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Does nothing but prove my point that the only reason he's on the list is because he's 98. He seems in excellent physical and mental condition for someone who is literally 98 years old. I'm not going to make any declarative statements because the last time I did it backfired horribly on me... But I feel pretty safe about Dick probably even vacating top 10 in 2024.

Ronnie Biggs died on this day 10 years ago, aged 84. - Biggs was an RAF officer who was dishonorably discharged in 1949 for breaking into a chemist's shop. He would begin a life of crime from there, stealing a car and robbing a book depository. - Working as a carpenter, Biggs was short on money in 1963, Biggs was among the masterminds of the Great Train Robbery (alongside Bruce Reynolds, whom he befriended in prison). Out of the £2.6M looted, Biggs received £147,000 (5.6% of the share). - Biggs would be sentenced to 30 years imprisonment- he only served 15 months before managing to escape, fleeing to Belgium. He met up with his family in Paris, and they would go to Australia from there. Biggs then fled to Brazil in 1969 as Interpol was closing in on him. - Biggs would make money by hosting barbecues. He was not arrested due to Brazil not having an extradition treaty to the UK, and would even manage to collaborate with the Sex Pistols: Due to his long stay in Brazil, he was often jokingly called a British ambassador. - Biggs would be kidnapped by British mercenaries in 1981 who were seeking his cash bounty, and taken to Barbados. The kidnappers' boat broke down offshore, and the Barbadian Coast Guard would send Biggs back to Brazil- the country also did not have an extradition treaty with the UK. - Biggs decided to return to the UK in 2001, and was arrested and re-imprisoned upon arrival. His health would decline, and he would be released on compassionate grounds after several strokes in 2009. - After release, Biggs became known for wearing a signature skull-and-crossbones scarf- which he started wearing after finding out about his presence on the list: Biggs had debuted on the DeathList in 2000, and made a total of 13 appearances (2001 being the only absence between debut and death), 10 of which within the top 5 (4 at no.1). As seen in the picture above, he bought several pieces of DL merch. He is the only person to have been on the DeathList to publicly acknowledge that fact... so far.

The indestructible Keith Richards is (somehow) 80.

18/Dec/2023 37 Jimmy Dean — Big Bad John 36 Percy Faith — Theme From ‘A Summer Place’ -3 30 The Drifters — Save The Last Dance For Me 27 The Allisons — Are You Sure -3 22 John Leyton — Wild Wind 21 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Because They’re Young 20 Bobby Darin — Lazy River +2 17 Ricky Nelson — Hello Mary Lou/Travellin’ Man +2 14 Billy Fury — Jealousy

Death notice for the Hon. Harry St Clair Fane aged 70: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/fane-notices_54894 Interesting one this. He was the Second Page of Honour to HM Queen Elizabeth II between 1966 and 1968. His older brother is the current 16th Earl of Westmoreland, and, as the current Earl only has a daughter, Harry was the heir apparent. Therefore the heir apparent to the Earldom now moves to Harry's son Sam (b. 1989).

Rules: 1. Make a list with 15 names of centenarians or people who could reach 100th in 2024 (example: Eva Marie Saint, Khamtai Siphandone). Only will be hits the centenarians deaths. 2. Please pick people you know are still alive, avoid limbo cases, in case your pick is already dead even same day picked, you will need sub it. 3. Any member can join when wants, if the member is banned, the hits could continue counting but that member don´t win at the end. 4. If your pick doesn´t work, change it, including those who don´t make the 100th birthday. 5. For supercentenarians names they will need some articles to be acceptable. I will research those names and ask for a change in case of need it. 6. Any obit posted in the forum will do you get a hit, no need posting everywhere. The obit can be in any language always can translate in English. Some cases will be allowed family posts in social media. 7. Game starts in January 1st 2024 and ends in December 31st 2024. 8. The winner will be who get more hits or who get the 15 hits. If 2 or more get the same amount at the end of game the winner will be who get more unique hits or less popular picks. Good Luck Everyone!!!

18/12/23 34 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York +4 30 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 22 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 22 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 21 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 20 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles -6 13 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride  6 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock

Austrian film director Wolfgang Glück (Wiki) dead at 94 His film '38 – Vienna Before the Fall (1987) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards.

Now see what you have all done. You have made Sir Creep happy. Is that a tapping noise at your window?

