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Alfredo Reinardo, East Timorese rebel leader shot dead in assassination attempt again President Jose Ranos Horta who was shot in stomach but is alive.

In the past week, the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne (Sir Frank Little) and the former Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne (Robert Dann) have died. The former was 82; the latter 93. Doubt either will get a UK obit though.

Fascinating what people think is significant. Pretending to be other people and getting paid a fortune to do it, merely entertaining while grandstanding on guns seems largely insignificant to me. Suharto's life has, without question, been much more significant for this globe, sadly for bad reasons. Hard to imagine American trainspotters. They can't quite spot weapons of mass destruction so they might find trains a tad difficult too. And this from one neither UK or US, an independent arbiter! lol

What's so significant about some talentless bimbo dying young? Happens all the time. Does it change anyone or anything? No. Significant? No. While Heath Ledger's death was bigger news (and I, like him are from down under and have been saturated with coverage) is it significant? Doubt it. Re: American ignorance of Suharto - nothing surprises me! But he was a significant world player for decades, mostly not for good. The legacy he has left, in corruption, East Timor, Aceh, Islamic terrorism, remains a major issue in today's world.

Dead down under too

I think two lists are needed. 1. The most significant person to die in each year (in which case, for example, Nixon might win 1994). And then 2. the most significant death of that year, in which case John Smith might win 1994. Nixon's actual death was not significant but as a person he was. So in 2008, so far, arguably Hillary or Suharto for category 1 and in category 2, maybe too early to say? And if Hillary is so prominent, why not Norgay, his companion. He deserves equal honour.

Would the answer be different if the St Ives in question was the Northern Sydney suburb?

Lazare Ponticelli, France's last WW1 survivor dead at 110. he lived to quite somme age... http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/13/2188038.htm

Arthur C Clarke, for no reason other than no one else had voted for him and he looked lonely.

Lech Walesa ill in hospital, in need of heart transplant apparently. Hope someone can show some solidarity with him.

Alfredo Reinardo, East Timorese Rebel leader shot dead in assassination attempt against the East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta who was shot in stomach but is alive. (Not yet worked out how to provide the link for this in a clever way but: http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ramosh...2578640733.html

I wonder if she is fond of cats.

An illegal daughter? Abandoned, certainly, but illegal?

Mark Felt, because I felt like it.

Bugger! You beat me to it. Amazingly a unique pick on the DDP for Redmyst XX. Is Redmyst XX one of "us"? One of "us"? Who are "you"?

I was almost on a ten game winning streak once but lost the first game. Apparently Queens are important.

There are 64 squares on a chessboard. No surprise.

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Sounds a fair deal. Either way, one assumes his heart is no longer ticking. And he's not answering calls.

Liver failure.

Assassination attempt on Maumoon Abdul Gayoom foiled. Wonder if anyone has ever heard of him. President of the Maldives. Could have been a surprise pick.

Quite a surprise, aged 32. He was the star sports commentator here, downunder.

OoO, you've done a remarkable job getting it all up and running so soon. Have been waiting all year to register a team in DDP. Now eagerly scanning the Obits downunder.

Thanks. Typical, always too late! A group of friends and I meet each year to pick our list and that's tomorrow night. Hence the research! Good to be part of this group.

Either way it doesn't really matter. Of course wouldn't it be something if Brunner or Heim were uncovered in a german living room? I am new to this site. Is there a place here where you can register your own deathlist. I note some have them in their postings.