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Nobby Stiles again.

Death of BBC Radio DJ Paul James aged 72 who once worked with The Beatles. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/comedy-radio-icon-paul-james-19503981

Went for Nobby Stiles, surely his time has come.

My thoughts on the remaining 44 candidates Kirk Douglas - Think he'll both make his 103rd and 2020 now. Olivia De Haviland - no guarantee she'll see 2020. Duke Of Edinburgh - More deterioration come autumn but should see 2020. Leah Bracknell - Hoping for impossible miracle regarding her terminal cancer, should be fine for 2020 at least. Vera Lynn - Not looking 100% going my recent pictures of her, wouldn't be surprised if she is a late Robert Mugabe - Just maybe his year. Jimmy Carter - Should see out this year but 2020 will be a big hurdle for him. Pierre Cardin - Think he'll all right this year but too old to be dropped. Bob Dole - Increasingly frail, no guarantee he'll see 2020. Henry Kissinger - Still able to fly across the Atlantic despite his frailty, too old to be dropped now. Jerry Stiller - Quiet of late, maybe worth keeping for the 2020 list. Javier Perez De Cuellar - Could go anytime Bob Barker - In and out of hospital, 50/50 Murray Walker - Still writing columns but still frail and now too old to be dropped. Emperor Akihito - Now retired, wouldn't surprise me if he goes this year. Betty White - Should be all right this year but we know what happened to Doris Day. Hosni Mubarak - Still looks reasonably healthy, should be dropped for the 2020 list. June Brown - Depends on when she will retire from Eastenders Stirling Moss - How is he still alive? Alan Greenspan - still makes TV appearances, easy drop for next year. Jacques Chirac - Dementia getting more advanced, think he's a 2020 goner. Dick Van Dyke - The DL committee must take the risk next year by dropping him, most stupid pick ever. Nobby Stiles - Has had end stage dementia since at least spring 2017 yet somehow he keeps breathing. Barbara Walters - getting more and more fucked. Honor Blackman - quiet of late, think she is now an ever present on the DL until she goes. Harry Belafonte - quiet of late but had to be on the DL sometime. I'd keep him for 2020. Desmond Tutu - Looking more frail, either this year or next year. Valery Giscard d'Estaing - One of the oldest ex major world leaders, think he's a lock now. Ed Asner - still active on social media, easy drop next year. Vanessa Redgrave - Still performing in theatre, easy drop next year. Jimmy Greaves - Needs a lot of care now, gone by end of winter. Sidney Poitier - Droppable if 2019 finishes on a low number. Valerie Harper - Either this year or next year. Loretta Lynn - Droppable if 2019 finishes on a low number. Mikhail Gorbechev - not too sick, could be a bold drop next year if we finish on a low number. Tony Britton - too old to be dropped but might have to be a risky drop if 2019 ends on a low score. Cleo Laine - Was an interesting pick but not going anywhere for a few years. Clive James - Game of Thrones over, think he'll gone by end of winter. Prunella Scales - No more cruise journeys for her, goner in late 2020 at least. Little Richard - Can no longer answer fanmail, too big to miss. Larry King - Divorcing 7th wife, had heart surgery this year, think he's a worthy drop for 2020. Tina Turner - Still looking great at nearly 80, wasted pick. Shane McGowan - He had to be on the list sometime but I think he'll see 2021. Ginger Baker - Getting really hard for him now.

Gone for 96.

Bumped after 13 years, you've got a good memory.

First time in DL history the number 50 candidate has kicked the bucket for three successive years following on from Ian Brady and Mark E Smith

Stirling Moss this time.

Too early to decide which 25 we should keep but here's my first 2020 new and returning draft Pope Benedict Olivia Newton John Jill Gascoine Leslie Phillips Mel Brooks Sean Connery Stanley Baxter Rolf Harris Ennio Morricone Willie Nelson Barbara Windsor Nicholas Parsons Linda Nolan Julie Goodyear Sandy Gall Gay Byrne Lester Piggott Angela Lansbury David Bellamy Tom Baker Ric Flair Bill Turnbull Gerd Muller Jack Charlton Desmond Morris

Voted Clive James through my gut.

You can cross off Alan Smith who has died aged 97. https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2019/may/alan-smith-rip/

Irene Sutcliffe who was Maggie Clegg on Coronation Street from 1968-1975 has died aged 88. https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2019/obituary-irene-sutcliffe-coronation-street-star-with-a-theatre-career-of-distinction/

Got a Pei and Wouk double.

Going for McCririck this time.

Sticking with De Cuellar.

