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Aw shit - there go the chances for the rest of us!

I say living until your 90s quite healthy and enjoying a final christmas with your family is how most of us would like to go. RIP June

After the conclusion of the 2017 Deathrace, where I won on the back of two executions, we all agreed it sucked all the fun out of the game and mpfc added an addendum to the first page of the 2017 DR. 2a: A player may enter as many team members facing state execution as s/he wants but said picks will only count for deathrace points if they die by means other than state execution - murder, suicide, ill health etc. It hasn't seemed to be retained for future Deathrace threads, but it ought to be. I'm firmly against those picks and - even if they are deemed acceptable - I am not picking any of the sort again (bar the rare cases of a death row inmate who'll die of other means first!).

Very very sad news - I was hoping it wasn't true - but a grand age and I'm glad she was made a Dame the other year. She was brilliant, incredibly underrated, and was always a joy to watch in anything.

My first 2019 deathlist: 1) Pierre Soulages 2) Pierre Cardin 3) Jimmy Carter 4) Jacques Chirac 5) Bernadette Chirac (Jacques' wife) 6) Jacques Delors 7) Michael Palin 8) Jean-Marie Le Pen 9) Imelda Marcos 10) John Major 11) Michael Caine 12) King Juan Carlos 13) Grand-Duc Jean de Luxembourg 14) Ruth Bader Ginsburg 15) Anton Coppola 16) George Soros 17) Rupert Murdoch 18) Pelé 19) Alex Ferguson 20) Pope Francis 21) Pope Benedict XVI 22) Jean-Louis Trintignant 23) Michel Piccoli 24) Michel Sardou 25) Bill Clinton 26) Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 27) Woody Allen 28) Robert Redford 29) Queen Elizabeth II 30) Prince Philip of Edimburg 31) Tom Jones 32) Bernard Tapie 33) Thomas Markle Sr (is he deathlist worthy?) 34) Ernst-August of Hanover 35) Marianne Faithfull 36) David Bailey 37) Sean Connery 38) Kirk Douglas 39) Line Renaud (is she deathlist worthy?) 40) Morgan Freeman 41) Marilyn Manson 42) Bernard Arnault 43) Jérôme Seydoux (related to Léa and French billionaire) 44) Hosni Mubarak 45) Robert Mugabe 46) Ennio Morricone 47) Mikhail Gorbachev 48) Béji Caïd Essebsi 49) Sonia Gandhi 50) Abdelaziz Bouteflika I guess the first man to go will be a politician and the first lady to leave us will be an artist... I can feel it but....

Since 2017, I have been compiling names of celebrities that I believe will die soon. Everyone on my list is at least 80 years old. I avoided politicians (they deserve a list of their own). Feedback is welcomed. Angela Lansbury Barbara Walters Betty White Beverly Cleary Bill Cosby Bob Barker Burt Bacharach Carl Reiner Carol Channing Charlie Daniels Clint Eastwood Cloris Leachman Dan Rather Dick Van Dyke Doris Day Dustin Hoffman Frankie Valli Gene Hackman Gene Shalit George Takei Gloria Vanderbilt Honor Blackman Jack Nicholson James Earl Jones Jerry Lee Lewis Joan Collins Joan Plowright John Williams Judi Dench Lalo Schifrin Larry King Leslie Bricusse Little Richard Loretta Lynn Maggie Smith Mel Brooks Mickey Gilley Morgan Freeman Regis Philbin Robert Redford Robert Duvall Sean Connery Shirley MacLaine Sidney Poitier Sonny Shroyer Tony Bennett Ursula Andress William Shatner Willie Nelson Yoko Ono

Russ Tamblyn is 84 today!

About time I gave this a go: 1. Leah Blanknell 2. Linda Nolan 3. Olivia De Havilland 4.Vera Lynn 5. Dame Maggie Smith 6. Olivia Newton-John 7. Doris Day 8. Sheila Mercier 9. Diana Rigg 10. Julie Goodyear Res : Virginia Paton, Eileen Derbyshire Thanks !

I do.

So - my bad on this - I copied the rules over from a previous year and Death Impends has be bang to rights on quoting the amendment we agreed after his previous win and I'm taking it as read most contestants have avoided death row cases - my reality check being the incoming teams NOT posted on this forum. That said. I've been gleefully adding yer death row candidate without too much thought (and you aren't the only one who has him). So, I've amended the rules here and - crucually - on the file I have on the computer. So McGahon, Hawke all in as requested.

People were picking definite deaths with specific dates of execution set having exhausted their appeals.

Let's always refer to the master list at the start of the thread (page 1). I will update that with deaths and new names, so everyone knows where to go for the current list. Otherwise, updates might get lost in the pages and pages of chatter.

