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    OK, with only 7 days left to next year I think it's time to post my list: Staying: (for now) 1: George H.W. Bush: I think Bush the elder might be the Deathlist numero uno next year. In two terms, Obama never had to worry about a presidential funeral but Trump might deal with one (even two) 2: Leah Bracknell: 3rd-rate poetry and Shamanism vs. lung cancer. She could have been number 1 if only anyone knew who she was 3: Kirk Douglas: no apparent physical problems except for the fact that he is 101 years young. Sick dancing moves for a centenarian. May or may not have a fling with CZJ (I think we just discovered the secret to old age) 4: Billy Graham: HOW IS HE STILL ALIVE!!! 5: Pope Benedict: only brought up these days to discuss this weird "two living Popes" thing, or to state how "serenly fading" and "calmly dimming" he is, which is all fancy Vatican talk for "he looks like death" 6: Prince Philip: several health problems. Has been surprisingly quiet for such a narcissist loud-mouth 7: Bob Dole: see Prince Philip 8: Nobby Stiles: quiet for several years now and a very sad ending 9: Valerie Harper: MTM is waiting in heaven, hopefully at the lesbian pool 10: Herman Wouk: selling your house at 101 years old is a sign that you have giving up on life, which is sad because he could do a mean Albus Dumbledore Next category is people with less worrying health issues but which are too big to drop: 11: Queen Elizabeth: God Save the Queen Another Spot Next Year 12: Jimmy Carter: Will probably live to 100, but he'll stay because he was the 39th US president. What a malaise. To quote the Simpsons: "Jimmy Carter: old, wrinked, useless." 13: Olivia de Havilland: Will probably live to 110, but she'll stay. Still would 14: Betty White: slowed down a lot these days, still would 15: Vera Lynn: We'll Meet Agaaaain, Next Year. Still would 16: Stan Lee: Expect another Deathlist cameo 17: Robert Mugabe: It was his way or Zimbabwe. Is probably laughing his way to the bank by now. 18: Hosni Mubarak: I keep forgetting that he has cancer. Too big and too old and too evil to drop 19: Desmond Tutu: Yep, I changed my mind on him. I think we are underrating how big of a name he is. Which lives us with 6 spots, I call these the "interchangeables" 20: Jill Gascoigne: could linger for a few years but her quietness is worrying. 21: Lord Carrington: I have how idea who he is, but I picture him as Sir Buzzkillington from Family Guy, except much older and much duller. Oh well, he's here and he's 98 22: Pierre Cardin: dear Pierre, you made me pay 35 € for an awful shirt that doesn't even fit, I hope bad things happen to you 23: Emperor Akihito: If you have to keep any of the "more healthy but still sick" picks, better him than Sandy Whatshisface 24: Leslie Phillips: gotta keep the British quota going 25: Perez Javier de Whocares: the word "yawn" if it became a person Now with the new/returning: 1: John McCain: self-explanatory 2: Dilip Kumar: In exceptionally-terrible shape. Marlon Brando meets Apu (or the skinny Marlon Brando for the PC people). I dare you to think of an important actor who is older than him and who isn't named Kirk Douglas 3: Artie Lange: the poster boy of "Say No to Drugs". How he made it to 50, outliving a plethora of younger and much, much more healthier comedians (Patrice O'Neal, Greg Giraldo, Ralphie May...) is a proof that life does not make sense 4: Henry Kissinger: As an influential politican, he is easily more important than half of the US living presidents. Still has a sharp mind but I saw a recent interview of his and you couldn't make up half of what he was saying. DO NOT MISS HIM 5: Jacques Chirac: See Henry Kissinger 6: Valery Giscard d'Estaing: With the Brexit and Catalonia thingies and his involvment with the whole EU idea, he looks destined for a week of covfefe 7: Yoko Ono: Even Mark David Chapman would find her latest public appearance heatbreaking. She doesn't look long for this world. All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise 8: Monica Vitti: 10 years (!) have passed since the last bit of news about her. 10 WHOLE YEARS. Sad ending to a once terrific actress 9: Gerd Muller: poor guy. Perhaps the greatest number 9 in the history of the beautiful game. 10: Pelé: the greatest number 10 and the greatest anything in football. Looked terrible for years now. If the Committe miss him they might as well shut down this website 11: Little Richard: Another must. An incalculable influence on that whole rock and roll fad, coupled with an incalculable number of health issues. Getting ready to Rip it Up. 12: Pope Francis: Et tu Francis? 