Here's some ideas for some new names on DeathList 2018.
(If there is someone who was on an earlier list, tell me.)
John McCain:
Reason for Notability: US Senator and Presidential Candidate (2008).
Age in 2018: 82
Why they should be on the list: Diagnosed with a brain tumor in July 2017. If he dies at the average survival time, he will die in November 2018.
Stephen Hillenburg:
Reason for Notability: Created the longtime-running cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants.
Age in 2018: 57
Why they should be on the list: Diagnosed with ALS in March 2017. Most people who have it don't survive for much longer.
Jerry Maren:
Reason for Notability: Actor and the last known surviving Munchkin from The Wizard of Oz.
Age in 2018: 98
Why they should be on the list: Age alone should do it. Also, just look at his picture on Wikipedia.
Chuck Yeager:
Reason for Notabiity: First person to exceed the speed of sound.
Age in 2018: 95
Why they should be on the list: Age. Also, possibly those G-forces.
Walter Mondale:
Reason for Notability: U.S. Vice President under Jimmy Carter.
Age in 2018: 90
Why they should be on the list: Age, not to mention that Carter was also on the list more than once.
Johan van Hulst:
Reason for Notability: Dutch politician and humanitarian.
Age in 2018: 107
Why they should be on the list: Age. Definitely age.
Marge Champion:
Reason for Notability: Disney's model for Snow White and The Blue Fairy in Pinocchio.
Age in 2018: 99 (This was posted on her 98th birthday.)
Why they should be on the list: Age. Most of my choices are for age alone.
Kim Jong-un:
Reason for Notability: "Glorius" leader of North Korea since 2011.
Age in 2018: 36 (according to North Korea), 35 (according to South Korea), 34 (according to the USA and Switzerland)
Why they should be put on the list: If the USA and North Korea go to war, that will most likely kill him. If not, diabetes will, because he hogs all of North Korea's food.
Jim Leavelle:
Reason for Notability: Pearl Harbor survivor and Lee Harvey Oswald's escort.
Age in 2018: 98
Why they should be put on the list: Age, not to mention he saw his fellow troops killed by the Japanese and a man get shot (PTSD).
Juan Carlos I of Spain:
Reason for Notability: King of Spain from 1975 to 2014.
Age in 2018: 80
Why they should be put on the list: Resigned because of "personal reasons". Not sure if that has to do with his health.
Wilford Brimley:
Reason for Notability: Actor (The Thing) and spokesman for Liberty Medical.
Age in 2018: 84
Why they should be put on the list: DIABEETUS.
Mel Brooks:
Reason for Notability: Director of Spaceballs and Young Frankenstein.
Age in 2018: 92
Why they should be put on the list: Age, yet again.
Last but not least, Sidney Poitier:
Reason for Notability: Actor and director.
Age in 2018: 91
Why they should be put on the list: Age. There was also probably something wrong with him when he directed Ghost Dad.
