The Unknown Man

Well, ladies and gentlemen, we have our first hit of 2012: Etta James.

I voted for Etta James.

Pop and funk musician Jimmy Castor, who was known for his 1972 hit "Troglodyte (Cave Man)", is gone at age 64.

I have a few: Mayan doomsday rumors prove false Robin Gibb loses cancer battle Zsa Zsa Gabor dies at 95 Obama wins re-election Tariq Aziz hanged Etta James dead In Memoriam: Fidel Castro In Memoriam: Harper Lee Margeret Thatcher dies Ayman Al-Zawahiri killed Hosni Mubarak found guilty Yitzhak Shamir dead

Best wishes to you and yours at this sad time, Windsor. Regards, TUM

Blues musician Chester Arthur Burnett AKA Howlin' Wolf died today in 1976 aged 65

January: Jack LaLanne February: Jane Russell March: Liz Taylor April: Trevor Bannister May: Jackie Cooper June: Peter Falk July: Betty Ford August: Bubba Smith September: Cliff Robertson October: Steve Jobs November: Joe Frazier December: Harry Morgan

Count me in... here's mine. The Unknown Man's Ghouls of Despair Etta James Robin Gibb Wojciech Jaruzelski Vidal Sassoon Andy Williams Lesley Strathie Harper Lee Fidel Castro Yitzhak Shamir Abdelbaset Al Megrahi

Civil Rights activist and judge Robert L. Carter has died at age 94.

I voted for Yitzhak Shamir.

Former Australian politician Rex Jackson has died at age 80.

Here we go again. Here's my team. The End of the World As We Know It Abdelbaset Al Megrahi Ronnie Biggs Harold Camping Fidel Castro Annette Funicello Zsa Zsa Gabor Robin Gibb (Joker) Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rev. Billy Graham Geoffrey Hughes Etta James Penny Marshall Russell Means Isabel Peron Vidal Sassoon Helmut Schmidt Yitzhak Shamir Ariel Sharon Margaret Thatcher Andy Williams

I wanna wish you guys a happy new year. Regards, TUM

Happy New Year! and welcome to the new deathlist Special day Thread! Cheers, TUM

New users, welcome to Deathlist. Introduce yourselves to other DL members here. Regards, TUM

Here is my dirty dozen "The End Of The World As We Know It" Robin Gibb (Joker) Etta James Vidal Sassoon Andy Williams Yitzhak Shamir Zsa Zsa Gabor Penny Marshall Harold Camping Fidel Castro Ariel Sharon Margaret Thatcher Geoffrey Hughes

Post your weird and wacky links and fun things to do between DL hits. Cheers, TUM

I wanna wish you guys a merry christmas and a happy new year. Cheers, TUM

I've sent in my team as well.

Indian nuclear scientist P. K. Iyengar has died aged 80.

Time to update my signature to reflect this.

Geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky died today in 1975 aged 75.

BBC obit for Hitchens. Well done to the 74 teams who picked him on the DDP this year.

Joe Simon, the comic book artist who co-created Captain America, has died after a brief illness at age 98.

Music executive John Atterberry, who worked with the Spice girls & Jessica Simpson, has been shot dead at age 40.