YoungWillz

'Tis the season to.....louse up your 2016 lists! Every passing minute gets us closer....fortunately I've been spared so far (well, excepting Greville Janner on my Deathrace who has now been replaced by my first sub), but I'm not counting my chickens now....

John 'Brad' Bradbury, drummer with The Specials, has died at 52. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35194738 My comment? Bloody feck! RIP Bradders! Edit: Just seen drunkasaskunk's post too, deserved in both threads. Gangsters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujMDOYZt6QY

You'll have to change your Number 1 Switch, sorry. http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=6417&p=246133

He's not. Pavel Srnicek has died at 47. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/pavel-srnicek-dead-former-newcastle-goalkeeper-dies-aged-47-a6789641.html

One more day to live...apparently...http://malawi24.com/2015/12/29/robert-mugabe-has-one-more-day-to-live/

I'm waiting for ITV news to show the report of his death and incorporate a clip of Rufus Hound in it!

Paul Walden aka Guru Josh reportedly dead at 51. http://www.clubplanet.com/Articles/11108/We-Mourn-the-Loss-of-Guru-Josh Awaiting news report to confirm. Infinity 1990: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVJ7KQPoNMM

Excuse my voyeurism. Oct 8 has come/gone did we pop that cherry? Keep an eye open for those upcoming Oct dates in a couple weeks. SC 8 October - Paul Prudhomme/Richard Davies 30 October - Al Molinaro That leaves 2 dates to go this year to fill. Edit: Actually that list is up to end of 2013. In 2014 Udo Jurgens and Billie Whitelaw died on 21 December 2014. So only 28 December can qualify another death this year. And Lemmy's death on 28th December fills up that date.

Death Notice for Ethel Farrell: http://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/theage-au/obituary.aspx?n=ethel-dorothy-farrell&pid=176975110 She was 113.

Brought Forward: Ian Kilmister (Lemmy): http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=1791&p=246051 BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35192060

On the basis Ozzy Osbourne has corroborated, I'll stick him up on the round up. Wonder how many pools that's buggered up. Edit: Confirmed. https://twitter.com/Walldo/status/681638841317507072 Edit 2: Qualifying Obit for the DDP. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35192060

Michael Earl, the puppeteer who took over the role of Mr Snuffleupagus on Sesame Street and worked on the lead characters on Team America: World Police, has died at 56, colon cancer. http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-muppets-sesame-street-veteran-muppeteer-michael-earl-dies/?utm_content=bufferc1b79&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Just for completeness as I note he was not on the List of the Lost and his entry has not been updated, obituary for Alexander Vraciu: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/us/alex-vraciu-indestructible-ace-of-world-war-ii-dies-at-96.html?_r=0

Andy M Stewart gets a Herald Obituary, which would have been fine for this year. http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/14170174.Tributes_paid_to_Silly_Wizard_folk_legend_Andy_M_Stewart/%7D/

I'll PM a list over for giggles and...erm.....that other thing...

I'm soppy - Weekend In New England for me: https://youtu.be/jbvW1kmPexQ

That's a long name...

Obit for Ellsworth Kelly: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35189137

Ellsworth Kelly Obituary. He was 92. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/arts/design/ellsworth-kelly-artist-who-mixed-european-abstraction-into-everyday-life-dies-at-92.html?_r=0 A unique on the DDP and also a hit for Death Impends on the current Shaun's Death By Numbers. Awaiting UK obit for DDP.

Noakes sounds really positive. Andy M Stewart's DDP obit chances - as and when, obviously - don't strike me as massively high. Andy M Stewart reportedly dead at 63. https://thesession.org/discussions/38373 Awaiting news story/obit to confirm.

