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4th January 2024 Hit n°1 Time to bury the mammoth ! Former Minister of Education Claude Allègre passed away in the early hours of 2025, giving our list its first point of the year. Born in 1937 in Paris, Claude Allègre initially rose to prominence as a renowned geochemist. His work on continental drift and the evolution of the Earth earned him several prestigious accolades, such as the Crafoord Prize in 1987 and the CNRS Gold Medal in 1994, the highest scientific distinction in France. The following year, he was elected to the French Academy of Sciences. However, his fame also stemmed from his appointment as Minister of National Education, Research, and Technology by Lionel Jospin in 1997. His tenure at the ministry was marked by ambitious yet controversial reforms, driven by his intent to "trim the fat" of the national education system, which he famously likened to a "mammoth." After leaving the ministry, his climate-skeptical positions tarnished his reputation within the scientific community. He eventually left the Socialist Party and aligned himself with Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007. In recent years, he had remained relatively discreet, and his inclusion on our list as one of our jokers was not unanimously approved. Nevertheless, we must concede that we were mistaken, as Allègre secured our first point this year with his death at the age of 88.

He’ll die on the 29th of december 2026 imo

In late 2023 his wife and friends opened a gofundme page to help raise money because he was supposedly broke and (of greater interest for our purpose) gravely ill. He also looked quite rough on his last appearance the same year at the Cesar

First hit of the year already : Claude Allegre dead at 88 !

Okagi seems the next one to go imo, I think Inah Canabarro might be the strongest of the 3 but who knows

Keleti’s passing means Charles Coste is now the oldest olympic winner

Just found this on insta dating from september

she has a relapse of her aggressive adrenal cancer : prognosis is 1 or 2 years max. I choose her in my DDP French theme team too but wonder if she'll qo ? if anyone cares to help here…

which is a shame because she would have been a perfect contender for this year's list, and will be an even better one next year if she makes it. Does she have her own thread ? would deserve one I think

thanks a lot Daredevil, we're appreciating your enthusiasm and we're really pleased that this list is making its mark on the forum ! Jean Sorel was proposed this year by one of us, and Jacques Charrier was in my personal draft list but couldn't make it… Jospin may have another year or two imo but Idk about the others for now

