eejit

Bit of a shock that one. Aged 59 according to BBC news.

Sad news. I think it will put me temporarily top of the DDP though.

Reuters: Michael Schumacher's spokesperson says the former Formula One driver is no longer in a coma and has left French hospital Update: Full story here: http://news.sky.com/story/1283224/schumacher-out-of-coma-and-leaves-hospital Wakes up in time for Germany's first game of the world cup.

Here's mine - I see that my only hope of a unique (Christy Dignam) has been dashed already Team Name: Eejit Joker (Pick 1): Billy Graham Pick 2: Christy Dignam Pick 3: Clive James Pick 4: Fidel Castro Pick 5: Helen Fawkes Pick 6: Ian Paisley Pick 7: Kate Granger Pick 8: Katherine Crowe Pick 9: Kirk Douglas Pick 10: Michael Schumacher Pick 11: Muhammad Ali Pick 12: Robert Mugabe Pick 13: Sally Farmiloe Pick 14: Sam Simon Pick 15: Scott Putesky Pick 16: Tito Vilanova Pick 17: Valerie Harper Pick 18: Wilko Johnson Pick 19: Wojciech Jaruzelski Pick 20: Zsa Zsa Gabor

submitted mine yesterday, same name as usual.

Dies of cancer aged 73.

C'mon Michael, time for the big sleep.

Great work - appreciated.

Not looking good for a sequel to her statutory rape movie "Big" then.

Hawking twice there, so sub's up.

Awww fuck, how did I miss this one? Chances of an obit must be low.

He's dead. Meh - well that was jolly unsporting of him. Typical Nazi. My sub of Ian Brady comes into play then. Cheers for the info.

Here is the "eejit" list: Etta James (Joker) Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Margaret Thatcher Violet Wood Rev. Reg Dean Debbie Purdy Penny Marshall Geoffrey Hughes Lesley Strathie Johannes Heesters Ian Paisley Ronnie Biggs Dick Cheney Zsa Zsa Gabor Wojciech Jaruzelski Lee Evans (athlete) Kirk Douglas Fidel Castro Ariel Sharon Yao Defen

Sounds like she would be a wasted vote in 2012: http://www.macon.com/2011/12/20/1832171/how-aretha-franklin-got-her-groove.html

Steve Jobs has finally agreed to cooperate with an official biography. ABC News I think that we can all agree that he's only doing it because he's on the way out and wants to leave his version of events.

Nothing too exciting in my list, so I don't have a problem listing it now: Claude Choules Aretha Franklin Abdelbaset Al Megrahi Debbie Purdy Francoise Larribe Harlan Ellison Kathy Kirby Margaret Fish Margaret Thatcher Michael Douglas Penny Marshall Rosie Kilburn Yao Defen Zsa Zsa Gabor Kim Jong-il Ariel Sharon Fidel Castro Nelson Mandela Ray Bradbury Nick Courtney

Congrats OoO! 2010 was a deathlist personal disaster for me and I'm happy to see the back of it.

Long shot: Danny Baker - been off his daily Radio London afternoon show for the last few weeks. Came back this afternoon and said that he has been sick and will have a patchwork quilt of appearances over the next year. Christian O'Connell has been asked to take over his Saturday morning Radio 5Live show until Christmas. Whatever he has, it's long term.

Wow, you and me both. She was my joker. 'twas a bad year

Gutted to see that link. There was a different interview where he and his wife seemed to suggest he was in his last few weeks. Anyway, whenever you go Simon, I will never forget you in that bizarre 80's show Manimal. Good times

Went for Manimal MacCorkindale

Here is my effort: Team: Eejit 1: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi (joker) 2: Shaun Greatbatch 3: Raymond Hewlett 4: Simon MacCorkindale 5: Donald Neilson 6: Kama Chinen 7: Florrie Baldwin 8: Paul Shrubb 9: Margaret Thatcher 10: Zelda Rubinstein 11: Ronnie Biggs 12: Norman Wisdom 13: Captain Beefheart 14: Elizabeth Taylor 15: Stephen Hawking 16: Patrick Moore 17: Barrack Obama 18: Liz Dawn 19: Michael Moore 20: Van Morrison

And very very very late is was too!! 11:57pm is when I got the email... lol - yeah, bloody family stuff got in the way - can't they get their priorities right? Anyway, was so short of time that I was contemplating not entering, but I've been doing it for five consecutive years I think, so quickly threw in names 14-20 and hit send. Therefore this is going to be a poor year I think.

All the best with this year's competition TMIB. Here is the team that I submitted: 1: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi (joker) 2: Shaun Greatbatch 3: Raymond Hewlett 4: Simon MacCorkindale 5: Donald Neilson 6: Kama Chinen 7: Florrie Baldwin 8: Paul Shrubb 9: Margaret Thatcher 10: Zelda Rubinstein 11: Ronnie Biggs 12: Norman Wisdom 13: Captain Beefheart 14: Elizabeth Taylor 15: Stephen Hawking 16: Patrick Moore 17: Barrack Obama 18: Liz Dawn 19: Michael Moore 20: Van Morrison

I look like finishing 15th in the deadpool this year with 14 hits - a good result (though I missed my joker Joanne Evans who didn't get an obit). The leader has 12 hits at the moment, so although I agree with rewarding younger picks, the random additional points annoy me - dying on the 13th, unnatural, etc.