And finally it's Pointless Celebrities Series 1 and 2. Hope you enjoy Handy, that kept me busy! Series 2 Matt Allwright; Angellica Bell; Christopher Biggins; Lionel Blair; Brian Blessed; Rosalind Blessed; Edith Bowman; Andrew Castle; Georgie Castle (Andrew Castle's daughter); Barry Chuckle; Paul Chuckle; Antony Costa; David Coulthard; Jon Culshaw; Ben-Ryan Davies; Sharron Davies; Rick Edwards; Monica Galetti; Russell Grant; Christine Hamilton; Neil Hamilton; Dani Harmer; Georgia Henshaw; Sherrie Hewson; Jake Humphrey; Konnie Huq; Lesley Joseph; Helen Lederer; Colin McAllister (Colin and Justin); Liz McClarnon; Carol McGiffin; Katherine Merry; Ricky Norwood; Bill Oddie; Chris Packham; Joe Pasquale; Steve Pemberton; Alana Phillips (Arlene Phillips' daughter); Arlene Phillips; Esther Rantzen; Angela Rippon; Paul Ross; Michel Roux Jr; Justin Ryan (Colin and Justin); Penny Smith (presenter); Lucy Siegle; Carol Smillie; Lucy Speed; Sam Stockman; Joe Swash; 'Kiffy' Swash (Joe Swash's mother); Claire Sweeney; Dennis Taylor; Iwan Thomas; John Thomson; Harriet Thorpe; Anthea Turner; Chucky Venn; John Virgo; Fatima Whitbread; Rebecca Wilcox; Shaun Williamson; Aldo Zilli; Nikki Zilli (Aldo Zilli's wife). Series 1 Stuart Baggs; Matt Baker; Erin Boag; Julia Bradbury; Paul Bradley; Ed Byrne; Sarah Cawood; John Craven; Anton Du Beke; Vanessa Feltz; Barney Harwood; Charlotte Hawkins; Tina Hobley; Chris Hollins; Eamonn Holmes; Craig Revel Horwood; Colin Jackson; Alex Jones (presenter); Russell Kane; Carol Kirkwood; Denise Lewis; Richard McCourt (Dick and Dom); John McCririck; Jenny McCririck (John McCririck's wife); Merily McGivern; Sam Nixon; Tom O'Connor; Ben Ofoedu; Lembit Opik; Suzanne Packer; Dawn Porter; Lucy Porter; Susanna Reid; Mark Rhodes; Joanna Riley; Helen Skelton; Charlie Stayt; Michael Underwood; Ann Widdecombe; Dominic Wood (Dick and Dom).

Pointless Celebrities Series 3 - The One with the Dead. Only two to go if I'm lucky, it's one more post. Series 3 Diane Abbott; Andy Akinwolere; John Altman; Stephen K Amos; Toby Anstis; Steven Arnold; Adam Astill; Cheryl Baker; Mary Berry; Bobby Ball; Gemma Bissix; Tony Blackburn; Jennie Bond; Gyles Brandreth; Ben Cannon (Farmer); Tommy Cannon; Todd Carty; Nicki Chapman; Ann Charleston; Lorraine Chase; Keith Chegwin; Terry Christian; Brendan Cole; Graham Cole (The Bill); Ellie Crisell; Tim Cunningham; Edwina Currie; Camilla Dallerup; Paul Daniels; Phil Daniels; Bobby Davro; CJ de Mooi; Joel DeFries; Katie Derham; Lee Dixon (football); Lauren Drummond; Dion Dublin; Peter Duncan; Mark Durden-Smith; Jenny Eclair; Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards; Jeremy Edwards; Jenny Falconer; Perry Fenwick; Cheryl Fergison; Michael Fish; Alex Fletcher; Emma Forbes; Neil Fox (DJ); Dean Gaffney; Kate Garraway; Sarah Greene; Ricky Groves; Gareth Hale; 'Diddy' David Hamilton; Natasha Hamilton; Danielle Harold; Keith Harris; Austin Healey; Chelsee Healey; Michelle Heaton; Simon Hickson; Paul Hollywood; Fiona Inglis; Gabriela Irimia (Cheeky Girl); Monica Irimia (Cheeky Girl); Charlotte Jackson; Alex James; Duncan James; Darren Jeffries; Sue Jenkins; Matt Johnson (presenter); Ulrika Jonsson; James Jordan; Ola Jordan; Emma Judd; Harry Judd; Chris Kamara; Anna Karen; Kerry Katona; Julia Kendall (DIY SOS); Jason King (JK and Joel); Bonnie Langford; Mark Lawrenson; Rula Lenska; Matt Littler; Sian Lloyd; Janice Long; Kenny Lynch; Zoe Lyons; Derek Martin; Lee MacDonald; Liz McClarnon; Jane McDonald; Joe McElderry; Jayne Middlemiss; Mark Millar (DIY SOS); Scott Mills; Louise Minchin; Ken Morley; Laila Morse; Tony Mortimer (East 17); Mark Moses (Sonia's husband); Shaun Murphy; Erkan Mustafa; Lizo Mzimba; Trevor Neal; Bernie Nolan; Linda Nolan; Kirsten O'Brien; Martin Offiah; Nick Owen; Norman Pace; Chris Parker (Eastenders); Nicholas Parsons; Tricia Penrose; Wendi Peters; Alana Phillips; Arlene Phillips; Ray Quinn; Scott Quinnell; Rachel Riley; Rowland Rivron; Jonny Robinson; Linda Robson; Joel Ross (JK and Joel); Laila Rouass; Verity Rushworth; Kevin Sacre; Pat Sharp; Adele Silva; Sinitta; Chico Slimani; Mike Smith; Sonia; Dave Spikey; David Spinx; DJ Spoony (Johnathan Joseph); Emma Stephens (Ray Quinn's then fiancee); Huw Stephens; Debra Stephenson; Andrew Stone; Dean Sullivan; Karen Taylor; Jamie Theakston; Gareth Thomas (rugby); Faye Tozer; Billy Turnbull (Chef for Joe McElderry); Paul Usher; Tim Vine; Dave Vitty; Ian Waite; Rick Wakeman; Dan Walker (Football Focus); Hannah Waterman; Pete Waterman; Ian 'H' Watkins; Toyah Wilcox; Terry Wogan; Kim Woodburn; Kelli Young; Paul Young; Stacey Young (Paul Young's wife).

