The Yeti

You've given him till August ?! Maybe we show have a separate DeathList solely for Iraqi (and maybe Chechen) politicians ... we should manage at least one a month.

That'll be a trick ... dying two years in a row ! (though some of them deserve it)

84 also !

Ditto

The 2004 List In Full : (Ranking, Name, Age, Famousness Test) 1 Pope John Paul II 84 Popet DEAD 08/08/04 2 Fay Wray 97 King Kong's Squeeze 3 Max Schmeling 99 Hitler's Boxer 4 Ronnie Biggs 75 Ambassador DEAD 05/06/04 5 Ronald Reagan 93 (former) Idiot 6 Simon Wiesenthal 96 Nazi Hunter 7 Michael Foot 91 Tramp 8 Ernest Gallo 95 Wine maker DEAD 30/12/04 9 Artie Shaw 94 Big Band leader DEAD 05/10/04 10 Rodney Dangerfield 82 Comedian DEAD 29/10/04 11 Princess Alice 102 Queen Mum's sister-in-law 12 Albert Hofmann 98 Creator of LSD 13 John Mills 96 Actor DEAD 02/08/04 14 Henri Cartier-Bresson 96 Photographer DEAD 24/04/08 15 Estée Lauder 98 Fashion leader 16 Claude Levi-Strauss 96 Scientist DEAD 28/03/04 17 Peter Ustinov 83 Writer, Actor & Raconteur DEAD 29/03/04 18 Alistair Cooke 96 Broadcaster 19 Frankie Laine 91 Singer DEAD 20/03/04 20 Queen Juliana 95 ex Queen of Netherlands 21 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 93 Guru DEAD 09/12/04 22 Lord Scarman 93 Judge 23 Joseph Barbera 93 Cartoonist (Hanna-Barbera) 24 Gretchen Franklin 93 Eastender (Ethel) 25 Lord James Callaghan 92 ex UK PM 26 Byron Nelson 92 Golfer 27 Charles Haughey 79 ex Irish PM 28 Edward Heath 88 ex UK PM 29 Gerald Ford 91 ex US President 30 Alexander Solzhenitsyn 86 Author 31 Ian Brady 66 All round Mr Nice Guy 32 Bill Deedes 89 Journalist 33 Karl Malden 90 Actor 34 Yitzhak Shamir 89 ex PM Israel 35 General Pervez Musharraf 62 Pakistani President / Moving target DEAD 07/08/04 36 Red Adair 89 Fire Fighter 37 General Pinochet 89 Dictator 38 Eli Wallach 89 Actor 39 Arthur Miller 89 Playwright / Mr. Marilyn Monroe 40 PW Botha 88 Dictator (Deposed) 41 Dom Mintoff 88 ex Malta PM 42 Kirk Douglas 88 Actor 43 Vincent O'Brien 93 Horse Trainer 44 Herbert Lom 87 Actor 45 Arthur C Clarke 87 Scientist / Author 46 Kurt Waldheim 86 Nazi 47 Cliff Michelmore 85 TV Presenter 48 Mickey Rooney 84 Actor 49 Robert Mugabe 80 Dictator 50 Clive Dunn 82 Death List Favourite

