The Daredevil

It would be in the DL's best interest to have Leo Beenhakker back.

A good list of selections for 2025... only problem, a little too good. Eva Marie Saint had better tread carefully (although as she is the only one of the five on my shadowlist, she may see 2025).

Cancelled Tanglewood concerts last June amid illness Withdraws from December Vienna Philharmonic concerts due to acute health problem A good candidate for the 2025 DL?

On days like these, I think about, what might have been for the 2024 DL

Probably a November death. He may well die one year to the day Rosalynn died (19th November). That would be another fitting final achievement.

Horrible way to go. Mind you, AIDs isn't a gas either. Yes, in a way, Macary had it easy. A quick heart attack, a painless way to go, though not recommended before your 40th birthday. Further mystery concerning Beckley is his age at death. Was he 50 or 52? Reports vary.

Denis Law

Edward Platt (sorry about that, chief). Death reported originally as a heart attack; later rumours abounded it was actually suicide (some mentions it was pill-related)...

With Frankie Valli in 2022; I'd argue Pesci looked older, and Valli is currently on our watchlists.

Thought it would be an idea to have a thread to discuss and gain insight into some of the more mysterious celebrity deaths. Tragic couple to start with, their deaths have been baffling me: Xavier Saint-Macary (mentioned before) and Isabelle Hô. Macary just randomly dropped dead of a heart attack one day aged 39. His ex-wife, Hô also died aged 39, but from AIDS (she was married to Franck Demules at the time, and how she attained the disease that killed her is unexplained). Anyone have any additional info on these?

81-years-old, nowadays very rarely heard from and has been looking frail in recent years, Hollywood legend to keep a watch on for 2025.

Good point, although he was ill months before his death, suffering from coronary artery disease (unknown at the time), and had blackouts, dizzy spells and had been diagnosed with high cholesterol. Could have been a similar scenario to Macary, just probably not as much of a backstory there as Beckinsale was more famous.

Not compared to his athletic, slender "Ma femme s'appelle reviens" co-star Xavier Saint-Macary who died so mysteriously of a heart attack in 1988 aged just 39. Blanc never looked in good health tbh, but Macary? Actually, I cannot even think of another celebrity who one day suddenly dropped dead from a heart attack in their 30s, with no known health issues, and who looked healthy until just before. Can anyone else?

If he cannot read or write, how can he be able to vote?

At this rate, we can expect 1-2 more hits for the rest of the year. In other words, the worst DeathList of the 21st century to date, and worst since 1993. The DeathList 2024 is a major disappointment, so many unnecessary misses (Irwin, Field, Hardy, Doherty, Delon, Earl Jones, Fujimori, Graham) despite a fair number of chosen candidates who are inexplicably still with us (Carter, Starmer-Smith, Chomsky, Woodward etc).