YoungWillz

The news that Betsy Drake has died at 92 back on October 27th breaks on a fast news day. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/betsy-drake-dead-cary-grant-838970 Note: Only posted here because of the previous reference by Handrejka.

Nancy Reagan to be a record breaker, yeahhhhhhh!

This is definitely the game for me next year!

No DDP team had him as their joker, so how about "He was a smoker, not a joker". (Steve Miller Band ref.)

"Topped Off The Schmidt Parade"

What do we say? Record breaking year? I think so.

Schmidt wins. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34778565

BBC Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34778565

BBC have said he's dead. Link to follow.

I'll go for Christmas Day 2015, if I'm going to be wrong, it might as well be a celebration anyway.

may the force be with him until 2016 ... Not available, Daniel Fleetwood has died at 32. http://www.wafb.com/story/30478800/star-wars-fan-dies-one-week-after-seeing-the-force-awakens

Allen Toussaint, US songwriter and producer, 77 has died on tour. http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/2015/11/10/allen-toussaint/75500982/ Famous for Working In A Coalmine, Fortune Teller and this one, Southern Nights: https://youtu.be/2zJBVdQd8iA Edit: Double heart attack. BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34779468

Wow. I'm sad to hear about this. One of my grandfathers used to bet on the horses. I remember sitting on some Saturday afternoons with him and my cousins, betting pennies on the races and I always went for Eddery if he was riding one of the horses. More often than not, I won. Cheers Pat, for all the small victories I had as a boy.

New Round Up: Pat Eddery: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=560&p=241102 BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/34775264 Helmut Schmidt: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7751&p=241127 (Deathlist Record Equalling Death!) BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34778565 "Philthy" Phil Taylor: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=1791&p=241419 BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34803204 Warren Mitchell: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8454&p=241560 BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34820371 Nick Bockwinkel: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=677&p=241692 Awaiting Obit. Cynthia Payne: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8387&p=241764 (Obit In Link) Saeed Jaffrey: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7766&p=241790 Guardian Obit: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/16/saeed-jaffrey-bollywood-and-british-screen-legend-dies-aged-86

^^ Phew! No "Tomorrow People"? Only jesting. Must have taken some work, thanks msc.

Two suggestions "Yes We Can, Sir" or "The Sign Of The Crab"

^^Least of your worries TMIB, I'm sure. New rules, next competition entries about to come in, scoreboards etc. I forgot to pick a celebrity death. At least I'm not alone down there on "nul points", now hoping a few weeks out from the next competition that I keep the clean sheet. First year, joint last - a share of the wooden spoon - that'll do for me, one less team to worry about compiling next year.

This is an American. Any innocent gesture in the USA can get you killed. I'm thinking about setting a toe on a lawn that's not yours, knocking on someone's door for directions or a delivery, or even the simple statement "I can't breathe".

Think you can add Leon Bibb to the List of the Lost, the bio has been updated but not the list or the front page. Cheers! Splendid work as always, Toast was right about the caption...

Heyup Switch.

^^ Loving the predictive text here. I've always felt pints lead to mounts too.

And now Don Fargo (Don Kalt), Jackie's partner in the Fabulous Fargos, has died at 85, cancer. http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2015/11/08/22570712.html

Thanks, MPFC, I'll PM you my list shortly, I'll give you say 3 substitutes (gets coffee and thinks)! Edit: The Usain Bolts of YoungWillz team now sent to you. No doubt half will die now before the start, but I'll keep an eye on it.

If we pick someone now and they die before commencement (non-RHME), can we pick an appropriate substitute? Sorry if this is an obvious question, I wasn't here last year. I'm keen to be involved, although anyone I pick is likely to survive until 2017 anyway on previous form!

And isn't that the greatest thing? I learnt quite a bit going through the names and quite a few of them are eminently and highly obitable! And look at some of those birth dates! Bill Butler for example will certainly obit here for his opus.