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An absolute 2023 must. Roy Clarke would be another very wise 1930 born pick.

Updated after Leslie Phillips' death. I was surprised to discover that Leslie wasn't even the oldest person on this list: Vincent Ball is, and he is still living.

Rule #1: Only vote when awake and fit Otherwise there will be chaos here.

Don January, American former professional golfer who won 10 PGA Tour events including, his most notable victory over Don Massengale, the PGA Championship in 1967, is 93 today. Estelle Parsons, the exceptional American film, stage and television character actress who received an Oscar for her phenomenal work as Blanche Barrow in the crime film "Bonnie and Clyde", is 95 today.

How about Robert Wagner?

Been a month again - here's 28 Nov up until 31 Dec. Old (85+)/ill celebs/"celebs"/oldest folks and others for formspotting, etc part five or something. 28 November: Ada Thompson, 112, Berry Gordy, 93, Gary Hart, 86 29 November: Shirley Porter and Alan Lee Williams, 92, John Mayall, 89, Diane Ladd, 87, Bill Jenkins, 86, Jerry Lawler, 73 30 November: Eeri Hyrkkö, 100, Steele Hall, 94, Joan Ganz Cooney, 93, Jimmy Bowen, Frank Ifield and Ridley Scott, 85 1 Dec: Micheline Bernardini, 95, Alfred Moisiu, 93, Marie Bashir, 92, Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar, 91, Woody Allen, 87, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, 85 2 Dec: Klaus Obermeyer, 103, David Piper, 92, Masaaki Hatsumi and Edwin Meese, 91, Tarcisio Bertone, 88, David Hackett Fischer, 87, Manohar Joshi, 85 3 Dec: Hide Hamabe, 114, Charlotte Kretschmann, 113, Jaye P. Morgan, 91, Nicolas Coster, 88, Eddie Bernice Johnson, 87, Bobby Ellison and Morgan Llywelyn, 85, Ozzy Osbourne, 74 4 Dec: Alex Delvecchio, 91, Wink Martindale, 88, Max Baer Jr., 85 5 Dec: Klavdiya Gadyuchkina, 112?, Reuben Sinclair, 111, Guido Gorgatti, 103, Adetoun Ogunsheye, 96, Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs and Sheldon Glashow, 90, Calvin Trillin, 87, James Lee Burke, 86 6 Dec: Philippe Bouvard, 93, Donald J. Kutyna, 89, Bill Ashton, David Ossman and Kenneth Copeland, 86 7 Dec: Hermano da Silva Ramos, 97, Noam Chomsky, 94, Christopher Nicole, 92, Bobby Osbourne, 91, Ellen Burstyn and Oktay Ekşi, 90, Stan Boardman, 85 8 Dec: Concepcion Alarcon Vega, 113, Arnaldo Forlani, 97, Bob Arum, 91, Dharmendra, 87, Peter Parfitt, 86 9 Dec: Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, 103, Raif Dizdarević, 96, André Milhoux, 94, Cliff Hagan, 91, Billy Edd Wheeler, 90, Ashleigh Brilliant, 89, Dame Judi Dench, 88, Dick Butkus, 80 10 Dec: Georg Stefan Troller and Herbert Wahler, 101, Edith Ballantyne, 100, Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, 92, Terry Allcock, 87 11 Dec: Taisto Tähkämaa, 98, Rita Moreno, 91, Keith Waldrop, 90, Salim Durani, 88, Taku Yamasaki and Hans van den Broek, 86 12 Dec: Addold Mossin, 103, Vasily Borisov, 100, Bob Barker, 99, Ray Cordeiro, 98, Toshiko Akiyoshi, 93, Cesar Virata, 92, Bob Pettit, 90, Sharad Pawar, 82 13 Dec: Yang Longsheng, 112, Dick Van Dyke, 97, Aga Khan IV, 86 14 Dec: Abbe Lane, 90, Shyam Benegal, 88 15 Dec: Isabel Crook, 107, Rusi Cooper, 100, Emmanuel Wamala, 96, Edna O'Brien, 92, 16 Dec: Ruth Johnson Colvin, 106, Menahem Pressler, 99, Terry Carter, 94, Quentin Blake, 90, Morris Dees, 86, Joyce Bulifant and Edward Ruscha, 85 17 Dec: Zhong Yiren, 101, Armin Mueller-Stahl, 92, James McGaugh, 91, Pope Francis and Tommy Steele, 86, Brian Hayes, 85 18 Dec: Boris Volynov, 88, Jacques Pépin, 87, Ady Barkan, 39 19 Dec: Franca Pilla, 102, Niels Holst-Sørensen, 100, Eve Bunting, 94, David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, 93, Ginger Stanley, 91, Kevan Gosper and Christopher Smout, 89, Pratibha Patil, 88 20 Dec: Tony Vaccaro, 100, Selim Hoss, Lee Hyun-jae and Milan Panić, 93, Jean Carnaham, Olavi Salonen and Rik Van Looy, 89, Khalid Ibadulla, 87 21 Dec: Iris Cummings, 102, Phil Roman, 92, Edward Hoadland, 90, Robert Worcester and Jackie Hendricks, 89, Giuseppina Leone, 88, Jane Fonda, Phil Donahue and Edward Schreyer, 85, Hu Jintao, 80 22 Dec: Lim Kean Chye, 103, Jean Malaurie, 100, Wazir Mohammad, 93, Gisela Birkemeyer, 91, Abel Pacheco, 89, James Burke and Héctor Elizondo, 86, Ken Whitmore, 85 23 Dec: Vasily Reshetnikov, 103, Akihito, 89, Bobby Ross, 86, Barney Rosenzweig, 85, Bob Kahn, 84 24 Dec: Philip Ziegler, 93, Stjepan Mesić and Alex Hutchinson, 88, Ivan Lawrence, 86, John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, 85 25 Dec: Una Webster, 111, James Clayton Flowers, 107, Steve Wochy, 100, Leo Kubiak and Ram Narayan, 95, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, 86, Maung Aye, 85, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, 79, Shane MacGowan, 65 26 Dec: Duke Fakir, Norm Ullman and Rohan Kanhai, 87, Peep Jänes, 86, Eliezer Berland, 85 27 Dec: Isabel Gomes Sarmento, 112, Larisa Latynina and Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow, 88, Michael Turnbull, 87, Eve Uusmees, 86, Gérard Depardieu, 74 28 Dec: Loretta Ford, 102, Philippe de Gaulle, 101, Boris Kravtsov, 100, Efraín Goldenberg, 93, Roy Hattersley, 90, John Y. Brown Jr., 89, Maggie Smith, 88, Lawrence Schiller, 86, Ratan Tata, 85 29 Dec: Luis Torras Martinez, 110, Ye Ming, 108, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, 99, Inga Swenson, 90, Samuel Brittan, 89, Marianne Faithfull, 76 30 Dec: Roy Yorke Calne and Tu Youyou, 92, Timité Bassori, 89, Barry Briggs and Russ Tamblyn, 88, Sandy Koufax, 87, Jim Marshall and Paul Stookey, 85 31 Dec: John Frank Bookout Jr, 100, George Schlatter, 90, Salman of Saudi Arabia, 87, Anthony Hopkins, Avram Hershko and Tess Jaray, 85, Baron Waqa, 63 Unknown day, December: Lu Yongfu, 100 Chanoch Ehrentreu, 90

