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May I be the first to wish Mikhail Gorbachev a happy 89th birthday,(as it is now March 2 in Russia) although sadly ,judging by recent health reports, there is a good chance it could be his last..

Looks like DeDeceased on Feb 4th:

Perhaps a good candidate for impending bucket-kicking is that overweight Scottish thespian Mr Robbie Coltrane. Robbie has always looked rather unhealthy, but in recent years his colour has been a little grey. I believe he's also a smoker who's had a lifetimes worth of lack of exercise and overindulgence. Add that to the dangerous middle age stage in his life and surely you get an an outside chance for pegging out next year? Comments anyone?.....

Tony Hopkins has won a "lifetime achievement award" at the Golden Globes. Am I wrong or is this generally a pre-cursor to being deceased? Tradition dictates that these awards are doled out to the infirm. One worth keeping tabs on methinks. An early candidate for Death List 2007? I think so - there, I've officially nominated him

Sir Lennox Hewitt dead at 102 years: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/obituary-lenox-hewitts-crucial-role-in-reforming-australian-economy/news-story/ea0ff9c6bf35b9118418c3b793005085

Powerlifter and paralympic Siamand Rahman, who won gold at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London and the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, dies at 31 years after heart attack: https://ifpnews.com/worlds-strongest-paralympian-siamand-rahman-dies-at-31

Neither am I, but a screen shot copy/pasted seems to work.

I think he has a great shot at becoming the oldest man ever. I also envy his hairline. EDIT: Here's a video interview of him taken recently:

Let's do another update after last week's flurry of hits... New hits are: Hosni Mubarak, Pearl Carr, Diana Serra Cary, Sonny Franzese and Katherine Johnson. All of them picked here and there... My pick Pete Felton is likely not going to get a QO, unless his chemo pal Reice Reilly aka "Patient Zero" delivers an indirect QO (he's still alive and posted a Pete Felton picture just last week). Ironically, the most popular name of all the relevant ones for this update, Henry Gray, is also missing a QO. One would have suspected that NYT obit at least... I hope I didn't miss anything - if so, inform me. The new scoreboard looks like this: Rank Team Points 1 Death Impends 381 2 gcreptile 350 3 RadGuy 342 4 Banana 341 5 Cpt. Chorizo 327 6 Clorox Bleachman 319 6 Joey Russ 319 8 Grave Danger 296 9 The Quim Reaper 294 10 Torva Messor 289 11 Deadsox 287 12 John Key 283 13 Skinny Kiltrunner 273 14 msc 269 15 drol 256 16 The Mad Hatter 241 17 JiroemonKimura 237 18 Book 236 19 The Unknown Man 234 20 Sir Creep 212 21 DevonDeathTrip 208 22 Etushispushingupdaisies 189 22 Toast 189 24 theoldlady 175 25 YoungWillz 170 26 Sean 166 27 Kenny 149 28 The Old Crem 144 29 Great Uncle Bulgaria 101 30 markb4 81 31 Chilean Way 68 32 ThePrematureBurial 58 33 Bibliogryphon 42 34 Pedro67 40 35 Gooseberry Crumble 0

Olof Thunberg, Swedish actor, dead aged 94.

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I just looked at the websites for ESPN, si.com (Sports Illustrated), and Fox Sports, went to their horse racing pages, and there is no mention of Romero's passing. Dude was a Hall of Famer in his sport. Really pathetic coverage by the sports media here in the U.S., not that this surprises me.

OK, this is a bit of a long shot, but I think Harvey Keitel might be due some sort of health crisis/Grim Reaper situation in the not too distant future. I'm basing this on the scene in the film Red Dragon where Harvey and Ed Norton are having a coffee together and discussing the tactics of capturing serial killer Ralph Fiennes. At one point the camera does a close up of Keitel's face and there was some discolouration there as regards a patchy, unhealthy looking palour consistent with heart ailments. We're not talking a white sheet face like an immediate pre-death Jon Entwhistle but an uneasy colour patchwork. Possible ticker tantrums? Harvey is 65 in a couple of months and hasn't exactly led an abstinent lifestyle, Noo York boy an' all. Wild card for next year perhaps?

Co-creator of Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son Ray Galton Dead https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1027754/Ray-Galton-dead-Galton-and-Simpson-duo-cause-of-death-news

Peter Ustinov is a good candidate for impending lack of life. Having seen recent documentaries about his life and career it's obvious he's looking very frail. He can't get around without the aid of a couple of sticks and he seems rather vulnerable. Surely a higher place (top 10) next year for the British film hero? A sure bet for 2004 methinks.

http://www.deathlist.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/cool.png I think a near-certainty for next year is former Tory PM Ted Heath. Given the fact he's now in to his eighties, overweight and fresh from a recent(ish) health scare his inclusion would seem wise.

Gore Vidal - I think old Gore; novelist, essayist, political comentator and polemicist, might just be ripe for the final curtain. Its been over a year since he was on our shores looing very frail. Must be a candidate for 2010 - he's a sure-fire hit

No evidence...just a hunch. I think he does'nt look all that healthy actually. Seems a little creaking gate these days imho. Hope I'm mistaken

I think you fellas are missing the point. Shane's geting to the age where his excesses are catching up with him fast. I saw an interview with him done last year sometime and he looked like a corpse (OK, Keith Richards has managed that one for years but he's not exactly been a Shane-style boozer or drugie in recent years). Jim Morrison was thought to be a good candidate for corpsing back in 1970 around the time when Hendrix and Joplin pegged out, but everyone at the time said he was "too obvious" a choice. Just because the juvenile music press have been predicting Shane's demise for years, this should'nt be taken as any form of guide. A bunch of sixth-form tossers most of them. If anyone else apart from MacGowan looked or sounded like him, you guys would be falling over yourselves to nominate him.

The guy was obviously not keen on going out on his shield or committing suicide. The Yanks will keep him secure until there's a fully functioning Iraqi judiciary set up, which looking at the mess the place is in at the moment, could take years. Saddam ain't a good candidate for next year in my opinion, though doubtless I will be proved wrong in the first week of the New Year!

George has always had an unnerring ability to pull back from the edge. However, the parlous state of his health these days means he can't afford any over-indulgences, or it might be curtains after just one boozy session. I'd have to agree with Catherine but perhaps this is more of a wild card for next year?

You beat me to it. I was just about to nominate MJ for a self-topper! Curses. I think it's quite likely, especially if he does end up in prison. Mind you, he must be pretty thick-skinned by now after years of lurid tabloid speculation - perhaps insensitive enough to live through a spell in the clink? We shall see.....

You're full of hate Birdie, live and let live mate. Long live Phil the Greek!

A prime candidate for assassination if ever there was one. There's the outside chance of a nasty accident being arranged for him if he continues to be naughty. He's doing well for the age he is mind.