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Let's get a grip here. Syd's story has many positives. Not least being the care and attention shown him. David Gilmour - who replaced him in the band - in particular has made sure Syd is well looked after and despite the fact that he doesn't exactly hide around Cambridge he gets left alone more than you'd think. One biographer got to meet him and the final chapter of Madcap suggests he lives a fairly stable life albeit never having recovered totally from his mental health problems. I don't think the odds against him have come down that far, despite the diabetes.

She had breast cancer in 'Dallas.' Very moving scenes after the operation....'Oh Jock, I feel deformed' etc.

f**k! I've laughed my way through thread after thread on here but I love Edwyn Collins -got loads of the old records. Think I'll have a blast of 'You Can't Hide Your Love Forever' to cheer me up.

Re Kurt The great man is on BBC 2 tonight - 10 Feb - 7-8 on The Culture Show. Worth staying in for.

The link above is pure class, greatly enjoyed in my office!

I'm tellin' ya now, Reagan's safe at the top for a few years yet. His nearest challenger can't possibily rack up another four years on this list. Especially since he's barred next year after two consecutive appearances. For the Pope to hit 15 years he'd have to be alive for a nomination in 2011 - NO WAY!

All a bit vague this isn't it. Look at the whole thread another way and her imminent demise is little short of wishful thinking - understandably - on the part of the many people she's annoyed over the years. The one strong bit of evidence is that her rent-a-gob appearances have been thin on the ground for ages, not like her at all.

His staying power always did defy the odds. I reckon he's something of a long shot at a mere 87, especially since he looked fairly alert and fit on Sports Personality of the Year in December 2004. The final furlong may be a year or two away, or did some tipster slip the nominations board a bit of inside information?

In her own words "I am not technical,' crazy lady. I'd completely forgotten her. I'm assuming from the tone of the posts so far that she is definitely still alive.

Is Anny Ondra - i.e. Mrs Max Schmelling - still around?

I reckon two things will keep him going: 1 - Outliving Thatcher, totally agree with the above post. 2 - The thought of what people will say when he finally dies. He's long been at the top of lists of people that others want to 'out.' In there with Sir Cliff and several other long-term batchelors.

Re Patrick, if anyone's still following this thread. His death might bring about a final solution to one of UFOlogy's longest running mysteries. In the late 50's a book called 'Flying Saucer From Mars' by Cedric Allingham had a brief moment of glory. It's transparent rubbish and a fairly obvious re-write of a story by an American called George Adamski. Patrick Moore has long been suspected of masterminding the 'joke.'Especially since he continued talking about the book in his debunking of UFO stories long after the rest of the world seemed to have forgotten it.

Given the somewhat random nature of musical collaborations we probably can't make an accurate prediction. However, there are some uncanny cases of relatives going into the same business and meeting the same end. Fathers and sons being the oddest examples. Best all round probably being Antonio and Alberto Ascari. Two fast and flashy racing drivers, both killed in hard to explain accidents on fast left hand bends days after surviving other accidents, both 36 at the time of their death. I posted earlier on this forum about the fact that the only two Americans to win the F1 title both won their championships - 1961 and 78 - following accidents at the Italian Grand Prix that killed the only other driver in line for the title. Both drivers killed were the team mates of the new champions and both accidents involved British world champions who were later cleared of blame after legal investigations. Bowie/Bolan/Crosby isn't really in the same league of spookiness.

Gazza is loud and angry about the fact that one paper suggested he might have AIDS. Denies it outright. However, his immune system has obviously taken some abuse. Maybe his liver is struggling after years of abuse.

Since I'm unlikely to be posting for a fortnight - unless I can get the problem with the firewall and home computer sorted out - I'd like to nominate Dr Ian Stevenson for a place. 85 years old, frail etc etc. He's shifted over a million books on reicarnation and the like since the 60's so he's got to be famous enough. And the irony would give us plenty of witting posting opportunities. Have a healthy christmas.

They'll have to get peace in spite of him, so maybe Deathlist's gain will play well in Ireland too circa 2005. As they say in the emerald isle....go well.

C'mon guys. The board is brimming with inventive mega-minds. Someone must have an idea to kill him off.

I found the list in such a way - checking out the status of Charlie Drake - and frankly I've had more fun on Death List than chasing the little funster from a bygone era to ground. Keem 'em comin'.

Sir Jack Brabham (b 1926) world champ in 1959, 60 and 66 and Phil Hill (b 1927) world champion in 1961. A couple of things struck me the other day whilst thinking about these guys. i - World champions who cheat death and get out of the sport alive seem to live a long time. Since 1950 27 men have held the title, 17 of them are still alive and only four (Alberto Ascari, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt and Ayrton Senna) died in competitive motor racing, practice or testing. Another (Denny Hulme) had a heart attack in a 'fun' race years after he'd quit the really hard stuff. Others like Fangio lived to ripe old ages. Phil Hill and Jack Brabham are in good shape for blokes pushing 80. ii - There are some strange and deathly co-incidences involved where Phil Hill is concerned. Phil Hill was the first American to hold the title. The only other one is Mario Andretti in 1978. Strange co-incidences include: Both drivers won the title when the only other person who could win it died in a race accident. Both accidents took place in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Both the drivers who died (Wolfgang Von Tripps and Ronnie Peterson) were their team-mates. British world champions (Jim Clark and James Hunt) were initially implicated in both accidents. Enquiries cleared the drivers initially blamed. Spooky!

I reckon he caught Hep C eating the same stuff that Mrs Slomcomb uses to feed her pussy!

I demand a public enquiry into why he didn't make it to 2005. That's a few quid I've lost.

When he goes there may be TEARDROPS, we may even CRY JUST A LITTLE BIT, but smokin' on in the face of his health problems would be a ROCKIN' GOOD WAY to go.

Let's talk suicide/accident waiting to happen. If I could get 20-1 on the following I'd risk a few quid cos I think one might pay off next year. Michael Jackson - He can't hold out for ever and jail would be a dose of reality too far for him. Mike Tyson - In any other employment he'd have been sectioned years ago. Loose cannon on a major scale. Shane McGowan - Mentioned elsewhere here. He doesn't have to drink himself to death. Crossing roads is risky in his condition. Diego Maradonna - They might as well put 'death wish' as a caption on every press picture. There must be more

Honez, you fattist bitch. Fair put me off dunkin' my bag of donuts in that tub of whipped cream you did.

'Normal' was never on the job spec where being an author is concerned. But - like people who write hymns - the other odd uniting characteristic is their ability to survive into old age. Then again, as the Grim Reaper might say. 'You can run but you can't hide.'