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Thank you. This isn't the first pool where I've picked a bunch of people who didn't die, but I'm glad that this time it was on purpose.

I can't find the "That's Yer Lot" option

And with the year concluded, I can now proclaim @machotrouts the winner! Despite picking the most expected hit in the pool in John McCain, he only selected two other fatalities - Denis Norden and Stephen Hawking, with all 3 in the bottom 9 spots. And despite picking Hawking, he also steered clear of the other two of the three most popular hits (Aretha Franklin and Stan Lee). I also feel it merits mention that @paddyfool 's randomly generated team - despite finishing only above five other teams - managed to be the only team to correctly call Leah Bracknell and Marieke Vervoort surviving the year! The thread for Inverse 2019 will open sometime in the next few days, after Hartlepool matters are sorted.

Dead. First big miss from the committee this year. Poor start to 2013.

It's not that simple. First, you need to obtain a 'Deathlist Doctorate'. This is an intensive course partaken over 5 years, which involves plenty of tasks, starting at the bottom with accurately estimating the prognosis of 3 cancer sufferers, via successfully making Peter Falk jokes and lambasting the official DL for not picking someone who, mid-year, very suddenly fell ill and died, working your way up to the dizzying heights of reviewing lists as if you are in possession of a crystal ball. Once obtained, this doctorate will be delivered via carrier pigeon to your home address. It normally manifests as a gold medal. As soon as you receive it, give it a name, charter a popemobile style vehicle, and parade it around your home town until you're arrested. On being released on bail, you must wear this medal and pay a visit to a shamanic settlement. Leah Bracknell will greet you with a spliff and a glass of kale champagne. She'll teach you yoga, followed by meditation. Once you have mastered her meditation course, she will light a giant joint and softly give you blowback, until you have an epiphany. You will wake up from a transient state back in your bed. The next 72 hours are crucial. You must sprint to your letterbox and await delivery of a silvery scroll, embossed with a letterhead with the Deathlist.net logo. Do not let this sit in your postbox or on your floor for any more than 10 seconds, or it will evaporate and you will need to go back to stage 1. On reception of this magical parchment, pray to the great Lord and Saviour, Sir Kirk of Douglas, with your Deathlist Doctorate medal in your hand. Wrap it in lambswool, and have it delivered by camel to the Himalayas to be blessed by a Tibetan monk. He will WhatsApp you a voice note of said blessing, and lo and behold, a special quill will appear. This quill is very fragile. With extreme care, and with no mistakes or corrections, you must write out your list of 50 names to perish in the forthcoming year. Do it carefully, else the quill will lose confidence in you and will write itself out, before poking you in the eye. You have just 5 minutes to write this list, before the Deathlist gods visit you, ask you to link up to a scanner, scan this parchment and upload it to the cloud. Once you have successfully scanned your parchment in, and on the first correct use of a upon a forum newbie, your list will appear in your signature, and the Deathlist Gods will wish you the best of luck, whilst tickling your chin with the parchment you wrote with. Only then can you say you've made it as a Deathlister.

I do appreciate the hanker to keep the old thread on the go but every now and then you need to get a new car/dog/wife. It will keep the clutter of 2019 away from my efforts soon to really sort out who won last year. Also I half fancy trying to sort out who won in the year prior to me doing the duties. To everyone still waiting, sorry. Happy new year. I've updated 90% of the old spreadsheet but won't be entering any pools in 2019. Going to be busy all this next year, but I'll be turning back the clock to the point where it all went wrong and get a host of real answers for 2018 soon.

