Brooks (director)
  8. Sir Ian McKellen (actor)
  9. Phil Collins (Musician)
  10. Dame Virginia McKenna (Conservationist)
  11. Lord Tony Christopher (Politician)
  12. Lord Neil Kinnock (politician)
  13. Biddy Baxter (producer)
  14. Michael Aspel (presenter)
  15. Dick Van Dyke (actor)
  16. Ian Smith (Harold from Neighbours) (actor)
  17. Sir Chris Hoy (sportsman)
  18. Bruce Willis (actor)
  19. Bernie Ecclestone (F1 magnate)
  20. Sir David Attenborough (Conservationist)
Tom
  1. Rupert Murdoch (puppeteer of the Conservative Party)
  2. Jean-Marie Le Pen (fascist)
  3. Dick van Dyke (actor)
  4. Prunella Scales (actress)
  5. Rosemary Harris (actress)
  6. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (the King of Saudi Arabia)
  7. Mel Brooks (actor and director)
  8. Baron Christopher (Peer)
  9. David Attenborough (natural historian)
  10. Ludek Miklosko (former professional footballer)
  11. Patricia Routledge (actress)
  12. Robert "Bob" Gimlin (videographer of Bigfoot)
  13. Dennis Skinner (Beast of Bolsover)
  14. Josef Fritzl (criminal)
  15. Ray Anthony (musician)
  16. June Lockhart (actress)
  17. Melvyn Hayes (actor)
  18. Eileen Derbyshire (Emily Bishop)
  19. Raúl Castro (Cuban revolutionary)
  20. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (the Supreme Leader of Iran)
MattyH
  1. King Charles III
  2. Sir Ian McKellen (actor)
  3. Hulk Hogan (wrestler)
  4. Sir Paul McCartney (musician)
  5. Donald Trump (businessman)
  6. John Cleese (comedian)
  7. Oprah Winfrey (talk show host)
  8. Steve Martin (actor)
  9. Noel Edmonds (TV presenter)
  10. Dame Jacqueline Wilson (children's author)
  11. Sigfried Held (former German footballer)
  12. Bronisław Komorowski (former President of Poland)
  13. Dame Mary Berry (food writer, chef, baker, TV presenter)
  14. Stuart White (former BBC Look East presenter)
  15. Darby Allin (wrestler)
  16. Venus Williams (tennis player)
  17. Vanessa Feltz (TV personality)
  18. Harry Shearer (voice actor)
  19. Taron Egerton (actor)
  20. Miriam Margolyes (actor)
Alix
  1. Sir Anthony Hopkins (actor)
  2. Miriam Margolyes (actor)
  3. Boris Johnson (former PM)
  4. Elon Musk (businessman)
  5. Vladimir Putin (President of Russia)
  6. Volodymyr Zelenskyy (President of Ukraine)
  7. Dick van Dyke (actor)
  8. Eva Marie Saint (actor)
  9. Mel Brooks (actor, comedian, filmmaker)
  10. Clint Eastwood (actor)
  11. Joe Biden (President of the USA)
  12. Bernie Sanders (US Senator)
  13. Dave Mustaine (musician)
  14. Iggy Pop (musician)
  15. Ozzy Osbourne (musician)
  16. Dennis Skinner (former MP)
  17. Clinton Rogers (journalist and broadcaster)
  18. Sir Cliff Richard (singer)
  19. Sir David Attenborough (naturalist)
  20. Queen Camilla
Leigh
  1. Bruce Willis (actor)
  2. Sir Michael Caine (actor)
  3. Mel Brooks (actor, comedian, filmmaker)
  4. Dick Van Dyke (actor)
  5. William Shatner (actor)
  6. Clint Eastwood (actor)
  7. Sir David Attenborough (naturalist and broadcaster)
  8. Buzz Aldrin (astronaut)
  9. Rupert Murdoch (media mogul)
  10. John Williams (film music composer)
  11. Tom Baker (the Fourth Doctor)
  12. George Takei (actor)
  13. Sir Ringo Starr (musician)
  14. Dame Mary Berry (food writer, baker, chef, TV presenter)
  15. Rita Moreno (actor)
  16. Sir Paul McCartney (musician)
  17. Pope Francis
  18. Jane Fonda (actor)
  19. Sir Anthony Hopkins (actor)
  20. Morgan Freeman (actor)
Chimpy
  1. Boris Johnson (former PM)
  2. Dick Van Dyke (actor)
  3. Sophie Ellis-Bextor (singer)
  4. Claudia Winkleman (TV presenter)
  5. Tess Daly (TV presenter)
  6. Rishi Sunak (former PM)
  7. Donald Trump (businessman)
  8. Michelle Obama (former First Lady)
  9. King Charles III
  10. Joe Biden (President of the USA)
  11. Sir David Attenborough (naturalist and broadcaster)
  12. Sir Lenny Henry (comedian)
  13. Dame Mary Berry (food writer, baker, chef, TV presenter)
  14. Nigella Lawson (food writer, TV cook)
  15. Dame Jacqueline Wilson (children's author)
  16. Jennifer Lopez (singer)
  17. Victoria Beckham (singer, fashion designer)
  18. Mariah Carey (singer)
  19. Michael Bublé (singer)
  20. Billy Crystal (actor and comedian)
Tibble
  1. Noam Chomsky (Inellectual)
  2. Linda Nolan (Nolan Sister)
  3. Cleo Laine (Jazz singer)
  4. Sir Jackie Stewart (F1 driver)
  5. Dick van Dyke (actor)
  6. Tom Oliver (Lou from Neighbours)
  7. Dick Cheney (former Vice-President)
  8. Prunella Scales (Actor)
  9. Alan Greenspan (Economist)
  10. Mel Brooks (actor)
  11. Pete Murray (UK radio presenter)
  12. Yoko Ono (musician)
  13. Pope Francis (Pope)
  14. Dennis Skinner (UK politician)
  15. Eva Marie Saint (actor)
  16. Sir David Attenborough (national treasure)
  17. Sandy Gall (News Reporter)
  18. Clint Eastwood (actor)
  19. John Williams (Composer)
  20. Rupert Murdoch (Media Mogul)
 
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I’m always tempted to compete in this, but I’m never sure if I know enough celebrities to make a list of 20… I might give it a crack this year!
 
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100%. Using Google is completely fine. Part of the reason why I moved away from posting lists in the thread is because I felt that doing so made things a bit too easy for people seeking ideas, and having to submit them via DM was a bit more of a challenge. One year, I'll set up Google Forms properly and have lists submitted that way, but that won't happen this year. :p
 
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