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Happy New Year! (even though I have 7 hours to go...)

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31)  1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (5/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, George Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (5/56)  1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50)  1995: Holly Johnson (1/50)  1996: Mr T (1/50)  1997: (0/50)  1998: (0/50)  1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50)  2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50)  2001: Desmond Tutu, Liza Minnelli (2/50)  2002: (0/50)  2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf (1/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai (1/50) 2006: Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Louis Farrakhan (2/50)  2008: Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50)  2009: (0/50)  2010: Angela Lansbury (1/50)  2011: Ali Khamenei, Bob Dole, Dick Cheney, Michael Douglas (4/50)  2012: Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (4/50) 2013: Prince Philip, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger (3/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Prince Philip, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett, Ed Asner (5/50)  2015: Prince Philip, Leslie Phillips, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts (5/50)  2016: Prince Phillip, Bob Dole, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Sandy Gall, Desmond Tutu, Lester Piggott, Murray Walker, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne (13/50)  2017: Prince Phillip, Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Betty White, Queen Elizabeth ll, Bob Barker, Ian St. John, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito (12/50)  2018: Prince Philip, Betty White, Linda Nolan, Bob Dole, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, June Brown, Louis Farrakhan, Ian St. John, Jimmy Greaves, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (21/50)  2019: Prince Philip, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Murray Walker, Emperor Akihito, Betty White, June Brown, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Walters, Harry Belafonte, Desmond Tutu, Ed Asner, Vanessa Redgrave, Jimmy Greaves, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prunella Scales, Larry King, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (25/50) 2020: Prince Philip, Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Bob Dole, Murray Walker, Leon Spinks, Betty White, Angela Lansbury, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Prunella Scales, Desmond Tutu, Jacques Delors, Willie Nelson, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Shane MacGowan, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Lester Piggott, Joanne Woodward, David Crosby, Tom Smith, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Pervez Musharraf, David Attenborough (30/50) Updated to include the 2020 survivors.

With the official list going online in roughly 24 hours, I've decided that it's time to reveal my Shadow List for 2021: 1. Prince Philip (100 - Consort) 2. Beverly Cleary (105 - Author) 3. Bob Dole (98 - Politician) 4. Rush Limbaugh (70 - Bigot) 5. Tom Moore (101 - COVID fundraiser) 6. Carlos Menem (91 - Former Argentinian president) 7. Clarissa Eden (101 - Former FLOTUK) 8. James Whale (70 - Radio personality) 9. Henry Kissinger (98 - War criminal/diplomat) 10. June Spencer (102 - Peggy from The Archers) 11. Betty White (99 - Actress) 12. Glynis Johns (98 - Actress) 13. Leslie Phillips (97 - Actor) 14. Jimmy Carter (97 - 39th President) 15. Tom Parker (33 - The Wanted member) 16. Dilip Kumar (99 - Bollywood legend/"immortal") 17. Bob Barker (98 - Game show host/spay and neuter activist) 18. Angela Lansbury (96 - Actress) 19. Pope Benedict XVI (94 - Former pope) 20. Harry Belafonte (94 - Singer) 21. Eva Marie Saint (97 - Actress) 22. Mikhail Gorbachev (90 - Last Soviet leader) 23. Noam Chomsky (93 - Linguist) 24. Joanne Woodward (91 - Actress) 25. Leon Spinks (68 - Boxer) 26. Linda Nolan (62 - Singer) 27. Rosalynn Carter (94 - Former FLOTUS) 28. Bobby Charlton (84 - Soccer legend) 29. Jimmy Greaves (81 - Soccer player) 30. Yoko Ono (88 - Screechy wife of Lennon) 31. Larry King (88 - Newscaster) 32. Olivia Newton-John (73 - Singer/actress) 33. Jerry Lee Lewis (86 - Singer) 34. Queen Elizabeth II (95 - Queen of England) 35. Bob Newhart (92 - Comedian) 36. Nichelle Nichols (89 - Lt. Uhura) 37. Cloris Leachman (95 - Actress) 38. Tom Lehrer (93 - Comedic singer) 39. Sidney Poitier (94 - Actor) 40. Pat Robertson (91 - Televangelist) 41. Sandra Day O’Connor (91 - Former Supreme Court justice) 42. James Watson (93 - Casually racist scientist) 43. Walter Mondale (93 - Former VP) 44. Mel Brooks (95 - Comedian) 45. Buzz Aldrin (91 - Moonwalker) 46. Clint Eastwood (91 - Acting legend) 47. Tony Bennett (95 - Crooner) 48. David Attenborough (95 - Naturalist) 49. Stanley Baxter (95 - Comedian) 50. Frankie Valli (87 - Singer) Subs (should anyone suddenly pass away): 51. Norman Lear (99 - Sitcom legend) 52. Doddie Weir (51 - Rugby player) 53. Bernard Cribbins (93 - All-around entertainer) @Joey Russ may add it to the crowdsourced list.

