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Me neither. I think last year the whole thing with not being able to get past 14 hits despite waiting nearly 2 months for a death was partly karma for not including Sir Nicholas Winton on the list. I would have had him at #1 on the 2015 list with Zsa Zsa second. Lee Yuan Kew should also definitely have been on last year's list. This year? There are some good picks on this year's list, but also some major omissions and some iffy picks as well. Some of these "iffy picks" are new blood, further down the list, and some of them I don't actually know that much about. So I agree with you. I don't see this year's list as being as good as last year's, but who knows, time will tell! Yes, they missed huge chances last year. Though I mostly have King Abdullah on my mind. Lee Kuan Yew right at second place of missed chances. They were both already going down in December 2014. And the list got a fluke with John Nash, so the necessary luck was there. I think this year's list still has good potential. Still too many very old people waiting for death. Joao Havelange is a lock this year, in my opinion. Zsa Zsa however might have another year, simply because I think it's now obvious that she inherited her mother's longevity genes. And her mother lived to 101 (or 102?). It has good potential, but also some major omissions and some iffy picks. Time will tell...

If Jimmy Carter makes it to the next decade I'll eat a bucket of your shit and top it off with a gallon of katie hopkins piss mixed with johnny rottens sperm. And to add horror to that I'll fly for several hours on Ryanair sat next to you. There's more than an outside chance you may live to regret those words.

Chirac is a decent pick for this year. I've excluded him from my own personal list though in favour of Jean-Marie Le Pen who I regard as being that bit more likely to die this year

The DL Committee were obviously stoned out of their brains when making the list hence they got him confused with Tommy Chong.

Don't know much about him but he seems like a reasonably good choice. I'd never heard of him for one and I'm not a thick, ignorant type

I think there's no doubt Gazza will die young, but whether it will be this year or not is uncertain. He might be a wasted pick, but we might just get lucky.

Another thing I just realised about Boutros Boutros-Ghali: his name is like a porno threesome. BBG.

Don't know too much about Robert M Pirsig but went for him anyway

Me neither. I think last year the whole thing with not being able to get past 14 hits despite waiting nearly 2 months for a death was partly karma for not including Sir Nicholas Winton on the list. I would have had him at #1 on the 2015 list with Zsa Zsa second. Lee Yuan Kew should also definitely have been on last year's list. This year? There are some good picks on this year's list, but also some major omissions and some iffy picks as well. Some of these "iffy picks" are new blood, further down the list, and some of them I don't actually know that much about. So I agree with you. I don't see this year's list as being as good as last year's, but who knows, time will tell!

I always thought he came across really well in this interview!Didn`t take himself too seriously and was up for a laugh despite being a serious statesmen! He handled it really well! Whatever persona Sasha Baron Cohen is playing, his aim is to take the piss out of every cunt. Boutros Boutros-Ghali was having none of it! What year is that from?

What exactly is wrong with Sinead O'Connor? Everyone seems to be mentioning her name around here at the moment Crazy and suicidal. Any woman who thinks having a shaved head is a good look has to be slightly nuts, I suppose, but any particular reason for her being suicidal? I haven't heard any gossip about it anywhere else other than this site.

Better late than never! 1. Zsa Zsa Gabor 2. Martin Crowe 3. Joao Havelange 4. Olivia de Haviland 5. Bhumibol Adulyadej 6. Alistair Urquhart 7. Vera Lynn 8. Billy Graham 9. Jacque Fresco 10. Howard Marks 11. Raymond Smullyan 12. Javier Perez de Cuellar 13. Prince Philip 14. Fidel Castro 15. Kirk Douglas 16. Oscar Brand 17. Richard Adams 18. Helmut Kohl 19. George Gaynes 20. Herman Wouk 21. Fats Domino 22. Dick Van Dyke 23. Joni Mitchell 24. Gudrun Ure 25. Benedict XVI 26. Pierre Cardin 27. Stan Lee 28. Mikhail Gorbachev 29. Jean-Marie Le Pen 30. Muhammad Ali 31. Burt Kwouk 32. Zhou Youguang 33. Abe Vigoda 34. Chuck Berry 35. Robert Mugabe 36. Hosni Mubarak 37. Nancy Reagan 38. Cliff Michelmore 39. Henry Kissinger 40. Jimmy Carter 41. George Bush Sr. 42. Bob Dole 43. Harper Lee 44. Desmond Morris 45. Piet de Jong 46. I. M. Pei 47. Doris Day 48. Boutros Boutros-Ghali 49. John Wetton 50. Bruce Forsyth

What exactly is wrong with Sinead O'Connor? Everyone seems to be mentioning her name around here at the moment

Leaving Howard Marks off was sheer stupidity, just like leaving Sir Nicholas Winton off the 2015 list was really, really dumb. I like the inclusion of Boutros Boutros-Ghali - as I said earlier, isn't he just such an adorable cutie? Here's that photo again just to remind you: Aside from that, new picks like Robert M Pirsig for example seems like a good choice, but why him and not the likes of I. M. Pei or Alistair Urquhart or Desmond Morris any of the other good choices suggested? Taking off the likes of Robert Mugabe, Doris Day, Helmut Kohl and Hosni Mubarak is IMHO a bad idea, I could see any of these figures not lasting the year... Not sure about some of the newer picks lower down the list as I honestly don't know enough about them to be able to comment on whether they are good picks or not!

Gotta love everything about Boutros Boutros-Ghali! He's such a cutie:

This is going to leave the DL selection team in a bit of a dilemma... Cancer-free - but for how long? And even without the cancer, he's still 92 years of age next year... I think we should put Carter in occupying slot 50, in light of the new developments.

Ronnie Corbett would probably be a good candidate for 2016. Agree with those who have said Sean Connery definitely deserves his own thread, unless there's a thread for James Bond related people.

I would advise against ever taking her off DL.We don`t want another Patrick Moore and beside when Priebke and Pincher turned 100 everyone went on about how great they look.Centenarians can deteriate rapidly. Plus if the committee left off a 100 year old double Oscar Winner it would look fairly foolish is she died.I think that any candidates born before 1920 should be on until they die. Agreed. There should be a rule that those who are 95+ and are on the list, should be on the list until they die

How is Cher at death's door exactly?

Another name for you... Geert Hofstede, b. 1928, Dutch psychologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_Hofstede

Has philosopher Jurgen Habermas (b. 1929) ever been mentioned on here before? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Habermas

Also has Hans Blix (b. 1928) former UN weapons inspector ever been mentioned on here?

Efraín Ríos Montt (god knows how you even pronounce that) - b. 1926, former Guatemalan president, was on trial this year for crimes against humanity. Good DL pick? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efra%C3%ADn_R%C3%ADos_Montt

I don't have time to read through this whole thread (even though I'm sitting in alone on a Saturday night) but I'm assuming Australian media owner Reg Grundy (b. 1923) has been mentioned in this thread? Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Grundy

He should definitely be on the 2016 list, assuming he lasts that long