YoungWillz

All righty, so Sir Creep had Huston Smith and an obit has appeared in answer to his prayers, placing him second behind long term leader, gcreptile. Edit: Due to a spelling error in the previous Masterlist, I see that Whoaml also had Zsa Zsa, and so needs some points added. Got a week to discover any other 2016, expirees before I close this one and crown the winner. Revised Leaderboard for Smith: gcreptile - 2223 Points; 13/25 (Chand; Schnur; Aparicio; Kallio; Willemsen; Ghali; Koide; Sharma; Scheel; Del Monte; Anderson; Tovar; Hamm-Bruecher) (*)Sir Creep - 1860 Points; 13/25 (Angelil; Adamowicz; Crowe; Ellis; Feek; Harrington; Hooker; Mushatt Jones; Slocombe; Tovar; Mulligan; Hechler: H Smith) (*)The Unknown Man - 1776 Points; 11/25 (Feek; Angelil; Crowe; Marks; Adulyadej; DeHaven; Vigoda; Diski; Ali; Castro; Gabor) Maryportfuncity - 1747 Points; 10/25 (Esterhazy; Feek; Angelil; Adulyadej; Crowe; Diski; Granger; Mushatt Jones; Sharon Jones; Gabor) Death Impends - 1709 Points; 10/25 (Crowe; De Jong; Kennedy; Lubbock; Marks; Ryan; Slocombe; Laird; Cooley; Wong) (*)Captain Chorizo - 1627 Points; 12/25 (Crowe; Brown; Feek; Travis; Angelil; Brinson; Kincaid; Delpech; Jorgensen; Cox; Derby-Lewis; Tovar) Toast - 1565 Points; 12/25 (Adulyadej; Aherne; Angelil; Buster; Crowe; Cruyff; Diski; Lubbock; Maxwell-Davies; Michelmore; Sim; Smith) (*)Book - 1521 Points; 8/25 (Spencer; Roberts; Walda; Fitz; Starr; Kallen; Castro; Gabor) Shaun Of The Dead - 1482 Points; 7/25 (Young; Vigoda; Sim; Rix; Gabor; Smith; Adams) (*)Rotten Ali - 1159 Points; 9/25 (Ali; Angelil; Bennett; Feek; Ford; Haggerty; Havelange; Reagan; Gabor) (*)Morbidkid - 1096 Points; 8/25 (Feek; Reagan; Vigoda; Adulyadej; Crowe; Marks; Ford; Gabor) msc - 1026 Points: 8/25 (Slocombe; Travis; Dorr; Brinson; Caslavska; McQuarrie; Gordon; Braithwaite) Jiroemon Kimura - 1001 Points; 6/25 (Angelil; Adulyadej; Borges; Libous; Marks; Castro) (*)Whoaml - 862 Points; 6/25 (Crowe; Ali; Lee; Diski; Reagan; Gabor) Switch - 850 Points; 6/25 (Ali; Crowe; Feek; Ford; Howe; Castro) YoungWillz - 383 Points; 3/25 (Koide; Mulligan; Palmer) Bibliogryphon - 228 Points; 2/25 (Sim; Gray)

My Nifty Fifty for 2017: 01. James Anderton 02. Charles Aznavour (d. 2018) 03. Ginger Baker 04. Kenneth Baker 05. Geoffrey Bayldon 06. Johnny Beattie 07. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 08. Tony Bennett 09. Honor Blackman 10. Ian Brady 11. George HW Bush (d. 2018) 12. Glen Campbell 13. Brian Cant 14. Jimmy Carter 15. Jacques Chirac 16. Phil Collins 17. Bruce Forsyth 18. Jimmy Greaves 19. Valerie Harper 20. Hugh Hefner 21. Douglas Hurd 22. John Hurt 23. Clive James 24. David Jason 25. Angela Lansbury 26. Stan Lee (d. 2018) 27. Charles Manson 28. Brian May 29. Ennio Morricone 30. Robert Mugabe 31. Pete Murray 32. John Noakes 33. Denis Norden (d. 2018) 34. Prince Philip 35. Leslie Phillips 36. Jane Powell 37. Sidney Poitier 38. Sumner Redstone 39. Little Richard 40. David Rockefeller 41. Ian St John 42. Nobby Stiles 43. Mike Stoller 44. David Sylvian 45. Bill Tidy 46. Desmond Tutu 47. Dick Van Dyke 48. Klaus Voorman 49. Betty White 50. Frank Williams (Formula One)