13: Steven Hawking: they have to start considering him. Too big and he can't live forever with his condition 14: Eric Clapton: very frail, wheelchair-bound and retired for a couple of years now. but Nobody Knows You When You're Out and Down. Soon will be crying Tears in Heaven (I have a couple more of these) Edit: I was wrong, he still has another tour coming up in 2018 14: Olivia Newton-John: poor gal, She's the One that the Committee Wants 15: Barbara Bush: The only thing keeping us from seeing how terrible Babs looks is the fact that George looks worse. Expect a Notebook scenario. 16: Rosalynn Carter: the Committe love their first ladies and she is 90 after all. 17: Bernard Tapie: "Je ne suis pas mourant (I am not dying)" is exactly what a dying person would say @LeahBracknell 18: Amanda Bynes: declining mentally, drug problems, hospitalization. Sad to think that she hadn't had a starring role in 10 years 19: Dave Bartholomew: the oldest rocker to ever live. Would be a shame to lose him but I doubt he'll go on for much. Wheelchair-bound since at least 2007. 20: Jean-Luc Godard: "Smoking kills" said the tv ad as Monsieur Godard, 87, lighted his 5th cig that evening, while filming pretentious artsy-fartsy "cinéma vérité" Which leaves us with five spots, I will trust the much more experienced other posters and post the most mentioned ones: 21: Clive James: this Clive James fellow keep being mentioned repeatedly here, I'll trust you on this one 22: Morgan Tsvangirai: very big name. Mugabe minus the charisma and raw sexual magnetism 23: Linda Nolan: apparently has terminal cancer. I never heard of her. I best she's British. 24: Val Kilmer: has cancer, looks awful (I'm tired at this point) 25: Stefan Karl Stefansson: who knew that in Lazy Town, the real hero all this time was Robbie Rotten.
  2. 2 points
    Dean Martin was no-more on this day 22 years ago, aged 78.
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    It was George Michael’s Last Christmas one year ago today aged 53.
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    Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori has been freed from prison on humanitarian grounds. He's been taken to hospital with low blood pressure and according to his doctors he is terminally ill. If this one is not entered in the top 50 next year, I would question the editors.
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    Just saying, like (Mind you, Tom Petty played that gig this summer.)
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    In late November, there was a SUN article claiming that Peru might get expelled from the World Cup if the government tries to have more say in what the local FA does. That issue was resolved when the government withdrew its contested bill, but it still indicates that the team's qualification doesn't automatically guarantee their participation. Heck, they could get involved in a war and get thrown out from the WC, just like how Yugoslavia was excluded from Euro 92 (won by Denmark that was second behind Yugoslavia in their qualifying group). Or what if the team's plane crashes into the Ocean? Or if World War III begins before July 2018 and the WC is cancelled?
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    We live in a golden age of deadpooling tbqhwy.
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    31 December 1981 Devil: Alright, Javier, now I have made you the UN General Secretary, just like you wanted. Cuellar: Gracias. It's a dream come true. It's a great moment not just for me but for my country too. Devil: But there is a catch! Cuellar: Ay caramba, there's always a catch when you make a deal with the devil. Devil: In return, I want the people of Peru to suffer by depriving them of something that they enjoy. Cuellar: Such as? Devil: Football. No more World Cups for Peru FOR AS LONG AS YOU LIVE! MUAHAHAH! Cuellar: But we already qualified for the one in Spain two months ago... Devil: Hmm, okay, starting from the next World Cup qualifiers then. Not a single tournament appearance for your nation until you die. Deal? Cuellar: Sigh...yes, we have a deal. Javier Perez de Cuellar dying before 16 June 2018 = Confirmed.
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    He looks good, maybe a little shrunk but that's common among elderly. Btw, what's with the large Stan Lee doll in the orange shirt?
