ThereWillBeDeaths7

October 12th

Reportedly Truss just forced him to be the new Chancellor of the Exchequer

Could see either of the Duke and Duchess of Kent appear next year - regardless of health. Another possibility is after the first of the pair passes away, the surviving one will be selected the year after. Anyway, the Duchess will be 90 next February and the Duke 88 at the end of next year - even loads of healthy elderly people can decline very sudden at that age, certainly after the death of their longtime spouse. As for Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, I could only see them added to the list once the older Kents have passed away or it becomes known they have an acute ilness.

Here's my list, thanks for hosting and good luck to everyone - especially the following 50 names 1. Billy Dee Williams 2. Michael Douglas 3. Christine McVie 4. Stevie Nicks 5. Prinses Margriet der Nederlanden (NL) 6. Neelie Kroes (NL) 7. Dolly Parton 8. Steve Tyler 9. Joe Perry 10. Tom Hamilton 11. Joey Kramer 12. Brad Whitford 13. Barry Hay (NL) 14. Cesar Zuiderwijk (NL) 15. John Noble 16. Ted Danson 17. Steve Martin 18. Martin Short 19. Sonja Barend (NL) 20. Philip Freriks (NL) 21. Meryl Streep 22. Erica Terpstra (NL) 23. Hillary Clinton 24. George W. Bush 25. Al Gore 26. Dan Quayle 27. Jill Biden 28. Jean Reno 29. Michael Keaton 30. Helen Mirren 31. Samuel L. Jackson 32. Sting (Gordon Sumner) 33. Ringo Starr 34. Johan Remkes (NL) 35. Laura Bush 36. Shirley Bassey 37. Paul Freeman 38. Steven Spielberg 39. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 40. Jonathan Pryce 41. Chris Wallace 42. Bruce Springsteen 43. Jim Broadbent 44. Lionel Richie 45. Carl Weathers 46. Mark Knopfler 47. Anne, Princess Royal 48. Bill Nighy 49. André Rieu (NL) 50. Kurt Russell

1) 112 years, 45 days 2) January 31, 2028

Class of 1937 - update September 2022 Living: Brian Blessed (October 9, 1936) Grace Bumbry (January 4, 1937) Dyan Cannon (January 4, 1937) Shirley Bassey (January 8, 1937) Vanessa Redgrave (January 30, 1937) Garrett Morris (February 1, 1937) Roberta Flack (February 10, 1937) Jilly Cooper (February 21, 1937) King Harald V of Norway (February 21, 1937) Bob Schieffer (February 25, 1937) Valentina Tereshkova (March 6, 1937) Warren Beatty (March 30, 1937) Billy Dee Williams (April 6, 1937) Valerie Singleton (April 9, 1937) George Takei (April 20, 1937) Jack Nicholson (April 22, 1937) Susan Hampshire (May 12, 1937) Morgan Freeman (June 1, 1937) Tom Stoppard (July 3, 1937) David Hockney (July 9, 1937) Bill Cosby (July 12, 1937) Dustin Hoffman (August 8, 1937) Bobby Charlton (October 11, 1937) Wanda Jackson (October 20, 1937) Loretta Swit (November 4, 1937) Marlo Thomas (November 21, 1937) Ridley Scott (November 30, 1937) Jane Fonda (December 21, 1937) Barbara Steele (December 29, 1937) Anthony Hopkins (December 31, 1937) ---------------------------------------------------------- Passed away: Jim Bowen August 20, 1937 – March 14, 2018 Nancy Wilson February 20, 1937 – December 13, 2018 Gordon Banks December 30, 1937 – February 12, 2019 Jill Gascoine April 11, 1937 – April 28, 2020 John Hume January 18, 1937 – August 3, 2020 Barbara Windsor August 6, 1937 – December 10, 2020 Una Stubbs May 1, 1937 – August 12, 2021 Don Everly February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021 Colin Powell April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021 Madeleine Albright May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022

Angela Lansbury

Now the old king is dead, long live the king?

I assume you meant his mother

Jimmy Carter

Tomorrow morning I'll be off to Austria on holiday for the coming three weeks (so don't pencil me in on your longlist when I'm quiet for a while)

There are currently thirty (!) breathing nonagenarians on this years list, a couple of which weren't even expected to see 2020 (Phillips, Barker etc.) let alone mid-2022. Same for Pelé who would undoubtedly be seen as a big miss had he not been selected this year. Just goes to show you can shove as many elderly famous "too big to miss" people on a list as you want, people will go when they go, with no certainty of a high hit count end of year.

Khamtai Siphandone

We'll be having 38°C tomorrow in the Netherlands - so I'll be swimming in the morning and that's probably it for the day.

Will probably outlive current no. 1 Khamtai Siphandone as well (question of when his doctors break the news to him that he's dead). Tomiichi Murayama still going strong so no. 1 will probably be a bridge too far. Nevertheless a great accomplishment from our favourite former peanut farmer!