YoungWillz

Must be about time to wind this one up. Looking forward to seeing who has won, and of course participating next year if you care to run it again JR.

Now hang on, aren't we forgetting to congratulate gcreptile on his theme team win? One of my teams finished 16= (or thereabouts once it is updated of course): proud of that in my second full year.

Now wait, are you saying that my teams of carefully chosen no-hopers won't be contenders? Because if you are...you're probably correct. So, away the lads and lassies...

Former major party Presidential candidates are always well known here.

I think that is clearer. The rules state the person must be alive on 1 January 2018. I'm allowed to be confused, aren't I? I'm not questioning the ruling, just let me be baffled.

I'm not going to push the point, it's not my game. A tweet dated 31 December 2017 exists. It is available to everyone and every one of Twitter's users. Whether it is read or not by people is another matter. That's why I'm confused. But I really don't care...

I'll pop this here although I'm not sure if she died 2017 or 2018. Reports coming in that Peggy Cummins, Welsh born actress famous for Gun Crazy, and DDP Pick for 2017 has died:

I see.... Actually, I don't. Hey, if them's the rules, I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, etc etc...

So explain how a tweet is not evidence her death was known about, but it's enough to get the points? It's clearly pre-2018. I'm confused.

I can't even find evidence that Cas Willow has died.

The YoungWillz Numerical Necromancy Team sent really early: 01. Charles Aznavour (b. 1924) Singer (d. 1 October 2018) 02. Tom Baker (b. 1934) Actor 03. Gordon Banks (b. 1937) English Goalkeeper 04. Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington (b. 1922) Retired Peer (d. 26 November 2018) 05. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (b. 1927) Former Pope 06. Barbara Bush (b. 1925) Former First Lady (d. 17 April 2017) 07. George HW Bush (b. 1924) Former US President (d. 30 November 2018) 08. Lord Peter Carrington (b. 1919) Former Politician and Peer (d. 9 July 2018) 09. Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) Former US President 10. Billy Connolly (b. 1942) Scottish Comedian/Actor 11. Olivia de Havilland (b. 1916) Actress 12. Ken Dodd (b. 1927) Comedian (d. 11 March 2018) 13. Pete Frates (b. 1984) Baseball Player/Ice Bucket Challenge JOKER 14. Rev. Billy Graham (b. 1918) Christian Evangelist (d. 21 February 2018) 15. Jimmy Greaves (b. 1940) English Soccer Player 16. Valerie Harper (b. 1939) US Actress/Comedienne 17. Rolf Harris (b. 1930) Australian Personality 18. Bob Hawke (b. 1929) Former Australian PM 19. Stephen Hawking (b. 1942) Scientist (d. 14 March 2018) 20. John Hume (b. 1937) Irish Politician 21. Douglas Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell (b. 1930) Former Politician and Peer 22. Clive James (b. 1939) Australian Scribe and Wit 23. Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont (b. 1919) Former Politician and Peer 24. Kenneth Kaunda (b. 1924) Former Zambian President 25. Henry Kissinger (b. 1923) Former US Secretary of State 26. Dilip Kumar (b. 1922) Indian Actor 27. Angela Lansbury (b. 1925) Actress/Singer 28. Vera Lynn (b. 1917) Singer 29. Shane MacGowan (b. 1957) Irish Singer 30. John McCain (b. 1936) US Politician (d. 25 August 2018) 31. Paul McCartney (b. 1942) Beatle 32. Ennio Morricone (b. 1928) Italian Composer 33. Pete Murray (b. 1925) Disc Jockey 34. Olivia Newton-John (b. 1948) Singer 35. Jack Nicklaus (b. 1940) US Golfer 36. Linda Nolan (b. 1959) Irish Singer/Presenter 37. Denis Norden (b. 1922) Comedy Writer (d. 19 September 2018) 38. Yoko Ono (b. 1933) Japanese Artist 39. Michael Parkinson (b. 1935) Talk Show Host/Presenter 40. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b. 1921) Royal 41. Leslie Phillips (b. 1924) Actor 42. Sidney Poitier (b. 1927) US Actor 43. Burt Reynolds (b. 1936) US Actor (d. 6 September 2018) 44. Little Richard (b. 1932) US Rocker 45. Nobby Stiles (b. 1942) English Soccer Player 46. Norman Tebbit, Baron Tebbit (b. 1931) Former Politcian and Peer 47. Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield (b. 1937) Former Peer (d. 1 July 2018) 48. Morgan Tsvangirai (b. 1952) Former Zimbabwean PM (d. 14 February 2018) 49. Sir Frank Williams (b. 1942) Formula One 50. Brian Wilson (b. 1942) Beach Boy

FFS!

Second last again.

M - Z "Mad" Mike Hoare Marge Champion Mary Carlisle (d. 2018) Mary Wilson, Baroness of Rievaulx (d. 2018) Max Splodge Michael York Noam Chomsky Norman Kember Norman Lloyd Olivia De Havilland Oscar Quitak Pearl Carr Peter Carrington (Lord) (d. 2018) Philip Pullman Pierre Delauney R Dean Taylor Rachel Robinson (Jackie Robinson's Widow) Radovan Karadzic Ratko Mladic Ray Kennedy Richard Bach Richard Carpenter Richard O'Sullivan Richard Sherman Ricky Valance Roberta McCain Roger Bannister (d. 2018) (Roland Doe) Rona Barrett Ruth Westheimer Sepp Piontek Sheila Mercier Sophia Loren Stanley Bates (Bungle) Sue Nicholls Susan Maughan Sydney Lotterby Teddy Johnson (d. 2018) Tippi Hedren Tom Lehrer Tony Soper Ursula K Le Guin (d. 2018) Victoria Ramsey (Lady) Vince Fumo Werner Herzog Wilford Brimley William Goldman William Perrie (d. 2018) Yoshiko Kuga Zizi Jeanmaire

