The Unknown Man

Telly Savalas stopped acting on this day 25 years ago, aged 72.

RIP, my first hit of the year.

1. Leah Bracknell (Wildcard) 2. Lee Kerslake (Wildcard) 3. John McCririck (Wildcard) 4. Kathleen Blanco (Wildcard) 5. Fatima Ali (Wildcard) 6. Fernando Ricksen 7. Javier Perez de Cuellar 8. Jose Jose 9. Olivia Newton-John 10. Beth Chapman 11. Marieke Vervoort 12. Jill Gascoine 13. Olivia de Havilland 14. Kirk Douglas 15. Nobby Stiles 16. Vera Lynn 17. Samu Anoa'i 18. Robert Mugabe 19. Christy Dignam 20. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 21. Valerie Harper 22. Giorgio Napolitano 23. Yasuhiro Nakasone 24. Clive James 25. Stirling Moss 26. Stormy Daniels 27. Peter Tork 28. Prince Philip 29. Dilip Kumar 30. Betty White 31. Jean-Louis Trintignant 32. Bill Turnbull 33. George Alagiah 34. John Andretti 35. Doris Day 36. Mikhail Gorbachev 37. Wilko Johnson 38. Johnny Clegg 39. Glynis Johns 40. Leslie Phillips 41. Sidney Poitier 42. George P. Shultz 43. Prunella Scales 44. Danniella Westbrook 45. Murray Walker 46. Barbara Walters 47. Emperor Akihito of Japan 48. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 49. Alberto Fujimori 50. Henry Kissinger Subs: 1. Frank Windsor 2. Billy Connolly 3. Fred Nile 4. Bob Hawke 5. Bob Barker

1. Donald Trump 2. Linda Nolan 3. Terry Jones 4. Valerie Harper 5. Betty White 6. Stirling Moss 7. Pope Benedict XVI 8. Jimmy Carter 9. Leah Bracknell 10. Billy Connolly 11. Leslie Philips 12. Herman Wouk 13. Bob Barker 14. Bob Dole 15. Olivia de Havilland 16. Queen Elizabeth II 17. Paul Gascoigne 18. Clive James 19. Vera Lynn 20. Carol Channing 21. Andrew McGahan 22. Marieke Vervoort 23. Greg Gilbert 24. Bob Hawke 25. Robert Mugabe Sub: Henry Kissinger

1. Johnny Clegg 2. Doris Day 3. Valerie Harper 4. John Andretti 5. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Hirohito of Japan was no longer the emperor after this day 30 years ago, aged 87.

Here is mine for 2018: January: Dorothy Malone February: Rev. Billy Graham March: Stephen Hawking April: Barbara Bush May: Tessa Jowell June: Anthony Bourdain July: Peter Carrington August: John McCain September: Burt Reynolds October: Paul Allen November: George H. W. Bush December: Penny Marshall

Happy New Year from New Jersey.

I voted for Johnny Clegg.

Good luck to everyone. Here is mine. The End of the World as we Know it George Alagiah John Andretti Leah Bracknell Beth Chapman Kirk Douglas Jill Gascoine Ruth Bader Ginsburg Valerie Harper Clive James Lee Kerslake John McCririck Olivia Newton-John Javier Perez de Cuellar Isabel Peron Prince Philip Fernando Ricksen (Joker) Nobby Stiles Jean-Louis Trintignant Bill Turnbull Marieke Vervoort

Updated mine for 2018. 2007 (11/20)  Pamela Anderson Paris Hilton Billy Joel Stevie Nicks Dolly Parton James Patterson Kenny Rogers Ashlee Simpson Barbra Streisand Bonnie Tyler Stevie Wonder 2008 (3/20) Robert Mugabe Isabel Peron Barbra Streisand 2009 (2/20) Isabel Peron Barbra Streisand 2010 (2/20) Ruth Bader Ginsburg Isabel Peron 2011 (3/20) Michael Douglas Ruth Bader Ginsburg Isabel Peron 2012 (2/20) Ruth Bader Ginsburg Isabel Peron 2013 (4/20) Ruth Bader Ginsburg Clive James Isabel Peron Prince Philip 2014 (7/20) Ruth Bader Ginsburg Valerie Harper Clive James Wilko Johnson John McVie Isabel Peron Prince Philip 2015 (6/20) Ruth Bader Ginsburg Valerie Harper Clive James Scott MacIntyre Isabel Peron Prince Philip 2016 (6/20) Ruth Bader Ginsburg Valerie Harper Clive James Javier Perez de Cuellar Isabel Peron Prince Philip 2017 (9/20) Leah Bracknell Leslie Caron Valerie Harper Clive James Javier Perez de Cuellar Isabel Peron Prince Philip Nobby Stiles Ian St. John 2018 (12/50) Leah Bracknell Kirk Douglas Ruth Bader Ginsburg Valerie Harper Clive James Jose Jose Olivia Newton-John Linda Nolan Javier Perez de Cuellar Isabel Peron Prince Philip Nobby Stiles

There goes nothing. Here's mine: 1. Fernando Ricksen (JOKER) 2. Leah Bracnkell 3. Johnny Clegg 4. Giorgio Napolitano 5. Beth Chapman 6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 7. Valerie Harper 8. Lee Kerslake 9. John Andretti 10. John McCririck 11. George Alaghiah 12. Javier Perez de Cuellar 13. Val Kilmer 14. Isabel Peron 15. Julie Goodyear 16. Prince Philip 17. Bill Turnbull 18. Olivia Newton-John 19. Jean-Louis Trintignant 20. Pierre Cardin Subs: Betty White, Raul Castro, Kirk Douglas

Sent my team in as well. Now to wait and see who gets the axe.

Bre Payton, journalist for Fox News and The Federalist, has died aged just 26 of swine flu.

Here is my team for 2019: 1. Fernando Ricksen 2. Leah Bracknell 3. Jill Gascoine 4. Javier Perez de Cuellar 5. Lee Kerslake 6. John McCririck 7. Nobby Stiles 8. Bill Turnbull 9. Giorgio Napolitano 10. Valerie Harper Subs: 1. Olivia de Havilland 2. Bob Barker