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  4. Posted

    Awaiting my copy of the “Mysteries and Myths of Death List Gaming” (shorter concise edition in 8 volumes). Once I’ve read, digested and understood I may start playing some of the more arcane competitions, races and games on here. Give me about 3 years and I may get there :D

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    Norwegian jazz drummer Jon Christensen has died age 76. He appears on many recordings on the ECM label and was in particular a member of the legendary Keith Jarrett European Quartet of the 1970s which produced five renowned recordings on ECM Records.

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    6 hours ago, The Unknown Man said:

     

    Hit #5 of the year for me so far with Kirk Douglas.:crossbone:

     

    KD! Gone! After all these years on the list! Well, well, well - that's #6 for me - 6 in 36 days. :axe: :axe: :axe: :axe: :axe: :axe:

    Quick pour me another espresso :smoking-smiley:

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    43 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said:

    We know.  Already posted in his own thread. 


    Yes, I had seen the posts on his thread - so I know you know (not a starter for any subsequent: “little does he know I know he knows I know ........” quips) :rolleyes:

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    1) Daniel arap Moi (Nyayo), 2) Gottfried Böhm (Build ‘em high), 3) Carol Channing (Thoroughly Modern) :rip:, 4) Olivia De Havilland (Maid Marion), 5) Javier Perez de Cuellar (Sec Gen #5), 6) Stanley Donen (On the Town) :rip:, 7) Kirk Douglas (Ear-ear), 8) William Frankland (Immune to death), 9) Jean Heywood (Billy’s gran) :rip:, 10) Clive James (A life critical) :rip:, 11) Robert Mugabe (Everlasting ex-president) :rip:, 12) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (death mask), 13) Leslie Phillips (Left hand down a bit), 14) William Russell (Companion), 15) Betty White (Hollywood mayor), 16) Herman Wouk (Sailor) :rip:, 17) Franco Zeffirelli (Tea time) :rip:, 18) George Alagiah (BBC News), 19) Ivor Broadis (Oldest England cap) :rip:, 20) Gay Byrne (Uncle Gaybo) :rip:, 21) Roger Corman (Low-budget cult), 22) Eileen Derbyshire (Emily), 23) Bob Dole (Candidate), 24) Lou Donaldson (Alto), 25) Patrick Duffy (Labour MP & NATO [NAA President]), 26) Benjamin Berell Ferencz (Last Nuremberg prosecutor), 27) Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Supreme Court), 28) Glyn Houston (Don’s little bro) :rip:, 29) John Hume (SDLP), 30) Johnny Johnson (Dambuster), 31) Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont (Falklands!), 32) Jill Knight (Baroness Knight of Collingtree), 33) Ted Luscombe (Bishop - Scottish Episcopal), 34) David McNee (Met commissioner) :rip:, 35) Michael Medwin (Army Game), 36) Gwen Moffat (Barefoot mountaineer & author), 37) John Papworth (Turbulent Priest), 38) Rosamunde Pilcher (Old romantic):rip:, 39) Sidney Poitier (Sir with Love), 40) David Prowse (Green X code man), 41) Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI), 42) Jim Russell (Grand Prix) :rip:, 43) Elizabeth Sellars (Weegie acting lass):rip:, 44) Joe Sinnott (What a Marvel!), 45) Ron Smith (Judge Dredd) :rip:, 46) Larry Storch (Comic), 47) Everton Weekes (Last of the 3 Ws), 48) Richard Williams (Tennis dad), 49) Peregrine Worsthorne (sometime journo), 50) Chuck Yeager (Glamorous Glennis).

     

    One final hit for this years list in the closing hours of the year - Elizabeth Sellars RIP.

    This takes my final number to 15 for the year - not too shabby; so now an adjustment to my 2020 list :blink:

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    18 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

     

    Indeed.....

     

    This is exactly where the enjoyment from Deathlist comes for me, so my random celebrities I'd never have known about have been introduced to me via this forum. You can have all your cancer mums in the world and become a successful deadpooler but that's never been the point. The one great thing about shadow lists is that generally people actually screen their picks for 'would they put them on the real Deathlist?' if they were committee members which gives you a much higher calibre of pick than some of the competetive deadpools hereabouts with woefully low obit requirements (this isn't a criticism of them, they have their place... i set one of them up for fuck sake :lol:) 

     

    To those who say we celebrate people's deaths, to those who say we're sad bastards reveling in other peoples misery or that the magic of Deathlisting has died off. Get your head out of the FFBI ridden sands of Deathrace, the DDP and Hares come hear to have your mind cleansed and remember the good old reason for Deathlisting.