My thoughts on the remaining 48 Kirk Douglas - really old, still think 2019 is his year. Herman Wouk - Could go anytime Olivia de Havilland - 103 in July, no guarantee she'll survive this year. Prince Philip - Autumn will be his first real hurdle. Leah Bracknell - Still think she'll finally go this year Vera Lynn - Quiet of late, no guarantee she'll see out the year. Robert Mugabe - Now in the 50/50 zone. Jimmy Carter - 2020 may be his first hard year to keep on living. Pierre Cardin - Too old to be dropped Bob Dole - Think he'll be an autumn goner. Henry Kissinger - Reached the age of a DL bedblocker, wouldn't surprise me if he goes this year. Jerry Stiller - Who knows Javier Perez de Cuellar - 99 now, think he'll die any day now as he's been quiet of late coupled with last year's death hoax. Bob Barker - In and out of hospital. Getting increasingly harder for him. Murray Walker - Still think he'll be alright this year, now at an age of a DL bedblocker. Akihito - Frail, think he's returned to the list at the nick of time. Betty White - If Doris can go with previously unknown health issues at 97 then so can Betty. Hosni Mubarak - Still got at least a couple of years left in him. June Brown - Should be alright this year. Stirling Moss - A goner for sure this year. Bob Hawke - Don't think he'll survive the Aussie winter. Alan Greenspan - Random but could be worthy. Jacques Chirac - Frail but could last a bit yet. Dick van Dyke - No matter how sprightly he is, think he's a lock until he goes. Nobby Stiles - Had to return, outside chance now he'll see 2020. Barbara Walters - Maybe Honor Blackman - Think she'll stay on the DL until she goes but not this year. Harry Belafonte - Was a long overdue first appearance but likely to see out this year. Desmond Tutu - In the 50/50 zone. d'Estaing - Still makes public appearances, possible attempt to outjinx Ed Asner - Recently lost wife, still tweeting, next year at earliest. Vanessa Redgrave - Wouldn't surprise me if she goes this year. Think she's a bedblocker. Jimmy Greaves - Looks horrid but may last a bit yet. Sidney Poitier - Quiet of late, likely to de dropped for 2020 if 2019 finishes on a low number. Valerie Harper - Quiet of late but sensible keep. Cleo Laine - Interesting pick, still performing though. Loretta Lynn - Could be a lucky break. Gorbachev - Overdue DL debut year, in the 50/50 zone. Tony Britton - Really old so who knows John McCririck - Looks horrid, think he's an autumn goner. Clive James - Summer or Autumn goner. Prunella Scales - Think December will be too much for her. Little Richard - Could go tomorrow, could go in five years time. Larry King - Recently had heart surgery, think he'll be dropped for 2020. Tina Turner - Probably time she made her DL debut but not this year. Shane McGowan - Long overdue on the Deathlist, but I'd drop him next year as I think he has a good chance now of seeing 2021. Ginger Baker - Still touring, should see 2020 now. Johnny Clegg - Should be alright this year, but I'd keep him for the 2020 list.

JPDC

A barren spell must mean a summer avalanche.

David Bellamy should be considered for the 2020 list, 87 next January and rarely heard these days.

Old layout 1987: Osbourne (1/31) 1989: Bruno, Ditka, Osbourne, Brian Wilson, Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Alliss, Ditka, Williams, Winfrey, Waite (6/42) 1991: Beenhakker (1/40) 1992: Ryder (1/37) 1993: Bennett, Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (5/56) 1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Shilton (3/50) 1995: Holly Johnson, Connery (2/50) 1996: Mr T (1/50) 1997: Kirk Douglas (1/50) 1998: (0/50) 1999: Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50) 2000: Farrakhan (1/50) 2001: Tutu, Minelli, Wouk (3/50) 2002: Kirk Douglas (1/50) 2003: (0/50) 2004: Musharraf, Kirk Douglas, Mugabe (3/50) 2005: Karzai, Maradona, de Havilland (3/50) 2006: Kirk Douglas, Lynn, Bouteflika (3/50) 2007: Tim Johnson, Kirk Douglas, de Havilland, Lynn, Farrakhan (5/50) 2008: Kirk Douglas, Lynn, Watson, Karzai, Charles Taylor (5/50) 2009: Kirk Douglas, Cardin (2/50) 2010: Kirk Douglas, Wouk, de Havilland, Edrich, Bough, Lansbury (6/50) 2011: Kirk Douglas, de Havilland, Edrich, Khamenei, Dole, Cheney, Cardin, Lynn, Michael Douglas, (9/50) 2012: Kirk Douglas, Wouk, de Havilland, Mubarak, Lawson, Kissinger, Mugabe, Van Dyke, Randi, Gaddafi (10/50) 2013: Clive James, Prince Philip, Mubarak, Kirk Douglas, de Havilland, Lynn, Dole, Day, Kissinger, Parsons (10/50) 2014: Wilko Johnson, de Havilland, Harper, Clive James, Prince Philip, Lynn, Kirk Douglas, Perez de Cuellar, Randi, Van Dyke, Bennett, Asner (12/50) 2015: Wouk, de Havilland, Perez de Cuellar, Prince Philip, Douglas, James, Valerie Harper, Phillips, Dole, Day,Kissinger, Mubarak, Mugabe, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Lynn, Large (16/50) 2016: de Havilland, Wouk, Perez de Cuellar, Kirk Douglas, Prince Phillip, Randi, Clive James, Dole, Scales, Carter, Kissinger, Chong, Phillips, Lynn, Gall, Tutu, Piggott, Walker, Greaves, Chirac, Gascoigne (21/50) 2017: Kirk Douglas, Lynn, Prince Phillip, Cardin, de Haviland, Wouk, Dole, Bracknell, Carter, Phillips, Mugabe, Perez de Cuellar, Betty White, Stiles, Queen Elizabeth, Gascoine, Barker, Blackman, St John, Prowse, Gall, Benedict, Mubarak, Tutu, Akihito, Byrne, Harper (27/50) 2018: Kirk Douglas, Bracknell, Wouk, de Havilland, Prince Philip, White, Nolan, Perez de Cuellar, Cardin, Moss, Day, Dole, Barker, Scales, Carter, Phillips, Gascoine, Lynn, Mugabe, Kissinger, Blackman, Van Dyke, Baxter, Giscard d'Estaing, Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, Brown, Mubarak, Connery, Farrakhan, St. John, Greaves, Harper, James, Wood, Newton-John, Mitchell & Gascoigne (38/50)

May 1. John McCririck 2. Stuart Hall (TV host) 3. Monica Vitti 4. John Hume 5. Billy Bingham

Mubarak will outlive the rest of the list.

More for the possibly living list. Ron Phoenix (born June 1929), Manchester City and Rochdale. Colin Walker (born July 1929), Derby County

95 today.

Found another two possibily still living. David Nightingale (b. Aug 1927) Tranmere Rovers Alex Forsyth (b. Sep 1928), Albion Rovers, East Stirling and Darlington.