Snakeman

Unless I am very much mistaken I am the forum user who recommended John McCririck to the death list last year after I detected he was on his last legs.

I saw him on celebrity big brother and he was smoking a lot of cigarettes.

According to the papers he has had a new black Land Rover 4 x 4 delivered already to replace the one he smashed up and the headline of one of the papers today is "Phil back on the road". So he doesn't sound very shaken up and is obviously not too scared to carry on driving so that's good news for death listers but bad news for other motorists. I bet he's spent hours on those compare the market websites last night trying to get car insurance because at his age and after that big smash up I bet a lot of companies didn't even want to insure him. In the normal course of events if you pull out from a side road onto a national speed limit main road into the path of traffic and cause a smash up you might be charged with driving without due care and attention or dangerous driving or whatever but in his case that would effectively mean he would be up in court against his wife. Crown v Prince Philip.

The rules are too complicated for a casual visitor like me to enter, but being a helpful type here's a few you should have picked - John McCririck George Alagiah Leah Bracknell June Brown Dennis Waterman Chris Tarrant Prince Philip Jean-Claude Juncker Keith Richards Kenny Sansom John McDonnell

The legendary singer Nancy Wilson died yesterday aged 81. What a fantastic talent.

Breaking news. The legendary newsreader Richard Baker has died in Oxford at 93.

Haven't you heard his football commentaries? It's Glenn Twaddle not Glenn Hoddle. My money's on a brain haemorrage because his brother had one of those. If he recovers I wonder if he will be asked if his illness was punishment for what he did in a previous life.

To be fair to me I think I was the first person to put John McCririck on this forum and that was I think some months ago perhaps last year so it will require a huntback through my previous posts. I had identified him as a cancer suspect a year ago when he was looking particularly gaunt and claiming the weight loss was due to flu. Knowing his history as a heavy smoker and also having experience of this I immediately made my own diagnosis of lung cancer. Having seen this week's latest pictures of him in which he looks even worse and has a deathly pallor about him I am a lot more certain that he is suffering from terminal lung cancer and it would not surprise me one iota if he didn't make Christmas. However if he does he should definitely be on the 2019 list. I thank you.

Charles Aznovoice, the French warbler, has died at 94 after breaking his arm.

Chas of Chas and Dave is dead.

It's been announced he is joining LBC to do a show there. Can't be that ill but doesn't look good in the latest pic and he has confirmed he is gay.

I thought I would share with you my list for 2019 so far, which I am adding to when I get a flash of inspiration or insight: - Prince Philip - Royal Uri Geller - Spoon bender Chris Tarrant - Millionaire TV quiz host Michael Aspel - Capital Radio DJ and TV host Ronnie Wood - Rolling Stone Freddie Starr – Hamster eater David Rodigan - Reggae DJ/Sound Clash champion Lamont Dozier - Motown songwriter Val Valentino – Masked Magician Jack Straw - Former Home Secretary Tony Bennett - Singer Kirk Douglas - Actor Lee "Scratch" Perry - Jamaican music star Clive James - Aussie TV star Jerry Iceman Butler - US Singer Ken Clarke - Hush Puppies wearing politician Dionne Warwick - American warbler Dennis Norden - Through the Keyhole TV star Tommy Cannon - Comedian John McCririck - Racing pundit and Big Brother star Aretha Franklin - Queen of Soul Paul Gascoigne - Gazza Henry Blofeld - Blowers Peter Young - Capital and Jazz FM DJ Leah Bracknell - Emmerdale Farm hottie Norman Cook - Fatboy Slim Paul McCartney - Beatle Des Lynam - Sports presenter Jean-Claude Juncker - EU chief June Brown – Actress Doris Day – Animal Sanctuary boss Alaistair Stewart – ITN Newsreader

Wiki is now reporting that Teddy Johnson died on 6 June aged 97.