My teams are in my sig, but no harm reproducing them here: 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying 01. Peter Skellern - Singer/Songwriter (M) (JOKER) 02. Sister Wendy Beckett - Nun/TV Personality (F) 03. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI - Former Pope (M) 04. Glen Campbell - Country Singer (M) 05. Dabney Coleman - American Actor e.g. Towering Inferno; On Golden Pond (M) 06. Shannen Doherty - American Actress e.g. Beverly Hills, 90210; Charmed (F) 07. Mary Ellis - WWII Spitfire Pilot (F) 08. Roberta Flack - American Singer e.g. Killing Me Softly With His Song (F) 09. Jann Haworth - US Artist, co-creator of Sgt Pepper album cover (F) 10. Hugh Hefner - American Playboy (M) 11. Clive James - Australian Scribe and Wit (M) 12. Angela Lansbury - UK Actress e.g. Murder, She Wrote (F) 13. Jean-Marie Le Pen - French Founder of the Front National (M) 14. Michael Lindsay-Hogg - UK Baronet: Directed The Beatles' Let It Be (M) 15. King Michael Of Romania - Former Romanian Royal (M) 16. Sidney Poitier - American Actor e.g. To Sir, With Love (M) 17. Burt Reynolds - American Actor e.g. Cannonball Run (M) 18. Ray "Eye Patch" Sawyer - American Musician with Dr Hook (M) 19. Prunella Scales - UK Actress e.g. Fawlty Towers (F) 20. Mary Tyler Moore - American Actress e.g The Mary Tyler Moore Show (F) Comedy Cremations 01. Paul Mayhew-Archer (Joker) 02. Stanley Baxter 03. Tony Booth 04. Jim Bowen 05. Eric Chappell 06. Billy Connolly 07. Windsor Davies 08. Sir Ken Dodd 09. Sir Bruce Forsyth 10. Ray Galton 11. Valerie Harper 12. Tim Healy 13. Terry Jones 14. Jerry Lewis 15. Denis Norden 16. Prunella Scales 17. Tony Selby 18. Alan Simpson 19. June Whitfield 20. Richard Wilson Hits of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today 01. Abdul "Duke" Fakir - #3 When She Was My Girl (Four Tops) Joker 02. Ritchie Blackmore - #3 I Surrender (Rainbow) 03. Michael "Mickey" Bradley - #18 It's Going To Happen (The Undertones) 04. Joe Dolce - #1 Shaddup You Face 05. Nigel Glockler - #4 Thunder In The Mountains (Toyah) 06. Julio Iglesias - #1 Begin The Beguine 07. John Illsley - #8 Romeo And Juliet (Dire Straits) 08. Brian May - #1 Under Pressure (Queen) 09. Ennio Morricone - #2 Chi Mai 10. Ian Paice - #17 Don't Break My Heart Again (Whitesnake) 11. Ruth Pointer - #10 Slow Hand (Pointer Sisters) 12. Smokey Robinson - #1 Being With You 13. Saxa (Lionel Augustus Martin) - #7 Too Nice To Talk To (The Beat) 14. Phil Spalding - #4 Thunder In The Mountains (Toyah) 15. Neville Staple - #1 Ghost Town (The Specials) 16. Shakin' Stevens (Michael Barratt) - #1 This Ole House 17. David Van Day - #19 Hand Held In Black And White (Dollar) 18. Vangelis - #12 Chariots Of Fire 19. Charlie Wilson - #22 Burn Rubber On Me (The Gap Band) 20. Bill Wyman - #7 Start Me Up (The Rolling Stones)

The nightmare continues... I have to update my sig for 2017. *sigh*

Tyrus Wong died on 30 December 2016.

Ok, so the runners and riders have been posted above. I'm awaiting a Wildcard nomination from Rotten Ali. Please ensure your noms are alive as at the turn of the year. And best of luck to you all! And to me of course.

