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I'm 16 today!

Can't. We already had a Deathlist miss with you back in 2013.

I haven't tweeted for months. Does that mean nothing, or lead to a 'never heard of him' hit?

Give it 30 years and it will be far more balanced as more notable women will be either getting extremely old or extremely ill.It will never be 50/50 though as men tend to not live as long as women.

I don't see it as an issue. This isn't a matter for quotas. You just pick people who you think are likely candidates, regardless of gender, race, nationality, or whatever. Shaun makes a good point about women historically being vastly outnumbered by men in the notability stakes. Most areas were dominated by men. For example, when I was a child there were no female newsreaders on UK television. It was held that female voices lacked sufficient gravitas to deliver serious news. And in the mid-twentieth century UK, most married women of middle class and upwards did not have jobs. This is the generation now reaching old age.

Incumbent majority.

To be quite honest with you.

Soinds like he is days from the end.

Happy Birthday Sir!

Rare update (if you can call it an update)

Diagnosed with bone cancer: http://people.com/celebrity/the-facts-of-life-charlotte-rae-diagnosed-with-bone-cancer-at-91/

I think they are strong but I've been really polite about it so I guess we'll just have to agree to differ. Just as an extra bit of supporting evidence though I think I will back up my arguments by using your Shadow List where out of your 50 names you've only considered 13 women worthy of a place and none of them have so far justified their place by dying.

16 'what' ? In dog years?

Happy Birthday Joey. I'm a bit scared to send you birthday wishes - Old Father Grim might be a bit busy..... Have a wonderful year.

Just woke up and holy fuck! Mantenuto has so many QOs and it's shocking to me that none of them mention the coincidence that his co-star Laković also died young of a tragic death just two days earlier. Sounds like perfect tabloid fodder to me. "Miracle Cast Members Mourn The Death Of Two Friends In One Week" "The Curse of the Miracle"

In the time she spent on that interview, she could have been in the kitchen making a sandwich instead.

Interesting story... maybe. The Queen won't be wearing her crown and will be arriving by car, not carriage, to open the UK Parliament this year. It is stated to be because of the later opening of parliament due to the general election but I wonder if they are also reducing the ceremonial aspect to make the whole thing a little briefer for the old girl now. Maybe the crown is becoming too heavy for her noggin these days. http://honey.nine.com.au/2017/04/28/09/34/queen-elizabeth-wont-wear-her-crown-this-year http://people.com/royals/why-the-queen-will-not-wear-her-3-lb-crown-for-the-first-time-since-1974/ http://www.politico.eu/article/queen-elizabeth-to-dress-down-for-parliament-speech/

Maria Felix, a lady too old for her bank: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/26/mexican-bank-intervenes-after-women-116-too-old-to-receive-card She's in spectacular health, maybe she's "only" 106, I'd guess. But if not...

Now, here's a thing. Say I predict that a seat won in a by election by a party that didn't win in 2015 is won back by the party that did win in 2015. For example, I say Richmond Park will be won by the Tories in 2017. The seat changes hands from the Lib Dems back to the Tories who won at the 2015 GE. Do I still get the 2015 majority plus a half, or doesn't that qualify, because the seat hasn't changed hands from 2015? I'll be entering, but it would be good to know the ruling on this.

Pretty good I think although as you and indeed the committee know it's an inexact science. I don't see that predicting and choosing likely women is anymore difficult than predicting/choosing for men. I won't share anything like my big list of potential female candidates but here is a few 1)Dorothy Malone 2) Joanne Woodward 3) Liza Minnelli 4) Prunella Scales 5)Sheila Mercier 6) Liliane Bettencourt 7)Maggie Smith 8) Barbara Walters 9) Joan Plowright 10)Barbara Bush Just my thoughts that there's plenty of decent female candidates that the committee could think of including. Whether they will or not is ultimately their decision I'm just politely speaking aloud with a friendly gentle nudge!

That was me. In my defence, I consider Pei more famous than Niemeyer...

Ban the lot, unless they have achieved something deserving of fame that is not connected to their illness or their relatives. I'm seriously losing interest in the whole idea of deadpooling now. I don't like the morbid searching for terminally ill nobodies. It's sick, and it brings a previously defensible and harmless game into disrepute IMO.

WUMs are like trolls' grandfathers.

Well, it's not hard to look socially liberal when your predecessor is Ronald Reagan and your son is George W. Bush. I think his only "socially liberal" legislation he passed was his disability act, which had support from both parties.

She could die on the day that Elvis and Tupac fly Jennifer Lopez's private jet into the White House and still obit.