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As creator of the game I feel it is my duty to get my arse handed to me in an early round.

23 Faithless - Insomnia +4 12 EMF - Unbelievable -6 11 No Doubt - Just a Girl  A humble servant passing by...

Feck, this week's been so deadly for British writers I'm off for a checkup!

They call it narrow Yarrow quite rightly.

Im dying here...much like Jimmy apparently did twice.

I'm very sorry to hear of your loss, old friend. Take care, our deepest sympathies and best wishes from family msc.

Peter Yarrow and Black Bart, thanks.

Great stuff DI. Admit I laughed at the Jigglypuff appearance and quite a few lines there. In words I have never used off this forum, congratulations Thatcher, fine work there!

"Dear Arghton, I've no idea how I'm still alive either. Your mate, Yongchaiyudh"

Hopefully! Nigel McCrery was first sub!

Died off the radar ages ago, announced today. Doh.

Aww he was a friendly guy....

Four rejected picks - Joe Thompson, Terence Lodge, Bobby Fulton and Brian Dayett (which surprised me tbh). Pan Breed 1. Annand, Eddie (former Scottish footballer) 2. Bart, Black (wrestling star) 3. Bilardo, Carlos (World Cup winning manager) 4. Brokaw, Tom (US newscaster) 5. SUB - Asma Al-Assad (former Syrian First Lady) 6. Chomsky, Noam (writer) 7. Connolly, Gerry (current US House of Representatives member) 8. SUB - Gordon Cowans (footballer) 9. Ditka, Mike (American football HOFer) 10. Estrin, Danny (lead singer of Voyager) 11. Flack, Roberta (music legend) 12. Foster, Alan Dean (writer, Alien/Star Wars books) 13. Fraser, Lady Antonia (author) 14. SUB - James Whale (you know who he is) 15. Giorgi, Elenora (Italian actress) 16. Henwood, Dai (New Zealand comic, Taskmaster) 17. Irving, David (disgraced historian) 18. Kamolvisit, Chuwit (controversial Thai statesman) 19. King, Kanya (businesswoman, founder of the MOBO Music Awards and CBE) 20. Kinsella, Sophie (best selling novelist) 21. Koch, Georg (Bundesliga goalkeeper) 22. Lee, Jeanette (champion pool player) 23. Lewis, Ananda (MTV broadcaster) 24. SUB - Eddie Jordan 25. Loe, Judy (UK TV character actress, Edward the Seventh, Casualty etc) 26. Malo, Raul (lead singer of The Mavericks) 27. McClurg, Edie (actress) 28. McMichael, Steve “Mongo” (wrestling/NFL legend) 29. Mujica, Jose (former Uruguay leader) 30. Murray, Patrick (sitcom actor, Only Fools and Horses) 31. Nolan, Linda (singer) 32. Peters, Mike (The Alarm/Big Country singer) 33. Rantzen, Esther (broadcaster) 34. Smith, Ian (Harold Bishop from Neighbours!) 35. Starmer-Smith, Nigel (sports commentator) 36. Sutton, Adrian (composer, War Horse etc) 37. SUB - George Burley 38. Tilson Thomas, Michael (Conductor laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra) 39. Unzue, Juan Carlos (former Barcelona player and coach) 40. Yarrow, Peter (Puff the Magic Dragon singer)

Yeah, they're just perfectly normal actresses afaik. Famous, but young and will outlive most of us here. Strange thread.

