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That means all 4 of the deserters are now dead. Seems that all of them bar Jenkins had relatively short and miserable lives. Quelle dommage.

Jimmy McEwan dead at 88. Oldest Aston Villa player.

Janie Jones is still about I see. Though not sure of the state of her health. British murderer Sidney Cooke will be 91 next year. Surely an appropriate replacement for Brady?

I started. Got to about 750 and about 10 of those names have died since. I think the rules need to be elaborated otherwise we’re going to have a lot of problems with this. IE a team must have at least 10 subs, a clear criteria of notability must exist and in cases where names are common (eg the old Liz Smith problem), people have to list year of birth and/or profession. I also don’t think I’ll have the time to order the list from least likely to die at 1. to most likely at 2018. That’s a big ask. A better points scoring system would be 1st hit = one point, 2nd hit = 2 points etc or one similar to DDP where points are determined by age of the deceased.

Aznavour and Giscard d’Estaing seem to be in good health for their age. Cardin is older but again, not particularly frail. Chirac is a safer bet. The others don’t feel like they belong on DeathList.

Dead according to this Romanian site Edit: English sources appearing everywhere. ABC reporting it here.

List updated. Thanks to msc, Grim Up North and ebless for helping! Decided to keep it limited to born in the 1920s or before... didn't realise so many were still about in all fairness! Mind you, suppose I was stereotyping footballers in my head according to the type of lifestyle many of them live nowadays. It's easy to forget that a lot of these early players weren't on huge pay, generally had shorter careers and didn't drink themselves to death once their playing days ceased.

Love Earl Cameron. I think he’d be a great addition to the list. Feels quite DeathListy IMO

Thanks for the pointers everyone. Will add as I find more: LIVING Arthur Smith (b. May 1915) Bury, Leicester City Cyril Lawrence (b. Jun 1920) Rochdale, Wrexham Dudley Kernick (b. Aug 1921) Torquay United, Northampton Town, Birmingham City Alf Patrick (b. Sep 1921) York City, Scarborough Bobby Brown (b. Mar 1923) Queen's Park, Rangers, Falkirk Reg Harrison (b. May 1923) Derby County, Boston United, Long Eaton United Bert Mozley (b. Sep 1923) Derby County Jack Butchart (b. c. 1923) Dundee United Tom Docherty (b. 15 Apr 1924) Norwich City, Lincoln City, Reading, Newport County Albert Bateman (b. 13 Jun 1924) Huddersfield Town Tony Collins (b. Mar 1926) Sheffield Wednesday, York City, Watford, Norwich City, Torquay United, Crystal Palace, Rochdale Doug Cowie (b. May 1926) Dundee, Greenock Morton Bill Holmes (b. Oct 1926) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Doncaster Rovers, Morecambe, Blackburn Rovers, Bradford City Jock Aird (b. Dec 1926) Burnley Alex Kiddie (b. Apr 1927) Celtic, Aberdeen, Falkirk, Dundee, Arbroath Gordon Astall (b. Sep 1927) Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City, Torquay United Frank O'Farrell (b. Oct 1927) West Ham United, Preston North End, Weymouth Tommy Docherty (b. Apr 1928) Celtic, Preston North End, Arsenal, Chelsea Derek Ufton (b. May 1928) Charlton Athletic Johnny Wheeler (b. July 1928) Tranmere Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool, New Brighton Ron Baynham (b. June 1929) Worcester City, Luton Town Roy Killin (b. July 1929) Manchester United, Lincoln City, Peterborough United Eddie McLaren (b. 8 Sep 1929) Reading Terry Robinson (b. Nov 1929) Brentford, Northampton Town, Hendon Tommy Banks (b. Nov 1929) Bolton Wanderers, Altrincham, Bangor City POSSIBLY LIVING Thomas Anderson (b. 1916) Grimsby Town Jack Beasley (b. 1916) Birmingham, Torquey United, Worcester City Reg Pugh (b. July 1917) Cardiff City George Stewart (b. Oct 1920) Hamilton Academical, Brentford, QPR, Shrewsbury Town Roy Houghton (b. Mar 1921) Notts County, Peterborough United Tommy Sinclair (b. Oct 1921) Bolton Wanderers, Gainsborough Trinity, Aldershot, Brentford, Bradford City Eric Hampson (b. Nov 1921) Stoke City Trevor Churchill (b. 20 Nov 1923) Rochdale, Reading, Swindon Town Charlie Chase (b. Jan 1924) Crystal Palace, Watford Jimmy Walker (b. 1925) Heart of Midlothian, Partick Thistle, Third Lanark Thomas Stewart (b. Mar 1926) Queen's Park, Romford John Boyd (b. Sep 1926) Queen's Park, Aberdeen, East Fife Bernard Kelly (b. 21 Aug 1928) Brentford Alex Forsyth (b. Sep 1928) Albion Rovers, Darlington, East Stirlingshire

