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@Cat O'Falk , which planet was low in the sky south west a few days ago? Wean saw it when I was offline and I claimed it was Venus - 50/50 chance.

I told Joey ages ago Clegg would be the 2018 Ray Price ftr.

Oh, that's a sad one from my childhood.

Strokes down considerably - it was the biggest killer about a decade ago.

Sounds like your phone should be on trial in the Hague.

This used to be our alarm clock. When I was a kid I used to have a dinosaur alarm clock which roared loudly as an alarm. That worked far too well...

Cat 3?

Her actual reported words: Burn her!!! Oh wait, she's not going back on her previous metoo support and is instead making a point about unpersoning uncomfortable stuff. Which is fair enough. Is anyone clamouring to CGI out alleged serial rapist Clark Gable from his many films? To pick one randomer from thousands of possibles. Hell, Ferris Buellars Day Off contains one multiple woman murderer and a child sex offender in its main cast, yet you can watch it about once a month on FilmFour or other channels.

And a final bit of stat-ery for now - the people who didn't get a QO (2007-18) who were on the most teams. Well, I was interested after the other day... 1. Fergie Frederiksen 22 2. Colin Butts 13 3. Ruby Muhammad 13 4. Satoru Anzaki 10 5. Sara Douglass 9 6. Linda Uttley 9 7. Jim Bamber 8 8. Ian Toothill 8 9. Sasha Lakovic 7 10. Keith Farnham 7 11. Piet de Jong 7 12. Thomas Libous 7 13. Vanessa Lafaye 6 14. Lindy Remigino 6 15. Violet Wood 6 16. Terri Roberts 6 17. Joanne Evans 6 18. Don Wittman 6

Top 50 - DDP hits who featured on most teams in year of death (DI's 2004-10 Drop 40 lists helped out considerably) 1. Nelson Mandela 267 2. Margaret Thatcher 265 3. Abdelbaset Al Megrahi 230 4. Patrick Swayze 203 5. Sir Bobby Robson 202 6. Hugo Chavez 183 7. Ronnie Biggs 182 8. Zsa Zsa Gabor 177 9. Robin Gibb 176 10. Etta James 174 11. Sam Simon 170 12. Sir Norman Wisdom 166 13. Bruce Forsyth 149 14. Wendy Richard 141 15. Martin Crowe 125 16. John McCain 119 17. Rev Billy Graham 118 18. Muhamad Ali 116 19. Joost van der Westhuizen 109 20. Ted Kennedy 108 21. Michael Foot 99 22. Kim Jong-il 98 23. Charlton Heston 96 24. Michael Winner 95 25. Fidel Castro 94 26. Henry Allingham 94 27. Gerald Ford 94 28. Glen Campbell 92 29. Gord Downie 92 30. Joey Feek 89 31. Stefan Karl Stefansson 89 32. Jade Goody 89 33. Pope John Paul II 86 34. General Jaruzelski 84 35. Ariel Sharon 78 36. Brooke Astor 78 37. Nancy Reagan 77 38. Lady Bird Johnson 77 39. Eli Wallach 76 40. Patrick Moore 76 41. Zelda Rubinstein 76 42. Elizabeth Taylor 75 43. Christopher Hitchens 74 44. Seve Ballesteros 74 45. Errol Christie 73 46. Bernie Nolan 73 47. Betty Ford 72 48. Tammy Faye Messner 71 49. Peter Sallis 70 50. Kate Granger 70

Someone tried to flog the town?

3-10 years.

Shortlist does hokey cokey in last 4 months of 2018, by feel of it...

Think Bob Barker's the youngest at a mere 95. Cleary? I guess if you pick through her books ala folk do on Twitter, there's probably subtext to be "woke" or whatever they call it now - but I didn't see much of offense when I looked over a few of them a year or two back. Reminded me of the Cubs books by Stephen Andrews, a reference so obscure now he doesn't even have a Wiki page! (1970s kids book, everywhere in libraries about 20-30 years ago, dude is still alive but only 70...)

Hah, I have now googled Norman Lloyd - despite an extensive career in stuff I'm into - acting, producing and directing in stuff like the Tales of the Unexpected, Hitchcock Hour, Columbo, Murder She Wrote etc etc etc - I appear to have managed to miss every single episode of anything he was ever involved in!

