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Agree with Chomsky. How the hell is he still alive?

Would his death really be able to be kept from the public long enough?

Had breast cancer and a serious horse riding accident a decade ago according to the BBC but that's all I could find

So I have some news for you...

IMO, the drops from least risky to most risky: Julie Walters - Really don't see her dying within the next few years. Joe Bugner - Doesn't look to be doing too bad Raul Castro - Still active and doesn't have any severe health issues from what I can gather Daniel Barenboim - Seems to be doing OK Tom Baker - Old but looks to be doing fine. Sly Stone - Not that old yet, only seems to have COPD. My grandmother is a similar age and has survived for years with it, could see him having another few years left Dick Cheney - Is at the upper life expectancy for heart transplant patients but overall I don't think he'll die this year. Josef Fritzl - Could be exaggerating his health issues for all we know Brigitte Bardot - Numerous health problems but think she could still have another couple years left Louis Farrakhan - 50/50 on him. Tom Brokaw - Cancer survivor and apparently has around the clock home care now,. Willie Nelson - Survived bad COVID and has now surpassed his sister's lifespan. He looks decent enough but who knows. Norman Tebbit - Previous heart incidents, lost his wife four years ago and has barely been seen in public since Pope Francis - Only has one working lung, looks increasingly rough, and has had lots of small health issues throughout the past few years. Seems like too big a miss given Pope Benedict was also dropped. Ted Turner - Lewy body dementia for at least 6 years James Whale - Terminal cancer for years and has had more Last Christmases than a clothing shop in December. Denis Law - Definitely think he'll be the next big football related death. Vanessa Redgrave - 87, had a nearly fatal heart attack a decade ago, suffers from emphysema, lungs apparently only working at 30% capacity. Roberta Flack - Only one I strongly disagree with. Overall, I'm fine with the drops. I think the committee did a good job given the hand they were dealt. As I said originally, they were screwed either way having to drop 19 people.

My personal 2025 list: Noam Chomsky Esther Rantzen Peter Yarrow David Attenborough Joanne Woodward Yoko Ono Steve McMichael Buzz Aldrin Ian Smith Jean Marie Le Pen Stanley Baxter Sidney Cooke Dick Van Dyke Geoffrey Boycott Louis Farrakhan John Williams Prunella Scales Cleo Laine Bill Wyman Frankie Valli Harvey Weinstein Imelda Marcos Antonia Fraser Eva Marie Saint Douglas Hurd Tom Lehrer Jose Mujica Roberta Flack Tom Brokaw James Whale Tippi Hedren Linda Ronstadt Edmund White Ian Smith Pete Murray Denis Law Brian Wilson Ray Anthony Sophie Kinsella Clint Eastwood Gene Hackman Desmond Morris Dennis Skinner Norman Tebbit Quentin Blake Mitch McConnell Hans Blix Rupert Murdoch Julie Goodyear King Charles III 2/50

Impression after thinking it over for 2 hours is that it's a fairly solid list. I do think Peter Yarrow and Antonia Fraser should have made it but I'm happy with most of the newcomers and returners. My prediction of 17 in the Correctlist pool might be optimistic but I believe DL will bounce back from last year. Most likely hits IMO are Noam Chomsky, Esther Rantzen, and Stanley Baxter. Still have doubts about Dick Van Dyke, he looked rougher last year but I still think he'll probably make 100.

I think this one is fine as a Julie Walters/Ronnie Wood type of pick in the sense that if she sees the year out she should definitely be dropped for 2026.

Prediction: 17/50 Eva Marie Saint Pete Murray Ian Smith Esther Rantzen Nigel Starmer-Smith Alan Greenspan Cleo Laine Stanley Baxter Noam Chomsky (Joker) Jean Marie Le Pen Yoko Ono Prunella Scales David Attenborough Joanne Woodward Harvey Weinstein Buzz Aldrin Frankie Valli

Hope you all don't mind me joining in? 1st January, 2025 00:29 32 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire 31 No Doubt - Just a Girl  29 Faithless - Insomnia 23 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin -3 26 EMF - Unbelievable +4 16 The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon -3 09 Suede - Stay Together EDIT: I won't clog up the thread with a followup post but thanks for the warm welcome to the game! I look forward to playing

Noam Chomsky

Don't see either of them dying within the next, like, 4 decades lol

Looks like it. 38 aged between 90 and 99 this year, second closest was 2023 with 34.

The irony if Cheney picks this year to cark it...

Happy New Year from the UK!

Agree that Flack, Brokaw and Law are bad drops but honestly they were basically fucked no matter what having to drop 19 names.

Looks ok at first glance. Great to see Yoko and Attenborough back and some great new additions. Do think they should have picked Peter Yarrow tho.

First year I start to lurk the forums and it ends up being the worst in over 30 years... Sorry about that.

Hello! Been lurking for over a year, decided to make an account.

Damn, I didn't even know he was sick!