Jerry 'Iceman' Butler would be a good pick for 2019. Last video I saw of him he looked very frail and stooped over and now it has been announced the hit maker will not be standing for re-election this year in local Chicago politics after 30 years as a politician. Could well be due to failing health. This is him nearly 5 years ago - Another left-field choice would be the spoon bender, Uri Geller. Looks fit but all that paranormal, psychic, spoon bending energy going through his body could be taking a toll.

Reggie Lucas dies at 65 - Played with Miles Davis; Wrote and produced songs for Madonna, Stephanie Mills, Phyllis Hyman, Lou Rawls and others; and had funk hit with Mtume called Juicy Fruit https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/reggie-lucas-madonna-producer-dead-at-65-w520529

What about Alan 'Porky' Parry. He is a broadcaster on Talksport and talks a lot about his life threatening conditions and how only part of his heart works. His nickname 'Porky' suggests he may be fat and, if so, that can't be helping things. Could be a good pick.

I think it's a sad indictment of the people who choose these selections that here we are almost halfway through a year and a panel of so called experts has only been able to pick out 5 people who have died. I would say just for my own personal observations I have been a lot more successful. As regards who on the list will be the next one to die I went down the list and if I am being brutally honest I would say that I wasn't expecting anyone on that list to die imminently. It seems to be either let's pick people just because they are very old even though they are in good health or alternatively let's pick people who live reckless lifestyles that doesn't seem to be any real logic behind it or sound research in terms of finding out about people who are seriously ill. John McCain has been quoted in the last couple of days of saying certain things and it's because another senator has got a health problem like him and John McCain is supporting him so I don't think John McCain is at deaths door.

I read a book about him called Killing for Company. He had body parts stuffed all over his flat when they came to arrest him. In Bin Liners and cupboards. I believe he wrote his autobiography while in prison but wasn't allowed to publish it because he was alive and unable to profit from his crimes. I wonder if it will now be allowed to be published.

I saw the racing pundit John McCririck on the TV a week or so ago and he looked very gaunt. I looked into him and it said he was recovering from severe flu but it looked a bit more serious than that to me. I note he is 78 and could be one to watch.

Just heard on the radio that legendary American songwriter Lamont Dozier who was part of Holland Dozier Holland who wrote most of the Motown hits has cancelled his entire UK tour this summer on doctor's orders.

According to today's Daily Star, Rose West is in poor health and in hospital. Her health problems are being closely guarded but it could be serious and life threatening. If makes the year out she could be one for 2019.

I was a massive fan of Jim Bowen and Bullseye. What a top bloke he was. RIP. He should have had as much media coverage as Hawking. Jim was a definite legend and Bullseye was one of the greatest TV shows of all time. Edit. PS. While darts is the subject, my hot tip for a DL success is blinged up arrow thrower Bobby "The Dazzler" George. Looked a bit rough last time I saw him on a video.

Today Vic Damone has died and his death was reported on BBC TV News. If you'd listened to me you'd have another 'hit' on your list. I'd just like to mention that on August 12, 2017 in a thread titled "Ideas And Possibilities For 2018", I posted the following but was ignored - Some ideas - Liza Minnelli - Unhealthy alcoholic. Ken Clarke - Unhealthy looking, overweight politician Vic Damone - 89 year old singer, stroke / wife died a few months ago (a UK no 1 hit so quite famous) Dennis Waterman - Sweeney/Minder actor - Looks pretty rough for his age Jeremy Clarkson - In hospital wth pneumonia Dionne Warwick - Ageing singer Vic Damone, renowned American crooner, dies aged 89 - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/12/vic-damone-singer-actor-dies-89

Lots of pics of Aretha here from June 2017 - http://media.macombdaily.com/2017/06/10/aretha-franklin-performs-at-inaugural-detroit-music-weekend-in-photos/#9

Some ideas - Liza Minnelli - Unhealthy alcoholic. Ken Clarke - Unhealthy looking, overweight politician Vic Damone - 89 year old singer, stroke / wife died a few months ago (a UK no 1 hit so quite famous) Dennis Waterman - Sweeney/Minder actor - Looks pretty rough for his age Jeremy Clarkson - In hospital wth pneumonia Dionne Warwick - Ageing singer