Here is another list of persistent hangers-on from me. Sorry For Your Trouble Fernando Ricksen (joker) George Alagiah Leah Bracknell Robbie Coltrane Jill Gascoine Greg Gilbert Jimmy Greaves Bill Heine Robin Herd David (Dr. D.G.) Hessayon John Hume Clive James Michael Lonsdale Shane MacGowan John McCririck Willie Nelson Olivia Newton-John Sidney Poitier Nobby Stiles Katharine Whitehorn And just for fun, a theme team Garden Of Eden Stirling Moss (joker) Herb Alpert Iris Apfel Mary Berry Claire Bloom Jasper Carrott Violeta Chamorro Clarissa Eden Ron Flowers (England footballer) Graeme Garden Boris Gardiner Leif Garrett David Gates Ian Lavender Patrick Mower Robert Plant Clifford Rose (actor) Prunella Scales Rosemary Squires Penelope Tree

All right, here goes *deep breath* the YW teams for 2019 are (with apologies for the delay due to formatting): 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying Andrew Fairlie: Renowned Scottish chef, formerly of Gleneagles Hotel. Born circa 1964. (JOKER) George Alagiah: British newsreader, journalist and presenter. Fatima Ali: Reality star contestant on Bravo's Top Chef. Kathleen Blanco: First Female Governor of Louisiana. Leah Bracknell: Actress who starred as Zoe Tate in Emmerdale. Paul Di'anno: British Singer, first vocalist to record with Iron Maiden. Barry Du Bois: Australian designer, building expert and TV personality. Andy Gray (Actor): Scottish actor and comedy writer, famous for Naked Video and City Lights, born circa 1960. Richard Hadlee: Former cricketer for New Zealand, widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders of all time. Pauline Hunt: Scottish woman who developed cancer from receiving a kidney transplant. Born circa 1969. Terry Jones: Comedy performer and writer.Former member of Monty Python's Flying Circus troupe. Lee Kerslake: Drummer formerly with Uriah Heep and who worked with Ozzy Osbourne. Loretta Lynn: American singer-songwriter of the Country & Western genre. Olivia Newton-John: Australian Singer/Actress e.g Grease (Subbed in for Ruth Strauss) Vicky Phelan: Irish Cancer campaigner, featured on the current BBC 100 Women list. Born circa 1974. Amy Price: Mother of model Katie Price. Born circa 1954. Mark Radcliffe (Radio Broadcaster): English radio presenter now on Radio 2, formerly one half of the Mark and Lard duo. Harry Reid: US former Senator for Nevada. Bill Turnbull: English Journalist and presenter, best known for presenting BBC Breakfast for several years. Doddie Weir: Scottish former rugby union international player. . Comedy Cremations Paul Mayhew-Archer: Comedy Writer e.g. The Vicar Of Dibley (JOKER) Stanley Baxter: Scottish Comedy Actor Jasper Carrott: English Stand Up Comedian Billy Connolly: Scottish Comedian Barry Cryer: English Comedy Writer Windsor Davies: Welsh Comedy Actor e.g. Never The Twain Andy Gray (Actor): Scottish actor and comedy writer, famous for Naked Video and City Lights, born circa 1960. Valerie Harper: American Sitcom Star e.g. Rhoda Melvyn Hayes: Comedy Actor e.g. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Tim Healy: Comic Actor, e.g. Benidorm; Still Open All Hours Clive James: Australian Wit and Scribe. Terry Jones: Member of Monty Python's Flying Circus Brian Murphy: Comedy Actor e.g. Man About The House; George And Mildred Bob Newhart: American Comedy Performer Geoffrey Palmer: English Sitcom Actor e.g. Butterflies; As Time Goes By (Subbed in for June Whitfield) Nicholas Parsons: English Comedy Straight Man/Presenter of Just A Minute Leslie Phillips: English Comedy Actor e.g. Carry On series and Harry Potter Dick Van Dyke: Had his own eponymous comedy show in the 1960s. Betty White: Last surviving member of the main cast of The Golden Girls. Barbara Windsor: English actress still best known for appearing in the Carry On franchise. 　 Hits of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today Jay Jay French: US Musician, guitarist and founding member of Twisted Sister. [#18 I Am (I'm Me) (Twisted Sister)] (JOKER) Jay Aston: Singer, former member of Bucks Fizz. [#10 When We Were Young (Bucks Fizz)] David Ball: Musician, founding member of Soft Cell. [#16 Soul Inside (Soft Cell)] Jet Black (Brian John Duffy): Drummer and founding member of punk/new wave band The Stranglers. [#9 European Female (The Stranglers)] Phil Collins: Drummer with Genesis and solo artist. [#1 You Can't Hurry Love] Elvis Costello: Singer/songwriter who had several hits solo and with his group, The Attractions. [#16 Pills And Soap] Roberta Flack: Soul singer best known for Killing Me Softly With His Song. [#2 Tonight I Celebrate My Love] Alan Lancaster: Former bassist with, and founding member of, rock legends Status Quo. [#5 Marguerita Time (Status Quo)] Jim Lea: Musician, vocalist and songwriter with 70s glam rock band, Slade. [#2 My Oh My (Slade)] Stephen Luscombe: Keyboard player with synthpop band Blancmange. [#10 Blind Vision (Blancmange)] Barry Manilow: Big nosed easy listening singer. [#17 Read 'Em And Weep] Frank Maudsley: Bassist with synthpop band A Flock Of Seagulls. [#25 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) (Flock of Seagulls)] Ozzy Osbourne: Former lead vocalist with Black Sabbath. [#21 Bark At The Moon] Alvin "Seeco" Patterson: Former percussionist with Bob Marley And The Wailers. [#4 Buffalo Soldier (Bob Marley And The Wailers)] Mike Peters: Lead singer with Welsh beat combo, The Alarm. [#17 68 Guns (The Alarm)] Ranking Roger (Roger Charlery): Vocalist with two-tone specialists, The Beat. [#3 Can't Get Used To Losing You (The Beat)] Kenny Rogers: Well known US Country singer. [#8 Islands In The Stream] Richard Tandy: Long term keyboardist with Electric Light Orchestra. [#13 Rock N Roll Is King (ELO)] John Williams: Well known film score composer, especially Star Wars franchise. [#17 Theme From ET (The Extra-Terrestrial)] Bill Wyman: Former bassist with The Rolling Stones. [#11 Undercover Of The Night (The Rolling Stones)]