Seems an opportune time to update the lists from last year to include those mentioned on the thread in 2017 and deleting those who have died. As always, if you know better.... A - L Abi Ofarim (d. 2018) Andre Maranne Angela Lansbury Anita Harris Ann Hamilton (British actress) Ann Turner Cook Ann Winterbottom (Lady) (d. 2018) Annie Ross Anton Mosimann Antonio Tejero Arthur Cox (NI Actor) Barry Chuckle (d. 2018) Benjamin Ferencz Bernard Lewis (Historian) d. 2018 Beverly Cleary Bill Legend Bill Macy Bobby Brown (Footballer) Brian Holland Burt Bacharach Carl Davis (Composer) Carol Channing Charles Van Doren Christopher Biggins Christopher Tolkein Chuck Yeager Cicely Tyson Clarissa Eden Cloris Leachman Colin Jeavons Creed Taylor David Edgerton (Entrepreneur) (d. 2018) David Graham (actor) David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount of Alamein Debra Mooney Debra Paget Diana Serra Carey Dick Cheney Don Fraser (Boxing Promoter) Don Larsen Doug Sandom (Who Drummer) Eddie Harty (Jockey/Trainer) Eddie Holland Eddie Stobart Edgar Ray Killen (d. 2018) Edward De Bono Elsie Robson (Lady) Erich von Daniken Esther Ofarim Doris Day Felix Silla Francoise Gilot Frank Windsor Gary Glitter Gene Chandler George A Cooper Georgia Holt Gershon Kingsley Gloria Vanderbilt Glynis Johns Hal Holbrook Hannah Hauxwell (d. 2018) Herb Stempel Irving Kanarek Jack Elliott (Ramblin') Jack Thompson (Aus actor) James Galway Janet Mead Jean Coutu Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Jerry Maren (d. 2018) Jimmy James (Singer) Joe Brown (climber) John Asquith (?) John Astin John Gavin (d. 2018) John Mallory (?) (George Mallory's son) John Patler Joseph Kittinger II Joseph Marcell Josip Elic Joss Ackland Ken Nordine Kenneth Anger Lamont Dozier Leonard Fenton Lily Ebert (Holocaust Survivor) Lisa Loring Lloyd Price Lucy Greenwood Lynda La Plante Lyndon LaRouche

Footie Legend Jim Baxter's son Steven, died on 30 December: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/2035853/rangers-legend-jim-baxter-son-steven-baxter-dies/

This is the list I sent to Vaagheid. Yeah, I know, I know. 01. Rev Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018) 02. George Bush Senior (d. 30 November 2018) 03. Olivia de Havilland 04. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 05. Prince Philip 06. Vera Lynn 07. John Hume 08. Bob Dole 09. Sidney Poitier 10. Leah Bracknell 11. Herman Wouk 12. Pope Benedict XVI 13. Barbara Bush (d. 17 April 2018) 14. Dilip Kumar 15. Alberto Fujimori 16. Javier Perez de Cuellar 17. Kirk Douglas 18. Peter Carrington (d. 9 July 2018) 19. Denis Norden (d. 19 September 2018) 20. Leslie Phillips 21. Stefan Karl Stefansson (d. 21 August 2018) 22. Franco Zeffirelli 23. Dick Van Dyke 24. Nobby Stiles 25. Murray Walker 26. Nicholas Parsons 27. Frank Bough 28. June Whitfield (d. 28 December 2018) 29. Norman Tebbit 30. Jacques Chirac 31. Stephen Hawking (d. 14 March 2018) 32. Aretha Franklin (d. 16 August 2018) 33. Robert Mugabe 34. Terry Jones 35. Sumner Redstone 36. Gloria Vanderbilt 37. Yoko Ono 38. Burt Reynolds (d. 6 September 2018) 39. Bernard Cribbins 40. Clive James 41. Rolf Harris 42. Valerie Harper 43. Ken Dodd (d. 11 March 2018) 44. Bob Hawke 45. Ennio Morricone 46. Charles Aznavour (d. 1 October 2018) 47. Jerry Maren (d. 30 May 2018) 48. Vic Damone (d. 11 February 2018) 49. Michael Caine 50. Shane MacGowan

And now the job of updating my signature. Oh, joy unconfined....

The above is now the confirmed Masterlist for the 2018 Pool. Your subs will remain on this list until 14 January, which should be enough time for any deaths before 2018 to be notified and the subs inserted in their place. The subs will then be erased from the Masterlist (I'll keep a note for my own purposes). A round 30 entries, many many thanks for supporting this Pool. And as I have said to everybody, good luck!