Jodied ! Jody Gormley is a surprise SOLO hit there for Captain Chorizo : Chuwit Kamolvisit in and Yarrow, Peter on the sub list. Congrats on this quick one ! And a miss for 18 teams including : Book : Peter Yarrow is third on your sub list as Gormley who was first died, all subs move one way up gcreptile : another sub needed please ! @msc : another sub needed also please ! @Perhaps : as Gormley passed on the same day as Yarrow, he can't be included to your list even though he was your first sub, unless you provide a proof that Yarrow died before Gormey but that's going to be hard… @ThereWillBeDeaths7 : Jody Gormley died hence he can't move up to your list to sub for Carter, please provide another sub ! Toast : see Book above, Yarrow goes in as third sub ! I didn't mention everyone but I did enters your subs ! --------------------------------------------------- First Yarrow out… Arnold Yarrow is a hit for Diego : Starmer Smith in and the other Yarrow on the sub bench perhaps : Bob Ellis in following Gormley passing and Yarrow to replace Yarrow ?! and a miss for Torva Messor : Ian Smith on the sub bench --------------------------------------------------- Christian Democrats meets his maker ! Antero Laukkanen is a solo hit for Summer in Transylvania : Georg Koch in and Peter Yarrow as third sub --------------------------------------------------- Ecarté ! Finally ! Jimmy Carter has died while everyone thought he wouldn't even make it to their official list when I started this game… Anyway, he's a hit for almost everyone : @ajlposh : Raul Castro in and another sub needed please ! bibliogryphon : Joan Bakewell in and another sub needed too please ! @Bobytomi : Lisa Lu in and another sub needed too please ! Book : Nigel Latta in and Black Bart waiting for his turn (finger crossed) BuffaloPhil : Stephen Darby in and Black Bart as new sub Captain Chorizo : Mahathir Mohamad in and Black Bart as new sub too CaptainHemlock : Violeta Chamorro in and José Mujica on the sub bench Commtech Sio Bibble : Harvey Weinstein in and Ludek Miklosko waiting for his turn @DeathBecomesThem : John Sterling in and another sub needed please ! Diego : Linda Tirado in and Ian Smith as new sub gcreptile : Joshua Ray Walker in and another sub needed please ! Great Uncle Bulgaria : Jane Morgan in and another sub needed please ! GuyFromFuture : Marion Ross in and TWO subs needed please ! @Handrejka : Judy Loe in and another sub needed too please ! @JoeMoneypenny : Tsai Chin in and another sub needed too please ! ladyfiona : Steve McMichael in and Peter Yarrow enters the sub list lilham : Ted Turner in and another Yarrow sub livingbygrace : John McArthur in and… Black Bart sub for a change ! LizLemon : Linda Nolan in and … drumrolls… Yarrow as new sub ! @msc : Bill Dundee in and 2 subs needed now please ! perhaps : Chavalit Yongchaiyudh already on the main team and Keleti as third sub Polar Duck : Nigel Latta in and Peter Yarrow… you know, as new sub ! Steve : Ron Jeremy in and Black Bart on the sub bench Summer in Transylvania : Alan Baddeley in and Black Bart again theoldlady : Ed Gale in and *yawn* Peter Yarrow as third sub ThereWillBeDeaths7 : Abdoulaye Wade in and Peter Yarrow as new sub The Unknown Man : Tippi Hedren in and Julie Goodyear on the sub bench Toast : Cleo Laine in and Ian Smith waiting for his turn Torva Messor : Woody Woodburry in and another Yarrow sub tracy : Chuck Howley in and Ryne Sandberg as new sub Trome : Woody Woodburry again on a main list and Redgrave on the sub list Wannamaker : Ananda Lewis in and Joanna Paul Robie waiting for her turn WEP : José Mujica in and Ian Smith sub n°3 @Yvonne : DVD in and another sub needed please ! and a solo miss for @YorkshireBanker : a new sub needed please ! PFIOU that's it, only 4 teams didn't pick Carter at all. --------------------------------------------------- Lanata's last pagina ! Jorge Lanata is a hit for tracy : Frank Caprio in and Ludek Miklosko as third sub and @wannamaker : Denis Law in another sub needed please --------------------------------------------------- Walked out of 2024 ! Johnnie Walker is a hit for @Bibliogryphon : Colin Jeavons in two subs needed after Carter please ! Book : Joe Doering in and McCrery as sub three Captain Chorizo : Harvey Weinstein in and McCrery again @diego : Peter Yarrow (already) in and another sub needed please @Great Uncle Bulgaria : Jean Hindmarsh in and second sub needed after Carter please ! @GuyFromFuture : Pete Murray in and three subs needed please ! ladyfiona : Nigel McCrery (already) in and Black Bart as third sub LizLemon : Linda Tirado in and Ian Smith is the new sub @TheKillingTime : Bilijina Plavsic in and another sub needed please ! Toast : Ted Turner in and Goodyear on the sub list for new year @WEP : Yu Huaying in and another sub needed please ! and a miss for @gcreptile : 1-2 and 3 subs needed then for Carter, Gormley and Walker --------------------------------------------------- How to kill a Keleti ? Agnes Keleti is a solo hit for BuffaloPhil : Woodward in and Yarrow as third sub and a miss for @Perhaps : another sub needed please to replace her ! Well, that was a pretty busy last couple of days isn't it ? the new favorites for this round are Black Bart and Peter Yarrow. Finger Crossed they last long enough but as fast as it goes, nothing is impossible ! Look at Diego for example, who already has Yarrow in his official list while having chosen him a week ago… scoreboard to be edited tomorrow, let me know if something's wrong

Not a bad pick at all, she’s a legend, I’m really glad they included her and Hedren as a fan of Hitchcock. Only complain is I would have loved to see Vera Miles in there too : I’m afraid this was the last chance they had to have all the remaining Hitchcock blonds on the list at once. Saint and Hedren are circling the drain

Agree, should have been in the top spots with Chomsky, Saint, Rollins, Smith, Hedren and Le Pen

quite flattered about the reference to our French list, makes me think this list is worth it !

I was about to post it, quite shocking considering she still was on TV a month ago looking well… great I guess ? A hit for my drop dead diva theme team, last one of 2024