The official list for 2019: Kirk Douglas 1081 (4th, 4th) Leah Bracknell 1066 (3rd, 2nd) Herman Wouk 1004 (4th, 13th) Jean-Louis Trintignant 986 (NEW) Robert Mugabe 882 (4th, 9th) Vera Lynn 861 (4th, 10th) Nobby Stiles 843 (3rd, 8th) Clive James 787 (4th, 12th) Fernando Ricksen 782 (3rd, 29th) Olivia Newton-John 750 (2nd, 6th) Olivia de Havilland 746 (4th, 16th) Prince Philip 716 (4th, 7th) Dilip Kumar 599 (2nd, 16th) Tim Conway 570 (NEW) Bob Dole 567 (3rd, 41st) Le Duc Anh 567 (NEW) Pope Benedict 563 (4th, 23rd) Bob Barker 561 (NEW) George Alagiah 529 (NEW) Leslie Phillips 511 (4th, 11th) Jimmy Carter 494 (4th, 24th) Glynis Johns 487 (3rd, 15th) Stirling Moss 480 (NEW) John McCririck 475 (NEW) Jill Gascoine 465 (3rd, 22nd) Sidney Poitier 462 (3rd, 26th) Javier Pérez de Cuellar 461 (NEW) Mikhail Gorbachev 454 (4th, 28th) Violet Chamorro 453 (NEW) Bill Turnbull 436 (NEW) Terry Jones 428 (NEW) Kathleen Blanco 408 (NEW) Lee Kerslake 388 (NEW) Loretta Lynn 365 (NEW) John Hume 355 (2nd, 31st) Doris Day 350 (NEW) Jacques Chirac 345 (3rd, 38th) Johnny Clegg 328 (NEW) Franco Zeffirelli 298 (2nd, 25th) Roberta McCain 296 (NEW) Gina Lolligibrida 293 (2, -) Betty White 292 (NEW) Jean of Luxembourg 274 (2nd, 36th) Ruth Bader Ginsburg 267 (NEW) IM Pei 262 (NEW) John Andretti 259 (NEW) Rosalynn Carter 245 (NEW) Pierre Cardin 240 (NEW) Sheila Mercier 218 (NEW) Beverly Cleary 217 (2nd, 44th)

It is now midnight in the UK, so 100 today!

