YoungWillz

Well my DL prediction is down the swanee again. Pretty good list. Surprised they stuck with Cardin as he seems destined for another three years imo. But I'm inevitably wrong. Good luck Committee. If Richard Baker dies this year, I claim my five pounds.

A few uniques there, my names are all on the list. Thanks MPFC!

Thanks for all your efforts The Dead Cow. I love this game. Top half finish both years I have participated. Good luck with taking this on DI.

Right, I'm off for a while to see it in. Back shortly. Meantime, to all those who have had their New Year or who are about to celebrate it, ORRA BEST! See you next year...

About 20 minutes to go, I think it's only fair I reveal my team which was posted at the outset and copied to Bibliogryphon. No need for anyone else to post their teams as the Masterlist will be up shortly. As you will see, I've gone with a theme team of people associated with The Beatles. Guess I won't be needing those subs mind... 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 　 Subs: A. John Kosh B. Dion DiMucci C. Ken Townsend D. Barry Gibb E. Robert Freeman (Photographer) F. Paul Angelis G. Jane Asher H. Mick Jagger I. Alan Parsons J. Neil Innes K. Phil Collins

Oh and tell me who your Joker is please. Ah, just noticed it's George Bush, forget that. I'll need that extra body though...

A LOT of borderline cases. However, after due consideration, I'm only going to rule out Karen Land. She's ill. She's raising money for herself. Doesn't meet the criteria. Podermanski scrapes in as she is trying to help others with her blogging - really close. Pick another body please Sir C.

I'll guess at Richard Baker...always got him mixed up with Robin Ray of all people when I was a lad...

Don't think that if anyone dies now it will change my list. Here is my opinion of those significant deaths of 2017: January: John Berger February: Alan Simpson/Seijun Suzuki (tie) March: Chuck Berry April: Robert M Pirsig May: Roger Moore June: Helmut Kohl July: Pierre Henry August: Jerry Lewis September: Jack Good October: Arthur Janov November: Charles Manson December: Heinz Wolff/Bruce McCandless II (tie)

There's a lot of it about. Dad's had it over Christmas and still not shaken it off, as have quite a few of the more senior members of the family.

I merely stand on the shoulders of giants Deathray. And yes, the competition won't officially close until midnight GMT between 7 and 8 January to allow death reports to filter through. So we'll keep the lad waiting, eh?

With tears streaming, here is Doctor Who's In Memoriam 2017:

Updated for 2017: 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying (2016) James Anderton; Bob Arum; Jean Barker (d. 2018); Jimmy Carter; Maureen Cleave; Lee Grant; Douglas Hurd; Freddie Jones; Gemma Jones; James W McCord Jr; Carol McGiffin; Vera Miles; Mike Stoller; Gloria Vanderbilt; Henry Woolf. (15/20) (2017) Sister Wendy Beckett (d. 2018); Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI; Dabney Coleman; Shannen Doherty; Mary Ellis (d. 2018); Roberta Flack; Jann Haworth; Clive James; Angela Lansbury; Jean-Marie Le Pen; Michael Lindsay-Hogg; Sidney Poitier; Burt Reynolds (d. 2018); Ray "Eye Patch" Sawyer (d. 2018); Prunella Scales. (15/20) Comedy Cremations (2015) Thelma Barlow; Stanley Baxter; Stephanie Cole; Billy Connelly; Barry Cryer; Ken Dodd (d. 2018); Ricky Gervais; Terry Gilliam; Jackie Mason; Denis Norden (d. 2018); Paul O'Grady; Richard O'Sullivan; Pauline Quirke; BA Robertson; Jack Smethurst; Josephine Tewson; June Whitfield (d. 2018). (17/20) (2016) Thelma Barlow; Stanley Baxter; Stephanie Cole; Billy Connolly; Barry Cryer; Ken Dodd (d. 2018); Ricky Gervais; Terry Gilliam; Jackie Mason; Denis Norden (d. 2018); Paul O'Grady; Richard O'Sullivan; Pauline Quirke; B. A. Robertson; Jack Smethurst; Josephine Tewson; June Whitfield (d.2018). (17/20) (2017) Stanley Baxter; Jim Bowen (d. 2018); Eric Chappell; Billy Connolly; Windsor Davies; Ken Dodd (d. 2018); Ray Galton (d. 2018); Valerie Harper; Tim Healy; Terry Jones; Paul Mayhew-Archer; Denis Norden (d. 2018); Prunella Scales; Tony Selby; June Whitfield (d. 2018); Richard Wilson. (16/20) Hits of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today (2016) Jon Anderson; Benny Andersson; George Benson; Mike Berry; Buster Bloodvessel; Sheena Easton; Dave Edmunds; Bryan Ferry; Roberta Flack; Herbie Flowers; Bruce Foxton; Peter Gabriel; Chris "Merrick" Hughes; Fern Kinney; Kenny Rogers; Ray "Eye Patch" Sawyer (d. 2018); Barbra Streisand; David Van Day. (18/20) (2017) Ritchie Blackmore; Mickey Bradley; Joe Dolce; Abdul "Duke" Fakir; Nigel Glockler; Julio Iglesias; John Illsley; Brian May; Ennio Morricone; Ian Paice; Ruth Pointer; Smokey Robinson; Phil Spalding; Neville Staple; Shakin' Stevens; David Van Day; Vangelis; Charlie Wilson; Bill Wyman. (19/20)

