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Phew! I'm above average (just ;-) ) Me too.

While I wholeheartedly agree that people with a known illness are usually more interesting suggestions than people who are simply very old (and notable), it might be worth noting that just being a nonagenarian might be a more relevant adverse prognostic indicator than some less serious (or near-harmless) cancer types (like non-metastatic testicular cancer, non-melanoma skin cancers, esp. basal cell carcinoma) that have cure rates of over 90%. The following excellent article, posted by Bibliogryphon in a thread on one of the old people on deathlist points out that people over the age of 96 who are alive at the start of the year have a 1-year baseline mortality rate of 25% and that rate increases to 30% by the age of 100. http://plus.maths.org/content/understanding-uncertainty-how-long-will-you-live#ref Then add the fact that DL2014 only had a success rate of 10/50 (20%) and that nearly everyone dying were ancient people as opposed to younger celebrities like Valerie Harper, Sam Simon and Wilko Johnson who all survived the year despite being declared terminal...

Don't Yank my chain.

As a Pole, I've decided that we, the Slavs, need our own thread. Here we can discuss deaths and ideas for future Deathlists - as long as they drink vodka like it's water AKA they are Slavic. I recommend former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for the DL 2016.

Same here. My mum had a bit of a thing for Patrick McGoohan.

Here's a candidate that's certainly not dull: Sacheen Littlefeather is said to have breast cancer according to a 2013 interview. For those who are too young to remember, she became world-wide known in 1973 for entering the Academy Awards stage when Marlon Brando won for Best Actor. While up there, she said that Marlon refused the award because of the mistreatment of Native Americans by the motion picture industry. It remains one of the most shocking moments in Oscar history. Being born in November 1946, she'll be worth 8 points for most of 2016 but not all of it. http://modernnotion.com/marlon-brando-refused-1973-oscar/

Sam won`t commit suicide.His determination to live is clear.The tweets are clearly in relation to his treatment stopping working which means he probably has weeks at most to live due the advanced stage of his illness..He has also had a number of complications with his blood infection and port and has also had organ draining etc which has highlighted his dire situation to those around him.

let me guess, you've not heard of them so they're "dull suggestions" Actually the funny thing is, I can admit I got mildly carried away by bashing some people mentioned here because I forgot this is for just general suggestions, not suggestions for the front page of DL. And yes actually I did know he was the director of some old Bond movie..... But that doesn't stop it being dull, and actually I don't think he's at all guaranteed to get a qualifying obit for the DDP either. Why should I have heard of him? I can remember tons of movie "facts", but remembering which generic nobody directed which old Bond film is a pursuit probably too lame even for people who think Richard Osman appearing on Football Focus to give his tips for the weekend's fixtures is a "telly highlight of the year". And anybody could have directed Alfie too, movies like that aren't about the director......... At lot of journalists are massive nerds and if a Doctor Who actor or a Bond director dies it is very easy copy they could write in their sleep. Gilbert will obit big time. In addition to being thickos But yeah I see what you mean.

let me guess, you've not heard of them so they're "dull suggestions" Actually the funny thing is, I can admit I got mildly carried away by bashing some people mentioned here because I forgot this is for just general suggestions, not suggestions for the front page of DL. And yes actually I did know he was the director of some old Bond movie..... But that doesn't stop it being dull, and actually I don't think he's at all guaranteed to get a qualifying obit for the DDP either. Why should I have heard of him? I can remember tons of movie "facts", but remembering which generic nobody directed which old Bond film is a pursuit probably too lame even for people who think Richard Osman appearing on Football Focus to give his tips for the weekend's fixtures is a "telly highlight of the year". And anybody could have directed Alfie too, movies like that aren't about the director......... At lot of journalists are massive nerds and if a Doctor Who actor or a Bond director dies it is very easy copy they could write in their sleep. Gilbert will obit big time. Besides the 3 Bonds and Alfie, he also directed Carve Her Name With Pride (and wrote), Sink the Bismarck, Educating Rita, and Shirley Valentine. Not so much obit guaranteed as "BBC Breaking News twitter update" guaranteed.

