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Another name from the Golden Age of Hollywood gone... Sonia Darrin, dead at 96 according to this film noir Twitter page. She was the last credited cast member of the iconic Bacall/Bogart film The Big Sleep (1946), which is a must watch if you haven't seen it.

It would be nice to have someone plain nasty die rather than loveable centenarians

Hello everyone (this is my first ever comment ) I’m fairly confident Pope Benedict won’t last next year if he survives 2020. He’s very frail from recent images I’ve seen (but then again I thought he seemed really old when he was Pope ) I feel like Glynis Johns is a big possibility as well. I can’t explain it but I just get a feeling that one day I’ll be scrolling through twitter and an obituary for her will emerge.

You make Richard Madeley look like a genius. You are either a real 100% genuine moron or you are playing quite a fabulous game to fool us all. Personally, I would run with 'a real 100% genuine moron' FWIW.

My suggestions on replacements for the 12 departed: Terry Jones :Billy Connelly Daniel arap Moi :Kenneth Kaunda Kirk Douglas:Sidney Poitier Genesis P Orridge:April Ashley Hosni Mubarak :Carlos Menem Stirling Moss:Michael Schumacher Jerry Stiller:Estelle Harris Honor Blackman:Glynis Johns Carl Reiner:Mel Brooks Vera Lynn:Cleo Laine Javier Perez de Cellar:Douglas Hurd Olivia de Havilland:Rhonda Fleming

Jeopardy (along with Wheel of Fortune) to resume production with socially distanced measures. https://people.com/tv/jeopardy-wheel-of-fortune-resume-production-coronavirus/

All Blacks legend Andy Haden dead at 69. Another one who was never going to make the starting line.

Well, who else do you think Willz was implying when he mentioned the remaining three. Batman?

When I started this thread, I never imagined it would be chugging along 13 years later. Can someone tell me what the deal is - kids must be kidnapped and murdered the world over every day, but it doesn't make the news, let alone have reams of prose devoted to it month after month. Or is it just my UK-centric bias, and the good people of Liberia or Laos have never heard of Maddie? There must be more to it than KnG's expert lobbying skills.

The earliest 13th hit was day 255 in 2003 which corresponds to 11th September this year but at this point in 2003 there had not been an 8th hit.

IMO, the biggest death so far, was Kobe Bryant. But because it happened before Corona, it feels weirdly long ago. That death dominated for 2-3 days. Ghislaine Maxwell also has big death potential. If it happens, there will be conspiracy theories for years (again). In terms of biggest names... I don't know. Yes, we might not have had the A+ names, but we certainly had A-names, and quite a few at that, especially on the death list, but also Ennio Morricone and John Lewis and Kobe.

Pope Benedict also seems a real possibility

I'm trying to think in terms of being a big and kind of unexpected death what could be the big headline death. Obviously Jimmy Carter or Prince Philip would be headliners bit I'm using 2016 as my template eg George Michael, David Bowie, in terms of big unexpected or shock deaths. Who would be iconic and significant enough in your eyes? Liza Minnelli?Madonna? Kylie Minogue?Sharon Osbourne? Mick Jagger? Simon Cowell? Johnny Depp? I would have thought in terms of the UK that Caroline Flack could arguably be said to be the big headline death this year?

If the committee put him on the list and Eastwood finds out about it, he seems like a guy who would personally fly to everyone's house and punch them in the face.

Yes you did.

Surely someone would've noticed the transition between the two? This reminds me of the case of Jeanne Calment (oldest person ever) where they thought that the case of the 122 year old was fraudulent - that Jeanne Calment's identity was assumed by her daughter. Again this was dismissed due to the transition between mother and daughter being obvious to those who knew Jeanne.

Some sections of the media won’t be happy until one of these young women, because it is predominantly young women they pick on, kills themselves. Oh wait - one of those young women did kill themselves. And nothing changed. When you put yourself in the public eye you have to expect, and accept, a certain level of criticism. But some of these absolute cunts that call themselves ‘journalists’ are relentless. Leave her alone, for fucksake.

Nah we all know this is true, Prince Phillip is actually 10 years old when his son was born. Gotta say he looks very mature for his age

If Prince Philip dies this year, I’ll give you a couple hints on who I think should be #1. Her first name is Betty and she is White.

Updated for Janmarie, de Havilland, and a solo hit for Beattie I missed earlier. Scoreboard - 27 July 2020 CaptainChorizo - 52 JiroemonKimura - 50 Joey Russ - 45 msc - 45 RadGuy - 44 Torva Messor - 42 gcreptile - 41 Sir Creep - 39 Book - 39 Banana - 39 Clorox Bleachman - 38 Death Impends - 37 Sean - 37 theoldlady - 34 Skinny kiltrunner - 28 YorkshireBanker - 27 Toast - 25 The Old Crem - 22 Wormfarmer - 18 Great Uncle Bulgaria - 18 Bibliogryphon - 17 Philip - 16 Etushispushingupdasies - 14 YoungWillz - 10 DeathByArsenic - 10 Yvonne - 9 

Fiction can be fun.

Anything by the great impressionists really - Monet, Cezanne, Yarwood....

Does 10 bags of Frazzles and a large bottle of vodka sound good?