And your top 3 for 2019: 3rd Herman Wouk 4th appearance, 13th 1004 points Mutiny author 2nd Leah Bracknell 3rd appearance, 2nd 1066 points Forum favorite 1st Kirk Douglas 4th appearance, 4th 1081 points Spartacus

A nosy sod adds: Khan was def believed alive after UK midnight, so if Cas Willow got RHME points, I think he should. Even though I didn't pick him, and no doubt others jokered him. Fairs fair.

Not to criticize, but the list is rather mediocre. Only excellent new name is Bob Hawke. Stiller and Britton are decent, Greenspan, Walters, Belafonte, Redgrave, Poitier, Asner, Laine, King, Turner, MacGowan, Baker are all wasted picks.

@Clorox Bleachman Terror of the Vervoorts - superb name!

Standards have really dropped when a Jonas Brother gets Knighted

2019 Names Stats: Age (Youngest to Oldest): 55 - Leah Bracknell 62 - Shane MacGowan 66 - Johnny Clegg 77 - Nobby Stiles 79 - Jimmy Greaves, John McCririck 80 - Valerie Harper, Clive James, Tina Turner, Ginger Baker 82 - Gordon Banks, Vanessa Redgrave 86 - Emperor Akihito, Larry King 87 - Jacques Chirac, Loretta Lynn, Prunella Scales, Little Richard 88 - Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev 90 - Stirling Moss, Bob Hawke, Barbara Walters, Ed Asner 91 - Hosni Mubarak 92 - Jerry Stiller, June Brown, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine 93 - Alan Greenspan, Valery Giscard d'Estaing 94 - Dick Van Dyke, Honor Blackman 95 - Robert Mugabe, Jimmy Carter, Tony Britton 96 - Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Murray Walker 97 - Doris Day, Pierre Cardin, Betty White 98 - Prince Philip 99 - Javier Perez de Cuellar 102 - Vera Lynn 103 - Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Havilland 104 - Herman Wouk Most common age: 92 (5 names) Number of Appearances (Fewest to Most): 1 (Welcome to the list!)- Jerry Stiller, Bob Hawke, Alan Greenspan, Barbara Walters, Harry Belafonte, Vanessa Redgrave, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tony Britton, John McCririck, Little Richard, Larry King, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan, Ginger Baker, Johnny Clegg 2- Murray Walker, Emperor Akihito, Gordon Banks, June Brown, Stirling Moss, Jacques Chirac, Nobby Stiles, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Ed Asner 3- Leah Bracknell, Bob Barker, Betty White, Honor Blackman, Jimmy Greaves, Prunella Scales 4- Jimmy Carter, Doris Day, Dick Van Dyke, Desmond Tutu 5- Pierre Cardin, Valerie Harper 6- Robert Mugabe, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Hosni Mubarak, Clive James 7- Prince Philip, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger 8- Herman Wouk 11- Vera Lynn 12- Olivia de Havilland 17 (NEW RECORD!)- Kirk Douglas Most common # of appearances: 1 time (18 names) Debut Year 2019: Jerry Stiller, Bob Hawke, Alan Greenspan, Barbara Walters, Harry Belafonte, Vanessa Redgrave, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tony Britton, John McCririck, Little Richard, Larry King, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan, Ginger Baker, Johnny Clegg 2018: June Brown, Stirling Moss, Valery Giscard d'Estaing 2017: Leah Bracknell, Bob Barker, Emperor Akihito, Betty White, Nobby Stiles, Honor Blackman 2016: Jimmy Carter, Murray Walker, Gordon Banks, Jacques Chirac, Jimmy Greaves, Prunella Scales 2014: Javier Perez de Cuellar, Ed Asner, Valerie Harper 2013: Prince Philip, Doris Day, Clive James 2012: Hosni Mubarak, Dick Van Dyke 2011: Bob Dole 2009: Pierre Cardin 2006: Vera Lynn 2005: Olivia de Havilland 2004: Robert Mugabe 2001: Herman Wouk, Desmond Tutu 1997: Kirk Douglas 1993: Henry Kissinger