Masterlist Hare's Pool 2017. 1. YoungWillz 01. Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington 02. Dave Bartholomew 03. Geoffrey Bayldon (d. 10 May 2017) 04. Harry Belafonte 05. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger 06. Glen Campbell (d. 8 August 2017) 07. Terence Conran 08. Roger Corman 09. Kirk Douglas 10. Mikhail Gorbachev 11. Clive James 12. Dilip Kumar 13. Lyndon Larouche 14. Barry Manilow 15. Joni Mitchell 16. Jeanne Mockford 17. John Newman 18. I M Pei 19. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 20. Sidney Poitier 21. Jimmy Snuka (WILDCARD) (d. 15 January 2017) 22. Dean Stockwell 23. Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath 24. Neil Tovey 25. Sir Frank Williams 　 2. JoeyRuss 01. Gregg Allman (d. 27 May 2017) 02. Geoffrey Bayldon (d. 10 May 2017) 03. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger 04. Tony Booth (d. 25 September 2017) 05. George HW Bush 06. Jimmy Carter 07. Lord Peter Carrington 08. Glen Campbell (d. 8 August 2017) 09. Gord Downie (d. 17 October 2017) 10. Reverend Billy Graham 11. Yisreal Kristal (d. 11 August 2017) 12. Bruce Langhorne (d. 14 April 2017) 13. Norman Lloyd 14. Emma Morano (d. 15 April 2017) 15. Denis Norden 16. Gino Odjick 17. I M Pei 18. Robert M Pirsig (d. 24 April 2017) 19. Peter Sallis (d. 2 June 2017) 20. Jimmy Snuka (d. 15 January 2017) 21. Bart Starr 22. Stefan Karl Stefansson 23. Nobby Stiles 24. Joost van der Westhuizen (d. 6 February 2017) 25. John Wetton (WILDCARD) (d. 31 January 2017) 　 3. Shaun Of The Dead 01. Diana Athill 02. Liliane Bettencourt (d. 21 September 2017) 03. Tony Booth (d. 25 September 2017) 04. Leah Bracknell 05. Jacques Chirac 06. Errol Christie (d. 11 June 2017) 07. Olivia de Havilland 08. Gord Downie (d. 17 October 2017) 09. Paul Gascoigne 10. Jill Gascoine 11. Reverend Billy Graham 12. Sir Peter Hall (d. 11 September 2017) 13. Clare Hollingworth (d. 10 January 2017) 14. Douglas Hurd 15. Terry Jones 16. Gerald Kaufman MP (d. 26 February 2017) 17. Sir Colin Meads (d. 20 August 2017) 18. King Michael of Romania (d. 5 December 2017) 19. John Noakes (d. 28 May 2017) 20. Denis Norden 21. Leslie Phillips (WILDCARD) 22. Scott Putesky/Daisy Berkowitz (d. 22 October 2017) 23. Peter Sallis (d. 2 June 2017) 24. Peter Skellern (d. 17 February 2017) 25. Stefan Karl Stefansson 　 4. The Unknown Man 01. Tony Booth (d. 25 September 2017) 02. Leah Bracknell (WILDCARD) 03. George HW Bush 04. Glen Campbell (d. 8 August 2017) 05. Jacques Chirac 06. Errol Christie (d. 11 June 2017) 07. Javier Perez de Cuellar 08. Olivia de Havilland 09. Gord Downie (d. 17 October 2017) 10. Reverend Billy Graham 11. Valerie Harper 12. Glynis Johns 13. Helmut Kohl (d. 16 June 2017) 14. Jerry Lewis (d. 20 August 2017) 15. Sir Colin Meads (d. 20 August 2017) 16. King Michael of Romania (d. 5 December 2017) 17. Yasuhiro Nakasone 18. John Noakes (d. 28 May 2017) 19. Isabel Peron 20. Scott Putesky/Daisy Berkowitz (d. 22 October 2017) 21. Ian St John 22. Stefan Karl Stefansson 23. Nobby Stiles 24. Dick Van Dyke 25. John Wetton (d. 31 January 2017) 　 5. JiroemonKimura 01. John Bain 02. Georgina Beyer 03. Charles Bradley (d. 23 September 2017) 04. O J Brigance 05. Glen Campbell (d. 8 August 2017) 06. Errol Christie (d. 11 June 2017) 07. Ramon Cordero (d. 19 January 2017) 08. Salvatore DiMasi 09. Gord Downie (d. 17 October 2017) 10. Polo Hofer (d. 22 July 2017) 11. Richard Lugner 12. Stan Mikita 13. Carsten Mohren (d. 31 January 2017) 14. Henri