Grim Reaper

A tragedy indeed... that he never managed to secure a place on DeathList. This could be turning into a year of bad misses for the DL

It does seem that people might be overlooking the real victims of this tragedy. There must be a number of Camden-based drug dealers sadly reworking annual profit and loss projections at the moment

wishful thinking indeed

A tragedy indeed...that she was considered to be becoming a less likely candidate for the list

How cruel and unjust. He properly hurts Muhammad Ali but then, after a controversial corner incident, goes on to be beaten with a shocking cut. Forced to sell his Lonsdale belts after being caught up in the Lloyds of London crash. And now in his death, the lead story on the UK news is ripped from him after just a few hours when a super villain is taken out. Poor old Henry Cooper - RIP.

The Michael Gough thread

Official DeathList Committee statement re. "26 Carry Overs":

The Diana Wynne Jones thread

Much better! Usual royalty payment on the way

The much overdue write-ups now almost done - but Blake's headline seems to be a tough one. Such a pity he wasnt number "10" of the year. "Breakfast at Stiffany's" ?

This is the place to discuss Elizabeth Edwards

This is the place to discuss Dino de Laurentis

This is the place to discuss Tony Curtis

Fair point

It is indeed look quite pitiful at the moment, but DeathList has a history of setting things right (at least to some extent) over the full year. There have a been a few instances over the years where there have been 3 (or more) successes in the space of a week or so. Clearly (well...maybe) that's what 2010 has in store for us. The longer the drought, the bigger the storm when it comes...or that's my theory anyway

The royalty cheque is in the post. Hurrah!

Salinger was pretty much a recluse. Do any later photographs of him exist? Generally I veer towards the death's door picture if it's available but, as Dr Hack points out, there are very few Salinger pics out there and certainly no recentish ones.

And the "deadline" on the DL will be..... [Drumroll] .................... All together now............ What a relief - That's been bottled up for way too many years

This is the place to discuss Wendy Richard

Thanks to Yahoo for making us pick of the day on 10 October http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/picks/20031010/

Ahh the honour of having the committee compared to a government - Holds itself out to be morally sound but is secretly corrupt and self-fulfilling - I'll take that Of course, we've never held DeathList out to be any sort of democracy, but perhaps we should introduce some fake vote counting for the icing on the cake The age thing is a bit of a double-edged sword. As appealing as picking Lilo and the like is, the reality is that they are pretty unlikley to die. The old age celebrities are a rich seam of success and a little more satisfying when their death comes out of the blue i.e. without the warning illness first. Besides, it'd be less fun if everyone said it was a fantastic list and saluted the committee for a wonderful job. Happy New Year GR

The James Garner thread

The Laurent Fignon thread

The John Edrich thread

The Peter Tork thread