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Or Artie Shaw back in '04.

101 years ago, Grigori Rasputin, "Russia's Greatest Love Machine", drank poison, was shot, beaten, and thrown in a river. He later died of hypothermia. Coincidentally enough, the person who sang that song about him (Bobby Farrell) died on the same day in 2010.

95 today!

We all sensed a disturbance in the force on this day 1 year ago.

The voice actor of the Heat Miser, George S. Irving, had one last green Christmas 1 year ago, aged 94.

Dean Martin was no-more on this day 22 years ago, aged 78.

The Watership went Down on this day 1 year ago, when Richard Adams died at the age of 96.

How about the only centenarian spouse of a British PM? Mary Wilson turns 102 in 3 weeks.

Carl Sagan went supernova on this day 21 years ago, aged 62.

Alois Alzheimer died on this day 102 years ago, aged 51. Before you ask, no, he didn't die from the disease he identified. His cause of death was heart failure.

Keep: 1. Kirk Douglas 2. Vera Lynn 3. Billy Graham 4. Lord Carrington 5. Prince Philip 6. Denis Norden 7. Stan Lee 8. Olivia de Havilland 9. Herman Wouk 10. Bob Dole 11. Leah Bracknell 12. Jimmy Carter 13. Leslie Phillips 14. Robert Mugabe 15. JP de Cuellar 16. Betty White 17. Nobby Stiles 18. Queen Elizabeth II 19. Bob Barker 20. George H.W. Bush 21. Pope Benedict XVI 22. Hosni Mubarak 23. Desmond Tutu 24. Akihito 25. Valerie Harper New/Return: 26. Doris Day 27. Clive James 28. Sean Connery 29. John McCain 30. Chuck Yeager 31. Carol Channing 32. Dilip Kumar 33. I.M. Pei 34. Wilford Brimley 35. Beverly Cleary 36. Charles Aznavour 37. Stephen Hawking 38. Jerry Lee Lewis 39. Little Richard 40. Hugh Downs 41. Clint Eastwood 42. Daniel arap Moi 43. Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 44. Vin Scully 45. Barbara Bush 46. Harvey Weinstein 47. Dick Van Dyke 48. Walter Mondale 49. Joanne Woodward 50. Eileen Derbyshire

Vaclav Havel dissoluted on this day 6 years ago, aged 75.

I'm pretty sure Carol Channing would make for a good choice next year.

Colonel Sanders put the "F" in KFC on this day 37 years ago, aged 90.

Ana Maria Vela Rubio, Spain's oldest person ever, has died at the age of 116.

Walt Disney was erased on this day 51 years ago, aged 65.

We said goodbye to the 1969 Mr. Chips (Peter O'Toole) on this day 4 years ago. He was 81.

Bullets couldn't kill George Washington. However, epiglottitis could, and did so on this day 218 years ago, when he was 67 years old.

Augusto Pinochet became the 11th hit for DeathList 2006 when he died at the age of 91. ...So that's why CNN Chile does news reports on us.

We lost contact with John Glenn on this day 1 year ago, aged 95.

If that's the case, I think we've found our new Ronnie Biggs.

I'd like to imagine that if John Lennon was never killed, the world would be a much better place.

December 7, 1941: A day that will live in infamy. - FDR In loving memory of the 2335 innocent soldiers killed at Pearl Harbor 76 years ago.

Considering 2013 had 4 hits in December (Mandela, O'Toole, Ronnie Biggs and Kalashnikov), there is a possibility of this year ending with 20 hits.

Kinda hard deciding between none and someone... But then again, there's usually a big one around Christmas. I'm going with Kirk.