How come Frankie Fraser's never on the TV any more? He was never off the bloody thing in the late 90s. Is there some, like, Sky 3 or Bravo documentary series he hosts now, or is he just dying in a home alone and unloved somewhere? People who I crossed off my DDP team for this year at the last minute: "cancer stricken" Glaswegian crimelord Jamie Daniel, because I have absolutely no idea about Scottish crime whatsoever and for all I know these guys could just be having a laugh and a carry on with bored local crime reporters. Most of the current capi of the American Mafia are in their 70s and unlikely to be shot any time soon. On the other hand, Venero "Benny Eggs" Mangano turns 90 this year, having spent 15 of the past 18 years in prison for his part in an extortion racket that saw the Mafia make $2 for every window replaced in New York for five years.

You may have heard in the news today that Kleenex ( MK and Deathsperms favourite tissue ) has now, after 60 years, decided to remove the term 'Mansize' on it's boxes as one little boy asked his mummy if that meant boys, girls and ladies could not use them. This, of course, had the Twitter brigade out to castigate the company for having such a sexist term in these times of ours, or summat. Add to that the 'Jazz Hands' replacement for applause at Manchester University and a whole shit load of other things, I was wondering if we can get up some sort of list/ suggestions that would truly placate the current generation? How about a demand that Manchester be renamed Peoplechester? Being manly? How about Personly? Wankers

Billy Connolly undergoing surgery for prostate cancer and has early-onset Parkinson's. Yin yanked.

Hmm following this, fave singles by: Queen - Breakthru, A Kind of Magic, somebody to love, I want to break free, winters tale Zeppelin: also ramble on, immigrant song Bowie: Ashes to Ashes, Absolute Beginners Stones: Paint it black Barry White: See the trouble with me Alas, most of those got nowhere near number one but Joe Dolce did.

