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Of course! Gimme an hour or so, will mull over some ideas.

1/5/2025 37 Golden Earring - Radar Love 37 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again +4 36 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 36 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 34 David Bowie - Starman 34 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 32 Carole King - It's Too Late 32 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 31 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me)  30 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 30 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 27 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 27 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold 27 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 27 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 25 Mott The Hoople — Roll Away The Stone 25 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 24 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 23 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World 22 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4  21 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 21 Rattles - The Witch  20 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 19 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 18 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman 14 Status Quo - Paper Plane  13 Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know It All -6 12 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run

There are about a half dozen songs here which I haven't heard yet, I am admittedly more of an 80s/90s person lol. Will join in once I've heard the ones I haven't listened to yet.

Lifelong Insomnia fan, these days I really like the live versions. Was really torn up when Maxi Jazz died a couple years ago,

January 4, 2025 29 Faithless - Insomnia +4 09 No Doubt - Just a Girl -6

Thanks for the welcome PB and DDT. Doubt my opinion means much to you as a recent user but for whatever it is worth I really appreciate what the admins here do to keep this place going

So sorry for your loss. Sending my best wishes.

January 3, 2025 39 No Doubt - Just a Girl 32 Faithless - Insomnia +4 28 EMF - Unbelievable 05 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire -5 00 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin -1

Nor could they bother to fact check Ethel Kennedy's age or the fact that there were four hits before her.

Thank you for the welcome. Excited to post more and to get to know everyone here.

Mikkey Dee was hospitalised with sepsis over Christmas.

One of the healthiest looking and sounding 90 something year olds I've ever seen. Would be surprised if he went this year.

January 2, 2025 45 Faithless - Insomnia +2 35 No Doubt - Just a Girl 23 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song for a Vampire -2 25 EMF - Unbelievable +2 8 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin -4

Was really surprised they didn't pick Yarrow especially after the disaster that was 2024, seemed like a guaranteed early hit. I guessed early February simply because of how many 90+ year olds are on this one, feels like one should die randomly every few weeks but also the same could have been said about 2024 lol.

Agree with all of the above. Could see her being one of the early hits. One of those names that makes me wonder how the hell she's still alive. Should be long dead.

February 2nd, don't think any of these names will score imminently

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 0/50

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