RIP to a very funny and accomplished actress. I just saw watched her a few days ago on ITV3's perennial Carry On series of films they always seem to put on at Christmas. That's 3 actresses that appeared in Carry ons that have passed this year but weren't really associated with them or appeared in that many (I think June appeared in 3?). The other 2 of course were Fenella Fielding and Liz Fraser. Maybe Barbara Windsor could be a possible pick for next year now? i can always remember watching Terry and June when I was a kid -. Sad that she's gone but had a good innings when you consider how long she lived compared to her co-star Terry. i just remembered she's another one for the annual Dr Who remembrance list of stars - starred in End of Time parts 1 and 2 with Bernard cribbins..

With Simon Ricketts now getting an obit, I’d say it’s almost certain at this point that Pity Da Foolz will get the win. Congrats man.

Here is my shadow list for 2019 that I originally submitted on 2nd December in the Ideas and Possibilities Thread: 1) George Alagiah 2) Sir Billy Connolly 3) Herman Wouk - DEAD 4) Stirling Moss 5) John McCririck - DEAD 6) Jill Gascoine 7) Leah Bracknell - DEAD 8) Robert Fyfe 9) Freddie Jones - DEAD 10) Clive James - DEAD 11) Harry Belafonte 12) Pearl Carr 13) Gene Hackman 14) Nobby Stiles 15) Sheila Mercier - DEAD 16) Little Richard 17) Beverly Cleary 18) Olivia Newton John 19) Loretta Lynn 20) Carl Reiner 21) Nicholas Parsons 22) Jean Boht 23) Hans Blix 24) Stuart Hall 25) Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg - DEAD 26) Sumner Redstone 27) Peter Sutcliffe 28) Valerie Harper - DEAD 29) Max Von Sydow 30) Murray Walker 31) Norman Tebbit 32) Cleo Laine 33) Prunella Scales 34) James Randi 35) Fernando Rickson - DEAD 36) Debra Paget 37) Ed Asner 38) Sandra Day O' Connor, 39) Javier Perez de Cueller 40) Bob Dole, 41) Leslie Phillips 42) Clarissa Eden 43) Ricky Tomlinson 44) Doris Day - DEAD 45) Glynis Johns 46) Peter Alliss 47) Gerd Muller 48) Eileen Derbyshire 49) Jeanne Little 50) Neil Diamond

my 2019 shadow list : Johnny Clegg Lee Kerslakde Jean Louis Trintignant Leah Bracknell Herman Wouk Clive James Kirk Douglas Suzy Delair Norman Lloyd Renée Simonot Le Duc Anh Dilip Kumar Violeta Chamorro Boris Pahor Fernando Ricksen Robert McCain Sumner Redstone Vera Lynn Olivia de Haviland Ieoh Ming Pei Yasuhiro Nakasone Doris Day Pierre Soulages Robert Mugabe Prince Philip Pope Benedict Jacques Chirac Javier Perez de Cuellar Olivia Newton John Bob Dole Stanley Donen Paul Gascoigne Henri Kissinger Jean II de Luxembourg Pierre Cardin Bob Barker Carol Channing Iris Apfel Valéry Giscard d’Estaing René de Obaldia Roland Dumas Jackie Stallone Alicia Alonso Franco Zefirelli Earl Cameron Michel Piccoli Lyndon Larouche Rhonda Flemming Gloria Vanderbilt Willie Nelson

My shadow list for 2019: 1) Clive James 2) Leah Bracknell 3) Herman Wouk 4) IM Pei 5) Olivia de Haviland 6) Vera Lynn 7) Kirk Douglas 8) Olivia Newton-John 9) Tommy Chong 10) Ruth Bader Ginsburg 11) Valerie Harper 12) Nichelle Nichols 13) Dave Prowse 14) Terry Jones (Python) 15) Bill Wyman 16) Beverley Clearly (US author) 17) Larry King 18 Frank Borman (astronaut) 19) Robert Mugabe 20) Chuck Yeager 21) Betty White 22) Henry Kissinger 23) Sidney Poitier 24) Doris Day 25) Franco Zeffirelli 26) Pierre Cardin 27) Carol Channing 28) Jimmy Carter 29) June Whitfield 30) Rolf Harris 31) Mikhail Gorbachev 32) Valery Giscard D'Estaing 33) Walter Mondale 34) Little Richard 35) Tony Bennett 36) Marion Ross (Happy Days) 37) Gina Lollobrigida 38) Imelda Marcos 39) Eva Marie Saint 40) Harry Belafonte 41) Bill Cosby 42) Buzz Aldrin 43) Carl Reiner 44) Jill Gascoigne 45) Javier Perez de Cuellar 46) Leslie Phillips 47) Angela Lansbury 48) Gary Busey 49) Liza Minelli 50) Michael Schumacher

