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So yeah, you're not done with me as DDP co-host yet. No one offered to take up the mantle, but doing slimmer obits has made things considerably easier and pretty much "TMIB redux"-proofed the front page. In fact I don't think there will be any changes for next year, rule or personnel wise, outside of acknowledging that The Times is a .com website now rather than .co.uk. The DDP 2025 thread and launch will be coming over the weekend.

Dead

Comes out in favour of assisted dying.Mentions he is on the last type of chemo available and that it isn't stopping some of his 15 tumours growing but is limiting the rate of growth.

Aw congrats and I wish you and your growing family a good Christmas and a healthy 2025.

Some happy news I want to share with all of you: about two months ago, my wife and I became parents for the first time. Our son is in good health and growing well, just as my wife has recovered well from giving birth. Our daily lives have changed massively, but we're lucky enough to have lots of loved ones who are there for us in these changing times. We're both completely in love with our boy, and it's great to see him learn new things.

There are many many more I guess. To cite a notable one, Ivanne Trebbi (wiki), born 1928 and also a deputy in the 80s.

This thread lay dormant for 40% of his life.

Speaking of Misty, it appears she may have deleted her Instagram and X accounts. They were the most frequent sources for updates and photos of Steve.

My full list recommendation (subject to change over the next 5 weeks): Keep Jimmy Carter Dick Van Dyke Pete Murray Alan Greenspan Cleo Laine Sandy Gall Noam Chomsky Mel Brooks Dennis Skinner Nigel Starmer-Smith James Whale Stanley Baxter Joanne Woodward Gene Hackman Jean-Marie Le Pen Hans Blix Tom Brokaw Linda Nolan Norman Tebbit Esther Rantzen Roberta Flack Prunella Scales Raul Castro Ted Turner Buzz Aldrin Return Brian Wilson Rex Williams David Attenborough Yoko Ono Douglas Hurd Debut Eva Marie Saint Sidney Cooke Rosemary Harris James Watson Tom Lehrer Len Deighton Joan Plowright Tippi Hedren George Soros Rupert Murdoch Antonia Fraser Quentin Blake Duchess Katharine Shirley MacLaine Frankie Valli Harald V of Norway Julie Goodyear Ken Livingstone David Lynch James Van Der Beek

Harvey Weinstein Tippi Hedren Frankie Valli Joan Plowright Jean Marsh

All I really care is that Buzz Aldrin stays and Frankie Valli joins.

Yes. The Yahoo issue seems to have sorted itself out since those local Oklahoma papers and whatnot can't seem to be UK-ified anymore.

Thanks for all you do. I have already begun whittling down my long list for 2025.

Good spot. Sorry. Have had a bit to drink. Edited.

Sat 30 Nov 36 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 34 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much 32 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 32 The Tamperer featuring Maya - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) 26 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin 26 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. +4 25 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman 24 TLC - No Scrubs 22 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 22 2Pac - Changes 22 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully 20 Will Smith - Gettin’ Jiggy wit It 20 Sash! - La Primavera 20 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 20 Lutricia McNeal - Stranded 20 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 20 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 U2 - Sweetest Thing 20 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone 20 Billie - She Wants You 20 Denise & Johnny - Especially for You 20 Blockster - You Should Be… 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out 20 Whitney Houston - It’s Not Right but It’s Okay 20 Billie - Honey to the Bee 20 Britney Spears - Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 20 ATB - Don’t Stop! 20 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 20 Vengaboys - Kiss (When the Sun Don’t Shine) 17 911 - Private Number 16 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 14 Wyclef Jean - Gone till November 14 Touch and Go - Would You…? 12 Wildchild - Renegade Master 08 Five - Got The Feelin’ -6 06 Will Smith - Miami

Adam Somner, assistant director and producer for filmmakers including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson, Alejandro Inarritu and Ridley Scott, died Wednesday of thyroid cancer in Studio City. He was 57. https://variety.com/2024/film/news/adam-somner-dead-assistant-director-steven-spielberg-martin-scorsese-1236231166

29th November 35 Adele — Rolling In The Deep 34 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 32 Emeli Sande — Heaven 32 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 31 Bastille — Pompeii +2 29 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 28 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy -3 24 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 24 George Ezra — Paradise 24 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 22 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble +2 21 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 20 Adele — Skyfall 19 James Bay — Hold Back The River -3 17 Years & Years — Shine 12 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off 04 Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus — Nothing Breaks Like A Heart

Mrs. Immortal and I send our congratulations and best wishes to you, may your son lead a great, happy and prosperous life.

And more older; Sara Montes, Ernestina Garfias, Virginia Guiterrez, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Elsa Cardenas, Martha Ofelia Galindo, Amparo Garrido, Rosita Arenas, Verionica Layo etc Sergio Corona is the only living male Mexican actor who was born in 1920s in my list

So happy for you and your wife!! Many blessings to all of you!

Certainly something for which to be thankful. Best wishes for continued good health for your son.

Awwww this is so amazing, my best wishes, may you be happy forever. Long live the boy.

1. Joan Plowright-95 year old A Lister.Has been housebound a while now,should be a bedblocker going forward 2.Isabel Peron-Looks pretty frail based on a photo from earlier in the year 3.Mike Ditka -Now 86,and recently there are rumors he is in hospice care. Survived a stroke and heart attack in recent years. Potential multi decade long boomerang hit 4-Jose Mujica-Hospitalized a few times in 2024 and has Esophagel Cancer. Also on the hefty side and turning 90 ' And someone who would be the most purrfect new edition to the list 5. Lee Meriwether

Sidney Cooke.

Since DeathList 2024 is very likely to go down in the archives as a major disappointment, here are my suggestions for what DeathList 2025 should look like: Keep: Jimmy Carter Dick Van Dyke Pete Murray Alan Greenspan Cleo Laine Noam Chomsky Mel Brooks Dennis Skinner Nigel Starmer-Smith James Whale Stanley Baxter Joanne Woodward Desmond Morris Gene Hackman Jean-Marie Le Pen Hans Blix Tom Brokaw Linda Nolan Norman Tebbit Esther Rantzen Roberta Flack Raul Castro Imelda Marcos Ted Turner Sonny Rollins Bring back: David Attenborough Rex Williams Brian Wilson Ozzy Osbourne Yoko Ono Douglas Hurd Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Emperor Akihito Angie Dickinson New: Mahathir Mohamad Tippi Hedren Frankie Valli Sophie Kinsella Violetta Chamorro Sophie Kinsella Chris Hoy John Astin Estelle Parsons Eva Marie Saint Steve McMichael Isabel Peron Vera Miles June Lockhart Jack Hanna Harvey Weinstein