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Yeah, she will always be Rhoda to me too. I loved her, she is still fab and I still would. She's fucking SEVENTY FIVE you sick bastard! It would be like sticking your cock in a carrier bag full of sawdust.

Thoughts? 1. The Deathlist is a private thing between a bunch of friends who share it with us, and being based in Britain, is likely to be a product of British culture. 2. Joost van der Weisthuzen is actually South African, discussed by a British based website, picked by international DDPers, and who was a major part of a sporting event turned into an Oscar nominated film by Clint Eastwood in the US. If thats not relatively internationally well known... 3. I don't like ideas which limit the range of the Deathlist. 4. John Craven is awesome. I believe, anecdotally, Newsround was seen in the US. It certainly is now (but hes retired from it, presents Countryfile which is...surprisingly popular elsewhere). But people like him and the late Tony Hart and the even later Jeffrey Bernard are the soul of the list. Lose them because some people hadn't heard of them and we lose a bit of us all.

Here are some more Foreign Directors in the 80+ range who would net a UK Obit Ivan Passer b. 1933 Czech Republic Manoel de Oliveira b. 1909 Portugal Costa-Gavras b. 1933 Greece Dusan Mukavejev b. 1932 Serbia Tinto Brass b. 1933 Italy --also Obese

Yeah, she will always be Rhoda to me too. I loved her, she is still fab and I still would. She's fucking SEVENTY FIVE you sick bastard! It would be like sticking your cock in a carrier bag full of sawdust. Older girls need love too Lardy. The are plenty of attractive mature women.

When the people have finished prosecuting former Nazis for crimes against humanity I imagine they will catch up with all the Jazz players Nordine is an outsider music legend and his Colours album rates as one of the most singular releases of the sixties. Trust me, man, he'll be spared when the naval-gazing noodlers get what's coming.

I wasn't aware that there are any rules attached to the Deathlist. The committee decides on the list, and no obituaries are required to validate selections when they die. Are you confusing it with the Derby Dead Pool?

John Craven is the heart and soul of Deathlist (or something)? Makes me laugh to think I was called "arse-chafingly dull" by someone on the forum earlier this year....

Yes. Connie would be a great addition to the Missing in Action thread

These two statements don't seem to tally. I did have to look up JvdW but I presumed my total lack of interest in Rugby made that understandable. Even if you didn't know Wilko Johnson's name you would have heard of Dr Hook therefore I think his inclusion was more than justified combined with his high profile battle with cancer. Chris Woodhead is an odd one there have even been some UK comments on is he famous enough to be on here but we would happily inlcude Union Leaders and Churchmen so appointed high powered public officials should be fair game. To extend the Wilko analogy you may not know his name but you understand what Ofsted is right? If Steve of Canada ever does I have a little quiz for him. Ten thoroughly British types how many of them would you consider worthy of going on the list (ie you have heard of them) Sylvester McCoy David Steel Bill Morris John Craven Andy Partridge Deninis Skinner Patricia Routledge Tanni Grey-Thompson Nigel Lawson Kevin Kennedy Note even if you are not Steve of Canada you can comment on this list of Britishness. Thanks. I will take up the challenge. My take on it all: 1. Yes, internationally famous. 2. No, I had to Google him but someone a bit older than me would probably be familiar with the name. 3. I Googled him and I still not sure which Bill Morris you mean... Is it the cricketer? https://en.wikipedia...sambiguation%29 4. No, his television shows aren't internationally known. 5. The only Partridge musicians I know of are the Partridge family. That's probably more a reflection on me though since I don't follow pop music that much. I have vaguely heard of XTC and I might even know a song or two if you played them for me. 6. Yes, internationally famous. 7. Yes, internationally famous. 8. No, I had never heard of her until I Googled her just now. Not known internationally. 9. Yes, internationally famous (mainly because of his daughter.) 10. No, I avoid soapies like the plague at the best of times and I don't think Coronation Street is even aired over here. Just for fun, I will throw it back at you with some Australian equivalents. See how many you know.... Again, these are all household names in Australia. 1. Okay, I am stumped to think of an Aussie equivalent to Sylvester McCoy.... Maybe Barry Humphries in terms of quirkiness and fame-level. 2. Cheryl Kernot 3. Arthur Morris 4. Kerry O'Brien 5. Red Symons 6. Gareth Evans 7. Ruth Cracknell (dead but a good equivalent to Routledge.) 8. Melissa Carlton 9. Peter Costello 10. Peter Rowsthorn. Humphries of course and Cracknell yes ( I used to watch Mother and Son on Channel 4) and I've heard of an Aussie politician called Kerry O'Brien but I can't place the others. There was an obscure politician named Kerry O'Brien but I was actually thinking of the journalist who hosted a current affairs show called "The 7:30 Report" for many, many years as I matched him against John Craven. (This journalist O'Brien started his career as one of Gough's political advisors though.) Obscure Politician: https://en.wikipedia...28politician%29 Famous Journalist: https://en.wikipedia...28journalist%29 EDIT: I just looked at Craven's page again and saw he mainly hosted children's television so perhaps I should have nominated Noni Hazelhurst as the Aussie equivalent instead, rendering the whole point moot.