Right, without googling so off top of my head, @Grim Up North Beverly Cleary - American Enid Blyton, wrote tonnes of kids books in the 1950s. Unlike Blyton, they mostly hold up as decently written yarns today. Norman Lloyd - actor I *think* I havent actually seen in anything and only know due to being over 100. I M Pei - Overrated architect. Katherine Johnson - the woman who worked for NASA. Possibly the only one? Lucia Hiriart - Pinochet's missuses, Bob Barker - America's answer to Bob Monkhouse, also appeared in the surprisingly great Happy Gilmore (as I usually hate Adam Sandler) , John Paul Stevens - US Supreme Court judge retired - seemingly highly respected as he was mostly sane, a rarity for top US judges... , Norman Lear - I think he's US equivalent of Denis Norden without IBAOTN - ie not so known publicly but highly regarded comedy writer for others. , Al Jaffee - Involved with MAD magazine, dunno much else. , Luis Escheverria - Leader of some country. Mexico? , John Cruickshank - VC holder, only know this because I used to mix him up with the Nobe Prize winner of similar name who died few years back same age. , Hugh Downs - US game shows , George Shultz - US politician, right? Under Reagan? , Carl Reiner - Old guy who tells jokes on Twitter. I think he wrote stuff for Mel Brooks way back in the day? , Lawrence Ferlinghetti - One of the Beat poets. No, seriously, one of them is still alive. Aged 99. Yeah I know, not very Beat Poet, is it? Take it up with him, not me. , Don Lusk - Politician? , Kane Tanaka - Super old person, not related to any poster on here, so same as all other super old centenarians mentioned on here. Struggled on a few. I only know of Porridge and Le Duc Anh, among many others, due to this forum, however.

Widow of General Pinochet (infamous dictator of Chile in 70s and 80s).

Kao gets the most half-assed QO from the Mail I've seen in some time.

That's not a Deathrace QO? Damn it. *tears up entire shortlist*

Exclamation mark, as in "this person really didn't get a QO"... Also in earlier years (2007-2011) for some folk who'd be slam dunk obits today.