Masterlist Hare's Pool 2018 1. YoungWillz 01. Harry Benson (Photographer) 02. Pete Best 03. Peter Blake (WILDCARD) 04. John Bluthal 05. Eleanor Bron 06. Peter Brown 07. Maureen Cleave 08. Geoff Emerick 09. Berry Gordy Jr 10. Colin Hanton 11. Bill Harry 12. Billy J Kramer 13. Michael Lindsay-Hogg 14. Imelda Marcos 15. Paul McCartney 16. Jimmie Nicol 17. Yoko Ono 18. Little Richard 19. Keith Richards 20. Willy Russell 21. Phil Spector 22. Ringo Starr 23. Mike Stoller 24. Klaus Voorman 25. Nigel Walley 　 2. Bibliogryphon 01. John Astin 02. Jean Barker 03. Roger Bannister (d. 3 March 2018) 04. Henry Blofeld 05. Pat Carroll 06. Doris Day 07. Judith Durham 08. Antonia Fraser 09. Hannah Hauxwell (WILDCARD) (d. 30 January 2018) 10. Bernard Hepton (d. 27 July 2018) 11. Peter Higgs 12. Sylvia Kay 13. Barbara Knox 14. John Le Carre 15. Martyn Lewis (BBC Journalist) 16. Gina Lollabrigida 17. C. W. McCall 18. Pete Murray 19. Ted Robbins 20. Clifford Rose 21. Patricia Routledge 22. William Russell 23. John Wakeham 24. Murray Walker 25. Shirley Williams 3. Fixed Business 01. Colin Baker (Doctor Who) 02. Ginger Baker 03. Gordon Banks 04. Ritchie Blackmore 05. Eric Clapton 06. Clarissa Eden 07. Vanessa Goodwin (d. 3 March 2018) 08. Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018) 09. Scott Hamilton (figure skater) 10. Terry Jones 11. Elizabeth Kelly (EastEnders actress) 12. Eddie Large 13. Thomas S. Monson (d. 2 January 2018) 14. Hosni Mubarak 15. Olivia Newton John (WILDCARD) 16. Paul O'Grady 17. Ozzy Osbourne 18. James Randi 19. Little Richard 20. Keith Richards 21. Fernando Ricksen 22. Prunella Scales 23. Renee Simonot 24. Jackie Stallone 25. Bill Wyman 　 4. Deathray 01. Ronald Atkins 02. David Attenborough 03. Gordon Banks 04. Tom Baker 05. Leah Bracknell 06. Pope Benedict XVI 07. June Brown 08. Barbara Bush (d. 17 April 2018) 09. George H.W Bush 10. Billy Connolly 11. Doug Ellis 12. Mikhail Gorbachev 13. Kamala 14. Vera Lynn 15. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 16. Stirling Moss 17. Hosni Mubarak 18. Robert Mugabe 19. Michael Parkinson 20. Prince Philip (WILDCARD) 21. Fernando Ricksen 22. Johnny Ruffo 23. Prunella Scales 24. Stefan Karl Stefansson (d. 21 August 2018) 25. Steven Tyler 　 5. Phantom of the Midway 01. Leah Bracknell (WILDCARD) 02. George H. W. Bush 03. Matt Cappotelli (d. 29 June 2018) 04. Johnny Clegg (SA Musician) 05. Thad Cochran (US Senator) 06. John Conyers (US Representative) 07. Nanette Fabray (d. 22 February 2018) 08. Pete Frates 09. Jill Gascoine 10. John Hume 11. Tessa Jowell (d. 12 May 2018) 12. Dilip Kumar 13. Steffan Lewis (Welsh Assemblyman) 14. Devin Lima (LFO Singer) 15. Olivia Newton-John 16. Linda Nolan 17. Prince Phillip 18. Fernando Ricksen 19. Nanci Ryder 20. Mark E. Smith (d. 24 January 2018) 21. Stefan Karl Stefansson (d. 21 August 2018) 22. Nobby Stiles 23. Bernard Tapie (Politician) 24. Morgan Tsvangirai (d. 14 February 2018) 25. Franco Zeffirelli 　 6. NiceGuyEddie 01. Diana Athill 02. Brigitte Bardot 03. Olive Boar (d. 28 August 2018) 04. Tinto Brass 05. George HW Bush 06. Bessie Camm (d. 11 May 2018) 07. Bernard Cribbins 08. Patrick Cryne (d. 21 January 2018) 09. Olivia de Havilland 10. Lucia Hiriart 11. Artie Lange 12. Vera Lynn 13. Liam Miller (d. 9 February 2018) 14. Brian Mulroney 15. Alice Munro (Author) 16. Linda Nolan 17. Lamar Odom 18. Francisco Núñez Olivera (d. 29 January 2018) 19. IM Pei 20. Giuseppina Projetto (WILDCARD) (d. 6 July 2018) 21. Charlotte Rae (d. 5 August 2018) 22. Prunella Scales 23. Mitzi Shore (d. 11 April 2018) 24. Nobby Stiles 25. Nabi Tajima (d. 21 April 2018) 　 7. The Unknown Man 01. Leah Bracknell 02. George HW Bush 03. Jacques Chirac 04. Patrick Cryne (d. 21 January 2018) 05. Javier Perez de Cuellar 06. Rayya Elias (d. 4 January 2018) 07. Rev. Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018) 08. Valerie Harper 09. John Hume 10. Clive James 11. Jose Jose 12. Tessa Jowell (d. 12 May 2018) 13. Kamala 14. Devin Lima 15. John McCain (WILDCARD) (d. 25 August 2018) 16. Liam Miller (d. 9 February 2018) 17. Yasuhiro Nakasone 18. Olivia Newton-John 19. Linda Nolan 20. Isabel Peron 21. Prince Philip 22. Charlotte Rae (d. 5 August 2018) 23. Stefan Karl Stefansson (d. 21 August 2018) 24. Nobby Stiles 25. Morgan Tsvangirai (d. 14 February 2018) 　 8. Torva Messor 01. Roger Angell 02. Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington 03. Leah Bracknell 04. Doris Day 05. Olivia de Havilland 06. Rayya Elias (d. 4 January 2018) 07. Aretha Franklin (d. 16 August 2018) 08. Greg Gilbert 09. Katherine G. Johnson (Mathematician) 10. Tessa Jowell (d. 12 May 2018) 11. Val Kilmer 12. Artie Lange 13. Jim Leavelle 14. Sacheen Littlefeather (WILDCARD) 15. Jerry Maren (d. 24 May 2018) 16. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 17. Ryan O'Neal 18. Charlotte Rae (d. 5 August 2018) 19. Joyce Randolph 20. Morton Sobell 21. Valery Spiridonov 22. Stefan Karl Stefansson (d. 21 August 2018) 23. Nobby Stiles 24. Monica Vitti 25. Joanne Woodward 9. JoeyRuss 01. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 02. Hal Blaine 03. George HW Bush 04. Jimmy Carter 05. John Cocks (NZ Celebrity Builder) 06. Kirk Douglas 07. Jill Gascoine 08. Reverend Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018) 09. Valerie Harper 10. Clive James 11. Stan Lee 12. Norman Lloyd 13. Roberta McCain 14. Willie Nelson 15. Olivia Newton-John (WILDCARD) 16. Denis Norden 17. Francisco Nunez Olivera (d. 29 January 2018) 18. Richard Arvine Overton 19. IM Pei 20. T Boone Pickens 21. Fernando Ricksen 22. Mark E Smith (d. 24 January 2018) 23. Bart Starr 24. Nobby Stiles 25. Nabi Tajima (d. 21 April 2018) 　 10. Captain Chorizo 01.Paul Alcock (Referee) (d. 29 January 2018) 02.Leah Bracknell 03.Matt Cappotelli (d. 29 June 2018) 04.Mary Carlisle (d. 1 August 2018) 05.Pearl Carr 06.Johnny Clegg (SA Musician) 07. Kirk Douglas 08.Rayya Elias (d. 4 January 2018) 09.Dean Francis (Boxer) (d. 25 May 2018) 10.Greg Gilbert(Delays) (WILDCARD) 11.Lewis Gilbert (d. 23 February 2018) 12.Vanessa Goodwin (Aus Politician) (d. 3 March 2018) 13.John Hume 14.Tessa Jowell (d. 12 May 2018) 15.Barys Kit (d. 1 February 2018) 16.Sacheen Littlefeather 17.Peter Lorimer 18.John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 19.Thomas S. Monson (d. 2 January 2018) 20.Linda Nolan 21.Charlotte Rae (d. 5 August 2018) 22.Fernando Ricksen 23.John Rigas (Communications Franchiser) 24.Mitzi Shore (d. 11 April 2018) 25.Bernard Tapie (Politician) 11. Grigori 01. Diana Athill 02. Leah Bracknell 03. Bessie Camm (d. 11 May 2018) 04. Marion Civosky (Slovak Footballer) 05. Larry Flynt (Publisher) 06. Rosey Grier 07. Estelle Harris 08. Stephen Hawking (d. 14 March 2018) 09. Barys Kit (d. 1 February 2018) 10. Christa Ludwig (Opera Singer) 11. Shane MacGowan 12. Ted Mack (Aus Politician) 13. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 14. Ennio Morricone 15. Nana Mouskouri 16. Olivia Newton-John 17. William"The Refrigerator" Perry 18. Vivian Pickles (Actress) 19. Fernando Ricksen 20. Stefan Karl Stefansson (d. 21 August 2018) 21. Mikis Theodorakis (Greek Composer) 22. Monica Vitti 23. Betty White 24. Lady Mary Wilson of Rievaulx (WILDCARD) (d. 6 June 2018) 25. Franco Zeffirelli 12. Whoaml 01. Roger Bannister (d. 3 March 2018) 02. George H.W. Bush 03. A.S. Byatt 04. Marge Champion 05. Jacques Chirac 06. Olivia De Havilland 07. Bob Dole 08. Kirk Douglas 09. Paul Gascoigne 10. Jill Gascoine 11. Rev Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018) 12. Glynis Johns 13. Larry King (WILDCARD) 14. Norman Lloyd 15. William Ernest "Bill" Lucas (Athlete) (d. 24 March 2018) 16. Ted Mack (Aus Politician) 17. Dorothy Malone (d. 19 January 2018) 18. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 19. Olivia Newton-John 20. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 21. Leslie Phillips 22. Joyce Randolph 23. Tommy Raudonikis (Aus Rugby League) 24. Lady Mary Wilson of Rievaulx (d. 6 June 2018) 25. Herman Wouk 　 13. FujimoriNoMorey 01. Moira Anderson (WILDCARD) 02. Steve Bannon 03. Brian Blessed 04. Barbara Bush (d. 17 April 2018) 05. Patrick Cryne (d. 21 January 2018) 06. Lil Debbie (Jordan Capozzi) 07. Ric Flair 08. Alberto Fujimori 09. Edward Furlong 10. Bernard Ingham 11. Glynis Johns 12. Lindsay Lohan 13. Gina Lollibrigada 14. Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor 15. Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane (Singer) 16. Liam Miller (Footballer) (d. 9 February 2018) 17. Robert Mugabe 18. Yoko Ono 19. Rick Ross (Rapper) 20. Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir 21. Mitzi Shore (d. 11 April 2018) 22. Grace Slick 23. Angelo Raffaele Sodana 24. Peter Thomson (Golfer) (d. 20 June 2018) 25. Jozef Tomko 　 14. The Dead Cow 01. Leah Bracknell 02. Barbara Bush (d. 17 April 2018) 03. John "Cocksy" Cocks (NZ Celebrity Builder) 04. Oliver Dragojevic (d. 29 July 2018) 05. Dean Francis (d. 25 May 2018) 06. Jill Gascoine 07. Greg Gilbert 08. Bill Heine (WILDCARD) 09. Glynis Johns 10. Tessa Jowell (d. 12 May 2018) 11. Saul Kripke 12. Vanessa Lafaye (d. 28 February 2018) 13. Bill Loud (d. 26 July 2018) 14. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 15. Mary Midgley 16. Brian Scott O'Connor (Bassist) 17. Sultan Qaboos of Oman 18. Charlotte Rae (d. 5 August 2018) 19. Fernando Ricksen 20. Connie Sawyer (d. 22 January 2018) 21. Stefan Karl Stefansson (d. 21 August 2018) 22. Nobby Stiles 23. David Thomas (Pere Ubu) 24. June Whitfield 25. Peregrine Worsthorne 　 15. msc 01. Paul Alcock (Referee)(d. 29 January 2018) 02. Kathleen Blanco (Governor of Louisiana) 03. Leah Bracknell 04. Matt Cappotelli (d. 29 June 2018) 05. Johnny Clegg (SA Musician) 06. Patrick Cryne (d. 21 January 2018) 07. Bernie DeKoven (Game Designer) (d. 24 March 2018) 08. Rayya Elias (WILDCARD) (d. 4 January 2018) 09. Dean Francis (Boxer) (d. 25 May 2018) 10. Greg Gilbert 11. Bill Heine 12. Clive James 13. Tessa Jowell (d. 12 May 2018) 14. Vanessa Lafaye (d. 28 February 2018) 15. Devin Lima (LFO Singer) 16. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 17. Liam Miller (Footballer) (d. 9 February 2018) 18. Catherine Nevin (Convict) (d. 19 February 2018) 19. Pete Overton (Footballer) 20. Charlotte Rae (d. 5 August 2018) 21. Fernando Ricksen 22. Angus Sinclair (Convict) 23. Stefan Karl Stefansson (d. 21 August 2018) 24. Pete Stokes (Aus Boxing Trainer) (d. 5 February 2018) 25. Lady Mary Wilson of Rievaulx (d. 6 June 2018) 　 16. John Key 01. Honor Blackman 02. Leah Bracknell 03. Barbara Bush (d. 17 April 2018) 04. George HW Bush 05. Anne Buydens 06. Gay Byrne 07. Pierre Cardin 08. Lord Peter Carrington (d. 9 July 2018) 09. Olivia De Havilland 10. Kirk Douglas 11. Jill Gascoine 12. Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018) 13. Devin Lima (LFO Singer) 14. Vera Lynn 15. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 16. Roberta McCain 17. Joni Mitchell 18. Morrissey 19. Linda Nolan 20. Denis Norden 21. Ian St John 22. Stefán Karl Stefánsson (WILDCARD) (d. 21 August 2018) 23. Nobby Stiles 24. Peter Sutcliffe 25. Herman Wouk 　 17. Sean 01. Diana Athill 02. George HW Bush 03. Johnny Clegg (SA Musician) 04. Olivia de Havilland 05. Clarissa Eden 06. William Frankland 07. Rev Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018) 08. Mazie Hirono (US Senator) 09. Tessa Jowell (d. 12 May 2018) 10. Larry King 11. Vera Lynn 12. Sheila Mercier 13. Lord Henry Mountcharles (Slane Castle) 14. Robert Mugabe 15. Linda Nolan 16. Denis Norden 17. Paul O'Grady 18. Prince Philip 19. Leslie Phillips 20. Amy Price (WILDCARD) 21. Nile Rodgers 22. Johnny Ruffo 23. Freddie Starr 24. Lady Mary Wilson of Rievaulx (d. 6 June 2018) 25. Ronnie Wood 　 18. Death Impends 01. Matt Cappotelli (WILDCARD) (d. 29 June 2018) 02. Pearl Carr 03. Lord Peter Carrington (d. 9 July 2018) 04. Robert Clary 05. Beverly Cleary 06. Gillo Dorfles (d. 2 March 2018) 07. Dean Francis (Boxer) (d. 25 May 2018) 08. Rev. Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018) 09. Teddy Johnson (d. 6 June 2018) 10. Edgar Ray Killen (d. 11 January 2018) 11. Barys Kit (d. 1 February 2018) 12. Jim Leavelle 13. Norman Lloyd 14. Don Lusk 15. Jerry Maren (d. 24 May 2018) 16. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 17. Roberta McCain 18. Richard Arvin Overton 19. Nehemiah Persoff 20. Leslie Phillips 21. Sumner Redstone 22. Ian St. John 23. Nabi Tajima (d. 21 April 2018) 24. Ruthie Tompson (US Animator) 25. Lady Mary Wilson of Rievaulx (d. 6 June 2018) 19. Prophet 01. Rudi Assauer (Ger Footballer) 02. Ann-Katrin Berger (Ger Footballer) 03.Gottfried Böhm (Ger Architect) 04.Wolfgang Bosbach (Ger Politician) 05. George HW Bush 06. Earl Cameron 07. Lord Peter Carrington (d. 9 July 2018) 08. Kirk Douglas 09. Dean Francis (Boxer) (d. 25 May 2018) 10. Greg Gilbert 11. Rev Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018) 12. Oskar Gröning (d. 9 March 2018) 13. Stephen Hawking (d. 14 March 2018) 14. Dieter Thomas Heck (Ger Presenter) (WILDCARD) (d. 23 August 2018) 15. Jose Jose 16. Lyndon LaRouche 17. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 18. Gerd Müller (Ger Footballer) 19. Hans-Georg Neumann (Ger Convict) 20. Linda Nolan 21. Charlotte Rae (d. 5 August 2018) 22. Manfred Stolpe (Ger Politician) 23. Nabi Tajima (d. 21 April 2018) 24. Gunther von Hagens 25. Ray Wilson (Footballer) (d. 15 May 2018) 　 20. drol 01. Paul Alcock (Referee) (d. 29 January 2018) 02. Le Duc Anh (Viet Politician) 03. Leah Bracknell 04. Johnny Clegg (SA Musician) 05. Patrick Cryne (d. 21 January 2018) 06. Rayya Elias (d. 4 January 2018) 07. Dean Francis (Boxer) (d. 25 May 2018) 08. Pete Frates 09. Greg Gilbert 10. Denis Goldberg 11. José Josè 12. Tessa Jowell (d. 12 May 2018) 13. Kamala 14. Jim Leavelle 15. Devin Lima (LFO Singer) 16. Peter Lorimer 17. John McCain (WILDCARD) (d. 25 August 2018) 18. Liam Miller (Footballer) (d. 9 February 2018) 19. Catherine Nevin (Convict) (d. 19 February 2018) 20. Olivia Newton-John 21. Charlotte Rae (d. 5 August 2018) 22. Nobby Stiles 23. Bernard Tapie (Politician) 24. Morgan Tsvangirai (d. 14 February 2018) 25. Bobby Zarin (d. 13 January 2018) 　 21. Book 01. Claus von Bülow 02. Barbara Bush (d. 17 April 2018) 03. Anne V. Coates (d. 8 May 2018) 04. Rolf Eden (Ger Playboy) 05. Gotthilf Fischer (Ger Choirmaster) 06. Ottfried Fischer (Ger Actor) (WILDCARD) 07. Gene Hackman 08. Dieter Thomas Heck (Ger Presenter) (d. 23 August 2018) 09. Joseph Jackson (d. 27 June 2018) 10. Glynis Johns 11. Val Kilmer 12. Hardy Krüger 13. Cleo Laine 14. Ursula K. Le Guin (d. 22 January 2018) 15. Gina Lollobrigida 16. Estelle Parsons 17. Isabel Perón 18. Michel Piccoli 19. Maria Sebaldt (Ger Actress) 20. Anna Teluren (Ger Actress) (d. 22 August 2018) 21. Mikis Theodorakis (Greek Composer) 22. Monica Vitti 23. Hans-Jochen Vogel (Ger Politician) 24. Ralf Wolter (Ger Actor) 25. Sonja Ziemann (Ger Actress) 　 22. Toast 01. Peter Alliss 02. Roger Bannister (d. 3 March 2018) 03. Leah Bracknell 04. Barbara Bush (d. 17 April 2018) 05. Jacques Chirac 06. Beverly Cleary 07. Robbie Coltrane 08. George A. Cooper 09. Alain Delon 10. Rayya Elias (d. 4 January 2018) 11. Dean Francis (Boxer) (d. 25 May 2018) 12. Greg Gilbert (WILDCARD) 13. Jimmy Greaves 14. Dilip Kumar 15. Shane MacGowan 16. Sheila Mercier 17. Liam Miller (Footballer) (d. 9 February 2018) 18. Joni Mitchell 19. Stirling Moss 20. Pete Murray 21. Olivia Newton-John 22. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 23. Leslie Phillips 24. Sidney Poitier 25. Jean-Louis Trintignant (French Actor) 23. Wormfarmer 01. Barbara Barrie (US Actress) 02. Leah Bracknell 03. George HW Bush 04. Dwight Clark (SF 49'er) (d. 4 June 2018) 05. Richard Cole (Doolittle Raider) 06. Tim Conway (McHale's Navy Actor) 07. Kirk Douglas 08. David Douglas Duncan (US Photojournalist) (d. 7 June 2018) 09. Clive James 10. Norman Lloyd 11. Don Lusk 12. Jerry Maren (d. 24 May 2018) 13. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 14. Robert Mugabe 15. Catherine Nevin (d. 19 February 2018) 16. Olivia Newton-John 17. Leslie Phillips 18. Charlotte Rae (d. 5 August 2018) 19. James Randi 20. Connie Sawyer (d. 22 January 2018) 21. Bart Starr 22. Stefán Karl Stefansson (d. 21 August 2018) 23. Ruthie Tompson (US Animator) 24. Big Van Vader (WILDCARD) (d. 18 June 2018) 25. Herman Wouk 　 24. Grim Up North 01. Paul Alcock (Referee) (d. 29 January 2018) 02. Satoru Anzaki (Jap Businessman) (d. 26 May 2018) 03. John Bain (TotalBiscuit) (d. 24 May 2018) 04. Leah Bracknell 05. Ami Brown (Reality TV Participant) 06. DJ Casper 07. David Cervinski (Aus Footballer) 08. Patrick Cryne (d. 21 January 2018) 09. Rayya Elias (d. 4 January 2018) 10. Dean Francis (Boxer) (d. 25 May 2018) 11. Pete Frates 12. Greg Gilbert 13. Denis Goldberg 14. Vanessa Goodwin (Aus Politician) (d. 3 March 2018) 15. Gabriele Grunewald (US Athlete) 16. Tessa Jowell (d. 12 May 2018) 17. Steffan Lewis (Welsh Politician) 18. Sacheen Littlefeather 19. Peter Lorimer 20. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 21. Liam Miller (Footballer) (d. 9 February 2018) 22. Linda Nolan (WILDCARD) 23. Stefan Karl Stefansson (d. 21 August 2018) 24. Nobby Stiles 25. Marieke Vervoort 　 25. WidowsPeak 01. Peter Alliss 02. David Attenborough 03. Leah Bracknell 04. Gay Byrne 05. Jimmy Carter 06. Jacques Chirac 07. Kirk Douglas (WILDCARD) 08. Sandy Gall 09. Jill Gascoine 10. Rev. Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018) 11. Valerie Harper 12. Stephen Hawking (d. 14 March 2018) 13. Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg 14. Terry Jones (Monty Python) 15. Henry Kissinger 16. Eddie Large 17. Sophia Loren 18. Olivia Newton-John 19. Linda Nolan 20. Ozzy Osbourne 21. Richard O'Sullivan 22. Pele 23. Prunella Scales 24. William Shatner 25. Murray Walker 　 26. gcreptile 01. Leah Bracknell 02. Egidius Braun (Ger FA President) 03. Bessie Camm (d. 11 May 2018) 04. Jordon Cooper (Journalist/Blogger) (d. 26 March 2018) 05. David DiChiera (US Composer) 06. Pau Dones (Spanish Singer/Composer) 07. Mike Duroe (US National Development Wrestling Coach) (d. 6 July 2018) 08. Derek Elvy (New Zealand Hall of Fame Hairdresser) (d. 9 April 2018) 09. Ottfried Fischer (Ger Actor) 10. Dean Francis (Boxer) (d. 25 May 2018) 11. Lucia Hiriart 12. Nikolai Karachentsov (Soviet/Russian Actor) 13. Dilip Kumar (WILDCARD) 14. Spanky Manikan (Filipino Actor) (d. 14 January 2018) 15. Francisco Nunez Olivera (d. 29 January 2018) 16. Richard Arvine Overton 17. Ron Samworth (Canadian Composer) 18. Utz Jürgen Schneider (Ger Entrepeneur/ex-Convict) 19. Renée Simonot 20. Javiera Suarez (Chilean Journalist/Presenter) 21. Nabi Tajima (d. 21 April 2018) 22. Jean-Louis Trintignant (French Actor) 23. Sal Turturici (9/11 First Responder) 24. Joe Vento (Pianist associated withFrank Sinatra) 25. Derek Yancik (US Coach associated with Tom Brady) (d. 14 May 2018) 　 27. mr.whit 01. Tom Baker 02. David Bradley (HP/Dr Who Actor) 03. Barbara Bush (d. 17 April 2018) 04. George HW Bush 05. Jimmy Carter 06. Sean Connery 07. Francis Ford Coppola (WILDCARD) 08. Doris Day 09. Olivia de Havilland 10. Kirk Douglas 11. Michael Gambon 12. Mikhail Gorbachev 13. Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018) 14. Ian Holm 15. Mick Jagger 16. Val Kilmer 17. Eva Marie Saint 18. Peter Mayhew 19. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 20. Olivia Newton-John 21. Prince Phillip 22. Sidney Potier 23. Cicely Tyson 24. Dick Van Dyke 25. Max Von Sydow 　 28. the_engineer 01. George Blake (UK Spy) 02. George HW Bush 03. Olivia de Havilland 04. Jessica Falkholt (d. 17 January 2018) 05. Dean Francis (Boxer) (d. 25 May 2018) 06. Valery Giscard d'Estaing 07. Rev. Billy Graham (d. 21 February 2018) 08. Valerie Harper 09. Alwen Hughes (Sculptress associated with Rolf Harris) 10. Tessa Jowell (d. 12 May 2018) 11. Kamala 12. Val Kilmer 13. Stan Lee 14. Vera Lynn 15. Eva Marie Saint 16. Sheila Mercier 17. John McCain (WILDCARD) (d. 25 August 2018) 18. Liam Miller (Footballer) (d. 9 February 2018) 19. Denis Norden 20. Yoko Ono 21. Nicholas Parsons 22. Sumner Redstone 23. Connie Sawyer (d. 22 January 2018) 24. Lee Teng- hui (Taiwanese Politician) 25. Dick Van Dyke 　 29. Pedro67 01. Ronald Atkins MP 02. Leah Bracknell (WILDCARD) 03. Doyle Brunson (Poker) 04. George HW Bush 05. John Clegg (Actor) 06. Billy Connolly 07. Bernard Cribbins 08. Kirk Douglas 09. Sandy Gall 10. Stephen Hawking (d. 14 March 2018) 11. Terry Jones (Python) 12. Angela Lansbury 13. Stan Lee 14. Vera Lynn 15. Rupert Murdoch 16. Olivia Newton-John 17. Linda Nolan 18. Denis Norden 19. Pele 20. Prince Philip 21. Joyce Randolph 22. Linda Rondstadt 23. Jackie Stallone 24. Murray Walker 25. Ray Wilson (Footballer) (d. 15 May 2018) 　 30. Sir Creep 01. Leah Bracknell 02. Ami Brown 03. George HW Bush (WILDCARD) 04. Noel Conway 05. Rayya Elias (d. 4 January 2018) 06. Jessica Falkholt (d. 17 January 2018) 07. Ronnie Galyon 08. Donnie Galyon 09. Greg Gilbert 10. Richard Haag (US Landscape Architect) (d. 9 May 2018) 11. Tessa Jowell (d. 12 May 2018) 12. Larry King 13. Devin Lima (LFO Singer) 14. John McCain (d. 25 August 2018) 15. Jawara McIntosh 16. Litsa Menounos (Costume Designer associated with Maria Menounos) 17. Liam Miller (d. 9 February 2018) 18. Kulsoom Nawaz (Pakistani Politician) 19. Abdelhak ‘Appie’ Nouri (Dutch Footballer) 20. Larissa Podermanski (Blogger) (d. 10 May 2018) 21. Fernando Ricksen 22. Nobby Stiles 23. Marieke Vervoort 24. Reggie Wright, Jr. 25. ?