The 2019 dropped list 9 1 Linda Nolan 59 Nolan Sister 21 4 Leslie Phillips 94 Comedy Actor 22 2 Jill Gascoine 81 Actress 31 1 Stanley Baxter 92 Comedian 33 1 Mel Brooks 92 Comedian / Director 34 2 Pope Benedict XVI 91 Former Pope 38 2 Sean Connery 88 Bond 39 3 Louis Farrakhan 86 Nutter 41 2 Ian St John 80 Footballer 46 1 Ronnie Wood 71 Rolling Stone 47 1 Olivia Newton-John 70 Singer 48 1 Joni Mitchell 75 Singer songwriter 49 2 Paul Gascoigne 51 Gazza

Update #25 26 December 2018 - Sister Wendy Beckett (b. 1930) - Gooseberry Crumble, DevonDeathTrip 29 December 2018 - Simon Ricketts (b. 1968) - Sean, drol, Joey Russ, CaptainChorizo, DeathImpends 30 December 2018 - Hector Timerman (b. 1953) - drol, Joey Russ, gcreptile, Captain Chorizo, DeathImpends, DevonDeathTrip Scoreboard: DeathImpends 1527 gcreptile 1420 Captain Chorizo 1289 drol 1276 msc 1198 Joey Russ 1172 Grim Up North 1116 Book 965 Sean 928 DevonDeathTrip 924 Prophet 911 The Unknown Man 680 Banana 664 FixedBusiness 652 Wormfarmer 551 John Key 519 Torva Messor 488 Toast 471 YoungWillz 386 Gooseberry Crumble 272 Grigori 189 mr.whit 125 Bibliogryphon 113 Final update as the competition is closing right when I post this - 00:00, 1 January 2019 (GMT). I honestly thought for a while we might not get any hits at all in December, but after Christmas the Reaper decided it's the perfect time for carnage. No leaderboard changes however, DeathImpends remains on top. In fact, his lead grew thanks to Simon Ricketts. So, officially: DeathImpends wins Death By Numbers 2018! This is it - I am signing off as host. Thank you all for competing. Now, I pass the baton to gcreptile...

Yeah, we've never had a 50th place tie where all the tiebreakers are level before. I never considered it a possibility. I salute Joey's resolution of it.

Happy new year!

Best list I've seen the Committee publish since I've been here (3+ years)

With a little step back i would say : 1) where the fuck is Newton-John 2) where the fuck is the pope ??? 3) why jean louis Trintignant is not in ? 4) why Lee Kerslake is not in ? 5) why Turner ?? 6) Where are Sheila Mercier and Norman Lloyd ?? Anyway a risky list (i think) but we’ll see, hope it will work well

Not bad, seems pretty solid. A bit Yank-centric for my tastes but... Wouldn't have bothered with Honor Blackman or Dick Van Dyke as both seem in good health, and don't even know who Johnny Clegg is. You do know Ginger Baker is touring this year, don't you? Not that it means anything but obviously someone out there is confident in his health. And I keep seeing Vanessa Redgrave's name being mentioned - other than getting on a bit I've not heard anything about her health.

Such an interesting list. Not sure how I feel about it though tbh. Glad to see Gorby and Poitier on it though.