After a chat with Joey and Rad the other night, here's a msc Stat Attack. This time, the List of the Lost. Namely, not who made it, but what their fame was. Since 2007, then: 2007 – snooker ref*, NASCAR driver, French WW1 vet*, Germanys oldest man, Italian WW1 vet, Canadian social activist, New Zealand film director*, Australias oldest man, Australia radio broadcaster 2008 – Russian actor, CBC sports commentator*, Hairdressing Champion, Cancer Mum, Forester, Swedens oldest person, Oldest living French person, Video Game Designer, Super centenarian German, US Talk show host* 2009 – Last surviving Finnish Civil War participant, Cancer mum, Oldest Living Spaniard, Oldest Japanese Man, Another Really Old Japanese Person, 5th Oldest Man in the World, Another Oldest Japanese Person, Romanian Prime Minister*, Hungarian academic, Formula One Driver*, German SS soldier, 1970s Comedian*, Musician (The Lit), Milton Freidman’s widow, An American Super centenarian, Filipino Actor, Another Japanese Super Centenarian, British Female Rugby Star* 2010 – Miss World 1956, Reality TV star*, Tongan historian, WW2 sniper, Silent Film Actress*, Nazi*, Cardinal, Maltese murderer, 1924 Olympian (no medals), Bluegrass musician, American compassionate release prisoner, Canadian comic, British super centenarian, Chicago Bulls player* 2011 – NZ cancer mum, Cancer mum, Indian poet, 1920s child actor, Former President of Fiji,Brazilian centenarian who saved Jewish children during WW2, Mother of Islam, Record Producer*, Miami Dolphins Player*, Super centenarian German, Austrian physicist, American football player, WW2 war criminal, Triplet (briefly famous in 1980s), Random OAP with cancer, mobster, Band of Brothers member, Former Yugoslavian President, cancer mum, Familiar face Character Actress*, Well Regarded SF Author*, Hurling Champion, German actor, Opera singer, NZ V8 Supercar Driver, German businessman, Famous Kids Author (Died on 31st Dec) 2012 – German visual artist, French actress, Olympic Gold medallist (rowing, 1948),German economics professor, cancer mum, Businesswoman, Alpine Skier, Nun, NZ cricket international*, Britains oldest living person, Estonian poet, Belgian super centenarian, American SF actor, HOF pro-wrestler*, Band of Brothers member, Radio host, British super centenarian, Cardinal, Shah’s family member, Band of Brothers member, German F1 driver, NBA player, American TV actor*, Anti-Nazi, Spiro Agnew’s widow*, cancer mum, tennis player*, US Air Force commander*, American super centenarian, Former German Vice-President, Cardinal, French TV star, Australian author*, Monaco minister, Italian poet, Gerhard Schroder’s mum, Cartoon Voice Artist*, Corrie Actress*, colonial officer 2013 - Cancer mum (model), Oldest Living Poltician, cancer mum, NZ TV star, Band of Brothers member, Vatican official, Japanese super centenarian, Chinese soprano, Cardinal, Cardinal, Centenarian artist, Country Singer*, Son of Nazi, NFL coach*, Oldest Living European, Peruvian dissident, Mayor of Swansea, German poet, Plymouth Argyle vice-chairman*, pro-wrestler, Icelandic artist, cardinal, 1906 earthquake survivor, Archbishop, Cardinal, centenarian crime victim, blues singer*, Ukrainian war vet, Nobel Prize winning chemist*, Uncle Phil* (Only announced in 2014) 2014 – Canadian actor, singer, table tennis player, cancer dad, actress*, radium girl, Swedish actress, French 1934 World Cup player, Estonian artist, Dutch TV star, obscure rocker, Danish Anti-Nazi, Israeli actress, Cardinal, German actress, Thabo Mbeki’s mum, Super centenarian, cartoonist, film composer, mum of a dissident, South African politician, actor, Dr Who writer, German actor, Oldest NHL player, Big Finish star, Mexican super centenarian, cardinal, Cardinal, Country Singer, actor 2015 – Bishop of Amiens, Indian actor, Bishop of Motula, Puerto Rican activist, American WW2 pilot, well known character actor*, actress, former boxing world champ*, 1932 Olympic gold medallist (USA), oldest living twin, Spanish Civil War vet, 1948 Olympic Gold medallist (Dutch), 1963 Eurovision Song Contest Winner*, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church, Flintstones voice actor, philanthropist, German actress, cancer mum, folk musician, baseball player, President of Argentina*, Canadian feminist, American Republican, Austrian entrepreneur, Nazi, cancer mum, centenarian Swedish footballer, musician, cancer mum, folk singer, cancer mum, pro-wrestling HOF*, Welsh rugby player*, defence lawyer, well regarded actor* (news broke in 2016) 2016 – French singer*, cancer dad, Famous Singer*, German actress, cancer mum, cancer mum, cancer dad, BBC Presenter*, magician, cancer mum, cancer dad, French TV star, New York Senator*, German actor, German WW2 flying ace, Austrian actor, CEO, Nobel Prize winning physicist*, ska performer, cancer mum, Japanese composer, mathematician, 1957 Eurovision Song Contest Winner, Larry Hagman’s widow, Dachau surviving priest, Cleveland Browns Vice President, TV journalist, cancer dad, Hewlett Packard chairman, snyth musician, oldest French person, cancer dad, Norwegian businessman, Dutch PM*, French actress, Chinese economist, oldest living cricketer, Finnish politician, Scottish singer, Baltimore Ravens coach*, American football centenarian, South African actor, cancer mum, French screenwriter, 1970s TV actress*, NASCAR driver, NZ trade unionist, President in exile of South Moluccas, comedian, Pakistan director, Belgian cartoonist, Italian architect, box producer, cancer mum, President of Costa Rica, cancer mum, cancer dad, cancer dad, cancer dad, scholar 2017 – Corrie actress* (death announced in 2018), Film actress* (death announced in 2018), US Lt Governor of Connecticut, American broadcaster, film composer*, American SF author, Hungarian 1954 world Cup player, French actress, Christian apologist, 3D Buzz founder, photographer, Sultan of Kedah, Luton Town chairman, French theologian, Nobel Prize winning physicist, German Eurovision singer, mu of mass murderer, German artist, blogger, cancer mum, European Commissioner, prelate, comic book artist, guitarist, Illinois House of Reps member, chess grandmaster, film/tv director*, Filipino politician, Childrens Author*, Sister of Boxer, Swiss actor, actress, NHL player, cancer dad, Irish politician, Italian super centenarian, baseball player, French playwright, Familiar Face Character Actor*, Canadian politician, Nobel Prize winning physicist, tribute band singer, cancer gran, voice artist, tap dancer, Italian resistance fighter, cancer criminal, journalist, Dutch retailer, model, cancer mum, spitfire pilot 2018 (so far) – Irish TV host, German actress, Norwegian Fantasy author, NZ speedway champ, prisoner, Dutch athlete, Olympic gold medallist 1952 (USA), TV producer, Oldest Living European, cult author, French poet, baseball player, Japanese CEO, football coach, MLB coach, cancer blogger, architect, soap actor, Eritrean singer, NZ politician and war vet, Germanys oldest person, Patriarch of Antioch, photographer, France centenarian, games theorist, Witney Carsons father in law, FFBI, art critic (Italian), novelist, neuroscientist, feminist*, Canadian pilot, ascetic, crime author, American actress*, American SF author, opera singer, actress, rocket scientist, cancer mum, Nicaraguan author, NHL player, Everest climber, sound mixer, vicar/ghost expert, Filipino actor, screenwriter, cancer mum, Aston Villa goalkeeper*, Nazi, Aston Villa captain*, cancer mum So, bad news for baseball players. And New Zealanders. Biggest Shock lack of QO since 2007 (imo) 1. Kitty Kallen 2. Luis Bacalov 3. Nicolas Bloembergen 4. Frances Bay 5. Lindy Remigino 6. Peter Arundell 7. Ronald Hines 8. Alan Deakin 9. Jeffrey segal 10. Nigel Sims 11. Linda Uttley 12. Nick Bockwinkel 13. Zara Nutley 14. Walter kohn 15. Cyril Frankel 16. David Fisher 17. Jean Fritz 18. Cynthia Heimel 19. Sara Douglass

X-Pac's ex-wife Terry Paulson dies and gets a Sun QO.

Foghat? Got a Metro obit, leading to much gnashing of teeth at Pan Breed HQ.

Ricksen could very well be on the list next year. Then this thread will be where all the Rangers fan ranters arrive.