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I'd just like to wish everyone festive greetings. Unfortunately, I've been experiencing a health battle of my own over the last few months, which has meant - with the best will in the world - that I didn't feel like spending much time on DeathList. It is nothing malignant, or terminal and I am recovering well. I feel very lucky and grateful for what I have. Anyway, I have decided at the last minute that I will be entering a DDP team, so look forward to spending most of the day trawling the site for candidates and I also look forward to being more active here in 2024

Kiribati, one of my favourite countries. The "ti" is pronounced "ss", they have towns named London, Paris, Poland and Banana, and they have 3 time zones dividing a population the size of Colchester.

Ruth Langsford's mother. Apparently she is a bit smelly.

Oops, we did it again! I proudly present you the fourth official D-A-CH-DeathList! This time the list was made by gcreptile, Prophet, TomTomTelekom, WEP and Book. Thank you very much everyone! Unfortunately, we lost our actual No. 1 before publication: On 22.12.2023 the German actress and comedienne Ingrid Steeger died at the age of 76. She was a household name in Germany and her death was well covered by the media. R.I.P. Ingrid Steeger. THE D-A-CH-DeathList 2024 (9/50) 01. (33) Fritz Wepper, German actor, *17.08.1941 - 25.03.2024 (82) 02. (29) Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor, *17.12.1930 03. (05) Marianne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Austrian photographer and jet set expert, *09.12.1919 04. (03) Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress, *11.10.1929 05. (06) Rolf Schimpf, German actor, *14.11.1924 06. (---) Horst Naumann, German actor, *17.11.1925 - 19.02.2024 (98) 07. (08) Ingrid van Bergen, German actress, *15.06.1931 08. (28) Janosch, German children's book author and illustrator, *11.03.1931 09. (23) Arthur Cohn, Swiss film producer, multiple Oscar winner, *04.02.1927 10. (11) Freddy Quinn, Austrian Schlager singer, *27.09.1931 11. (16) Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher and sociologist, *18.06.1929 12. (37) Franz Beckenbauer, German football player and manager, *11.09.1945 - 07.01.2024 (78) 13. (15) Peter Weck, Austrian actor and film director, *12.08.1930 14. (---) Giovanni Arvaneh, German-Italian-Persian soap and theatre actor, *24.03.1964 15. (25) Mario Adorf, German-Austrian actor, *08.09.1930 16. (14) Anita Kupsch, German film and theatre actress, *18.05.1940 17. (re) Friedrich Nowottny, German TV journalist and broadcast director, *16.05.1929 18. (re) Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, German cellist and Holocaust survivor, *17.07.1925 19. (---) Rosi Gollmann, German philantropist (Andheri Foundation), *09.06.1927 20. (20) Maria Riva, German actress and daughter of Marlene Dietrich, *13.12.1924 21. (22) Eckart Dux, German film and voice actor, *19.12.1926 - 09.04.2024 (97) 22. (---) Margot Friedländer, German Holocaust survivor, author and activist, *05.11.1921 23. (re) Käthe Menzel-Jordan, German architect and perservationist, *07.09.1916 24. (---) Christiane Kubrick, German painter and actress, widow of Stanley Kubrick, *10.05.1932 25. (40) Peter Max, German-American pop art artist, *19.10.1937 26. (31) Annette Rexrodt von Fircks, German besteller author, founder of health projects, *21.08.1961 - 03.06.2024 (62) 27. (43) Gardy Granaß, German actress, *07.01.1930 28. (---) Bruce Willis, German-American actor, *19.03.1955 29. (50) Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist and poet, *05.01.1931 30. (---) Eric Kandel, Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize winner in 2000, *07.11.1929 31. (---) Thomas Reiner, German actor and voice actor, *29.10.1926 - 27.07.2024 (97) 32. (---) Joachim Kerzel, German actor and voice actor, *10.12.1941 33. (---) Enzi Fuchs, German actress, *28.01.1937 34. (---) Hans Blum, German Schlager singer and songwriter, *23.05.1928 - 15.03.2024 (95) 35. (34) Nadja Seipel, German author and blogger, *18.07.1976 36. (---) Gerhart Baum, German politician (FDP), *28.10.1932 37. (re) Sepp Blatter, Swiss football administrator and president of the FIFA, *10.03.1936 38. (---) Erich John, German industrial designer (Urania World Clock), *06.02.1932 39. (---) Marcel Ophüls, German-French actor and documentary film maker (Oscar winner 1988), *01.11.1927 40. (10) Claudia Porsche, German politician (CDU) and academic, *06.08.1948 41. (---) Peter Sichel, German-American wine merchant and former operative of US secret services, *12.09.1922 42. (18) Werner Michael Blumenthal, German-American economist and political advisor, *03.01.1926 43. (---) Markus Schächter, German journalist and media manager, *31.10.1949 44. (re) Michael Schumacher, German racing driver, *03.01.1969 45. (---) Günther Noll, German music educator and university faculty, *24.08.1927 46. (---) Friedrich Georg Beckhaus, German actor and voice actor, *11.12.1927 47. (---) Rolf Zick, German journalist and editor-in-chief, *16.04.1921 - 08.03.2024 (102) 48. (---) Matthias Hey, German politician (SPD), *16.02.1970 49. (---) Dietmar “Didi” Constantini, Austrian football player and trainer, *30.05.1955 - 18.12.2024 (69) 50. (47) Hans-Peter Korff, German actor, *24.08.1942 Ich wünsche unserer Liste viel Erfolg!