The List In Full : (Ranking, Name, Age, Famousness Test) 1 Pope John Paul II 84 Popet DEAD 08/08/04 2 Fay Wray 97 King Kong's Squeeze 3 Max Schmeling 99 Hitler's Boxer 4 Ronnie Biggs 75 Ambassador DEAD 05/06/04 5 Ronald Reagan 93 (former) Idiot 6 Simon Wiesenthal 96 Nazi Hunter 7 Michael Foot 91 Tramp 8 Ernest Gallo 95 Wine maker DEAD 30/12/04 9 Artie Shaw 94 Big Band leader DEAD 05/10/04 10 Rodney Dangerfield 82 Comedian DEAD 29/10/04 11 Princess Alice 102 Queen Mum's sister-in-law 12 Albert Hofmann 98 Creator of LSD 13 John Mills 96 Actor DEAD 02/08/04 14 Henri Cartier-Bresson 96 Photographer DEAD 24/04/04 15 Estée Lauder 98 Fashion leader 16 Claude Levi-Strauss 96 Scientist DEAD 28/03/04 17 Peter Ustinov 83 Writer, Actor & Raconteur DEAD 29/03/04 18 Alistair Cooke 96 Broadcaster 19 Frankie Laine 91 Singer DEAD 20/03/04 20 Queen Juliana 95 ex Queen of Netherlands 21 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 93 Guru DEAD 09/12/04 22 Lord Scarman 93 Judge 23 Joseph Barbera 93 Cartoonist (Hanna-Barbera) 24 Gretchen Franklin 93 Eastender (Ethel) 25 Lord James Callaghan 92 ex-PM 26 Byron Nelson 92 Golfer 27 Charles Haughey 79 ex Irish PM 28 Edward Heath 88 ex PM 29 Gerald Ford 91 ex US President 30 Alexander Solzhenitsyn 86 Author 31 Ian Brady 66 All round Mr Nice Guy 32 Bill Deedes 89 Journalist 33 Karl Malden 90 Actor 34 Yitzhak Shamir 89 Ex PM Israel 35 General Pervez Musharraf 62 Pakistani President / Moving target DEAD 07/08/04 36 Red Adair 89 Fire Fighter 37 General Pinochet 89 Dictator 38 Eli Wallach 89 Actor 39 Arthur Miller 89 Playwright & Mr. Marilyn Monroe 40 PW Botha 88 Dictator (Deposed) 41 Dom Mintoff 88 Ex Malta PM 42 Kirk Douglas 88 Actor 43 Vincent O'Brien 93 Horse Trainer 44 Herbert Lom 87 Actor 45 Arthur C Clarke 87 Scientist / Author 46 Kurt Waldheim 86 Nazi 47 Cliff Michelmore 85 TV Presenter 48 Mickey Rooney 84 Actor 49 Robert Mugabe 80 Dictator 50 Clive Dunn 82 Death List Favourite

M&MG mentioned, but no mp3. Plenty of others though, including Man About The House. http://www.tv.cream.org/

My gall bladder plays up. Is that fatal ? Now time to write that book ...

That's pretty good going. Ain't many famous 80 something quartets still intact !

A drive-by ranter who is both polite & lucid. Thank you to Bethan, and miracles do exist.

I got level 4 ... But if I ever come across the designer who stuck the new game click so close to the restart level click ...

IP - He'd be a fine nomination for that 'Fantasy Death List'. Irrespective of your take on Northern Ireland's politics or religions, how a supposed Man Of God can just ignore the 'Good Book' when it suits him is beyond me. Talk about taking the Lord's name in vain ! Better leave a space now for drive-by ranters .....

Long gone now, but, given his achievements, I feel worthy of a praiseful mention. Not least of which for "He devised a new bloodless operation for the giant swellings of the scrotum" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-638331,00.html

I'm told he has a bit of a Mummy fixation, Anubis

Though apparently, according to one newspaper, Come Dancing has taken so much out of ol' Brucie that he's turned down doing a second series. So maybe ....

Not so sure about Me & My Girl (whatever happened to the 'Girl' in that ?), but otherwise, don't think anyone was arguing he wasn't (isn't ?) a 'fine comic actor'

I'm a moderator ?!? Coo eee. And I didn't even know it ! Anyway Weatherman, you gotta learn not to rant half a dozen times every time someone mentions your name. Or even looks in your general direction. And the art of a good insult isn't just saying "that is what happened to you and that is why you are so screwed up" or its equivalent to everything. Try and be a little more sophisticated - if you disagree with someone, try and use a reasoned argument, rather than just "he who shouts loudest ..."

You'd be amazed at how many 13 year olds say much the same thing. And then grow up and find out how wrong they are .... I mean, like the first rule of downloading unknown screensavers. And really, that's just for starters.

Rotten To The Core !

There's logic there. Somewhere. I presume. Eh, can someone explain it to me ?

© JRR Tolkien, or near enough. Isn't that seemingly The Rolling Stones or The Who. And they're getting on a bit ...

I'm sure Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, Glenn Miller & John Denver agree ! And for other past Rock Stars ... Stiff Little Fingers

I'm taking odds on the meaning of regection . Any ideas ? Glad he was a Prim Minister also.

Another leader on the way ? Maybe he can last til next year ... Saudi Fahd's

"Excellent post from "Ordinary", who scores high for use of not just all caps but bold text, wishing us all ill, and rampant paranoia. " And italics too "and leave rabble rousers like the Death List crew around to sow seeds of insurrection." Always assuming we were in the Good Ol' US of A in the first place. Do Americans ever see a map of the world ? Do their globes only have a few countries ? USA, Mexico, Cuba, Canada, Russia, England (not Britain note), France, Rest Of Europe, Israel, Iraq, Iran (countries beginning I seem popular), Afganiwhatsit, Rest Of Arabia, eh, Rest Of World. Of course, even France & Afganiwhatsit are new entries. A couple of years back they didn't exist.