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1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31)  1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (5/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, George Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (4/56)  1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50)  1995: Holly Johnson (1/50)  1996: Mr T (1/50)  1997: (0/50) 1998: (0/50)  1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50)  2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50)  2001: Desmond Tutu, Liza Minnelli (1/50)  2002: (0/50) 2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf (1/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai (1/50) 2006: (0/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Louis Farrakhan (2/50)  2008: Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50)  2009: (0/50)  2010: Angela Lansbury (1/50)  2011: Ali Khamenei, Dick Cheney, Michael Douglas (3/50)  2012: Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (4/50) 2013: Henry Kissinger (1/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett (3/50)  2015: Leslie Phillips, Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts (3/50)  2016: Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Sandy Gall, Desmond Tutu, Lester Piggott, Paul Gascoigne (8/50)  2017: Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Betty White, Queen Elizabeth ll, Bob Barker, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito (8/50)  2018: Betty White, Linda Nolan, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, June Brown, Louis Farrakhan, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (17/50)  2019: Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Emperor Akihito, Betty White, June Brown, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Walters, Harry Belafonte, Desmond Tutu, Vanessa Redgrave, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prunella Scales, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (18/50) 2020: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Betty White, Angela Lansbury, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Prunella Scales, Desmond Tutu, Jacques Delors, Willie Nelson, Shane MacGowan, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Lester Piggott, Joanne Woodward, David Crosby, Tom Smith, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Pervez Musharraf, David Attenborough (24/50) Updated for Desmond Tutu. Liza Minelli is now the last survivor of the 2001 list.

Oh dear The DL 2022 has lost so many potential candidates (new or returnee) in the last few weeks - Anthony Sher, Ray Illingworth, James Brokenshire, Alan Igglesden, F.W. de Klerk and now Desmond Tutu.

He was Anglican.

Desmond Tutu is a popular pick here by 14:22, Annami, Bibliogryphon, Book, Buffalo Phil, CaptainChorizo, chilean way, Etushispushingupdaisies, msc, Prophet, RoverAndOut, The Old Crem, ThereWillBeDeaths7, TomTomTelekom, Vaagheid and WEP, but wasn't chosen by the Committee. Maybe the last big hit in 2021? With so many (potential) candidates left in 2021 - how will the DL 2022 look like, what do you think? Well, check in for next year's DL Prediction Game!

Pelé, Gorbachev, Jerry Lee Lewis and Jiang Zemin should be all locks.

Another major name missed of the list

A great man. RIP.

Former Greek President Karolos Papoulias (2005-2015) died at 92 years: https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1815894?

Funny that the thing his name will live on for most is the 2:2 degree, which I and many others were privileged to receive.

BBC reporting as well https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59793726

Papoulias dead https://m.naftemporiki.gr/story/1815894?

Dutch media send me a push message he's dead Voormalig aartsbisschop en anti-apartheidsactivist Desmond Tutu overleden - https://nos.nl/l/2410901

Reaper takes archbishop, and many teams are no doubt chagrining this Yuletide surprise of the death of the great Desmond Tutu. Indeed, the highest-ranked teams to not pick him, BabyBlue and machotrouts, now rise to joint first, and it forces me to dust the cobwebs off the rulebook and see how to break a tie again! "If two or more teams are tied at the end of the year, the tie will first be decided by who has less hits." machotrouts has 5 hits (Walker, Lloyd, Harding, King, Philip) to BabyBlue's 2 (Bayh, Sang-chul). As stands, BabyBlue will win in an exciting end to my final hosted Inverse if the remnants of the year don't have another surprise in store. =1. BabyBlue 18 =1. machotrouts 18 3. Pedro67 19 4. drol 20 5. Sir Creep 23 =6. Grim Up North 28 =6. Sideik 28 8. Toast 29 =9. The Quim Reaper 30 =9. YorkshireBanker 30 11. deadsox 32 =12. Spade_Cooley 34 =12. The Old Crem 34 14. Bibliogryphon 35 15. Charles De Gaulle 36 =16. Annami 37 =16. Book 37 =16. JoeMoneypenny 37 =16. Perhaps 37 20. BuffaloPhil 39 21. gcreptile 40 =22. An Fear Beag 41 =22. Banana 41 =22. Great Uncle Bulgaria 41 25. Death Impends 46 =26. CaptainChorizo 47 =26. Funeralopolis 47 =26. ThereWillBeDeaths7 47 29. msc 49 =30. En Passant 50 =30. Newjack 50 32. theoldlady 57 33. Salmon Mousse 59 34. Joey Russ 60 35. YoungWillz 61 36. maryportfuncity 68 37. LizLemon 75 38. machotrouts' mum 81 39. GuyFromFuture 83 40. chilean way 86 41. The Unknown Man 93

He’s deleted the tweet. Just 10hrs ago, he was tweeting forum favourite and expert sob merchant Cecilia that it was a hoax.

1. Josip Manolic 2. June Spencer (3. Kane Tanaka ) 4. Arnold Yarrow 5. Song Ping (6. Marsha Hunt ) (7. Nehemiah Persoff ) (8. Rene de Obaldia ) (9. Leonor Oyarzun ) (10. Boris Pahor ) 11. Al Jaffee (12. Harry Yee ) 13. Patrick Duffy (14. Francisco Morales Bermudez) (15. Stanislaw Kowalski ) 9/15 so far.

He was actually frequently in hospital. In 2018 he broke his hip, some months later he was hospitalised again after collpasing. Last hospitalization was in April this year. At least three-four hospital stays in the last two years.

It's my third year choosing Tutu (out of four years). I haven't sorted out next years list but he's currently at #59 on my list and I had him marked as "no real reason to actually die" so I don't think he would have made the cut. But he's on my 2021 list and that's all that matters

A change at the scoreboard: 1. @WEP - 5.645 points 2. @chilean way - 5.531 points 3. @Salmon Mousse - 3.836 points 4. @Bibliogryphon - 3.634 points 5. @MariNisia - 2.161 points 6. @TomTomTelekom - 1.826 points 7. @arghton / @Book / @frleon - 0 points One bonus point for @MariNisia (oldest laureate) and 8 bonus points for @WEP for the youngest.

Desmond Tutu has died. African Peace laureate from the 1980s in his 90s awarded alone makes 5.531 points for @chilean way

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/26/t-mark-taylor-he-man-and-masters-of-the-universe-toy-designer-dies-aged-80 T Mark Taylor , the man behind the design of the He Man and masters of the universe toys and franchise has died aged 80.

This is all getting very weird. Janice hasn’t tweeted since October. Her last interaction was liking a Marie Curie cancer post about dying. I also note she has been absent from her radio programme as they’re using a “stand in” atm, who is due to fill in for her over the coming weeks as well. All of this would suggest that even if she hasn’t died, she’s sick. There are quite a few accounts on Twitter and Facebook who are claiming she’s still alive, one going as far as saying she will enjoy reading all the tributes to her.

https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/25/itv-news-presenter-accidentally-announces-popes-death-on-christmas-day-15824225/ Killed off by ITV news earlier today….

I Think you wwre right two important d3aths occured today. Desmond tutu which was hits for many people inthe dead pools and the former president of greece.

Excellent suggestion

Estonian poet, critic, translator, and philosopher Jaan Kaplinski, known for The Wandering Border, Evening Brings Everything Back, and other poetic works, died at 80 years: https://kultuur.err.ee/1608301980/suri-jaan-kaplinski He also published an autobiographical novel entitled The Same River.