Jimmy Carter

Honestly cannot wait for him to die now. So fucking sick of imbeciles bumping this thread every fucking day with “sO wHyS hE nOt DeAd yEt???” and “OmG mAyBe hE mAkE 100 lOlz”.

Some names I thought about including for 2024 but weren't seriously ill/old enough to make the top 50. I wonder how many will make it to 2025: Woody Allen, 90 in 2025 Julie Andrews, 90 Giorgio Armani, 91 Jim Bakker, 85 Paul Biya, 92 Pat Buchanan, 88 Carol Burnett, 92 Dick Cavett, 89 Joan Collins, 92 Kenneth Copeland, 89 Bill Cosby, 88 The Dalai Lama, 90 Joseph DeAngelo (the Golden State killer), 80 Judi Dench, 91 Sam Donaldson, 91 Michael Dukakis, 92 Jane Fonda, 88 Morgan Freeman, 88 Jane Goodall, 91 Seymour Hersh, 88 Juan Carlos I, 87 Rita Moreno, 94 Jack Nicklaus, 85 Teodoro Obiang, 83 Roman Polanski, 92 Bob Schieffer, 88 Klaus Schwab, 87 Gloria Steinem, 91 Valentino, 93

Cale Yarborough dead.

Everybody who visits an nursing home would be surprised on how long some people can survive in absolutely horrible condition. I had a 87-year old patient who had terminal cancer, which wasn't treatable anymore so he technically was in the same situation as Jimmy Carter and he was still alive on my last day of work with no indication of dying any time soon, after having this disease for years. At Jimmy's age, his cells divide much slower so his cancer is less aggressive than for younger folks.

My boring 2024 prediction will be a 1928 collapse. Given that 1928 babies are turning 96 next year, the amount left that are on the DL (Kennedy, Morris, Le Pen), previously on/must return to the DL (Chomsky), or potentially DL-y (Lovell, Watson, Lehrer, Dr. Ruth, Marion Ross, etc) is pretty impressive, and feels like a bubble about to burst.

We promise not to ignore your suggestions.

Capital letters all present and correct this year

Whilst I've held back the masterlist until tomorrow I did take the liberty of posting a sneak preview in the masterlist post: Jimmy Carter – af, ar, ba, bb*, bg, bk*,cc*, ch*, cl, cs*, da*, db, di*, dg, dr*, f6*, gb*, gr, hl, im, jk*, jm, lf*, ll*, mn*, mp*, mq, ms, n3, t7*,rg, sk, sn*,st, tc, th, ti*, to*, tt*, tu*, we*, wm

Billionare Ted Turner has had Lewy body dementia since at least 2018. Would be a strong pick in 2025 if still alive,as 7 years is on the high end of life expectency for people with that disease.