Turns out George Haigh (b. June 1915) isn't the oldest surviving professional footballer. Arthur Smith (b. May 1915) is. Article from April 2017 about Smith here. So in terms of British players I guess it looks like 1) Arthur Smith (b. May 1915) Bury, Leicester City 2) George Haigh (b. June 1915) Stockport County, Rochdale, Lancaster City 3) Ivor Broadis (b. Dec 1922) Carlisle, Sunderland, Man City, Newcastle, Queen of the South Bizarrely I can't find any players alive in between. Surely somebody must know of some?

Agree with her.

Fixed that for you.

American record producer George Avakian dead at 98, apparently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Avakian Also, British Anglican theologian Harry Blamires at 101: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Blamires Can't find anything for either

Betty from So Graham Norton and V Graham Norton is still about. 96 next year too. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396014/

I’m game.

From Bobby Doerr to Bobby Goner.

See for yourself. Here's the clip of him being sworn in back in July: http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/6ff2fbfc-de6f-4387-92ea-5461ea5153fd?in=11:12:53

According to this page, there are now no living peers 100+ with the deaths of both Lord Longford and Lord Hutchinson over the past day: http://www.leighrayment.com/reppeers/peerrecords.htm Incidentally, Lord Longford was the oldest peer ever at 105. Oldest peer is now Derek Barber, 99 (retired from the House of Lords in 2016). He will turn 100 in June 2018. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Barber,_Baron_Barber_of_Tewkesbury

The article about Daniel arap Moi’s health states that he’s no longer able to recognise the people around him. I’ll give him 6 months.

Daniel arap Moi, former Kenyan President has Alzheimer’s and is 95 next year. Easy hit... Also, I think Michael Martin, former Speaker is a good punt. He’s taken a leave of absence from the Lords, is in his 70s and quite heavy.

This link says that Daniel Arap Moi, former Kenyan President, has died... but it's been up all day and no other news sources have followed. http://glonews360.com/confirmed-former-kenya-president-daniel-arap-moi-dies-at-94/ Fake news?

I saw it before I posted it, but I took the liberty of mentioning him because they were both involved in the same mission, which wasn’t included in your post because Gordon hadn’t died yet. Obviously. Are you pissed because I didn’t quote you Joey? I’m sorry. **All credit to Joey Russ for reporting the death of Paul Weitz.** Happy?

to Norman Lloyd, who turns 103 today. Most recent story on Google News I could find is from a few weeks ago: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-norman-lloyd-world-series-20171026-story.html

Herald obit for Sir Gavin Laird, 84. One of the few trade union leaders to largely get behind Maggie in the 80s. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15646595.Tributes_paid_to_former_trade_union_leader_Sir_Gavin_Laird/

According to this link (3rd from the top), Sir Roger Moon, died last month. He was just short of 103 and the oldest living baronet. The oldest living is now Sir Hereward Wake, who is 101. http://www.leighrayment.com/updateboard1.htm Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_baronets Not explicitly stated, but I presume this baronetcy is now extinct as it doesn't look like there is an heir.