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Lawrence of Arabia copped it on a motorcycle. However, I am not privvy to the DeathList of 1935, so am unable to assertain if this was a score or not. Billy Idol had a go at FUBARing himself in 1990, but again seems to have got away with it. These people didn't ride for a living, so prediction is almost impossible. DWB

True enough . . . bikers do seem a bit reluctant to flick the kill switch - but there is hope though! Eddie says he enjoys riding his quad-bike these days - just like Rik Mayall and Ozzy Osbourne did! DWB

Was reading Our Sole's link when I came across this quote. The 71-year-old suffered a stroke on Sunday and was admitted to hospital in Talavera de la Reina before being transferred to a Madrid clinic. Was the transfer a free under the Bosman ruling? DWB

Also don't forget England's version of Knievel - Eddie Kidd. He came a cropper on his chopper in 1996. The quote below is from his web-site. Bikes and the DeathList seem like a match made in heaven! DWB

I've found this link to a news story, but it stills seems fairly vague as to the exact nature of the problem. http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/15977.html DWB

Willie Nelson has had to cancel some dates in order to have surgery. http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePr.../12/455697.html It's only for minor stuff at the moment, but from small acorns ... DWB

Not having seen the Halo in action, the smart money has got to be on Moyles - could the Halo actually bearhug Moyles? If not - does that mean the match is off? No......... I am going to go with the underdog.......... come on Halo - CRUSH HIS GUTS OUT! DWB

I think we could allow the latest incarnation to stand as a DL candidate if required. Anyway, back to my question of is he ill? It's no good having a religious leader on the list if he is full of the joys of spring, is it? DWB

A bit like Clive Dunn then? DWB

Don't know much about the Llama myself, except he only seems to be 69 or so. Not a grand old age - is he unwell? Anyway, he definately qualifies in my opinion. DWB

My fiver is ready - will it be gloves or bare-knuckle? Queensbury rules or is a swift kick in the nads allowed? This is better than the Gervais v Bovey thing that happened a couple of years ago - did you see them windmills turn? DWB

Do you think they would accept Chris Moyles in the final round? I hope so! It's always worth a silly fiver on the underdog - however not in Chris Moyles case. I'm all for gut crushing and matchboxes. DWB

Following on from my Hep. List, a recap on the liver transplant fiasco. • Evel Knievel: The motorcycle daredevil had a liver transplant more than two years ago and later said doctors could find no trace of the virus in his blood. What a gutter... and I don't mean in the World's Strongest Man sense! DWB

I also would be skinny, weak and putrid, if I wasn't 2 stone overweight. Agreeing with the Haloed one, looks can be deceiving - just because you pump iron doesn't make you Jack the Biscuit. However in the World's Strongest Man competition, perhaps they should introduce a Head to Head guts crushing competition - the last round of the contest - the top two contenders chest to chest in the arena - each man grips the other in a bear-hug then ... the whistle blows - get crushing. The winner goes through to the next round in Abergeveny - the loser goes home in a match box. WDYT? DWB

Sorry GR, it's all double-dutch to me. However the site does have a link to the David Beckham Vodafone Advert Spoof - highly recommended if you haven't already seen it. DWB

God is quite right (well, he would be, wouldn't he) Brenda has gone to meet her maker. Brenda Fassie Death Report DWB

Yes, I must admit, I did enjoy seeing the Ice Monster, and now he's gone - I miss him so much! Come on Yeti, bring life back to the hairy one! DWB

Frenzy - a list of old people - you had better hope that Mr. Stats doesn't catch you with that! DWB

The list was from a US site - perhaps Russell's fame didn't spread across the Atlantic, but I agree, I think he did die of a Hep. strain - not sure which variety though. DWB

