It’s that time of year again when the moderators brace themselves for a flurry of frivolous complaints as the thread for the 2025 version of what is indisputably one of the greatest competitions in forum history makes its appearance. Since its humble beginnings several years ago it has grown and grown to the juggernaut we see today. How disappointing it must be for Hello Sunshine/Isaac Solomon! From the moment she labeled it “ghoulish” its popularity has done nothing but rise! And then there’s the guy who last year was so crippled by the forum remembering the lives of those famous people who have left us that he packed up and took his toys to Italy where the lack of internet provided the ideal safe space to avoid such offensive material. Through it all, this thread has continued to thrive and no doubt will go on to reach even greater heights!

And so, we begin……

Who is on the list for 2025? Which celebrities will depart us? Which will we share fond memories of? And who will take home the prize and etch their name on the Dead Pool virtual trophy for 2025?

Hall Of Fame:

2017: Saintly96

2018: Oneonesit

2019: Saintly96

2020: Brudder_A

2021: Baghdad Bob

2022: Passing Through

2023: Brudder_A

2024: TBA

 

With just over two weeks to go until 1 January it’s time to get your entries in. Plenty of time to pour over the form guides and work out who will be visited by the grim reaper in the next 12 months. Entries close 11:59pm Sydney time 31 December.

Rules:
- List 10 people (celebrities preferably) who will kick the bucket in 2025
- No people with already known death dates (eg death row inmates) OR with pre-existing terminal illnesses where death is likely in 2025
- Death must be confirmed by a reputable source as occurring during 2025 in the location of their death

Scoring:
Correct selection = 10 points
Bonus points = 100 minus age at death (eg a 75 year old correct selections scores 100-75=25 bonus points. NOTE: If your selection is over 100 you will lose points here.

NOTE: Seeing as he continues to hang on I will allow Jimmy Carter this year despite the hospice care status. 

Enjoy this wonderful competition!

ETA:Too easy when so clearly expressed, unlike most 

Edited by Gay3 - 15 Dec 2024 at 6:45pm

 There is a definite winning score in that list, Shawy...if anyone goes. 

Andy Taylor

ExceedAndExcel wrote: Joe Biden is a big chance to go quickly once he leaves the White House. Looks on his last legs already and once he doesn’t have anything to do he will quickly fade further. If not 2025 then 2026 he will be a certainly.

 Horlick's list looks like a wish list.

ExceedAndExcel wrote: Joe Biden is a big chance to go quickly once he leaves the White House. Looks on his last legs already and once he doesn’t have anything to do he will quickly fade further. If not 2025 then 2026 he will be a certainly.

Just have to point out that there were a few on here saying Joe was fine even after the debate disaster and months (years?) of evidence that he was going downhill fast. What was that neo-speak term the media and press secretary used to lie to the people about videos showing Joe's declined state of health? "Cheap fake" wasn't it? That was a useful term for a couple of months. Is it even used any more?

That's the trouble slowdown.  I think every newsite seems to work to an agenda these days.  Bit like war time propaganda.  A little truth and a little lie and mix them altogether and what do you get.  Some pretty confused people.

agree Furious. partly they wanted trump to win . who is going to make more news over the next 4 years. trump or Kamala

Olivia Hussey, star of Romeo and Juliet and Black Christmas, dies aged 73

Jimmy has fallen off the perch just before the 2024 deadline 

I'll stick with my 2024 list and give a further kiss of life to:

1 Mickey Rourke

Terry Bradshaw
Mel Brooks
vladmir putin
Rod Laver  
Alan Greenspan
Dick Van Dyke
Clint Eastwood
Willie Nelson
Barrie Robran
Alan Mullery