Hartnell 1999

There haven’t been any 90+ cast members alive since Leslie Phillips died, as Maggie Smith was still 89 at her time of death.

8/50 Glynis Johns Jonnie Irwin Rob Burrow William Russell Shannen Doherty Bob Newhart James Earl Jones David Graham

6/50 Glynis Johns Jonnie Irwin Rob Burrow William Russell Shannen Doherty Bob Newhart

4/50 Glynis Johns Jonnie Irwin Rob Burrow William Russell

3/50 Glynis Johns Jonnie Irwin Rob Burrow

Most Deathlist hits within any 365 day period: 5th February 2023 - 4th February 2024 (22 hits) 31st August 2022 - 30th August 2023 (22 hits) 13th May 2019 - 12th May 2020 (21 hits) 14th March 2020 - 13th March 2021 (20 hits) 18th December 2016 - 17th December 2017 (20 hits) 30th August 2019 - 29th August 2020 (19 hits)

2/50 Glynis Johns Jonnie Irwin

First hit of the year Glynis Johns

My 2024 Shadow List: Jimmy Carter Joanne Woodward Nigel Starmer-Smith Alan Greenspan James Whale Mel Brooks June Spencer Glynis Johns David Attenborough Stanley Baxter Emperor Akihito Bob Newhart Jean-Marie Le Pen Roberta Flack Robert Wagner Noam Chomsky Cleo Laine Jonnie Irwin Eva Marie Saint Norman Tebbit Rob Burrow Dick Van Dyke Sandy Gall Yoko Ono Douglas Hurd Imelda Marcos William Russell Ethel Kennedy Prunella Scales James Earl Jones Marianne Faithfull Denis Law David Graham Willie Nelson Dennis Skinner Vanessa Redgrave Joni Mitchell Sonny Rollins Bernadette Chirac Linda Nolan Buzz Aldrin Andy Taylor Raul Castro Pete Murray Tom Baker Desmond Morris Rex Williams Louis Farrakhan Liza Minnelli Shannen Doherty

17/50 Gianluca Vialli Pervez Musharraf Burt Bacharach Nigel Lawson Harry Belafonte Rolf Harris Ted Kaczynski Silvio Berlusconi Winnie Ewing Tony Bennett George Alagiah Bob Barker Bobby Charlton Rosalynn Carter Henry Kissinger Shane MacGowan Jacques Delors

16/50 Gianluca Vialli Pervez Musharraf Burt Bacharach Nigel Lawson Harry Belafonte Rolf Harris Ted Kaczynski Silvio Berlusconi Winnie Ewing Tony Bennett George Alagiah Bob Barker Bobby Charlton Rosalynn Carter Henry Kissinger Shane MacGowan

Looking at all the names on each list from 2019 onwards, I have a feeling only 1 or 2 survivors will live to see the end of this decade, and even that’s pushing it.

The 2013 Deathlist is now the fastest to become extinct (10 years).

All over just two days…

15/50 Gianluca Vialli Pervez Musharraf Burt Bacharach Nigel Lawson Harry Belafonte Rolf Harris Ted Kaczynski Silvio Berlusconi Winnie Ewing Tony Bennett George Alagiah Bob Barker Bobby Charlton Rosalynn Carter Henry Kissinger

Based on current 2023 DL standings, here’s who I’d have as keeps, returnees and newcomers to make up the 2024 Deathlist Keeps Dick Van Dyke Henry Kissinger Alan Greenspan Nigel Starmer-Smith Jimmy Carter Mel Brooks Jacques Delors Ethel Kennedy Robert Wagner Norman Tebbit Bob Newhart Joanne Woodward Stanley Baxter Jean-Marie Le Pen Cleo Laine Yoko Ono Norman Lear Marianne Faithfull Imelda Marcos Willie Nelson Dennis Skinner Sonny Rollins Linda Nolan Andy Taylor Shane MacGowan Returnees from previous Deathlists David Attenborough Emperor Akihito Noam Chomsky James Whale Douglas Hurd Denis Law Vanessa Redgrave Joni Mitchell Shannen Doherty Rex Williams Liza Minnelli Louis Farrakhan Newcomers for 2024 June Spencer Glynis Johns Roberta Flack Jonnie Irwin Rob Burrow Eva Marie Saint James Earl Jones William Russell David Graham Gudrun Ure Tom Baker Buzz Aldrin Bernadette Chirac That makes up the first draft of my 2024 list. As for the drops: Sandy Gall Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Pete Murray Prunella Scales Dick Cheney Robert Duvall Alan Alda Desmond Morris Angie Dickinson Hal Linden

14/50 Gianluca Vialli Pervez Musharraf Burt Bacharach Nigel Lawson Harry Belafonte Rolf Harris Ted Kaczynski Silvio Berlusconi Winnie Ewing Tony Bennett George Alagiah Bob Barker Bobby Charlton Rosalynn Carter

Not forgetting Rick Parfitt and Greg Lake

We’ve seen how huge an impact the death of a global A-list celebrity can be if they passed suddenly in tragic circumstances, from wall to wall media coverage to endless social media posts and masses mourning at once. The country practically shut down upon announcement that Princess Diana had died in a tragic car accident, while untimely deaths of superstars such as Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain and Michael Jackson have had a similar cultural impact on society. With this in mind, if you could pick any A-list celebrity alive today and one of them died suddenly tomorrow, who do you think would receive the most widespread media coverage and public outpouring?

13/50 Gianluca Vialli Pervez Musharraf Burt Bacharach Nigel Lawson Harry Belafonte Rolf Harris Ted Kaczynski Silvio Berlusconi Winnie Ewing Tony Bennett George Alagiah Bob Barker Bobby Charlton

Dumbledore already died once, in 2002

Will be the biggest miss this year if he goes before New Year’s Day IMO

True, but there are a lot of names on this year’s list that had a much higher likelihood of passing on than him.

I believe that the 2023 list will end up as one of the most successful of all time, potentially surpassing 2020 and even reaching 23 hits. There is a lot of low hanging fruit this year, and having the unlikely candidates pass makes it all the more likely. Mohamed Al-Fayed was for me one of the more unlikely candidates on the list - I genuinely believed that he would not pass until sometime around 2028. He also wasn’t on my shadow list this year and I would have recommended dropping from next year’s official list had he survived this year - similar to Loretta Lynn from last year.

12/50 Gianluca Vialli Pervez Musharraf Burt Bacharach Nigel Lawson Harry Belafonte Rolf Harris Ted Kaczynski Silvio Berlusconi Winnie Ewing Tony Bennett George Alagiah Bob Barker