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    Jose Carreras looks very frail & had to cancel a concert due to illness a while ago. Monserrat Caballe is infirm & wheelchair-bound. Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Mirella Freni & Tony Bennett on the other hand, seem to be in good form. Just an Idea: Rosie O'Donnell. She had a heart-attack, seems extremely choleric & writes confusing stuff on her Twitter feed. (Just like the late Carrie Fisher). Kathy Griffin is also a loose cannon. I think that both are capable of committing an act of madness. We may also see one or two suicides as a result of the MeToo movement. Polanski was able to come through difficult times, because he never lost the support of the film industry. But times have changed. Weinstein, Spacey & James Levine are probably too narcissistic to take their own lives, but others may not be able to endure life as an outcast.
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    Doing this for the first time, just added it to my signature. 2018 Shadow Deathlist: 1. John McCain 2. Leah Bracknell 3. Herman Wouk 4. Roberta McCain 5. Linda Nolan 6. Stefán Karl Stefánsson 7. Gay Byrne 8. Kirk Douglas 9. Olivia De Havilland 10. Vera Lynn 11. George Bush Sr. 12. Billy Graham 13. Anna Buydens 14. Devin Lima 15. Morrissey 16. Nobby Stiles 17. Jill Gascoine 18. Barbara Bush 19. Peter Sutcliffe 20. Joni Mitchell 21. Lord Peter Carrington 22. Denis Norden 23. Pierre Cardin 24. Honor Blackman 25. Ian St John 26. Hosni Mubarak 27. Olivia Newton-John 28. Connie Sawyer 29. Clive James 30. Tessa Jowel 31. Bob Barker 32. Stephen Hawking 33. Pope Benedict XVI 34. Robert Mugabe 35. Aretha Franklin 36. I.M. Pei 37. Hai Pei-tsun 38. Jackues Chirac 39. Javier Perez de Cuellar 40. Le Duc Anh 41. Stirling Moss 42. Murray Walker 43. David Prowse 44. Sandy Gall 45. Leslie Phillips 46. Doug Ellis 47. Prince Philip 48. Desmond Tutu 49. Liam Miller 50. Grace Mugabe Spare names: 51. Stan Lee 52. Valerie Harper 53. Emperor Akhito
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    On the same Christmas Eve 5 years ago: Charles Durning (89) and Jack Klugman (90)
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    I can totally see Jerry Stiller kicking the bucket in 2018.
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    Meerkats missing after fire at London Zoo. Police and RSPCA are combing the cinemas and have questioned Carol Decker...
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    Personally I find New Years Day (reveal of the new Deathlist, people's DDP teams) to be the most interesting deadpool day of the year, and nobody of note ever seems to die on it, or needs to!
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    Beatrix Potter died today 74 years ago, aged 77.
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    Round Up #30 (Strictly Apprentice Masterchef Finals Week Special) Keely Smith: Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/17/keely-smith-obituary Derek Morgan: BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/42182257 Randolph Quirk: Telegraph Obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/12/22/lord-quirk-obituary/ Edu Ferreira: Daily Star Obit: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/669357/edu-ferreira-dead-boavista-portugal-football-striker-cancer-christmas-tragedy Johnny Bower: Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-5214093/Maple-Leaf-great-Hall-Famer-Johnny-Bower-dies-93.html Rose Marie: Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-5219547/Actress-Rose-Marie-Dick-Van-Dyke-Show-fame-dies-94.html Peter Carrie: Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5220783/War-veteran-evacuated-Dunkirk-dies-aged-102.html Sue Grafton: Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-5221649/Mystery-writer-Sue-Grafton-dies-California.html
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    incredible funeral today. thousand and thousand people on Champs Elysée today (likely some million on TV) , more than 700 bikers to escort the coffin, some concert. 've never seen that in my life.
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    Looking at the Le Figaro website it only has Johnny Hallyday news. Trump could nuke North Korea and it would hardly be noticed. It is truly France's Diana moment.
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    Isn't the point of the list is to try to get the most hits and not to get the most trainwrecky picks though?
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    Never said that guy was more famous. I'm just not seeing any qualifying obituaries right now. Why do you always expect instant results? Still, you'll probably grow out of it and learn to take your time.
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    Why were you wearing a helmet in a lorry?
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