     

    It's a hobby that breathes life in forgotten careers. Each time someones name is breathed - or type - a bit of life is bled into them whether the are alive or dead. I've come to the conclusion were I a long forgotten celebrity who was to stumble upon this sight I'd be flattered people were still talking about me and that my career was notable enough to end up on one of these lists. To read lists of people of genuine fame and amazing achievements you'd never knew about is a true education.....

     

    Here's to Shadowlists, the saving grace of demoralised deadpool hosts.  I've just remembered what drew me to this site and kept me around in the first place... :) 

     

    normal bitter, pthy, aggessive, non-soppy Deathray posting will resume at some point when the drugs wear off...... 

     

    Thank you Kinnock. Your sentiments are so so right, I cannot imagine this being better expressed. Those that we had forgotten and lost live again for us, and we even discover more of their journey through life, their joys and their travails. :rolleyes:

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    There are quite wonderful and reflective moments reading Death Listers Shadow Lists. Those moments of recognition and remembrance; moments of: “Are they still alive? I haven’t thought of them for years. Where are they now? What are they doing?” and then the research to answer those questions. 
    Thank you Death Listers everywhere :old:

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  23. Posted

    The Wickerman’s shadow list for 2020

     

    19/50 Dead

     

     

    1)      Gottfried Böhm, 1920 (Build ‘em high),

    2)      Roger Corman, 1926 (Cult - Low-Budget),

    3)      Javier Perez de Cuellar, 1920 (Sec Gen #5), :rip: 4/3

    4)      Eileen Derbyshire, 1931 (Emily),

    5)      Bob Dole, 1923 (Candidate),

    6)      Lou Donaldson, 1926 (Alto),

    7)      Kirk Douglas, 1916 (Lust for – Death?), :rip: 5/2

    8)      Patrick Duffy, 1920 (Labour MP & NATO [NAA President]),

    9)      Benjamin Berell Ferencz, 1920 (Last Nuremberg prosecutor),

    10)   William Frankland, 1912 (Immune to death), :rip: 2/4

    11)   Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933 (Good Judge), :rip: 18/9

    12)   Olivia de Havilland, 1916 (Going, Going, Gone), :rip: 25/7

    13)   Johnny Johnson, 1921 (Dambuster),

    14)   Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, 1919 (Falklands!), :rip: 10/1

    15)   Ted Luscombe, 1924 (Bishop - Scottish Episcopal),

    16)   Michael Medwin, 1923 (Army Game), :rip: 26/2

    17)   Daniel arap Moi, 1924 (Nyayo), :rip: 4/2

    18)   John Papworth, 1921 (Turbulent Priest), :rip: 4/7

    19)   Leslie Phillips, 1924 (Left hand down a bit),

    20)   Sidney Poitier, 1927 (Sir with Love),

    21)   Joe Sinnott, 1926 (What a Marvel!), :rip: 25/6

    22)   Larry Storch, 1923 (Comic),

    23)   Alex Trebek, 1940 (Life in Jeopardy), :rip: 8/11

    24)   Everton Weekes, 1925 (Last of the 3 Ws), :rip: 1/7

    25)   Betty White, 1922 (Hollywood mayor),

    26)   Bob Barker, 1923 (Price is Right),

    27)   Eric Bentley, 1916 (Brechtian), :rip: 5/8

    28)   Ronald Blythe, 1922 (Akenfield)

    29)   Raymond Briggs, 1934 (Time For Lights Out?),

    30)   Mel Brooks, 1926 (Cone of Silence Awaits?),

    31)   June Brown, 1927 (Dot Cott),

    32)   Jimmy Carter, 1924 (Peanut farming),

    33)   Anton Coppola, 1917 (Operatic), :rip: 9/3

    34)   Paul Farnes, 1918 (Fewer & Fewer), :rip: 28/1

    35)   Paul Fox, 1925 (Controller at Beeb),

    36)   Ian Hamilton, 1925 (Stone Thief),

    37)   Mike Hoare, 1919 (Mad), :rip: 2/2

    38)   Hal Holbrook, 1925 (Film Guy),

    39)   Marsha Hunt, 1917 (Blacklisted),

    40)   Norman Lear, 1922 (TV Prod),

    41)   Norman Lloyd, 1914 (Perimutter?),

    42)   James Lovelock, 1919 (Gaia),

    43)   Roberta McCain, 1912 (Matriarch), :rip: 12/10

    44)   Carl Reiner, 1922 (Bernie fan), :rip: 29/6

    45)   June Spencer, 1919 (Peggy),

    46)  Christopher Tolkien, 1924 (Hobbit and Middle-earth mapmaker), :rip: 16/1

    47)   Bill Turnbull, 1956 (BBC news),

    48)   Brian Urquhart, 1919 (UN Under-Sec-Gen),

    49)   Murray Walker, 1923 (Legend),

    50)   Donald Zec, 1919 (Daily Mirror Journo).

     

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