Richard 15. Fernando Ricksen 16. Rius (Eduardo del Rio) (d. 8 August 2017) 17. Randy Romero 18. Peter Skellern (d. 17 February 2017) 19. Jimmy Snuka (WILDCARD) (d. 15 January 2017) 20. Ian St John 21. Bart Starr 22. Dietz-Werner Steck (d. 31 December 2016) 23. Stefan Karl Stefansson 24. Nobby Stiles 25. Marieke Vervoort 　 6. ImNotHades 01. Lys Assia (WILDCARD) 02. Pierre Cardin 03. Mary Carlisle 04. Carol Channing 05. Bill Cosby 06. Hubert de Givenchy 07. Kirk Douglas 08. Jacque Fresco (d. 18 May 2017) 09. Jean-Luc Godard 10. Engelbert Humperdinck 11. Dovey Johnson Roundtree 12. Quincy Jones 13. Barys Kit 14. Karl Lagerfeld 15. Norman Lloyd 16. Josip Manolic 17. Patricia Morison 18. Leslie Phillips 19. Leontyne Price 20. Fidel Ramos 21. Vanessa Redgrave 22. Zoltan Sarosy (d. 19 June 2017) 23. Neil Simon 24. Jerry Stiller 25. M. S. Swaminathan 　 7. Bibliogryphon 01. John Astin 02. Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington 03. Henry Blofeld 04. Pat Carroll 05. Teddie Chinnery 06. Tam Dalyell (d. 26 January 2017) 07. Ray Davies 08. Doris Day 09. Angie Dickinson 10. Jane Freeman (WILDCARD) (d. 9 March 2017) 11. Sonia Gandhi 12. Stephen Hawking 13. Bernard Hepton 14. Peter Higgs 15. Barbara Knox 16. Gina Lollobrigida 17. C. W. McCall 18. Alec McCowen (d. 6 February 2017) 19. Barry Norman (d. 30 June 2017) 20. Stiliyan Petrov 21. William Russell 22. Dudley Simpson (d. 4 November 2017) 23. John Wakeham 24. Murray Walker 25. Joanne Woodward 　 8. Captain Chorizo 01. Derek Barber (Baron Barber of Tewkesbury) (d. 21 November 2017) 02. Abdullah The Butcher 03. Mary Carlisle 04. Valentina Cortese 05. Dick Dale 06. Mireille Darc (d. 28 August 2017) 07. Kirk Douglas 08. Gord Downie (d. 17 October 2017) 09. Pete Frates 10. William H. Gass (d. 6 December 2017) 11. Lewis Gilbert 12. Clare Hollingworth (d. 10 January 2017) 13. Jerry Maren 14. Butch Miller(Wrestler) 15. Emma Morano (d. 15 April 2017) 16. Yasuhiro Nakasone 17. Lucien N. Nedzi 18. Sumner Redstone 19. Mitzi Shore 20. Renee Simonot 21. Ian St. John 22. Bart Starr 23. Stefan Karl Stefansson (WILDCARD) 24. Seijun Suzuki (d. 13 February 2017) 25. Roger H. Zion 　 9. RadGuy 01. Buzz Aldrin 02. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger 03. Gay Byrne 04. Jacques Chirac 05. Errol Christie (d. 11 June 2017) 06. Olivia de Havilland 07. Kirk Douglas 08. Nanette Fabray 09. Pope Francis 10. Reverend Billy Graham 11. Valerie Harper 12. Clive James 13. Val Kilmer 14. Yisrael Kristal (d. 11 August 2017) 15. Bill Macy 16. King Michael of Romania (d. 5 December 2017) 17. Emma Morano (d. 15 April 2017) 18. Leslie Phillips 19. Peter Sallis (d. 2 June 2017) 20. Queen Sirikit 21. Jimmy Snuka (d. 15 January 2017) 22. Valery Spiridonov (WILDCARD) 23. Stefan Karl Stefansson 24. Mary Tyler Moore (d. 25 January 2017) 25. Joost van der Westhuizen (d. 6 February 2017) 　 10. Death Impends 01. Liliane Bettencourt (d. 21 September 2017) 02. Desmond Carrington (d. 1 February 2017) 03. Robert Clary 04. Beverly Cleary 05. "Professor" Irwin Corey (d. 6 February 2017) 06. Danielle Darrieux (d. 18 October 2017) 07. Gord Downie (d. 17 October 2017) 08. Bruce Forsyth (d. 18 August 2017) 09. Reverend Billy Graham 10. Barbara Hale (d. 26 January 2017) 11. Smith Hart (d. 2 July 2017) 12. Edgar Ray Killen 13. Jim Leavelle 14. Norman Lloyd 15. Ted Mack (Aus Politician) (WILDCARD) 16. Jerry Maren 17. King Michael of Romania (d. 5 December 2017) 18. Masaya Nakamura (NAMCO founder) (d. 22 January 2017) 19. Sumner Redstone 20. David Rockefeller (d. 20 March 2017) 21. Peter Sallis (d. 2 June 2017) 22. Peter Skellern (d. 17 February 2017) 23. Ian St John 24. Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx 25. Zhou Youguang (d. 14 January 2017) 　 11. The Dead Cow 01. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 02. Tony Booth (d. 25 September 2017) 03. Leah Bracknell 04. Desmond Carrington (d. 1 February 2017) 05. Lord Peter Carrington 06. Glen Campbell (d. 8 August 2017) 07. Gord Downie (d. 17 October 2017) 08. Pete Frates 09. Greg Gilbert (Delays singer) 10. Reverend Billy Graham 11. Sir Peter Hall (d. 11 September 2017) 12. Jeanne Little 13. Vera Lynn 14. Mary Midgley 15. Emma Morano (d. 15 April 2017) 16. Peter Sallis (d. 2 June 2017) 17. Peter Sarstedt (d. 8 January 2017) 18. Peter Skellern (d. 17 February 2017) 19. Stefan Karl Stefansson 20. Nobby Stiles 21. Peter Sutcliffe 22. Peter Tobin 23. Joost van der Westhuizen (d. 6 February 2017) 24. Paul Van-Zandvliet (WILDCARD) (d. 14 June 2017) 25. Jessi Zazu (d. 12 September 2017) 　 12. Rockhopperpenguin 01. Gordon Banks 02. Aaron T Beck 03. Harry Belafonte 04. Chuck Berry (d. 18 March 2017) 05. Mel Brooks 06. James Caan - US Actor 07. Jimmy Carter 08. William Cash MP 09. Dickie Davies 10. Doris Day 11. Hubert Dreyfus (d. 22 April 2017) 12. Harlan Ellison 13. Eddie Fryer 14. Reverend Billy Graham 15. Henry Kissinger 16. Gina Lollobrigida 17. Vera Lynn 18. Robert Mugabe (WILDCARD) 19. Denis Norden 20. Michael Rodd 21. Connie Sawyer 22. Nicholas Soames 23. Judith Jarvis Thomson 24. Joost van der Westhuizen (d. 6 February 2017) 25. Herman Wouk 13. msc 01. Leah Bracknell 02. Charles Bradley (d. 23 September 2017) 03. Colin Butts 04. Errol Christie (d. 11 June 2017) 05. Sara Coward (d. 12 February 2017) 06. Gord Downie (d. 17 October 2017) 07. Rayya Elias (d. 2018) 08. Jill Gascoine 09. Leonard "Chip" Hawkes 10. Steve Hewlett (d. 20 February 2017) 11. Sasha Lakovic (d. 25 April 2017) 12. Craig MacGregor 13. Paul McGill - Journalist (d. 27 January 2017) 14. Sir Colin Meads (d. 20 August 2017) 15. King Michael of Romania (d. 5 December 2017) 16. Catherine Nevin 17. Simon Ricketts - Journalist (WILDCARD) 18. Peter Sallis (d. 2 June 2017) 19. Billy J Simpson - Footballer (d. 27 January 2017) 20. Peter Skellern (d. 17 February 2017) 21. Jimmy Snuka (d. 15 January 2017) 22. Stefan Karl Stefansson 23. Paul Van-Zandvliet (d. 14 June 2017) 24. Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx 25. John Wetton (d. 31 January 2017) 14. Whoaml 01. Heather Armitage 02. Chuck Berry (d. 18 March 2017) 03. George W Bush 04. Pierre Cardin 05. Jacques Chirac 06. Bob Dole 07. Kirk Douglas 08. John Edrich 09. Queen Elizabeth II 10. Reverend Billy Graham 11. Barbara Hale (d. 26 January 2017) 12. Jake LaMotta (d. 19 September 2017) 13. Stan Lee 14. Jerry Lewis (d. 20 August 2017) 15. Norman Lloyd 16. Rose Marie (d. 28 December 2017) 17. King Michael of Romania (d. 5 December 2017) 18. Joni Mitchell 19. Joyce Randolph 20. David Rockefeller (d. 20 March 2017) 21. Peter Sarstedt (d. 8 January 2017) 22. Donald J Trump (WILDCARD) 23. Joost van der Westhuizen (d. 6 February 2017) 24. Kanye West 25. Herman Wouk 　 15. gcreptile 01. Egidius Braun (WILDCARD) 02. Christie Brimberry 03. Violet Brown - Supercentenarian (d. 15 September 2017) 04. Colin Butts 05. Bessie Camm - Supercentenarian 06. Matt Hirst - Opera Singer 07. Clare Hollingworth (d. 10 January 2017) 08. Joachim Kaiser (d. 11 May 2017) 