Saddam Hussein was executed on this day 14 years ago, aged 69.

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31)  1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (5/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, George Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (5/56)  1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50)  1995: Holly Johnson (1/50)  1996: Mr T (1/50)  1997: (0/50)  1998: (0/50)  1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50)  2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50)  2001: Desmond Tutu, Liza Minnelli (2/50)  2002: (0/50)  2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf (1/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai (1/50) 2006: Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Louis Farrakhan (2/50)  2008: Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50)  2009: Pierre Cardin (0/50)  2010: Angela Lansbury (1/50)  2011: Ali Khamenei, Bob Dole, Dick Cheney, Pierre Cardin, Michael Douglas (4/50)  2012: Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (4/50) 2013: Prince Philip, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger (3/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Prince Philip, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett, Ed Asner (5/50)  2015: Prince Philip, Leslie Phillips, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts (5/50)  2016: Prince Phillip, Bob Dole, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Sandy Gall, Desmond Tutu, Lester Piggott, Murray Walker, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne (13/50)  2017: Prince Phillip, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Betty White, Queen Elizabeth ll, Bob Barker, Ian St. John, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito (12/50)  2018: Prince Philip, Betty White, Linda Nolan, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, June Brown, Louis Farrakhan, Ian St. John, Jimmy Greaves, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (21/50)  2019: Prince Philip, Jimmy Carter, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Murray Walker, Emperor Akihito, Betty White, June Brown, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Walters, Harry Belafonte, Desmond Tutu, Ed Asner, Vanessa Redgrave, Jimmy Greaves, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prunella Scales, Larry King, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (25/50) Updated for Pierre Cardin. The 2009 list is now extinct.

Lights out for Jerry Orbach on this day 16 years ago, aged 69. (Orbach voiced Lumiere in the 1991 Beauty and the Beast.)

College football Hall-of-Famer Loyd Phillips, who also played for the Chicago Bears for 3 seasons, dead at 75.

Both Philip and Elizabeth were on the list in 2017.

Just gonna mention snooker player Rex Williams as a possibility. He turns 88 next year and hasn't been on the list since 1990. (he's second-from-left in this picture taken earlier this year)

Dido is 49 today.

A Daily Mail article from today. So, yes, he is a big enough name.

Good luck, and may the odds be in your favor @Cat O'Falk.

Either that, or some E menem Eminem.

DeathList lost its Biggs-est supporter on this day 7 years ago (aged 84).

443 guests online right now. Possibly due to the death of Jeremy Bulloch.

The real Colonel Sanders was finger-lickin' dead on this day 40 years ago, aged 90. He somewhat lives on as the company's mascot.

Here's my suggestions for next year's list: Drop Emperor Akihito Willie Nelson John Edrich Shane MacGowan Dick Cheney Lester Piggott Pervez Musharraf Return Queen Elizabeth II Jerry Lee Lewis Jake Roberts Jimmy Greaves Pope Benedict XVI Linda Nolan Mel Brooks Sidney Poitier Mikhail Gorbachev Larry King Debut Bobby Charlton Rush Limbaugh Tom Moore Bernard Cribbins Glynis Johns Tom Lehrer James Whale Sandra Day O'Connor Rosalynn Carter Yoko Ono Tom Parker Doddie Weir Duke Edward of Kent Noam Chomsky Pele

There's a thread for this, you know:

RIP VGE.

Chick Mangione is 80... ...I mean Chuck Mangione.

FTFY. (3rd after Joan Rivers and Kelly Asbury)

Pele pays tribute: Translation: "What sad news. I lost a great friend and the world lost a legend. There is still much to be said, but for now, may God give strength to family members. One day, I hope we can play ball together in the sky."

Freddie Mercury was all dead, all dead on this day 29 years ago, aged 45.