Pope Benedict. Release him and me from this purgatory....

Wow, he made the list!

Nearly gave me a heart attack. Big squeezes and hugs Cat, fabulous to know you are here, take care of yourself, we love you.

Wasn't mentioned on the forum at all! I've been sweating for three weeks on that one...

Well, as promised, here are my 2018 teams. Read 'em and weep, suckers! 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying JOKER (Pick 1): Hugh Masekela - South African Trumpeter/Composer (M) (Pick 2): Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI - Former Pope (M) (Pick 3): Barbara Bush - Former First Lady of the US (F) (Pick 4): Anne V Coates - British Film Editor e.g. Lawrence of Arabia (F) (Pick 5): Roberta Flack - American Singer e.g. Killing Me Softly With His Song (F) (Pick 6): Aretha Franklin - American Singer e.g. R-E-S-P-E-C-T (F) (Pick 7): Tony Green - English Darts Caller/Commentator e.g. Bullseye (M) (Pick 8): Stephen Hawking - English Scientist and Author, specialist on Black Holes (M) (Pick 9): Jeremy Isaacs - Scottish TV Producer and Executive/ Former Director Covent Garden (M) (Pick 10): Tessa Jowell - Former Labour Party MP and Government Minister (F) (Pick 11): Angela Lansbury - UK Actress e.g. Murder, She Wrote (F) (Pick 12): Imelda Marcos - Former First Lady of Philippines (F) (Pick 13): John McCain - US Senator for Arizona (M) (Pick 14): Ennio Morricone - Italian Composer, e.g. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (M) (Pick 15): John Nott - Former Conservative MP and Secretary Of State For Defence (M) (Pick 16): Yoko Ono - Japanese Artist and Widow of John Lennon (F) (Pick 17): Michael Parkinson - English Chat Show Host/Presenter (M) (Pick 18): Sydney Samuelson - First British Film Commissioner (M) (Pick 19): Neil Simon - US Playwright e.g. California Suite (M) (Pick 20): Peter Thomson - Australian Golfer, 5 time Open Champion (M) 　 Comedy Cremations JOKER (Pick 1): Valerie Harper - American Sitcom Star e.g. Rhoda (Pick 2): Stanley Baxter - Scottish Comedy Actor (Pick 3): Mel Brooks - US Comedy Actor/Director/Producer (Pick 4): Jim Bowen - English Stand Up Comedian (Pick 5): Billy Connolly - Scottish Comedian (Pick 6): Windsor Davies - Welsh Comedy Actor e.g. Never The Twain (Pick 7): Ken Dodd - English Stand Up Comedian (Pick 8): Ray Galton - Comedy Writer e.g. Steptoe And Son (Pick 9): Melvyn Hayes - Comedy Actor e.g. It Ain't Half Hot Mum (Pick 10): Terry Jones - Member of Monty Python's Flying Circus (Pick 11): Jackie Mason - American Stand Up Comedian (Pick 12): Paul Mayhew-Archer - Comedy Writer e.g. The Vicar Of Dibley (Pick 13): Brian Murphy - Comedy Actor e.g. Man About The House; George And Mildred (Pick 14): Bob Newhart - American Comedy Performer (Pick 15): Denis Norden - English Comedy Writer/Presenter (Pick 16): Richard O'Sullivan - Comedy Actor e.g. Man About The House (Pick 17): Nicholas Parsons - English Comedy Straight Man/Presenter of Just A Minute (Pick 18): Leslie Phillips - English Comedy Actor e.g. Carry On series and Harry Potter (Pick 19): June Whitfield - English Actress e.g. Terry And June (Pick 20): Mike Yarwood - English Comedy Impressionist 　 Hits of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today JOKER (Pick 1): Linda Nolan - #14 Don't Love Me Too Hard (The Nolans) (Pick 2): Jon Anderson - #6 I'll Find My Way Home (Jon and Vangelis) (Pick 3): Jet Black (Brian John Duffy) - #2 Golden Brown (The Stranglers) (Pick 4): Eric Burdon - #11 House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals) (Pick 5): Rick Davies - #26 It's Raining Again (Supertramp) (Pick 6): Noel Duggan - #5 Theme From Harry's Game (Clannad) (Pick 7): Abdul "Duke" Fakir - #16 Don't Walk Away (Four Tops) (Pick 8): Jim Gordon - #4 Layla (1982) (Derek And The Dominos) (Pick 9): Lou Gramm - #8 Waiting For A Girl Like You (Foreigner) (Pick 10): Chas Hodges - #2 Ain't No Pleasing You (Chas and Dave) (Pick 11): Mick Jones - #8 Waiting For A Girl Like You (Foreigner) (Pick 12): Barry Manilow - #8 I Wanna Do It With You (Pick 13): Olivia Newton-John - #18 Landslide (Pick 14): Rocky Sharpe (Robert Podsiadly) - #19 Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) (Replays) (Pick 15): Gary Rossington - #21 Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (Pick 16): Ryuichi Sakamoto - #30 Bamboo Houses (with David Sylvian) (Pick 17): Florian Schneider - #1 The Model/Computer Love (Kraftwerk) (Pick 18): David Van Day - #4 Give Me Back My Heart (Dollar) (Pick 19): Ronnie Wood - #26 Going To A Go-Go (The Rolling Stones) (Pick 20): Bill Wyman - #26 Going To A Go-Go (The Rolling Stones)