09. Barys Kit 10. Yisrael Kristal (d. 11 August 2017) 11. Carsten Mohren (d. 31 January 2017) 12. Emma Morano (d. 15 April 2017) 13. Richard Arvine Overton 14. Robert C Prince III/Bobby Prince 15. David Rockefeller (d. 20 March 2017) 16. Zuzana Ruzickova (d. 27 September 2017) 17. Ron Samworth - Jazz Guitarist 18. Utz Jurgen Schneider - Real Estate Tycoon 19. Jakucho Setouchi 20. Renee Simonot 21. Jimmy Snuka (d. 15 January 2017) 22. Valery Spiridonov 23. Zhou Youguang (d. 14 January 2017) 24. Andres Zaldivar/El Chico Zaldivar - Chilean Politician 25. Jessi Zazu (d. 12 September 2017) 　 16. Deathers 01. Gordon Banks 02. Thelma Barlow 03. Chuck Berry (d. 18 March 2017) 04. Leah Bracknell 05. June Brown 06. Glen Campbell (d. 8 August 2017) 07. Jimmy Carter (WILDCARD) 08. Liz Dawn (d. 25 September 2017) 09. Fats Domino (d. 24 October 2017) 10. Paul Gascoigne 11. Luke Halpin 12. Gerald Kaufman MP (d. 26 February 2017) 13. Doreen Keogh (d. 31 December 2017) 14. Sheila Mercier 15. Emma Morano (d. 15 April 2017) 16. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 17. Keith Richards 18. Kenny Sansom 19. Prunella Scales 20. Stefan Karl Stefansson 21. Willie Thorne 22. Joost van der Westhuizen (d. 6 February 2017) 23. Rex Williams 24. Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx 25. Bill Wyman 　 17. Toast 01. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger 02. Leah Bracknell 03. Gay Byrne 04. Glen Campbell (d. 8 August 2017) 05. Jacques Chirac 06. Sara Coward (d. 12 February 2017) 07. Roy Dotrice (d. 16 October 2017) 08. Clarissa Eden 09. Bruce Forsyth (WILDCARD) (d. 18 August 2017) 10. Jill Gascoine 11. Sir Peter Hall (d. 11 September 2017) 12. Martin McGuinness (d. 21 March 2017) 13. Joni Mitchell 14. Stirling Moss 15. Pete Murray 16. Martin Peters 17. Leslie Phillips 18. Peter Sallis (d. 2 June 2017) 19. Mark Sims (d. 19 January 2017) 20. Nobby Stiles 21. Steve Sumner - Football Player (d. 8 February 2017) 22. Marieke Vervoort 23. Joost van der Westhuizen (d. 6 February 2017) 24. Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx 25. Bill Wyman 　 18. Book 01. Gretel Bergmann (d. 25 July 2017) 02. Barbara Bush 03. Glen Campbell (d. 8 August 2017) 04. Rolf Eden 05. Gotthilf Fischer 06. Hugh Hefner (d. 27 September 2017) 07. Joseph Jackson 08. Val Kilmer 09. Helmut Kohl (d. 16 June 2017) 10. Cleo Laine 11. Ursula K Le Guin 12. Gina Lollobrigida 13. Sylvia Miles 14. Estelle Parsons (WILDCARD) 15. Isabel Peron 16. Michel Piccoli 17. Matthias Reim 18. Peter Sarstedt (d. 8 January 2017) 19. Maria Sebaldt 20. Anna Teluren 21. Mary Tyler Moore (d. 25 January 2017) 22. Hans-Jochen Vogel 23. Bea Wain (d. 19 August 2017) 24. Ralf Wolter 25. Sonja Ziemann 　 19. Grim Up North 01. Tony Booth (d. 25 September 2017) 02. Leah Bracknell 03. Glen Campbell (d. 8 August 2017) 04. Jimmy Carter 05. Errol Christie (d. 11 June 2017) 06. Sara Coward (d. 12 February 2017) 07. Liz Dawn (d. 25 September 2017) 08. Shannen Doherty 09. Gord Downie (d. 17 October 2017) 10. Helen Fawkes (d. 11 June 2017) 11. Bruce Forsyth (d. 18 August 2017) 12. Jill Gascoine 13. Stephen Hawking (WILDCARD) 14. Clive James 15. Val Kilmer 16. Sir Colin Meads (d. 20 August 2017) 17. King Michael of Romania (d. 5 December 2017) 18. Emma Morano (d. 15 April 2017) 19. Denis Norden 20. Scott Putesky/Daisy Berkowitz (d. 22 October 2017) 21. Peter Skellern (d. 17 February 2017) 22. Stefan Karl Stefansson 23. Nobby Stiles 24. Joost van der Westhuizen (d. 6 February 2017) 