Number 1 will be Billy Graham. He's done. It's over. Just prior to the nuclear holocaust. He'll get out early.

Click your name top right of the page, go to Account Settings, then Signature, then add from there.

My teams will be posted at some point tomorrow. Then you can curse your luck if you've picked them too!

Have PM'ed my 5 names over to you Deathray.

Happy New Year, Australia!

Thanks the_engineer, your team looks fine and has been added. Good luck!

Well, we have arrived at the last day. So I thought I'd double check the non-obits. And lo, a Christmas miracle! Jim Marrs gets a QO at last with this Express Obit: https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/891885/Nibiru-Planet-X-coming-Earth-2060-NASA-Jim-Marrs gcreptile picks up 8 Additional Points for this sub, having drawn the 8 Spades. It's not much, but all depends what happens in the next few hours.

Thanks Mr Whit, I'll add to the Masterlist. Good luck!

Bumping this thread given we are almost at New Year's Eve, and that's just the sort of date CJ would go to spite us all...

For some reason, the first name that popped into my head was Bernard Hepton...

THIS IS A FINAL REMINDER. With under 14 hours to go before the time for submission of teams for 2018 slams shut, and I mean for good, I am now asking that any additional teams now be posted on the thread. This means you are not a hostage to the messaging system (some don't appear to have reached me initially, for some reason), and lets me have a rather busy Hogmanay without checking every hour there are more entries. This is the list of confirmed entrants so far: 1. YoungWillz 2. Bibliogryphon 3. FixedBusiness 4. Deathray 5. Phantom Of The Midway 6. NiceGuyEddie 7. The Unknown Man 8. Torva Messor 9. JoeyRuss 10. Captain Chorizo 11. Grigori 12. Whoaml 13. FujimoriNoMorey 14. The Dead Cow 15. msc 16. John Key 17. Sean 18. Death Impends 19. Prophet 20. drol 21. Book 22. Toast 23. Wormfarmer 24. Grim Up North 25. WidowsPeak 26. gcreptile 27. mr.whit 28. the_engineer 29. Pedro67 30. Sir Creep Entrants from 2017 not on the list are JiroemonKimura; ImNot Hades; Rotten Ali and Rockhopper Penguin (well, understandable). Everyone is welcome to bust my bank account for 2018 for charity. No further reminders will be issued. Then the game will commence and I can get a Masterlist up early on New Year's Day. Thank you to everyone for your understanding and for the entries so far. Again, this already has a greater number of entries than ever before. Best, YW.

I sent my three teams in one email, advising they were all existing teams and detailing the picks some time ago. Duly acknowledged, no problems. Obviously, the later you leave it, the less likely you get acknowledged and then it's hold your breath hoping they are on when the new lists go up. Hopefully not tempting fate here, but so far none of my picks have died before the start. (Maybe they won't die before the finish, mind...)