I'm excited that 2019 will be my first year on DL to have my own shortlist. So here is my 2019 DL (I'd also like to submit this for consideration in the 4th Crowdsource Deathlist, @Joey Russ): 1) Tim Conway 2) Ruthie Tompson 3) Kirk Douglas 4) Roberta McCain 5) Julie Gibson 6) Herman Wouk Don Lusk (died before the start date) 7) Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 8) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 9) Leah Bracknell 10) Bill Turnbull 11) Norman Lloyd 12) Katherine Johnson 13) Jill Gascoine 14) Barbara Windsor 15) Irene Papas 16) Terry Jones 17) David Prowse 18) Pope Benedict XVI 19) Jimmy Carter 20) Olivia de Havilland 21) Vera Lynn 22) Norman Lear 23) Ethel Kennedy 24) Sandra Day O'Connor 25) Robert Mugabe 26) Bob Barker 27) Beverly Cleary 28) Stanley Donen 29) Betty White 30) Cloris Leachman 31) Carl Reiner 32) John Paul Stevens 33) Nehemiah Persoff 34) Carol Channing 35) Glynis Johns 36) Queen Elizabeth II 37) Albert Uderzo 38) Doris Day 39) Val Bettin 40) Rhonda Fleming 41) Marge Champion 42) Chuck Yeager 43) Sonali Bendre 44) Michael Caine 45) Joyce Randolph 46) Lata Mangeshkar 47) Buzz Aldrin 48) Eric Carle 49) Olivia Newton-John 50) Albert Finney

@Joey Russ Here is my Shadow List for 2019, also hopefully to be used for the 4th Crowdsource Deathlist. (11/50) Tim Conway Kirk Douglas David Prowse Nobby Stiles Peter Tork Olivia Newton-John Herman Wouk Jimmy Carter Rosalynn Carter Le Duc Anh Leah Bracknell Olivia de Havilland Bob Dole Roberta McCain Sidney Poitier Alberto Fugimori Robert Mugabe Larry King John Hume (politician) Ruth Bader Ginsburg I.M. Pei Jean Louis Trintignant Greg Gilbert Gina Lollobrigida Michael Moore Willie Nelson Vera Lynn Loretta Lynn Jerry Stiller Noam Chomsky Peter Alliss Yoko Ono Chris Rea Terry Jones Jose Jose Dilip Kumar NB! Stirling Moss (replaces Simon Ricketts) Sean Connery Little Richard John Williams (composer of Star Wars music) Ennio Marricone Javier Perez de Cuellar Bob Barker Stanley Baxter Pope Benedict XVI Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji Clive James John McCririck Bill Cosby Ozzy Osbourne Place 37: Stirling Moss (replaces Simon Ricketts) @Joey Russ Subs in case someone passes before 1. January NB! Stirling Moss REPLACES Simon Ricketts Fernando Ricksen Carol Channing

Simon says goodbye, making the prospects for 13 teams even more rickety. machotrouts seems poised to maintain the lead with under 72 hours to go... 1. machotrouts 17 2. The Dead Cow 22 3. John Key 23 4. theoldlady 28 5. CastAway 30 6. drol 32 7. deadsox 33 8. gcreptile 36 9. Wormfarmer 37 =10. Death Impends 38 =10. Pedro67 38 =10. Toast 38 =13. Bibliogryphon 39 =13. Grim Up North 39 =13. Joey Russ 39 16. Torva Messor 40 17. YoungWillz 42 18. FixedBusiness 45 19. Dr_T 48 20. Garn2 49 21. CharonsCrew 50 =22. Mercarte 53 =22. msc 53 =24. Bentrovato 54 =24. Book 54 26. Dead Wait 60 27. Spade_Cooley 62 28. Sean 65 29. CaptainChorizo 66 30. time 68 31. paddyfool 70 32. Sir Creep 75 33. GraveDanger 78 34. Deathray 79 35. Phantom of the Midway 81 36. The Unknown Man 102

Say Hello, Wave Goodbye is one of the greatest songs of all time.

Once again I have submitted an entry to this pool, which is the same entry as my crowdsource submission and the same entry as my shadow list. Good luck everyone...

Here is my team for 2019: 1. Fernando Ricksen 2. Leah Bracknell 3. Jill Gascoine 4. Javier Perez de Cuellar 5. Lee Kerslake 6. John McCririck 7. Nobby Stiles 8. Bill Turnbull 9. Giorgio Napolitano 10. Valerie Harper Subs: 1. Olivia de Havilland 2. Bob Barker

You're a brave man putting your photo on this site considering the amount of nutters we get here.