25. John Wetton (d. 31 January 2017) 　 20. drol 01. Rodney Alcala 02. Michael Anderson - Film Director 03. Nick Boles MP 04. Sir Clive Bossom, 2nd Baronet (d. 8 March 2017) 05. Leah Bracknell 06. Gay Byrne 07. Glen Campbell (d. 8 August 2017) 08. Diana Serra Cary/Baby Peggy 09. Mireille Darc (d. 28 August 2017) 10. Roy Dotrice (d. 16 October 2017) 11. Kirk Douglas 12. Arnaldo Forlani 13. Reverend Billy Graham 14. Greg Gilbert (Delays singer) 15. Smith Hart (d. 2 July 2017) 16. Clifton James (d. 15 April 2017) 17. Boris Pahor 18. Martin Peters 19. Peter Sallis (d. 2 June 2017) 20. Jimmy Snuka (WILDCARD) (d. 15 January 2017) 21. Mario Soares (d. 7 January 2017) 22. Ian St John 23. Stefan Karl Stefansson 24. Nobby Stiles 25. Herman Wouk 　 21. Pedro67 01. Ronald Henry Atkins 02. Doyle Brunson 03. George H W Bush 04. John Clegg - Actor 05. Bernard Cribbins 06. Kirk Douglas 07. Sandy Gall 08. Stephen Hawking 09. Terry Jones 10. Jake LaMotta (d. 19 September 2017) 11. Angela Lansbury 12. Stan Lee 13. Jerry Lewis (d. 20 August 2017) 14. Vera Lynn (WILDCARD) 15. Bryan Marshall - British Actor 16. Rupert Murdoch 17. Denis Norden 18. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 19. Linda Ronstadt 20. Peter Sallis (d. 2 June 2017) 21. Peter Skellern (d. 17 February 2017) 22. Jimmy Tarbuck 23. Sir Derek Alton Walcott (d. 17 March 2017) 24. Murray Walker 25. Ray Wilson - Footballer 　 22. WidowsPeak 01. Buzz Aldrin 02. Jimmy Armfield 03. Brian Blessed 04. Richard Branson 05. George H W Bush 06. Bernard Cribbins 07. Doris Day 08. Kirk Douglas 09. Bruce Forsyth (WILDCARD) (d. 18 August 2017) 10. Paul Gascoigne 11. Terry Jones - Python 12. Kerry Katona 13. Angela Lansbury 14. King Michael of Romania (d. 5 December 2017) 15. Nichelle Nichols 16. Jack Nicholson 17. Denis Norden 18. Nicholas Parsons 19. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 20. Dame Maggie Smith 21. Sir Jackie Stewart 22. Donald Trump 23. Murray Walker 24. Daniella Westbrook 25. Bill Wyman 23. Rotten Ali 01. Chuck Blazer (d. 12 July 2017) 02. Tony Booth (d. 25 September 2017) 03. Leah Bracknell 04. Jimmy Carter 05. Jacques Chirac 06. Errol Christie (d. 11 June 2017) 07. Tim Curry 08. Bob Dole 09. Kirk Douglas 10. Harlan Ellison 11. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (WILDCARD) 12. Reverend Billy Graham 13. Valerie Harper 14. Stephen Hawking 15. John Hurt (d. 25 January 2017) 16. Clive James 17. Val Kilmer 18. Helmut Kohl (d. 16 June 2017) 19. Penny Marshall - US Comedienne 20. Hosni Mubarak 21. Little Richard 22. Ian St John 23. Nobby Stiles 24. Desmond Tutu 25. John Wetton (d. 31 January 2017) 　 24. Sir Creep 01. Pat Bowlen - Owner, Denver Broncos 02. Colin Butts 03. Glen Campbell (d. 8 August 2017) 04. Kevin Carey - Portglenone Cancer Fundraiser (d. 3 May 2017) 05. Errol Christie (d. 11 June 2017) 06. Rico Constantino 07. Rayya Elias (WILDCARD) (d. 2018) 08. Donnie Galyon 09. Ronnie Galyon 10. Scott Hamilton - US Figure Skater 11. Mo Haque - Cancer Fundraiser 12. Patrick John - Former PM of Dominica 13. Sasha Lakovic (d. 25 April 2017) 14. Tracy McGiffin (d. 21 January 2017) 15. Sir Colin Meads (d. 20 August 2017) 16. Emma Morano (d. 15 April 2017) 17. Richard Arvine Overton 18. Nabeel Qureshi (d. 16 September 2017) 19. Simon Ricketts - Journalist 20. Peter Skellern (d. 17 February 2017) 21. Mario Soares (d. 7 January 2017) 22. Valery Spiridonov 23. Paul Van-Zandvliet (d. 14 June 2017) 24. John Wetton (d. 31 January 2017) 25. Mike IX Williams 　