This link in my previous post expires after a set number of viewings - so for those who are interested I have pasted the list below: • Pamela Anderson: She is perhaps the best-known hepatitis C patient, if only because the former Baywatch star has such a flair for publicity. Her revelation last year that she had the disease prompted innumerable news stories. • Naomi Judd: The former nurse and country singer has been one of the best-known hep C celebrities. She retired from the Judds, the duo with daughter Wynonna, in 1991. But she has since undergone treatment and become more active. • Dusty Hill: The band ZZ Top stopped touring in 2000 because the bassist had hepatitis C. The band began touring again in 2002. • Evel Knievel: The motorcycle daredevil had a liver transplant more than two years ago and later said doctors could find no trace of the virus in his blood. • Chuck Negron: He's the former lead singer on such Three Dog Night classics as "Joy to the World." • Larry Hagman: The television actor required a liver transplant in 1995. • Phil Lesh: One of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, the bass player received a liver transplant several years ago. • "Superstar" Billy Graham: The former WWF wrestling champion got a liver transplant last year. He thought he contracted the virus by being bled on during wrestling matches years ago. • David Crosby: The rock star with a fabled history of drug abuse is touring again after receiving a liver transplant in 1995. • Freddy Fender: The singer of such '70s hits as "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" suffers from several health problems, including hepatitis C. • Jack Kevorkian: The retired pathologist, now serving a prison term for killing a man who had Lou Gehrig's disease, has hepatitis C, his lawyer says. • Laurie Bembenek: The former Playboy bunny, whose conviction in a Milwaukee murder and later escape are chronicled in the book Run, Bambi, Run, is free now but suffers from hepatitis C. • Rolf Benirschke: The former star kicker for the San Diego Chargers got the virus from a transfusion two decades ago. He has used his sports status to raise awareness about the disease. • Linda Lovelace: The star of the 1972 porn film "Deep Throat" contracted the virus from a transfusion and had a liver transplant in 1987. She died in 2002 at age 53 after a car crash. • Willie Dixon: The legendary bluesman was diagnosed with hepatitis C shortly before his death in 1992. He contracted the virus from transfusions in 1987. • Mickey Mantle: The baseball great is thought to have contracted hepatitis C during a transfusion for a knee operation. He died of liver cancer in 1995. • Stormie Jones: The 13-year-old died in 1990 six years after becoming the first person in the world to receive heart and liver transplants in a single operation. Hepatitis C damaged that liver, though, and before she died she received a second liver and treatment for the virus. • Ken Kesey: The author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, who died of liver cancer in 2001, suffered from hepatitis C. • James Earl Ray: The confessed assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. died in 1998 of liver disease after being infected with hepatitis C, probably in a 1981 blood transfusion he received after a prison stabbing. • Allen Ginsberg: The poet laureate of the Beat Generation died in 1997 after battling hepatitis C for many years. He had terminal liver cancer. • Lance Loud: The free-spirited son on public television's "An American Family" in 1971, he died in 2001 of liver failure caused by hepatitis C and HIV. • Frank Reynolds: Experts speculated at the time that the newsman's death in 1983 was hastened by the virus later known as hepatitis C, which he may have contracted through a transfusion. • Benito Mussolini: Did Il Duce, the World War II Italian dictator, have the disease? A new biography speculates that his chronic health problems -- stomach pain, fatigue and depression -- stemmed from an ulcer and a mild case of hepatitis C. DWB

Time to dust-off this old thread and give it a bit of an airing. Came across this news article which lists plenty of well-know (and less well-known) folk who have or did have Hep. C. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/n.../7190080.htm?1c As you read through the people on this list, you will notice that the ones who have died seem to have succumbed to liver cancer, liver disease or liver failure. Liver transplants seem to be order of the day, and this operation does seem to give new life to a lot of these people. Anyway, food for thought! DWB

I know picking old Royals for the DeathList is a bit of a lottery, so the death of the Duke of Devonshire, although a bit annoying probably isn't a missed opportunity. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/3682897.stm Shame though, he did look like he was ripe for pegging-out. DWB

I have, in my opinion, the headline to beat all headlines - but it requires a famous magician to be: A - On the DeathList and B - To Die. So the likelihood of it ever seeing the light of day is quite remote at the moment. Any chance that someone out there knows if Paul Daniels is feeling a little off-colour at the moment? DWB

I was going to leave this thread alone, but I couldn't resist one last 'member' of the comedy Richard family being posted up: Isn't it good that doctors can specialise... Oh, by the way... ex. World Rally champion Richard Burns has a brain tumour. DWB

It would seem that ol' rubber lips is in a worse state than we first thought. http://www.examiner.ie/breaking/2004/05/03/story145761.html In all the recent photos I have seen of her, she looks terrible - a good omen for DeathListers. DWB