I had drinks with Marr in late October. He seemed fine, very high energy. We were exchanging stories about growing up in Scotland.

17/12/23 10:15am 37 Ricky Nelson — Hello Mary Lou / Travellin’ Man +4 37 Jimmy Dean — Big Bad John  36 The Drifters — Save The Last Dance For Me 29 Percy Faith — Theme From ‘A Summer Place’ 28 John Leyton — Wild Wind 22 The Allisons — Are You Sure -6 21 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Because They’re Young 18 Bobby Darin — Lazy River 10 Billy Fury — Jealousy

17.12.2023 35 Jimmy Dean — Big Bad John -3 35 Percy Faith — Theme From ‘A Summer Place’ -3 32 The Drifters — Save The Last Dance For Me 30 John Leyton — Wild Wind +2 29 Ricky Nelson — Hello Mary Lou / Travellin’ Man +2 28 The Allisons — Are You Sure 21 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Because They’re Young 18 Bobby Darin — Lazy River 16 Billy Fury — Jealousy 08 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Pepe

That's Ryan o neal died Ryan O’Neal dead at 82: Farrah Fawcett’s partner passes ‘peacefully’ after previously beating leukemia & prostate cancer https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/celebrities/24995731/farrah-fawcett-partner-ryan-oneal-dead?utm_source=sharebar_app&utm_medium=sharebar_app&utm_campaign=sharebar_app_article

Another death Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein dies ‘unexpectedly’ aged just 51 leaving behind Princess & their three children https://www.thesun.co.uk/royals/24971936/prince-constantin-of-liechtenstein-dies-unexpectedly?utm_source=sharebar_app&utm_medium=sharebar_app&utm_campaign=sharebar_app_article

The Swiss television journalist, director and author Corinne Pulver died on October 10, 2023 at the age of 96 - one day before the 94th birthday of her sister Lilo Pulver, our No. 3 on this year's D-A-CH list. Once again we chose the wrong sibling, see the Wepper brothers https://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/corinne-pulver-tot-nachruf-pionierin-gestorben-fernsehen-1.6312438?reduced=true Fun fact: Corinne Pulver probably had an affair with Martin Walser, who was a hit for us in July, at the end of the 1950s.

Austrian actress Ingeborg Cornelius (Wiki) dead at 93

Heinz Dürr, founder of construction company Dürr and also former head of Deutsche Bahn, dead at 90: https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/ex-bahn-chef-heinz-duerr-im-alter-von-90-jahren-gestorben-a-554731af-b1cb-4642-b3be-f63bfca1e9b2 Edit: not the founder of Dürr, it was a family company, but he turned into a worldwide presence.

George Alan Cohon - McDonald’s Canada founder has died at age 86 https://globalnews.ca/news/10115210/mcdonalds-canada-founder-has-died-at-age-86/ He should be buried in a Big Mac box

Did he managed to answer whether the crane kick was illegal before dying?

Reports coming in that Pat E Johnson, Tang Soo Do practitioner and Hollywood martial arts choreographer, has died: Appearing in The Karate Kid movies as Chief Referee, also worked on Enter The Dragon, Wild Wild West and the Teenage Mutant Teenage Turtles movies. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0425944/

Tim Van Galder was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1966. He was on the team in 1967. He spent two years in St. Louis before he joined the Cincinnati Bengals in 1973. Van Galder also played for the New York Jets during the 1973 season. Following his playing career, he went on to become a successful broadcaster in the St. Louis area. He was 77 years old. SC

Its 75 years since Josef Mayr-Nusser died of dysentery on his way to Dachau. He was an Italian Roman Catholic who had been drafted into the Nazi army but refused to recite the Hitler oath, for which he was sentenced to death. He was on his way to face a firing squad when he fell and died.

Stan Laurel got in a big mess on this day 55 years ago, aged 74.

If he's aware of death pooling he's almost certainly aware of this site... wonder if he's reading this? If you are Sam we're not picking you because we want you to die, (in fact as a simpsons fan, I'd prefer it if you were immortal) the fact is your young, have admitted you have cancer and are probably going to die and DDP rewards that kind of choice in teams. P.S of the thousands of mildly famous people who are potentially going to die next your, you're so well respected by a DDP team to be chosen as one of just 20 names they can through in a hat, that should be an accolade on your end. We love you Sam, may you do a Wilko on us please.