Too many conspiracists on this forum for my liking. She had running health problems, reported long before her death aged 60 and was a 40 a day smoker. Just what would be the point in the government faking her death? Protection programmes are generally successful enough without the need to lie about anything. If it was later discovered that the government had "faked her death", that'd be enough to bring a government down for the sheer deceit, and with the power and persistence of the press in the UK I strongly doubt that one would slip by them.

OK, but I don't know the names of every member of every band who recorded a few decent songs. TBH the first thing that sprang to mind was a radio presenter, but I was probably thinking of Alan Partridge. To be fair this inclusion probably says more about me than anything else. XTC are hardly massive even in the UK and SWO was their only top 10 hit, and that only reached number 10, but I was trying to think of a musician who was very British who was part of a band along the lines of Wilko Johnson. I suppose I could have picked one of the members of Bananarama but I could be bothered to look them up. Took (some of) the words out of my mouth, Biblio, I was going to mention Bananarama. Siobhan Fahey was a member wasn't she?

Watched the documentary last night - it was an exemplary example of the genre, IMO: http://www.bbc.co.uk...ics-and-frauds. Absolutely worth 85 minutes of your time - much more than just a run-through of his exposés of frauds and charlatans. It's incredible to think that people are so desperate to keep on believing even now despite the fact that he showed - time and time again - that it's all bunkum. Reminds me of how a lot of senior management works at places I've jobbed in... The highlight: When he was still a young man appearing in Toronto nightclubs and pretending to predict the future, Randall Zwinge created what he hoped would be his greatest trick. Each night before he went to bed, he wrote the date on the back of a business card along with the words “I, Randall Zwinge, will die today.” Then he signed it and placed it in his wallet. That way, if he were knocked down in the street or killed by a freak accident, whoever went through his effects would discover the most shocking prophecy he ever made. Zwinge kept at it for years. Each night, he tore up one card and wrote out a new one for the next day. But nothing fatal befell him; in the end, having wasted hundreds of business cards, he gave up in frustration. “I never got lucky,” he told me.

Cushy job, best health care money can buy, likes a good laugh... regards, Hein

A list of those allegdly bedded by DOE would make Deathray's infamous list in Political Frailty look short and inconsequential.

Personally, I can't wait until the Greek pops it, because only then will we see stories emerging about the Profumo affair and his possible involvement in it. Stories about this have been surfacing on a regular basis across the USA over the decades, and if ever a country can create a conspiracy theory, it has to be Uncle Sam. Having said that he will never die from hard work, as since 1947 when he hit the jackpot by marrying the fragrant princess, he hasn't done a days work. Wasn't there a sniff of involvement with a singer called Louise Cordet and the actress Pat Kirkwood, although I suppose not at the same time.

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