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YOUR 50 ELIGIBLE PICKS ARE HERE: James Whale George Alagiah Jimmy Carter Jonnie Irwin Rolf Harris Frank Field Linda Nolan Rob Burrow Shannen Doherty Dick Van Dyke Andy Taylor Henry Kissinger Prunella Scales Nigel Starmer-Smith Tony Bennett Ryuichi Sakamoto Rhod Gilbert Bobby Charlton Shane MacGowan Bob Barker Kate Keltie Billy Connolly Vladimir Putin Roberta Flack Steve McMichael Yoko Ono Tim Bilton Mel Brooks Johnny Ruffo Ted Kaczynski David Attenborough Harry Belafonte Janey Godley Randy Jackson Buzz Aldrin Willie Nelson Simon Cowell (wildlife) Eva Marie Saint Clint Eastwood Glynis Johns Ozzy Osbourne Stanley Baxter Bill Cosby Rupert Murdoch Joanne Woodward Francoise Hardy Phil Collins Larry Pressler Burt Bacharach Donald Trump Submissions are now open. Select and rank 25 of those names to survive 2023, and post your teams in this thread. The deadline to submit a team is Monday, January 30, 23.59 (GMT) – a little over a week from now.

66 Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love 56 Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the heart 54 Madness – House of Fun 33 Men at Work – Down Under +4 30 The Jam – Town called Malice / Precious 21 The Police – Every breath you take 15 Irene Cara – Fame -3  00 David Bowie – Let's Dance -3

Richard Dean Anderson, American actor, who began his acting career appearing in the long-running soap opera "General Hospital", and best known for his starring roles in "MacGyver" and "Stargate SG-1", is 73 today. John C. Polanyi, the notable chemist and prestigious educator, one of the co-recipients, with his colleagues Dudley R. Herschbach and Yuan T. Lee, of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, who was born in Berlin, Germany, of Hungarian parents, is 94 today.

Just been on holiday so haven't been paying much attention to this forum, coming back soon Under the rules and guidelines: Candidates cannot be famous solely for the fact they are likely to die imminently - this includes people famous only for their advanced age. Probably the rule I would be strongest on. I don't believe Lucile Randon would be famous for anything other than her advanced age.

People in Birmingham think that THIS is a Kipper Tie . . . .

I wonder if it was a genetic link as well as football. All four siblings getting dementia is quite unusual even with football.

Her Twitter account is still active. Whether it is her that posts on it? The last pics I saw of her, she looked bloody superb for her mature years.

New Variety article about his health and last days, if anyone's curious. [Steve] Postell was on the phone with Crosby on Wednesday morning, going over plans they were laying for a two-night stand in Santa Barbara, set for Feb. 22-23, with plans to have the shows recorded for a possible live album. The planned shows, a 150th anniversary celebration of the Lobero Theatre, would have set the template for a tour to follow at mid-year. After hanging up with Crosby late in the morning, Postell spent the afternoon rehearsing the full set list they’d plotted out, staying in communication with James Raymond, Crosby’s son and a fellow member of the band. In the evening, Postell wrapped up his solo rehearsal and texted “Croz” with further thoughts, only to shortly get a text back from Raymond that his father had died. “There was some misinformation” about Crosby, 81, having been seriously ill, Postell says, “but there always is. It’s hard for people to get the straight story.” A press release that went out from a publicist unknown to most reporters, quoting Crosby’s wife as saying he died after a long illness, muddled the matter in the media, since the singer had not been known to be seriously ill. “That’s a very confusing thing,” says the musician. “He was a weakened guy from a lot of different preexisting conditions, and everyone knew it — he talked about it in his documentary [2019’s “David Crosby: Remember My Name] — but he was not dying. We were rehearsing. We were going out to dinner.”

New posters try looking up to see if thread exist challenge. Difficulty: impossible

One of those who could go tomorrow or in another five years.

Former King Albert II of Belgium turns 89 this year. He abdicated in 2013 for health reasons. Both he and his wife, Queen Paola, use canes. Maybe one for 2024? Picture of King Albert and Queen Paola from september last year, at the wedding of their granddaughter Princess Maria Laura.

American actress, singer and dancer Chita Rivera celebrates her 90th birthday today.

66 Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love 56 Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the heart 54 Madness – House of Fun 32 Men at Work – Down Under 29 The Jam – Town called Malice +4 18 Irene Cara – Fame -1 17 The Police – Every breath you take 9 David Bowie – Let's Dance 00 Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know? -5

Bad luck for you as Abdul Ghani Assar died a few days ago.

Fitting that Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson are next to each other in the Drop 40.

I've just seen which song in 1989 is no1 on week of my birthday. Paul McCartney - Ferry 'Cross the Mersey.

That’s actually not a bad idea. You will have a lot of work to do making sure all the candidates meet the required criteria though

So what? There's plenty of other elderly celebrities who are nearing 100 who also didn't make the 2023 list. What makes you so arrogant to think that some religious leader that no one outside of Utah has ever heard of should be included on the list. I don't mind you recommending his name (although he already has his own thread) but to just come on here and over emphasize his age and position like the committee is shortsighted for omitting him is beyond pretentious.

Looks frailer then previous years,think this is a good pick by the committee.

If Savile and Rolf have their own threads, Pell deserves one, too. George Pell is 77 years old, has heart trouble (though that may have been a sham to avoid flying home to face trial) and is due to have knee reconstruction work. Yet to be sentenced though judging by the judge's comments, he's had it: 10 years is the standard sentence for this kind of crime, putting him at 87 when he is released.

Both he and Bobby Charlton playing the last of those added on minutes.

He needs to get Pimlico Plumbers around to sort his tubes out.

Former Indiana governor Joe Kernan dead at 74 years: https://wsbt.com/amp/news/local/joe-kernan-dead-at-age-74

Fort 0 Rothes 0 That's a point for them if I'm very much mistaken.

Just read on ITV teletext that 2 people are arrested, for plotting to blow up a school and or shopping centre in Tameside, Gtr Manchester, on anniversary of Columbine massacre... Anyone who picked the UK came very close I think... Good job they caught them though...