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Imagine this: A young lad from Chicago wakes up to go to school. He goes on the Deathlist forums, and expects maybe 6-8 posts to have been made overnight, half of which are incomprehensible British banter to him. The young lad then finds out that the Deathlist got two hits in the past two hours. As they say in the Shriner's Hospitals for Childrens ads: "I don't have to imagine, cause that's me".

Dawn of the Dead

Well, here's a mad stat about the vagaries of life and all that: From 2011 to 2016, there were 2 Deathlist hits in the month of September - Herbert Lom (2012) and Ian Paisley (2014). From 20th September 2017 to 26th September 2017, there were three! For those who must know such things: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 all provided October hits consecutively. 2014, 2015, 2016 for November hits, ditto. Whereas since 2003, only 2007 and 2015 have gone without a single December hit.

It was a quiet week, that's why...

Wouldn't want to be Valerie Harper looking at the front page right about now.

100th - Hardy Amies, 5th March 2003 150th - Gerald Ford, 27th December 2006 200th - Betty Ford, 9th July 2011 250th - Al Molinaro, 30th October 2015

Full odds: Kirk Douglas: very very old, suffered a heart attack 20 years ago. He would be the biggest DL death of the year and it seems likely. 60% Vera Lynn: old, but in good health. Not likely, would be a fair surprise. 30% Billy Graham: He's clearly beyond human survival for Parkinson's. Really likely. 70% Lord Carrington: Old, but in fair shape. Not likely. 30% Prince Philip: yes, he had some health problems recently, but it is too early for him. 33% Denis Norden: Advanced maculopathy and frail health. Almos a dead cert. 75% Pierre Cardin: Only old, no issues here. 30% Stan Lee: He lost his wife and had a pacemaker fitted, but again it seems just too early. However, 45% Olivia de Havilland: Excellent health. 20% Herman Wouk: Respiratory issues and incredibly old. Really likely. 70% Bob Dole: Still hospitalized for low pressure, his health is rapidly declining. Likely 60% Leah Bracknell: Off treatment since March, almost impossible to survive though she's actually pretty tough. 80% Jimmy Carter: Overcame cancer and is in excellent health. Not likely. 25% Gord Downie: Glioblastoma does not forgive, but he seems to be in relatively good shape. Still 65% Leslie Phillips: Having suffered from multiple strokes, he could go at any moment. 65% Robert Mugabe: Oh, no. This man will never die. 15% Javier Perez de Cuellar: Old and wheelchair bound. It would be a deliverance for DL. 50% King Michael: leaukaemia and skin cancer, widow and 96. Why still here? 80% Betty White: Immortal. 10% Nobby Stiles: Advanced dementia and prostate cancer. A matter of months and he will be a hit. 85% Queen Elizabeth II: fake alarm last December. She's gonna bury most of us. 12% Jill Gascoine: Advanced Alzheimer's. Could be a surprise hit. 55% Bob Barker: Suffered a nasty fall, but he's still in good shape and NE guaranteed him other three years of life. 30% Doug Ellis: No health issues at all. 25% George Bush Senior: Pneumonia, on the mend, pneumonia, on the mend, exc. Likely, but not too much. 55% Honor Blackman: No health issues. 20% Ian St. John: Advanced prostate cancer, but he is in good health otherwise. Not likely. 30% Hugh Hefner: Only bullshit about him. No health issues. 30% David Prowse: Overcame prostate cancer and has dementia. Likely. 55% Sandy Gall: No health issues. 25% Hosni Mubarak: An incredible medical history, he has been near death for five years. Has a good possibilty to go this year and that would not be bad for DL and the world. 50% Desmond Tutu: Urinary problems last year, but he overcame that. 40% Akihito: He's not in very good health, but he's young for DL standards and still has some years left in him. Oh, and he is a Jap. 15% Gay Byrne: Prostate cancer, but not so serious. 35% Valerie Harper: Metastatic cancer, could be near death right now or on the mend, who really knows. 50% Benedict XVI: 90 year old in good health without notable health issues. Not Likely. 30% Fats Domino: No health issues for this legendary DL bedblocker. 25% Record will be destroyed.

Yeah, just to reiterate this... Double down on it, I believe the Americans like to put it.

Everyone seems to be forgetting about last year, when Liz Smith and Richard Adams died on the same day but they were announced a few days late, 1 day apart...

Robert Mugabe played a milkman who caught Audrey Roberts' eye in a 1996 three-episode arc.

Hold the press- hit no 13 has just happened ! Tony Booth is dead too!

Dead.

Oh do fuck off.

This is a game for the very patient. If you want non-stop action try Scavenger Hunt Bingo .......... oh wait.

In order (a revival from 2015, this one...) 1. 2015 (14/50), 2008 (14/50), 2003 (14/50) 2. 2017 (13/50), 2013 (13/50), 2006 (13/50) 3. 2016 (12/50), 2012 (12/50), 2009 (12/50), 2005 (12/50), 2004 (12/50) 4. 2014 (10/50), 2007 (10/50), 2002 (10/50), 2001 (10/50), 2000 (10/50), 1999 (10/50) 5. 2010 (9/50), 1997 (9/50), 1995 (9/50), 1994 (9/50) 6. 1998 (8/50), 7. 2011 (7/50), 1996 (7/50) 8. 1993 (5/56), 1992 (5/37) 9. 1990 (3/42), 1989 (3/32) 10. 1987 (1/31) 11. 1991 (0/40) Right, any other stats aren't in that one Word Doc I put together in 2015 when people thought the record was going then!

No Fats either...

Reaper's scything through the remainder of my B DDP names, so using that advanced scientific method I've gone with Bracknell...

Honestly, I almost shouted fucking hell throughout the house...

LOL that was me this morning as I check in.....minus the 'young' lad thingy. Well done, DL, first time I saw a '2-fer'. SC

We don't yet know who went first, Liz or Tony. Just saying.

ON THE SAME HOUR !!!

I reckon Tony Booth will be #13

Not unexpected sadly but a lovely lady by all accounts.

And then you wonder why there are so few new members.

They've all signed up for a new series of The Adams Family