It has caught up with him. http://www.noise11.com/news/music-news-r-i-p-easybeats-legend-stevie-wright-1947-2015-20151227 Friday On My Mind: https://youtu.be/rBJLoYd8xak Edit: DDP pick so awaiting UK obit. Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3375353/Stevie-Wright-Australian-rock-legend-Easybeats-singer-dies-aged-68.html

More Pointless Celebrities. The earlier series seem to be shorter. Must be when they made the programme for Joe Public to win cash instead of indulging celebrity pals. Look what ITV did to Family Fortunes, for example. It's a disaster now, though Pointless Celebs is tolerable for the most part. Anyway, on with Series 4 and 5 - not far to go. Series 5 Andy Akinwolere; Colin Baker; Bobby Ball; Tim Bentinck; Richard Blackwood; Ravi Bopara; Kellie Bright; Clemency Burton-Hill; Joe Calzaghe; Ali Campbell; Todd Carty; Linford Christie; Barry Chuckle; Paul Chuckle; Phil Cornwell; Sara Dallin; Simon Day; Rachel de Thame; Peter Dean; Susie Dent; Tony Discipline; Mark Durden-Smith; Janet Ellis; Kerry Ellis; Trey Farley; Sheila Ferguson; Pam Ferris; Neil Fingleton; Tom Fletcher; Ben Foster; Mark Foster; Nitin Ganatra; Graeme Garden; Diarmuid Gavin; Helen George; Helen Glover; Jilly Goolden; Simon Greenall; Germaine Greer; Sally Gunnell; Nick Hancock; Keith Harris; Louise Hazel; Katy Hill; Danielle Hope; Sophie Hosking; Nerys Hughes; Geoff Hurst; Martin Jarvis; Danny Jones; Harry Judd; Sam Kane; Matthew Kelly; Ian Lavender; Mark Little; Linda Lusardi; Ewen Macintosh; Lee Mack; Shona McGarty; Stephanie McGovern; Alistair McGowan; Rory McGrath; Vicki Michelle; Michael Mosley; Ritchie Neville; Paul Nicholas; Jessica Pardoe; Robert Peston; Karen Pickering; Dougie Poynter; Jodie Prenger; Esther Rantzen; Peter Reed; Tim Rice; Simon Rimmer; Rowland Rivron; Kate Robbins; Ted Robbins; Scott Robinson; Mike Rutherford; Sandie Shaw; Rita Simons; Olly Smith; Dan Snow; Lucy Speed; Lee Stafford; Sarah Storey; Meera Syal; Phil 'The Power' Taylor; Christopher Timothy; Phil Vickery; Tommy Walsh; Arabella Weir; Simon Williams; Shaun Williamson; Gary Wilmot; Terry Wogan; Roy Wood; Kim Woodburn; Keren Woodward. Series 4 Sophie Aldred; Rachel Allen; Christopher Biggins; Jean Boht; Mark Bright; Ken Bruce; Nicola Bryant; Michael Buerk; Ed Byrne; Gemma Cairney; Natalie Cassidy; Craig Charles; Nick Conway; Aaron Craze; Bernard Cribbins; Jenny Eclair; Shelagh Fogarty; Jennifer Gibney; Ricky Groves; Andrew Hayden-Smith; Jeffrey Holland; Charlie Higson; Frazer Hines; Hazel Irvine; Louise Jameson; Danny John-Jules (twice); Shappi Khorsandi; Jacqueline King; Rustie Lee; Sylvester McCoy; Ben Miller; Scott Mills; Samantha Murray; John Noakes; Jean-Christophe Novelli; Brendan O'Carroll; Christian O'Connell; Martin Offiah; Andi Osho; John Parrott; Martin Peters; James Phelps; Oliver Phelps; Su Pollard; Theo Randall; Paul Rankin; Anneka Rice; Peter Reed; Janet Street-Porter; Peter Purves; David Schneider; Phil Tufnell; John Whaite; Paul Whitehouse; Antony Worrall-Thompson.

Lanson Black Label Brut Champagne. Special tipple for me - brings back good times.