In for now, then. Depending on the Soares situation, I'll possibly need an additional name posted on this thread by 23:59 GMT to make a complete team. Otherwise Sir C you'll end up in the same boat you were in last year (Double Mushatt-Jones...)

Ok, so this is technically late. Not by much, mind. What say the competitors? Allow it? Vincent Mullins is dead btw. https://www.gofundme.com/epg7ze84

I'm tender. Ploughing my way through the forum. Masterlist shortly. Soon. A wee bit later...

Went for Tutu. Cos nobody mess with my Tutu.

I'm too tipsy at the moment to check how I've done. See you in the afternoon....

Finally home from my party. A very guid new year to all and here's hoping for a better 2017 for us all. Be good, be brave, and may all our picks be saved.

Well Done Pedro! I'd like to say equal 6th in my inaugural year is as good as hoped for. Roll on 2017.

If that's an offer, I'll book my flight.

The Final Round Up (awww): Huston Smith: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7181-rumours/?p=288504 Awaiting Obit.

Aye, in lieu of confirmation he's down as a DNS on the Deathrace (meaning S-o-t-D's team are fielding their third sub since entering) This blog entry seems to confirm it. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2016/12/huston-smith-lovely-book-meditation-naturalistic-perennialism.html Sadly, still awaiting a news source to award points in the Hare's Pool.

22 entries received so far, and still open for a few more hours. Book early to avoid disappointment.

Pakistan cricketer Imtiaz Ahmed has died aged 88. http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1074904.html Scavenger Hunt pick.

Rumours abound that Huston Smith, popular pick for some, has died. https://twitter.com/Jenny_Butler_/status/815021917354729472 and https://www.facebook.com/drshaminijain/posts/1809291149351352 Awaiting a more definite news story. Apologies in advance if this turns out not be correct, but forewarned is forearmed...

This good enough for Tyrus Wong? https://www.yahoo.com/news/tyrus-wong-pioneer-bambi-artist-dies-106-010019481.html

Death Impends loses one of his picks for next year, in Tyrus Wong, Bambi animator. Oh deer. However, he picked him for this year also, so gains a thumper bonus of points. Revised Leaderboard for Wong: gcreptile - 2223 Points; 13/25 (Chand; Schnur; Aparicio; Kallio; Willemsen; Ghali; Koide; Sharma; Scheel; Del Monte; Anderson; Tovar; Hamm-Bruecher) (*)The Unknown Man - 1776 Points; 11/25 (Feek; Angelil; Crowe; Marks; Adulyadej; DeHaven; Vigoda; Diski; Ali; Castro; Gabor) Maryportfuncity - 1747 Points; 10/25 (Esterhazy; Feek; Angelil; Adulyadej; Crowe; Diski; Granger; Mushatt Jones; Sharon Jones; Gabor) Death Impends - 1709 Points; 10/25 (Crowe; De Jong; Kennedy; Lubbock; Marks; Ryan; Slocombe; Laird; Cooley; Wong) Toast - 1565 Points; 12/25 (Adulyadej; Aherne; Angelil; Buster; Crowe; Cruyff; Diski; Lubbock; Maxwell-Davies; Michelmore; Sim; Smith) (*)Captain Chorizo - 1537 Points; 11/25 (Crowe; Brown; Feek; Angelil; Brinson; Kincaid; Delpech; Jorgensen; Cox; Derby-Lewis; Tovar) (*)Book - 1521 Points; 8/25 (Spencer; Roberts; Walda; Fritz; Starr; Kallen; Castro; Gabor) (*)Sir Creep - 1496 Points; 12/25 (Angelil; Adamowicz; Crowe; Ellis; Feek; Harrington; Hooker; Mushatt Jones; Slocombe; Tovar; Mulligan; Hechler) Shaun Of The Dead - 1482 Points; 7/25 (Young; Vigoda; Sim; Rix; Gabor; Smith; Adams) (*)Rotten Ali - 1159 Points; 9/25 (Ali; Angelil; Bennett; Feek; Ford; Haggerty; Havelange; Reagan; Gabor) (*)Morbidkid - 1096 Points; 7/25 (Feek; Reagan; Vigoda; Adulyadej; Crowe; Marks; Ford; Gabor) msc - 1026 Points: 8/25 (Slocombe; Travis; Dorr; Brinson; Caslavska; McQuarrie; Gordon; Braithwaite) Jiroemon Kimura - 1001 Points; 6/25 (Angelil; Adulyadej; Borges; Libous; Marks; Castro) Switch - 850 Points; 6/25 (Ali; Crowe; Feek; Ford; Howe; Castro) (*)Whoaml - 510 Points; 5/25 (Crowe; Ali; Lee; Diski; Reagan) YoungWillz - 383 Points; 3/25 (Koide; Mulligan; Palmer) Bibliogryphon - 228 Points; 2/25 (Sim; Gray)

Tyrus Wong - Variety is good enough for me: http://variety.com/2016/film/news/tyrus-wong-dead-bambi-106-1201950604/

Reportedly Tyrus Wong has died at 106: http://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2016/12/30/disney-legend-tyrus-wong-passes-away-106/ Awaiting possibly a better source.

So I'm guaranteed a top 10 finish? The success just goes on and on...