Part 10: 2013 Sophiya Haque (1971–2013; 41) Actress (Coronation Street); died from cancer complications Kevin Ash (1959–2013; 53) Motorcycle journalist and author; died in a motorcycle accident Lesley Fitz-Simons (1961–2013; 51) Actress (Take the High Road); died from breast cancer Acer Nethercott (1977–2013; 35) Olympic silver-medallist rower (2008); died from brain cancer Ricardo da Force (1967–2013; 47) DJ, vocalist and rapper Clive Burr (1957–2013) Drummer (Iron Maiden); complications of MS Ryan Birch (1969–2013) Olympic judoka (1992, 1996); killed in a traffic collision Paul Ware (1970–2013; 42) Footballer (Stoke City, Stockport County, Rochdale); died from brain cancer Tony Grealish (1956–2013; 56) Footballer (Rotherham Utd, Brighton & Hove Albion, Republic of Ireland national team); died from cancer Kevin Moore (1958–2013; 55) Footballer (Grimsby Town, Southampton); died from Pick’s disease Steve Carney (1957–2013; 55) Footballer (Newcastle Utd, Darlington); died from pancreatic cancer Andrew Simpson MBE (1976–2013; 36) Olympic gold medalist sailor (2008, 2012); died in a boating accident Keith Jukes (1954–2013; 59) Dean of Ripon (2007–2013); died from stomach cancer Brian Greenhoff (1953–2013; 60) Footballer (Manchester Utd, Leeds Utd, England national team) Donna Hartley MBE (1955–2013; 58) Olympic bronze medalist athlete (1980) Mark Starr (1962–2013; 50) Professional wrestler; died from a heart attack Iain Banks (1954–2013; 59) Author (The Wasp Factory); died from gallbladder cancer Rory Morrison (1964–2013; 48) BBC Radio 4 newsreader; died from lymphoma Cheryl Peake (1966–2013; 47) Olympic pair skater (1988) Alastair Donaldson (1955–2013; 58) Rock multi-instrumentalist (The Rezillos) Bernie Nolan (1960–2013; 53) Actress and singer (The Nolans); died from breast cancer Paul Bhattacharjee (1960–2013; 53) Actor; committed suicide by jumping Todd Bennett (1962–2013; 51) Olympic silver medalist athlete (1984); died from cancer Briony McRoberts (1957–2013; 56) Actress (Take the High Road); committed suicide on the London Underground Steve Aizlewood (1952–2013; 60) Footballer (Newport County, Portsmouth, Swindon Town) Phil Nixon (1956–2013; 57) Darts player; died from liver, lung and stomach cancer David McLetchie CBE (1952–2013; 61) Conservative politician, MSP (2003–2011) and Scottish Conservatives leader (1999–2005); died from cancer Jon Brookes (1969–2013; 44) Rock drummer (The Charlatans); died from brain cancer Mark Sutton (1971–2013; 42) Stuntman (2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony); killed in a wingsuit flying accident Chris Hallam MBE (1962–2013; 50) Paralympic bronze medalist wheelchair athlete (1988, 1992); died from lymphoma Brian Smith (1955–2013; 57) Footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Bournemouth, Blackpool); died after a “brief illness” Mick Buckley (1953–2013; 59) Footballer (Everton, Sunderland, Middlesbrough) Jillian Lane (1960–2013; 53) Psychic to Michael Jackson; died from diabetic-related liver disease Sean Edwards (1986–2013; 26) Racing driver; died in a racing accident Felix Dexter (1961–2013; 52) Comedian and actor (The Real McCoy); died from multiple myeloma Steve Prescott MBE (1973–2013; 39) Rugby league player (St Helens, Hull F.C., England national team, Ireland national team); died from cancer Dame Florence Baron DBE, QC (1952–2013; 61) Barrister and High Court judge; died from cancer Kate Barry (1967–2013; 46) Fashion photographer; died from a fall Addison Cresswell (1960–2013; 53) Comedy talent agent and producer; died from a heart attack Wayne Harrison (1967–2013; 46) Footballer (Oldham Athletic, Liverpool); died from a pancreatic illness Paul Comstive (1961–2013; 52) Footballer (Wrexham, Burnley, Southport); died from a heart attack

Found this trending on Youtube and spotted Noddy Holder at the end:

Thanks for the help

Has been cremated per his death certificate, but the cause of death is still undetermined at this time.

Sebastian Böhm, celebrity hairstylist responsible for the girly hairstyle of German boy band Tokio Hotel, has died of acute leukaemia at the age of 36! https://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/stars/id_100080778/sebastian-boehm-ist-tot-promifriseur-stirbt-im-alter-von-36-jahren.html

I am not vouching for the reliability of this link but a lot of people posting replies to a blind gossip item seem to think Clint Eastwood is the A list film director and actor on his deathbed. Just thought I would highlight for deadpoolers https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/

I wonder if she will have a similar lifespan to Ronnie Corbett who died 12 months after his ALS diagnosis at the same age.

What a legacy?

Not one to be outdone by Eric Idle, she casually reveals a pancreatic cancer battle she had in 2015: https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/11/06/news/greece/nana-mouskouri-reveals-battle-with-cancer-during-award-related-interview/ And she had peritonitis.

On this day 70 years ago in 1952,american actress, singer and dancer Dixie Lee ,died aged 42 of ovarian cancer. She was the first wife of Bing Crosby and it is said that she initially tempered his problem drinking which in part arose from being a Hollywood it couple constantly invited to parties and social events. Latterly however it is said Dixie is the one who developed a more serious alcohol addiction problem. No surprise that this dynamic created problems within the marriage and strong rumours that Bing was at times on the verge of asking for a divorce. Her speciality was singing and dance and a number of films she starred in seemed to reflect that. Manhattan Love Song (1934)and Love in Bloom(1935) are some of Dixies film credits.

Stirling Moss for me too.

Ach. sure it was his birthday yesterday, must have had a pre birthday swallow.......... Got at least another 10 years I reckon.

hate to say that this is obviously a fellow American wat eva = whatever too many teens and 20 somethings on this side of the pond have forsaken spelling. Someone should slap this person's mother for raising a moron.