The annual look over. Hopefully succinct as I'm knackered. Dick Van Dyke - Perennial pick, very old, signs of slowing down in 2024. In the Sulu Zone now which is dangerous but still feels like it'd take a lot to take down our favourite Cockney (ahem) Eva Marie Saint - This is a Glynis Johns style in the nick of time pick for me. Pete Murray - Looked frail and on his last legs on Channel 5 during the pandemic so he made it to the DL. Now he's even older, and presumably even frailer, but alive. Unsure he'll see his century in September. Dennis Skinner - Seems to have recovered from his poor health in 2019 and is now seen pottering about his local. Old, frequently ill and possibly suffering from dementia now, but a tough cookie. Ian Smith - Harold fn Bishop with the terminal lung cancer. No matter how happy he seemed at Christmas, his cancer is the sort that sets you to Defcon Fucked. Esther Rantzen - Annoying Esther will continue to moan in the press through 2025. She is very ill though. That breakthrough might add months to her life but 2026 is still a tall order. Nigel Starmer Smith - Was bedridden, unable to communicate in 2021. Still with us. A horrible lingering fate for a popular commentator. Hopefully this is his year. Alan Greenspan - zzzzzzzzz Old, frail and out of sight now. Still... zzzzzz. And I've read his book! Linda Nolan - Despite all the recent falls, far too stable for someone with Stage IV cancer. Mel Brooks - Ancient comic, still working with half a dozen projects on the go at the moment. Age could get him but he seems indomitable. Cleo Laine - Sky, BBC and Five all had tribute nights to her in 2024. Is said to be very frail nowadays. Stanley Baxter - Went from still giving chipper interviews to very ill and in a nursing home practically overnight. This will be his year, and I'm surprised he made it this far. Noam Chomsky - How is he still alive? Seemingly about to die through all of 2023 and 2024, still alive. This rent-a-cynic is now radio silent on all the events he'd write books about until fairly recently, and suffered a massive stroke last year, so surely this is his final year. Sandy Gall - Much more quiet than he used to be, but to be fair, he was touring war zones in his 80s. My tip to quietly make his century from the list then snuff it soon after, fwiw. Jean Marie Le Pen - The forum's pet racist, has a death rumour every year and bounces back. Meant to be frail and unwell. He looks it for sure, but that's still too healthy for my liking. Cross fingers 2025 is it. Clint Eastwood - Looking his age now, but so did Eli for years! Sonny Rollins - HOW THE FUCK IS HE STILL ALIVE? That's the view of Mrs msc when she saw the list. I concur. Retired on ill health over a decade ago, has outlived several seemingly more health peers. Clock must be ticking by now. Tippi Hedren - Severe dementia and living with a bunch of hungry lions? Great pick. John Williams - Frail, starting to cut down his schedule (always ominous for a workaholic), very DLy, a great pick. Yoko Ono - Recently confirmed she has had Lewy Body Dementia for nearly a decade, so Yoko wont have long left. Sadly, I add, as I am on Team Yoko One Was Pretty Cool (aided by a book on the Beatles by Maryport of this forum). Len Deighton - I like this pick. I have no idea about Len's current health, but I do like this pick. Geoff Boycott - Excellent DLy pick, had lots of trouble with his cancer last year and feels like the sort of sleeper DL success pick they used to do very well with. Julie Goodyear - Excellent pick, Bet Lynch has been suffering badly from dementia and feels like she is following the Barbara Windsor timeline. Imelda Marcos - A shoe in? I say that every year. Patricia Routledge - Recently turned 95, and while still chatty, she'd clearly started to decline a bit since her last big interview in 2022, and was pausing over words. Maybe not a 2025 demise, but she is starting to slow down. Prunella Scales - I've often said on this forum Pru and Timothy wouldn't last six months without each other. Now we've lost Timothy West sadly, the clock is ticking for Pru. David Attenborough - Never drop him again, DL, I don't care if he lives to 120. Legend. Sounds croakier than he used, has to cancel the odd event now, still a fucking legend. Gene Hackman - When actually photo'd recently he looked very frail. Joanne Woodward - Has had end stage dementia for so long, Paul Newman used to comment on it. Newman's been dead for seventeen bloody years now! Robert Wagner - Apparently has COPD now. Desmond Morris - Might be the healthiest man on the list? Still working, still seems good for his age, might go in his sleep due to age but on the face of it, someone on the Cmme must be a huge fan! Hans Blix - Apparently quite ill. But Roberta Flack is iller... Bernie Ecclestone - The most DLy DL newcomer I've seen in some time. He's here till he drops. There was recent rumblings he was frail, but that might be a tax dodge... Jim Lovell - Frail, old, astronaut. You picking this side, DI? Douglas Hurd - He was too ill to do things when Thatcher died. He's remained quiet during huge events where he would say something if he was able to. Clock ticking here imo Angie Dickinson - Last I checked she was shockingly healthy for her age. Clive Davis - A very DL pick, rumours of ill health a while ago. Harvey Weinstein - I don't trust this fucker one bit. Hal Linden - Healthy nonagenarian. Buzz Aldrin - The legend is now very frail so might not be up to punching Death in the face. A good pick here. Petula Clark - Music legend (yes, Reptile, she is), but she was still active about a year ago. Robert Duvall - One of my favourites so hopefully a bad pick. The man who said he would act until he wasn't well enough hasn't had a single acting role in 3 years now, which as a fan is very worrisome. Rupert Murdoch - Probably far too early but you wouldn't want to miss him. Rex Williams - Feels a boomerang inspired by recent snooker legend deaths. Armani - Bit early? Brian Wilson - Maybe a year early. Kim Novak - Oddball DL classic pick. No idea on her current health Frankie Valli - Frail, legend, DI favourite. Seems close to his last legs. Asma al-Assad - I think she's fucked. That type of cancer has terrible 18 month survival for DDP picks, and they announced it in May when Bashar thought he was solidly in control of Syria. Stuart Hall - As said elsewhere, he might well die off the radar. So I'm thinking about 16/17 for the year here, but there's so many frail, ill or just very old people that if the timing works out... But I said that last year, and was 19 picks too optimistic (which is the first time I've been badly wrong about a list potential).