Indeed! It's a picture with a "John Blaine" who has also written something related on his facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153157465388781 Either it's really the end or Simon is thinking about stopping the treatment or even assisted suicide.

A colleague of mine said he received an e-mail from Paddy Hopkirk last week.

Just checked his Twitter. Somebody posted a photo of him with some person (forgot who) and it was in black in white. It kind of seems like it was a "flashback photo" of "one of the best moments I had with Sam", you know something you would post after a death. So either he died and it was unannounced for some reason, or he's extremely close to death.

Dad, I couldn't care less about how your sweater-wearing sunday school teacher taught you to draw concentric sphincters on a chalkboard during the few moments in the late 50s when you weren't doing duck and cover drills! It has no meaning! And like anyone who has half a brain worth saving Hitler-style, I only see whirring spiral vortexes when people try to start explaining stuff with circular bullshit. The only reason why you should post something in the Dead of 2015 when you've already posted it in the relevant thread is because you think it's notable enough that it should go on there so people can scroll through at the end of the year and remind themselves which big names died. Since the most memorable thing about that senator is the funny joke you made, he definitely doesn't count. Okay? YOU SWIVEL-EYE CROP CIRCLE MOTHERFUCKER. Also suggest I'm gettin jiggy with Deathray again and I'll do another complete 180 and call for your banning I think you mean vortices; you are British and this is a British website.

Just over three years after unsuccessfully shooting himself in the head, actor Daniel von Bargen has died from complicatons of diabetes. Played a bunch of military/cop types in many films and shows; Commandant Spangler in Malcolm in the Middle probably his most famous.

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Is Hudis ill or are we just naming anyone we think of over 90? No one should be brought up in this thread without a medical condition even if it was something from the past---but it better be good ("Mr Hudis had a heart attack in 2009" would work). This isn't a 90-something brainstorming thread. Lastly, YOU are the poster, the onus is on YOU to provide the name and information as to why they are, as the title suggests, a 'possibility', not on me or anyone else to go figure it out. I think we know who the lazy one is here . SC For a slightly different reason, I tried to find numbers on the mortality rate of people at a certain age. I found this from the US census: https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0110.pdf The mortality rate of a 85+ year old male in the USA in 2008 was at 14%. The rate increases with age and the USA does better in high-end medicine, so for a 93-year old british male, the mortality rate is probably higher. If one definitely knew that there are no health issues with that person, then one could adjust the rate to a lower level, since these 14% include unnatural deaths, cancer deaths, and everything not primarily related to age. But without knowing anything else about that person, I'd guess the chance of that person dying until the 31st of December 2016 is at about 20%. Which is not nothing. gcreptile, You don't need to justify to SC or Zorders as to why you think them to be a viable suggestion. If they're unable to deduce it for themselves then that's no skin off your nose. I think they're competing for.. oh how was it Zorders phrased it? oh yes Arsehole Edgiest poster

49 is like 99 in fat rapper years and he's probably just a big bag of diabetes. So it's probably a statement of truth as well as a lame attempt at pretending it was an accident.

Hein, it is on DailyMotion. First episode is "Arrival". Bibliogryphon, burn, heretic, burn!

I've seen dead people who looked better than him!

Hmmphr, grmbl.

Is that so? With that question I mean: it may be a fact that under English law one cannot libel the dead, I simply don't know. I do know that one can under Dutch law. A Dutch person can start legal procedures, both civil and criminal, against defamation of a dead relative. I suppose my country isn't the only one to have laws for that. I've never seen libellous stuff about Dutchmen here, dead or alive, but should it happen I might be legally obliged to remove it. regards, Hein

The bloke in the middle looks familiar. regards, Hein I think I know who it is... (Apologies if this isn't recognised on the continent) Unfunny tosser that heshewhatever is should be banned? You know Ireland completely shat on the show when they saw it and then our turds lap it up.

I only changed channels near the end as I thought I might catch Royal Blood (missed them) so imagine my utter JOY to watch her go FUCKING FLYING down them steps, LAUGHED MY FUCKING TITS OFF, mind you she wasn't the only one to fall on her ass that night, who was that UTTER CRETIN with Jimmy Carr?

Chorizo's Deathrace joker, if and when, just sayin', like.