Gooseberry is usually Mystic Meg on these things so only fair I make two quick predicts. 2024 is a leap year. Previous leap years have seen the reaper go a bit nuts on A Listers. There were more celebs dying in 2017 but you remember more of them from 2016. The DL record will be smashed. Of the twenty five being carried over there will be a huge number of dying, old and very frail people. A number of returnees look on their last legs. There's some decent newcomers out there too. Unless they absolutely fuck it up DL24 should start with a very high floor before the vagaries of death hit us.

Shecky Greene reportedly dead: https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/comic-legend-shecky-greene-dies-at-97-2973752/amp/

We have our first hit, but unfortunately in the wrong year: Our No. 26 Torsun Teichgräber aka Torsun Burkhardt has died yesterday. He was 49 and had cancer. https://www.zeit.de/kultur/musik/2023-12/torsun-burkhardt-tod-krebs-egotronic The place will be filled as quickly as possible. Edit: Annette Rexrodt von Fircks, last year at No.31, is getting Torsuns place.

Jesus Christ. Stop.

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31) 1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (4/42) 1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37) 1993: George Lineker (1/56) 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: Liza Minnelli (1/50) 2002: (0/50)  2003: (0/50) 2004: (0/50) 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: (0/50) 2011: Ali Khamenei, Dick Cheney, Michael Douglas (3/50) 2012: Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (2/50) 2013: (0/50) 2014: Dick Van Dyke (1/50)  2015: Jake Roberts (1/50) 2016: Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Tommy Chong, Sandy Gall, Paul Gascoigne (5/50) 2017: Jimmy Carter, Sandy Gall, Emperor Akihito (3/50) 2018: Linda Nolan, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Louis Farrakhan, Ronnie Wood, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (10/50) 2019: Jimmy Carter, Emperor Akihito, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Vanessa Redgrave, Cleo Laine, Prunella Scales (7/50)  2020: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Alan Greenspan, Jimmy Carter, Prunella Scales, Willie Nelson, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Joanne Woodward, Jean-Marie Le Pen, David Attenborough (11/50) 2021: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Alan Greenspan, Jimmy Carter, Ali Khamenei, Prunella Scales, Dick Cheney, Bob Newhart, Imelda Marcos, Yoko Ono, Linda Nolan, Joanne Woodward, Mel Brooks, Willie Nelson, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Raul Castro, Stanley Baxter, Vanessa Redgrave, Shannen Doherty (19/50) 2022: Dick Van Dyke, Alan Greenspan, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Jimmy Carter, Dick Cheney, Mel Brooks, David Attenborough, Emperor Akihito, Sandy Gall, Desmond Morris, Jean-Marie Le Pen, James Whale, Cleo Laine, Denis Law, Prunella Scales, Stanley Baxter, Noam Chomsky, Norman Tebbit, Douglas Hurd, Marianne Faithfull, Linda Ronstadt (21/50) 2023: Dick Van Dyke, Alan Greenspan, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Jimmy Carter, Dick Cheney, Mel Brooks, Robert Wagner, Norman Tebbit, Sandy Gall, Joanne Woodward, Ethel Kennedy, Desmond Morris, Stanley Baxter, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Cleo Laine, Alan Alda, Prunella Scales, Yoko Ono, Marianne Faithfull, Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall, Imelda Marcos, Ali Khamenei, Pete Murray, Bob Newhart, Willie Nelson, Dennis Skinner, Sonny Rollins, Hal Linden, Linda Nolan, Andy Taylor (31/50) Updated to include the 2023 survivors.

Thoughts with whoever had to sing 'Happy Birthday' to him.

Maude Apatow will be 28 in 2025 MC Ren will be 56 in 2025 1968 Olympic gold medallist Lee Evans will have been dead for four years in 2025

Jimmy Carter WiLl Be 101 in 2025!!!11!!!1

Right - midnight, entries closed - 49 teams in and listed - won't publish the masterlist until New Year's Day out of respect to anyone trying to avoid their picks being spotted and put to work in other pools. Jimmy Carter apparently alive, thankfully! It'll likely surprise nobody that he's smashed it as most popular pick this time around.

I have no expectations now. In my third year I finished third in the DDP, with 8 hits and 64 points! Wouldn't even get me in the top 50 now. For a short, heady period I was even at #1. I still have the screenshot